tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45236996721633450292024-03-28T20:28:06.814-07:00The Doll's StorybookStories about dolls who live in our world. Although these stories are suitable for children, they should check with their parents before reading and always be careful online. Readers are invited to donate to a charity supporting pediatric cancer treatment and research. Images shown are taken by the author or from a free image website with attribution and appreciation. The author has no connection with Götz Puppenmanufaktur, but gives them credit for the amazing dolls they produce.Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523699672163345029.post-4888881763141696442024-03-22T13:00:00.001-07:002024-03-26T10:29:42.921-07:00The Doll's Storybook Table of Contents: All the Stories with Dates and Links<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> Table of Contents</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Here are all the story titles with dates and links, in order:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOULgWJ_BHmM3Zvroe5LltH9BRRsZczK3O3pXzPdArOxWHXMSluYMs64SjHHvnu2vIpvWp6G8Up1kqB9nplK-ctIXG3hyk761xpAQr0w1bi-nJZAXP1VK5uH2l7D6eiZS3hcoczsJf88FgFR1RZFiIm0Qkx0aFGztn9uTYjC58Q6nsCAFI8UYxtFbS/s2537/IMG_2210.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="2537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOULgWJ_BHmM3Zvroe5LltH9BRRsZczK3O3pXzPdArOxWHXMSluYMs64SjHHvnu2vIpvWp6G8Up1kqB9nplK-ctIXG3hyk761xpAQr0w1bi-nJZAXP1VK5uH2l7D6eiZS3hcoczsJf88FgFR1RZFiIm0Qkx0aFGztn9uTYjC58Q6nsCAFI8UYxtFbS/w640-h640/IMG_2210.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">1) June 22, 2018, “Little Miss Crocker and the Spider”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/06/little-miss-crocker-and-spider.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/06/little-miss-crocker-and-spider.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">2) June 29, 2018, “Existing Outside the Box”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/06/existing-outside-box.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/06/existing-outside-box.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">3) July 6, 2018, “What Do Dolls Do on Their Day Off? </span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-do-dolls-do-on-their-day-off.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-do-dolls-do-on-their-day-off.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">4) July 13, 2018, “Skiing in Summer?”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/skiing-in-summer.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/skiing-in-summer.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">5) July 20, 2018, “A Picnic by the Lake”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-picnic-by-lake.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-picnic-by-lake.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">6) July 27, 2018, “Insomnia”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/insomnia.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/07/insomnia.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">7) August 3, 2918, “Dipping Into Art”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/dipping-into-art.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/dipping-into-art.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">8) August 10, 2018, “Lemonade”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/lemonade.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/lemonade.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">9) August 17, 2018, “The Adventures of a Busy Doll”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-adventures-of-busy-doll.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-adventures-of-busy-doll.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">10) August 24, 2018, “Where dolls Come From”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/where-dolls-come-from.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/where-dolls-come-from.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">11) August 31, 2018, “Reading Things”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/reading-things.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/08/reading-things.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">12) September 7, 2018, “Outdoor Fun”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/outdoor-fun.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/outdoor-fun.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">13) September 14, 2018, “Flying or Lying”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/flying-or-lying_14.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/flying-or-lying_14.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">14) September 21, 2018, “Welcoming the Newcomer”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcoming-newcomer.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/welcoming-newcomer.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">15) September 28, 2018, “Being Little”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/being-little.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/being-little.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">16) October 5, 2018, “Why Are There Dolls?”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/why-are-there-dolls.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/why-are-there-dolls.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">17) October 12, 2018, “Stars”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/stars.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/stars.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">18) October 19, 2018, “Being Good”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/being-good.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/being-good.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">19) October 26, 2018, “Scary Things”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/scary-things.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/10/scary-things.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">20) November 2, 2018, “Planting Bulbs”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/planting-bulbs.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/planting-bulbs.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">21) November 9, 2018, “Charlotte’s Birthday”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/charlottes-birthday.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/charlottes-birthday.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">22) November 16, 2018, “Reading, Writing and Recycling”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/reading-writing-and-recycling.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/reading-writing-and-recycling.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">23) November 23, 2018, “It’s a Boy”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/its-boy.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/its-boy.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">24) November 30, 2018, “You Are Special”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/you-are-special.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/11/you-are-special.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">25) December 7, 2018, “Happy Hanukkah, Charlotte!”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/happy-hanukkah-charlotte.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/happy-hanukkah-charlotte.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">26) December 14, 2018, “Caroling and Dreaming”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/caroling-and-dreaming.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/caroling-and-dreaming.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">27) December 21, 2018, “Santa Visits”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/santa-visits.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/santa-visits.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">28) December 28, 2018, “Having Fun With Toys”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/having-fun-with-toys.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/12/having-fun-with-toys.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">29) January 5, 2019, “Cousins!”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/cousins_5.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/cousins_5.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">30) January 11, 2019, “Cooking Lesson”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/cooking-lesson.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/cooking-lesson.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">31) January 18, 2019, “Boredom”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/boredom.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/boredom.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">32) January 25, 2019, “Trouble at School”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/trouble-at-school.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/01/trouble-at-school.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">33) February 1, 2019, “Veronika’s Birthday”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/veronikas-birthday.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/veronikas-birthday.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">34) February 8, 2019, “Bounce or Splat?”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/bounce-or-splat.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/bounce-or-splat.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">35) February 15, 2019, “Meeting the Elephant”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/meeting-elephant.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/meeting-elephant.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">36) February 22, 2019, “Choosing and Chosen”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/choosing-and-chosen.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/02/choosing-and-chosen.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">37) March 1, 2019, “Snow!”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/snow.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/snow.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">38) March 8, 2019, “Soft, Warm and Fun to Make”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/soft-warm-and-fun-to-make.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/soft-warm-and-fun-to-make.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">39) March 15, 2019, “What Dreams May Come”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-dreams-may-come.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-dreams-may-come.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">40) March 22, 2019, “Need a Hobby?”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/need-hobby.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/need-hobby.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">41) March 29, 2019, “A Good Turn”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-good-turn.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-good-turn.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">42) April 5, 2019, “It’s Spring!”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/its-spring.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/its-spring.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">43) April 12, 2019, “The Birthday Gift”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-birthday-gift.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-birthday-gift.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">44) April 19, 2019, “Celebrations”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/celebrations.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/celebrations.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">45) April 26, 2019, “Ups and Downs”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/ups-and-downs.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/04/ups-and-downs.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">46) May 3, 2019, “Gossip”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/gossip.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/gossip.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">47) May 10, 2019, “Going Hungry”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/going-hungry.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/going-hungry.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">48) May 17, 2019, “Sunshine in the Rain”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/sunshine-in-rain_17.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/sunshine-in-rain_17.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">49) May 24, 2019, “Paper Fun”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/paper-fun.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/paper-fun.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">50) May 31, 2019, “A Visit to the Mesozoic”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-visit-to-mesozoic.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-visit-to-mesozoic.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">51) June 7, 2019, “Welcoming a Stranger––A Fairy Tale”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/welcoming-strangera-fairy-tale.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/welcoming-strangera-fairy-tale.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">52) June 14, 2019, “A Field Trip to the Dentist’s Office”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-field-trip-to-dentists-office.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-field-trip-to-dentists-office.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">53) June 21, 2019, “Keeping Up With Jonesy”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/keeping-up-with-jonesy.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/keeping-up-with-jonesy.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">54) June 28, 2019, “Myrtle the Turtle”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/myrtle-turtle.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/06/myrtle-turtle.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">55) July 5, 2019, “The Philosophy of Sad Times”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-philosophy-of-sad-times.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-philosophy-of-sad-times.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">56) July 12, 2019, “Fuzzy Town—A Play”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/fuzzy-towna-play.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/fuzzy-towna-play.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">57) July 19, 2019, “Heat Wave”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/heat-wave.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/heat-wave.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">58) July 26, 2019, “Veronika Sews”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/veronika-sews.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/07/veronika-sews.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">59) August 2, 2019, “Ice-cream Social”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/ice-cream-social.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/ice-cream-social.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">60) August 9, 2019, “Money in a Jar”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/money-in-jar.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/money-in-jar.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">61) August 16, 2019, “An Encounter With a Wolf”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/an-encounter-with-wolf.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/an-encounter-with-wolf.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">62) August 23, 2019, “On the Wing”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-wing.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/on-wing.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">63) August 30, 2019, “The Spelling Test”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-spelling-test.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-spelling-test.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">64) September 6, 2019, “The Last of Summer”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-last-of-summer.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-last-of-summer.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">65) September 13, 2019, “Getting Answers”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/getting-answers.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/getting-answers.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">66) September 20, 2019, “The Cruise That Didn’t Happen”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-cruise-that-didnt-happen.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-cruise-that-didnt-happen.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">67) September 27, 2019, “Emil”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/emil.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/09/emil.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">68) October 4, 2019, “Welcome Emil”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/welcome-emil.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/welcome-emil.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">69) October 11, 2019, “Marmalade”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/marmalade.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/marmalade.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">70) October 18, 2019, “Talking to Animals”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/talking-to-animals.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/talking-to-animals.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">71) October 25, 2019, “Talents”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/talents.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/10/talents.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">72) November 1, 2019, “Keeping Pets”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/keeping-pets.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/keeping-pets.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">73) November 8, 2019, “Besties”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/besties.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/besties.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">74) November 15, 2019, “Parts of Things”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/parts-of-things.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/parts-of-things.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">75) November 22, 2019, “The Surprise”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-surprise.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-surprise.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">76) November 29, 2019, “Gratitude”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/gratitude.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/gratitude.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">77) December 6, 2019, “A Colorful Story”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-colorful-story.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-colorful-story.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">78) December 13, 2019, “Emil’s Big Problem”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/emils-big-problem.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/emils-big-problem.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">79) December 20, 2019, “And to Dolls a Good Night”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/and-to-dolls-goodnight.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/and-to-dolls-goodnight.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">80) December 27, 2019, “Happy New Year”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/happy-new-year.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/12/happy-new-year.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">81) January 3, 2020, “Together”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/together.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/together.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">82) January 10, 2020, “Writing Differently”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/writing-differently.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/writing-differently.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">83) January 17, 2020, “Storytime”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/storytime.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/storytime.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">84) January 24, 2020, “A Different Challenge”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-different-challenge.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-different-challenge.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">85) January 31, 2020, “Being Green Makes It Easy”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/being-green-makes-it-easy.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/01/being-green-makes-it-easy.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">86) February 7, 2020, “A Baseball Game With a Strange Ending”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-baseball-game-with-strange-ending.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-baseball-game-with-strange-ending.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">87) February 14, 2020, “Valentine’s Day”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">88) February 21, 2020, “Twinkle, Twinkle”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/twinkle-twinkle.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/twinkle-twinkle.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">89) February 28, 2020, “Rules for Success”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/rules-for-success.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/rules-for-success.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">90) March 6, 2020, “Water, Water”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/water-water.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/water-water.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">91) March 13, 2020, “Staying Well”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/staying-well.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/staying-well.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">92) March 20, 2020, “A Letter from Ireland”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-letter-from-ireland.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-letter-from-ireland.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">93) March 27, 2020, “While the Cat’s Away….”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/while-cats-away.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/03/while-cats-away.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">94) April 3, 2020, “Playing at a Distance”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/playing-at-distance.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/playing-at-distance.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">95) April 10, 2020, “Making Do”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/making-do.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/making-do.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">96) April 17, 2020, “Unmasked. A Retelling of an Old Story”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/unmasked-retelling-of-old-story.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/unmasked-retelling-of-old-story.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">97) April 24, 2020, “Beliefs and Facts”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/ramadan.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/04/ramadan.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">98) May 1, 2020, “Distraction”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/distraction.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/distraction.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">99) May 8, 2020, “In Bloom”</span></div><div style="color: #e4af0a; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/in-bloom.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/in-bloom.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">100) May 15, 2020, “Memories”</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="color: #e4af0a;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/memories.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/memories.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #e4af0a;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">101) May 22, 2020, "Growing things"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/growing-things.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/growing-things.html</a><br /></span><div style="color: #e4af0a;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">102) May 29, 2020, "Bear"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/bear.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/bear.html</a><br /><br />103) June 5, 2020, "Mandy's Mushrooms"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/mandys-mushrooms.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/mandys-mushrooms.html</a><br /><br />104) June 12, 2020, "Cats and Dogs"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/cats-and-dogs.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/cats-and-dogs.html</a><br /><br />105) June 19, 2020, "All About the News"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/all-about-news.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/all-about-news.html</a></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br />106) June 26, 2020, "A Ski Trip for Jolena?"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-ski-trip-for-jolena.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-ski-trip-for-jolena.html</a><br /><br />107) July 3, 2020, "Mariah's Play"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/mariahs-play.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/mariahs-play.html</a><br /><br />108) July 10, 2020, "The Boys Cook Dinner"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-boys-cook-dinner.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-boys-cook-dinner.html<br /></a><br />109) July 17, 2020, "The Homecoming"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-homecoming.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-homecoming.html</a><br /><br />110) July 24, 2020, "Courage"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/courage.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/courage.html</a><br /><br />111) July 31, 2020, "Little Billy"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/little-billy.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/little-billy.html</a><br /><br />112) August 7, 2020, "Getting What You Want"<br /><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/getting-what-you-want.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/getting-what-you-want.html</a><br /><br />113) August 14, 2020, "Masks"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/masks.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/masks.html</a><br /><br />114) August 21, 2020, "A Hair-raising Adventure"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-hair-raising-adventure.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-hair-raising-adventure.html</a><br /><br />115) August 28, 2020, "A Hair-raising Adventure, Part Two"<br /><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-hair-raising-adventure-part-two.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-hair-raising-adventure-part-two.html</a></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">116) September 4, 2020, "Composing Compost"</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/composing-compost.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/composing-compost.html</span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">117) September 11, 2020, "Composing Compost, Part Two"</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/composing-compost-part-two.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/composing-compost-part-two.html</span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">118) September 18, 2020, "Color-blind"</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/color-blind.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/color-blind.html</span></a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">119) September 25, 2020, “Fire!”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/fire.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/fire.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">120) October 2, 2020, “The Interview”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-interview.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-interview.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">121) October 9, 2020, “Big News”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-post.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-post.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">122) October 16, 2020, “Pippa”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-ballot.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-ballot.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">123) October 23, 2020, “On the Ballot”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-ballot.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-ballot.html</span></a></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">124) October 30, 2020, "Saying It Right"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/saying-it-right.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/10/saying-it-right.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">125) November 6, 2020, "The Book"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-book.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-book.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">126) November 13, 2020, "Apostrophes!"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/apostrophes_13.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/apostrophes_13.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">127) November 20, 2020, "Good Sports"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/good-sports.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/good-sports.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">128) November 27, 2020, "Pen Pals"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/pen-pals.html 2020"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/11/pen-pals.html 2020</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">129) December 4, 2020, "What's Behind the Door?"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/whats-behind-door.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/whats-behind-door.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">130) December 11, 2020, "Photo Day."</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/photo-day.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/photo-day.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">131) December 18, 2020, "A Tree Grows in the Living Room"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-tree-grows-in-living-room.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-tree-grows-in-living-room.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">132) December 25, 2020, "What Did You Get?"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-did-you-get.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-did-you-get.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">133) January 1, 2021, "Eight Favorite Things"</span></div><div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/eight-favorite-things.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/eight-favorite-things.html</span></a></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">134) January 8, 2021, "Baby Doll"</span></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/baby-doll.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/baby-doll.html</span></a></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">135) January 15, 2021, "A Story About a Boy"</span></div><div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-story-about-boy.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-story-about-boy.html</span></a></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">136) January 22, 2021, "This Is Who I Am!"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-is-who-i-am.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-is-who-i-am.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">137) January 29, 2021, "Pippa's First Snow!"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/pippas-first-snow.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/01/pippas-first-snow.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">138) February 5, 2021, "Sorry!"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/sorry.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/sorry.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">139) February 12, 2021, "Valentines!"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/valentines.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/valentines.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">140) February 19, 2021, "Hearing with Your Eyes"</span></div><div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/hearing-with-your-eyes.