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2. But when the toys were given out. it happened that the elephant doll fell to the share of little Willie Jumbo, who was very delighted with his prize, and began rocking it in a little cradle. But his sister, Nancy Jumbo, was very upset because she had not received the elephant doll. “I want that Jumbo off the tree!" she cried. “I don’t want this man-dolly! Go away you nasty thing!” Then, turning to her little brother, she cried: "Give me the Jumbo-doll! I saw it first, and I ought to have had it!” “It’s mine—mine.” said Willie; “and I mean to keep it!” "Oh, do you? Well, it’s mine now!" shouted Nancy, as she snatched the little elephant out of the cradle.

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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue IV, 28 July 1900, Page 183

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2. But when the toys were given out. it happened that the elephant doll fell to the share of little Willie Jumbo, who was very delighted with his prize, and began rocking it in a little cradle. But his sister, Nancy Jumbo, was very upset because she had not received the elephant doll. “I want that Jumbo off the tree!" she cried. “I don’t want this man-dolly! Go away you nasty thing!” Then, turning to her little brother, she cried: "Give me the Jumbo-doll! I saw it first, and I ought to have had it!” “It’s mine—mine.” said Willie; “and I mean to keep it!” "Oh, do you? Well, it’s mine now!" shouted Nancy, as she snatched the little elephant out of the cradle. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue IV, 28 July 1900, Page 183

2. But when the toys were given out. it happened that the elephant doll fell to the share of little Willie Jumbo, who was very delighted with his prize, and began rocking it in a little cradle. But his sister, Nancy Jumbo, was very upset because she had not received the elephant doll. “I want that Jumbo off the tree!" she cried. “I don’t want this man-dolly! Go away you nasty thing!” Then, turning to her little brother, she cried: "Give me the Jumbo-doll! I saw it first, and I ought to have had it!” “It’s mine—mine.” said Willie; “and I mean to keep it!” "Oh, do you? Well, it’s mine now!" shouted Nancy, as she snatched the little elephant out of the cradle. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue IV, 28 July 1900, Page 183