EBOOK A BOLD TIN SOLDIER ***
Produced by Curtis A. Weyant, Charles Franks
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
[Illustration: "Forward--March!" Said the Bold Tin Soldier.]
THE STORY OF A BOLD TIN SOLDIER
BY
LAURA LEE HOPE
ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY L. SMITH
CONTENTS
I A MAKE-BELIEVE FIGHT
II SAVING THE CLOWN
III BOUGHT BY A BOY
IV A BEAN BATTLE
V THE CAPTAIN AND THE LAMB
VI SAVING THE SAWDUST DOLL
VII A SAD ACCIDENT
VIII A BUNCH OF SWEETNESS
IX BACK TO THE STORE
X THE SOLDIER AND THE RABBIT
THE STORY OF A BOLD TIN SOLDIER
CHAPTER I
A MAKE-BELIEVE FIGHT
"Attention!"
That was the word of command heard in the toy section of a large
department store one night, after all the customers and clerks had
gone home.
"Attention!"
"Dear me, what is going on?" asked a Calico Clown, as he looked
around the corner of a pile of gaily colored building blocks.
"Has the Sawdust Doll come back to see us?" inquired a Candy Rabbit.
"That would be good news, if it were true," said a Jumping Jack.
"But it isn't true," announced a Monkey on a Stick, as he climbed up
to the top of his perch and looked over the top of a Noah's Ark. "I
don't see the Sawdust Doll anywhere, nor the White Rocking Horse,
nor the Lamb on Wheels.
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