Did you ever wonder why childrenalways wish to do what grown peo-ple do ? Why the boys like to playsoldiers, and farmers, and conductors,and doctors, and keep store just likepapa ? Why the girls play keephouse, and bake, and sweep, andtake care of the doll-children, and govisiting like mamma ?… … do or play,after a lono- At least, so it seems, storm, or during long or a long illness.Then is the time to think of mak-ing Christmas and birthday presents.One of those times had come toCarrie and Isabel. They had playedin the barn during the long rainymorning, and could find nothing newor…
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