Chapter 31

           Finallythewagonarrived.Itmadenonoise,foritswheelswereboundwithstrawandrags. 

           Itwasdrawnbytwelvepairofdonkeys,allofthesamesize,butallofdifferentcolor. Someweregray,otherswhite,andstillothersamixtureofbrownandblack.Hereandtherewereafewwithlargeyellowandbluestripes. 

           Thestrangestthingofallwasthatthosetwenty-fourdonkeys,insteadofbeingiron-shodlikeanyotherbeastofburden,hadontheirfeetlacedshoesmadeofleather,justliketheonesboyswear. 

           Andthedriverofthewagon? 

           Imaginetoyourselvesalittle,fatman,muchwiderthanhewaslong,roundandshinyasaballofbutter,withafacebeaminglikeanapple,alittlemouththatalwayssmiled,andavoicesmallandwheedlinglikethatofacatbeggingforfood. 

           Nosoonerdidanyboyseehimthanhefellinlovewithhim,andnothingsatisfiedhimbuttobeallowedtorideinhiswagontothatlovelyplacecalledtheLandofToys. 

           Infactthewagonwassocloselypackedwithboysofallagesthatitlookedlikeaboxofsardines.Theywereuncomfortable,theywerepiledoneontopoftheother,theycouldhardlybreathe;yetnotonewordofcomplaintwasheard. Thethoughtthatinafewhourstheywouldreachacountrywheretherewerenoschools,nobooks,noteachers,madetheseboyssohappythattheyfeltneitherhunger,northirst,norsleep,nordiscomfort. 

           NosoonerhadthewagonstoppedthanthelittlefatmanturnedtoLamp-Wick. 

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