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That man began to make those toys for his own children, and then made copies and sold them through the boot and shoe store next door. THAT MAN BEGAN TO MAKE THOSE TOYS FOR HIS OWN CHILDREN AND THEN MADE COPIES AND SOLD THEM THROUGH THE BOOT AND SHOE STORE NEXT DOOR
whittled a second one to keep peace. While he was whittling the second one a neighbor came in and said: “Why don’t you whittle toys and sell them? You could make money at that.” “Oh,” he said, “I would not know what to make.” “Why don’t you ask your own children right here in your own house what to make?” “What is the use of trying that?” said the carpenter. “My children are different from other people’s children.” (I used to see people like that when I taught school.) But he acted upon the hint, and the next morning when Mary came down the stairway, he asked, “What do you want for a toy?” She began to tell him she would like a doll’s bed, a doll’s washstand, a doll’s carriage, a little doll’s umbrella, and went on with a list of things that would take him a lifetime to supply. So, consulting his own children, in his own house, he took the firewood, for he had no money to buy lumber, and whittled those strong, unpainted Hingham toys that were for so many years known all over the world. ILDREN THAT EVENING QUARRELED OVER IT AND HE WHIDDLED A SECOND ONE TO KEEP PEACE WHILE HE WAS WHIDDLING THE SECOND WHEN A NEIGHBOUR CAME IN AND SAID WHY DON'T YOU WHITTLE TOYS AND SELL THEM YOU COULD MAKE MONEY AT THAT OH HE SAID I WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE WHY DON'T YOU ASK YOUR OWN CHILDREN RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE WHAT TO MAKE WHAT IS THE USE OF TRYING THAT SAID THE CARPENTER MY CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN I USED TO SEE PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHEN I TAUGHT SCHOOL BUT HE ACTED UPON THE HINT AND THE NEXT MORNING WHEN MARY CAME DOWN THE STAIRWAY HE ASKED WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR A TOY SHE BEGAN TO TELL HIM SHE WOULD LIKE A DOLL'S BED A DOLL'S WASH STEAD A DOLL'S CARRIAGE A LITTLE DOLL'S UMBRELLA AND WENT ON WITH A LIST OF THINGS THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LIFETIME TO SUPPLY SO CONSULTING HIS OWN CHILDREN IN HIS OWN HOUSE HE TOOK THE FIREWOOD FOR HE HAD NO MONEY TO BUY LUMBER UNWIDDLED THOSE STRONG UNPAINTED HINGHAM TOYS THAT WERE FOR SO MANY YEARS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD
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