“Well, now that he’s gone, let’s have some more fun,” cried the Candy Rabbit. “Go on with the party.” “That’s what I say!” chattered the Monkey on a Stick, as he quickly climbed up and down, so rapidly that the Sawdust Doll cried: “Oh, don’t! You make me dizzy!” “Yes, behave yourself,” said the Bold Tin Soldier. “We can’t all be as lively as you. Now, if you like, I’ll march out my men and we will parade for you. How will that do?” “Oh, fine!” exclaimed the Sawdust Doll. “I love parades! Don’t you?” she asked the Calico Clown. “Yes, they’re very nice,” he answered. “And when the drum goes ‘Boom! Boom!’ I feel like jumping up and down and banging my cymbals.” “Well, you may do that,” said the captain of the Tin Soldiers. “We should all be as jolly as we can, for there is no telling now, from day to day, with Christmas coming on, when one of us may be taken away.” The Sawdust Doll thought of the little girl who had wanted her so much, and she thought of what the mother had said: “Put that brown-eyed doll away for me. I shall come in again.” “I wonder if she will really buy me for her little girl,” thought the Sawdust Doll. And the White Rocking Horse remembered the boy who had jumped on his back and had taken a ride there in the store. “I should like him for a master,” thought the White Rocking Horse. “Well, now for the parade!” called the Bold Tin Soldier smartly. “Fall in, my men!” “Fall in! Ha! Ha! Does he want them to fall into the Goldfish tank?” laughed the Calico Clown. “Hush! Be quiet!” begged the Sawdust Doll. “When a captain tells his soldiers to ‘fall in’ he means for them to stand in a straight line so they may march.” And that is just what the Tin Soldiers did. They stood in line behind their captain, who drew his shining tin sword, and then they marched in and out among the tables, counters and shelves of the toy department. They right-wheeled and left-wheeled and halted and went on the double-quick and then they all stood up and fired their guns--make-believe, of course, for the guns were only of tin, and had no powder in them, not even talcum powder. “But it’s lots of fun to make believe!” said the Sawdust Doll, when the parade had ended. “Yes, it certainly is!” said the Calico Clown. “And, speaking of fun, reminds me of a joke. What part of a doll’s house is hot and cold at the same time?” “Ho! Such a thing can’t be!” exclaimed the White Rocking Horse. “Nothing can be hot and cold at the same time.” “Yes, it can!” said the Calico Clown. “It’s the front door of the doll’s house. The outside part of the door is cold, and the inside part, nearest the fire, is hot. Ha, Ha!” and he rattled his cymbals like anything.