“Oh, my dear!” whispered the Lamb on Wheels to the Sawdust Doll, when they had a chance to talk together alone for a moment, which was when Dorothy and Mirabell went into the house to get some crackers for a play party, “you have no idea what an exciting story the Bold Tin Soldier has to tell you!”
“What about?” asked the Sawdust Doll.
“About how he saved the Calico Clown,” was the answer. “He’ll tell you about it when he has the chance.”
“I shall be glad to hear it,” said the Sawdust Doll. “But I hope nothing serious happened to the Clown.”
“No. But it might have,” answered the Lamb. “Hush! Here come the children back. We may not talk any longer.”
But a little later on there was a chance for all four of the toys to talk among themselves. And there was quite an adventure, too, for the Bold Tin Soldier and the Sawdust Doll.
After they had played for some time, Dorothy and Mirabell and Dick and Arnold saw Patrick, the gardener, get out the hose.
“Oh, may we sprinkle a little?” cried Dick.
“Yes, please let us squirt some water on the flowers,” begged Dorothy.
“If you’ll be very careful not to get wet you may,” said Patrick.