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/hearing-with-your-eyes.html</span></a></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">141) February 26, 2021, "Getting Shots"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/getting-shots.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/02/getting-shots.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">142) March 5, 2021, "The Survey"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-survey.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-survey.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">143) March 12, 2021, "Brown Dolls?"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/brown-dolls.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/brown-dolls.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">144) March 19, 2021, "Special Glasses"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/special-glasses.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/special-glasses.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">145) March 26, 2021, "Ripples"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/ripples.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/03/ripples.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">146) April 2, 2021, "Rising to the Occasion"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/rising-to-occasion.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/rising-to-occasion.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">147) April 9, 2021, "A Science Experiment, Part 1"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-science-experiment-part-1.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-science-experiment-part-1.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">148) April 16, 2021, "A Science Experiment, Part 2"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-science-experiment-part-2.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-science-experiment-part-2.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">149) April 23, 2021, "You and Me" (Story #150)</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-and-me.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-and-me.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">150) April 30, 2021, "Pups and Patients"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/pups-and-patients.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/04/pups-and-patients.html</span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">151) May 7, 2021, "Fasting and Feeding"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/fasting-and-feeding.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/fasting-and-feeding.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">152) May 14, 2021, "Work in the Workroom."</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/work-in-workroom.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/work-in-workroom.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">153) May 21, 2021, "When Dolls Sleep."</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/when-dolls-sleep.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/when-dolls-sleep.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">154) May 28, 2021, "Wheels on the Court"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/wheels-on-court.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/05/wheels-on-court.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">155) June 4, 2021, "A Conversation with Emil"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-conversation-with-emil.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-conversation-with-emil.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">156) June 11, 2021, "Best Buds"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/best-buds.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/best-buds.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">157) June 18, 2021, "Too Big, Too Small"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/too-big-too-small.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/too-big-too-small.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">158) June 25, 2021, "Look-alikes"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/look-alikes.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/look-alikes.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">159) July 2, 2021, "The Dolls' Request"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-dolls-request.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-dolls-request.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">160) July 9, 2021, "Lightning."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/lightning.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/lightning.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>161) July 16, 2021, </span><span>“The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!”</span></span></div>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-boy-doll-who-cried-wolf.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-boy-doll-who-cried-wolf.html</a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">162) July 23, 2021, "Hair Today, Curly Next Week? Part One"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/hair-today-curly-next-week-part-one.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/hair-today-curly-next-week-part-one.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">163) July 30, 2021, "Hair Today, Curly Next Week? Part Two"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/hair-today-curly-next-week-part-two.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/hair-today-curly-next-week-part-two.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">164) August 8, 2021, "Back to School"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/back-to-school.html?fbclid=IwAR2fdR2l_ydH8IcTtzpkPETJXOLsXUdeMl4WCH2tNVQeWfvlwg3dW2S_Amw"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/back-to-school.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">165) August 13, 2021, “Speaking in Tongues”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/speaking-in-tongues.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/speaking-in-tongues.html</a></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">166) August 20, 2021, “Life on Wheels”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/life-on-wheels.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/life-on-wheels.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">167) August 27, 2021, "Veronika's Vocabulary Verses"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/veronikas-vocabulary-verses.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/veronikas-vocabulary-verses.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">168) September 3, 2021, “Working Without Pay”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/working-without-pay.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/working-without-pay.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">169) September 10, 2021, “About a Doll Without Hair.”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/about-doll-without-hair.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/about-doll-without-hair.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">170) September 17, 2021, “Little Green Greatcoat––A Fairy Tale.”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-green-greatcoata-fairy-tale.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-green-greatcoata-fairy-tale.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">171) September 24, 2021, "Petrified!"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/petrified.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/petrified.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">172) October 1, 2021, "Finding Treasure"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/finding-treasure.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/finding-treasure.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">173) October 8, 2021, "A Year of Pippa!"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-year-of-pippa.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-year-of-pippa.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">174) October 15, 2021, "Taking Off"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/taking-off.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/taking-off.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">175) October 22, 2021, "To Flap or Not To Flap"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/to-flap-or-not-to-flap.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/to-flap-or-not-to-flap.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">176) October 29, 2021, "Victor, the Cultured Vulture"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/victor-cultured-vulture.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/victor-cultured-vulture.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">177) November 5, 2021, "The Rescue"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-rescue.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-rescue.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">178) November 12, 2021, "Sky Blue"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/sky-blue.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/sky-blue.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">179) November 19, 2021, "Homework? What Homework?"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/homework-what-homework.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/homework-what-homework.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">180) November 26, 2021, "Giving Thanks"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/giving-thanks.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/11/giving-thanks.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">181) December 3, 2021, "Charlotte and Emil, and The Festival of Lights"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/charlotte-and-emil-and-festival-of.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/charlotte-and-emil-and-festival-of.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">182) December 10, 2021, "Epistles from Dolls"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/epistles-from-dolls.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/epistles-from-dolls.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">183) December 17, 2021, "The Week Before Christmas"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-week-before-christmas.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-week-before-christmas.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">184) December 24, 2021, "Christmas Eve"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/christmas-eve.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/christmas-eve.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">185) December 31, 2021, "Happy New Year!"</span></div><div><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/happy-new-year.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/happy-new-year.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">186) January 7, 2022, "The Visitors"</span></div><div><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-visitors.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-visitors.html</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">187) January 14, 2022, "Earning a Living"</span></div><div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/earning-living.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/earning-living.html</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">188) January 21, 2022, "A Bigger Footprint?"</span></div><div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-bigger-footprint.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-bigger-footprint.html</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">189) January 28, 2022, "A Bigger Footprint? Part Two"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-bigger-footprint-part-two.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-bigger-footprint-part-two.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">190) February 4, 2022, "A Story About a Story"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-story-about-story.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-story-about-story.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">191) February 11, 2022, "Kaleidoscope Eyes"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/kaleidoscope-eyes.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/kaleidoscope-eyes.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">192) February 18, 2022, "Songwriting"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/songwriting.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/songwriting.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">193) February 25, 2022, “Winter Games”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/winter-games.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/02/winter-games.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">194) March 4, 2022, “Mandy’s Adventures in Yarnland”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/mandys-adventures-in-yarn-land.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/mandys-adventures-in-yarn-land.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>195) March 11, 2022, "Bowled Over"</span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/bowled-over.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/bowled-over.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">196) March 18, 2022, "Caring for Pets––A Poem"</span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/caring-for-petsa-poem.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/03/caring-for-petsa-poem.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">197) March 25, 2022, "Fan Mail"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/fashion-show.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/fashion-show.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">198) April 1, 2022, "Dirty Laundry"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/dirty-laundry.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/dirty-laundry.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">199) April 8, 2022, "Fashion Show!"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/fashion-show.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/fashion-show.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">200) April 15, 2022, "Who's the Boss?"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/whos-boss.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/whos-boss.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">201) April 22, 2022, "Disappointment"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/disappointment.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/disappointment.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">202) April 29, 2022, "A Little Friend"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-little-friend.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-little-friend.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">203) May 6, 2022, "Friendly Surprises"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/friendly-surprises.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/friendly-surprises.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">204) May 13, 2022, "Goodnight, Pauly"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/goodnight-pauly.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/goodnight-pauly.html</a></span></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">205) May 20, 2022, “Puzzled”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/puzzled.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/puzzled.html</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">206) May 27, 2022, "A Scary Story</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-scary-story.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-scary-story.html</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">207) June 3, 2022, “A Friend Moves Away”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-friend-moves-away.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-friend-moves-away.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">208) June 10, 2022, "Rolling Into Summer Camp"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/rolling-into-summer-camp.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/rolling-into-summer-camp.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">209) June 17, 2022, "The Perils of Pauly and Pippa"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-perils-of-pauly-and-pippa.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-perils-of-pauly-and-pippa.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">210) June 24, 2022, "The Anniversary Party"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 155, 240); color: #1d9bf0; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/an-anniversary-party.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/06/an-anniversary-party.html</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 155, 240); color: #1d9bf0; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 155, 240); font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">211) July 1, 2022, "Changes"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 155, 240); color: #1d9bf0; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/changes.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/changes.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">212) July 8, 2022, "Marbles from the Sky"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/marbles-from-sky.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/marbles-from-sky.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">213) July 15, 2022, "The Balancing Trick"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-balancing-trick.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-balancing-trick.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">214) July 22, 2022, "Time on the Beach"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/time-on-beach.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/time-on-beach.html</span></a></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">215) July 29, 2022, "Shhhhh"</span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="8sehp" data-offset-key="3hn7m-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9bf0; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/shhhhh.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/07/shhhhh.html</a></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8sehp" data-offset-key="3hn7m-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8sehp" data-offset-key="3hn7m-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">216) August 5, 2022, "Pauly's Trial"</span></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8sehp" data-offset-key="3hn7m-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/paulys-trial.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/paulys-trial.html</a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">217) August 12, 2022, "Back from Down Under"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/back-from-down-under.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/back-from-down-under.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">218) August 19, 2022, "A Snake in the Garden"</span></div><div><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-snake-in-garden.html ">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-snake-in-garden.html</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">219) August 26, 2022, "Camping on Wheels"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/camping-on-wheels.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/08/camping-on-wheels.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">220) September 2, 2022, "Brought Back with the Tide"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/brought-back-with-tide.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/brought-back-with-tide.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">221) September 9, 2022, "School Days"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/school-daysa-poem.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/school-daysa-poem.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">222) September 16, 2022, "Salary or Celery"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/salary-or-celery.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/salary-or-celery.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">223) </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">September 30, 2022, “We’ve Got Email!”</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/weve-got-email.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/weve-got-email.html</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">224) October 7, 2022, "A Doll in a Hat"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-doll-in-hat.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-doll-in-hat.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">225) October 14, 2022, "Fall Is for Falling"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/fall-is-for-falling.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/fall-is-for-falling.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">226) October 21, 2022, “The Problems With Dogs and Cats"</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-problems-with-dogs-and-cats.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-problems-with-dogs-and-cats.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">227) October 28, 2022, "Good Cookies"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/good-cookies.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/10/good-cookies.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">228) November 4, 2022, “Mischief”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/mischief.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/mischief.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">229) November 11, 2022, "It Snowed!"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/it-snowed.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/it-snowed.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">230) </span><span><span style="font-size: medium;">November 18, 2022, “Too Tiny To See”</span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/too-tiny-to-see.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/too-tiny-to-see.html</span></a></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">231) November 25, 2022, "A Dolls Thanksgiving"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-dolls-thanksgiving.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-dolls-thanksgiving.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">232) December 2, 2022, "A Christmas Carol"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-christmas-carol.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/a-christmas-carol.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>233) </span><span>December 9, 2022, “Taking Out the Trash”</span></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/taking-out-trash.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/taking-out-trash.html</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>234) </span>December 16, 2022, “An Interview with The Writer.”</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/an-interview-with-writer.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/an-interview-with-writer.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">235) December 23, 2022, "Pauly's First Christmas Eve"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/paulys-first-christmas-eve.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/paulys-first-christmas-eve.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">236) December 30, 2022, “Goodbye to 2022”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/goodbye-to-2022.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/12/goodbye-to-2022.html</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>237) </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">January 6, 2023, "The Interview—In Print</span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-interviewin-print.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-interviewin-print.html</a></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="s1">238) </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">J</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">anuary 13, 2023, "Holly and Sam Get New Wheels"</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/holly-and-sam-get-new-wheels.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/holly-and-sam-get-new-wheels.html</a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">239) January 20, 2023, "Wrapping Paper"</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/wrapping-paper.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/wrapping-paper.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">240) January 27, 2023, "Looking for Snow"</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/looking-for-snow.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/01/looking-for-snow.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">241) February 3, 2023, "Dolled Up"</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/dolled-up.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/dolled-up.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">242) February 10, 2023, "Photography"</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/photography.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/photography.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">243) February 17, 2023, "Taxed"</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/taxed.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/taxed.html</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">244) February 24, 2023, "Giving Up Disappointment"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/giving-up-disappointment.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/02/giving-up-disappointment.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">245) </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="font-size: medium;">March 3, 2023, “Pink Floyd”</span></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/pink-floyd.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/pink-floyd.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">246) March 10, 2023, "On the Road Part One"</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-road-part-one.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-road-part-one.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">247) March 17, 2023, "On the Road Part Two"</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-road-part-two.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-road-part-two.html</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">248) March 24, 2023, "Homesick"</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/homesick.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/homesick.html</span></a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">249) March 32, 2023, "Puppy!"</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/puppy.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/03/puppy.html</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">250) April 7, 2023, "Pawternity Leave!"</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/04/pawternity-leave.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/04/pawternity-leave.html</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">251) June 2, 2023, “Growing Up”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/06/growing-up.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/06/growing-up.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">252) June 23, 2023, “Silver and Gold”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/06/silver-and-gold.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/06/silver-and-gold.html</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>253) </span>July 14, 2023, “The Secret</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">”</span></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-secret.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-secret.html</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">254) August 25, 2023, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bad Air</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/08/bad-air.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/08/bad-air.html</a></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">255) September 15, 2023, "The Arithmetic Problem."</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-arithmetic-problem.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-arithmetic-problem.html</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">256) <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">October 13, 2023, "Forgiven"</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/10/forgiven.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/10/forgiven.html</a></span></p></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">257) November 10, 2023, <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">“</span>A November Story</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">”</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-november-story.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-november-story.html</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">258) </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">December 15, 2023, “Finding What Fits”</span></span></div>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/12/finding-what-fits.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/12/finding-what-fits.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">259) January 12, 2024, “It Isn’t Her Fault”</span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/01/it-isnt-her-fault.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/01/it-isnt-her-fault.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>260) February 23, 2024, </span><span>“</span><span>Winning the Game</span><span>”</span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/02/winning-game.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/02/winning-game.html</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">261) March 15, 2024, “Anticipation”</span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/03/anticipation.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2024/03/anticipation.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook</i></span><i> and <u>Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook</u> are available from booksellers </i><i>worldwide. </i><i>Royalties go to support pediatric cancer research and treatment. </i><i>If you have to pay for shipping, buy from</i><i> </i><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/websearch/index.aspx?searchterms=Peggy+Stuart">BookBaby</a>,</i></span><i> where half of the price goes to St. Jude. </i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i></i><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Stories included in <u>Mariah</u>: </span></i></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Being Little: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/being-little.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2018/09/being-little.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Besties: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/besties.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/besties.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Distraction: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/distraction.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/05/distraction.html</a></span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Stories included in <u>Emil</u>:</span></i></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>Best Buds, </span><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/best-buds.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/06/best-buds.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>Getting What You Want, </span><a href="http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/getting-what-you-want.html">http://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/08/getting-what-you-want.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The Boys Cook Dinner, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-boys-cook-dinner.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-boys-cook-dinner.html</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Stories included in <u>Classic Tales Retold</u>:</i></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Little Green Greatcoat: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-green-greatcoata-fairy-tale.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/09/little-green-greatcoata-fairy-tale.html</span></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-boy-doll-who-cried-wolf.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-boy-doll-who-cried-wolf.html</span></a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Lost in the Woods: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-scary-story.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-scary-story.html</span></a></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Poems included in <u>Our Favorite Verses:</u></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Valentine's Day: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day.html</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Keeping Pets: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/keeping-pets.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2019/11/keeping-pets.html</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Back to School: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/school-daysa-poem.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2022/09/school-daysa-poem.html</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Victor the Vulture: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/victor-cultured-vulture.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/10/victor-cultured-vulture.html</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">The Week Before Christmas: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-week-before-christmas.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-week-before-christmas.html</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Insomnia: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/05/insomnia.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2023/05/insomnia.html</a></span></p>
