Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 183
ree new dolls sat on three little chairs, Waiting for Christmas day;And they wondered, when she saw them, What the little girl would say. They hoped that the nursery life was gay; And they hoped that they would findThe little girl often played with dolls; And they hoped that she was kind. Near by… … As if they never had seen beforeThat a doll was sitting there. Oh, we re not in the least afraid, said one We are quite too fine and new;But perhaps you yourself will find that nowShe will scarcely care for you. The old doll shook her head and smiled:She smiled, although she knew Her plaster nose…
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