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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This is

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Speaker 1: the second chapter of the story of the White Rocking Horse.

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Speaker 1: In the first chapter, we met some of the characters

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Speaker 1: we are going to be hearing more about in the story.

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Speaker 1: Elephant and the white rocking horse are going to.

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Speaker 2: Have a race to see who is the fastest.

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Speaker 1: Elephant has roller skates on, and they are all ready

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Speaker 1: to go when Candy Rabbit says, hush the White Rocking

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Speaker 1: Horse chapter two. Suddenly all the toys who had been

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Speaker 1: crowding to the edges of the shelves and counters to

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Speaker 1: watch the race between the horse and the elephant became

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Speaker 1: very quiet. The candy rabbit seemed to shrink down behind

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Speaker 1: the monkey on the stick. The tin soldier slipped his

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Speaker 1: sword back into its scabbard, and his men lowered their weapons.

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Speaker 1: The calico clown, who had been about to bang his

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Speaker 1: cymbals together, dropped them to his sides. The lamb on wheels,

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Speaker 1: who had just been going to ask a rag doll

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Speaker 1: if she didn't want to sit up so she might

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Speaker 1: see better, rolled herself under the counter, and the white

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Speaker 1: rocking horse and the elephant on his roller skates looked

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Speaker 1: around in surprise. What's the matter, nade the horse. Why

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Speaker 1: did you call out for us to hush, Candy rabbit?

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Speaker 1: I thought I heard a noise, was the answer. Maybe

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Speaker 1: the night watchman is coming. If he is, he must

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Speaker 1: never see us at our play. Something dreadful would happen

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Speaker 1: if if he did hush not so loud, whispered the

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Speaker 1: calico cloud. What you say is very true, Candy rabbit.

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Speaker 1: We dare not move around or talk if we are

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Speaker 1: being looked at by human eyes. But I do not

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Speaker 1: think the watchman is coming. How can we be sure

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Speaker 1: the watchman is not looking at us? Whispered the monkey

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Speaker 1: on the stick. I'd like to see this race, so

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Speaker 1: would I said the calico clown. And there is only

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Speaker 1: one way we can be certain the watchman is not here.

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Speaker 1: Tell us, how, suggested the tin soldier. This is the way,

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Speaker 1: answered the calico clown. I will recite that funny riddle

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Speaker 1: I started to give you earlier in the evening. If

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Speaker 1: the watchman is here, he will laugh at it, and

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Speaker 1: then we'll know he is watching us. That will be

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Speaker 1: a fine way, said the lamb on wheels. Go ahead,

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Speaker 1: calico clown, tell us the riddle, and we must all

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Speaker 1: listen to see if the watchman laughs. All right, here

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Speaker 1: I go, agreed the calico clown. He banged his cymbals together,

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Speaker 1: and then, in a loud voice, asked, why is a

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Speaker 1: basket of soap bubbles like a piece of chocolate cake?

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Speaker 1: They all listened after the calico clown had asked this riddle,

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Speaker 1: but there was no laugh. It was as quiet in

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Speaker 1: the toy department as if none of the playthings had

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Speaker 1: made belief come to life.

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Speaker 2: I guess the Watchman isn't.

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Speaker 1: There, said the calico clown, or else he would have

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Speaker 1: laughed at my riddle. Maybe he is waiting for the answer,

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Speaker 1: said the white rocking horse. I think that must be it,

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Speaker 1: for I don't see anything very funny in the riddle.

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Speaker 1: Maybe the Watchman is waiting for you to give the

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Speaker 1: answer and then he'll laugh. Oh, I'm sure that is it,

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Speaker 1: said the elephant. Go ahead, calico clown, tell us the answer,

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Speaker 1: Why is a basket of soap bubbles like a piece

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Speaker 1: of chocolate cake? If we hear that, maybe we'll laugh

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Speaker 1: as well as the watchman. What's the answer, that's the

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Speaker 1: funny part of it, said the calico clown. There is

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Speaker 1: no answer, No answer, cried the white rocking horse.

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Speaker 2: That is a funny riddle.

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Speaker 1: I knew you'd think it was funny, returned the calico clown.

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Speaker 1: That is why I tried so hard to tell it

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Speaker 1: earlier in the evening, to make you all laugh. No,

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Speaker 1: there really is no answer. I don't believe a basketful

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Speaker 1: of soap bubbles is a bit like a piece of

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Speaker 1: chocolate cake.

