"Dear me!" thought the Horse, "This is not a pleasant adventure at all!
What is going to happen?"
"Bang! Bump! Crack!" sounded he rolled over and over down the steps.
"Oh, what a pain in my leg!" said White Rocking Horse to himself.
Dick ran over to his toy, and when he saw his White Horse lying on the sidewalk at the foot of the steps, the little boy cried:
"Oh, his leg is broken! Oh, the leg of my White Rocking Horse is broken! I can never ride him again!"
CHAPTER VII
IN THE TOY HOSPITAL
Dick made such a fuss out on the porch, crying, when he saw his toy lying at the foot of the steps, that the boy's mother hurried out to see what the trouble was.
"Dear me! Did you fall off?" asked Mother, as she saw the Horse lying on its side and Dick standing at the bottom of the porch steps near his toy. "Are you hurt, Sonny?"
"Oh, no, Mother. But my Horse is! My Christmas Horse is hurt."