. St. Nicholas [serial]. Robby Robin flew up to perch on KatieKatts shoulder. Teddie Toad hopped up to bal-ance on Robby Robins back. And Betty Butter-fly floated up just over Teddie Toads head. Hold on tight! shouted everybody. Away went Dicky Dog! Away went the ex-press-wagon ! Away went everybody ! First Dicky Dog walked, and that was smoothenough. Then Dicky Dog trotted, and that wasjolty enough. Then Dicky Dog ran, and thatwas jerky enough. Then Dicky Dog raced, andthat was rumbly enough. Then Dicky Dog gal- loped, and that was tumbly enough. Then DickyDog tore, and that was jolty and jer
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Robby Robin flew up to perch on KatieKatts shoulder. Teddie Toad hopped up to bal-ance on Robby Robins back. And Betty Butter-fly floated up just over Teddie Toads head. Hold on tight! shouted everybody. Away went Dicky Dog! Away went the ex-press-wagon ! Away went everybody ! First Dicky Dog walked, and that was smoothenough. Then Dicky Dog trotted, and that wasjolty enough. Then Dicky Dog ran, and thatwas jerky enough. Then Dicky Dog raced, andthat was rumbly enough. Then Dicky Dog gal- loped, and that was tumbly enough. Then DickyDog tore, and that was jolty and jerky andrumbly and tumbly all together ! Away went Betty Butterflys forget-me-notcrown ! Away went Teddie Toads clean whitehih ! Away went Robby Robins wide paper col-lar ! Away went Katie Katts crocheted sack!Away went Dicky Dogs hat and spectacles!Away went Pattys gloves and scarf and fan ! When they reached the lilac-bush, Betty But-terfly was brushed off and left swinging on ablossom. When they reached the pump, Teddie. WENT DICKV dog! AWAY WENT THE EXPRESS-WAGON !AWAY WENT EVERYBODY! Toad was tumbled off and left groping in the tallgrass. When they reached the apple-tree, RobbyRobin was bounced off and left clinging to atwig. When they reached the pansy bed, KatieKatt was shaken off and left sprawling amongthe flowers. When they reached the porch,Patty was rolled out and left lying on the flicit — The express-wagon stoppetl! It stopped witha bounce and a squeak and a sigh ! And DickyDog stopped, too ! Dicky Dog stretched himself at the foot of theporch steps and fell into a deep sleep. KatieKatt curled herself up in a ball among the pansiesand dropped into a sound snooze. Robby Robintucked his head under his wing and took a longnap. Teddie Toad shut his eyes to catch threemore delicious winks. Betty Butterfly closed herbeautiful wings — And Patty crossed the porch, without lookingonce at herself in the big window !
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