Show DAMS RIK wom a THE DOLLS HOUSE weve hoard heard about the pet rag doll said daddy whose name was allie ban baa for short oh yes said nancy but ive forgotten lier her whole name wont you tell it to me ine daddy 1 I remember it was a very very 10 long ng one said nick Hera her whole hole name said daddy was wa alice gustava arlel ariel star jewel bright carol carmen cucumber green 1 I 1 exclaimed nick that was a good long name most certainly said nancy and you remember I 1 suppose continued daddy that her mother called herself sirs mrs cucumber green and her dolls were all the cucumber green children she had named herself mrs mr green one summer and then she had thought it would bo be so nice and cool to call herself mrs cucumber green it sounds founds like rather a chilly name for the winter said gald nancy well perhaps it does said daddy but still he like to have a different name for summer and winter and I 1 suppose she liked a name naine nelch chich made her feel cool in the summer better than one which made her feel warm in the winter well mrs cucumber green thought she should make a winter castle lot for abille aille ban baa so she set to work adlle ban baa said marq cucumber green 1 I am going to make you a castle or palace or whatever you want to call it al adlle baa say anything for she Af able to talk real talk she CLEAR TIC TI C allie sea baa sat on i A sled was a ang doll you see but oli oh she was so nice and so friendly and so very tery nice to hug you wont tell me whether you are pleased or not ilot said mrs C cucui acu in bergreen ber green but I 1 know you are precious old mile baa I 1 and then alile ban baa got a fl fine 11 hug 6 1 I must set to work at once said mrs cucumber green allie ban baa you must not keep me from my work allie baa say anything to this but she looked as though she would not keep her mother from work any more and such a palace or castle or fort as mrs cucumber green lid did make inake I 1 it was like a fine fine dolls house that Is sometimes seen in wonderful shops there were rooms and halls there was nn an upstairs and a downstairs nud and there were doors and windows no dolls house forn for a m whole bole family ot of dolls I 1 c could have been better dad and alile baas reg rag aldace face looked very shining and b beaming come and happy as sh she saw what a gr gorgeous gg winter minter home she was to have during the time that this beautiful home was being built by mrs cucui bergreen ber green allie baa sat on a sled called clear the track because it went so fast that everything had to get out of its way may allie baa was dressed in a warm pink sweater and pink scarf and pink cap cal all ail to match which mrs cu cumber greens mother had made for alile the home for allie grew more wonderful every moment and what an honor to think that instead of being a home for many dolls it was a home tor for one doll though of course allie baa would never have been so selfish that an all the other dolls dolla have shared her home with hr her allie ban baa loved to share chare things anyway what made her such a nice doll that and a good many other reasons too well after a time the home was wa built and there was a tort fort near by 0 so o allie could be well looked after in the snowball lights fights between mrs cu cumber greens brother and his friends mrs cucumber green had built the house near the fort the fort had many holes so the people inside could see out and know just what the other side were doing oh how proud allie baa was to think that her home was as near the great tort fort and that she had bad so many floors and doors and windows in her home well play here when the sun shines said mrs cucumber green to allis ban baa for at other times it will be too cold weve been working this afternoon so we felt the cold well have fine times here and just to prove that they would clr sun came out for the first time aliat day and blamed beamed and smiled stalled as though to say begin to have some imro gw thine tor for playing right away |