Seven O'Clock Stories

ROBERT GORDON ANDERSON
TO JEAN AND MALCOLM TO WHOM THESE STORIES WERE FIRST TOLD
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
AND THERE ON THE HILL SAT A JOLLY OLD MAN, ROUND AND FAT, WITH A PIPE IN HIS MOUTH AND A SACK ON HIS BACK
THE THREE HAPPY CHILDREN LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
WIENERWURST CAUGHT A PRETTY PIGEON BY ITS TAIL AND BIT IT
THE DUCKS, THE SWANS, AND THE GEESE ARE VERY FOND OF THE POND, BUT THEIR COUSINS THINK IT A DREADFUL PLACE
PRIMROSE, DAISY, BUTTERCUP, AND OLD BLACK-EYED SUSAN WALKED INTO THE BIG BARN
ON THE LINE SOMETHING WRIGGLED. IT WAS ROUND AND SHINY AND GOLD
THE TOYMAN WORKED WITH HIS KNIFE VERY CAREFULLY
'THERE, OLD WOODEN TOP,' THE TOYMAN SPOKE TO MR. SCARECROW STERNLY