Chug,
chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. Her cars were
filled full of good things for
boys
and girls. There were toy
animals-zebras,
giraffes with long necks, Teddy bears with almost no
necks
at
all,
and even a baby elephant. Then there were
dolls-dolls
with blue eyes and
yellow
curls, dolls with brown eyes and brown bobbed heads, and the
funniest little toy clown you ever saw.
Some of the cars were filled with all sorts of
good things for boys and girls to eat-big golden oranges,
red-cheecked apples, bottles of creamy milk for their breakfasts,
fresh
spinach
for their dinners, peppermint drops, and lollipops for after-meal
treats.
The little train was carrying all these
wonderful
things to the good little boys and girls on the other side of the
mountain.
"Here comes a shiny new
engine,"
said the funny little clown who
jumped
out of the train.
I
have just carried a fine big train over the mountain, with more
cars than you ever dreamed of. Our engine has broken down, and the
good little boys and girls on the other side won't have any toys
to play with or good
food
to eat unless you help us." I am a
very
important engine indeed. I won't pull the likes of you!" And the
Freight Engine puffed off indignantly to the
roundhouse.
He looks very old and tired, but our train is
so
little,
perhaps he can help us." So the little toy clown waved his flag
and the dingy, rusty
sixty
year old engine stopped. "Please,
Kind
Engine," cried all the dolls and toys together. "Won't you please
pull our train over the mountain? Our engine has broken down, and
the boys and girls on the other side won't have any toys to play
with or
good
food to eat unless you help us."And he
rumbled
to the roundhouse chugging, "I can not. I can not. I can
not.
When she saw the toy clown's flag, she stopped
quickly.
"Will you pull us over the
mountain?
Our engine has broken down and the good boys and girls on the
other side won't have any toys to play with or good food to eat,
unless
you help us. I have never been
over
the mountain." Then she said, "I
think
I can. I think I can. I think I can."
Puff,
puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine.
"Hurray,
hurray," cried the funny little clown and all the dolls and
toys.