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    The Story of a Calico Clown
    The Story of a Calico Clown
    The Story of a Calico Clown
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    The Story of a Calico Clown

    By Laura Lee Hope

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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    Laura Lee Hope

    Laura Lee Hope is the pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a group of children's book authors who worked together to produce numerous series of books for young readers. The true identity of the individual or individuals who wrote under the name Laura Lee Hope is not known. Under the name Laura Lee Hope, the Stratemeyer Syndicate produced several popular children's book series, including the Bobbsey Twins, the Bunny Brown series, and the Six Little Bunkers series. The books were known for their wholesome and adventurous stories, and for featuring relatable characters and family values. The Bobbsey Twins series, which followed the adventures of a pair of siblings, was particularly successful and became one of the most beloved children's book series of the 20th century. The series has been adapted for television and film several times. While the true authorship of the books written under the name Laura Lee Hope may never be known, their impact on children's literature and popular culture are undeniable. The books continue to be read and loved by generations of young readers around the world.

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      The Story of a Calico Clown - Laura Lee Hope

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Story of Calico Clown, by Laura Lee Hope

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Story of Calico Clown

      Author: Laura Lee Hope

      Posting Date: September 26, 2012 [EBook #5845] Release Date: June, 2004 First Posted: September 11, 2002

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF CALICO CLOWN ***

      Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

      MAKE BELIEVE STORIES

      THE STORY OF A CALICO CLOWN

      BY

      LAURA LEE HOPE

      Author of The Story of a Sawdust Doll, "The Story

      of a Monkey on a Stick, The Bobbsey Twins

      Series, The Bunny Brown Series, The

      Six Little Bunkers Series," Etc.

      CONTENTS

      I. THE GIANT'S SWING

      II. A BROKEN LEG

      III. THE CLOWN'S DANCE

      IV. UP IN A TREE

      V. TAKEN DOWN TOWN

      VI. IN THE OFFICE

      VII. IN THE WASH-BASKET

      VIII. DOWN IN A DEEP HOLE

      IX. BACK HOME

      X. THE TOY PARTY

      CHAPTER I

      THE GIANT'S SWING

      To-night we shall have a most wonderful time, said the Elephant from the Noah's Ark to a Double Humped Camel who lived in the stall next to him.

      What kind of a time? asked the Camel. He stood on the toy counter of a big department store, looking across the top of a drum toward a Jack in the Box who was swaying to and fro on his long spring. What do you call a wonderful time, Mr. Elephant?

      Oh, having fun, replied the big toy animal, slowly swinging his trunk to and fro. And to-night the Calico Clown is going to give a special exhibition.

      Oh, is he? suddenly asked a funny little Wooden Donkey with a head that wagged up and down. Is he going to climb a string again and burn his red and yellow trousers as he once did?

      Indeed I am not! exclaimed the Calico Clown himself. The Clown was leaning against his friend Mr. Jumping Jack, who was a cousin of Jack in the Box. I'm not going to give any special exhibition like that, went on the Clown. I'm just going to do a few funny tricks, such as standing on my head and banging my cymbals together. And, I am not sure, but I may ask a riddle.

      Will it be that one about what makes more noise than a pig under a gate? inquired a Celluloid Doll. Well, yes, it will be that riddle, replied the Clown, trying to look very stern.

      That's the only riddle he knows, whispered the Elephant.

      What I should like to know, said the Camel, is why a pig should want to get under a gate, anyhow. Why didn't he stay in his pen?

      Oh, there's no use trying to make you understand, sighed the Clown. I'll just have to dance around, do a few jigs, bang my cymbals together, and do things like that to amuse you.

      Well, we'll have a good time to-night, anyhow, said the Celluloid

      Doll. "We really haven't had much fun since the Candy Rabbit and the

      Monkey on a Stick went away. I wish—"

      Hush! suddenly called the Calico Clown. Here come the clerks. The store will soon be filled with customers.

      The toys became very still and quiet. This talk among them had taken place in the early morning hours, after a night of jolly good times. But when daylight came, and when clerks and customers filled the store, the toys were no longer allowed to do as they pleased. They could not move about or talk as they could on other occasions.

      The Calico Clown was a jolly chap, and he seemed to stand out among all the other toys on the counter. He wore calico trousers of which one leg was red and the other yellow. He had a calico shirt that was spotted, speckled and striped in gay colors, and on each of his hands was a round piece of brass. These pieces of brass were called cymbals, and the Calico Clown could bang them together as the drummer bangs his cymbals in the band.

      I say the Calico Clown could bang his cymbals together, and by that I mean he could do it when no boys or girls or grown folk were looking at him. This was the rule for all the toys. They could move about and talk only when no human eyes were looking. As soon as you glanced at them they became as still and as quiet as potatoes.

      But any one who picked up the Calico Clown could make him bang his cymbals together by pressing on his chest. There was a little spring, and also a sort of squeaker, such as you have heard in toy bears or sheep.

      Besides being able to clap his cymbals together, the Calico Clown could also move his arms and legs when you pulled certain strings, like those on some Jumping Jacks. The Calico Clown was a lively fellow, as well as being very gaily dressed.

      But now all the toys were still and quiet. They sat or stood or were lying down on the counter, waiting for what would happen next. And what generally did happen was that some customers came to the store and bought them.

      Already a number of the toys had been sold and taken away. There was the Sawdust Doll. She was the first to go. Then the White Rocking Horse had been

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