"Is Joe back yet?" asked Herbert, after he had said "hello" to Mirabell
and put his Monkey toy on the table.
"No, Joe is still in the hospital," answered the lame boy's mother. "He
will be home in about three weeks, we hope. Here is his Nodding Donkey
toy."
"Oh, that's fine!" cried Herbert. "Arnold told me about it, and I wanted
to see it. My mother told me about Joe going to the hospital, and I came
to see how he was."
"It is very kind of you," said Joe's mother. "Now I'll leave you
children to play with your toys awhile, until I call up the hospital on
the telephone and see how Joe is to-day. I have not had a chance to
visit him yet."
Herbert and Mirabell had fun playing together, and with the Lamb on
Wheels, the Monkey on a Stick, and the Nodding Donkey. After a while the
children were given some bread and jam by Mrs. Richmond, who called
them into another room to eat it.
"I heard from the hospital that Joe is much better to-day," said Mrs.
Richmond, as she spread more bread and butter for her little visitors.
While they were left in the room by themselves, the toys spoke to one
another.
"You are a new one, aren't you?" asked the Lamb of the Donkey.
"Yes," was the answer. "Joe got me only a little while before he was
taken to the hospital, wherever that is.
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