Show MAJ y GRAHAM BONNER for u IT If UNON Oto ALLIE BAA Mrs Cucumber Green lead had hadnot not been well at all She had had a bad cold and she had had to stay stayn In bed She felt lonely a good deal of the time Of course many of her friends could not come and see her as their mothers were naturally afraid they would catch cold too and there was no sense to that And when one or two did come to see her they seemed so stron strong and she felt so weak that she that she felt they didn't enjoy her In the least They kept saying You ou could get up if it you wanted to to couldn't you ou 1 That hurt her feelIngs feelings feelings feel- feel Ings for she didn't enjoy staying in bed and having to miss all aIr the wonderful wonderful won won- out door things Or they would sa say You dont don't look so very ry sick Just as ns though she were vere pretending I Well when she was pretending she pretended something else than stupidly stupid stupid- ly being sick But Allie Baa Ban understood Mile Allie Baa Daa was Mrs Cucumber Greens Green's beloved rag doll You know Mrs Cucumber Green Gleen was a little girl but that was the name n she had given herself and It was the name by which many of her friends c called her Allie Baa Daa was her darling beloved child Allies Allie's f face ce had be been n painted and repainted many times C Constant kissing wore vore off orr Allies AllIe s color and even herey s dimmed with so much kissing But Ollie i us used d to b b be c freshened up every once In a while awhile And now Allie was comforting Mrs Cucumber Green For wile Allie under under- under understood under stood stood d p perfectly rf A Allie le knew that h her r mother did not care to be sick Allie knew that her mother mothe wished she she felt well enough to be o out f and ih At play at-play i play i y Allie knew that her mother felt weak and miserable and that when one felt that thai way vay it wasn't wasn't- nice to pretend they could be up and nd about it if they hey wanted want f to be Allie knew too that when when people said you didn't look a bit sick In a aYou at ax x r t 8 e eYou c You Could Get Up if You Wanted T To certain doubting tone of voice It wasn't kind at all Oh ye yes Allie understood perfectly And she knew too when Mrs Cucumber Cucumber Cucumber Cu Cu- cumber Gre Green n wanted to talk a little and she sat up ready for tor conversation and looking the interest she felt Mrs Green liked to talk to Allie part of if the time and answer for AI le in the voice olce that Mrs Cucumber Cucumber Cucumber Cu Cu- cumber Green used when she was making Allies Allie's s answers Then Allie AUle would be be willing to lie still and not say a n word or do a thing when Mrs Cucumber Green felt tired She She would snuggle up so nice and close to to to her dear mother and she would be be so comforting by Just being around and near at hand Sometimes she would soothe Mrs Cucumber Green so much that Mrs Cucumber Green would have a nice little nap And then the day that Mrs C Cucumber Cucumber cumber cum cum- ber Green got up for tor the first time In quite a number of ot days and her legs were vera so weak that she felt as though her legs Just didn't want to todo todo todo do any work worker or to hold her up at all there was Allie Alire Baa Dna by her very ery manner man man- manner ner showing how she wanted to com com- 0 fort tort and ana to 10 sympathize Oh h. h others might have more toys than she had they might live In grander bigger more luxurious houses Others might have richer fathers father and more wonderfully dressed moth moth- ers Others might have finer food and nicer clothes But Dut there was no one who had hod a ar r rag g dolt doll such as DS she had No ont one else who had an nn Allie Baa with all the wonderful qualities that Mlle Allie Dan Ban possessed f fOh Oh yes Mrs Cucumber Green Gree was very pery lucky She find dad AtIle Allie Baa Dan I |