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The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
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I was her very own, and she kept me longer than any other plaything. My
judgment must be first.'

"'She is right,' said the Jack-in-a-box; 'and now let us get on. The
prisoner is delivered unreservedly into the hands of our trusty and
well-beloved Rosa--doll of the first class--for punishment according to
the strict law of tit for tat.'

"'I shall request the assistance of the pewter tea-things,' said Rosa,
with her usual smile. 'And now, my love,' she added, turning to me, 'we
will come and sit down.'

"Where the go-cart vanished to I cannot remember, nor how I got out of
it; I only know that I suddenly found myself free, and walking away
with my hand in Rosa's. I remember vacantly feeling the rough edge of
the stitches on her flat kid fingers, and wondering what would come
next.

"'How very oddly you hold your feet, my dear,' she said; 'you stick out
your toes in such an eccentric fashion, and you lean on your legs as if
they were table legs, instead of supporting yourself by my hand. Turn
your heels well out, and bring your toes together. You may even let
them fold over each other a little; it is considered to have a pretty
effect among dolls,'

"Under one of the big trees Miss Rosa made me sit down, propping me
against the trunk as if I should otherwise have fallen; and in a moment
more a square box of pewter tea-things came tumbling up to our feet,
where the lid burst open, and all the tea-things fell out in perfect
order; the cups on the saucers, the lid on the teapot, and so on.
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