“That’s a good beginning,” said his father. “But wishing alone will never do anything, not even if you had the magical wishing-cap I read you about. You must not only wish; you must help yourself. Now, Johnny would make a sled out of that box.”
“I wish I could,” said Tommy. “I would try if I had some tools. I wish I had some tools.”
“What tools would you need?”
Tommy thought a minute. “Why, a hammer and some nails.”
“A hammer and nails would hardly make a sled by themselves.”
“Why, no. I wish I had a saw, too.”
“I thought Santa Claus brought you all these tools last Christmas?” suggested his father.
“He did; but I lost them,” said Tommy.
“Did you ever hunt for them?”
“Some. I have hunted for the hammer.”