right."

"Don't try," replied Grandpa Horton, with a smile. "Just think of them
as a gift from a little boy who admires you very much."




CHAPTER VIII

WHEN TOYS GO TO SCHOOL

Before the Parkney family moved to Judge Layton's farm, Miss May's
school had opened, the Christmas holidays were over, and dear Grandpa
and Grandma Horton had gone home to Brookside. Grandma had to take the
sweater she was knitting for Bob home with her to finish, but she sent
it to him as soon as it was done. And a handsome sweater it was, dark
gray and warm and comfortable. Bob was delighted with it.

The first day of school, after the holiday vacation, Jessie Smiley, a
little girl who sat near Sunny Boy in Miss Davis' room, brought her
walking doll to school with her.

"I couldn't leave Cora Florence at home," Jessie explained to Miss
Davis. "Santa Claus brought her to me. I thought she could sit in a
chair and wait for me, mornings."

Miss Davis shook hands politely with Cora Florence and said that she
might stay. The girls were much interested in the doll, and even the
boys wanted to make her walk, though of course they privately thought