<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Veronika's Vocabulary Verses: <a href="https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/veronikas-vocabulary-verses.html">https://thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2021/08/veronikas-vocabulary-verses.html</a></span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523699672163345029.post-72464506045698797402024-03-22T13:00:00.000-07:002024-03-22T13:00:00.199-07:00Fuzzy Town––A Play<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Which play should we do?" Charlotte asked her friend.</span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMO6J1nB8Quxa-py_JnpT42nSR0WJ4amH4tYD2QIjjER40bb6hopLtGHenWwHUPgGDLsrOfgYIDxwGJB3JDrmYpNuffT4KmfcvBeui55gqKlm5BEOs4iuVmFflzR3mN8sM0xiJEuiLNzTBQkNV8enzoZnbNXmX5qpp39gInJejgpL7IFZ0EBbWyNp05Y/s3167/IMG_1297.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2214" data-original-width="3167" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMO6J1nB8Quxa-py_JnpT42nSR0WJ4amH4tYD2QIjjER40bb6hopLtGHenWwHUPgGDLsrOfgYIDxwGJB3JDrmYpNuffT4KmfcvBeui55gqKlm5BEOs4iuVmFflzR3mN8sM0xiJEuiLNzTBQkNV8enzoZnbNXmX5qpp39gInJejgpL7IFZ0EBbWyNp05Y/w640-h448/IMG_1297.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-style: normal;">"How about </span>Fuzzy Town<span style="font-style: normal;">?" Mariah suggested. "I love that one."</span></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYsRCLLwYlnGw9RgGdX3mGJa_V2k9NcbfUimc4PE-vgNuKu7KI_YVfK9JSx_2aGbEk5HYrEbEqSp7Pqgbg4F8nlw6IwdXYk4mjWBXHJwtYGk0CJ6KY-tr8_aqxOEf2konB2icaGE2Nm3AkO855eulYLU-Ga-G0cPUxUNK5eMvkXNTCziH91JsW1Y-rXw/s3598/IMG_1293.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="3598" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYsRCLLwYlnGw9RgGdX3mGJa_V2k9NcbfUimc4PE-vgNuKu7KI_YVfK9JSx_2aGbEk5HYrEbEqSp7Pqgbg4F8nlw6IwdXYk4mjWBXHJwtYGk0CJ6KY-tr8_aqxOEf2konB2icaGE2Nm3AkO855eulYLU-Ga-G0cPUxUNK5eMvkXNTCziH91JsW1Y-rXw/w640-h480/IMG_1293.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mariah usually has good ideas, so here's </span>Fuzzy Town<span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Once upon a time there was a village of dolls. They were all happy and got along with each other.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xswll-PhyphenhyphenVpQToKEkD3uoSM_G4MSs8QlQOl7xoGHCv4DkVAqhtDOErxKXm72K4BkrrLi9-7pBgRVRK3jZsQ-_tEpbx9eoR915oST5uVk2L_92foee-6FMuZViLKZbaBbjKOn1S9SnWU/s1600/IMG_5416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xswll-PhyphenhyphenVpQToKEkD3uoSM_G4MSs8QlQOl7xoGHCv4DkVAqhtDOErxKXm72K4BkrrLi9-7pBgRVRK3jZsQ-_tEpbx9eoR915oST5uVk2L_92foee-6FMuZViLKZbaBbjKOn1S9SnWU/s640/IMG_5416.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Each doll had a bag of warm fuzzies.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX1cH9N6CgzF34djoGpVQcc_dnJLHcs4DjYrGa_A1zckNyY-zj7psW3r8eDm6YX5CCYOvlBquF2pypYhyphenhyphenK60MzEQSViJh3zkP-ns-2nB7_iPjBnmq-EjZCDaFEkNNySlWbL39aCELw6I/s1600/IMG_5421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX1cH9N6CgzF34djoGpVQcc_dnJLHcs4DjYrGa_A1zckNyY-zj7psW3r8eDm6YX5CCYOvlBquF2pypYhyphenhyphenK60MzEQSViJh3zkP-ns-2nB7_iPjBnmq-EjZCDaFEkNNySlWbL39aCELw6I/s640/IMG_5421.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Whenever one of the dolls would meet another doll, they would give them a warm fuzzy from their bag. </span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vI3RAeEwANWJAtuv0NGmDLFaG2Fd_8MaLvblZ8C_ctzLxGZA6rbmmjkrU8mz2WPcTudFsjwV2K9BSE1jDcbJHlDFgPnH_XolO245FKqnXuOoYBLnTffpGwY2BFSwlwkdG3k14pDa9Z0/s1600/IMG_5419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vI3RAeEwANWJAtuv0NGmDLFaG2Fd_8MaLvblZ8C_ctzLxGZA6rbmmjkrU8mz2WPcTudFsjwV2K9BSE1jDcbJHlDFgPnH_XolO245FKqnXuOoYBLnTffpGwY2BFSwlwkdG3k14pDa9Z0/s640/IMG_5419.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The warm fuzzy made the other doll feel happy and content.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULqD5pVmOamJqf7Vxug2kGy4aBefaYFuKp4gTxpzTXtWd7S3gkwWEnIrDTOAS15K6e2gN1FVh22JZXf2Hj2dj9khUF7pTT_PURxjjcW3sgLgZeEV9emp3ENzl82mpCO35ynkWR4cLh7E/s1600/IMG_5420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULqD5pVmOamJqf7Vxug2kGy4aBefaYFuKp4gTxpzTXtWd7S3gkwWEnIrDTOAS15K6e2gN1FVh22JZXf2Hj2dj9khUF7pTT_PURxjjcW3sgLgZeEV9emp3ENzl82mpCO35ynkWR4cLh7E/s640/IMG_5420.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Whenever one of the dolls would see another doll do something difficult, they would give that doll a warm fuzzy from their bag.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvwPTJkii8xZvUJnaPij7kAs2aVtfVwdMhmIFzmnD4W5vpl_UiWCHCHRJ3RAy1jD55QoLeSRq0TaJUVKE77CMznziCllYHTwH3CUclekj9XC6YhV_FSV8EwDErN-V_spgisSnGPDeFlg/s1600/IMG_5422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvwPTJkii8xZvUJnaPij7kAs2aVtfVwdMhmIFzmnD4W5vpl_UiWCHCHRJ3RAy1jD55QoLeSRq0TaJUVKE77CMznziCllYHTwH3CUclekj9XC6YhV_FSV8EwDErN-V_spgisSnGPDeFlg/s640/IMG_5422.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That doll would take the warm fuzzy and put it into their own bag. It would make them feel happy and content, too.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If one of the dolls received help from another doll, they would give that doll a warm fuzzy.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVtJeEGy6qAqlV-GOT6PBxQlxqzNEeP6TvKZghpZB5JKlE24j69Nq5k7dzYgn8YIUPnzgT_rXsa4oJw0FwoXi-D5zGjwrKbmaYHYC-EoqFoc05Z_c1_HkK6SxqaAxULHretefigfstPY/s1600/IMG_5423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVtJeEGy6qAqlV-GOT6PBxQlxqzNEeP6TvKZghpZB5JKlE24j69Nq5k7dzYgn8YIUPnzgT_rXsa4oJw0FwoXi-D5zGjwrKbmaYHYC-EoqFoc05Z_c1_HkK6SxqaAxULHretefigfstPY/s640/IMG_5423.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The doll who had helped would take the warm fuzzy and put it into their own bag. It would make them feel grateful and happy that they had helped.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje7zMJN2faipC97trF7gcjbejyREycT1Kgju02HCQRMTlhAGyH1ypKbCR8mBmBg__63dzbj2BLyC4VvoKpBgxD26h5S-_EtVZDUXnqQ-onCiLzsRiKnEu6E9CU6MYpzngRerKHzBnhGw/s1600/IMG_5424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje7zMJN2faipC97trF7gcjbejyREycT1Kgju02HCQRMTlhAGyH1ypKbCR8mBmBg__63dzbj2BLyC4VvoKpBgxD26h5S-_EtVZDUXnqQ-onCiLzsRiKnEu6E9CU6MYpzngRerKHzBnhGw/s640/IMG_5424.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One day a mean sorcerer came to the little village. He was angry because everyone was happy and content because of the warm fuzzies. He told them that if they gave away their warm fuzzies, they would run out of them and not have any more left.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqReq4wGEslV9a67xuQHkD-vNXhXyy1YMVBExPTXCvNlbhrJyNWMOsW-0IwkkXAW_4UTGOdJd3SCbWqXOvzH4SxcvoJmrVverpQxoG-nH5396iX1qTFcb9wNcwrByER_Sc-x7o-T9ga2M/s1600/IMG_5425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqReq4wGEslV9a67xuQHkD-vNXhXyy1YMVBExPTXCvNlbhrJyNWMOsW-0IwkkXAW_4UTGOdJd3SCbWqXOvzH4SxcvoJmrVverpQxoG-nH5396iX1qTFcb9wNcwrByER_Sc-x7o-T9ga2M/s640/IMG_5425.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The sorcerer gave each doll a bag of cold pricklies. "Give these out instead," he said.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8t8NA3hbspcw0pE2X7isNc48TEpVBSmHxhNweAWh1s8cgLd15ls2AK4OggZWRY1da1Y2wzZkviI0pte6IsFyHWpUemUmTgo6w62VbO4m8FK76PNOOjyMP6-XGe3rJXRK-1N4nGXNyZ44/s1600/IMG_5429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8t8NA3hbspcw0pE2X7isNc48TEpVBSmHxhNweAWh1s8cgLd15ls2AK4OggZWRY1da1Y2wzZkviI0pte6IsFyHWpUemUmTgo6w62VbO4m8FK76PNOOjyMP6-XGe3rJXRK-1N4nGXNyZ44/s640/IMG_5429.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">knew that the warm fuzzies were what made them happy and content. They</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> had never thought that they might run out of warm fuzzies. It did not sound good. It made them afraid that if they didn't have any warm fuzzies, they would be unhappy, so they did as the sorcerer said. Each time one doll met another doll, they would give that doll a cold prickly from their bag. They kept their bags of warm fuzzies at home, where they would be safe.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDR2LTDBCFZ9DIY6urecGlLjW0HycLqcJtXOGVDZIPCwuasWJPgOer6hKZpK6hNN9YDghGplYT4zknTiDZ-6Djn6ue3kqetGYWHIPj7gbFVw5kQikUtk1yMl5iKAHtMlfV33JQiFYWYa8/s1600/IMG_5434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDR2LTDBCFZ9DIY6urecGlLjW0HycLqcJtXOGVDZIPCwuasWJPgOer6hKZpK6hNN9YDghGplYT4zknTiDZ-6Djn6ue3kqetGYWHIPj7gbFVw5kQikUtk1yMl5iKAHtMlfV33JQiFYWYa8/s640/IMG_5434.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The other dolls would take the cold pricklies. It would make them feel sad and angry.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGjd78Ezn5SRfpwLCzxX05f_EpyT7m9xmtk76vmW43bdvyvJHCBVPSYNYteZtpiwsJW4Jt2i8juqvIFNNUFAyildrE-GqiV5n7ttVikHl_h73sMWJkkSPgyU4-3gD5giMxQZt8DjyX_8/s1600/IMG_5435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGjd78Ezn5SRfpwLCzxX05f_EpyT7m9xmtk76vmW43bdvyvJHCBVPSYNYteZtpiwsJW4Jt2i8juqvIFNNUFAyildrE-GqiV5n7ttVikHl_h73sMWJkkSPgyU4-3gD5giMxQZt8DjyX_8/s640/IMG_5435.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Soon everyone in the town was feeling sad and angry except the mean sorcerer, who chuckled to himself and crept back to his castle.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In this town there was a doll named Vera, who was a little smarter and wiser than the rest of the dolls about such things.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztzKiwvT_R38TBpZqTV1-lzSMu6z-r8w69VL6l4dJCix4FvYjGn1EX3XR60mra5sc1Y7ux9UYQ0zX8G71PJmUvG__DyMLJ9rMCfO64vO5ZAnyaUc32KBRoT25VWycKVoMoQ4nkwg-cnQ/s1600/IMG_5438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztzKiwvT_R38TBpZqTV1-lzSMu6z-r8w69VL6l4dJCix4FvYjGn1EX3XR60mra5sc1Y7ux9UYQ0zX8G71PJmUvG__DyMLJ9rMCfO64vO5ZAnyaUc32KBRoT25VWycKVoMoQ4nkwg-cnQ/s640/IMG_5438.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She did not like the bag of cold pricklies, so she took out each cold prickly and threw it into the closet. Each time she threw away a cold prickly, she said to it, "You will not make me unhappy. You will not make me sad or angry."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4psDOWYvMEgxXvb9TI9tJ0mZymkTd47-WgQIZHDmIQM9Sy2LhoRAP9JLFU1ApGtXDdtMqnTzzorMzTk_IGJfJdx_-P_TCL-0q1TNlIvzb86qjlyfKP3zaYhc9CNS_ikq7AR40qD0C2-g/s1600/IMG_5439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4psDOWYvMEgxXvb9TI9tJ0mZymkTd47-WgQIZHDmIQM9Sy2LhoRAP9JLFU1ApGtXDdtMqnTzzorMzTk_IGJfJdx_-P_TCL-0q1TNlIvzb86qjlyfKP3zaYhc9CNS_ikq7AR40qD0C2-g/s640/IMG_5439.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Everyone in town was now angry and sad except for Vera. After a while, they began to notice that Vera was still giving out warm fuzzies and was still happy.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAK04c2zggO4oB-nEQrlWyE4S8CCSRosOPhKs-bK5rnfhKQEEeNq1piXo4h8XThgl2RnwnE3PXM5RLTxY1lXdeKbhOqepa-MZOm9kN4-75r62k3rYD6b_Tc653XnrBJDLZMObPPMksiQ/s1600/IMG_5441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAK04c2zggO4oB-nEQrlWyE4S8CCSRosOPhKs-bK5rnfhKQEEeNq1piXo4h8XThgl2RnwnE3PXM5RLTxY1lXdeKbhOqepa-MZOm9kN4-75r62k3rYD6b_Tc653XnrBJDLZMObPPMksiQ/s640/IMG_5441.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They asked her what her secret was.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dana smiled and gave each of them a warm fuzzy from her bag.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrDCq_koKTUhUv62aZUR0wX3zn3apkWrddeEYX7q_arvLRvYtmdb6O4ZEPFBUHHfT7MBNsNLdWQp0IYwi9poRMqI-Kj6QLV84BTAS5MovI19s4jBjid8M1F_E4kcD8gwIwiLUZExQSPk/s1600/IMG_5442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrDCq_koKTUhUv62aZUR0wX3zn3apkWrddeEYX7q_arvLRvYtmdb6O4ZEPFBUHHfT7MBNsNLdWQp0IYwi9poRMqI-Kj6QLV84BTAS5MovI19s4jBjid8M1F_E4kcD8gwIwiLUZExQSPk/s640/IMG_5442.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then Vera showed the other dolls her bag. It was still full. "You can never run out of warm fuzzies," she said. "Every time you give a warm fuzzy away to someone, a new one grows in its place! The sorcerer lied to us."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxMKmZbm9Fzzd84h99ha5zOXC0JDy3JV2poFyC6kzHx6inMZEmWVibDEMO4-7OVzT59mOMZe9J6rH7PNwUZGgJMVaZqzUYtyKi2pByXxwzpbSNmVp-8hw62QyS5TDT4CwzrnnkSDJ0j0/s1600/IMG_5444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxMKmZbm9Fzzd84h99ha5zOXC0JDy3JV2poFyC6kzHx6inMZEmWVibDEMO4-7OVzT59mOMZe9J6rH7PNwUZGgJMVaZqzUYtyKi2pByXxwzpbSNmVp-8hw62QyS5TDT4CwzrnnkSDJ0j0/s640/IMG_5444.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The other dolls looked at each other in amazement. They did not like feeling angry and unhappy. They wanted to be happy and content again. They remembered how it felt to give someone a warm fuzzy. It was almost the same feeling as getting a warm fuzzy from someone else.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilozBAdgvm7IRwy6Q8RqyE1UMpDaLBMIJOHubCuKl8RkAZCJ2UO_vhZGUzzrb3lLQQi8bKtnk3UjNpBGq0i9yuVb1cgg9Th9jiP6Gn1i75iJ90xIRbUVlifW7A2No45lG7twkd6EDY0Bs/s1600/IMG_5446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilozBAdgvm7IRwy6Q8RqyE1UMpDaLBMIJOHubCuKl8RkAZCJ2UO_vhZGUzzrb3lLQQi8bKtnk3UjNpBGq0i9yuVb1cgg9Th9jiP6Gn1i75iJ90xIRbUVlifW7A2No45lG7twkd6EDY0Bs/s640/IMG_5446.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls left their bags of cold pricklies and went home to get their bags of warm fuzzies.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdemuWA5gCetU-fCEBVqLWKgsh7sgQq_0PWB0-wxUZH5hbMZi9C_Uh1QRMM0JE2tb8G5WfgYbsYN8_zNxOCIrCQjXsPMPSGV744B5xvF5RvOBPv__NNWDfv6dpf4ol_q0BEiH2hNCkDxQ/s1600/IMG_5448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdemuWA5gCetU-fCEBVqLWKgsh7sgQq_0PWB0-wxUZH5hbMZi9C_Uh1QRMM0JE2tb8G5WfgYbsYN8_zNxOCIrCQjXsPMPSGV744B5xvF5RvOBPv__NNWDfv6dpf4ol_q0BEiH2hNCkDxQ/s640/IMG_5448.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When the dolls came back again with their bags of warm fuzzies, they wondered what to do with all the bags of cold pricklies. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbUtD0Trg6-xmkAq0340cn9qsXjAZiJoz6mX4k6TnJuNAEVubDTXEBWaKPdjTEr4kDPzP7vrnXJejuH22htv4t8PrQ_bAMUWura1r3CWefoj4RYYBV160vMQlTnY0sZZphqz6hm8Y_M0/s1600/IMG_5453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbUtD0Trg6-xmkAq0340cn9qsXjAZiJoz6mX4k6TnJuNAEVubDTXEBWaKPdjTEr4kDPzP7vrnXJejuH22htv4t8PrQ_bAMUWura1r3CWefoj4RYYBV160vMQlTnY0sZZphqz6hm8Y_M0/s640/IMG_5453.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I threw mine in the closet," said the smart doll, "but I have a better idea. Lets use them to play jacks!" The smart doll pulled out a ball she had brought along.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAo-PEi8ep6rzujI6hX-AlBVXiNgRfm3bQgrD1_ZJI5YNod-5XYIQG35k0J_OBiTtvB5DDi2b3kX1x27rkWsh1rbe2DsDe6LMO1sljXReVTUXZ6ehlxImyd3W7S13reozi_JsIJgrK6Y/s1600/IMG_5454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAo-PEi8ep6rzujI6hX-AlBVXiNgRfm3bQgrD1_ZJI5YNod-5XYIQG35k0J_OBiTtvB5DDi2b3kX1x27rkWsh1rbe2DsDe6LMO1sljXReVTUXZ6ehlxImyd3W7S13reozi_JsIJgrK6Y/s640/IMG_5454.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So they did. They all sat down and played with the cold pricklies and had fun together. The cold pricklies couldn't make them feel sad or angry anymore. They had lost their power. The mean sorcerer was angry, but he had lost his power over the the dolls, now, so he couldn't do anything about it.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhco7CdPZLLVE7jS2dKQHaJH3PZzokAg2oJ1lPYfXAE_foVD-BZ5d0_tyyKikWgKk_OkC8ij_zjAqJHzCNn6hxewA0fYQuBhVrKCbhKMgrizd45P98B6K_EQA1BoqG_0-QDrQbj0tN92zU/s1600/IMG_5456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhco7CdPZLLVE7jS2dKQHaJH3PZzokAg2oJ1lPYfXAE_foVD-BZ5d0_tyyKikWgKk_OkC8ij_zjAqJHzCNn6hxewA0fYQuBhVrKCbhKMgrizd45P98B6K_EQA1BoqG_0-QDrQbj0tN92zU/s640/IMG_5456.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls never forgot the lesson they had learned: Giving away warm fuzzies makes more grow in their place. You can never run out of warm fuzzies, and it feels good to give them away!</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here are some warm fuzzies for you, dear readers. The dolls love you and are happy that you read their stories.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DPKeKoTyFs2daphXqZ9oxzqOz4bJvfvk_XdySF6NS6EdE02zXq51qDun-C-s-hwNxfPB1FLX5t85GGTPA3xToXM_xWjSawZE_J5jMi8E8URog-MkGnxW4eRbHojr8NR0ci7cQrDFRvc/s1600/IMG_5460.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DPKeKoTyFs2daphXqZ9oxzqOz4bJvfvk_XdySF6NS6EdE02zXq51qDun-C-s-hwNxfPB1FLX5t85GGTPA3xToXM_xWjSawZE_J5jMi8E8URog-MkGnxW4eRbHojr8NR0ci7cQrDFRvc/s640/IMG_5460.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You can give the warm fuzzies away and never run out. Don't believe it if someone tries to tell you that you will!</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika/Vera: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Special note to adults and older children: The writer came across this story in 1973. </i></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Many thanks to the anonymous commenter who headed us to the original source, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Steiner">Claude Steiner</a>, a psychotherapist, who published the original story in 1969, "A Warm Fuzzy Tale."</i></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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The sun was shining, and most of the snow was gone, but it was cold and windy, so the dolls were staying indoors. (They only pretend to feel the cold, but when it</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’s windy, it</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’s hard for them to stay on their feet outdoors.)</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPinf2D12YS_i-3Ql4hwOlJtET4XsaKFr2j6FUzP9Rj4LaRQe95dFepwX1UBY5PtGXUW31oaYqk6wyAQkbioFUThweNlsp5msitObbE8eWfP64S-iM5VALeGtvlxuK7AYPMx5rqT6nIvxiNxmBfPAeoH3hv4jMM9EV6SEdX6t0EXlxD9aQcic9I8r2Yk/s4032/IMG_1229.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPinf2D12YS_i-3Ql4hwOlJtET4XsaKFr2j6FUzP9Rj4LaRQe95dFepwX1UBY5PtGXUW31oaYqk6wyAQkbioFUThweNlsp5msitObbE8eWfP64S-iM5VALeGtvlxuK7AYPMx5rqT6nIvxiNxmBfPAeoH3hv4jMM9EV6SEdX6t0EXlxD9aQcic9I8r2Yk/w640-h480/IMG_1229.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam thought about what her new friend said. She had heard about warm weather, but she hadn’t experienced it yet. When she came out of her box at Maryanne’s home, it was cold.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEKn3nxPoVm_ke-pM7YBOy_SRmvHnRBuXlrjnzJ6uICIOi4qXnaZgGLhilMJjdZnIvq54quGQajdc8qSPx0IZKvFgH1QZjv2kYk6-j4kuOIA_cOIXN7kp5GCb9cX0eEmYkUmwlE9Wg3rvvlJ8epe76sk24jTfgvfE7W56Dfwy9jxNplXAEWS0cvugs-k/s3029/IMG_1227.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3029" data-original-width="2272" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEKn3nxPoVm_ke-pM7YBOy_SRmvHnRBuXlrjnzJ6uICIOi4qXnaZgGLhilMJjdZnIvq54quGQajdc8qSPx0IZKvFgH1QZjv2kYk6-j4kuOIA_cOIXN7kp5GCb9cX0eEmYkUmwlE9Wg3rvvlJ8epe76sk24jTfgvfE7W56Dfwy9jxNplXAEWS0cvugs-k/w480-h640/IMG_1227.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Maryanne’s dad even had to get out the snow blower to clear the driveway and sidewalks. He also cleared the sidewalks in front of </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Writer</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’s house, because they are neighbors.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvHyxP-UR45a8WdLcShcM2WZoRuDKg-nQyq52exebwYJj32QR5vVLu25OLlAx2muHTrmlaHXxjR86R6Ioklw_Hbh1caLMLFS417WB0wj1cLku_yMsFjWna0PboaGo3ykSwasQsvn16IVA1WP8hMzvTvj9Z6RQ9Sfxx3A9f_sUIprxluAhcKeAdk5tAg0/s1850/IMG_0922.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="1850" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvHyxP-UR45a8WdLcShcM2WZoRuDKg-nQyq52exebwYJj32QR5vVLu25OLlAx2muHTrmlaHXxjR86R6Ioklw_Hbh1caLMLFS417WB0wj1cLku_yMsFjWna0PboaGo3ykSwasQsvn16IVA1WP8hMzvTvj9Z6RQ9Sfxx3A9f_sUIprxluAhcKeAdk5tAg0/w640-h480/IMG_0922.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">All Pam had to wear back then was what she had on in her box.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“The snow is fun,” she said, thinking about how Maryanne’s dad had complained about having to clear the snow before they could drive to work. Pam couldn’t understand why he didn’t enjoy playing in the snow.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It is fun,” Pippa agreed, thinking about all the fun she has with the other dolls in the snow.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEdLdROxxIhMWiF8ijS8lrQoYuxOUQWen1Cj3ihu3ncEtq4CD0DxLH-XoKptyYduCYbgx_I146futOrxdRP70aAxrTTPQvpDQGVuxkm0vccBjCiglnttNGl7zLgFEKCAWkUOJE5JXbMVL9BoIgYqGKD_sXfeDeNULYLkTOlHvHjkjPHOtv7JBh8K5FKI/s3750/IMG_2372.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2812" data-original-width="3750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEdLdROxxIhMWiF8ijS8lrQoYuxOUQWen1Cj3ihu3ncEtq4CD0DxLH-XoKptyYduCYbgx_I146futOrxdRP70aAxrTTPQvpDQGVuxkm0vccBjCiglnttNGl7zLgFEKCAWkUOJE5JXbMVL9BoIgYqGKD_sXfeDeNULYLkTOlHvHjkjPHOtv7JBh8K5FKI/w640-h480/IMG_2372.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But there’s a lot we can do when the weather is warm,</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">”</span><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> she told her friend. </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We can go out through the dog door. Do you have a dog door?”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucvNpdBstcszHoiar2sE-Vn44NS71kXUMptDlyFENbR4hjBMO_T098ZniHZ_PruFrLS6BwBGTUxanFRSqpPjvXh6krUEQZhDCQkqVCaAUowi3dNqxNbGehmOonlg_41GrFZbUPvBoWPF0AICPXbsBoTQR3kOHF43PygMo7paM6Hg_KjLE5tyMpxWlFMM/s3464/IMG_4403.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="3464" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucvNpdBstcszHoiar2sE-Vn44NS71kXUMptDlyFENbR4hjBMO_T098ZniHZ_PruFrLS6BwBGTUxanFRSqpPjvXh6krUEQZhDCQkqVCaAUowi3dNqxNbGehmOonlg_41GrFZbUPvBoWPF0AICPXbsBoTQR3kOHF43PygMo7paM6Hg_KjLE5tyMpxWlFMM/w640-h480/IMG_4403.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“No,” Pam replied. “Maryanne’s family doesn’t have a dog, but I’ve seen the dog door here.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Well,” Pippa continued, “it’s real easy to go out and in through the dog door. Then we can play outdoors in the warm sunshine.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaBYoK4ylFhnIYsGC1vPwuZogtiDEHcy_tt-ZEBtuv_9DKdTW9X0iHJhGWZMVhBJts3bQ9G6-bM0wtK4APYy27qQKON4YROudpYB8aK_Af-5N0nWZRpVwzgk3052K2gxqG-2etHU-aQ7kqWyBBO0fq_BZSQ1AZvnFewVGIJbQ9XBTk29dPX24mafEsa4/s2426/IMG_1232.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2426" data-original-width="1820" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaBYoK4ylFhnIYsGC1vPwuZogtiDEHcy_tt-ZEBtuv_9DKdTW9X0iHJhGWZMVhBJts3bQ9G6-bM0wtK4APYy27qQKON4YROudpYB8aK_Af-5N0nWZRpVwzgk3052K2gxqG-2etHU-aQ7kqWyBBO0fq_BZSQ1AZvnFewVGIJbQ9XBTk29dPX24mafEsa4/w480-h640/IMG_1232.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“What do you do when the snow is gone?” Pam wanted to know.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Lots of things,” Pippa replied. “For one thing, we can lie down in the grass and watch the clouds.” She thought for a moment. “We’re very lucky dolls,” she continued. “We can lie down and watch the clouds or look at the stars, because we don’t have sleeping eyes. That’s why we need sleep masks to sleep, but it’s a small price to pay for being able to watch the clouds.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uPYfmpMPk4coSWeSWKPjLc3iqfP1Ghy1k-uqpLFVWyo-VJxmrTQTHYLXN_xt7pX23TFMxg6CohXskDTRrtAHyxOvEhN7h3pbjiMRILTJhAR8Mx-8cEE8_FhiEQ_lCjXmTTc6PEvtem0Hjjpj9NJLE0JOZSnel8Oz_7R9osYdLBE8RcoOMYa9Ynb1JIE/s3241/IMG_1706.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3241" data-original-width="2431" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uPYfmpMPk4coSWeSWKPjLc3iqfP1Ghy1k-uqpLFVWyo-VJxmrTQTHYLXN_xt7pX23TFMxg6CohXskDTRrtAHyxOvEhN7h3pbjiMRILTJhAR8Mx-8cEE8_FhiEQ_lCjXmTTc6PEvtem0Hjjpj9NJLE0JOZSnel8Oz_7R9osYdLBE8RcoOMYa9Ynb1JIE/w480-h640/IMG_1706.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Sometimes we climb trees,” Pippa continued. “If you go high enough, you can see for a long way.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOIGzD3TNc_Mkn2QCSEixZdkedxFZ9ahnwhv0hRGO7AH3ujysNhC8k6HqCt7kltj4KtFxUuKUonnCqdHHCEUrVzfBYsKKn-Uy1g0Y49QH7nvotMCmU-Pas_Avp5WrXoxZaaSaH8vcZXEBslpDmFopwI1PQeKsxlnbcE34OuWZDsahU8JWnmSMBH2Mkdc/s4032/IMG_2091.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOIGzD3TNc_Mkn2QCSEixZdkedxFZ9ahnwhv0hRGO7AH3ujysNhC8k6HqCt7kltj4KtFxUuKUonnCqdHHCEUrVzfBYsKKn-Uy1g0Y49QH7nvotMCmU-Pas_Avp5WrXoxZaaSaH8vcZXEBslpDmFopwI1PQeKsxlnbcE34OuWZDsahU8JWnmSMBH2Mkdc/w480-h640/IMG_2091.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“One time Mandy set up a swing in the backyard,” Pippa said. “We took turns swinging on it. Mandy got the first turn, because she was the one who climbed up and tied the strings to the tree limb in two places.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V9iC72A_Yat5spceLpHSj4r0r9IsCTzYxcerNLmjUC8KKcKua6_2SYW8CwbRvo3TfMxCmzbvBkTVzxhUmTR9SwsSXJl-jkOYqJwEeU2kQpLJAvTvtn2ArCtsKzH8wkGQw7N3skavgESFSliDXNJourYd1vvt3Ua6ldKi58CmKnG4sS4fEc1h7L7hpWo/s4032/IMG_2107.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V9iC72A_Yat5spceLpHSj4r0r9IsCTzYxcerNLmjUC8KKcKua6_2SYW8CwbRvo3TfMxCmzbvBkTVzxhUmTR9SwsSXJl-jkOYqJwEeU2kQpLJAvTvtn2ArCtsKzH8wkGQw7N3skavgESFSliDXNJourYd1vvt3Ua6ldKi58CmKnG4sS4fEc1h7L7hpWo/w640-h480/IMG_2107.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Sometimes,” Pippa went on, “we make sandwiches for a picnic.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsz7Kigl1XXhpcS4_o2MpyvsIHFkncChB0VsgG3jD5lHLifMPtav_GVwdobAXe7nKg5iSUjjP2jKRnI67FLDKIwFwtmKhUsvqagxc8JcDO1nQB58deO_J9APQXWkiBLJ_88Ijphx6DWttHcQddJjyNkY1peqI0mDuZey7uGsOAg-LxhmiYht3A9jhifMQ/s2923/IMG_1619.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="2923" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsz7Kigl1XXhpcS4_o2MpyvsIHFkncChB0VsgG3jD5lHLifMPtav_GVwdobAXe7nKg5iSUjjP2jKRnI67FLDKIwFwtmKhUsvqagxc8JcDO1nQB58deO_J9APQXWkiBLJ_88Ijphx6DWttHcQddJjyNkY1peqI0mDuZey7uGsOAg-LxhmiYht3A9jhifMQ/w640-h480/IMG_1619.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“What’s a picnic?” Pam asked.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“A picnic is where you make a lunch, go somewhere interesting and sit outdoors to pretend to eat,” her friend answered. “It’s fun!” she added.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLysLnHrxyIP8ulUjveV-6WqZoGTaaxKUdJ2EMA057sXfdu9z85PqJ3K8lH3JpKhW4CSSyGqsGkxQePqa4MPwuyY2aoGJWeIPJRzNfsQMwNaKzPTOKWduHEv9FjzC3rDs1o0VMLNQUJgrHMXHF-NL7Dcr5LNf3hLjWKmvrLic81xvuw7Ex0W0Gg9zerA8/s4032/IMG_5229.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLysLnHrxyIP8ulUjveV-6WqZoGTaaxKUdJ2EMA057sXfdu9z85PqJ3K8lH3JpKhW4CSSyGqsGkxQePqa4MPwuyY2aoGJWeIPJRzNfsQMwNaKzPTOKWduHEv9FjzC3rDs1o0VMLNQUJgrHMXHF-NL7Dcr5LNf3hLjWKmvrLic81xvuw7Ex0W0Gg9zerA8/w640-h480/IMG_5229.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Sometimes,” Pippa explained, “we take a picnic lunch and go on a hike. It’s fun when Mandy is along. She recognizes lots of different kinds of birds, and she tells us what their names are.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETh0bQjPFy8q4nQ-5OPvvNg3AWjg2b8m_UXSROOsIgo9cFQVbO1RGJC2c204BbQVAZp6YteummWffLFNACDJ4g4HpusPdX98zrTzykaMAUh2QfC3G0Bg3-TNM7iVhiERX2t084SGv6T1UgYB1dV_GBSN6HTbryQ88RSUqX7neFQUt6GJZO8dBo1OJ3Ds/s4032/IMG_5259.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETh0bQjPFy8q4nQ-5OPvvNg3AWjg2b8m_UXSROOsIgo9cFQVbO1RGJC2c204BbQVAZp6YteummWffLFNACDJ4g4HpusPdX98zrTzykaMAUh2QfC3G0Bg3-TNM7iVhiERX2t084SGv6T1UgYB1dV_GBSN6HTbryQ88RSUqX7neFQUt6GJZO8dBo1OJ3Ds/w640-h480/IMG_5259.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam nodded. The way Pippa explained it, it sounded like a lot of fun.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“There are lots of games you can play outdoors,” Pippa explained, “like <i>hopscotch</i> (HOP-skotch). We can only play that outdoors, because we have to draw these boxes on a sidewalk or driveway with chalk. We can’t draw on the floors in the house. That isn’t allowed, and we have to set a good example for children!”</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“The bigger dolls,” Pippa said, “can ride bicycles. That looks like a lot of fun, but the bicycles are too big for us, and you have to wear a helmet that fits. They don’t make them in our size yet.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETRKzD2ogyI37I9_h1fo0ZWXyTxFPJpZCvKy9bAY6c6F9ZwWdIC7FtOqZBbU5McUFmrOvDUbdX8lLyY0Qw2Ly2DuZb5BS9zAuYsNNiLCTSXGQH62yaXiMRIWxGi01QWYJfoWQLWkHhW46XZV-3ieN9YTXetPat8G_65gHOt2uR71JWuIKeJLV0fap_ew/s2337/IMG_0174.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="2337" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETRKzD2ogyI37I9_h1fo0ZWXyTxFPJpZCvKy9bAY6c6F9ZwWdIC7FtOqZBbU5McUFmrOvDUbdX8lLyY0Qw2Ly2DuZb5BS9zAuYsNNiLCTSXGQH62yaXiMRIWxGi01QWYJfoWQLWkHhW46XZV-3ieN9YTXetPat8G_65gHOt2uR71JWuIKeJLV0fap_ew/w640-h480/IMG_0174.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Maybe,” Pam suggested, “if everyone reading this story would write their favorite doll manufacturer and ask for bicycles and helmets in our size, we could ride, too.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE9M8bQZAHjl9iQLH3b68tFYYUNjWpl4g4kMjhT6BXqy5smprZHFvndSklvi9GA5n1Cg-3Wnn7jQ0P7AnxockQJYaxIP4Vd-PGmrYMfsyMFvbglApcjpJELrNB4X5HZ-W6Hcq_dxBQpF5qXE9dCqlPUInP4iUYz3xIKAjapj4scWodaoBJ5NSn0xn9Oo/s2967/IMG_1234.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="2967" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE9M8bQZAHjl9iQLH3b68tFYYUNjWpl4g4kMjhT6BXqy5smprZHFvndSklvi9GA5n1Cg-3Wnn7jQ0P7AnxockQJYaxIP4Vd-PGmrYMfsyMFvbglApcjpJELrNB4X5HZ-W6Hcq_dxBQpF5qXE9dCqlPUInP4iUYz3xIKAjapj4scWodaoBJ5NSn0xn9Oo/w640-h480/IMG_1234.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s a great idea!” Pippa agreed enthusiastically. “You sure are a smart doll! Actually,” she went on, “we could ride on the back or on the handlebars when one of the bigger dolls is working the pedals, but that would be very dangerous for real children, even with a helmet, and we’re supposed to set a good example for them, so we don’t <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ever</span> do that!”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Then,” Pippa went on with the list she had in her head of things the dolls liked to do outdoors when it’s warm, “there’s a slide in the backyard. We climb up to the top and slide down. Mandy says something called <i>gravity</i> (GRA-vih-tee) is what makes us go down the slide so fast.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfnaP5VHKGedsv1vQlpZ1ZzwzaZV1IADfSAMmFxBy4vf5a3JUky21PuUj1ZVwPCwBuUATugEzaW6Shtgz1Xca4K2oAqtBE-Zj2MMAHoImRE_R8WvBXECtuqODQAxURkTdxIRk7EBeP7qYwgtZk27O8TqCVQEfw3_pN6NjtqHaHWFBNS7q2ErPbJklzGI/s3575/IMG_0206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3575" data-original-width="2681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfnaP5VHKGedsv1vQlpZ1ZzwzaZV1IADfSAMmFxBy4vf5a3JUky21PuUj1ZVwPCwBuUATugEzaW6Shtgz1Xca4K2oAqtBE-Zj2MMAHoImRE_R8WvBXECtuqODQAxURkTdxIRk7EBeP7qYwgtZk27O8TqCVQEfw3_pN6NjtqHaHWFBNS7q2ErPbJklzGI/w480-h640/IMG_0206.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam’s eyes would have been big and round at that, but she can’t move her eyes, so she just looked at Pippa and wondered what gravity was.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4AQDronnyc_BGnmT-VSzb2m4P0tdEQMYXS6p9dD5x2BhoVXHQGb-ydgit0oYdaDEo803yl27q371Ihpp-6moHEqQVCgl3Z86zWpFNW62fN89QuYRAC9SxTNp0urVdLxsdBziCaTwo26MwhUQM39wG4kGId5VCVT2bqQVlHJkqn8qnLFzqEmJypF0UWg/s4032/IMG_1242.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4AQDronnyc_BGnmT-VSzb2m4P0tdEQMYXS6p9dD5x2BhoVXHQGb-ydgit0oYdaDEo803yl27q371Ihpp-6moHEqQVCgl3Z86zWpFNW62fN89QuYRAC9SxTNp0urVdLxsdBziCaTwo26MwhUQM39wG4kGId5VCVT2bqQVlHJkqn8qnLFzqEmJypF0UWg/w640-h480/IMG_1242.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Sometimes Mariah and Charlotte set up some kind of a net in the backyard,” Pippa said, “and they play a game called <i>tennis </i>(TEN-is). They use special paddle things called <i>rackets </i>(RAK-ets) to hit a ball back and forth.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8gWoQHMJ_Itj9a_uEWYDvGVwhWB9-9LaJYD45q8tWXcZk3KIaWUnnrORQbzibKZTEc3Pt-49tb4wtXAk36nqmdUt2gIJzo8IrcfP-rRsQcNHkp48UaMiFsPstCWPGm2LFZwqkREh4Z1T0Hv_qs9ZdMDRUjXmuc35tGdHUOFUWjD1inqcMOxJfZ3mL9c/s3180/IMG_4397.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="3180" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8gWoQHMJ_Itj9a_uEWYDvGVwhWB9-9LaJYD45q8tWXcZk3KIaWUnnrORQbzibKZTEc3Pt-49tb4wtXAk36nqmdUt2gIJzo8IrcfP-rRsQcNHkp48UaMiFsPstCWPGm2LFZwqkREh4Z1T0Hv_qs9ZdMDRUjXmuc35tGdHUOFUWjD1inqcMOxJfZ3mL9c/w640-h480/IMG_4397.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That must be fun,” Pam pointed out, “or they wouldn’t go to so much trouble.