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Speaker 2: But I just thought i'd ask to see if if.

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Speaker 1: Any of you knew. He waited a moment, but none

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Speaker 1: of the toys answered, and the watchman doesn't seem to

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Speaker 1: know either, said the monkey on a stick. I guess

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Speaker 1: he can't be here, or he would have laughed, mister

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Speaker 1: calico clown, I'm sure he would, said the joking clown.

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Speaker 1: It must be all right. No one is looking at us.

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Speaker 1: On with the race, Yes, rumbled the elephant away deep

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Speaker 1: down in his trunk. If we are going to have

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Speaker 1: this race, let's get it over with. I must be

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Speaker 1: back to my place among the camels and lions and

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Speaker 1: tigers before morning.

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Speaker 2: The elephant, who.

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Speaker 1: Had borrowed a pair of roller skates to race with

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Speaker 1: the white rocking horse, lived with the other animals from

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Speaker 1: the jungle and the desert get ready now, cried the

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Speaker 1: tin soldier. On your marks, orse, el elephant, I will

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Speaker 1: signal to start the race. Good nay, the white rocking

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Speaker 1: horse slowly he began to sway back and forth, while

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Speaker 1: the elephant slid along on his roller skates, until both

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Speaker 1: When the candy rabbit had cried hush, they had both

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Speaker 1: slid back toward the toy counter. Later on, the make

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Speaker 1: believe folk found that the noise was caused by a

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Speaker 1: jack in the box, springing up quickly to watch the race.

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Speaker 1: Bang went the toy pop gun, and then the race began.

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Speaker 1: And such a race as it was across the floor

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Speaker 1: toward the elevators went the elephant, gliding along on the

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Speaker 1: roller skates. Back and or swayed the rocking horse, And

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Speaker 1: each time he moved he went a little faster.

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Speaker 2: His tail and.

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Speaker 1: Mane streamed out in the air, and his red saddle

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Speaker 1: of real leather glistened in the light of the one

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Speaker 1: dim electric lamp. The elephant is winning. The elephant is winning,

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Speaker 1: cried the monkey on a stick. He rather favored the elephant,

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Speaker 1: for like the big chap, the monkey also came from

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Speaker 1: the jungle. The horse is going faster, cried the tin soldier.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure the horse will win the race. The tin

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Speaker 1: captain rather favored the horse, since all soldiers like horses.

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Speaker 1: It is too soon yet to tell who will win,

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Speaker 1: remarked the calico clown. They have to go to the

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Speaker 1: elevators and come back to the starting mark, the crack

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Speaker 1: and the floor before the race is finished. Oh, but

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Speaker 1: this is sport. The white rocking horse and the elephant,

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Speaker 1: who wore roller skates, were close together, making their way

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Speaker 1: as fast as they could toward the elevators. This was

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Speaker 1: the halfway mark of the race. The two animals must

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Speaker 1: turn around and come back to the toy counter before

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Speaker 1: it would be known which was the fastest. Just now,

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Speaker 1: they seemed to be even. On and on they raced

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Speaker 1: faster and faster. If you had been there, you would

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Speaker 1: have enjoyed it, I am sure. But of course that

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Speaker 1: was not allowed. If you had so much as peeped,

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Speaker 1: even with one eye, the toys would instantly have become

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Speaker 1: as motionless as pictures in your spelling book. Back and

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Speaker 1: forth rocked the white horse, rumble and roll went the

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Speaker 1: elephant on his skates. They were close to the elevators

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Speaker 1: in about three minutes after they had started from the

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Speaker 1: crack mark. Now they are going to turn around, whispered

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Speaker 1: Oh look, suddenly, cried the monkey on a stick. Now

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Speaker 1: the white rocking horse will win the race. As he spoke,

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Speaker 1: there came a loud clattering sound down near the elevators,

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Speaker 1: the halfway mark of the race. All the toys strained

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Speaker 1: their necks to look, and they saw that one of

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Speaker 1: the roller skates had come off the elephant. He had

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Speaker 1: turned too quickly and had lost a skate. Never mind,

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Speaker 1: go on, go on, cried the elephant, who was quite

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Speaker 1: a sporting chap in his own way.

