Then Grandpa stooped down and said, “Whisper in my ear what the trouble is. We haven’t time to cry all morning.”
Then Humpty Dumpty whispered something to Grandpa, and Grandpa picked him up and carried him all the rest of the way to the store.
When they reached the store, what a time they had!
Teddie and Freddie tried on all the caps the man had, and Humpty Dumpty got so hungry that they had to buy him a box of crackers!
At last Teddie and Freddie chose stocking caps just alike, and Humpty Dumpty chose a sun-bonnet, and they were all as happy as children could be.
Then Grandpa pulled out his watch and said:
“We shall have to hurry. It is twenty minutes of train time, and you still have your pennies to spend.”
Then the little Roly-Polys danced about the shop and they asked the price of this article and that article, and the clerk was so pleased to see that they all had money to spend that he got out three big bags of peanuts and placed them in a row on the counter.
Then Freddie said, “I want peanuts,” and Teddie said, “I want peanuts,” and Humpty Dumpty said, “Oh, oh, oh! peanuts!”
The clerk handed each one a bag of peanuts and asked, “Can I do anything else for you young gentlemen to-day?”