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49UFmzrIqalqh2dT_6bAkryjT9scIiRTen9zB8XynFJ7o1ZvdNOqRexwR60j0WaslN6lEczD2wPkUPqP7d2L5C74ay0X7oo6NUuylSHz5SSo_zwbB5swQJAaFDkmOog0FlJCjdDoEPj8DGR-Sf5DdYz6IZd7zNhbpN3ygcb22mFrVYn4eiG8htfQpedU/s4032/IMG_1236.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49UFmzrIqalqh2dT_6bAkryjT9scIiRTen9zB8XynFJ7o1ZvdNOqRexwR60j0WaslN6lEczD2wPkUPqP7d2L5C74ay0X7oo6NUuylSHz5SSo_zwbB5swQJAaFDkmOog0FlJCjdDoEPj8DGR-Sf5DdYz6IZd7zNhbpN3ygcb22mFrVYn4eiG8htfQpedU/w640-h480/IMG_1236.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam wondered what it would be like to hit a ball with a racket and make it fly through the air.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Then one time,” Pippa continued with her list, “Pauly and I found a snake in the backyard. We got Emil to come out and talk to it, and he told us it was a toy snake The Writer’s grandsons had played with and left out in the backyard. He couldn’t go back into the house by himself, so we helped him. That was a lot of fun. It’s nice when we can help someone.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInv8YROhtY1KpjeSOSusfLuir4MRynytVFyue34B58eDfdmohJ5PKtGttTrUsn7muSuIAgbkykwPLpYPAUtOmDBU9NU1m0VOENOywhHJ0XfxRn30DNxEvuFjeSso8IKylK6PvqopJDq5GuC1Y1YUgZVLlzj_jt3N5dZlE0-FxumyhqsGHQgGqGYfNJlU/s4032/IMG_9568.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInv8YROhtY1KpjeSOSusfLuir4MRynytVFyue34B58eDfdmohJ5PKtGttTrUsn7muSuIAgbkykwPLpYPAUtOmDBU9NU1m0VOENOywhHJ0XfxRn30DNxEvuFjeSso8IKylK6PvqopJDq5GuC1Y1YUgZVLlzj_jt3N5dZlE0-FxumyhqsGHQgGqGYfNJlU/w640-h480/IMG_9568.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“When it gets hot in the summer,” Pippa continued, “Jolena sometimes makes cold, yummy ice cream for us to pretend to eat. She uses a machine that has a bowl that stays in the freezer until she needs it. The machine runs on electricity.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFM-puDPaO1fk1CByHeC1yXwz-vRk5FRlPtlgaonBLL1wQChIoXRtdk_srKduY4V4YzgD4PhUf47bOw22YsceKFt0OlgG54_M2_SnuGYBVeRUaTvPXHX7QQTmmF4Y193OnbHBGcYQv8hpO2iTXkphAlKkgPM_JRiGvILhX2BqX2ufE2U7M1f1V72345w/s3732/IMG_5820.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3732" data-original-width="2799" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFM-puDPaO1fk1CByHeC1yXwz-vRk5FRlPtlgaonBLL1wQChIoXRtdk_srKduY4V4YzgD4PhUf47bOw22YsceKFt0OlgG54_M2_SnuGYBVeRUaTvPXHX7QQTmmF4Y193OnbHBGcYQv8hpO2iTXkphAlKkgPM_JRiGvILhX2BqX2ufE2U7M1f1V72345w/w480-h640/IMG_5820.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam continued to listen intently. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Sometimes we make popsicles, too,” Pippa recalled. “They’re easier to make.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq-R6i5XFGTyvuDKAC7AXWxnHM10UA39Y_aBkcwXRtd8MttBM3miyqYWxmlkJq8gNrohOeOb_GSnXATDL7TJ3frpXIs8XCNO4K-7CSK082K1k1uJcxkDGV7PyJQAFTaKaW6crFMlklAr9T1BDTDsLNPS7-kXVlejJal495nhdymb4J3mwvol6Nf0BGDo/s4032/IMG_5645.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq-R6i5XFGTyvuDKAC7AXWxnHM10UA39Y_aBkcwXRtd8MttBM3miyqYWxmlkJq8gNrohOeOb_GSnXATDL7TJ3frpXIs8XCNO4K-7CSK082K1k1uJcxkDGV7PyJQAFTaKaW6crFMlklAr9T1BDTDsLNPS7-kXVlejJal495nhdymb4J3mwvol6Nf0BGDo/w480-h640/IMG_5645.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“In the Spring,” Pippa said, still with her list in mind, “we plant seeds in little cups.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO2Nuvb4H80NZ3iXCE9IheNm0HZWbb76pW5MQmMgTeDskI2UNrCpXQMSXKTZ_kxkcE98gqQCvJAaxfeTt-MvoF-Exw-OIRkWA82BN5u3S0bdIi7MrJW9hhD3A9Cxghr5m2Z1N8oxxAs4s_8aKfGHXQ6IayhtdogRODBYAW0e-ItouIqxwo2q6YHuBXJs/s4032/IMG_5392.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO2Nuvb4H80NZ3iXCE9IheNm0HZWbb76pW5MQmMgTeDskI2UNrCpXQMSXKTZ_kxkcE98gqQCvJAaxfeTt-MvoF-Exw-OIRkWA82BN5u3S0bdIi7MrJW9hhD3A9Cxghr5m2Z1N8oxxAs4s_8aKfGHXQ6IayhtdogRODBYAW0e-ItouIqxwo2q6YHuBXJs/w480-h640/IMG_5392.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Then,” she explained, “when they get too big for the cup, and it's warmer, we plant them outdoors. Toward the end of the summer, we have vegetables for The Writer and her husband to eat, and we can pretend to eat some, too. Emil loves to work in the garden.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUQjZdCZso9-1sEptG0d1IUTX3fEm955tSjq8VpkYgYiri3E-lDTGxc0f6OYjGAxxQO1WpAh6O5GdB9mFJFldKgSv4paBxVxqIUrQGLgRvAP4y3ojF3G8oBKMz61ZldxH8VfUQxxAa2Q-bpB9WM2V0Ot2rad5R0w3i81e57DQmVTqft7v49kE-rmXFiY/s3341/IMG_0560.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3341" data-original-width="2506" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUQjZdCZso9-1sEptG0d1IUTX3fEm955tSjq8VpkYgYiri3E-lDTGxc0f6OYjGAxxQO1WpAh6O5GdB9mFJFldKgSv4paBxVxqIUrQGLgRvAP4y3ojF3G8oBKMz61ZldxH8VfUQxxAa2Q-bpB9WM2V0Ot2rad5R0w3i81e57DQmVTqft7v49kE-rmXFiY/w480-h640/IMG_0560.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam tried to imagine vegetables growing in the backyard.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Another thing about the summer,” Pippa went on, “is we get to wear our bathing suits to lie in the sun on the deck…”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDO6ib_COd6rOS0B3IPuECj2gYOv8seHbrcLO8vy2Oi7iSrRyTbxaEsjpNw8i5CzZE7JwybRHi0qBYPQTEekZVe-wNpR7f1lZehnTNakOMA4gZS1jRCOqOGaup-64jHrPLT1zLBrUKO9oLWoA3sdzKkmigPpbzwFr_XZHSUX4B44E0eKDNuEjsZKxoxw/s3143/IMG_4460.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="3143" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDO6ib_COd6rOS0B3IPuECj2gYOv8seHbrcLO8vy2Oi7iSrRyTbxaEsjpNw8i5CzZE7JwybRHi0qBYPQTEekZVe-wNpR7f1lZehnTNakOMA4gZS1jRCOqOGaup-64jHrPLT1zLBrUKO9oLWoA3sdzKkmigPpbzwFr_XZHSUX4B44E0eKDNuEjsZKxoxw/w640-h480/IMG_4460.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“…or play in the <i>sprinkler</i> (SPRING-kler). (That’s a thing they attach to the water hose outdoors to water the grass and other plants.)”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zPbg8yxBFtx5tGnS-60X6a9234p3azbRIMiTdaD9dUtg4_PdiFBzAcnDQGM6rEmtBCMsYVo4Wvo4PT5nH9ZvjICtfhpLEQ6Th1C4lHhyiX-uWsoKdxm-nEaLck2wAZPHoRI0ryhCJJ7hKkjWZQPZwKaNffnPSB3soMmZj2HCo4NNid-JtSEUivFdKMw/s3024/IMG_5666.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zPbg8yxBFtx5tGnS-60X6a9234p3azbRIMiTdaD9dUtg4_PdiFBzAcnDQGM6rEmtBCMsYVo4Wvo4PT5nH9ZvjICtfhpLEQ6Th1C4lHhyiX-uWsoKdxm-nEaLck2wAZPHoRI0ryhCJJ7hKkjWZQPZwKaNffnPSB3soMmZj2HCo4NNid-JtSEUivFdKMw/w640-h480/IMG_5666.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I like to wear my bathing suit to play in the sandbox in the backyard,” Pippa said. “I pretend I’m at the beach.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWps-Lo6tsJJwEsacFVJDhyphenhypheniC2V3rgBR-K90Foy5TuuDWLPKCq1HEdlJH964TPwvIcAlGYC62FAcmlxtP_rqmPSxlXdi7pVFwZYQ1GfZ9maVN16qyUpJM2Ma7muu70JSq_4hpZ0qaQ9ygs5tr70E85jLsGaqOViJ2eMvtRiFMAAeoeUSiGXFtcWwX-M4/s2871/IMG_4491.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2153" data-original-width="2871" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWps-Lo6tsJJwEsacFVJDhyphenhypheniC2V3rgBR-K90Foy5TuuDWLPKCq1HEdlJH964TPwvIcAlGYC62FAcmlxtP_rqmPSxlXdi7pVFwZYQ1GfZ9maVN16qyUpJM2Ma7muu70JSq_4hpZ0qaQ9ygs5tr70E85jLsGaqOViJ2eMvtRiFMAAeoeUSiGXFtcWwX-M4/w640-h480/IMG_4491.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“One time,” Pippa told her friend, “Mandy and I were going to go to the beach, but it rained. The beach is dangerous if there is lightening and thunder, so we couldn’t go.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ATdAE2hUYSAxAZI7iycmHbEM-1b_7GbNs_rORAK6lB16lQRGiiTX7KdMF3jkDvgdj7T-P1TuAj8H4ZSfPuqDZOJPTQK9eveliDzJwF3ylYFzJBsdjDkQEIiGto-k2QK4S7ITG_7XFdA0UAamhwqFgXJbJZfw98D-wc42TeR_UKuk20oHyIKxFMDj-hA/s4032/IMG_4482.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ATdAE2hUYSAxAZI7iycmHbEM-1b_7GbNs_rORAK6lB16lQRGiiTX7KdMF3jkDvgdj7T-P1TuAj8H4ZSfPuqDZOJPTQK9eveliDzJwF3ylYFzJBsdjDkQEIiGto-k2QK4S7ITG_7XFdA0UAamhwqFgXJbJZfw98D-wc42TeR_UKuk20oHyIKxFMDj-hA/w480-h640/IMG_4482.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Mandy and I drew a picture of the beach with the sun shining and had a pretend beach trip in the workroom. We had to use our imaginations.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8-KpAJFRyObxa1d8LfZ9TCVvVYxcLuFAnPuEJG49vyh8SeQi6mnc8xJLRLaqQgK641sKjZ8EfHY-mvpsBNBuVXhFyF2-oxUcS0CebQvvbz8JvtpAiMDbxojuZ9zNG4LGABLxBnW60yjQg7eHDZecG7zLDIpmQPIFasDBtnvHiTJLEGQg_D0H5DbC0-c/s4032/IMG_4559.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8-KpAJFRyObxa1d8LfZ9TCVvVYxcLuFAnPuEJG49vyh8SeQi6mnc8xJLRLaqQgK641sKjZ8EfHY-mvpsBNBuVXhFyF2-oxUcS0CebQvvbz8JvtpAiMDbxojuZ9zNG4LGABLxBnW60yjQg7eHDZecG7zLDIpmQPIFasDBtnvHiTJLEGQg_D0H5DbC0-c/w640-h480/IMG_4559.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Lightning? Thunder?</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">”</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Pam asked. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Lightning is a sudden bright light and then a big boom. That</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s the thunder. They go together. It comes from electricity in the air,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">” Pippa explained. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“It</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s very dangerous,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">”</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Pippa warned her. </span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A pretend trip to the beach sounds safer,” Pam pointed out.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It might not be quite as much fun, but it was more fun than not doing anything,” Pippa agreed. “Later on, though,” she remembered, “The Writer took Pauly and me to the real beach on a warm, sunny day. We played in the sand and watched the real human people.”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_s4lTaN6UTVBreJi0i1Xp2vS8XcMnaDeEs_UaqTB9zF6UXJ6QeBvQaOuvl1qKx8W8SgwPR6MwRz_eNBUabTM_tbC2WR-3Wf1ePVioyhzFXq8TseYKMHqBWs_U6KPaGeAAW2q2IdD_QZYKZ0hyCw79fmidwujArkboV7kNPex7GPkqIsEH5vvvCGE_Wc/s4032/IMG_9015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_s4lTaN6UTVBreJi0i1Xp2vS8XcMnaDeEs_UaqTB9zF6UXJ6QeBvQaOuvl1qKx8W8SgwPR6MwRz_eNBUabTM_tbC2WR-3Wf1ePVioyhzFXq8TseYKMHqBWs_U6KPaGeAAW2q2IdD_QZYKZ0hyCw79fmidwujArkboV7kNPex7GPkqIsEH5vvvCGE_Wc/w640-h480/IMG_9015.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It sure sounds like Spring and Summer are a lot of fun,” Pam said, “but what’s a ‘bathing suit?’”</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf86ycHzqqHgTnyvjAE0469BzGA6i1JWFz6CdaTzJ9JtnA3ausX5WByhaBu5ABrZLu5P53OQQ1VrwSO_6swuv45Dk5zaeE7mESPBIb1NQzIHjjKptKO9aBWhWhYgUTBRwY2gcxt9ITrO7eokkcCpYiVzOw4zdEfAh21O0HjqWmjk9y7NN2qSLS3XNB9b8/s3484/IMG_1249.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="3484" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf86ycHzqqHgTnyvjAE0469BzGA6i1JWFz6CdaTzJ9JtnA3ausX5WByhaBu5ABrZLu5P53OQQ1VrwSO_6swuv45Dk5zaeE7mESPBIb1NQzIHjjKptKO9aBWhWhYgUTBRwY2gcxt9ITrO7eokkcCpYiVzOw4zdEfAh21O0HjqWmjk9y7NN2qSLS3XNB9b8/w640-h480/IMG_1249.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa tried to think of how to explain a bathing suit to her new friend. Pam must not have one, or she would know. “Well,” she began, “it’s sort of a sock you wear over your body so you aren’t naked, but your arms and legs stick out, so you can run and play.” Then she thought for a moment.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“The Writer,” she said, “made me one out of a little girl’s sock. Maybe we can get her to make you one, too. She said it’s pretty easy.”</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That would be wonderful!” Pam cried. Just think! A bathing suit all her own! </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIDdyGoWstHeL-eAyyopBjKKIowr_e0RNp__m53hSXCrJ0KVZ9U3VvKjdOV3daGPqk07okZzrzAympDpUuaB8FxkmuOgXnjnvLMsRuns2bBBcXYwVF6Ociv3KtY0J1RPwuIz7w1Y4xqfsReBW8vBilGxbGkK-3NAoZu8w5YW5vSL3ftidZsdAhZRDm7A/s4032/IMG_1250.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIDdyGoWstHeL-eAyyopBjKKIowr_e0RNp__m53hSXCrJ0KVZ9U3VvKjdOV3daGPqk07okZzrzAympDpUuaB8FxkmuOgXnjnvLMsRuns2bBBcXYwVF6Ociv3KtY0J1RPwuIz7w1Y4xqfsReBW8vBilGxbGkK-3NAoZu8w5YW5vSL3ftidZsdAhZRDm7A/w640-h480/IMG_1250.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then Pam looked out the window at the wind blowing the trees. She had a lot to look forward to when the rest of the snow was gone.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDGoswy2J5KNp3QAPzazrdszXbHsIs34G6lhRzuVqA0uq5ueHaTfG-MIpjDRKyar6ZlqIvJMdBMeBG6lQWbptKG3CkvQMPBevzxjRRMphUz8YfvI6sOuR-LZZxTk95L7Ts6Pvq0xqZLEtjXPmQ1yv1_KDZYw7YiiL0xwdsuvGnFa8BGS2HbVJ9m3lkIc/s3024/IMG_1252.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDGoswy2J5KNp3QAPzazrdszXbHsIs34G6lhRzuVqA0uq5ueHaTfG-MIpjDRKyar6ZlqIvJMdBMeBG6lQWbptKG3CkvQMPBevzxjRRMphUz8YfvI6sOuR-LZZxTk95L7Ts6Pvq0xqZLEtjXPmQ1yv1_KDZYw7YiiL0xwdsuvGnFa8BGS2HbVJ9m3lkIc/w480-h640/IMG_1252.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523699672163345029.post-8044590249970305082024-03-08T13:00:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:11:42.969-08:00The Philosophy of Sad Times<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Veronika found Jolena crying.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV50uxMmXlQlq9Ahj-nYd6itPl2x5Qk1sDVa16kxsOjz8VyGN5Nj12oHmxxmHwqnqDuRqQloH8_CWqpcoAr5doJty9_ga1ZCGAsRkADGm17YNCZV6eAT68O34539vVT1iUaupmQKrmj0/s1600/IMG_5306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV50uxMmXlQlq9Ahj-nYd6itPl2x5Qk1sDVa16kxsOjz8VyGN5Nj12oHmxxmHwqnqDuRqQloH8_CWqpcoAr5doJty9_ga1ZCGAsRkADGm17YNCZV6eAT68O34539vVT1iUaupmQKrmj0/s640/IMG_5306.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What's the matter, Jolena?" Veronika asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6M5ghTNhGCSmVg0ExKifBj8nwkcVsjGWO3o_h7RygSyHKBWe7qPHho804BXJZ4k4KhVcciOoXr8zj5OfjDe0SypxmviQfjJckz4WT8J-uBrPEKEgGiksm1n21diy7b3rCX7oea4C-y4/s1600/IMG_5308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6M5ghTNhGCSmVg0ExKifBj8nwkcVsjGWO3o_h7RygSyHKBWe7qPHho804BXJZ4k4KhVcciOoXr8zj5OfjDe0SypxmviQfjJckz4WT8J-uBrPEKEgGiksm1n21diy7b3rCX7oea4C-y4/s640/IMG_5308.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena explained that her teacher had told her she should read the newspaper a little bit each day to find out what is going on in the world. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"There's so much bad stuff going on!" Jolena exclaimed. "Dolls are supposed to guide and comfort children, but how can we do that when so many terrible and scary things are happening?"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiRIOHqgYQIWCJWeM42T7pHSObx99gu5AISNEBpfyUQyO8Vvc0GXVYy7D3faB4aam1owJE4RbR4JHwomIET6jUZvnlUu0El803Sh1L4Vnb5yqaJMq7rTRf1gKxf8HPl4OmkenLPLbar0/s1600/IMG_5311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiRIOHqgYQIWCJWeM42T7pHSObx99gu5AISNEBpfyUQyO8Vvc0GXVYy7D3faB4aam1owJE4RbR4JHwomIET6jUZvnlUu0El803Sh1L4Vnb5yqaJMq7rTRf1gKxf8HPl4OmkenLPLbar0/s640/IMG_5311.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What are you reading about, Jolena?" Veronika asked quietly.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGQKJAXz3AAM0zSYZQs-XMqDJqPY-zvaNT7kNKLvCdGn3p8vqkCM0zvFuORsKjxQKA5yEe6O6bdufaLYDj6VnhmEEFZnMqbSf0Ye4ZKAfCIQWEVZlAN_-auIuTlSLU0gZMscSR4sP-0I/s1600/IMG_5312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGQKJAXz3AAM0zSYZQs-XMqDJqPY-zvaNT7kNKLvCdGn3p8vqkCM0zvFuORsKjxQKA5yEe6O6bdufaLYDj6VnhmEEFZnMqbSf0Ye4ZKAfCIQWEVZlAN_-auIuTlSLU0gZMscSR4sP-0I/s640/IMG_5312.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm reading about how children far away are starving because there is a war or because the weather was bad," she replied. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrddG6_-ubLD_oW7mbae6Le460b-m5n-wjdVRHHupN56zuu3-4FC62wRpOU2ODfzBQqDQwNv_w-7aZDch02Vz-QYViV3flIHxE3sGtK9cQKjruwwP33IkZnGPeVX023vXhdl1T82uaGTo/s1600/IMG_5318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrddG6_-ubLD_oW7mbae6Le460b-m5n-wjdVRHHupN56zuu3-4FC62wRpOU2ODfzBQqDQwNv_w-7aZDch02Vz-QYViV3flIHxE3sGtK9cQKjruwwP33IkZnGPeVX023vXhdl1T82uaGTo/s640/IMG_5318.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's very sad," Veronika agreed. "I can see why you're upset."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxawohHpl5vMiCZFsMQ5ehyphenhyphenKTGB3rPT3vNOUnfhtATYoqYTQWhrHdChp34lgA_pI4C3Hg7Kt0kTx6bwCoyM0yJvY3LEFmD4oagzDwsUnk2UwHAnDKkQ9Xu9y4wqON2CYGymnmkwp0zSE/s1600/IMG_5320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxawohHpl5vMiCZFsMQ5ehyphenhyphenKTGB3rPT3vNOUnfhtATYoqYTQWhrHdChp34lgA_pI4C3Hg7Kt0kTx6bwCoyM0yJvY3LEFmD4oagzDwsUnk2UwHAnDKkQ9Xu9y4wqON2CYGymnmkwp0zSE/s640/IMG_5320.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then," Jolena continued, "there are children locked up because their families had to run from danger where they lived and they came into this country without permission."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU7OBLKaP6Cho4D2prGfLyhU2_GsGOCrUpCROI2EXqhJ7UTwnpt2U1qTgqz8VpWGOsiaUhsZqVRfbiHjBUzkslvx7EbLdZRO7Oo4ctEDITkX-RLanLscALwS72pKuEET7hy0bIulwDbM/s1600/IMG_5321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwU7OBLKaP6Cho4D2prGfLyhU2_GsGOCrUpCROI2EXqhJ7UTwnpt2U1qTgqz8VpWGOsiaUhsZqVRfbiHjBUzkslvx7EbLdZRO7Oo4ctEDITkX-RLanLscALwS72pKuEET7hy0bIulwDbM/s640/IMG_5321.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's very sad, too," Veronika said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I was reading in another section of the paper," Jolena said, "that there's a little boy who is very sick. He needs doctors to help him get well, but his parents don't have enough money." She paused to take a breath.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL9WYDXGeL4zg28hYAkRA-zjRIpy0stAts3OA0dB5nWBmKb3VzBgKUliZaA8Vt2JVcwnEA-zMMSH6i48012XMZAFvPOPU8VFHp-njhz3rSfqIlZf0p5O6t1m-GFm04dydhQPQdnvP9ag/s1600/IMG_5323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL9WYDXGeL4zg28hYAkRA-zjRIpy0stAts3OA0dB5nWBmKb3VzBgKUliZaA8Vt2JVcwnEA-zMMSH6i48012XMZAFvPOPU8VFHp-njhz3rSfqIlZf0p5O6t1m-GFm04dydhQPQdnvP9ag/s640/IMG_5323.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then there was a family of children who were in a big car wreck. They are going to be OK, but they had broken bones. That must hurt!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAinWUPrweL5P0N_gEGK5dveyvxMKuW-4iMxXjdKiXaBcDJkNRC1Hy73wtjWG-xdfYQUT6q4-5YEli8Rb9ZWIEoFQHjvZ604eJTB1U4BVHstchVtey1iDjDstknOMUKtC4FHYc9o6CP-A/s1600/IMG_5329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAinWUPrweL5P0N_gEGK5dveyvxMKuW-4iMxXjdKiXaBcDJkNRC1Hy73wtjWG-xdfYQUT6q4-5YEli8Rb9ZWIEoFQHjvZ604eJTB1U4BVHstchVtey1iDjDstknOMUKtC4FHYc9o6CP-A/s640/IMG_5329.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I can see why that would make you upset, Jolena," Veronika agreed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What I want to know more than anything," Jolena said, "is what did these children do to deserve being hungry or locked up or sick or in pain?"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOnJQw3bRtVZosKK5F8YRB1A4_KsLTx37luA52azaEABDAmCXNMxdyv3EH3d15bB7rA7xHqlto0oSI56RASC1rUtJX1GNwuwbZ2vv50u2hlAdwjoOe4A7gRVaRdUdvhxcqqZspSjyLSY/s1600/IMG_5339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOnJQw3bRtVZosKK5F8YRB1A4_KsLTx37luA52azaEABDAmCXNMxdyv3EH3d15bB7rA7xHqlto0oSI56RASC1rUtJX1GNwuwbZ2vv50u2hlAdwjoOe4A7gRVaRdUdvhxcqqZspSjyLSY/s640/IMG_5339.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika sighed. "They didn't do anything to deserve what has happened to them," she said. "Sometimes bad things happen to good people, even children," she said. </span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGyDnBQoAbaQI9oYJN6c-jB3cZjlAjBT-SdAHs9dVQz_loQj7K5CjqYipSjbrdQ0x6A0ocnaQNd8c8vPBnxw318-3uOWcgNYxWtgkwPVUwTmQNqyew_Lm08-KsQZ6kLAuRd0IRQAW8A8/s1600/IMG_5326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGyDnBQoAbaQI9oYJN6c-jB3cZjlAjBT-SdAHs9dVQz_loQj7K5CjqYipSjbrdQ0x6A0ocnaQNd8c8vPBnxw318-3uOWcgNYxWtgkwPVUwTmQNqyew_Lm08-KsQZ6kLAuRd0IRQAW8A8/s640/IMG_5326.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You mean," Jolena asked, "like when Mariah was being bullied at school because her vinyl is a dark color? That made her sad, and it wasn't fair, because Mariah is beautiful and a nice doll."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgonip1FsEcaJGLKQ36H8JqIwoIkf11KIx1MKvIMjxWE6Ekia7OQPJZz1RB_ETQCaM4ynOX0XXIS9wcBecOSJ69LZ7-xXZHrzVRHrVv1Cf04U-CVLHclv5jymfBkLTdj5i25I_hU01cE/s1600/IMG_2859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgonip1FsEcaJGLKQ36H8JqIwoIkf11KIx1MKvIMjxWE6Ekia7OQPJZz1RB_ETQCaM4ynOX0XXIS9wcBecOSJ69LZ7-xXZHrzVRHrVv1Cf04U-CVLHclv5jymfBkLTdj5i25I_hU01cE/s640/IMG_2859.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika nodded.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Or," Jolena went on, "is it like when some other dolls were picking on Charlotte because she's Jewish? That made Charlotte unhappy, but being Jewish is a good thing and Charlotte is a sweet doll." </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjFbeHXM2J4YkLHsTa8kDQCJ9onKkKl7aeikfv7rB4ZrwgcfXs0BIoNWZaXcxZ8-ds8t1_3aC8NayoiLKpzw0xArijeXQNaJVec52vgJJSIU-8o8vNSCUQ_V1yYFIetHcW4mMbRKt5uo/s1600/IMG_7136+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1323" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjFbeHXM2J4YkLHsTa8kDQCJ9onKkKl7aeikfv7rB4ZrwgcfXs0BIoNWZaXcxZ8-ds8t1_3aC8NayoiLKpzw0xArijeXQNaJVec52vgJJSIU-8o8vNSCUQ_V1yYFIetHcW4mMbRKt5uo/s640/IMG_7136+2.jpg" width="528" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Veronika agreed. "In some cases of bad things happening, someone is at fault. Children and dolls should never pick on others for any reason, certainly not because that child or doll is different from them. We need to figure out how to teach these children to be kind and not bully others."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWO2BFetL8FQ-tv4fuK3DaFuW2eOk4W5UTdOiXmvY8QuNvIperMot2BP6w4BP_VwtUP8jId7Rg5Wy5gU3tNVVTJszUQ_urbkDlYYPp85YDhhqY8I-YqASe0DfOEJFSV_KN3xKz3YPsvE/s1600/IMG_5327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWO2BFetL8FQ-tv4fuK3DaFuW2eOk4W5UTdOiXmvY8QuNvIperMot2BP6w4BP_VwtUP8jId7Rg5Wy5gU3tNVVTJszUQ_urbkDlYYPp85YDhhqY8I-YqASe0DfOEJFSV_KN3xKz3YPsvE/s640/IMG_5327.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Why do children and dolls bully others," Jolena asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"There could be many reasons," Veronika explained. "Sometimes they are afraid of anyone who is different."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSJfE0kUW5pgTyrNmKvQkzJVlEp6TQ1mYor90hJ7eSqFOxl3afKEuhUrhtzLAUiH9zjl8EjDMF8qUJlEpEuGL5aL0CyFx16e17Ywv_cQAWpnwbp4rUaNz2IwDUcAlX9CoOo0wMPotxK0/s1600/IMG_5349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSJfE0kUW5pgTyrNmKvQkzJVlEp6TQ1mYor90hJ7eSqFOxl3afKEuhUrhtzLAUiH9zjl8EjDMF8qUJlEpEuGL5aL0CyFx16e17Ywv_cQAWpnwbp4rUaNz2IwDUcAlX9CoOo0wMPotxK0/s640/IMG_5349.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Sometimes," Veronika continued, "someone bigger has picked on them, and they think it will make them feel better to do that to someone else."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Is that why people start wars or lock up children?" Jolena asked with a sniff.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7e63mW1jk0CLj6gpwztZm2P0BOIwOOA__RakCu6N8nHQvQhak83xDyQUUlNzm9WnQyNODxJLuMSvZCNQyIPuAdV3UUzhqD23jzsE3QZSXcqnzavSSRmeYa1VaUHx-CUOT_VE5U061xN8/s1600/IMG_5315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7e63mW1jk0CLj6gpwztZm2P0BOIwOOA__RakCu6N8nHQvQhak83xDyQUUlNzm9WnQyNODxJLuMSvZCNQyIPuAdV3UUzhqD23jzsE3QZSXcqnzavSSRmeYa1VaUHx-CUOT_VE5U061xN8/s640/IMG_5315.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"People start wars because they can't work out their problems. I don't know why people lock up children who come into the country without permission. Maybe some people are afraid of them because they are different."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEogTTUQHUEJdE7DB790_0HkW7smpEYI7zcmWN9pKHjkW63pJbs2NwV-DDreMkQLoIhpsK_reMGqSbOfHfa8SZKGhjXk0hSo-1_uvr9QU9dUoqA-WAaGS3qBgf3PQK-Mm14EJ4JtvhWoE/s1600/IMG_5336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEogTTUQHUEJdE7DB790_0HkW7smpEYI7zcmWN9pKHjkW63pJbs2NwV-DDreMkQLoIhpsK_reMGqSbOfHfa8SZKGhjXk0hSo-1_uvr9QU9dUoqA-WAaGS3qBgf3PQK-Mm14EJ4JtvhWoE/s640/IMG_5336.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Some bad things that happen, though, are no one's fault," Veronika went on. "</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We don't know why bad things happen. Maybe there is a purpose in everything, and we just don't understand what it is."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I feel so sad," Jolena said. "How do you live with the sadness?"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz4GdwGhLpJcKD6qFRsa5fWLGgYBYskS5Ttu4PVE1cx4bBxUUJXiqEU7yxzhfq4SzWx6tLMvYoYoZo4tddw6Hw8E-Xf54QxgYZtOG4yp-dL0iUUBFaH4NDRqZHjRE79nJedTW5a01aOw/s1600/IMG_5332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz4GdwGhLpJcKD6qFRsa5fWLGgYBYskS5Ttu4PVE1cx4bBxUUJXiqEU7yxzhfq4SzWx6tLMvYoYoZo4tddw6Hw8E-Xf54QxgYZtOG4yp-dL0iUUBFaH4NDRqZHjRE79nJedTW5a01aOw/s640/IMG_5332.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Do you remember who my favorite <i>philosopher</i> (fil-AW-suh-fer) is?" Veronika asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Mister Rogers!" exclaimed Jolena. "I remember, because I often see you reading his book. You told us a philosopher is a wise person who thinks things through and figures things out."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMG-kdUoBQK7jULLHdWgvzZpHao9PteEDsnEujyLpmI05R-mip5vFzPuZUOX8FA3LRrjD3oeyaS-tfIP_IkciTio2A7ea6O8NawDTR5AfzuIaaTqqS4_wYSQjqpTWAjMhj0XfFt1Y4jkQ/s1600/IMG_5333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMG-kdUoBQK7jULLHdWgvzZpHao9PteEDsnEujyLpmI05R-mip5vFzPuZUOX8FA3LRrjD3oeyaS-tfIP_IkciTio2A7ea6O8NawDTR5AfzuIaaTqqS4_wYSQjqpTWAjMhj0XfFt1Y4jkQ/s640/IMG_5333.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Veronika agreed, "and Mr. Rogers had something to say about what to do when you see bad things happening to good people. It was something his mother taught him when he was a child. She told him to look for the helpers," Veronika explained. "Whenever there are scary things happening, there are always people trying to help. It's OK to be scared and upset, Jolena. It makes me scared and upset, too, but if you look, you will always see people and dolls trying to help."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PZd00CC6CFXAm0dcOpThdMhyphenhyphenprwFSdSvKCfkQln6xaW7Ncp56-zW_uslNMnLneWhPjClNtVkbzVLFnKWCdodm4XEf9qPaNdzlKFgk7LOjs5sckxYBXyFeHFgzSybe3NPIJXdxQ4IoIQ/s1600/IMG_5334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PZd00CC6CFXAm0dcOpThdMhyphenhyphenprwFSdSvKCfkQln6xaW7Ncp56-zW_uslNMnLneWhPjClNtVkbzVLFnKWCdodm4XEf9qPaNdzlKFgk7LOjs5sckxYBXyFeHFgzSybe3NPIJXdxQ4IoIQ/s640/IMG_5334.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I could be a helper!" Jolena cried!</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCROxbPTAxdCb8VcIIPSIBea_-itUrB0cibeSY_kMBSLtf37yn7fT0puxA-vDMxbBA60sWAUOydG0k1E7A45rkRhVZv3SUeNtk0M6VJoXhqW5dXZ4-ELldlDBUtyjlYPxnyedYy4HEyK4/s1600/IMG_5343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCROxbPTAxdCb8VcIIPSIBea_-itUrB0cibeSY_kMBSLtf37yn7fT0puxA-vDMxbBA60sWAUOydG0k1E7A45rkRhVZv3SUeNtk0M6VJoXhqW5dXZ4-ELldlDBUtyjlYPxnyedYy4HEyK4/s640/IMG_5343.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Of course you could," Veronika agreed. "We can't fix everything or help everyone, but when we see a child needing comfort or needing to act out something scary they have seen or heard about, we can help them do that. We can help them understand that it's OK to be upset. In fact, we're doing that right now!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5LVp_9Jg6o09JcZlrvN_4fBnWaw7pZ80c6OERHg6rh64D5TFe166oEbVDaIpDn7oBHNOBHdK699Mmd2EIr0hRg7M1nzn2RSfziG72kmDqzBaRPvJ-EBfRGrzGNkFOE4TSIHiEIdl5pY/s1600/IMG_5335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5LVp_9Jg6o09JcZlrvN_4fBnWaw7pZ80c6OERHg6rh64D5TFe166oEbVDaIpDn7oBHNOBHdK699Mmd2EIr0hRg7M1nzn2RSfziG72kmDqzBaRPvJ-EBfRGrzGNkFOE4TSIHiEIdl5pY/s640/IMG_5335.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We raise money for children who are sick," Jolena pointed out. "That's being a helper."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ73PGlzYvDXfQM7U00Ieve012OOK7-ET8qsZlRlfViSrZOiie3-jJNu0tPI1bmJi9o79o6XFc4O6oE5Z40AAl-QYQSsF8TqaSXj2_owcYsNVBuc5HmQHKD6c1LYKIEYvTcWzPVhLGxw/s1600/IMG_5344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ73PGlzYvDXfQM7U00Ieve012OOK7-ET8qsZlRlfViSrZOiie3-jJNu0tPI1bmJi9o79o6XFc4O6oE5Z40AAl-QYQSsF8TqaSXj2_owcYsNVBuc5HmQHKD6c1LYKIEYvTcWzPVhLGxw/s640/IMG_5344.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Veronika said, "and we try to teach children how to work out problems with other children, so they will get along with others when they grow up. Maybe we're even helping prevent another war someday."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We set a good example for children," Jolena pointed out, "so they won't pick on other children."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sPPRfi8CAhI2d-EyPtCMaGnQdFVAMJnAWsicJBCgds8F_e5vqBg1960w2CfuYcvApNb4mDEnOHUmnGvbxkpxpqnOlFm9BjU37dvPI6lycMkz3hgCnX36sxd9fb8QBqf900d0Tfenigs/s1600/IMG_5345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sPPRfi8CAhI2d-EyPtCMaGnQdFVAMJnAWsicJBCgds8F_e5vqBg1960w2CfuYcvApNb4mDEnOHUmnGvbxkpxpqnOlFm9BjU37dvPI6lycMkz3hgCnX36sxd9fb8QBqf900d0Tfenigs/s640/IMG_5345.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes. We show children that we are all different," Veronika agreed. "Then maybe they won't be afraid of someone just because that person is different in some way."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A44l6UZk6fw3bV71E-RlxBcNQCo40O9Bb1NX4Q4ofyC5FGxgiJeh8doqQRCMe3u5VV7iG_WoMkxsmgCFYYN5Ml__up_Gn4Gx49cSpe6Y_krVCJRniKLg8zEzlIZdBqPXcx1VfO0_Icg/s1600/IMG_5346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A44l6UZk6fw3bV71E-RlxBcNQCo40O9Bb1NX4Q4ofyC5FGxgiJeh8doqQRCMe3u5VV7iG_WoMkxsmgCFYYN5Ml__up_Gn4Gx49cSpe6Y_krVCJRniKLg8zEzlIZdBqPXcx1VfO0_Icg/s640/IMG_5346.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I feel a little better," Jolena said. "I just wish I could understand why bad things happen</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"There are more things in heaven and earth than are thought of in your <i>philosophy</i> </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(fil-AW-suh-fee)</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">." Veronika said. "That's a line from a play called Hamlet," she explained. "It was written by a human man named <i>William Shakespeare</i>. That line means that we will never know everything, no matter how much we learn and no matter how much we think things through."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSJfE0kUW5pgTyrNmKvQkzJVlEp6TQ1mYor90hJ7eSqFOxl3afKEuhUrhtzLAUiH9zjl8EjDMF8qUJlEpEuGL5aL0CyFx16e17Ywv_cQAWpnwbp4rUaNz2IwDUcAlX9CoOo0wMPotxK0/s1600/IMG_5349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSJfE0kUW5pgTyrNmKvQkzJVlEp6TQ1mYor90hJ7eSqFOxl3afKEuhUrhtzLAUiH9zjl8EjDMF8qUJlEpEuGL5aL0CyFx16e17Ywv_cQAWpnwbp4rUaNz2IwDUcAlX9CoOo0wMPotxK0/s640/IMG_5349.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena thought for a moment. "I think I understand why Mr. Rogers told the story about his mother," she said. "Instead of trying to explain something that can't be explained, his story gives us something we can do. We can look for people who help, and we can help, too."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibDEHmjIPCJx8MKiAPeyhY4viHO3daEfwdohpDVKm_8QSh1JEcReZlNUIWzeQ4QmZORO64AxYqMfLDFNcecqOkjl70W4PemeMxc_j05Dx7UYrQHWAD0oBPOrRSzOQpIadlFCHQXjArUs/s1600/IMG_5348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibDEHmjIPCJx8MKiAPeyhY4viHO3daEfwdohpDVKm_8QSh1JEcReZlNUIWzeQ4QmZORO64AxYqMfLDFNcecqOkjl70W4PemeMxc_j05Dx7UYrQHWAD0oBPOrRSzOQpIadlFCHQXjArUs/s640/IMG_5348.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika nodded again. "We can help, and real children can help, even in small ways, and when they grow up they can help in big ways."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We just need to practice while we're little," Jolena agreed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We're always little," Veronika laughed, "but children grow up and become big."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfYIYjduWEhEq_WrDFxyzy8AUB0LqZ1b3YtXPbFgtlQRgaqjQvKErstAkGmcmb2mB3gob5Bj5wYoJeuNMPVmfw4OL7QC22xVrtnsg9iH5s2xNa7weqmj5vJEVRdoXSIv_UvKok2j-Mr8/s1600/IMG_5324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfYIYjduWEhEq_WrDFxyzy8AUB0LqZ1b3YtXPbFgtlQRgaqjQvKErstAkGmcmb2mB3gob5Bj5wYoJeuNMPVmfw4OL7QC22xVrtnsg9iH5s2xNa7weqmj5vJEVRdoXSIv_UvKok2j-Mr8/s640/IMG_5324.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Why can't we grow up and become big," Jolena wanted to know.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's easy," said Veronika. We are small because children need us to be small. It's a good thing. We are always smaller than they are, and we will never grow up and leave them. We will be there as long as they need us."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkC8Glpr6g7CUY2DtnHU2lN4FZ2khRr7ZLpE7h0uYoqT2SI28qxZnIvvYivA8vVXuUPznlCx517LRxzsTE7cQkkyH2rF2EUNTpG8go9UeOgmJ5o-0sWSuuxJViFtWQG3-gEECGLVRHRI/s1600/IMG_5341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkC8Glpr6g7CUY2DtnHU2lN4FZ2khRr7ZLpE7h0uYoqT2SI28qxZnIvvYivA8vVXuUPznlCx517LRxzsTE7cQkkyH2rF2EUNTpG8go9UeOgmJ5o-0sWSuuxJViFtWQG3-gEECGLVRHRI/s640/IMG_5341.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Just the way you're always here when I need you," Jolena said. "You're teaching me how to be a helper."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika gave Jolena a hug. It was the only way she could say what she was feeling.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE9yFMxB5vtL658WVYJ9KrOtknxkyo9anXuHdKJVC5wu6dhzyS9Exu5ib9au13kihcClMnLPrdIJl-J90sfzO_JOBhI6vjZ5fMCP0QacklWYa7H7Q_LuyJtP9I0aVJgFMjYRVDwFCPks/s1600/IMG_5325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE9yFMxB5vtL658WVYJ9KrOtknxkyo9anXuHdKJVC5wu6dhzyS9Exu5ib9au13kihcClMnLPrdIJl-J90sfzO_JOBhI6vjZ5fMCP0QacklWYa7H7Q_LuyJtP9I0aVJgFMjYRVDwFCPks/s640/IMG_5325.