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Five Minute Stories

Chapter 53: JINGLE.
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About This Book

A lively collection of short stories and poems for children, offering simple domestic scenes, playful rhymes, brief narratives, and light moral lessons. Pieces range from tender portraits of family life and child play to fanciful nonsense verses, seasonal and holiday sketches, animal vignettes, and concise character studies, often keyed to children's imagination and daily activities. Language is straightforward and rhythmic, with songs and jingles interspersed among short tales; many pieces aim to charm or amuse while gently reinforcing kindness, curiosity, and good manners. Illustrations accompany several items, enhancing the accessible tone and appeal to young readers.

JINGLE.

The sugar dog lay in the toe of the stocking,
And rocking,
As if in a cradle, he called to the drum
To come.
But the ball and the gray flannel pig were too cunning,
And running,
With Noah’s Ark, filled the stocking quite up
To the top.
The jumping-jack could not get into the stocking.
How shocking!
He had to climb up on the foot of the bed
Instead.
But the rag doll was wise, and while baby was sleeping,
Came creeping,
And nestling under the sweet baby arm,
Lay warm.