said Daddy.

"I will go away and let you have your visit to yourselves, although it
is good to sit and share your happiness by watching you."

Daddy then took the rubber band and placed it around Raggedy Ann's right
hand, and around Raggedy Andy's right hand, so that when he had it fixed
properly they sat and held each other's hands.

Daddy knew they would wish to tell each other all the wonderful things
that had happened to them since they had parted more than fifty years
before.

So, locking his studio door, Daddy left the two old rag dolls looking
into each other's eyes.

The next morning, when Daddy unlocked his door and looked at his desk,
he saw that Raggedy Andy had fallen over so that he lay with his head in
the bend of Raggedy Ann's arm.

[Illustration: Then Daddy propped Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy up]

[Illustration: Side by side]

[Illustration: Dolls in a row]




THE NURSERY DANCE