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then Veronika picked up the paper and found the story about the children who were in the car wreck. </span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qzLCRjDmMb4i2SQEs5KO-7lREFgnTWzcXj35-4SdcCHjakNyNV-nlg5mSOn_0sP_tT3TZ9A4ou4P_AKtV_1n6ktpBOcme1K3GcFx3ivL6Pu62B6yGAFzmsoryI3zvxgbaWP3Rm7Liu0/s1600/IMG_5350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qzLCRjDmMb4i2SQEs5KO-7lREFgnTWzcXj35-4SdcCHjakNyNV-nlg5mSOn_0sP_tT3TZ9A4ou4P_AKtV_1n6ktpBOcme1K3GcFx3ivL6Pu62B6yGAFzmsoryI3zvxgbaWP3Rm7Liu0/s640/IMG_5350.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Look here," she said. "It says that some people saw the accident and stopped to help. Four of the people work in the emergency room at the hospital and were riding home from work in the same car. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They knew just what to do to keep the children and their parents comfortable until they could be taken to the hospital. While they were doing that, other people were waving cars away so there wouldn't be another accident." She looked at Jolena. "Those are the helpers," she said. "Every story has them."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_Fuq9Zzn1fJ0FDL7QbXWmO7o8vDY1u2UdgdjwdRExFDRbHrNt-MBtf5jVcp2yUoiKfc8eN3Vp0HU4e1Btfe_T8RCvtO6BhO97xpWOjJIQyz1jnMFU0DgsEWa7VW0PK21g0OytlURIpA/s1600/IMG_5351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_Fuq9Zzn1fJ0FDL7QbXWmO7o8vDY1u2UdgdjwdRExFDRbHrNt-MBtf5jVcp2yUoiKfc8eN3Vp0HU4e1Btfe_T8RCvtO6BhO97xpWOjJIQyz1jnMFU0DgsEWa7VW0PK21g0OytlURIpA/s640/IMG_5351.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We just have to look," Jolena agreed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika reached over and picked up the big box of tissues. She offered one to Jolena.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mNKRsXFCRxvLHemRjs7CeriSYiYsxOJKfM132cxpcbfpZYkOScpb1o44_91mv9HRfYxYUd__rpih_47js4QOZ_7TzRvJE9GYcw1hDRaucgv8TYU87bjhhmMjRIArvb3Lyc_dY9yQrTQ/s1600/IMG_5354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mNKRsXFCRxvLHemRjs7CeriSYiYsxOJKfM132cxpcbfpZYkOScpb1o44_91mv9HRfYxYUd__rpih_47js4QOZ_7TzRvJE9GYcw1hDRaucgv8TYU87bjhhmMjRIArvb3Lyc_dY9yQrTQ/s640/IMG_5354.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Here," she said, "dry your eyes. I don't know how you have real tears, but if they get down inside your head, they might mess up your eyes, and they might have to be replaced."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"How do they do that?" Jolena asked as she wiped her eyes.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It isn't fun," Veronika explained. "They have to remove your head."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2jymJSQfOvgvyDPY9GyOOKoh4j-CbObhGy3xQc0VqK2Z8H1YawfDfBaqHn96XR1Mk-CIPyi7rj5HJ90kO2yqpNshnES9juVVe5MynyiOE2q5Nyr2f08FPSaXwsKkXLZU4hl33Rp0Tyc/s1600/IMG_5355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2jymJSQfOvgvyDPY9GyOOKoh4j-CbObhGy3xQc0VqK2Z8H1YawfDfBaqHn96XR1Mk-CIPyi7rj5HJ90kO2yqpNshnES9juVVe5MynyiOE2q5Nyr2f08FPSaXwsKkXLZU4hl33Rp0Tyc/s640/IMG_5355.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Special note to readers: You may have noticed that Veronika is wearing shoes while sitting on the bed. Her shoes are clean, because she's a doll. 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As they walked she pointed out interesting things to them that she noticed. She explained what she knew about the plants and birds, and about other animals.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yqTQLEaMTmtExc7DU1fWvzaw8Ae4tkUCh3M8YboxbKhMfi6s98zr7l9PwNuv7UUMKzsHyHp_C0P50V19_4dlhz1grpdrTaUrYA7HpIlcIsHuaOQoG8DTidSFgnCxTW6JnIiAkae3SLI/s1600/IMG_5259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yqTQLEaMTmtExc7DU1fWvzaw8Ae4tkUCh3M8YboxbKhMfi6s98zr7l9PwNuv7UUMKzsHyHp_C0P50V19_4dlhz1grpdrTaUrYA7HpIlcIsHuaOQoG8DTidSFgnCxTW6JnIiAkae3SLI/s640/IMG_5259.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Up on the hilltops they came across a lovely view of the mountains in the distance.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rEk1gy4hDxxv9ncqEJl1DSjNyJQKlNm58g6byihYQYNuW834jinmZ_aLzL_Y_93mw6EQ1hDOX0ahIqhsqMFZtAz9BRvQMVRBtFQIwtpEhE8MmWlvr4HACgFDgKE3k53-cbEuuj4Y6wo/s1600/IMG_5091.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rEk1gy4hDxxv9ncqEJl1DSjNyJQKlNm58g6byihYQYNuW834jinmZ_aLzL_Y_93mw6EQ1hDOX0ahIqhsqMFZtAz9BRvQMVRBtFQIwtpEhE8MmWlvr4HACgFDgKE3k53-cbEuuj4Y6wo/s640/IMG_5091.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Down in the forests, they came across other things to look at, like this pond, where a creature was sunning herself, balanced on a log.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oORdJ6jSG1LwlMDY1bEmF8v3sSsedK4rH1DcIFcetx80_7u97wckVKpv1LKeabKq0bUDo3M3QWHb-0DLWsnMdzB06eapmqmn6sF4_UF37L4J9LSSnD8FAIUwPKc8s0hg1B5ylDuQy0A/s1600/IMG_5079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oORdJ6jSG1LwlMDY1bEmF8v3sSsedK4rH1DcIFcetx80_7u97wckVKpv1LKeabKq0bUDo3M3QWHb-0DLWsnMdzB06eapmqmn6sF4_UF37L4J9LSSnD8FAIUwPKc8s0hg1B5ylDuQy0A/s640/IMG_5079.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As they walked along beside the pond, Mandy explained that the green stuff on the water was probably something called <i>algae</i> (AL-jee), but she would need to take a sample, or a little bit of it, to know for sure. "Algae are neither plant nor animal," Mandy explained, "but something in between." </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After a morning of hiking, the three dolls arrived back at the parking lot where there was a picnic area where they could sit and watch human people run and play with their dogs.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pJsxIql8dnHO5g9GXAOX1LkJSSojqV-wJPpeoKir0U1bXtNwRvP9ep4IrkKspxbGogEKy8FQP-NQceVQ0W2DGlGqj_lzh9jXPpQXertHoGNoDQ-91hQvqWBRvedcfiuztkjye0Gvpdtz3Ob6ZTvYUS9AC2Gdcb62LZWlsfCn_Lfyl5A1qdW8ZkksFv0/s4032/IMG_5095.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pJsxIql8dnHO5g9GXAOX1LkJSSojqV-wJPpeoKir0U1bXtNwRvP9ep4IrkKspxbGogEKy8FQP-NQceVQ0W2DGlGqj_lzh9jXPpQXertHoGNoDQ-91hQvqWBRvedcfiuztkjye0Gvpdtz3Ob6ZTvYUS9AC2Gdcb62LZWlsfCn_Lfyl5A1qdW8ZkksFv0/w640-h480/IMG_5095.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy took the lunch out of the car. She also grabbed the cell phone, so she could let the other dolls know they were back safely from the hike. Mariah took her notebook and pencil from the car, while Billy helped Mandy with the picnic basket.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The three dolls sat down on a quilt to eat their lunch, and Mandy called home. Then she put down the phone. With a sandwich in one hand, Mariah pulled out her notebook and pencil and got ready to write, while Billy helped himself to one of the sandwiches, and Mandy passed around the carrots and blueberries.</span><span face="-webkit-standard"> </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BSNc-JfTwIdE0Vm9SqL94lQCMwUTe1VpioxFZS0V5FVgLOG9l1LiR12vA_2ne6Z2K_wSgMg_k0g0NiH6hyphenhyphenUliGLFaiRfyoWmlSU-dZBHgtRAN29G68Ubhyphenhyphen6864SO2cYpwZFhw-4eM2A/s1600/IMG_5228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BSNc-JfTwIdE0Vm9SqL94lQCMwUTe1VpioxFZS0V5FVgLOG9l1LiR12vA_2ne6Z2K_wSgMg_k0g0NiH6hyphenhyphenUliGLFaiRfyoWmlSU-dZBHgtRAN29G68Ubhyphenhyphen6864SO2cYpwZFhw-4eM2A/s640/IMG_5228.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After erasing and rewriting some of the lines, Mariah was satisfied with the poem she had written. She read it to Mandy and Billy while they ate.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2DMRtI3VdQuLly9INpCiNcxk5ODQXXKmWISYPCSbfM_DotdMT6HgRUmCkuARLzx2u4s9O67UhLDrScTqghoSZ6qiqCQVMA4JebE7PEYq9bq7QxGAZcbD1m512XtI-SSVP4cokdL6c6Q/s1600/IMG_5232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2DMRtI3VdQuLly9INpCiNcxk5ODQXXKmWISYPCSbfM_DotdMT6HgRUmCkuARLzx2u4s9O67UhLDrScTqghoSZ6qiqCQVMA4JebE7PEYq9bq7QxGAZcbD1m512XtI-SSVP4cokdL6c6Q/s640/IMG_5232.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"On a log in the pond was a turtle;</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She told us that her name was Myrtle;</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She had copied a frog</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jumping over a log,</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And found herself caught by her girdle."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy and Billy laughed and clapped their hands.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Very good, Mariah," Mandy said, "and funny! That's a limerick, and it's a good one."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HHNfH-9slpZU8KdEyQK47TeH7T_IpkncW5EWEcQ5ug9oRNjn5cUokevr4JavMfDylKscGI_CEUg0Ta-ejO-SEP6FjPyvNst9dfGFgtKfqhjf7m0decf4z3Y8Q52ZGEE3x5rYf03cGy0/s1600/IMG_5234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HHNfH-9slpZU8KdEyQK47TeH7T_IpkncW5EWEcQ5ug9oRNjn5cUokevr4JavMfDylKscGI_CEUg0Ta-ejO-SEP6FjPyvNst9dfGFgtKfqhjf7m0decf4z3Y8Q52ZGEE3x5rYf03cGy0/s640/IMG_5234.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What's a limerick?" Billy asked. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I want to know, too," Mariah added. "I didn't know I was writing a limerick. I must have read one of them along with the other poems I've read. I must have copied the rhyme and meter."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiubNgBsFczApCEu6eln-zVCNKe5fg1dnrDPM_bmVrkyW5JrZF2YPxQp6B237-LoqCcM-3hVaDvxRXWtF_qva7WHv-c12lAXMJKqtv4Iitu9nmLueZghBFBPxlOposfqEIEGzVcG1xwg/s1600/IMG_5233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiubNgBsFczApCEu6eln-zVCNKe5fg1dnrDPM_bmVrkyW5JrZF2YPxQp6B237-LoqCcM-3hVaDvxRXWtF_qva7WHv-c12lAXMJKqtv4Iitu9nmLueZghBFBPxlOposfqEIEGzVcG1xwg/s640/IMG_5233.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy explained that a limerick is a short poem with five lines. The first two and the last one rhyme, like "turtle," "Myrtle" and "girdle." The other two lines are shorter and rhyme with each other. "Limericks are usually funny or silly," she said. "Sometimes they are rude, but I really like yours, because it isn't rude, just funny."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What's a girdle?" Billy asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyXvrAKIA4Mv6GWxYgz5yfXqTWOy1532Icw1ertaoA_NwX26e9dQlIaEhcoJFXGQScgFmfqQVC9iEtNRg4RSOT7p84fGgNdFCN0iXrguKNrwu68jpk38MoT9FHXQGrPqatxLK8ZXcEXc/s1600/wO5M9wNRTUGvt0CzMFKItA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyXvrAKIA4Mv6GWxYgz5yfXqTWOy1532Icw1ertaoA_NwX26e9dQlIaEhcoJFXGQScgFmfqQVC9iEtNRg4RSOT7p84fGgNdFCN0iXrguKNrwu68jpk38MoT9FHXQGrPqatxLK8ZXcEXc/s640/wO5M9wNRTUGvt0CzMFKItA.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's something worn around the waist," Mariah said. "I think people used to wear a special girdle to hold in their tummies long ago, so they would look thinner," she added.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fqgCXrotQys77TpDQ1RyXnlAqsQZt3MQbSNqR_MvtNTsX28Elqp9n7dY8opAQo1ztXR7d_9FfrkbfFQMGn1pPiPqaxJ08ZGWqjT6vJvGAGoJB0mwh-yc4XJ52If0B4mi6IVMTPgjm-M/s1600/IMG_5242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fqgCXrotQys77TpDQ1RyXnlAqsQZt3MQbSNqR_MvtNTsX28Elqp9n7dY8opAQo1ztXR7d_9FfrkbfFQMGn1pPiPqaxJ08ZGWqjT6vJvGAGoJB0mwh-yc4XJ52If0B4mi6IVMTPgjm-M/s640/IMG_5242.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That wouldn't work for us," Billy pointed out. "Our tummies are firm vinyl. They are what they are."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1Wflk_lx47sTQPxMJ6-LYIZXniTzuTL9Mjk5JdbqXqTUugJ7PcTxizkTbMVBIaGDHphIlRX5DQLRCd76w3QCS0ZJ76biDao5SrIptwG23clmKDJ3jYhBYXa_jqO39AoUTQrJBjk5sLo/s1600/IMG_5238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1Wflk_lx47sTQPxMJ6-LYIZXniTzuTL9Mjk5JdbqXqTUugJ7PcTxizkTbMVBIaGDHphIlRX5DQLRCd76w3QCS0ZJ76biDao5SrIptwG23clmKDJ3jYhBYXa_jqO39AoUTQrJBjk5sLo/s640/IMG_5238.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Mariah is right," Mandy agreed, "but a girdle can also be a belt or a sash, and you're right, too, Billy. There's no way to make our tummies smaller than they are, and it wouldn't be good for you if there were."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoZYs8PblYSoVFp1Yshc5oYHz0_wEfa2IZkFL8oZal1NXNzDvJgrJW5T8zKKnd6Ru4W3EPCU_IFWzXdrBbXEBEJKdFlURgZr6U8BUVEu8ozIHsMjHYML0Qo04wHH2qyssc7eqZdlgYtY/s1600/IMG_5240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoZYs8PblYSoVFp1Yshc5oYHz0_wEfa2IZkFL8oZal1NXNzDvJgrJW5T8zKKnd6Ru4W3EPCU_IFWzXdrBbXEBEJKdFlURgZr6U8BUVEu8ozIHsMjHYML0Qo04wHH2qyssc7eqZdlgYtY/s640/IMG_5240.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's an interesting turtle," Mariah mused. "It made me wonder what turtles are like. This one was out in the middle of the pond, where we couldn't get close to look," she added.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3qr-GTJQbuZ6x1XfhPw4LC-6c6eC1Fz0x92wlG74Kr2hI6jZIrvxk-L3AP_SXx17VlUJLGz27AsBN6ANzWtg5sA9jRyAptwYcGGTyhbHKDOf2HfqcYqUs2PTFBoyfJp2ZDj64Q-UHoo/s1600/IMG_5245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3qr-GTJQbuZ6x1XfhPw4LC-6c6eC1Fz0x92wlG74Kr2hI6jZIrvxk-L3AP_SXx17VlUJLGz27AsBN6ANzWtg5sA9jRyAptwYcGGTyhbHKDOf2HfqcYqUs2PTFBoyfJp2ZDj64Q-UHoo/s640/IMG_5245.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Is a turtle like a frog wearing armor?" Billy asked Mandy.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwzykzpT3NthDSrwlx95j5vQNduKxXgrXrsf0-X7No7T1pzPdDgVnE0yV4vWxMsVyFZl7g1DrhYhjlAEretlHMrqe6LlABH68Blzcu3rvSxzPrPsyqZlKv3ZgmjXoiaIaEXSM-AIo5Qk/s1600/IMG_5241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwzykzpT3NthDSrwlx95j5vQNduKxXgrXrsf0-X7No7T1pzPdDgVnE0yV4vWxMsVyFZl7g1DrhYhjlAEretlHMrqe6LlABH68Blzcu3rvSxzPrPsyqZlKv3ZgmjXoiaIaEXSM-AIo5Qk/s640/IMG_5241.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy and Mariah thought Mandy probably knew all about turtles, because she knows so much about the world.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Frogs and turtles are only distantly related, Billy," Mandy explained, as she picked up a juicy blueberry. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"They both have backbones and they both lay eggs, but a frog is something called an <i>amphibian</i> (am-FIH-bee-an) because the eggs hatch in water and the frog starts out sort of like a fish."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNu787g89fsDzofQ8BacUsc_S6Guv9B7_tiABiTgeDGCNALFtHS1kyCkGthCJmUXEw1RID571sL50moXtQ3zuOk4-3467NDu3kLE8v7CP-wNU7vwz-_R-iNMgpJ64rJ_MhYTFYNjzbV8/s1600/IMG_5239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNu787g89fsDzofQ8BacUsc_S6Guv9B7_tiABiTgeDGCNALFtHS1kyCkGthCJmUXEw1RID571sL50moXtQ3zuOk4-3467NDu3kLE8v7CP-wNU7vwz-_R-iNMgpJ64rJ_MhYTFYNjzbV8/s640/IMG_5239.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"A baby frog is called a tadpole. It can breathe water, just like a fish," Mandy explained.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy found a photo on the cell phone and showed it to them. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Here's a tadpole," she said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzJ8Dc1InGwHyqeVFQsahyphenhyphenpU9YWcaOQz2O8XLFMeYZR67jTx3lomtFbNNvhJUI9X9NGLAYdR923A3Nc8Rey_yMX0OFMAtuwsYJ9H2KazbZp1e3TqSzf9y_LdBtGWn7ObzGXa5-d1oRJQ/s1600/IMG_5249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzJ8Dc1InGwHyqeVFQsahyphenhyphenpU9YWcaOQz2O8XLFMeYZR67jTx3lomtFbNNvhJUI9X9NGLAYdR923A3Nc8Rey_yMX0OFMAtuwsYJ9H2KazbZp1e3TqSzf9y_LdBtGWn7ObzGXa5-d1oRJQ/s640/IMG_5249.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"See, it looks like a fish," she explained, "but you can just see the hind legs starting to grow, and if you look carefully, you can see through the skin where the front legs will be."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKdmTJseaVzdF_ek5nLpLxhOhuOVynsODaL0RmolUm3yiwQkXZpdBd869EipxbUZq7AgwVT_wSpmvaMMxqRqP7P2JUr42J_uvQSO4vYMR-r_hCXJURA4WBSY6rEJj4Ipd6xOEJk-NwKk/s1600/american-bullfrog-tadpole-rear-legs-6-22-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="768" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKdmTJseaVzdF_ek5nLpLxhOhuOVynsODaL0RmolUm3yiwQkXZpdBd869EipxbUZq7AgwVT_wSpmvaMMxqRqP7P2JUr42J_uvQSO4vYMR-r_hCXJURA4WBSY6rEJj4Ipd6xOEJk-NwKk/s640/american-bullfrog-tadpole-rear-legs-6-22-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy and Mariah thought this was interesting. Mandy explained that the tadpole grows legs and then when it's ready, it comes out of the water, able to breathe air. Then it can hop and sing and swim, just like an adult frog.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She found this photo to remind them of what a grownup frog looks like.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wjqzoNNIyJmFlJQWaac_qgZWxKQe_uI9GByZ6ZTRgpr9LdQ9o-G2bkwsPKxZbH7zZD0QxQdbfC7J7HwT2yaIE20QOFI6X5GWUS0nu7HVJQQwoJNewfyxB2ZFU2Lr40pEUABUOK9fsng/s1600/photo-1549724336-7a6c492a1c53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wjqzoNNIyJmFlJQWaac_qgZWxKQe_uI9GByZ6ZTRgpr9LdQ9o-G2bkwsPKxZbH7zZD0QxQdbfC7J7HwT2yaIE20QOFI6X5GWUS0nu7HVJQQwoJNewfyxB2ZFU2Lr40pEUABUOK9fsng/s640/photo-1549724336-7a6c492a1c53.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"A turtle, on the other hand," Mandy continued, "is a <i>reptile</i> (REHP-tile). The mother lays her eggs on the land, and the babies hatch out already able to walk and breathe air."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrhtrpIL_1sO3LobHEgkMd0iI4FsZC-OolYF_NYOrq0A2gUf6bfQ4_2HCle0zddaY1L5mdlEcKMXDKuncmwGBb6s7e6JghZ1uktGmQaj58RnRVvYbKhhAzFc7rk-DEc1Bicz0Ca_OdmQ/s1600/IMG_5237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrhtrpIL_1sO3LobHEgkMd0iI4FsZC-OolYF_NYOrq0A2gUf6bfQ4_2HCle0zddaY1L5mdlEcKMXDKuncmwGBb6s7e6JghZ1uktGmQaj58RnRVvYbKhhAzFc7rk-DEc1Bicz0Ca_OdmQ/s640/IMG_5237.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Does the baby have to go and look for a shell to wear?" Billy wanted to know.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"No, Billy," Mandy said, "they grown their own shells, but there is a creature that does that. The hermit crab doesn't grow its own shell, but instead looks for an empty one and climbs in. As it grows, it has to find bigger and bigger empty shells to use. Each time it leaves its old shell behind, perhaps for another hermit crab to use."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She showed them this photo of a hermit crab on her phone.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOkxpxiKrbwZt8eMKA327CM3vBfzloIrpXJOaS8X6aIXbQCJwFUESGCXCxyPQwMZMyIvfgJaTT9N131pa0J4BprDdBQY31PbpViYo6w0cZZM7xUp1OJ2qdf0JoDvJ461SfccyrY9L1rU/s1600/photo-1532441019579-4dfc9c002659.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOkxpxiKrbwZt8eMKA327CM3vBfzloIrpXJOaS8X6aIXbQCJwFUESGCXCxyPQwMZMyIvfgJaTT9N131pa0J4BprDdBQY31PbpViYo6w0cZZM7xUp1OJ2qdf0JoDvJ461SfccyrY9L1rU/s640/photo-1532441019579-4dfc9c002659.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"So how does a turtle get a shell?" Mariah asked.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ax4UNx6MDomRv1ricU3jXGqLXTQFnVp5RTQ2yNr-Jt1fr2TJjoN2DvklAHcYTk1Ke75B_-7O2Aq8PLoJDcDwoPFvhm5hhd1Jj-jTzgwUnz1zRQLq3WuXXQaJ6aCjO-VZA6HubxBQBR0/s1600/IMG_5236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ax4UNx6MDomRv1ricU3jXGqLXTQFnVp5RTQ2yNr-Jt1fr2TJjoN2DvklAHcYTk1Ke75B_-7O2Aq8PLoJDcDwoPFvhm5hhd1Jj-jTzgwUnz1zRQLq3WuXXQaJ6aCjO-VZA6HubxBQBR0/s640/IMG_5236.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"They grow them," </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy replied, "the same way children grow hair and fingernails. In fact, their shell is made of the same material as hair and fingernails."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy found a photo of a turtle, so Mariah and Billy could see what they look like close up.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8l-aIUibG-TZaoMZDi9PwOBNWiumahC1mzVTQWuL5D3Urpx2L6WRQuLlEn_1tzqtZ0_4_zZMA2XtBhvhLbYp2hkuvHjLTbOW1OWPqb84XAw94gwjI2PDuajKsz-2Cs5S7FQek6CH1sbqyb0IwgI5yCiBnmcwNgvPyEAgwFTyXlS-KXvn6QdB8XC4uMWA/s1200/Common-Map-Turtle-Graptemys-geographica-36510522160_Peter-Paplanus_Wikimedia-Commons-CC-2.0-Generic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1200" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8l-aIUibG-TZaoMZDi9PwOBNWiumahC1mzVTQWuL5D3Urpx2L6WRQuLlEn_1tzqtZ0_4_zZMA2XtBhvhLbYp2hkuvHjLTbOW1OWPqb84XAw94gwjI2PDuajKsz-2Cs5S7FQek6CH1sbqyb0IwgI5yCiBnmcwNgvPyEAgwFTyXlS-KXvn6QdB8XC4uMWA/w640-h432/Common-Map-Turtle-Graptemys-geographica-36510522160_Peter-Paplanus_Wikimedia-Commons-CC-2.0-Generic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What's it for? The shell, I mean." Billy asked.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEFkdbaaCDnaGnvNcCH_7j165KPtizDa_Kv-6Bp2A4tgWoWEaQ0EO8TNS9L8id4HijPtjqWNpd8fhzufuDYetPD73FxpPmj7AtlB7ubfXqgTk_kAvqJWnFMtUJmEWmCG6GB82E3PGacg/s1600/IMG_5246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEFkdbaaCDnaGnvNcCH_7j165KPtizDa_Kv-6Bp2A4tgWoWEaQ0EO8TNS9L8id4HijPtjqWNpd8fhzufuDYetPD73FxpPmj7AtlB7ubfXqgTk_kAvqJWnFMtUJmEWmCG6GB82E3PGacg/s640/IMG_5246.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's protection," Mandy explained, "from animals that might want to eat them."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"So it IS like wearing armor!" Billy cried. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3lqguHpnqAG_NGwych5rgiG9Y3REkHuac2fyymhqCnJBKQ6Fqe-wedFOGRjQ2fFXyX_aWwIFIcQZ4CFtDqq-54O3gFEkuwsGr2GFB_xGVEoVOAEDUhvmhvRO2CVp_BwPO1ie-fBR23w/s1600/IMG_5255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3lqguHpnqAG_NGwych5rgiG9Y3REkHuac2fyymhqCnJBKQ6Fqe-wedFOGRjQ2fFXyX_aWwIFIcQZ4CFtDqq-54O3gFEkuwsGr2GFB_xGVEoVOAEDUhvmhvRO2CVp_BwPO1ie-fBR23w/s640/IMG_5255.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Mandy agreed, laughing, "but a turtle can pull his head inside his shell to protect it, so he doesn't need a helmet."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Do all turtles live around ponds?" Mariah asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0yuS7DxNCSLPtpvpoK_alLEQFt1bdPwSMxzPtXP2VEKnLDbHUEbF-5aOePvGOJXGNU3BATi_KGDD5HPQoypI75kaM5YJsdI_b9R-CWJE6CFcxToSESrBPsskEd7NpSVl4D88yw38avA/s1600/IMG_5252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0yuS7DxNCSLPtpvpoK_alLEQFt1bdPwSMxzPtXP2VEKnLDbHUEbF-5aOePvGOJXGNU3BATi_KGDD5HPQoypI75kaM5YJsdI_b9R-CWJE6CFcxToSESrBPsskEd7NpSVl4D88yw38avA/s640/IMG_5252.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"No," Mandy replied. "Actually, the turtle family is divided into true turtles, who have flippers or webbed feet to swim with, and tortoises, who have feet."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOyIslXmnBiRXwdok7XIwf3CHz-2aSKn9aMxF5ghtbMhFqViM5lxVn9_iM8QYlLPqlW2DCUsiiajZlGF_6FQTt5tHWPFcg443clPwP5yOIVQRO7NA7oudCfzePMbyj-vff8NE4qg7MLkoFHatc8oVCWYIyarrbMZP12TuB3r_Uc7T0lAumuYntEJIoC8/s4928/luca-ambrosi-QoByHafMAMI-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOyIslXmnBiRXwdok7XIwf3CHz-2aSKn9aMxF5ghtbMhFqViM5lxVn9_iM8QYlLPqlW2DCUsiiajZlGF_6FQTt5tHWPFcg443clPwP5yOIVQRO7NA7oudCfzePMbyj-vff8NE4qg7MLkoFHatc8oVCWYIyarrbMZP12TuB3r_Uc7T0lAumuYntEJIoC8/w640-h424/luca-ambrosi-QoByHafMAMI-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Tortoises live on land," Mandy went on, "like in the desert, where there is very little water, and turtles spend their lives in water. The sea turtles have flippers instead of feet."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIjrs87lNIrqIDXcNPxZV1hlco_nNg3nVD6yrMfuG0enhJl7yfj2GDTWFFKuiilvaE7APLK7YFj1rAswHjaJbfSy9BmDgFd68bhU2hJdHQkD7I3nG7Roqa4WWsqGX0ufciPHilOI2Hn8/s1600/IMG_5256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIjrs87lNIrqIDXcNPxZV1hlco_nNg3nVD6yrMfuG0enhJl7yfj2GDTWFFKuiilvaE7APLK7YFj1rAswHjaJbfSy9BmDgFd68bhU2hJdHQkD7I3nG7Roqa4WWsqGX0ufciPHilOI2Hn8/s640/IMG_5256.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"They only come out on land to lay their eggs," Mandy continued. "They bury the eggs in the sand and then go back into the ocean."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy found another photo, this time of a sea turtle under the water. "They breathe air, like porpoises and whales. They come up for a breath, then they swim down in the water to look for food."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p_40z60Z2Qh1Mx_B-S51bwWxfVM0RKr4_wUAx0GdncpcOXOyqkzBaRYzhLqiszmL_OrLtPAFlOfv5PgjTQ6lPuFDx5E8zjw8nMofOm-OgIbfHJII5nnknWXdljxYPA6Mtq99DAGVtPA/s1600/Unsplash+turtle.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p_40z60Z2Qh1Mx_B-S51bwWxfVM0RKr4_wUAx0GdncpcOXOyqkzBaRYzhLqiszmL_OrLtPAFlOfv5PgjTQ6lPuFDx5E8zjw8nMofOm-OgIbfHJII5nnknWXdljxYPA6Mtq99DAGVtPA/s640/Unsplash+turtle.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I would love to see a sea turtle!" Mariah said. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You can," Mandy replied. "We have a sea turtle at home. It is just a toy turtle, but it looks a lot like a real one. We can look at it when we get back."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsSKZR2IzhivalD7G_FoJP6Z_J_m18ppH4Ev4KTOolOFB-2Kb_vfBQnc0tJ69fZDvRpUabcVjL255KbJKZgVTqr7opZvQUmIqr14UEnLHz83niYYezlsmP7LxlSN3AdUr4eyK4sCtyVM/s1600/IMG_5251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsSKZR2IzhivalD7G_FoJP6Z_J_m18ppH4Ev4KTOolOFB-2Kb_vfBQnc0tJ69fZDvRpUabcVjL255KbJKZgVTqr7opZvQUmIqr14UEnLHz83niYYezlsmP7LxlSN3AdUr4eyK4sCtyVM/s640/IMG_5251.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As soon as the dolls arrived home, Mandy found the stuffed toy sea turtle and showed it to Mariah and Billy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1-V0iQBQoGowkERPxubLFov_ECbpmPFqtIN8sSetkOtgs_dxGCmOLt35osNm1YyNKziw4voBLD0uzvFJHp8qxXvSld9B5xZe7lkcqx8etS3X4GiRhPhzQ8A6gZBE-3fYPSJAmMNyQDE/s1600/IMG_5260.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1-V0iQBQoGowkERPxubLFov_ECbpmPFqtIN8sSetkOtgs_dxGCmOLt35osNm1YyNKziw4voBLD0uzvFJHp8qxXvSld9B5xZe7lkcqx8etS3X4GiRhPhzQ8A6gZBE-3fYPSJAmMNyQDE/s640/IMG_5260.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Let's name her Myrtle," Mariah suggested. Then she looked at Myrtle's face and sighed. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm not sure she likes her name," she said. "She looks disgusted. Look at her face!"</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBykUkYYe0V6LLabw6BDqDfcwchJm4Q3dWFBVhaFzJuXjj9iV8fDYBlTeJI6R6IPM10SJ8qhdXHSvHjy5wTUG2YgMGISUsjv39fYt49PAfKHwC1IvhhmObFs8dYIg51JNEKPb4R6RBhyphenhyphenI/s1600/IMG_5261.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBykUkYYe0V6LLabw6BDqDfcwchJm4Q3dWFBVhaFzJuXjj9iV8fDYBlTeJI6R6IPM10SJ8qhdXHSvHjy5wTUG2YgMGISUsjv39fYt49PAfKHwC1IvhhmObFs8dYIg51JNEKPb4R6RBhyphenhyphenI/s640/IMG_5261.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy laughed. "Maybe Myrtle is really a boy!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Or maybe," said Mariah with another sigh, "Myrtle didn't like my limerick!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8c8x48b1c5WPVJkiFi1HlZFdhZhz8ekPATciJqGoJb97ONugjPkcG5BgnwYxDZaCAbv5IU7p67TWc2OpgWL0k2HAJ6lELn3fKqT3a-VjWI6qPraNZxARJaBdC9T2KfPSFOW0ISjPiibg/s1600/IMG_5262.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8c8x48b1c5WPVJkiFi1HlZFdhZhz8ekPATciJqGoJb97ONugjPkcG5BgnwYxDZaCAbv5IU7p67TWc2OpgWL0k2HAJ6lELn3fKqT3a-VjWI6qPraNZxARJaBdC9T2KfPSFOW0ISjPiibg/s640/IMG_5262.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I think Myrtle just misses the ocean," Mandy suggested.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Myrtle (the real turtle): Herself</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Myrtle (the toy): Sea Turtle from <a href="https://preserve.nature.org/page/119497/donate/1?en_txn1=p_b.dfa.fd.x.dtd.nbr.202401&supporter.appealCode=AHOMQONLN01W1SXX01&en_txn8=NewSch.ADPCBG2401PDNZNZZD01Z01-NZUZZ-DGAQ&&msclkid=435350183d391d1ccb2f35fa0b31aaf1&gclid=435350183d391d1ccb2f35fa0b31aaf1&gclsrc=3p.ds">The Nature Conservancy</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Tadpole photo: Scienceprofonline.com</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Common map turtle: Photo by </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(107, 114, 128); font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", system-ui;">Peter Paplanus</span></i></span><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(107, 114, 128); font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", system-ui;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(107, 114, 128); color: #6b7280; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", system-ui;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(107, 114, 128); font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", system-ui;"><a href="https://animal-world.com/types-of-pond-turtles/">Animal World </a></span></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Grey tortoise: Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lucambro?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Luca Ambrosi</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/gray-tortoise-walking-on-green-grass-field-QoByHafMAMI?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Hermit crab: </i></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jehuchristan?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Jehu Christan</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-hermit-crab-on-sand-w-RZ7kd7LQI?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a></i></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Sea turtle: </i></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@wexor?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Wexor Tmg</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-turtle-swimming-underwater-L-2p8fapOA8?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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That’s because the others lived with The Writer, and The Writer’s home was where the party was being held. They took off their jackets and gave them to Veronika to hang up.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WuFwKnuWXVI_vSPUivtQO_iX2kNBtM0AtWG2Vk278g8Rkm6rNzr5cEJPfmURz7bmbWmQ4TOdNFi8Gtn5hBkn6enM72jDWgWY2E7Q419kQ6dGFztT0nwZjpMBw9rR1hqMCfz3HIPaPJyrJgzUX49BPjz3VtShS4uScnl7uuWYhipTv1rRAjKDnG5BzP4/s3641/IMG_1104.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="3641" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WuFwKnuWXVI_vSPUivtQO_iX2kNBtM0AtWG2Vk278g8Rkm6rNzr5cEJPfmURz7bmbWmQ4TOdNFi8Gtn5hBkn6enM72jDWgWY2E7Q419kQ6dGFztT0nwZjpMBw9rR1hqMCfz3HIPaPJyrJgzUX49BPjz3VtShS4uScnl7uuWYhipTv1rRAjKDnG5BzP4/w640-h480/IMG_1104.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It wasn’t exactly a party; it was more like a planned play session to which they had all been invited.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa was just finishing up setting up the game board. She looked up when the other dolls came into the dining room. They were going to play a game for two to three players, so some of them would have to play with a partner. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQBDxih4CD9SSJu9-nRfyoDsdJnXTU6yDt5tx71nQlcPjYtz_A8qJPcWCyC2b0dwPx7Rr0fRsoTpzw8XTo7IpjYuyhUZcNTGmP1bY6PhVgVWI1XNsSc-Mzxzzt7DD4aquVNSD2yL6goATKFGwac2YqiQfAE9-7df69fmrKsBbFH1atccDzSTdhezcv8A/s2659/IMG_1107.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="2659" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQBDxih4CD9SSJu9-nRfyoDsdJnXTU6yDt5tx71nQlcPjYtz_A8qJPcWCyC2b0dwPx7Rr0fRsoTpzw8XTo7IpjYuyhUZcNTGmP1bY6PhVgVWI1XNsSc-Mzxzzt7DD4aquVNSD2yL6goATKFGwac2YqiQfAE9-7df69fmrKsBbFH1atccDzSTdhezcv8A/w640-h480/IMG_1107.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Hi, everyone!” Pippa said, as she moved over to stand on the dog-toy bucket and the other dolls took their places."</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Then Veronika explained how to play the game.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW2dTs7inFkRIADPfJ7xgHuGTUrxV3va-iab1yqokMA0fWrpSWtNxjqI6JOMmxG5wG19scOyceRDQXn7Mw3JRvEhELXsfs4VKvfe_4nvXqyFwO9OeYTmZNOcu5L3b3C9EowbTq0ugeyoHgdlB0c8E9xieWmP3AS2oZ7EOxheb2E85zw30qhkCvrJrPak/s3714/IMG_1111.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2785" data-original-width="3714" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW2dTs7inFkRIADPfJ7xgHuGTUrxV3va-iab1yqokMA0fWrpSWtNxjqI6JOMmxG5wG19scOyceRDQXn7Mw3JRvEhELXsfs4VKvfe_4nvXqyFwO9OeYTmZNOcu5L3b3C9EowbTq0ugeyoHgdlB0c8E9xieWmP3AS2oZ7EOxheb2E85zw30qhkCvrJrPak/w640-h480/IMG_1111.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span>“How are things going with Maryanne?” Pippa asked. She knew that Pam had been worried about the little girl she lived with.”</span></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“A lot better, I think,” Pam replied. “I think she’s starting to hear me, because she talks to me about things I’ve said to her.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-ifcOzoSFG6Aa3nHWNbmMMYPwvcshkOQXRjJOWl28J4xurPESl_hFXpW3SVCUsW-YZQ_HRUE_xdEmbYcePkvc6EbU3dmdmy-Z8i3LsVL3f_W2kinQjdHHp0wct9GFF6KdGIcWSU3yykMT4ZHqFoUM_uiEGXXHinYrSmq-JxdENA357Mru4r9pHNviwo/s3200/IMG_1117.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-ifcOzoSFG6Aa3nHWNbmMMYPwvcshkOQXRjJOWl28J4xurPESl_hFXpW3SVCUsW-YZQ_HRUE_xdEmbYcePkvc6EbU3dmdmy-Z8i3LsVL3f_W2kinQjdHHp0wct9GFF6KdGIcWSU3yykMT4ZHqFoUM_uiEGXXHinYrSmq-JxdENA357Mru4r9pHNviwo/w640-h480/IMG_1117.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The other dolls could tell Pam was very pleased. They knew that Pam was one of those dolls who took her job seriously. A doll’s job is to be there for a child, listen to their worries and the things they are excited about.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQzksKHfyG5hO2HY2BbxRP80isifcLhBDxE5tbk7OlpNHnOjZcYuSQxdFk_ecnkf2E8mI55io_IYOrjF2XF2G9Su4U43fxHv7e7DRSFjTfQ1UIyGx03weGpEVuab3Wv_h_JakgctNjFV8JgBYd6DeaUfMwer_G-hrB-ZzzGNQWHRbcnQvLfPK2D7MhNQ/s2004/IMG_5707.