Hobby The Hobby Horse

Once upon a time there was this special little Hobby horse. Every one called him Hobby because he just hobbled along, rocking with all his might to get from one place to another. The other toys loved him so much because they had so much fun with him, he let them ride his back all the time. At night when the people in the house went to bed the dolls and all the toys would come to life. Of course Amanda was the head of it all, because once she gave them her heart and imagination, they became real to her.

Hobby was her favorite, he had been with her since she was born. Hobby was home made by a man called Mel, he was so good with wood. What he didn't know was when Hobby met Amanda his little heart came to life and his gallop and his rocker bottom began to move. Once poor Hobby had a bad experience with a puppy in the house. The master of the house decided he wanted a puppy to run and play with, what he didn't know was the puppy chewed on things.

One day Hobby was laying in the floor and the master of the house left the puppy inside and he chewed on Hobby, of course it did not hurt him because Hobby always smiles no matter what. As long as the puppy was playing with him and having fun it was okay. The other dolls chased the puppy out of the room they didn't want Hobby to be chewed on. They loved riding him and was afraid he would be hurt. From then on Hobby had a fear of Puppies.

One night they almost got caught playing because of the puppy. He like to bark a lot and every time something moved he would bark. They were all playing in the toy room and jumping around and riding Hobby and the puppy began to bark, well the master of the house came to see and just as he opened the door they all laid down. Of course Hobby just rocked back and forth.

Hobby was sitting by the window one night and as he looked out, he saw a shadow of a man in the garden, he looked so hard to see who it was. He had a bag and he was coming to the door. He had a long black coat on and when he rang the bell the Master of the house seemed real excited to see him. He knew the lady of the house had not been feeling well and when he heard him say "Doctor I am glad you are here, he knew then who it was. Well anyway he was so tired of looking out of the window his little eyes seemed to just close and he fell asleep.

The next morning the sun was shinning so bright in his eyes he almost rocked off the window ledge. All seemed very quiet after last night so he rocked and rocked till he got off the ledge and closer to the door. About that time Amanda awaken, she came into the room, "Excuse me she said are you looking for something Hobby? "Oh yes said Hobby I saw a tall man come into the house last night and the Master called him "Doctor, I was trying to see if everything was alright." About that time Amanda began to laugh so hard, "Yes" she said, "everything is fine Hobby there is going to be a new baby in the house." Oh no, thought Hobby it will roll on me like Amanda did and let water from its mouth spill on me and the little teeth will chew on me like the puppy, Amanda always chewed on Hobby also.

Well his mind was at ease at last, all he had to do was wait and see, hopefully it would be a little boy that would take him out side to play. So all the toys sat back and waited to hear the news. It wasn't long before Amanda came back, "guess what"? she said as she sat the toys all around and especially Hobby, she loved Hobby the best. She was too big to sit on him but when she was small her Mommy would hold her over him and pretend she was riding him and that was fun.

She told them all about Benjamin. He is so pretty she said and so cute. I will bring him in as soon as they will let me hold him. That was good new thought Hobby, at last a little boy to take him outside and play with him. If he can just make it through the drooling and the teeth, he will be fine. Now we must wait and see if Amanda will give up Hobby to Benjamin.