"We could never guess!" all the dolls cried.

"Why a dear little Jenny Wren came and picked enough cotton out of me to
make a cute little cuddly nest in the grape arbor!"

"Wasn't that sweet!" cried all the dolls.

"Yes indeed it was!" replied Raggedy Ann, "It made me very happy. Then
when the lady took me in the house again she stuffed me with lovely nice
new cotton, all the way from my knees up and sewed me up and put new
yarn on my head for hair and--and--and it's a secret!" said Raggedy Ann.

"Oh tell us the secret!" cried all the dolls, as they pressed closer to
Raggedy. "Well, I know you will not tell anyone who would not be glad to
know about it, so I will tell you the secret and why I am wearing my
smile a trifle broader!" said Raggedy Ann.

The dolls all said that Raggedy Ann's smile was indeed a quarter of an
inch wider on each side.

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"When the dear lady put the new white cotton in my body," said Raggedy
Ann "she went to the cupboard and came back with a paper bag. And she
took from the bag ten or fifteen little candy hearts with mottos on them
and she hunted through the candy hearts until she found a beautiful
red one which she sewed up in me with the cotton! So that is the
secret, and that is why I am so happy! Feel here," said Raggedy Ann. All
the dolls could feel Raggedy Ann's beautiful new candy heart and they