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="1503" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQzksKHfyG5hO2HY2BbxRP80isifcLhBDxE5tbk7OlpNHnOjZcYuSQxdFk_ecnkf2E8mI55io_IYOrjF2XF2G9Su4U43fxHv7e7DRSFjTfQ1UIyGx03weGpEVuab3Wv_h_JakgctNjFV8JgBYd6DeaUfMwer_G-hrB-ZzzGNQWHRbcnQvLfPK2D7MhNQ/w480-h640/IMG_5707.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A doll gives a child someone to look after, because dolls need to have their clothes changed and their hair fixed, if it’s long. Dolls teach the children they live with how to care for others.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOcbLMzsbtj6sCNQSYOVJ9xOqMpnjQ5gGtL89QWv89WLw_YEzLVg_Oh-FsuCKoMpZAUoAj1vmpa3tUlSvpNOF9Cpc7x37clo_yngEBywI3tGKnwk3qH0OO5a4vYYb-AmKzrkQbhqIl0ROGV2aIatB8E_YNo3GMoyDBZxaGk2Eaw7NDUd9AoHZ5W_Z0N4/s2832/20121225_Xmas_Utah-AmandaHowse-0160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="1884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOcbLMzsbtj6sCNQSYOVJ9xOqMpnjQ5gGtL89QWv89WLw_YEzLVg_Oh-FsuCKoMpZAUoAj1vmpa3tUlSvpNOF9Cpc7x37clo_yngEBywI3tGKnwk3qH0OO5a4vYYb-AmKzrkQbhqIl0ROGV2aIatB8E_YNo3GMoyDBZxaGk2Eaw7NDUd9AoHZ5W_Z0N4/w426-h640/20121225_Xmas_Utah-AmandaHowse-0160.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">They need to pretend to eat, so they help children learn to keep others from going hungry.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fHs9PJfepAVoaTtP97NuT_HgFHLDhxKNj1aeSoOYAZWPo1TuGSJUXqOGV5i4nmKc_POwsvkg-jHGc-dG7aiHz1CGChFpYkzMBrBM3AyuDyjkQcgtvnbyG8NzMF8ktEXfo5MI4GZf7SYZaWbs22tiO89OgvU28VOdx5DoLq-8zinpFBqIiJy5Ukx2wy0/s2489/IMG_4431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="1867" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fHs9PJfepAVoaTtP97NuT_HgFHLDhxKNj1aeSoOYAZWPo1TuGSJUXqOGV5i4nmKc_POwsvkg-jHGc-dG7aiHz1CGChFpYkzMBrBM3AyuDyjkQcgtvnbyG8NzMF8ktEXfo5MI4GZf7SYZaWbs22tiO89OgvU28VOdx5DoLq-8zinpFBqIiJy5Ukx2wy0/w480-h640/IMG_4431.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span>They need to go on adventures the child makes up. It helps their child learn how to solve problems, but it</span></span><span>’</span><span>s also fun.</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHJ-tUAAwLdGaw1HcwDc-wjkmZVnTW5RBWJ-wuI0cVKSMhLSsRuV_8lrseXJb3QRcD3TcMZ_-xfXHj0Nu6Fzb2ebgOZR9hXEv9eE0P-_OKjjfmnPhEJ1C2-Lgz6P8aWsO57BAFWP1cInSsTiXkEKUZBJJZoxs8ce2O2cpyF30OHiqKccRvpd-SieA6Lk/s4032/IMG_4494.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHJ-tUAAwLdGaw1HcwDc-wjkmZVnTW5RBWJ-wuI0cVKSMhLSsRuV_8lrseXJb3QRcD3TcMZ_-xfXHj0Nu6Fzb2ebgOZR9hXEv9eE0P-_OKjjfmnPhEJ1C2-Lgz6P8aWsO57BAFWP1cInSsTiXkEKUZBJJZoxs8ce2O2cpyF30OHiqKccRvpd-SieA6Lk/w480-h640/IMG_4494.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">They need to be comforted when they are sad. This helps children learn how to help others.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC_VBar5-_h2TYq-tF-Vqgs1poiZfpa3bscmnBN-oX05sPd41M4jVjvIf1l8z3FqqrfqOjE1ykpyzLutu6AXuPAkRt-Upw8JBIWShl6E3o923YSDgXiiKwlYGHps7zpAVeG6R0Jbnd7rf1ndQSWi02Zc2JsU7VEFnsxBNLTF4nUmNuw9JgqjPDgNO-a8/s4032/IMG_2188%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC_VBar5-_h2TYq-tF-Vqgs1poiZfpa3bscmnBN-oX05sPd41M4jVjvIf1l8z3FqqrfqOjE1ykpyzLutu6AXuPAkRt-Upw8JBIWShl6E3o923YSDgXiiKwlYGHps7zpAVeG6R0Jbnd7rf1ndQSWi02Zc2JsU7VEFnsxBNLTF4nUmNuw9JgqjPDgNO-a8/w640-h480/IMG_2188%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">They need to pretend to sleep when the child does. It teaches the child the importance of getting enough rest.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgRmsP7BgmIOd5pwuUsk7Sbtu151V0uYpB6rDyrr3lQQ-QJjJvwrVrdChWXmIXtaPBz_bNFza1eanXmIH7eU_BKHMEuAhLIJa5ac4HaHyvR0H4-yII4tm53BJqTrWtOujpF7To1ZoRa59lowqHKdP9qhqOmIQ4rZ85cR0AqcjbwEZTv_GmiXTsUEwMY0/s3522/IMG_3895.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="3522" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgRmsP7BgmIOd5pwuUsk7Sbtu151V0uYpB6rDyrr3lQQ-QJjJvwrVrdChWXmIXtaPBz_bNFza1eanXmIH7eU_BKHMEuAhLIJa5ac4HaHyvR0H4-yII4tm53BJqTrWtOujpF7To1ZoRa59lowqHKdP9qhqOmIQ4rZ85cR0AqcjbwEZTv_GmiXTsUEwMY0/w640-h480/IMG_3895.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I really admire the three of you,” Pippa said to the visitors. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">“You live with real children and help them every day.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNspSPxIvhnUG7kEdoQCOBXy8iZ5TRJaA6nRriim0fWv3_XlMmjW6lTAk4LwS76qmbq-I6hLruYPoeOve84P_dl3mGojPHr4gjsp4e24sUWHjU-pDksaOvyQQJARUixu7KeYUQY1YjshlONWjBkijw0OtywrX5pTuh641MVKkel1z8Ey1JMQlfyiTdTjk/s2975/IMG_1122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2231" data-original-width="2975" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNspSPxIvhnUG7kEdoQCOBXy8iZ5TRJaA6nRriim0fWv3_XlMmjW6lTAk4LwS76qmbq-I6hLruYPoeOve84P_dl3mGojPHr4gjsp4e24sUWHjU-pDksaOvyQQJARUixu7KeYUQY1YjshlONWjBkijw0OtywrX5pTuh641MVKkel1z8Ey1JMQlfyiTdTjk/w640-h480/IMG_1122.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Here, we just act out the stories Mariah writes,” Pippa continued.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gDBapvx44uhmFc-oBEiM-IuV7NSaC6xS0ORjHuXVgLCA8gsXdZYionypgWcIaZrO5t23JKlMr56TZR0CQDzYl_dQ33-2MJ-CBDUIi49cZnk-id1eos044bipfrFegWWlHITtix6WnegLDTE9KIG6G3Cz1saYrB5aVnqbqd1DnKaETZF7Og2tWVdHFFQ/s3323/IMG_9924.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3323" data-original-width="2492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gDBapvx44uhmFc-oBEiM-IuV7NSaC6xS0ORjHuXVgLCA8gsXdZYionypgWcIaZrO5t23JKlMr56TZR0CQDzYl_dQ33-2MJ-CBDUIi49cZnk-id1eos044bipfrFegWWlHITtix6WnegLDTE9KIG6G3Cz1saYrB5aVnqbqd1DnKaETZF7Og2tWVdHFFQ/w480-h640/IMG_9924.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“And we pose for the photos Billy takes,” she added.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlVMMulnwxBFvffbLr2XFXEkbEGll3qeA9TP5Pe2R3Nc046_gc0jk32kU_KvRT-YWWm8gPKl1bkTHJjOoc0MMPv2w2_11lnfDp5N43uG8yiCTlzmwaZqgnKqaR6CvGcOWmWy-YU2_s53Z83exp-Yg3fKOOo9lFHgxtviH5n1iwvw0gPEEYnGaZYYELoY/s2697/IMG_2436.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="2697" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlVMMulnwxBFvffbLr2XFXEkbEGll3qeA9TP5Pe2R3Nc046_gc0jk32kU_KvRT-YWWm8gPKl1bkTHJjOoc0MMPv2w2_11lnfDp5N43uG8yiCTlzmwaZqgnKqaR6CvGcOWmWy-YU2_s53Z83exp-Yg3fKOOo9lFHgxtviH5n1iwvw0gPEEYnGaZYYELoY/w640-h480/IMG_2436.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“You three live with real children who need you,” Pippa added.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Pam’s job is a bigger one than mine,” Pauly put in. “Jeffy has problems sometimes, but nothing like Maryanne’s.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8knRCfxtypBVwzyP5X9QRyE8WSg5ygCg2YaYNi38Yh_6WQY013MfKRvmw4Y5WyWrNJiVdGevNqhyaMSD9QAMWWUWp11XbJe9nS9XVD8LNg29ITliiU5CulMtjaIqpfUPFqoCS1NfTkqv_Fa63I5lVix6faG4e22S1vDBCs-_mF6Mm6GunLHOJLiw9Uo/s3633/IMG_1126.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2725" data-original-width="3633" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8knRCfxtypBVwzyP5X9QRyE8WSg5ygCg2YaYNi38Yh_6WQY013MfKRvmw4Y5WyWrNJiVdGevNqhyaMSD9QAMWWUWp11XbJe9nS9XVD8LNg29ITliiU5CulMtjaIqpfUPFqoCS1NfTkqv_Fa63I5lVix6faG4e22S1vDBCs-_mF6Mm6GunLHOJLiw9Uo/w640-h480/IMG_1126.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam’s job is bigger than mine, too” Nico put in. “Frankie and his family sometimes have things they worry about, but they all have their health without special help from doctors and science. I found out that health is very important for human people.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJg6zr7KAkNZu1QOPjAqUvXFvZQvgKJMsk-TIgOnIOfxDCVGAIha0U6VHlmC-tL3jkXdVyU72RXfavjaVJ7WyaGkpK4MGiohcjwmcTMbK2fB0UzfO8EeX3IYPPJCqKdiF0xVghaSNJbV6awjOzxc9goD3mndUhGLVoO26fK9BpbHUHviEUh4RO-KVABw/s4032/IMG_1128.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJg6zr7KAkNZu1QOPjAqUvXFvZQvgKJMsk-TIgOnIOfxDCVGAIha0U6VHlmC-tL3jkXdVyU72RXfavjaVJ7WyaGkpK4MGiohcjwmcTMbK2fB0UzfO8EeX3IYPPJCqKdiF0xVghaSNJbV6awjOzxc9goD3mndUhGLVoO26fK9BpbHUHviEUh4RO-KVABw/w640-h480/IMG_1128.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Well,” Pippa exclaimed, “I think Pam should get a medal!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBriD6wgQ4AWBO3q5T2ZbdgMfY8hsLW4S94irMEQLB18drlxaRCwb12QTDEllFqzBF3sHFVyBSJAYRHCA_qjGKrE5WqGWANgzuXn6Jk-tdfYn3uRf03h8NB8guQMQvp-rC2GX7fTpHOwx4_4hv1WAPJ-k7lJhli7Nv0ljjtHY7lF_Q-wshi1i5bwBOlik/s4032/IMG_1131.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBriD6wgQ4AWBO3q5T2ZbdgMfY8hsLW4S94irMEQLB18drlxaRCwb12QTDEllFqzBF3sHFVyBSJAYRHCA_qjGKrE5WqGWANgzuXn6Jk-tdfYn3uRf03h8NB8guQMQvp-rC2GX7fTpHOwx4_4hv1WAPJ-k7lJhli7Nv0ljjtHY7lF_Q-wshi1i5bwBOlik/w640-h480/IMG_1131.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“How about ‘Doll of the Year!’” Pauly suggested. “She could have her photo on the cover of a magazine or something!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mWXD8RTX6J1YKtLH6FB4QkW3qE4OHbBzjo8LAW0ZrG7GWllC1JO6pPxDLP2ggQiHemU3WXOAcA73fVmMGZz-oLuiOTzzSe0SOK9QWlG4TVmCuE1bD57JwXWrSXyaOj43G6VvRcdEu85WMbB4nTEWIn0HTkyUIVwUfM5aIehPDmBX2PxrRrfg4246sRs/s3024/IMG_1124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mWXD8RTX6J1YKtLH6FB4QkW3qE4OHbBzjo8LAW0ZrG7GWllC1JO6pPxDLP2ggQiHemU3WXOAcA73fVmMGZz-oLuiOTzzSe0SOK9QWlG4TVmCuE1bD57JwXWrSXyaOj43G6VvRcdEu85WMbB4nTEWIn0HTkyUIVwUfM5aIehPDmBX2PxrRrfg4246sRs/w480-h640/IMG_1124.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam wanted to roll her eyes, but they are what they call ‘<i>fixed</i>.’ That means they don’t move. They don’t close when she lies down. That means she can look at the stars or the clouds, but she needs a sleep mask to cover her eyes at night. She couldn’t roll her eyes, so she just rolled her head in a circle. (Dolls can do that, but children should not try it.)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo_WbHpQkGrmipMEpJX0lu_lgGWmAxT4g67mOB6TYyygkAgdD2bbEW9BaDdD3iKLDrQjOfJIkxAZrbb1_WViOMs5CSuYtcxPGiFOcSI8_tNBjhz9zt6aeaNBJvTOn-CxEUUjwBisKniVMbtTlaYpLGAOFJ4v_Zi08gIzUOpQeySwLOY8c23igBGnLBI8/s3174/IMG_1134.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3174" data-original-width="2380" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo_WbHpQkGrmipMEpJX0lu_lgGWmAxT4g67mOB6TYyygkAgdD2bbEW9BaDdD3iKLDrQjOfJIkxAZrbb1_WViOMs5CSuYtcxPGiFOcSI8_tNBjhz9zt6aeaNBJvTOn-CxEUUjwBisKniVMbtTlaYpLGAOFJ4v_Zi08gIzUOpQeySwLOY8c23igBGnLBI8/w480-h640/IMG_1134.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It actually is getting easier,” Pam told them.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9R7aGcOQTA0u_wu6M0uujhG2KaE56Pxft9X5HYqWVYsROkQTMxNuFIrvav5v4dAIKTmgwl5f0xkQ3e2ecwlbiAJAl5Y8qDGHPX8e1QKJZwU5jXM9d71R8rwHbykOlewsaLvX0Hu9OH5adnwq3cg-ZXWIligt6tUc4odhcFFfiWOGdnq5FzM0tmZX6bc/s4032/IMG_1162.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9R7aGcOQTA0u_wu6M0uujhG2KaE56Pxft9X5HYqWVYsROkQTMxNuFIrvav5v4dAIKTmgwl5f0xkQ3e2ecwlbiAJAl5Y8qDGHPX8e1QKJZwU5jXM9d71R8rwHbykOlewsaLvX0Hu9OH5adnwq3cg-ZXWIligt6tUc4odhcFFfiWOGdnq5FzM0tmZX6bc/w640-h480/IMG_1162.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Maryanne has a patch she wears on her arm now,” she said. “She gets her <i>insulin</i> (IN-suh-lin) from that.” (Maryanne had found out right before Christmas that she has a condition called <i>diabetes</i> (di-a-BEET-eez). Her body doesn’t make insulin, which is needed for her to use the food she eats.)</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcQAuiuw9c-xZJ4qMGh2aH1f0N-o3CA8F6EMH5fTfpgTSGoJkwbvVuaY9YAbaPNJzgr-ac063YMCgiMPfPeLRve-dg0jwF4_CX8ShjGH7Mcwolt9F_NYc3RWe6-oCMJzTJndhCp-R978XfxyrMui90uJFNqIH7JoiznXSaQzV_vlHsOnSZhuIynSNl_o/s960/maxresdefault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcQAuiuw9c-xZJ4qMGh2aH1f0N-o3CA8F6EMH5fTfpgTSGoJkwbvVuaY9YAbaPNJzgr-ac063YMCgiMPfPeLRve-dg0jwF4_CX8ShjGH7Mcwolt9F_NYc3RWe6-oCMJzTJndhCp-R978XfxyrMui90uJFNqIH7JoiznXSaQzV_vlHsOnSZhuIynSNl_o/w640-h480/maxresdefault.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I first found out about it from listening to Maryanne’s parents talking to her downstairs,” Pam continued. “They were talking about how she can get the insulin she needs all the time from the patch, and if she needs more, like when she’s eating, she can tell the patch to give it to her.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPG5J7c15YMz_e38JuBmvwMuaq2kvO9uB4w-xT6GzleSNyUpk5A2b5dD0gdVtN35L4Doh5U75dUQyFLEeUXKGFCVGlV9-VCXp_Vo5xz1OfnSjvPpEFbtq5aOPAgYUbR7ErWuyZC9sEfvrEXcxQ_PYCThT-3FrZkXK0vHcGru5MnCAQk7hfJcRWzyxfV4/s1583/IMG_1164.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1583" data-original-width="1187" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPG5J7c15YMz_e38JuBmvwMuaq2kvO9uB4w-xT6GzleSNyUpk5A2b5dD0gdVtN35L4Doh5U75dUQyFLEeUXKGFCVGlV9-VCXp_Vo5xz1OfnSjvPpEFbtq5aOPAgYUbR7ErWuyZC9sEfvrEXcxQ_PYCThT-3FrZkXK0vHcGru5MnCAQk7hfJcRWzyxfV4/w480-h640/IMG_1164.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Wow!” Pauly exclaimed. “That must have taken a room full of scientists to work that out!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJwXj6K3E7UP5hDp_3b4XEo5kw6XwQ_3_JmMuIFCCnTxVJkX9zNss2zeOWjf_9jAN1op6JUyOGXxDM4w2QdXT5zIZ-gmXYvGIB8wB70QH_JiOTcCODx-gb1vJatfoEhNgoMjm_S8srFtl5HvH08cNd1IYBOev6jj8bR6DY4dcFwOCuCtMM-Se3Jh7SEw/s4032/IMG_1139.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJwXj6K3E7UP5hDp_3b4XEo5kw6XwQ_3_JmMuIFCCnTxVJkX9zNss2zeOWjf_9jAN1op6JUyOGXxDM4w2QdXT5zIZ-gmXYvGIB8wB70QH_JiOTcCODx-gb1vJatfoEhNgoMjm_S8srFtl5HvH08cNd1IYBOev6jj8bR6DY4dcFwOCuCtMM-Se3Jh7SEw/w640-h480/IMG_1139.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“So you found out about the patch from Maryanne’s parents?” Veronika asked.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwUwkdeQFpdTxpK-xa2MmOhDQsugQOYrSMM92O82AEF-0MsrC3arDAwmg3lrNFwNUwoLCAcKk6ShHMGVPSAJhKEaK6cMyueo_ERUYem3SmiNCeeOLs3hu7SioEKEjgYvVY0tnFkHCOg_2H4aY2qAPh21EV91Ikl94P3jw3rlZSxFtjVKKdEcJ_qSKzb4/s4032/IMG_1143.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwUwkdeQFpdTxpK-xa2MmOhDQsugQOYrSMM92O82AEF-0MsrC3arDAwmg3lrNFwNUwoLCAcKk6ShHMGVPSAJhKEaK6cMyueo_ERUYem3SmiNCeeOLs3hu7SioEKEjgYvVY0tnFkHCOg_2H4aY2qAPh21EV91Ikl94P3jw3rlZSxFtjVKKdEcJ_qSKzb4/w640-h480/IMG_1143.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Well,” Pam replied, “I did, but then Maryanne came and told me all about it herself, so I heard it from her, too! I think she was excited but also worried, and she wanted to tell someone. I’m glad it was me.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlU0i5Lq_nqno7wLpZvb8L3kf-rasPF_h-dzHZqfRTprjuaDH7aDT5tjtQ38TchWpbnhypyrMIQoXEHkmKl6qJ1nnpkU-lCZbBDITH0jbPGIJUdieTyKXPp6xH9y_Ab-Hv4EQ7oBszHwIURr5OlJidmJA-Klhh5L8miKwSYHPiG-HRvsXfdT4sb0bfOIU/s876/IMG_0715.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlU0i5Lq_nqno7wLpZvb8L3kf-rasPF_h-dzHZqfRTprjuaDH7aDT5tjtQ38TchWpbnhypyrMIQoXEHkmKl6qJ1nnpkU-lCZbBDITH0jbPGIJUdieTyKXPp6xH9y_Ab-Hv4EQ7oBszHwIURr5OlJidmJA-Klhh5L8miKwSYHPiG-HRvsXfdT4sb0bfOIU/w480-h640/IMG_0715.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“She still has to pay attention to what she eats,” Pam explained, “and her blood has to be checked often to see how much sugar is in it.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“You’ve learned a lot about Maryanne’s treatment,” Veronika observed.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WUF2bSGX-xxLKINEZ5QIUthzDQXniuGvMskFJrMy68ZSHyPJOMM4iSkBH34M3bYbiCstSlFRvq30rQERiJ36Yr8QmNKa-gB983AEXDyebgkKv6wjz3L6b9v22tNzwzgMDI64pkMgi35XQNGFX1qyMcPn0P3aYyk7sSQtdnmRv05JLcLhBb77KLUemLI/s4032/IMG_1112.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WUF2bSGX-xxLKINEZ5QIUthzDQXniuGvMskFJrMy68ZSHyPJOMM4iSkBH34M3bYbiCstSlFRvq30rQERiJ36Yr8QmNKa-gB983AEXDyebgkKv6wjz3L6b9v22tNzwzgMDI64pkMgi35XQNGFX1qyMcPn0P3aYyk7sSQtdnmRv05JLcLhBb77KLUemLI/w640-h480/IMG_1112.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pam thought for a moment. “It’s what you do,” she said, “when someone you love needs you.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The other dolls couldn’t argue with that. They were all quiet for a while, thinking about it.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Nntq17WAkGd8wnNARwnCJu8brPmqI3jAKi6rBWtcOx06IYqw3HMJ6rQUNF0Ht4hzzVGh_kh1T32XcvfLrL_wyqktTBjOLfxdTYpFDSZxh8qTg9mD565QWKLsHFYSv3Bz_DTMo-nGZtTHyKxEcJGzYgZBsOX_RDdMZskh5cFsB9rRe65uRObPaD8ffe4/s4032/IMG_1153.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Nntq17WAkGd8wnNARwnCJu8brPmqI3jAKi6rBWtcOx06IYqw3HMJ6rQUNF0Ht4hzzVGh_kh1T32XcvfLrL_wyqktTBjOLfxdTYpFDSZxh8qTg9mD565QWKLsHFYSv3Bz_DTMo-nGZtTHyKxEcJGzYgZBsOX_RDdMZskh5cFsB9rRe65uRObPaD8ffe4/w640-h480/IMG_1153.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Maryanne is very happy now,” Pam said. “She has gone back to dance class, and when summer comes, she can still be on the swim team. She can swim with the patch on, and everything!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">All the other dolls were happy for Pam, who looked at Veronika. The older doll nodded to her and smiled, remembering the talk they had had. Pam had come a long way from the new doll who didn’t know how to help the child she lived with.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie2XVhRzvIdwuiPZ3-7Sw5dvLTd3uALgo0nXurhZaQdkspEvP0hIk-PwbrqNutgJi4eDwapI85DyrSrdB1gAoeDs02obCIbMlsZvBzYvwm_EJMqxY-_rX3P6tWER7huyIBYoVTA8-kI6fjaUuRYauTpC3R06n2IOMetHC2xLUl6Xx9BIrH4j9i5QNT9A/s1613/IMG_1158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="1210" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie2XVhRzvIdwuiPZ3-7Sw5dvLTd3uALgo0nXurhZaQdkspEvP0hIk-PwbrqNutgJi4eDwapI85DyrSrdB1gAoeDs02obCIbMlsZvBzYvwm_EJMqxY-_rX3P6tWER7huyIBYoVTA8-kI6fjaUuRYauTpC3R06n2IOMetHC2xLUl6Xx9BIrH4j9i5QNT9A/w480-h640/IMG_1158.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Well,” Pam said, “are we going to play a game, or not?”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E7-XoMT0037tn39NpaUruEUDhs1Xgu_TLm1XFIpK4a0R0He4MRtwfETgp9Tt0SJZD5u16k6OYLRu4GDUKpxSDjL05wibSW1bwfJ4el9aLG86OpPehxSg2PIz6O2vKgZriSvOHj2i5WeiluT0LMMvk7BTON4_2LYWe08wkSbsPNjESFngsVlJAt5KZnc/s3024/IMG_1156.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E7-XoMT0037tn39NpaUruEUDhs1Xgu_TLm1XFIpK4a0R0He4MRtwfETgp9Tt0SJZD5u16k6OYLRu4GDUKpxSDjL05wibSW1bwfJ4el9aLG86OpPehxSg2PIz6O2vKgZriSvOHj2i5WeiluT0LMMvk7BTON4_2LYWe08wkSbsPNjESFngsVlJAt5KZnc/w480-h640/IMG_1156.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“</span><span>Pam, I want you on my team,</span><span>”</span><span> Pippa exclaimed. </span><span>“You</span><span>’re</span><span> already a winner!</span><span>”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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The pump itself is worn outside the body and is programmed to deliver basal (long-acting) insulin continuously, mimicking the normal background insulin secretion of a healthy pancreas. Additionally, it allows the user to deliver bolus (short-acting) doses of insulin during meals. (From <a href="https://www.jdrf.org/t1d-resources/about/treatment/ ">JDRF</a>.)</span></div><div><span><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com</i><i>.</i></div><span><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><i>Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to </i><a href="http://events.stjude.org/TheDollsStorybook" style="font-style: italic;">St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</a><i> or any organization that supports pediatric cancer research and treatment. 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If you don't get free shipping elsewhere, buy from Book Baby. Half of the price goes to charity (specific information available upon request). Autographed copies of all three books are available from the author. (Multiple books to the same address have a discount on shipping.) To inquire, email thedollsstorybook@icloud.com.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtdXCReXOfMoC2_lYFBTv8vTCiUJUQDSkkYUydt-jXV9cQECMEVziPkLXOeuIKoIaghckz9uH1AdOAPXHlG4LI4HhIoFuy1ZaMQniDqlwSy76-pdh0Pj8PJEgtuOpQR-edhLg_MX96d9-m9nAZySxBt_SjXSsvwJE7PDBwvYJETkvJZWOtct5TQZgikM/s3684/IMG_4497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2763" data-original-width="3684" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtdXCReXOfMoC2_lYFBTv8vTCiUJUQDSkkYUydt-jXV9cQECMEVziPkLXOeuIKoIaghckz9uH1AdOAPXHlG4LI4HhIoFuy1ZaMQniDqlwSy76-pdh0Pj8PJEgtuOpQR-edhLg_MX96d9-m9nAZySxBt_SjXSsvwJE7PDBwvYJETkvJZWOtct5TQZgikM/w640-h480/IMG_4497.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span>The image on Mariah's yellow T-shirt used with permission, is from <a href="https://www.freetobekids.com/collections/young-activist/products/forget-princess-call-me-your-honor-youth-t-shirt">Free To Be Kids</a>, where human-size shirts with this image are available.</span></i><br /><span face=""><i><br /></i></span><span face=""><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/19832501/?claim=j3fj3mbb8kt">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a></span><span face=""><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Copyright © 2024 by Peggy Stuart</i> </span></p>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523699672163345029.post-35881263622780388542024-02-16T13:00:00.000-08:002024-02-16T13:00:00.138-08:00Keeping Up With Jonesy<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy was looking for Veronika. He found her reading a book on the windowsill. She looked up when he came into the room.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqrEWMqObYUaPMlzJCEKikVNpQeVEwSWxl6-IxhAzk80K69GvgyRLa-qzIXc4vgv1OMtqD0fkFEqUDd5caMEmO5nTsiifdYOExhBgbU4JW1S4gTIIVv3eY6ShPfYZ987YUs2KxTE59Nk/s1600/IMG_5121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqrEWMqObYUaPMlzJCEKikVNpQeVEwSWxl6-IxhAzk80K69GvgyRLa-qzIXc4vgv1OMtqD0fkFEqUDd5caMEmO5nTsiifdYOExhBgbU4JW1S4gTIIVv3eY6ShPfYZ987YUs2KxTE59Nk/s640/IMG_5121.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Veronika," Billy said, "I need your advice.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika put her book down and was ready to listen. Billy could tell that Veronika was paying attention, so he explained his problem.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTcbvrsyu5O6nl1NRKLOWHdTnlDV5NOfW0RnKJhd7xIiYyg23Viv0yOzt3yNHEH80vHDmd3LLG365mVGsc53YEDv1fMXDeVbaWagsl4StpBRyNWoCGs4uMexSRpJmMW3m3r0mh2Qes2k/s1600/IMG_5124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTcbvrsyu5O6nl1NRKLOWHdTnlDV5NOfW0RnKJhd7xIiYyg23Viv0yOzt3yNHEH80vHDmd3LLG365mVGsc53YEDv1fMXDeVbaWagsl4StpBRyNWoCGs4uMexSRpJmMW3m3r0mh2Qes2k/s640/IMG_5124.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I have this friend at the playground," Billy began. "His name is Jonesy. He's fun and very popular."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJCwMT-oPDLouDYUXCdWts1KjZsybv9f0n122A4x1c-wSZPt0DboMK_MPf99nsWcrRPwT075kKg_4oUhcKXGYSo59SPV4VaAH8qZNA6m9RhmQ60DfkwLPudsivwRljjVkQsZgyfIgT3c/s1600/IMG_5125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJCwMT-oPDLouDYUXCdWts1KjZsybv9f0n122A4x1c-wSZPt0DboMK_MPf99nsWcrRPwT075kKg_4oUhcKXGYSo59SPV4VaAH8qZNA6m9RhmQ60DfkwLPudsivwRljjVkQsZgyfIgT3c/s640/IMG_5125.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's good to have friends," Veronika said, nodding.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps_tRyRVpbDga8zohQgbrsz5hULybGZcsP0qY7mesIAMZlcMfRSyUBUp9xYo05N7h-JneDQ_0niNLGouiEV2uZDZGrEeiK0qOVjVi0bq1VjK5lGm0S42BvZsHKlxbKv_xlM9cKObAFv0/s1600/IMG_5126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps_tRyRVpbDga8zohQgbrsz5hULybGZcsP0qY7mesIAMZlcMfRSyUBUp9xYo05N7h-JneDQ_0niNLGouiEV2uZDZGrEeiK0qOVjVi0bq1VjK5lGm0S42BvZsHKlxbKv_xlM9cKObAFv0/s640/IMG_5126.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The problem is," Billy went on, "today Jonesy reached into his pocket and brought out a package of little stick-like things. He said they were called <i>cigarettes </i>(SIG-ah-rets)."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjJ_9Rl-ekdaQHBX039f14JVLltOgJ6B90JvoMT-A-7sVRkAoWx2YzNXf1gFqxl4Veyq7U5hMuSlq2Z0J26O5QD8q_rVqSOrlHwanN_NQIQjI_eSrVIvH3Iqn77e4E_G4TJkXAWqQYN4/s1600/IMG_5128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjJ_9Rl-ekdaQHBX039f14JVLltOgJ6B90JvoMT-A-7sVRkAoWx2YzNXf1gFqxl4Veyq7U5hMuSlq2Z0J26O5QD8q_rVqSOrlHwanN_NQIQjI_eSrVIvH3Iqn77e4E_G4TJkXAWqQYN4/s640/IMG_5128.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika's tried to make her eyes widen even more than usual, which is a lot, because her eyes don't close, but they also don't move, so she gave up. "Does Jonesy smoke?" she asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM843CJr5mhthaI0_SJ4abF551U8dCRkd8VATdqZkfVhMVU2nWhoiuiqX2iwic6CHXMFnXNp99oW5gJ7r8KhHjzpbEIT2QKn0TukmxUaJDS7EFdaBH8FYCXRvl57p5OLzAHK7KwoYzVk/s1600/IMG_5129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM843CJr5mhthaI0_SJ4abF551U8dCRkd8VATdqZkfVhMVU2nWhoiuiqX2iwic6CHXMFnXNp99oW5gJ7r8KhHjzpbEIT2QKn0TukmxUaJDS7EFdaBH8FYCXRvl57p5OLzAHK7KwoYzVk/s640/IMG_5129.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I guess," Billy said. "I think that's what he said he does with them. He said it was really cool to use them. He offered me one, but I wasn't sure, so I said no thanks. I wanted to talk to you about it first."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJSjqFwZPH0Y1Z7RJYaK9wM796JCV2Kw4Yv2QoRqZn_ZFZda_hGgDS-zcC-VArB8UwAIk9DYlECYtsObZZfW5qZ2zpwk4yvxzeWFqcVstxtqw9yxUCo1ZbaSjcew6zPQjcjGpNL6MUgw/s1600/IMG_5130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJSjqFwZPH0Y1Z7RJYaK9wM796JCV2Kw4Yv2QoRqZn_ZFZda_hGgDS-zcC-VArB8UwAIk9DYlECYtsObZZfW5qZ2zpwk4yvxzeWFqcVstxtqw9yxUCo1ZbaSjcew6zPQjcjGpNL6MUgw/s640/IMG_5130.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That was wise of you, Billy," Veronika said.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdZpidU9RbGJRk8SJiTEbhyphenhyphenATI-IdFY48Yd5v9Zq01vJCsHb-lkz_o7tWdVHRU9AhsYVSy8jF_jT4th5rWDvii1VEZNVUbjwJruYtpSEw2_3YtxoRN7j3DiFfQpGZFD5qVOgqDxjjArc/s1600/IMG_5133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdZpidU9RbGJRk8SJiTEbhyphenhyphenATI-IdFY48Yd5v9Zq01vJCsHb-lkz_o7tWdVHRU9AhsYVSy8jF_jT4th5rWDvii1VEZNVUbjwJruYtpSEw2_3YtxoRN7j3DiFfQpGZFD5qVOgqDxjjArc/s640/IMG_5133.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm not sure it was wise, exactly," Billy said. "I just had sort of a bad feeling about how careful he was not to let anyone see what he had. If he didn't want any of the grownup dolls at the playground to see what he had, maybe it wasn't really a good thing."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirch6HSeJBB-IIQSt6h40hPd7xRFKAJRXPPt5jHzFbOs8qM0cT0PSf8zNZucX4Crb6RTK2VDzAaaiwMKGTt8ZlV_4k0idMzEFVUyVB-SxliXu9TF4e-Vkz3awKVQoKAXO7yGhtTT6EM8/s1600/IMG_5134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirch6HSeJBB-IIQSt6h40hPd7xRFKAJRXPPt5jHzFbOs8qM0cT0PSf8zNZucX4Crb6RTK2VDzAaaiwMKGTt8ZlV_4k0idMzEFVUyVB-SxliXu9TF4e-Vkz3awKVQoKAXO7yGhtTT6EM8/s640/IMG_5134.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's good you noticed that, and that it made you wary," Veronika insisted. "I'll tell you why Jonesy was so careful to hide the cigarettes from the grownups."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeFw7dP4SFT965LXWM-lzslJaZV2GnR3_Mfo_VrZoauSKLA71eFt6aUrzhG04O5IP1plSoypotaS7yLUERABj-K18JpqQjarUy8QpG0Pr_yooIPrwrUfNGPihKFf0Ku-YhJ574zQ0EsE/s1600/IMG_5135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeFw7dP4SFT965LXWM-lzslJaZV2GnR3_Mfo_VrZoauSKLA71eFt6aUrzhG04O5IP1plSoypotaS7yLUERABj-K18JpqQjarUy8QpG0Pr_yooIPrwrUfNGPihKFf0Ku-YhJ574zQ0EsE/s640/IMG_5135.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy listened intently, because he really wanted to know.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrx-4hqmjSPQzlVAjKb6xayHBhUhzeauj35V3zbhqkxp-sdo98AntYC1894tGT8nJanDXU2SWT8yXyA6GGV2HhRcsRP_6IwWXFg7koEUAnNoGVbthsexPig4U_iEQ6DOL01Nnn4mggbG8/s1600/IMG_5136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrx-4hqmjSPQzlVAjKb6xayHBhUhzeauj35V3zbhqkxp-sdo98AntYC1894tGT8nJanDXU2SWT8yXyA6GGV2HhRcsRP_6IwWXFg7koEUAnNoGVbthsexPig4U_iEQ6DOL01Nnn4mggbG8/s640/IMG_5136.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Grownup dolls know that cigarettes are made from something called <i>tobacco </i>(tuh-BAK-oh). Smoking them, or using tobacco in any form, can make a human person <i>addicted </i>(ah-DIK-ted). That means they can't stop doing it, even if it makes them sick, which it often does, but maybe not right away. Then they want to stop, but they can't."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLK2aQ8ntY7xi2hJdQOZ0b5-HPiXChZN7FWPZM9qJqz6HL6CeIV-oi1YftaJa9xuIyThps8RcBv703uFrDXjroti97Vp4Vuox_lGtG7NBem2JP1lQLXyg7SQIYL6O1UUK4KKmQ0m4nTs/s1600/IMG_5138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLK2aQ8ntY7xi2hJdQOZ0b5-HPiXChZN7FWPZM9qJqz6HL6CeIV-oi1YftaJa9xuIyThps8RcBv703uFrDXjroti97Vp4Vuox_lGtG7NBem2JP1lQLXyg7SQIYL6O1UUK4KKmQ0m4nTs/s640/IMG_5138.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"But I'm a doll," Billy said. "Jonesy said it couldn't hurt me."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ag7YBhmU3jFo5j4D6cp2GN2zNIbfRqPmN2J5fQMt_wZhTeyHM7WTiM7O5UcMgAOcMuIGevxlz-ni9OY7q-lk8g2rG8qepexaEEDsfazqVqvxSFyG1_8O5SPoup8SpBy922yXr0-sHC0/s1600/IMG_5139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ag7YBhmU3jFo5j4D6cp2GN2zNIbfRqPmN2J5fQMt_wZhTeyHM7WTiM7O5UcMgAOcMuIGevxlz-ni9OY7q-lk8g2rG8qepexaEEDsfazqVqvxSFyG1_8O5SPoup8SpBy922yXr0-sHC0/s640/IMG_5139.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Maybe it can't make <u>YOU</u> sick," Veronika agreed, "but the smoke can get into your vinyl, inside and out, and you will smell like old tobacco smoke. You will smell like that forever unless someone cleans you inside and out, and that isn't easy. It can take a long time; days or even months. That's why people who sell their dolls online say if they come from what they call a 'smoke-free home.'"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUXIgPLAvDQKT2smL8_dRTVgm4lGS813Ex56FlEgaq38C6zd33dpAKfESbz9WtCU6jwzlHUzUQ6QngMivwj8R7EQzjPp1kK9Wl2s5XKvmuGcii-lLzB8znf9ZXlI2Sje0tfGVFWzcXFg/s1600/IMG_5142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUXIgPLAvDQKT2smL8_dRTVgm4lGS813Ex56FlEgaq38C6zd33dpAKfESbz9WtCU6jwzlHUzUQ6QngMivwj8R7EQzjPp1kK9Wl2s5XKvmuGcii-lLzB8znf9ZXlI2Sje0tfGVFWzcXFg/s640/IMG_5142.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You can't play during the time you're having the stink removed," Veronika continued, "because they have to take you apart to get to your insides. Your parts have to sit in one place in a box for the whole time filled with and covered with cat litter."</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Ewww!" Billy said, turning up his nose in disgust.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW02Pw_pMsHNHGVG8S5mdZBKTU3QaZesfzK4cTCsMyvOl7v5zl_ZLmKRDF6pG3A8GiwUW9JJO6w1sjEFvkP_6cXJcUtPQ9vE44t_ZhyZQbmfwls05018QRg3rUpznKgn0uc-f7_QpuoYE/s1600/IMG_5161.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW02Pw_pMsHNHGVG8S5mdZBKTU3QaZesfzK4cTCsMyvOl7v5zl_ZLmKRDF6pG3A8GiwUW9JJO6w1sjEFvkP_6cXJcUtPQ9vE44t_ZhyZQbmfwls05018QRg3rUpznKgn0uc-f7_QpuoYE/s640/IMG_5161.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Not <u>USED</u> cat litter, Billy," Veronika laughed. "New cat litter, or something else to get the smell out." Then she looked serious again. "The point is," she went on, "no one will come to play with you. After all that, your vinyl may still smell so bad no one wants to be around you. Some dolls that smell like old tobacco smoke end up in the trash can, because it's so much trouble to get rid of the smell."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I don't think I would like that," Billy said, "but I want to be cool, like Jonesy."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB_WfeBV3x2VrhyphenhyphenK4aCMnzCTomgBQ1Q4UBjVAKe8QqqhC-N0udMKOeT1y0qjZ034H3WG5_VpG9NVGF-7olCGtDo-2TJ3BHHMKW01PrXPZ6eTXsPM2s1pYAwLMFL4HQS0aKRXmHNC8H3g/s1600/IMG_5145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJB_WfeBV3x2VrhyphenhyphenK4aCMnzCTomgBQ1Q4UBjVAKe8QqqhC-N0udMKOeT1y0qjZ034H3WG5_VpG9NVGF-7olCGtDo-2TJ3BHHMKW01PrXPZ6eTXsPM2s1pYAwLMFL4HQS0aKRXmHNC8H3g/s640/IMG_5145.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You <u>ARE</u> cool, Billy," Veronika assured him. "You don't need to do dangerous or silly things just to seem cool to others."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMAFBOtG3Q-i4MkD0_zwhFfqh4mjPfcnfjEjI_nhmwidT72cIvNDLe_LAHr_pq7K9ypHug3nwii4e8lac2TRn907EeD0kLKKbPc9MtYBXXtYxdzfbMICrWljr0EOHeL87rd813D3ZkDg/s1600/IMG_5146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMAFBOtG3Q-i4MkD0_zwhFfqh4mjPfcnfjEjI_nhmwidT72cIvNDLe_LAHr_pq7K9ypHug3nwii4e8lac2TRn907EeD0kLKKbPc9MtYBXXtYxdzfbMICrWljr0EOHeL87rd813D3ZkDg/s640/IMG_5146.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm cool?" Billy asked.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfQKFe2FOIzsvKrHK1MJHxbORkg0HY8c-dZN-ryseWKJqBcf47qhYxnO0zOo-OTpB8TBqm4q4Qw0cMXI-8epdPpT9dhf1tnXpfPGuincgu4c6l5IWk6iMKmqbLVb8VM6XP-0V2doSCEg/s1600/IMG_5148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfQKFe2FOIzsvKrHK1MJHxbORkg0HY8c-dZN-ryseWKJqBcf47qhYxnO0zOo-OTpB8TBqm4q4Qw0cMXI-8epdPpT9dhf1tnXpfPGuincgu4c6l5IWk6iMKmqbLVb8VM6XP-0V2doSCEg/s640/IMG_5148.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Veronika said, "and you're too cool to do what someone else does, just because that person wants you to think it's cool."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClzVgKLlngxB6hJZuVqCEQFUh_94sYram1Ip9zsjxyVL2rwbyxMwf70_rv8W6hHgcvwfCoKDW81zmWlEQ479ago-dUkx_eMBQbktqE-lqGxdCR2ABIq3J0es4Tbki-1iOLRr6SByMsrY/s1600/IMG_5151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClzVgKLlngxB6hJZuVqCEQFUh_94sYram1Ip9zsjxyVL2rwbyxMwf70_rv8W6hHgcvwfCoKDW81zmWlEQ479ago-dUkx_eMBQbktqE-lqGxdCR2ABIq3J0es4Tbki-1iOLRr6SByMsrY/s640/IMG_5151.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What if," Veronika went on thoughtfully, "what if Jonesy said it makes you cool to go to school wearing a sock over your head?"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy thought about that. "Maybe not cool," he said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuEEXfLrNAS-OgPFr_Vw-1GdhZYVzjfsvxuP1m9fJYZ6-H_-XsN3iDB0jrNOy8ufAX4ZI7Sia15lI_YCgu1y3SoQIa48DFqHrSE1pWj_Es5krMaob3cZ6rwh1oUBOWTR7FNC6KGrMnaI/s1600/IMG_5156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuEEXfLrNAS-OgPFr_Vw-1GdhZYVzjfsvxuP1m9fJYZ6-H_-XsN3iDB0jrNOy8ufAX4ZI7Sia15lI_YCgu1y3SoQIa48DFqHrSE1pWj_Es5krMaob3cZ6rwh1oUBOWTR7FNC6KGrMnaI/s640/IMG_5156.