. The story of live dolls : being an account of how, on a certain June . looked! Whenthey had squeezed lemons for lemon-ade and frozen the ice cream, they satdown to rest. Dinah said it was to be a delightfulpicnic, given by the Queen to all thedolls and their mammas. Every littlegirl in the village was invited, and shedid hope she had enough to eat! Janie ran home to tell mammaabout it, and to ask if she couldntmake something for the lunch. Mam-ma thought for a moment. 59 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS I know the very thing, she onto your wheel and go toeach little girls house,
. The story of live dolls : being an account of how, on a certain June . looked! Whenthey had squeezed lemons for lemon-ade and frozen the ice cream, they satdown to rest. Dinah said it was to be a delightfulpicnic, given by the Queen to all thedolls and their mammas. Every littlegirl in the village was invited, and shedid hope she had enough to eat! Janie ran home to tell mammaabout it, and to ask if she couldntmake something for the lunch. Mam-ma thought for a moment. 59 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS I know the very thing, she onto your wheel and go toeach little girls house, and tell her tobe here at three this afternoon, and tobe sure to wear an old dress. You are the darlingest mamma! Janie cried, as she hugged her and ranaway with a delightful feeling of mys-tery. It must be lovely if mammaplanned it, but what can it be ? Promptly at three all were on took them to the kitchen. We will make some doll candy,and I will show you how, she said. They had to relieve their excitedfeelings by dancing a jig at this de- 60 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS. lightful news, and then they settleddown to work. They first made somechocolate drops, the weentiest littlethings you ever saw; then some marsh-mallows, which were about the size ofparchesi dice. Next they made maple-creams anddear old-fashioned molasses candy, V. which the children were allowed topull, and the one who succeeded in 61 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS getting her piece the whitest was tohave a dainty little box of the mixedcandies. It was great fun! When it was fin-ished it looked so good that mammahad to divide a box among them. Thenshe brought out the popper, and thechildren went gaily about shelling thecorn. This is always a delight to pop,and when they had a heaping dish ofit, they made it into popcorn ballsabout the size of marbles. While they waited for the candyto harden they ran into the gardento play and to talk over these strangehappenings. 62 THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS O children, what l
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