Also, red ribbons, starting from the horn itself, led to each person's plate, and at the end of each ribbon was a name-card.
Gleefully the children took their places, and laughed merrily at the funny little souvenirs that stood at their plates.
Kingdon had a jolly pig, made of a lemon, with wooden toothpicks stuck in for legs, a curly tail made of a bit of celery, and two black-headed pins for eyes.
Marjorie had a horse made of a carrot, which looked like a very frisky steed, indeed.
"It should have been made of a horse-radish," said Mr. Maynard, who was the originator of these toys, "but I feared that would make you weep instead of laugh."
Molly had a gay-looking figure, whose head was a fig, his body a potato, and his legs and arms bunches of raisins. He wore a red fez with a feather in it, and a red tunic tied with gold braid.
Kitty had a nut doll, whose head was a hazelnut, and its body an English walnut. Its feet and hands were peanuts, stuck on the ends of matches.
Rosy Posy had a card on which were several white mice. These were made of blanched almonds, fastened to the card by stitches of thread, which looked like tiny legs and tails.
Mrs. Maynard found at her place a tiny figure of a dancing girl. The head was a small white grape, and the body and ruffled skirts were merely a large carnation turned upside down.
And Mr. Maynard's own souvenir was a funny old fat man, whose body was an apple, and his head a hickory nut.