Show A V eni fairy lairy aw Tal aslag J y vw V w aby nay bonner Q vm THE RAG DOLL nellie was very very rich that Is her mother and tier her daddy were very very cry rich now every christmas christinas nellies nelles neli I 1 governess Eo verness used to help her write a letter to santa claus clans it was a very perfect letter it if nellie made the slightest blot the letter had to be written fill all over again L it a word was 1 not spelt correctly it had bad to te be I 1 correctly written pretty beautiful beautiful on a fresh pie alece ly dressed I 1 doll oil of paper she never sent lots an and lots of love to santa she always sent tier her very best wishes and was ills his most sincerely though she w would uld have liked to have written do vot edly or even adoringly she asked each year for a pretty beautifully dressed loll doll and each year santa gave her a pretty beautifully dressed doll it if she hugged bugged the doll she was told told not to muss up the pretty doll or hurt the real lace fringe on her dress oh dear at times she did I 1 long for f a plain loll doll she wanted a doll she could love and hug and whose clothes were plain and would not be hurt by hugging and she began to long for this kind of a loll doll more and more and more it came time for her to write her letter to santa claus the governess Insi insisted on helping tier her though nellie wished to write it all by herself set f she often felt as though santa would not mind the mistakes in let act she felt quite sure he and bow would he ever know that she wanted a rag doll unless she told him more and more she ion longed ed tor for the rag doll more and more she wished oil how hard she wished that tier her papa might be made but after the letter to santa was written she wrote one all by herself without It bout the help of her ber governess she was alone for two hours that afternoon and it was then that she wrote the letter this Is what she said my ily dear darling adorable santa ive vi written rItten you one letter cut ell t its not really my letter fit at all its the letter of my governess she says she knows what santa likes to hear and how he likes his letters I 1 dont think she knows what ashes talking about but I 1 suppose I 1 say that as ashes really nice at times though not very often she never laughs santa and slie she says that to giggle Is very shocking oh dear theres a blot but I 1 much time to begin a new letter and anyway its a kiss you know its a kiss dont you dear santa santa could I 1 have a rag doll this christmas christinas I 1 dont think it matters even if I 1 am rich it if I 1 have a ra rag loll 1011 do iou of course I 1 should have a handsome doll but id rather have the doll for a little girl with a poor pool daddy and give tier her the doll you hale ha for rue me maybe she like the handsome doll either I 1 want nant one I 1 can hug and take to bed with me and kiss and dress and undress so tier her clothes wont hurt burt it papa were poor it would be all right for roe me to anve thoe eliose things lings ti but hes rich and I 1 must have iou on give me the rig highl it I 1 things for a rich VA child but I 1 10 lo do wish lie li e were poor dear santa then id be ill al alil owed to also gl le e sometimes some and A n 1 I laugh very ey often and even shout once in a title 1011 oh dear I 1 must hurry burry oil off p please 1 e a a e please please p please I 1 Rs a s e give mv me a rag doll tear dear darling A dear de dear at rag S santa anta D agh ol 01 1 I 1 she klie put this letter in ili a corner by the like chimney un berneath der neath the other oilier one and when santa flow fiad it ills his dear jolly blue eyes filled with tears you shall bae your rag doll fear dear little nellie and be able to remove her plain sensible clothes and tier her arm little coat aleli ill make for her he said santa must have seen to something else too for before very long nellie had bad a new governess and it matter any more about being rich there was laughter now flow and lots of fun and games and everything ever everl thing imaginable find and at christmas nellie was given a dear dear rog rag doll |