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What if Jonesy eats his lunch standing on his head?" Veronika asked. "Would you do that, too?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy pictured that in his mind. "That would take a lot of pretending," he said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSXgpcg38BuU9DYqnbQj0w3LY1QivA67zi6y7FW0Eu9RgJqA2e_XTMNjpSpXv5ETpmNyrpDzRSyzHV2_W1Hem_cm5j-fY8-hgdCkjvP5ZuX1zY39NUD7BEH2QXqUwieCR6G4wLBaijsI/s1600/IMG_5164.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSXgpcg38BuU9DYqnbQj0w3LY1QivA67zi6y7FW0Eu9RgJqA2e_XTMNjpSpXv5ETpmNyrpDzRSyzHV2_W1Hem_cm5j-fY8-hgdCkjvP5ZuX1zY39NUD7BEH2QXqUwieCR6G4wLBaijsI/s640/IMG_5164.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika thought for a moment. Then she came up with another example. "If Jonesy said it was cool to throw rocks at a building," she asked, "would you do that?"</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhLED-OJ7KVjfX-bNt66v-l0ITReVblsVlsmCeoQ6OvNXtLoB3KadizN-St_9GQJ3oHetn79N7ecJZ4KG9rBPdCSJaQ6bJ4hzcGeTQIxUyuFPIvpbIttczWzNcbmW6N2j5hTzgFEJNHU/s1600/IMG_5160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhLED-OJ7KVjfX-bNt66v-l0ITReVblsVlsmCeoQ6OvNXtLoB3KadizN-St_9GQJ3oHetn79N7ecJZ4KG9rBPdCSJaQ6bJ4hzcGeTQIxUyuFPIvpbIttczWzNcbmW6N2j5hTzgFEJNHU/s640/IMG_5160.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy didn't have to think about that one. "No!" he exclaimed. "We might break something! Breaking something that doesn't belong to you is wrong!"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Or suppose," Veronika went on, "Jonesy wore his long-sleeved shirt under his short-sleeved shirt and his shorts over his jeans. Would you do that just because he did?"</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOm1VI7LPWBVMneRtGTw56Um9Fe-XFQMrBmvbg8LRZAfFv9iHztPJrvMmLbNkORdxzSrs41memuBMmdTpm0FJ59xINwb5tx8ZxaMPMcD9xAxNiU63vjtvvILAYlPwb9twsiLJhoJ8kPY/s1600/IMG_5158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOm1VI7LPWBVMneRtGTw56Um9Fe-XFQMrBmvbg8LRZAfFv9iHztPJrvMmLbNkORdxzSrs41memuBMmdTpm0FJ59xINwb5tx8ZxaMPMcD9xAxNiU63vjtvvILAYlPwb9twsiLJhoJ8kPY/s640/IMG_5158.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy shook his head. "That would look silly! So why," he asked then, "would Jonesy want me to smoke, if it isn't really cool?"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I don't know for sure," Veronika admitted, "but some children like to see if they can get others to do things they wouldn't normally do. Maybe they secretly want to get that child or doll in trouble, or it makes them feel powerful to control others. Maybe they just want you to think <u>THEY</u> are cool."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8_41psIOKFsgigT0HXB4tzKgWd77SvTbhZDYJdDVAFT40OuX66DNYRMCSK-6SBBkQELrmhQZpmPYoml9b4s4oft-9AcmvRrxcAcApQnkvU1p7PYJDP9UWQ0lNmw7Yb3FIh7zvKvNLVY/s1600/IMG_5153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8_41psIOKFsgigT0HXB4tzKgWd77SvTbhZDYJdDVAFT40OuX66DNYRMCSK-6SBBkQELrmhQZpmPYoml9b4s4oft-9AcmvRrxcAcApQnkvU1p7PYJDP9UWQ0lNmw7Yb3FIh7zvKvNLVY/s640/IMG_5153.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That doesn't sound cool," Billy said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1njpxKiZxb6N5E9K5P9hvu_HQI1O2VyfQLUXJgYgYGUCeviiuIy7cS4hyWW6g5ohsVH_VliVL1jKBeINtCfRlOvlWxr1nprRw5KjYZqOCr6ugdzFQaT2kwirw7RecHV7_s6IBa06qtA/s1600/IMG_5155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1njpxKiZxb6N5E9K5P9hvu_HQI1O2VyfQLUXJgYgYGUCeviiuIy7cS4hyWW6g5ohsVH_VliVL1jKBeINtCfRlOvlWxr1nprRw5KjYZqOCr6ugdzFQaT2kwirw7RecHV7_s6IBa06qtA/s640/IMG_5155.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"No, Billy," Veronika agreed. "Not cool at all!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Maybe Jonesy isn't all that cool after all," Billy said.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You can still be his friend, Billy," Veronika said. "You can set a good example for him, the way you do for real children. 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Billy exclaimed, as he sat down to wait for The Writer to back the car out of the garage.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaD3sCcGr-d6MZvEqtsD_dO5JVsTXMt9K4oTn0JgIPFvPL06RQegN2SssSzmTZo7OStr1SIh4LSu4aT15ITztDUd4nVRhL8mTxAS5LxE75F_qEuBkpBMB4Qx6B21L5GIKUMwYBtsOD8Q/s1600/IMG_5016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaD3sCcGr-d6MZvEqtsD_dO5JVsTXMt9K4oTn0JgIPFvPL06RQegN2SssSzmTZo7OStr1SIh4LSu4aT15ITztDUd4nVRhL8mTxAS5LxE75F_qEuBkpBMB4Qx6B21L5GIKUMwYBtsOD8Q/s640/IMG_5016.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"So am I!" Jolena agreed. "I feel so lucky to get to go on this field trip!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls were sitting on the stairs, waiting to leave to go to visit the dentist. While they were waiting, Mandy explained that a dentist looks after people's teeth. She told them what they would see and do at the dentist's office. (It's always good to know what to expect before you go somewhere new.)</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I know you will remember your manners," Mandy said after she had explained everything to them. "You are both well-behaved dolls. I know you will say please and thank you, and that you will ask before you touch anything."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena and Billy nodded.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy wanted to make sure the two younger dolls remembered what she told them. "Now, tell me what you will do there," Mandy said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvLFI9JcCBZBNYiV38_LdM6ZoDmQVIoCZ03w3eUGocAfvTGBsVG7nXIIKYo2T5x2lkZgSnZoHJ6rCan_vYydNRN9qcRupAN7eWJQnF54-CB_kFUQpzD48EdkH5iL02tf0Aopj4Qv8IDo/s1600/IMG_5011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvLFI9JcCBZBNYiV38_LdM6ZoDmQVIoCZ03w3eUGocAfvTGBsVG7nXIIKYo2T5x2lkZgSnZoHJ6rCan_vYydNRN9qcRupAN7eWJQnF54-CB_kFUQpzD48EdkH5iL02tf0Aopj4Qv8IDo/s640/IMG_5011.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"First, we will go in and let them know we are there," Jolena replied. "Then we will sit down and wait for someone to come and get us."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaDA3u-3Z5qKA0KY34PDbcF5a4YKpjNyat19ZaUrMFEsmMTc8DBxrkyswp7bDWKCyAQMxz6M3x64jWmGVQDsdsqefbqfPDQvHyZBx-RVVYPq4g4i8Uab-BQRkY1pe-TqW4fML1u_JNb0/s1600/IMG_5015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaDA3u-3Z5qKA0KY34PDbcF5a4YKpjNyat19ZaUrMFEsmMTc8DBxrkyswp7bDWKCyAQMxz6M3x64jWmGVQDsdsqefbqfPDQvHyZBx-RVVYPq4g4i8Uab-BQRkY1pe-TqW4fML1u_JNb0/s640/IMG_5015.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," agreed Billy. "We will be patient and quiet. Then, when someone comes to get us, we will do what they say."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You will be fine," Mandy assured them. "You both have had a lot of practice doing things real children do. This is no different."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's exciting getting to do what real children do," Jolena said, "even though a lot of it is pretend for us."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WObFz9k2qkeGnrpiIwsEYQykH-RlLZHkvGxtV7w9cKMZvFMdx5-YePbVRWDRZ2ZnvECmnH1O829C64XY0h10r8vyGe09KJ8sZp1U5jU0nUAEd9wEpgPX4v3mGQliTIIBsjA5VCXEOp8/s1600/IMG_5014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WObFz9k2qkeGnrpiIwsEYQykH-RlLZHkvGxtV7w9cKMZvFMdx5-YePbVRWDRZ2ZnvECmnH1O829C64XY0h10r8vyGe09KJ8sZp1U5jU0nUAEd9wEpgPX4v3mGQliTIIBsjA5VCXEOp8/s640/IMG_5014.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Pretending is what we do best," Mandy agreed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The drive to the dentist's office only took a few minutes. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As soon as they arrived, Jolena went to sit down on a chair, while Billy waited for the lady to come back to her desk, so he could tell her that they were there.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULQxXBuKWjsgJJH1SUy2YDgE38vPhiO648hk3DZ3iqlVSu_q_whop348FaIkp90uceJJCrQrXcKdtkEgISISpqEGpwjELPN74UEiB5X7HDGWlN0huLgcrgBCUYC_QhHsjw2rp9_wWds4/s1600/IMG_4971.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULQxXBuKWjsgJJH1SUy2YDgE38vPhiO648hk3DZ3iqlVSu_q_whop348FaIkp90uceJJCrQrXcKdtkEgISISpqEGpwjELPN74UEiB5X7HDGWlN0huLgcrgBCUYC_QhHsjw2rp9_wWds4/s640/IMG_4971.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After he made sure she knew they had arrived, Billy went to sit down with Jolena to wait patiently.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hslS2zpRYaxVtgvkN0_YCSY23B2nPyn5eZ5-Zo-UN4Ub4dhSCJPAH9l7-eONHWHxiacl6biAtL-mK-vB0lUmLdFClDWom5viVnw7RkjsPtdYK1B9qJm_iH1qjxcKLFZLCmRYmC20bgI/s1600/IMG_4965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hslS2zpRYaxVtgvkN0_YCSY23B2nPyn5eZ5-Zo-UN4Ub4dhSCJPAH9l7-eONHWHxiacl6biAtL-mK-vB0lUmLdFClDWom5viVnw7RkjsPtdYK1B9qJm_iH1qjxcKLFZLCmRYmC20bgI/s640/IMG_4965.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was interesting to look around the waiting room. Neither one of the dolls had ever been in a dentist's waiting room before. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena noticed that there was a big fish tank full of fish. She watched the fish for a while. They made her feel very relaxed.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9La5z4jBVY6UpM3IJpcq44cDZVYL5cuXhYnyoPrvZe178Dy0xvtu0mjTMiccXrrdV9nhsq71uZeYcE6T131g_3EymnqyZB4dk2MwNvGAVavIKA0tHErzRSUWuE-iSnbwNUPaHpAwQs9c/s1600/IMG_4970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9La5z4jBVY6UpM3IJpcq44cDZVYL5cuXhYnyoPrvZe178Dy0xvtu0mjTMiccXrrdV9nhsq71uZeYcE6T131g_3EymnqyZB4dk2MwNvGAVavIKA0tHErzRSUWuE-iSnbwNUPaHpAwQs9c/s640/IMG_4970.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy wondered if every dentist had fish. He </span><span>knew that some fish have teeth, but not the kind of fish people usually keep as pets.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After a few minutes, the nice lady at the desk told them that it might be a few minutes. She suggested they might like to do some coloring at the children's table in the corner. That sounded like fun!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While Jolena looked through the coloring book to find a page to color, Billy picked out the colors.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDoSRPCJDST5qQvAYx_YgkE_sDqBzcy5ac5nrrJUI5ip7ok2WOmjUBkS-yZhr97TN2O-4Mod9lHTiUeqGakzKcwXnICVScMj2gXlC0sO0jkGAAhc0vxIpWM-MkWRIyBx3qof-PajPrR8/s1600/IMG_4968.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDoSRPCJDST5qQvAYx_YgkE_sDqBzcy5ac5nrrJUI5ip7ok2WOmjUBkS-yZhr97TN2O-4Mod9lHTiUeqGakzKcwXnICVScMj2gXlC0sO0jkGAAhc0vxIpWM-MkWRIyBx3qof-PajPrR8/s640/IMG_4968.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Soon the dolls were happily taking turns coloring in the coloring book.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy6zZGpRrP_QWjbhkJ1OuNiIsLXim0N6qynE0ma_-XfPEjLRp3doNFRQFmK7VEfP2AD3rg10j2LLFqJDa30qcy7_Ct6LR2R3CQuCxrpCcdLeaq9ZRqTIYmSDK-HrVTBraenS6XPPsCxI/s1600/IMG_4966.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy6zZGpRrP_QWjbhkJ1OuNiIsLXim0N6qynE0ma_-XfPEjLRp3doNFRQFmK7VEfP2AD3rg10j2LLFqJDa30qcy7_Ct6LR2R3CQuCxrpCcdLeaq9ZRqTIYmSDK-HrVTBraenS6XPPsCxI/s640/IMG_4966.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In a few minutes another lady came to the waiting room and said they were ready for Billy and Jolena. She introduced herself. She said she was a <i>hygienist (</i>HIGH-jeh-nist). A hygienist is a person who knows all about keeping teeth and gums clean and healthy. She explained that her job is to clean people's teeth and to help with anything the dentist needs help with, like taking <i>X-rays</i> or handing the dentist the right tools when the dentist fills <i>cavities</i> </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(KAH-vuh-tees) </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">in people's teeth.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Cavities are holes in the teeth caused by something called </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">decay</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> (dee-KAY).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They went down a hall and into a smaller room.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"This looks like the bridge of a starship!" Billy exclaimed when he saw it. The first thing he noticed was a set of cords with things at the ends that looked like something could be attached to them.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Can you tell me what all of these things are for please?" Billy asked politely, pointing at them.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhX4rgjecXKI9InWTeqvxHeQ451_5QxOz7jnYt-qu7PLY4mlfKOU7KixWLCc6NUQ4v9E1SatZMI-7AVT_8En90SOiSUuuPM4i-AAP8skBLZmYS2SQVucZBbfxE5jrvThMH3wDk6kSCaU/s1600/IMG_4976.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhX4rgjecXKI9InWTeqvxHeQ451_5QxOz7jnYt-qu7PLY4mlfKOU7KixWLCc6NUQ4v9E1SatZMI-7AVT_8En90SOiSUuuPM4i-AAP8skBLZmYS2SQVucZBbfxE5jrvThMH3wDk6kSCaU/s640/IMG_4976.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The hygienist showed the dolls how you could attach tools to one of the cords. She attached a cleaning tool and turned it on. It had a little foam brush at the end that went around and around, very fast. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWT-TG8hizCQGHpZwhHE73YYdVsW85XLOd8DYY2tD9l8G2WJUGXmbB7s1NMaf2Ee3T5barvaBJZWDytm16zuw2I2iHHIXgbdphQmNqfWWppFOA6rcJJb7J86mwuTfXBlWtX8H5WBpgK4/s1600/IMG_5115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWT-TG8hizCQGHpZwhHE73YYdVsW85XLOd8DYY2tD9l8G2WJUGXmbB7s1NMaf2Ee3T5barvaBJZWDytm16zuw2I2iHHIXgbdphQmNqfWWppFOA6rcJJb7J86mwuTfXBlWtX8H5WBpgK4/s640/IMG_5115.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">While it was moving, she touched it to Billy's fingernail, so he could feel it. Then she let Jolena feel it. She told them that was what it felt like on your teeth.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then the hygienist showed the dolls a tool that could shoot water, like a water pistol. It was used to rinse the teeth. It could also shoot air to blow the teeth clean, so the dentist can see. It made a swooshing sound. She let each doll feel what it was like to have the water or air on their hands.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Another tool was like a little vacuum cleaner. It is used to remove the water from a person's mouth after the teeth are rinsed. Each doll felt what it was like. It made a slurping sound.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's really cool!" Billy exclaimed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While she was showing these tools to the dolls, the hygienist explained why it is important to look after your teeth. Billy thought it was very interesting.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUDUzWUuUhQvxUnj5gC2NuGmnwU2UwGYlRO6X13Q392TJwkOFn1j00hy87kqsA6Za1zW2b47ByKLtMwgwnuaEDfA74q0r5_nGXI3gBmgnWJFtBfwTZ61Z9Nf5U1v9woC-O-cKKQv-5PY/s1600/IMG_4977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUDUzWUuUhQvxUnj5gC2NuGmnwU2UwGYlRO6X13Q392TJwkOFn1j00hy87kqsA6Za1zW2b47ByKLtMwgwnuaEDfA74q0r5_nGXI3gBmgnWJFtBfwTZ61Z9Nf5U1v9woC-O-cKKQv-5PY/s640/IMG_4977.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena was very interested in the computer. She learned that it is used for things like looking at X-rays and for checking to see how long ago X-rays had been taken. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7ErhCvAVBAVy8gd-ZsqbvlicK7mVDVuDr90YndI_TgEreI46OPRlDdVD10Mv1wDMrEijoBHTo03wkr40nD8I15X4bSMfjg-x3B1_TbGYeLazs_q1UtrzqH6oTrwGDO9NCbvlEPrEW-s/s1600/IMG_4979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7ErhCvAVBAVy8gd-ZsqbvlicK7mVDVuDr90YndI_TgEreI46OPRlDdVD10Mv1wDMrEijoBHTo03wkr40nD8I15X4bSMfjg-x3B1_TbGYeLazs_q1UtrzqH6oTrwGDO9NCbvlEPrEW-s/s640/IMG_4979.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The hygienist explained that X-rays are pictures of the teeth using high-energy waves to show things you can't see with just your eyes. Some cavities or other problems only show up on the X-rays. If the teeth aren't straight enough, it can make it difficult to eat or speak, and sometimes it causes a person's mouth to hurt. If the dentist sees that kind of problem, the person will be sent to a special kind of dentist </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">called an <i>orthodontist</i> (or-thuh-DON-tist) to get their teeth straightened. It's very important to check children's teeth, because if there's a problem, finding it early can make it easier to fix.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then the hygienist showed them the frame that holds the film. When you're having X-rays taken, the hygienist will put the frame in your mouth. Then she asks you to bite down on the frame. The frame on this one is red. She takes the photo through the blue part.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG1UYV5zu_Ltq3n18fFA9B9T-XvcCP5zHKXyHoTZ7FjujH0EeGQqgjzPxLLt90kOWJXUNsd3O7XzV05vWV24e8xREVu9QUuTczR1DLyRqaWkBQY0ZekxPGAwyrBj9NEKmvaZ5LKmqrF0/s1600/IMG_5111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG1UYV5zu_Ltq3n18fFA9B9T-XvcCP5zHKXyHoTZ7FjujH0EeGQqgjzPxLLt90kOWJXUNsd3O7XzV05vWV24e8xREVu9QUuTczR1DLyRqaWkBQY0ZekxPGAwyrBj9NEKmvaZ5LKmqrF0/s640/IMG_5111.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The hygienist explains that it doesn't hurt, and it's fun to see what your teeth look like with X-rays. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">n the middle of the room was a big chair. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The hygienist let the dolls sit in the chair. First it was Jolena's turn.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's like a big recliner," Jolena said.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKy8Q37dmC8IKk0B2sPnUVrhuwlRbhyJv1iK5lYnUL9q6Rv5GHJAQUqhqIUdkY67GdT8I1t1xsSfrCpWiE352RhvuosVP887iA3jKfTsveXzj2fbjmCbJWQ5eLMJZX6of6bAUPFkPTKI/s1600/IMG_4974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKy8Q37dmC8IKk0B2sPnUVrhuwlRbhyJv1iK5lYnUL9q6Rv5GHJAQUqhqIUdkY67GdT8I1t1xsSfrCpWiE352RhvuosVP887iA3jKfTsveXzj2fbjmCbJWQ5eLMJZX6of6bAUPFkPTKI/s640/IMG_4974.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then she got down and Billy climbed into the chair.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"There's lots of room for my legs," he said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLaGfkGwPbb1JcdgrMLrrKnf8f9dP_mWRIa5oe5ieVER1bx5SP9d89WHNqAmYx3TXaMV1kqn3l9_ApojJECTm7lzZQJ3buC4HBqMhafOzev9OyRf6qkVFHG6-s5g1cooBflvQOGmZ_ns/s1600/IMG_4972.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLaGfkGwPbb1JcdgrMLrrKnf8f9dP_mWRIa5oe5ieVER1bx5SP9d89WHNqAmYx3TXaMV1kqn3l9_ApojJECTm7lzZQJ3buC4HBqMhafOzev9OyRf6qkVFHG6-s5g1cooBflvQOGmZ_ns/s640/IMG_4972.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"May I pretend to be the hygienist?" Jolena asked.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'll be the patient!" Billy exclaimed. "If I may, please," he added.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The hygienist said that was a good idea. She took Jolena to the counter at the side of the room. She showed her a set of tools.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_2GiZrXNiI6pBrTxKMIW7NhFkzhDGIYoBpQMPBc1kKfeGq39MxBPpLq35-94nzzkaJNzzZGXEU6Ydt_SOHtEyteJvp55iGzrwQh1qezY8g5zTvIR755LkT_MlqCeTsbLMUi8SwvlMfI/s1600/IMG_4982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_2GiZrXNiI6pBrTxKMIW7NhFkzhDGIYoBpQMPBc1kKfeGq39MxBPpLq35-94nzzkaJNzzZGXEU6Ydt_SOHtEyteJvp55iGzrwQh1qezY8g5zTvIR755LkT_MlqCeTsbLMUi8SwvlMfI/s640/IMG_4982.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">She showed Jolena each tool and explained what it was for. There was a tool to pull off bits of stuff that collects on people's teeth. She tapped Jolena's fingernail with it.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"This is what it feels like when it's used on a person's teeth," she explained.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's interesting," Jolena said.<br /></span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMEUAUmYFEN0v81rFhqHOJbCwLr2cs9gdqRy3ijCCAnkqenTjXR_-4gX8OgpzYVZDPl_JWhCRMlAeeF0as4XnnMo6kSUewdHlsgUoBnMu7Trsy-jB3LWddnHMamZxU9CHZPh-nDqTMnM/s1600/IMG_4980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMEUAUmYFEN0v81rFhqHOJbCwLr2cs9gdqRy3ijCCAnkqenTjXR_-4gX8OgpzYVZDPl_JWhCRMlAeeF0as4XnnMo6kSUewdHlsgUoBnMu7Trsy-jB3LWddnHMamZxU9CHZPh-nDqTMnM/s640/IMG_4980.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then the hygienist showed Jolena a little mirror that is used to see the back side of a tooth. Jolena could see her face in it. "That mirror is doll-size!" she exclaimed.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9m1Y4Evf3nmmn5PGPFiSKGTJ6Yae8YZsnfljrShpAD5b3yfmxDVBMBxlYqLT2eznL_wWNiMNy2fQ5w1dKPAyoauYwPxL1hl3HseyAUms_52K9n7s5Kiu9fLlhhHdF32CC1Sf8yt3gz2E/s1600/IMG_4981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9m1Y4Evf3nmmn5PGPFiSKGTJ6Yae8YZsnfljrShpAD5b3yfmxDVBMBxlYqLT2eznL_wWNiMNy2fQ5w1dKPAyoauYwPxL1hl3HseyAUms_52K9n7s5Kiu9fLlhhHdF32CC1Sf8yt3gz2E/s640/IMG_4981.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After the hygienist had explained all the tools to Jolena, she took them over to Billy and showed each one to him. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then she explained that the dentist and the hygienist would wash their hands at the little sink before checking someone's teeth and gums. She had Jolena pretend to wash her hands and then show that they were clean.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SrbjoYe55JtPvjWv3u5yqaGFXysnR4AMJuzyQ5qUm3C7A5ynlco6QKoPBKZVahwrhfzPiuzmYqxCmr6BKzLUcLbyICwbgZcd5Tb8qKUdXN3kDopYL0S2vzs89jUZBCwD0Hlnt-7WuGc/s1600/IMG_4978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SrbjoYe55JtPvjWv3u5yqaGFXysnR4AMJuzyQ5qUm3C7A5ynlco6QKoPBKZVahwrhfzPiuzmYqxCmr6BKzLUcLbyICwbgZcd5Tb8qKUdXN3kDopYL0S2vzs89jUZBCwD0Hlnt-7WuGc/s640/IMG_4978.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Normally, the dentist and the hygienist would each put on some special gloves and a mask before they touch a person's mouth, but there aren't any in Jolena's size, so they decided she would just pretend.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After telling Billy what was going to happen, the hygienist made the chair lie back. Billy thought it was like going for a short ride.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEm9JipqxE-3H-f8VpWCWxskXgvLd8iJIoPxBHcWAKuGBGBNpu7ctokYmtzmlG92sMrgPUmQR6eh1VWgGI_VM3IEhW8blcyARA5n8b4wLoRqAKM99K0VbPi1XJ14x_bN-NReT8sq0NA8/s1600/IMG_4983.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEm9JipqxE-3H-f8VpWCWxskXgvLd8iJIoPxBHcWAKuGBGBNpu7ctokYmtzmlG92sMrgPUmQR6eh1VWgGI_VM3IEhW8blcyARA5n8b4wLoRqAKM99K0VbPi1XJ14x_bN-NReT8sq0NA8/s640/IMG_4983.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I can see the ceiling," Billy said. "I'm glad I'm not the kind of doll with eyes that close."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The hygienist put a kind of bib on Billy, so he wouldn't get his shirt messed up. Then she brought down a big light that is used to shine in a person's mouth, so the hygienist and the dentist can see well. It was very bright. Now Billy wished his eyes could close.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOM7bsMBt3nGFEuu0dpoj_NEgTUVJHAFkjYTeOzMyo51KeaK96kfvFDfaFL_jBeH6XOeKtnP6EF90FbTWg47LjtIh6RIxp03dh0CvRQfIaClhdLlItm7zUKkWsc6-fKAGcHlCphQFOQ0/s1600/IMG_4986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOM7bsMBt3nGFEuu0dpoj_NEgTUVJHAFkjYTeOzMyo51KeaK96kfvFDfaFL_jBeH6XOeKtnP6EF90FbTWg47LjtIh6RIxp03dh0CvRQfIaClhdLlItm7zUKkWsc6-fKAGcHlCphQFOQ0/s640/IMG_4986.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Jolena was ready to pretend to be the hygienist.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I can only open my mouth if I no one is looking," Billy said, so the hygienist closed her eyes. (She had eyes that can close.) </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena pretended to check his teeth and poke around in his mouth. She asked Billy if he had been brushing his teeth correctly and if he had been <i>flossing</i>. (That means using a special kind of thread between the teeth to clean where the brush can't reach.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I would brush and floss my teeth, if I had any teeth," he replied.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I know you would brush your teeth and floss </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">if you had teeth</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">," Jolena said. "So would I!"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Both dolls laughed. The hygienist laughed, too, and then she opened her eyes again.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1Q30wiPHlPMItYYlEChinC78cpqG3VFgpL_VP4MZWDKO-VxxDtZYbMMudiiN8_r8mmBYekQE1oA0ogGri0kVXdJ1uVelbHUSBis0QeqUyI_WsBI6SNXmQsFjvw1_p_mFftSWLJ-zRjA/s1600/IMG_4985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1Q30wiPHlPMItYYlEChinC78cpqG3VFgpL_VP4MZWDKO-VxxDtZYbMMudiiN8_r8mmBYekQE1oA0ogGri0kVXdJ1uVelbHUSBis0QeqUyI_WsBI6SNXmQsFjvw1_p_mFftSWLJ-zRjA/s640/IMG_4985.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We have to pretend to brush and floss our teeth after we pretend to eat," Jolena said. "Also at bedtime," she added.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtouTJ2Q_dHd3nhvGnXs3dg7FPYzMuXLejpUBPTMOlfRep0JVdHL_I5y5pYHaIzVMSKjNC6mdc3cLHOUFPzpqjqGhwWe91Um9rc2sC4Ny21x1LwZ6CqiABL-6pP77gVemgxyGp_fDayNg/s1600/IMG_4987.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtouTJ2Q_dHd3nhvGnXs3dg7FPYzMuXLejpUBPTMOlfRep0JVdHL_I5y5pYHaIzVMSKjNC6mdc3cLHOUFPzpqjqGhwWe91Um9rc2sC4Ny21x1LwZ6CqiABL-6pP77gVemgxyGp_fDayNg/s640/IMG_4987.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"We are supposed to limit how much candy and other sweets we eat," Billy said, "because that stuff is bad for teeth</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You are very smart dolls," said the hygienist. Then she gave each of them a little bag with some teeth-cleaning supplies. There was even a little hourglass timer, so they could be sure they brushed long enough.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixex65cbka45UmSTbokwAgEPa4nw1V2Py7rZ1dkA_B-P_GfVYC0n9d59t-F_Ru3sogsJ35AnIaxL6eOzV_DMVa3Vrc3a31nGpIwYURhlHjUdKc2AEMwK9P6k7hSTtLJSf_eWg87dl-SIk/s1600/IMG_4988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixex65cbka45UmSTbokwAgEPa4nw1V2Py7rZ1dkA_B-P_GfVYC0n9d59t-F_Ru3sogsJ35AnIaxL6eOzV_DMVa3Vrc3a31nGpIwYURhlHjUdKc2AEMwK9P6k7hSTtLJSf_eWg87dl-SIk/s640/IMG_4988.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When they had seen everything, the hygienist took Jolena and Billy back to the counter next to the waiting room. The lady at the counter said she would make their next appointment. "When would you like to come back?" she asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlSwpWHDc___revuU-ia9Ts8ZoP7wZPfCmNFJ7u66Fz_bH3eEu9MtWJcQXO-dRon1W8RAQ0Gu0y2_qp97IAo3h8KlTsh0ldcd4u9SCJoDT5gLVihE7aQNHo60qxmjk7DH1gZ56hsVn6k/s1600/IMG_4990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlSwpWHDc___revuU-ia9Ts8ZoP7wZPfCmNFJ7u66Fz_bH3eEu9MtWJcQXO-dRon1W8RAQ0Gu0y2_qp97IAo3h8KlTsh0ldcd4u9SCJoDT5gLVihE7aQNHo60qxmjk7DH1gZ56hsVn6k/s640/IMG_4990.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Tomorrow!" the dolls said together.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"How about in six months?" the lady suggested.</span><br /><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy and Jolena went to find Mandy when they got home. "How did it go?" Mandy asked as Jolena climbed up and sat on the big chair with her.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It was fun," Billy said, climbing up to join Mandy and Jolena.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3KHqyJoBEB65cDUYq_92aTu39hFwGLhU8XAMTDy3jvCzsrJ29EqmXvJedkDkF102pjh451LvtL6krS7SCHLPsvPfKEvMSU0OAmP7blG0mCR-yXwam2DA9UUvXsSlRkkV6pc6p3GCYyk/s1600/IMG_5028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3KHqyJoBEB65cDUYq_92aTu39hFwGLhU8XAMTDy3jvCzsrJ29EqmXvJedkDkF102pjh451LvtL6krS7SCHLPsvPfKEvMSU0OAmP7blG0mCR-yXwam2DA9UUvXsSlRkkV6pc6p3GCYyk/s640/IMG_5028.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We saw some really cool stuff," Jolena agreed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Tell me what you learned," Mandy said. She put her glasses to the top of her head, which meant she was ready to listen.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnyVICt4EGirWnZEMiKjaJoePuA8B0jzS5jXrP6BVhz0DhyphenhyphenQT4YiLPCgdYHjcko9MFYRf-vDUfmOFBXlZYOzTjmxscZsJNuECiAAALX30ODrnFO-GXXP13JT-MEU5sBSaTpuQiL-HNt8/s1600/IMG_5029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnyVICt4EGirWnZEMiKjaJoePuA8B0jzS5jXrP6BVhz0DhyphenhyphenQT4YiLPCgdYHjcko9MFYRf-vDUfmOFBXlZYOzTjmxscZsJNuECiAAALX30ODrnFO-GXXP13JT-MEU5sBSaTpuQiL-HNt8/s640/IMG_5029.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I found out," Jolena explained, "that the dentist looks at children's teeth and gums to see if there are any problems and to make sure their teeth are developing properly as they grow. Children's teeth can even be straightened if they need it."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I found out," Billy added, "that the hygienist cleans and flosses their teeth and looks for cavities. Cavities are holes in the teeth," he explained.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2MdaSQkd-QsRL19c80EoFFTzIIBnBKiMGmxQ5-MGVltjnuomxOsmtS5vrpZQ6KHpcLJBH0EM0Ttz1xHbCUFOiKnhnZmlDPiEGvNzet3_OzROZ2xQxQiH_eNkX9fKGJYtn7LJUAoIKxA/s1600/IMG_5030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2MdaSQkd-QsRL19c80EoFFTzIIBnBKiMGmxQ5-MGVltjnuomxOsmtS5vrpZQ6KHpcLJBH0EM0Ttz1xHbCUFOiKnhnZmlDPiEGvNzet3_OzROZ2xQxQiH_eNkX9fKGJYtn7LJUAoIKxA/s640/IMG_5030.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Cavities are caused by something called decay," Jolena added. Then Jolena explained that flossing is using a special kind of waxy string to get in between the teeth to remove little pieces of food that your toothbrush doesn't reach.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It leaves your teeth all clean!" she exclaimed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1l5RIx4llJdtAMKXZBqYk7v0BXzG1iygQkye2Y-t6xr5mgc9cmRbU6ztQUES4SVDsPn1ATBmRCL5vxWWYYKr3gNBIqwidlTs_aHfY3VK77E8E7PYS7ThWF08ryrAPECxABSuUvD4z8Yg/s1600/IMG_5032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1l5RIx4llJdtAMKXZBqYk7v0BXzG1iygQkye2Y-t6xr5mgc9cmRbU6ztQUES4SVDsPn1ATBmRCL5vxWWYYKr3gNBIqwidlTs_aHfY3VK77E8E7PYS7ThWF08ryrAPECxABSuUvD4z8Yg/s640/IMG_5032.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy nodded.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"They use X-rays to find the cavities," Billy said excitedly. "They put a little plastic frame with some special film inside a person's mouth. The person holds it still by biting on it while the hygienist takes the picture. Then you can look at the pictures and see your teeth the way Superman could see them!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DOHSv6ZoGgaK52TwFZ_DWwmo39_mCIF7w3BOX6-aMlGNjxRhwDfcqX6-lhyphenhyphenextRTCRcATSIoaTHcqhCoarlbUFGIL0MMZ0uGHzv3LYyWyDgJVPZz6MN8YZ5Yo_0OUrSLTnGfrU0Kgos/s1600/IMG_5031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DOHSv6ZoGgaK52TwFZ_DWwmo39_mCIF7w3BOX6-aMlGNjxRhwDfcqX6-lhyphenhyphenextRTCRcATSIoaTHcqhCoarlbUFGIL0MMZ0uGHzv3LYyWyDgJVPZz6MN8YZ5Yo_0OUrSLTnGfrU0Kgos/s640/IMG_5031.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"If the person has a cavity," Billy continued, "the dentist will remove the bad part of the tooth with some of those tools and then fill it with special filling material. I'd like to see that."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiUDuHCbpT6rTCOZHtsp4qWZu4i8AtIhVY3fmUypSDAcLc7v9vBcaWiAMHz9DFH2fTrXRv6pq_IzCd6lUvTFauJzhLLifsGDsAQmFOskbW-mijm4jYc2uBtRZZaa2K_8ZCxQ1feOVX6E/s1600/IMG_5034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiUDuHCbpT6rTCOZHtsp4qWZu4i8AtIhVY3fmUypSDAcLc7v9vBcaWiAMHz9DFH2fTrXRv6pq_IzCd6lUvTFauJzhLLifsGDsAQmFOskbW-mijm4jYc2uBtRZZaa2K_8ZCxQ1feOVX6E/s640/IMG_5034.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Maybe when we go back in six months," Jolena suggested.</span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You really learned a lot!" Mandy said with a smile. "You remembered it, too," she added.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkbr6lr9YwQwdXcfVySUAan8xJW8XdBJt0SwaDeHMDFBVdxhN5NeNrv36Q8IV4oT5PX6IDn8C9mWVS_POCRC-o1CbcPqPt9K1iLha8ZZmm5m6Eg0VILp8EXZtlCdIFiv9FjdZ13Aa1mg/s1600/IMG_5033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkbr6lr9YwQwdXcfVySUAan8xJW8XdBJt0SwaDeHMDFBVdxhN5NeNrv36Q8IV4oT5PX6IDn8C9mWVS_POCRC-o1CbcPqPt9K1iLha8ZZmm5m6Eg0VILp8EXZtlCdIFiv9FjdZ13Aa1mg/s640/IMG_5033.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It was fun," Billy said again. "Now I almost know what it's like to have teeth."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I wonder what it's like to chew," Jolena mused.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Me, too," agreed Billy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The three dolls thought about that.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQuqMYJDpIKiMkQVAyEHjT0i6JlndZ2GodzmsBBduSwYZHG3W7eADcUSyfabQl3snJ5XFgdNaEfXcGTsa82WIFPn8RNDUUUi-3kRxxuX06NznVGmFY-RcDo6DtkIi4deQzQEIqFBGGNk/s1600/IMG_5035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQuqMYJDpIKiMkQVAyEHjT0i6JlndZ2GodzmsBBduSwYZHG3W7eADcUSyfabQl3snJ5XFgdNaEfXcGTsa82WIFPn8RNDUUUi-3kRxxuX06NznVGmFY-RcDo6DtkIi4deQzQEIqFBGGNk/s640/IMG_5035.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls also thought about how important it is to take care of your teeth...if you have teeth.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span><br /><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Many thanks to <a href="http://www.eastbenddental.com/">East Bend Dental</a> in Bend, Oregon, for allowing Jolena and Billy to visit and learn about trips to the dentist.