the French doll was thinking of one time when Fido was lost.

Marcella took the French doll's hand, and passed a cup of "tea" to
Raggedy Andy, and said, "Mr. Raggedy Andy, will you have another cup of
tea?" as if the French doll was talking.

And then Marcella answered for Raggedy Andy, "Oh, yes, thank you! It is
so delicious!"

Neither the French doll nor Raggedy Andy knew what was going on, for
they were thinking real hard to themselves.

Nor did they drink the tea when it was poured for them. Marcella drank
it instead.

Perhaps this was just as well, for, most of the dolls were moist inside
from the "tea" of the day before.

Marcella did not always drink all of the tea, often she poured a little
down their mouths.

Sugar and water, if taken in small quantities, would not give the dolls
colic, Marcella would tell them, but she did not know that it made their
cotton, or sawdust insides, quite sticky.

Quite often, too, Marcella forgot to wash their faces after a "tea," and
Fido would do it for them when he came into the nursery and found the
dolls with sweets upon their faces.

Really, Fido was quite a help in this way, but he often missed the