RAGGEDY ANN
STORIES


Written & Illustrated by
JOHNNY GRUELLE


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LITTLE SIMON
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PREFACE AND DEDICATION


As I write this, I have before me on my desk, propped up against the
telephone, an old rag doll. Dear old Raggedy Ann!

The same Raggedy Ann with which my mother played when a child.

There she sits, a trifle loppy and loose-jointed, looking me squarely in
the face in a straightforward, honest manner, a twinkle where her
shoe-button eyes reflect the electric light.