{"product_id":"2940013649835","title":"THE STORY OF A NODDING DONKEY","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                    PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I THE SANTA CLAUS SHOP    1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II A WONDERFUL VOYAGE     13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III THE JOLLY STORE        24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV THE CHINA CAT          36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V THE LAME BOY           48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI A NEW HOME             60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII THE FLOOD              72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII A BROKEN LEG           86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX A LONESOME DONKEY      94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   X JOE CAN RUN           109\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SANTA CLAUS SHOP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nodding Donkey dated his birth from the day he received the\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful coat of varnish in the workshop of Santa Claus at the North\u003cbr\u003ePole. Before that he was just some pieces of wood, glued together. His\u003cbr\u003ehead was not glued on, however, but was fastened in such a manner that\u003cbr\u003ewith the least motion the Donkey could nod it up and down, and also\u003cbr\u003esidewise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is not every wooden donkey who is able to nod his head in as many\u003cbr\u003eways as could the Donkey about whom I am going to tell you. This\u003cbr\u003eNodding Donkey was an especially fine toy, and, as has been said, his\u003cbr\u003efirst birthday was that on which he received such a bright, shiny coat\u003cbr\u003eof varnish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here, Santa Claus, look at this, if you please!\" called one of the\u003cbr\u003ejolly workmen in the shop of St. Nicholas. \"Is this toy finished, now?\"\u003cbr\u003eand he held up the Nodding Donkey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSanta Claus, who was watching another man put some blue eyes in a\u003cbr\u003egolden-haired doll, came over to the bench where sat the man who had\u003cbr\u003emade the Nodding Donkey out of some bits of wood, glue, and real hair\u003cbr\u003efor his mane and tail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hum! Yes! So you have finished the Nodding Donkey, have you?\" asked\u003cbr\u003eSanta Claus, as he stroked his long, white beard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'll call him finished if _you_ say he is all right,\" answered the man,\u003cbr\u003esmiling as he put the least tiny dab more of varnish on the Donkey's\u003cbr\u003eback. \"Shall I set him on the shelf to dry, so you may soon take him\u003cbr\u003edown to Earth for some lucky boy or girl?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, he is finished. Set him on the shelf with the other toys,\"\u003cbr\u003eanswered dear old St. Nicholas, and then, having given a last look at\u003cbr\u003ethe Donkey, the workman placed him on a shelf, next to a wonderful Plush\u003cbr\u003eBear, of whom I shall tell you more in another book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I'm glad he's finished,\" said Santa Claus' worker, as he took up\u003cbr\u003ehis tools to start making a Striped Tiger, with a red tongue. \"That\u003cbr\u003eNodding Donkey took me quite a while to finish. I hope nothing happens\u003cbr\u003eto him until his coat of varnish is hard and dry. My, but he certainly\u003cbr\u003eshines!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the Nodding Donkey did shine most wonderfully! Not far away, on the\u003cbr\u003esame shelf on which he stood, was a doll's bureau with a looking glass\u003cbr\u003eon top. In this looking glass the Nodding Donkey caught sight of\u003cbr\u003ehimself.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180950044912,"sku":"2940013649835","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013649835_p0.jpg?v=1763583850","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013649835","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}