Raggedy Andy Stories by John B. (John Barton) Gruelle
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happiness are truly catching.
Daddy wished to catch a whole lot of Raggedy Ann's cheeriness and happiness and put all this down on paper, so that those who did not have Raggedy Ann dolls might see just how happy and smiling a rag doll can be. So Raggedy Ann stayed at Daddy's studio for three or four days. She was missed very, very much at home and Marcella really longed for her, but knew that Daddy was borrowing some of Raggedy Ann's sunshine, so she did not complain. Raggedy Ann did not complain either, for in addition to the sunny, happy smile she always wore (it was painted on), Raggedy Ann had a candy heart, and of course no one (not even a rag doll) ever complains if they have such happiness about them. One evening, just as Daddy was finishing his day's work, a messenger boy came with a package; a nice, soft lumpy package. Daddy opened the nice, soft lumpy package and found a letter. Gran'ma had told Daddy, long before this, that at the time Raggedy Ann was made, a neighbor lady had made a boy doll, Raggedy Andy, for her little girl, who always played with Gran'ma. And when Gran'ma told Daddy this she wondered whatever had become of her little playmate and the boy doll, Raggedy Andy. |
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