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Speaker 1: This is the third part of our story about the

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Speaker 1: White rocking Horse. In the last chapter, the rocking horse

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Speaker 1: and the elephant were having a race to see who

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Speaker 1: could go faster, until the night watchmen came along and

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Speaker 1: returned them to their spots. When they talked about continuing

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Speaker 1: the race, they said it would have to wait until

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Speaker 1: the next night. When the store opened, a very loud

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Speaker 1: the rocking horse. The rocking horse was very worried that

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Speaker 1: of the White Rocking Horse, Chapter three. Dear me, thought

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Speaker 1: the white rocking horse to himself, as he felt the

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Speaker 1: boy banging hard leather heels into his side. This is

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Speaker 1: quite dreadful. I hope I am not sold to this boy.

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Speaker 1: He would be a very unpleasant boy to have, I

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Speaker 1: am sure. Just because the white rocking Horse and the

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Speaker 1: other toys could not talk and move about when human

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Speaker 1: things to themselves or from having feelings. And you may

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Speaker 1: be very sure the white rocking horse felt that his

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Speaker 1: feelings were very much hurt when the boy banged his

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Speaker 1: thought the white rocking horse, and he looked towards the

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Speaker 1: Then he would leave my friend the white rocking horse alone.

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Speaker 1: But the loud boy seemed to like being in the

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Speaker 1: Gid y up, get along there, cried the boy, and

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Speaker 1: The boy yanked on the reins until he nearly pulled

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Speaker 1: as he rocked to and fro. I'm going to make

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Speaker 1: While the unpleasant boy was still in the saddle, swaying

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Speaker 1: He has real hair in his tail in Maine, and

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Speaker 1: I want this horse. I want this one again, banging

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Speaker 1: a shame such boys are allowed in the toy department.

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Speaker 1: Buy me this calico clown ride, the boy who was

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Speaker 1: rather than that one loud boy, said the white rocking

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Speaker 1: I wonder if the rocking horse and the elephant will

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Speaker 1: be looked at by a lady who was doing some shopping,

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Speaker 1: it was almost closing to I'm in the store when

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Speaker 1: said the man to the young lady clerk. Is this

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Speaker 1: a good rocking horse, the best in the store, Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: was the answer. The tail and mane are real hair,

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Speaker 1: are nice and smooth, so the horse will go fast. Well,

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Speaker 1: I don't want it to go too fast, said the man,

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Speaker 1: I will bring him this one. And as it is

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Speaker 1: to help you, replied the young lady with a smile.

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Speaker 1: And I hope Dave will like this horse. I am

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Speaker 1: glad our horse is going to a boy who will

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Speaker 1: be kind to him. Oh, Dave takes good care of

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Speaker 1: his toys, said the man. Well, thank goodness for that,

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Speaker 1: thought the white rocking horse. Now, like the sawdust doll,

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Speaker 1: my adventures are going to start. Maybe I could race

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Speaker 1: with the elephant, suggested the wooly lamb. I have wheels on,

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Speaker 1: and if the elephant wears his roller skates, that will

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Speaker 1: said the white rocking horse. Try to amuse yourselves. We will,

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Speaker 1: answered the calico clown. But perhaps you will come back

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Speaker 1: to see us, as the sawdust doll once did. I'm

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Speaker 1: came back because the little girl whose mother bought the

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Speaker 1: too big to be carried in a boy's arms. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that is so agreed, the bold tin soldier. Horses have

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Speaker 1: to travel by themselves, or else ride in cars. But perhaps,

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Speaker 1: my dear friend, you may get a chance to gallop

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Speaker 1: back here to see us some night. I would like to,

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Speaker 1: the white rocking horse said, But I don't see how

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Speaker 1: it can be done. Someone would be sure to be looking. Hush, quiet, everyone,

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Speaker 1: whispered the calico clown. The man is coming back. And

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Speaker 1: The young clerk also returned with some large sheets of

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Speaker 1: and each one who was to be left behind thought

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Speaker 1: As for that wonderful fellow, he was soon covered from

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Speaker 1: One sheet was put over his head so he could

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Speaker 1: in another paper, and the red saddle and bridle of

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Speaker 1: ride very nicely in my car, now, said the man,

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Speaker 1: as he paid the clerk for the white rocking horse.

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Speaker 1: Then the man carried the horse down in the elevator.

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Speaker 1: At first, it made the white rocking horse a little

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Speaker 1: the white rocking horse had been carried up to the

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Speaker 1: his boy's present. As the man went outside the store

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Speaker 1: with his bundle, the white rocking horse felt a cold

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Speaker 1: It was snowing too, and one or two white flakes

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Speaker 1: sifted in through the cracks of the paper and fell

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Speaker 1: on the horse. Well, this is certainly a strange adventure,

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Speaker 1: thought the white horse, being carried along this way out

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Speaker 1: into a storm. I wonder what will happen next? And

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