"I
never knew I would be brave enough to go to sea. I wish the Bold Tin
Soldier and the Calico Clown could see me now. I'm sure they never had
an adventure like this!"
So the Lamb on Wheels stood on her wooden platform in the middle of the
raft and looked at the water of the brook. Now and then little waves
splashed over the edge of the raft, but only a little water got on the
toy, and that did not harm her.
"Isn't this fun!" cried the little boy who had first thought of playing
Noah's Ark with the raft.
"It is packs of fun!" agreed the older boy. "Let's make believe we are
going on a long voyage."
So the raft went on and on down the brook, and the Lamb on Wheels was
having a fine ride.
"Though I wish some of the toys were here with me," she thought to
herself. "I wonder if the Sawdust Doll would get seasick if she were on
board here. I don't believe the Bold Tin Soldier would, and the Calico
Clown would be trying to think of new jokes and riddles, so I don't
believe he would be ill. But I wonder what is going to happen to me?
What will be the end of this adventure?"
The two boys poled their raft down to a broader part of the brook, where
it flowed at the bottom of a garden.
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