In a very large toy store lived a large community of all sorts of toys. They all dreamed of only one thing: to be bought and played with by children. After all, the toys were very sad in the store. They were incredibly happy with every store visitor. Of course, a toy should never show people that it was alive and could move and talk. But among themselves the toys communicated, and they did this most often when the store was already closing.
On one of the shelves in the store lived a princess, a knight, and a dragon. And one day they argued about who was the best.
What's there to argue about, of course you won't find a better doll than me here.
The princess declared boastfully.
You're mistaken. I'm much better than you. Look at my shiny armour. No one else has anything like it.
The knight interrupted the princess impatiently.
Oh no, that's not true. I'm the best toy in this store. Look how many different buttons I have. I can sing and talk.
The dragon said decisively.
Well, how are we to understand who is the best among us?
The princess asked.
It's simple. Whoever of us gets bought first will be the best toy.
The dragon suddenly suggested.
And the toys began to wait for when they would be bought. But a week passed, then another, and no one bought them. Then the toys decided to be cunning and improve their appearance. The princess found a large number of bows in the store and put them all on herself. She began to look like a Christmas tree.
All the store visitors openly laughed at the princess doll. By dressing in a large number of bows, she had become a laughingstock for everyone around her.
The knight saw that many boys were buying transformer cars and decided to pretend he was a transformer. He clumsily and inappropriately tried to look like some kind of vehicle, but in this form he looked more like a pile of garbage than a car. Store visitors couldn't figure out what kind of metal substance was in front of them.
And the dragon noticed that children loved talking dolls, so he constantly pressed buttons and talked. But people didn't like such noise and many toys argued with him.
All the toys that were on other shelves were eagerly bought, but not the princess, the dragon, and the knight. They wanted so badly to be bought that instead they overdid it with their efforts and turned themselves into terrible toys that no one liked.
But they couldn't even think that the problem was precisely in their
