Toby Boy.

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 33, 24 January 1929, Page 8

Toby Boy.

Toby-Boy lived in a small cottage by the wood. One rainy day his mother had to go shopping and leave Toby-boy alone. Before she went she took from a shelf a large wooden box, and put it on the floor for Toby-Boy.

"Be good, Toby-Boy, till I come back again," said,she.

When she was gone Toby-Boy opend the box. It was quite full of nice wooden bricks which his father had made.

"What shall I build to-day?'* said Toby-Boy, sitting on the floor. But Mistress Puss, who was cleaning a paw in front of the fire, was the only person who heard him, and she said not a word in reply. . . • ' '• .

Toby-Boy wanted to build something quite new. He had often made bridges and house with his bricks. At last he remembered his visit to the Zoo with his mother; and he thought it would be great fun to build a Zoo.

He soon built some small cages and a garden with a wall round it. Then he went to his Noah's Ark, took all the animals out of it and put them in the cages. TobyBoy knew that his mother had a pretty china duck in her workbasket; he soon found the duck and put her in his garden; and she looked very happy indeed.

Then Toby-Boy built a cage very much larger than the other cages. This one had no roof, but its walls were high.

"This cage is for you, Mistress Puss," said Toby-Boy.

Mistress Puss seemed pleased, and she let Toby-Boy pick her up and put her into the cage. He had to do tnis with much care lest he should knock down the walls.

When she was in the cage, Mistress Puss sat quite still and purred.

"You are the finest animal in my Zoo, Mistress Puss," said Toby-Boy. ~-.-'"

He was very glad indeed that his mother came back at that moment, just in time to see the finest animal in the Zoo!