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Show Fairy Tale & TARY GISHAM DOTOR. ALLIE BAA'S PRESENT It was Allie Baa's birthday and she, was much excited. Allie Baa .is a rag doll and no doll could be more beloved than she is. Her face is painted but the paint Is not very bright, for Allie has been kissed so many, many times. She has a small body but it Is Just the right size for hugging, and she is the most comforting doll in the world. Her mother, whose play name Is Mrs. Cucumber Green, loves her so much that she could never possibly be able to tell how much. But Allie has a little bit of an Idea. She knows that when her mottier is sad she can curl up In her arms and help drive away the sadness. She knows that when her mother is happy she can be jumped up and down with Joy. She knows that when there Is a party she is going to have fun too, or if there Is work to be done she can help just by the way she watches. But It was Allie Baa's birthday and Mrs. Cucumber Green was having a party for her. A number of her small friends were coming to the party and they had been asked to bring their dolls. Of course the rest of Mrs. Cucumber Green's children and pets were at the party. There were Robbie the cloth doll, and Gyp the sawdust dog, and Lucifer Luci-fer the cloth cat, and .Tolmny Naples the worsted doll, and a number of others. All the guests arrived right on time and the party began. The dolls and the pets all sat In little chairs and on the sofa and watched their mothers playing. They had such a good time just being at the party. They didn't mind watching In the least. And then the children played bouse and the dolls played that too. They were taken culling, they were taken to grand balls, they were dressed and undressed and the talk was most ly about them. The mothers spoke of how well their children had been lately and how good nrtfsC,tf Time for Supper. they had been and hew little trouble they were and what healthy appetites they had. After they had played for a long time It was the time for supper. The dolis all sat at a little blue table and were given make-believe food on tiny dishes. The mothers had cocoa and bread and butter and chicken and little patty cult es. Everyone seemed very hungry. After the supper was over Mrs. Cucumber Cu-cumber Green look Allie Haa from the table where the dolls all were and sat her In her lap over where the children were. "It's Allie Baa's birthday," she said, "and I've got a present for her." All the mothers listened, and the dolls ut the other table listened. Allie was Just ns proud as she could he. "I've got a new bed for Allie Han," Mrs. Cucumber Green said. "Of course, a great deal of the time she will sleep with me, but there are times when I'm busy and when she wants to he resting, rest-ing, that a bed of her own will ho very useful." Then she left Allie In her chair and went behind the bureau and brought out a lovely doll's double bed which was more than big enough for Allie Haa. It had sheets on It, nnd blankets, and a little spread and a pillow at the top, and It had four posters and was Just as fine ami complete a hod as anyone could ever see. How proud Allie was, and all the other dolls and the mothers, loo. wished her many happy returns of the day. Hut Juit as they all were leaving. Allie had a tiny present for each little guest little boxes with hard candy. It was a most successful party. |