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Speaker 2: Go on with the race.

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Speaker 1: I can beat you on three skates.

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Speaker 2: Mister horse.

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Speaker 1: Ho ho, we'll see about that, winnied the rocking chap

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Speaker 1: as he made the turn and started back. The two

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Speaker 1: toys were going along as fast as they could, the

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Speaker 1: rumble of the rockers on the white horse mingling with

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Speaker 1: the roll of the skates on the elephant, when all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, a brighter light shone in the toy department.

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Speaker 1: The sound of footsteps was heard, and the calico clown

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Speaker 1: had just time to shout the watchmen, to your place

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Speaker 1: is everyone, and instantly the toys were as motionless.

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Speaker 2: And quiet as mice.

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Speaker 1: The elephant, even on three skates, had been going so

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Speaker 1: fast that he rolled behind a big pillar, all covered

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Speaker 1: with red and green tissue paper with which the toy

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Speaker 1: section was decorated, and the white rocking horse stayed just

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Speaker 1: where he was when the clown called out. Up among

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Speaker 1: the toy counters and shelves came a big man carrying

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Speaker 1: a flashlight. He was the store watchman, and he went

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Speaker 1: about in the different departments each night to see that

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Speaker 1: all was well. What's this, exclaimed the watchman as he

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Speaker 1: noticed the white rocking horse near the elevators.

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Speaker 2: This toy is out of place.

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Speaker 1: He belongs over near the counter. Some clerk or customer

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Speaker 1: must have left him here when the store closed last night.

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Speaker 2: I'll take him back.

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Speaker 1: And picking up the white rocking horse, the watchman carried

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Speaker 1: the toy back to where it belonged, and the horse

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Speaker 1: did not dare give even the smallest kick. He dared

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Speaker 2: And in a race.

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Speaker 1: The watchman walked back toward the elevator and saw the

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Speaker 1: skate that had come off the elephant's foot. He did

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Speaker 1: not see the elephant, who was hidden behind the pillar. Well,

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Speaker 1: I do declare, exclaimed the watchman. The clerks here are

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Speaker 1: getting very careless. This roller skate belongs over in the

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Speaker 1: sporting section. I'll take it there. He picked it up

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Speaker 1: and walked away. When he was gone, and the light

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Speaker 1: of his flashlight no longer gleamed, the calico clown slowly

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Speaker 1: raised his head. Now you can go on with the race,

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Speaker 1: he said. No, the race is spoiled for tonight, answered

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Speaker 1: the horse. It will soon be daylight, and the clerks

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Speaker 1: and shoppers will be coming in. Yes, and I would

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Speaker 1: have to go to the other part of the store

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Speaker 1: to get back my roller skate, said the elephant. I

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Speaker 1: realize I cannot get along on three. We'll have the race.

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow night, mister horse.

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Speaker 1: That will suit me very well, said the proud, brave steed.

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Speaker 1: And now we had all better get quiet, said the

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Speaker 1: monkey on a stick. I can see the sun peeping

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Speaker 1: up in the east. Daylight is coming, and we dare

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Speaker 1: no longer move about and talk. We have had some fun,

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Speaker 1: But now we must get ready to be looked at

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Speaker 1: by the shoppers. Quiet everyone, And as he spoke, the

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Speaker 1: light suddenly grew stronger in the toy department. The clerks

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Speaker 1: began coming in, and soon, when the sun was a

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Speaker 1: little higher in the sky, the shoppers began arriving. The

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Speaker 1: white rocking horse, proud and stiff, stood near the counter.

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Speaker 1: How his red saddle of real leather glistened in the light.

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Speaker 1: How fluffy his mane and tail were. Suddenly there came

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Speaker 1: marching down the aisle of the store, a boy whose

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Speaker 1: feet made a great deal of noise, and who had

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Speaker 1: a loud voice. Here's the rocking horse I want, he cried,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to have this one, And in an instant

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Speaker 1: he had leaped onto the back of the white horse,

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Speaker 1: banging his heels on the painted sides and yanking on

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Speaker 1: the leather reins. Get y up, get y up, cried

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Speaker 1: the loud boy, and he began kicking the white rocking

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Speaker 1: horse in the side. And that is the end of

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Speaker 1: this part. Good night, sleep tight,