{"product_id":"2940013157880","title":"CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AT MERRYVALE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        CHAPTER                           PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           I. TOAD'S WISH                    9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          II. THE SNOW FIGHT                15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         III. THE VICTORY                   19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          IV. CHUCK'S RUDE AWAKENING        26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           V. THE ADVENTURE IN THE SNOW     33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          VI. TOAD'S UNSELFISHNESS          40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         VII. THE BOYS PLAN A SURPRISE      46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        VIII. WHAT MIKE FOUND               52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          IX. CHRISTMAS MORNING             59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AT MERRYVALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTOAD'S WISH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hurrah!\" shouted \"Reddy.\" \"School is out and no more lessons for two\u003cbr\u003eweeks!\" and he threw his cap into the air.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Let's go home by the way of the village, so we can look into Daddy\u003cbr\u003eWilliams' toy shop,\" suggested his friend Thomas Brown, better known as\u003cbr\u003e\"Toad,\" who ran up to join him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All right,\" agreed Reddy, \"and I'll show you what I want for\u003cbr\u003eChristmas,\" and they started down the street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Looks as though it might snow by night,\" said Toad, \"don't you wish\u003cbr\u003ethere would be a big one? Then we could get all the boys together and\u003cbr\u003ehave a battle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's the best fun I know of, next to swimming in the creek,\" was the\u003cbr\u003eanswer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here we are,\" he cried a few minutes later and both boys stopped in\u003cbr\u003efront of a small shop window that looked very gay with a wonderful\u003cbr\u003edisplay of Christmas toys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"See those skates hanging up by that sled. That's the kind I want,\"\u003cbr\u003epointed out Reddy. \"You screw them right into the heels of your shoes\u003cbr\u003eand you bet they can't ever come off.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"They're fine,\" agreed Toad, \"but look at that engine and train. It\u003cbr\u003egoes right through the tunnel and up over the bridge. I wonder how fast\u003cbr\u003eit can run.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's a dandy mitt there,\" said the other, pointing to a baseball\u003cbr\u003eoutfit. \"I wouldn't be afraid to stop any kind of a ball with that on.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wish my dad would get me a new sled like that flyer,\" sighed Toad. \"I\u003cbr\u003efinished mine last winter when I ran into that tree with you and Herbie\u003cbr\u003eon board.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You surely did,\" was the laughing answer. \"I remember how we all went\u003cbr\u003eflying head first into a snow drift.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's a nice pocket knife,\" was Toad's next remark. \"I mean the one\u003cbr\u003ewith the pearl handle, just next to that doll with the pink dress on.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh!\" exclaimed Reddy, \"here's what just suits me,\" catching sight, for\u003cbr\u003ethe first time, of a punching bag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How do you work it?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why, you see there's an elastic rope on each end of it, and one of them\u003cbr\u003eyou tie to a ring in the floor and the other to something overhead. Then\u003cbr\u003ewhen you give it a punch it comes back to you with a bang.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I'd rather have a football; then maybe we could get up a regular\u003cbr\u003eteam,\" remarked Toad.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147462066416,"sku":"2940013157880","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013157880_p0.jpg?v=1763577561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013157880","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}