In the box were little paper houses, and little paper street lamps, and windmills, and trees, and under one tree was a hammock for the Sandman.
It took Boy Blue exactly one hour to set the little town up, and Uncle Phil attached a cord and Boy Blue cried out with delight as from every house and every street lamp there shone a light that twinkled, twinkled, twinkled.
Uncle Phil said:
“You’re a good little boy with never a frown,
And so I bought you this Sleepy-Town.”
Boy Blue thanked Uncle Phil and had many happy hours playing with his new toy town.
Fairy Moonlight peeped in the window and sang as she watched Boy Blue at play:
“Every child in his little gown
Is on the road to Sleepy-Town.”
Her voice was so sleepy, sleepy, sleepy as she sang that even Uncle Phil, who was telling this story, fell asleep, and