“So am I,� said the Candy Rabbit. “I am sure he wanted to see how I tasted.�
“Well, I don’t know that you can blame him,� remarked the Calico Clown. “You surely are the sweetest thing here! Ha! Ha! Here we are again, boys and girls!� he cried.
“Oh, what a joke!� exclaimed the Sawdust Doll.
“That’s it! We must have fun!� laughed the Calico Clown. “Here is another joke! What kind of toes never wear any shoes?� he asked.
“The idea!� said the Sawdust Doll. “There aren’t any kinds of toes but what have shoes to cover them. My toes are covered with kid shoes, and the Tin Soldier’s toes are covered with tin shoes, and the Monkey’s toes are covered with plush, and——�
“I mean pota-toes!� laughed the Calico Clown. “Ha! Ha! Ha! Pota-toes never wear shoes!� and he doubled up in the middle, because he thought his joke was so funny.
“Well, that isn’t such a bad one,� said the Rocking Horse. “You must have been in a circus, Mr. Clown.�
“No, not yet, but I want to be,� was the answer. “I’m hoping some boy will buy me and put me in a sawdust ring. That’s where I belong as a Calico Clown. In a sawdust ring!�
And the Calico Clown banged his cymbals together and felt so jolly that he sang a little song like this:
“In a sawdust ring,