Laura Lee Hope 
Story Of A Stuffed Elephant 

Excerpt: ""Oh, how large he is!" "Isn’t he? And such wonderfully strong legs!" "See his trunk, too! Isn’t it cute! And he is well stuffed! This is really one of the best toys that ever came into our shop, Geraldine; don’t you think so?" "Yes, Angelina. I must call Father to come and look at him. He will make a lovely present for some boy or girl-I mean this Stuffed Elephant will make a lovely present, not our father!" and Miss Angelina Mugg smiled at her sister across the big packing box of Christmas toys they were opening in their father’s store. "Oh, no! Of course, we wouldn’t want Father to be given away as a toy!" laughed Geraldine. "But this Stuffed Elephant-oh, I just love him!" Miss Geraldine Mugg caught up the rather large toy animal and hugged it tightly in her arms. "Be careful!" called her sister. "You may break him!""