Show B T Tale le leY ARY Y AARY NN GRAHAM BONIER BONNER e. e r G pt N EDW EDWARD ARD l IolI Molly had a doll she had named Molly too and she had a brother named Edward Edward was vas atense n a tease tense not a nice o 00 o d natured runn funny sort of or a al l tease but he was I the kind who hurt peoples people's feel feel- ings i He would see 1 1 some som one who had hud on a suit sua which was not new or which had been patched u id P and he would try to make the one who was wearing It reel feel very cry un un- U Up P in a High comfortable Tree Edward would also see bo boys s 's wearing their older brothers brothers' suits and he would say with witha I Ia a mean look Where did you get that suit i I And he liked to tease Molly by making fun of Molly doll and b by tl tossing tossing toss toss- S ing her up in the air and playing with her as though she was a ball baH and he could bat her In a game of his own mean making Molly Molly doll doli was as a rag doll Oh how Molly MoHy would feel when her ber doll was lifted up In Edwards Edward's hands and then he would sa say so meanly only rag What's the difference differ ence One day he left Molly doll up In a high tree and she couldn't be found He didn't tell where she was And that afternoon quite late the snow fell feH and Molly was afraid her doll was left out in the snow She hunted and hunted and then a neighbor boy who wasn't mean as Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward was found her and brought her safely to Molly loll But they didn't tell Edward they had found her He ne thought she was still up In the tree That night when he slept lo to and behold Molly doll came and stood at atthe atthe atthe the end of his bed No longer was Molly doll a a a. a rag doll She had grown oh she had grown And she was ryas wearing instead instead in in- stead stend of a painted paint ed wig g great l' l e n t f Icicles and cold old 1 1 And her hod holy body seemed very stiff and straight 11 ll f seemed so very strong as though she were made of steel or of Iron Instead of l ii rn rags s. s Edward she said and find her v voice o 0 i ice c e sounded harsh and el terrible terrible ter ter- Edward A Neighbor Boy S she h e continued you Jou left me out In the tree today and andOU you OU didn't care If it hurt burt your sister or me Ive come to show you Edward couldn't think what she meant but he was frightened as ns everyone one who vho is a bull bully can cnn so easily be he frightened when anything goes a against them She Slie took tonk Edward In her arras arms which had grown n so bl big and hard hurd and she tossed him up In the tile air and around and about o fc-o that he was frightened he might Ian lani 1 on the ground round Instead he was In his bed when he awoke But ut oh what a horrible dream It had been heen And when h discovered lis dis covered o Molly Moll had her Molly doll HIli and anal that sh she hul hal h hell hoen en rescued he fie was really thankful nn and 1 pleased |