</i></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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There was a papa teddy bear, a mama teddy bear and a baby teddy bear. They all lived together in a house in the woods.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpk7VZ3lv91wBMsztrlZiBG2NUoTNiLdsGvhuXvvE1VRujIfADtDwyqacqvncTo3C4gzGbLjZrjnGUEIAAzZmWizMFJ2MBfBG9Zk41jIpILXP9hxu9VCCV8Ki3EpP0iHHXyzwUDVZskms/s1600/IMG_4964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpk7VZ3lv91wBMsztrlZiBG2NUoTNiLdsGvhuXvvE1VRujIfADtDwyqacqvncTo3C4gzGbLjZrjnGUEIAAzZmWizMFJ2MBfBG9Zk41jIpILXP9hxu9VCCV8Ki3EpP0iHHXyzwUDVZskms/s640/IMG_4964.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">One morning, while the mama teddy bear was getting the baby teddy bear up from his bed and ready for the day, the papa teddy bear made oatmeal and put it on the table.</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqXs_jOegkar9oMvmHM462V3_LwApubCw-rDb9eSiEEseLJ0Pht_ZfXtlyI9CLsnHnP6xwd-_la4OH2uldpqbEbROwOPShE1Qr1qgUthX3XT4Ewd_zhbEcWdVn1CnITIYbIu_Oj_mCYc/s1600/IMG_4931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqXs_jOegkar9oMvmHM462V3_LwApubCw-rDb9eSiEEseLJ0Pht_ZfXtlyI9CLsnHnP6xwd-_la4OH2uldpqbEbROwOPShE1Qr1qgUthX3XT4Ewd_zhbEcWdVn1CnITIYbIu_Oj_mCYc/s640/IMG_4931.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The oatmeal was too hot, so the three teddy bears decided to go for a walk while they waited for it to cool.</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">No sooner were they gone from the house, when a little girl doll named Goldie Locks came skipping through the woods. She stopped when she saw the house.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQWWWzzl0hRFpSFEjFcJjR0iL1vQgZ7nZjbMOxJfGjLvFjcfXZ_zHvJXPHnIwXfp0QkI1j0FTL1DS0nbk-dUQJVMDUOx3Y6o9ftqxfqQFJk4jdTdHjJlpILU4n31Xpa1MLF_VPL4Sl0Y/s1600/IMG_4956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQWWWzzl0hRFpSFEjFcJjR0iL1vQgZ7nZjbMOxJfGjLvFjcfXZ_zHvJXPHnIwXfp0QkI1j0FTL1DS0nbk-dUQJVMDUOx3Y6o9ftqxfqQFJk4jdTdHjJlpILU4n31Xpa1MLF_VPL4Sl0Y/s640/IMG_4956.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goldie decided it would be fun to visit someone, so she went and rapped on the door with her knuckles.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfyJ_vFaTeGmPEj9MuT_9Dlx5MkZ-JlinyJ9YHAPkX4I9e3nuB8xAqpBI1DwqW6C_g04M12ML4rYzaouLUnRj9tGHIZGu0F87N6y0yupnVnKwgUvMlsy-bjYjdiMAadUinxxiozyRSHc/s1600/IMG_4963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfyJ_vFaTeGmPEj9MuT_9Dlx5MkZ-JlinyJ9YHAPkX4I9e3nuB8xAqpBI1DwqW6C_g04M12ML4rYzaouLUnRj9tGHIZGu0F87N6y0yupnVnKwgUvMlsy-bjYjdiMAadUinxxiozyRSHc/s640/IMG_4963.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">There was no answer. She knocked again.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL4CLSMlFsyQ2nEW31a6ysVVwsvHC3Z_rIG7jU2UsH-D3d1Qz7q5Aw1lAc49Haw-6apj78zhQfDtqPGWeZIwAQbbdqrRSp3zAYhSbvXDG5lO_4bVhiNUDminrHRizYelWiIPdIu_mt5Q/s1600/IMG_4961.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL4CLSMlFsyQ2nEW31a6ysVVwsvHC3Z_rIG7jU2UsH-D3d1Qz7q5Aw1lAc49Haw-6apj78zhQfDtqPGWeZIwAQbbdqrRSp3zAYhSbvXDG5lO_4bVhiNUDminrHRizYelWiIPdIu_mt5Q/s640/IMG_4961.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Still no answer. She tried a third time.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_RT-TX6lkpbyS_1zjAoBSMS40yUCzaNzW1mRYBxNix5NtPiqZrcTuG4qSm9fgdpp-x2yEuw8dXfs0fURkBYTlmzyllhhYLvNzeb90fWJO_hAzrSuVftsFcM6Ucy9o9kFeDqPiNLq_ek/s1600/IMG_4960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_RT-TX6lkpbyS_1zjAoBSMS40yUCzaNzW1mRYBxNix5NtPiqZrcTuG4qSm9fgdpp-x2yEuw8dXfs0fURkBYTlmzyllhhYLvNzeb90fWJO_hAzrSuVftsFcM6Ucy9o9kFeDqPiNLq_ek/s640/IMG_4960.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"No one is home," she said to herself. "Maybe I should go in and wait." The door made a noisy creaking sound as Goldie opened it and went inside.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_xdsBmmK2hSBoq6_006-1t5a9lsSgbyyabcPwW8-X_qpFK2s2gK_WlaOpKA0g9ezGo36tFgfNGS1lr0bqtSiyo94C8-HxM7QWonzVjcljLiLtSChOTEkePJ2y3cDtLOcMyMrpHc0dq4/s1600/IMG_5007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_xdsBmmK2hSBoq6_006-1t5a9lsSgbyyabcPwW8-X_qpFK2s2gK_WlaOpKA0g9ezGo36tFgfNGS1lr0bqtSiyo94C8-HxM7QWonzVjcljLiLtSChOTEkePJ2y3cDtLOcMyMrpHc0dq4/s640/IMG_5007.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The first thing Goldie noticed was that all the lights were on. Then she noticed that there was a table in the dining room. It was set for three. There were three bowls already full of oatmeal. "They must not be planning on being gone for long," Goldie said to no one in particular.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRrWGdaoDXW7zmxEkUbWTKRIq3yBlsRIXaSpbNogOExkwmgfFjgK-Z5Rcodo67HiSOKUrKRo1hCwtLlOrOOEEZ5_uvjms9_KvcY67QcN1dX2_z9Ofa7VovJeI7ObMSxNn8xa025Au9eI/s1600/IMG_4932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRrWGdaoDXW7zmxEkUbWTKRIq3yBlsRIXaSpbNogOExkwmgfFjgK-Z5Rcodo67HiSOKUrKRo1hCwtLlOrOOEEZ5_uvjms9_KvcY67QcN1dX2_z9Ofa7VovJeI7ObMSxNn8xa025Au9eI/s640/IMG_4932.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then Goldie realized that she hadn't eaten breakfast. She was hungry, so she tasted the oatmeal in one of the bowls. </span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNLEOcVgDrMWfzSkVSEzfoimlTZ6jqLjZQdRlMNvxZpFigxTjVNPYmWY97F9DciE4LpynKJAV4qUkSXle4i6jywrCBsyofJQOKiu_L4fe3M5Y15DxyMowiYEzpFEg7ZwMuOEj9kPKcaw/s1600/IMG_4938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNLEOcVgDrMWfzSkVSEzfoimlTZ6jqLjZQdRlMNvxZpFigxTjVNPYmWY97F9DciE4LpynKJAV4qUkSXle4i6jywrCBsyofJQOKiu_L4fe3M5Y15DxyMowiYEzpFEg7ZwMuOEj9kPKcaw/s640/IMG_4938.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Ow!" she exclaimed. "This oatmeal is too hot!"</span> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goldie tried the next bowl. "Nope," she said. "This one is too cold."</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkpU-NHiuwK1Jn0fq7elSoL_-p49jxsY_yW3u8KxJKEOVSPRO50nJZ8RoG4s1nyFbZm4LGd1ccau2KvALDtR5UNYsjo_Yuyj_rrivywA2GTB04EjK3Qu1viuOuAn6mb7oqaPLNE3qXEE/s1600/IMG_4942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkpU-NHiuwK1Jn0fq7elSoL_-p49jxsY_yW3u8KxJKEOVSPRO50nJZ8RoG4s1nyFbZm4LGd1ccau2KvALDtR5UNYsjo_Yuyj_rrivywA2GTB04EjK3Qu1viuOuAn6mb7oqaPLNE3qXEE/s640/IMG_4942.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Finally, Goldie went to the third bowl and tasted it. "Mmmmmm! Just right!" she said.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAx2tN1-ECxARoMb19Q00Br4CSuAhl1Es364rGpi49P5bFIGl7HdIoQfWnamb4JK8vWFjZ-uY2mCKqHxmUVDBAsgfuGhGPCp_tODEf37ge95mb-0viWgxvYbLLgNPkVytxVC3zBs3JrOM/s1600/IMG_4945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAx2tN1-ECxARoMb19Q00Br4CSuAhl1Es364rGpi49P5bFIGl7HdIoQfWnamb4JK8vWFjZ-uY2mCKqHxmUVDBAsgfuGhGPCp_tODEf37ge95mb-0viWgxvYbLLgNPkVytxVC3zBs3JrOM/s640/IMG_4945.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It was so good and she was very hungry, so she ate it all.</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlC5qKPqco3Fr8WkGHsJ_0p7Maf0WwlKmhkIrt2yPgigeuDbV94_HYzyHgSuwdw3MA0u62S7TgCm0WjjuJZJw_0wYOTQ3VQSu8XZRtR_GeS8lNPGQUO1tkgTe_9v2Hp6ca74zkYYGQks/s1600/IMG_4946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlC5qKPqco3Fr8WkGHsJ_0p7Maf0WwlKmhkIrt2yPgigeuDbV94_HYzyHgSuwdw3MA0u62S7TgCm0WjjuJZJw_0wYOTQ3VQSu8XZRtR_GeS8lNPGQUO1tkgTe_9v2Hp6ca74zkYYGQks/s640/IMG_4946.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now Goldie was tired. She decided to see if there was a good place to lie down. She went upstairs, where she thought the bedrooms might be. She was right.</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In one bedroom there was a very big bed. "This must be where the parents sleep," she said to herself.</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBviSk-93HvFuw8fpjNGkFq0SetP770b-wjRRQBNObXide5IzwLn4kNiF1pPM5VV3bUDLp12IGfoQypXfc7czzCItsDaxsXv9JebyMZQyk53PGqzUPygKqaJvRzuH_88sD0CeFkfpBuEA/s1600/IMG_4993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBviSk-93HvFuw8fpjNGkFq0SetP770b-wjRRQBNObXide5IzwLn4kNiF1pPM5VV3bUDLp12IGfoQypXfc7czzCItsDaxsXv9JebyMZQyk53PGqzUPygKqaJvRzuH_88sD0CeFkfpBuEA/s640/IMG_4993.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">She tried to get up on the bed, but it was too high, and she didn't see anything to climb on, and even if she could get up there, what if she fell off in her sleep?</span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZRzpKGm0J1J5wLwdO4BHN2-k2xDU9zBHMBM9jwi6gBWAhg0pe6FCzui9wD85n6kH0kQSuibTGNNuunzbAJpo9iIhnLf3RDYg-hXxArbzPGLFDbiaaLd2UexMf5IRe1n7rCH_5KcPhgg/s1600/IMG_4997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZRzpKGm0J1J5wLwdO4BHN2-k2xDU9zBHMBM9jwi6gBWAhg0pe6FCzui9wD85n6kH0kQSuibTGNNuunzbAJpo9iIhnLf3RDYg-hXxArbzPGLFDbiaaLd2UexMf5IRe1n7rCH_5KcPhgg/s640/IMG_4997.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goldie decided to look in another room. In the next bedroom there was another big bed. The room was very tidy. There were no personal things in the room. "I'll bet this room is for guests," she said. She decided she was a guest. The bed in this room was lower than the first one but still too high for her to climb up on.</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mJlpfe_wiN8mmUd0_Lu-nL3NT5AiP7IvO3UVi6wunvWPuYLRuqxSNitIHG-_UTFszC1Kyavlbbiv6pC1p0lUQqC4lEkc3b3FvtcdGgvZN5735Ql7Pz7QfJ9wQWAhtcaPsGo25PYSowY/s1600/IMG_7498.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mJlpfe_wiN8mmUd0_Lu-nL3NT5AiP7IvO3UVi6wunvWPuYLRuqxSNitIHG-_UTFszC1Kyavlbbiv6pC1p0lUQqC4lEkc3b3FvtcdGgvZN5735Ql7Pz7QfJ9wQWAhtcaPsGo25PYSowY/s640/IMG_7498.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Finally, Goldie looked in the third bedroom. She found a very small bed. It was right on the floor. That was perfect for Goldie, so she decided to lie down on it.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo81jRxNLE8i6QM04kwywl7pLcV-csKe45abfJ2CFDVUVxx-SdG25YRKeEAsTwXiPi4ArFEeXD_TIB1t77aRO2A2xqTvqitJiebSAwbo25YUW1tbwvbG3usP2ECIlxOrwk2VJwXUzT9-E/s1600/IMG_7491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo81jRxNLE8i6QM04kwywl7pLcV-csKe45abfJ2CFDVUVxx-SdG25YRKeEAsTwXiPi4ArFEeXD_TIB1t77aRO2A2xqTvqitJiebSAwbo25YUW1tbwvbG3usP2ECIlxOrwk2VJwXUzT9-E/s640/IMG_7491.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goldie's eyes never close, so she needs a sleep mask to sleep. She always puts her sleep mask into her bag when she goes away from home. Now she took her sleep mask out of her bag and put it on. Soon she was fast asleep.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKCsxsD2iLOxg9wRjPaPsj0UibnHDgicFAVOppLy8m2Lsm0KtRk1Ffe-7_5Ua7wa0-gBTSCMx_cQCHiNRXIpNcgwNW2oKa-mH3tEXkQ1PK5b_KnlgSC7Wo_T8W_kB2FPJBV-_hLuMPdk/s1600/IMG_7493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKCsxsD2iLOxg9wRjPaPsj0UibnHDgicFAVOppLy8m2Lsm0KtRk1Ffe-7_5Ua7wa0-gBTSCMx_cQCHiNRXIpNcgwNW2oKa-mH3tEXkQ1PK5b_KnlgSC7Wo_T8W_kB2FPJBV-_hLuMPdk/s640/IMG_7493.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The teddy bear family had been having a good walk. They decided that their oatmeal must be cool enough to eat, so they went back to the house.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">They went right to the table, because they were very hungry. The papa teddy bear saw the spoon in his oatmeal. "Someone has been eating my oatmeal," said the papa teddy bear. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1YqGrMHy3OBV9GNPfiPjUhxtV1uuLmUt2_Sk0fHCKt6X5aDnPpgLhYojkT3hwehRJfU2s40Wl0P0qUHjMgD9vu-OY34c0pXvieK5GL2S7TJv0_gcJxdbD4HZx9iaCQcbzqgOIxMf_KA/s1600/IMG_4953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1YqGrMHy3OBV9GNPfiPjUhxtV1uuLmUt2_Sk0fHCKt6X5aDnPpgLhYojkT3hwehRJfU2s40Wl0P0qUHjMgD9vu-OY34c0pXvieK5GL2S7TJv0_gcJxdbD4HZx9iaCQcbzqgOIxMf_KA/s640/IMG_4953.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Someone has been eating my oatmeal, too!" exclaimed the mama teddy bear when she saw the spoon in her bowl.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9SngpqJxzUbEH9L8_GvXBU6Kuz3mFeu-c7P3jVCaZcY4jwP9QxlBKKaAhnYRLV401MVgeVKScfhhXwDyq7SqCSF3RngwowWxHgxzJnlz_PbsKJeLEPFVVywF0U8EjTKy-qg04ekVuFM/s1600/IMG_4952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9SngpqJxzUbEH9L8_GvXBU6Kuz3mFeu-c7P3jVCaZcY4jwP9QxlBKKaAhnYRLV401MVgeVKScfhhXwDyq7SqCSF3RngwowWxHgxzJnlz_PbsKJeLEPFVVywF0U8EjTKy-qg04ekVuFM/s640/IMG_4952.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The baby teddy bear saw his bowl and cried, "Someone has been eating my oatmeal, and it's all gone!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2WAC4v9cX8clN4t48AAErc8HVWFtayq9F0x9uDCarGiiPcS0RmH0aSJqf9B5pgRlFw4bfK0RDuq0PggVGD3MTmftVYji6jzR88-0lh-3fMAi4zoDIy0DaPt24im0yX7m9KaX3g7es_I/s1600/IMG_4949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2WAC4v9cX8clN4t48AAErc8HVWFtayq9F0x9uDCarGiiPcS0RmH0aSJqf9B5pgRlFw4bfK0RDuq0PggVGD3MTmftVYji6jzR88-0lh-3fMAi4zoDIy0DaPt24im0yX7m9KaX3g7es_I/s640/IMG_4949.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The three teddy bears realized that they had an intruder. Someone had come into the house uninvited. They started looking through the house. There was no one downstairs, so they went upstairs to check there.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">There was no one in the first bedroom, the one with the really big bed.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcCNfH9WEk7OarPce7Vpk-FVHDI1syy-o3IYepJzXVBjytyU4Cl-wyOiXcxlgosZntJ0J75qLPktSKiI4D9B6lQ-iFC39-Q6NujoKwiNVckK8GK1MlKf0aKcUrfNufV3q1QYsQv0ajYk/s1600/IMG_5005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcCNfH9WEk7OarPce7Vpk-FVHDI1syy-o3IYepJzXVBjytyU4Cl-wyOiXcxlgosZntJ0J75qLPktSKiI4D9B6lQ-iFC39-Q6NujoKwiNVckK8GK1MlKf0aKcUrfNufV3q1QYsQv0ajYk/s640/IMG_5005.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">There was no one in the second bedroom with the lower bed.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hU6uLSFFzl-ezMNCiDd9e8Z1q85n4PiZ0461Io0rF2JhM5EX8jNBRQp6dLiT1jTuO8xhIh1aOvADQnuP7o64US22ErH8MkbgDGAkqanAPJHaljwdA16r__kZbp3J6vYifzsjwroVT4A/s1600/IMG_7499.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hU6uLSFFzl-ezMNCiDd9e8Z1q85n4PiZ0461Io0rF2JhM5EX8jNBRQp6dLiT1jTuO8xhIh1aOvADQnuP7o64US22ErH8MkbgDGAkqanAPJHaljwdA16r__kZbp3J6vYifzsjwroVT4A/s640/IMG_7499.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Finally they checked in the third bedroom. There, on the little bed on the floor, they found Goldie, fast asleep.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZNvf_Cnhwr4sclboRSkvaW_bfkvj8bocewwSuXtO8hUm4PDfSqfMfHbkrMR7e9De3LsFq4T-56zsxOYxyTmSjokPhEF0os9v8E8ZjpOIEGkLjuasYfhJZDVSQeFggH2S3_vjAChBs40/s1600/IMG_7495.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZNvf_Cnhwr4sclboRSkvaW_bfkvj8bocewwSuXtO8hUm4PDfSqfMfHbkrMR7e9De3LsFq4T-56zsxOYxyTmSjokPhEF0os9v8E8ZjpOIEGkLjuasYfhJZDVSQeFggH2S3_vjAChBs40/s640/IMG_7495.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The papa teddy bear put his paw in front of his mouth and said, "Shhhhh!" Then he led the other two teddy bears out of the room and shut the door. Out in the hall, the papa teddy bear said softly, "The little girl doll must need rest. Let's let her sleep, while we eat breakfast. When she wakes up, we can have a nice visit."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxo-sGa76GZ4Vp_rjlIYPyEujIxuSYbUNRvfXoN7mrYI6EPmfJCRjsI64UGTpyoKnJjSQJZ_Zbdel_78ajGTeR781rdAtNpIdhDtExqNXEG-v_8PTnHOX0XBoZyEDVmNmHOmi0DWCQhk/s1600/IMG_7500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxo-sGa76GZ4Vp_rjlIYPyEujIxuSYbUNRvfXoN7mrYI6EPmfJCRjsI64UGTpyoKnJjSQJZ_Zbdel_78ajGTeR781rdAtNpIdhDtExqNXEG-v_8PTnHOX0XBoZyEDVmNmHOmi0DWCQhk/s640/IMG_7500.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"She looks so sweet asleep there," The mama teddy bear said. "She must have walked a long way to be so hungry and tired."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0iXdwSSh1JeHzhUeuUj6BiGXWQcX9xWZFQRacrrv1gFt4_Wy-KG8qxuPHxqMUYJXziVuxxuxbz6DSBHB4xfqQduI9WjiYbOhMZYvkBZfpdMY42gBc6RLdZfZ-Z5J5lq6MLTWXignCZo/s1600/IMG_7501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0iXdwSSh1JeHzhUeuUj6BiGXWQcX9xWZFQRacrrv1gFt4_Wy-KG8qxuPHxqMUYJXziVuxxuxbz6DSBHB4xfqQduI9WjiYbOhMZYvkBZfpdMY42gBc6RLdZfZ-Z5J5lq6MLTWXignCZo/s640/IMG_7501.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"But my oatmeal is all gone!" the baby teddy bear complained. "I'm hungry, too!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVToUBQgzdVdwdi-J4jU9WIsiXnSd5DR-Y-AM44wnynHJFDqf5fL0L0usdDo9qtoI4f1mMHbwuhUK1naJdihgLGT3ZH1_Igup89OiehE9tmLPgkOl5Ks11haELD09B567xIU5Pxr5ZIIQ/s1600/IMG_7502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVToUBQgzdVdwdi-J4jU9WIsiXnSd5DR-Y-AM44wnynHJFDqf5fL0L0usdDo9qtoI4f1mMHbwuhUK1naJdihgLGT3ZH1_Igup89OiehE9tmLPgkOl5Ks11haELD09B567xIU5Pxr5ZIIQ/s640/IMG_7502.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"We still have oatmeal in the pot on the stove," said the papa teddy bear. "We can heat it up in the microwave and give you another bowl. We are very fortunate bears," he added. "We have plenty of food to eat and nice beds to sleep on. We can share."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Soon the three teddy bears were eating a nice breakfast.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYYexea7Mjy1iH1udlc6LyNERVKMM3CaWVtYPG148Y4jFkrXg6VcH5y0a_Xgdb4Z82YXvgIqVTGtjFdOi45cwBeQQP2o8oEQaeBm5ukBCHltwK2aCEm6npr91eKZvfsoCDiskJotFgJ8/s1600/IMG_4955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYYexea7Mjy1iH1udlc6LyNERVKMM3CaWVtYPG148Y4jFkrXg6VcH5y0a_Xgdb4Z82YXvgIqVTGtjFdOi45cwBeQQP2o8oEQaeBm5ukBCHltwK2aCEm6npr91eKZvfsoCDiskJotFgJ8/s640/IMG_4955.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When Goldie Locks woke up from her nap and went downstairs, she found the three teddy bears sitting on the couch in the living room.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx1kiraZ5QWYfSh-V6TGd_MH9px7t60cnF4jSKcQixOLPjSH3Z_KwGoNtGcr9v0iI23XvvEUAxJ2Bn3bzLiYAJKB1ywFLLFjmbKOrutud7Y0AgRlPybWyAFS7FXPV46LS3Xq7KhyOmoY/s1600/IMG_5001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx1kiraZ5QWYfSh-V6TGd_MH9px7t60cnF4jSKcQixOLPjSH3Z_KwGoNtGcr9v0iI23XvvEUAxJ2Bn3bzLiYAJKB1ywFLLFjmbKOrutud7Y0AgRlPybWyAFS7FXPV46LS3Xq7KhyOmoY/s640/IMG_5001.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The teddy bears made room for Goldie on the couch. Goldie introduced herself and found out that their names were Papa, Mama and Baby. Mama fixed some tea. They had a nice visit until it was time for Goldie to go home.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3a_4IHwUjkquupaQJc0J7xMd8yw2PInLJgB3ZhWkWNTUG30tVaO_ohtGn8igEg6ugidPzX7srLKvyPf3YaWEjNdr6-UPSYlls3NR83hZp3xVq9_ZIxVaaZIbsV_3tX7QjIc4IYa0CGo/s1600/IMG_5002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3a_4IHwUjkquupaQJc0J7xMd8yw2PInLJgB3ZhWkWNTUG30tVaO_ohtGn8igEg6ugidPzX7srLKvyPf3YaWEjNdr6-UPSYlls3NR83hZp3xVq9_ZIxVaaZIbsV_3tX7QjIc4IYa0CGo/s640/IMG_5002.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goldie gave each teddy bear a bear hug and thanked them for welcoming a stranger. They hugged her back.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE7W_s3TZCW44Eka21D8hzffxzBSRdeRl0S_GjD76-GrF7ORVys0Yb3uSpgVahHi6HhDqS4WRXmBrlDMidKij8yA0yjwF-UYxZEOdHOkY-D9UZ95vX6EOjEvVODIPHv3jS5wzHLbGjKg/s1600/IMG_5004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE7W_s3TZCW44Eka21D8hzffxzBSRdeRl0S_GjD76-GrF7ORVys0Yb3uSpgVahHi6HhDqS4WRXmBrlDMidKij8yA0yjwF-UYxZEOdHOkY-D9UZ95vX6EOjEvVODIPHv3jS5wzHLbGjKg/s640/IMG_5004.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The bears invited Goldie to come back to see them again, but asked her to please call or text first, to make sure they are home. That way they can set another place at the table, and all of them can eat together.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When she got home, Goldie told the other dolls what had happened. No one believed her, but they all lived happily ever after anyway.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Cast and Crew––</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Three Bears: Themselves</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goldie Locks: Charlotte</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Story Adaptation: Mariah</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Director: Mandy</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Photography: Billy</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Costumes, sets, makeup and hair: Veronika</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Food for cast and crew, and bear trainer: Jolena</span><br /><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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Mandy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I have a test tomorrow," Billy replied, "and I'm trying to learn all these names of <i>dinosaurs </i>(DYE-no-sors). It's really hard!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMditaDfDrHyu0CVRMbX5agRrhk5iNYnmyga_wUQxtQ_E_8sDoDbD7x6o3LWj3NNHu5R-AZncGKYAhRTp5FIZs0S_nCDPvaGEIAjEZn2ooPAA4m-ZxSyd7OYEbpnC-lnEOZW3kh8m15q4/s1600/IMG_4916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMditaDfDrHyu0CVRMbX5agRrhk5iNYnmyga_wUQxtQ_E_8sDoDbD7x6o3LWj3NNHu5R-AZncGKYAhRTp5FIZs0S_nCDPvaGEIAjEZn2ooPAA4m-ZxSyd7OYEbpnC-lnEOZW3kh8m15q4/s640/IMG_4916.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy thought Billy looked discouraged. "I have an idea," she said. "Names are hard to learn if you can't see who they are in your head. Let's get the toy dinosaurs out of the toy box and see if we can name them."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy closed the book. "That sounds like a good idea," he said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKX_ey5JtYBwRGiFuQll8p6VpgyEAlA0JR-mJx4X2D67DZFA3SCHdUjonQ2TpXbln-O2404S0gHDP2KtZo4GLOTAUvaGpohVMKqJPGw73iE8rnZahNeyBGJbvtZhcz7CGX5QTzImVDaw/s1600/IMG_4917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKX_ey5JtYBwRGiFuQll8p6VpgyEAlA0JR-mJx4X2D67DZFA3SCHdUjonQ2TpXbln-O2404S0gHDP2KtZo4GLOTAUvaGpohVMKqJPGw73iE8rnZahNeyBGJbvtZhcz7CGX5QTzImVDaw/s640/IMG_4917.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The two dolls opened the toy box and took out all the dinosaurs. They had all of the ones Billy needed to know. Then they stood on the box and worked together to put all the toy dinosaurs on the windowsill. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13ca9L4tYEIjNbvWNtwPwzQu0_T_A_xX8ahxykq0RKjyotY4K40K_1bnnpYxVgTUg-wFN1PlqX__WKo1HZ3PjeiLgXqz7ADHFdddW8wyuq0bWNnM9I94jDYQjo7QQuTyczv4gcut220A/s1600/IMG_4845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13ca9L4tYEIjNbvWNtwPwzQu0_T_A_xX8ahxykq0RKjyotY4K40K_1bnnpYxVgTUg-wFN1PlqX__WKo1HZ3PjeiLgXqz7ADHFdddW8wyuq0bWNnM9I94jDYQjo7QQuTyczv4gcut220A/s640/IMG_4845.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"First," Mandy said, "let me give you a name of a dinosaur and see if you can pick out the right one."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H6UPMQOWgrbN3BLpjks_AEMKpu5A093beySV_SHcPQ5VJHa4_t5HaZzY7OwipWKJye2M2GVsVKsNq9ZRsmern4e8onYSqh_6N3uz0PIdfBOHMZHPTsXjZOnELAm2dp-kWDfw5k7QZ4Q/s1600/IMG_4842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H6UPMQOWgrbN3BLpjks_AEMKpu5A093beySV_SHcPQ5VJHa4_t5HaZzY7OwipWKJye2M2GVsVKsNq9ZRsmern4e8onYSqh_6N3uz0PIdfBOHMZHPTsXjZOnELAm2dp-kWDfw5k7QZ4Q/s640/IMG_4842.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"OK," Billy said. "Let's do it! This is fun. It's like a game."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"The first one is <i>Velociraptor</i> (va-law-sih-RAP-ter)," Mandy said. "Which one is that?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy thought for a few seconds. "I think maybe this one," he said, picking up one of the dinosaurs.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj6wKUCP-0AKcks5c5vmXSLQmPfSOtKJ9tM6qhB81pIk_MXKNYf2_vvSItSBu0R4uQX-UcoG3yTUcWmYM6ma_19fCBMaz4112UP0aeLRoddTRElJ4NGYlCJrOTO4nnDZIwhmO4OdX9-M/s1600/IMG_4843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj6wKUCP-0AKcks5c5vmXSLQmPfSOtKJ9tM6qhB81pIk_MXKNYf2_vvSItSBu0R4uQX-UcoG3yTUcWmYM6ma_19fCBMaz4112UP0aeLRoddTRElJ4NGYlCJrOTO4nnDZIwhmO4OdX9-M/s640/IMG_4843.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Very good," Mandy agreed. Now you say his name.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Velociraptor," Billy said. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Good," Mandy agreed.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then she asked him to put the Velociraptor down on the toy box. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Now show me the <i>Styracosaurus</i> (stih-RAK-a-<u>SOR</u>-us)," she said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKN1QY14bMwswJN57rv8WbHpO2giFKEHBIOnV1cH21lN1M4fSzio0Zt1v8md-d0Mtv6azKhcGBmpGjWJ23981ZVVU_yqYB4tM-kSGFm29iW5B6wazt4YueuerLXCuqj6jix8s0USewGes/s1600/IMG_4844+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKN1QY14bMwswJN57rv8WbHpO2giFKEHBIOnV1cH21lN1M4fSzio0Zt1v8md-d0Mtv6azKhcGBmpGjWJ23981ZVVU_yqYB4tM-kSGFm29iW5B6wazt4YueuerLXCuqj6jix8s0USewGes/s640/IMG_4844+2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy had to think again for a bit. "That's the one that looks like the <i>Triceratops</i> (try-SEHR-a-tops), only he has just one horn instead of three," he said, looking at the toy dinosaurs. "It must be this one," he said finally.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13ca9L4tYEIjNbvWNtwPwzQu0_T_A_xX8ahxykq0RKjyotY4K40K_1bnnpYxVgTUg-wFN1PlqX__WKo1HZ3PjeiLgXqz7ADHFdddW8wyuq0bWNnM9I94jDYQjo7QQuTyczv4gcut220A/s1600/IMG_4845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13ca9L4tYEIjNbvWNtwPwzQu0_T_A_xX8ahxykq0RKjyotY4K40K_1bnnpYxVgTUg-wFN1PlqX__WKo1HZ3PjeiLgXqz7ADHFdddW8wyuq0bWNnM9I94jDYQjo7QQuTyczv4gcut220A/s640/IMG_4845.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Tell me his name," Mandy said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Styracosaurus!" Billy exclaimed. He was beginning to feel better about what he knew.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then Mandy asked him to show her the <i>Ankylosaurus</i> (ang-kel-o-SORE-us). Billy immediately picked up the toy dinosaur that had rows of spikes down its back.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDWiZUD-7SRQ6YOnC6argLpvNCV-VPigQ8or17jLWd91bD_G6R-nNjbE2cIo9Sp6aneQv9klFC8H3CtlY4CSkazVXYhdWubha3G5TsLjsXRWA9a9Q6uJRDfXrXx42Hlf28KzRd1ejhU8/s1600/IMG_4847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDWiZUD-7SRQ6YOnC6argLpvNCV-VPigQ8or17jLWd91bD_G6R-nNjbE2cIo9Sp6aneQv9klFC8H3CtlY4CSkazVXYhdWubha3G5TsLjsXRWA9a9Q6uJRDfXrXx42Hlf28KzRd1ejhU8/s640/IMG_4847.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"What is this one called?" Mandy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Ankylosaurus!" Billy cried. "I hope I can remember how it's spelled."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-FYABL9wtf_AqjpbY4RAicG08ZKgsP9qmZzdrXCpesD4u6LkKDzkgNuCMe3kWYLoLLJBZCiiZQtCBerorb_uX735ql2a1rN1qY8HUrg2dk_p0MJxzdAPEafCxhN2BWl89vw8U_IDCBM/s1600/IMG_4848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-FYABL9wtf_AqjpbY4RAicG08ZKgsP9qmZzdrXCpesD4u6LkKDzkgNuCMe3kWYLoLLJBZCiiZQtCBerorb_uX735ql2a1rN1qY8HUrg2dk_p0MJxzdAPEafCxhN2BWl89vw8U_IDCBM/s640/IMG_4848.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"We can work on that, too," Mandy told him.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The dolls did the same thing with all the toy dinosaurs. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0cxOccf1BUhm2av0OWCs4sHLvd-SKEapiwbE2FFAVrHFKObMe0cwK6FwiLo8MDlNU9Pv65HnCA2PD8Zisw2ghw7h5xioIxqB3SjljWnIpj9vaQ_L7Ko_5rq8z1FD1wov1McSsKomYmU/s1600/IMG_4849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0cxOccf1BUhm2av0OWCs4sHLvd-SKEapiwbE2FFAVrHFKObMe0cwK6FwiLo8MDlNU9Pv65HnCA2PD8Zisw2ghw7h5xioIxqB3SjljWnIpj9vaQ_L7Ko_5rq8z1FD1wov1McSsKomYmU/s640/IMG_4849.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy asked him to find each one, and Billy pointed to or picked up the one he thought she was asking for. If he got the name right, he put it down on the box. If he got it wrong, he left it on the windowsill to try again. He got most of them right the first time.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">After a while, Billy counted how many he had named correctly. The number kept going up.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIj6Zb-x0-pHvVs1kSP0B4RoeX5JUH2By2t9HZv5BkdCjr5muH1T13rarlovRcieLjE-P6htTstFyXKoNzrfkVcHo7cCsM3422l6YUW0-9dzsXOD4Yj0CgCqRTqa5KV4uB0X0ZublOPA/s1600/IMG_4858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIj6Zb-x0-pHvVs1kSP0B4RoeX5JUH2By2t9HZv5BkdCjr5muH1T13rarlovRcieLjE-P6htTstFyXKoNzrfkVcHo7cCsM3422l6YUW0-9dzsXOD4Yj0CgCqRTqa5KV4uB0X0ZublOPA/s640/IMG_4858.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The dolls played the game until there was only one toy left. Mandy said that they should leave that one for now. That toy wasn't in Billy's lesson.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Now," Mandy suggested, "let's do something a little harder. First we need to put them all back."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The two dolls put all the dinosaurs back on the windowsill.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Now this time," Mandy explained, "I want </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">you to point to each of the dinosaurs and tell me its name."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmcREWnoVsszJ95ti8BY41lci6nqALmGchOAkXi-sBdAnbmPVxigww-6ww7lnXAJilPORRYQSxBUtpOyzcq43friQAn4VliaASNr6XzITGUqXyTF7BZfDvHHIUA-UTHKOzM80WRqHZgI/s1600/IMG_4852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmcREWnoVsszJ95ti8BY41lci6nqALmGchOAkXi-sBdAnbmPVxigww-6ww7lnXAJilPORRYQSxBUtpOyzcq43friQAn4VliaASNr6XzITGUqXyTF7BZfDvHHIUA-UTHKOzM80WRqHZgI/s640/IMG_4852.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy pointed to the Ankylosaurus and said it's name correctly.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UPx7f3VR2BtkVhzEIyliJW45dujSYmMXBCwMDL2iqPSsGlvu8JYqr9vzt3XUSyZkIbn3ck0Vc4QRS_QBbZ3rfh7X3K8sOR_Yt0iKlqnv8i7ITYoRcQ8DpoX5_M2qY0fw9DP_iBAhjfI/s1600/Anklyosaurus2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UPx7f3VR2BtkVhzEIyliJW45dujSYmMXBCwMDL2iqPSsGlvu8JYqr9vzt3XUSyZkIbn3ck0Vc4QRS_QBbZ3rfh7X3K8sOR_Yt0iKlqnv8i7ITYoRcQ8DpoX5_M2qY0fw9DP_iBAhjfI/s640/Anklyosaurus2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy told him to take it off the windowsill.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Next he pointed to the Stegosaurus and said, "Stegosaurus."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQesnHhH0ciDl7prr0MEdzNiWkdAXK50lteXkVRbdOjkqM84Wqo5_NozgaUvqHFga9jhjWlIKarptcT0D-8jh-rIKZ7V-JNRuKUFZ_VB4xKw2PgN_Jcjkw0Y8lvCgz9nKtEpVbA9W8ZL4/s1600/Stegasaurus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQesnHhH0ciDl7prr0MEdzNiWkdAXK50lteXkVRbdOjkqM84Wqo5_NozgaUvqHFga9jhjWlIKarptcT0D-8jh-rIKZ7V-JNRuKUFZ_VB4xKw2PgN_Jcjkw0Y8lvCgz9nKtEpVbA9W8ZL4/s640/Stegasaurus.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy nodded to show he was right. Billy took it off the windowsill.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GIVw8FNFEZQYJ2GrZaLhN2Z39-HuQwyZbU5ddqt6WDa71ywotcflNP1MqtYiceUYeqQT0pckkAaU7gHJX_svBgjfEzz5AtpJYvwwyZwmnFQKIjFpud8tKyyonx4AFGcy1n5TomAByV8/s1600/IMG_4851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GIVw8FNFEZQYJ2GrZaLhN2Z39-HuQwyZbU5ddqt6WDa71ywotcflNP1MqtYiceUYeqQT0pckkAaU7gHJX_svBgjfEzz5AtpJYvwwyZwmnFQKIjFpud8tKyyonx4AFGcy1n5TomAByV8/s640/IMG_4851.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then he pointed to the <i>Tyrannosaurus</i> (tih-RAN-o-<u>SORE</u>-us) and said its name. When Mandy nodded, Billy took it and put it down on the toy box.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvb5z39_cfmjtf2V4fgT5gMnrQtRAxG-AvvRmVwio99XaZWkYKiCPcWvzj6cwELLOLjn79_1o_npiEcoloJlL8O5hGGpemsdNtFlb5U4MZVj7dKxSgxa7UzDMkzqugxN3Szrl1x_fARY/s1600/IMG_4855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvb5z39_cfmjtf2V4fgT5gMnrQtRAxG-AvvRmVwio99XaZWkYKiCPcWvzj6cwELLOLjn79_1o_npiEcoloJlL8O5hGGpemsdNtFlb5U4MZVj7dKxSgxa7UzDMkzqugxN3Szrl1x_fARY/s640/IMG_4855.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then he pointed to the Triceratops. "This one is easy," he said. "It's a Triceratops. It's the one with a frill and three horns, and 'tri' means three."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkLybXLMZyHNveEfxxuEp8ccpNjiu2HGtDSouDxB3dFc-mFOCbfV3MWAnF5E1ztLRo29zqErfYXsvPY2KM-8xYBz8hpppnO3fK_tDq5SkFGSd8XQ3WOpkmYkXEuRwitnszLmMhz_z8Io/s1600/IMG_4862.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkLybXLMZyHNveEfxxuEp8ccpNjiu2HGtDSouDxB3dFc-mFOCbfV3MWAnF5E1ztLRo29zqErfYXsvPY2KM-8xYBz8hpppnO3fK_tDq5SkFGSd8XQ3WOpkmYkXEuRwitnszLmMhz_z8Io/s640/IMG_4862.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"That's good, Billy!" Mandy exclaimed, as Billy took the Triceratops off the windowsill.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD81AhQD4u-Q8QwKss1FzrUpTWuiEpL0WIUVIwL30c5-KHhzWuVzTi3kxYcXKG1yLpKEJpyR6eLJ5DOLmeT1b2grI1VwglNHit-xbhK1HFlE7IljyW8SA6tL02dKL7BqCbjQI1Shtoob8/s1600/IMG_4856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD81AhQD4u-Q8QwKss1FzrUpTWuiEpL0WIUVIwL30c5-KHhzWuVzTi3kxYcXKG1yLpKEJpyR6eLJ5DOLmeT1b2grI1VwglNHit-xbhK1HFlE7IljyW8SA6tL02dKL7BqCbjQI1Shtoob8/s640/IMG_4856.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I think this one is the <i>Argentinosaurus</i> (ar-jen-TEEN-uh-<u>SORE</u>-us)," Billy said, "but I'm not sure." </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtevncJXtzfG4wvvxITc01amX22mL3NHUYURhgtazUQ8ROBs8bVXwCUc7XN24VNhBxcezczDfGPxozlRbQvaTLZi-nChlOLK0czEba3gWsSHbFsLcmjq0mNoTbvpg7TTL8FA_H7c7006c/s1600/IMG_4859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtevncJXtzfG4wvvxITc01amX22mL3NHUYURhgtazUQ8ROBs8bVXwCUc7XN24VNhBxcezczDfGPxozlRbQvaTLZi-nChlOLK0czEba3gWsSHbFsLcmjq0mNoTbvpg7TTL8FA_H7c7006c/s640/IMG_4859.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"That's right," Mandy agreed. "Some scientists think it's the largest of all the dinosaurs, but it's hard to figure these things out when you have just their bones in rock." she added.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98N5nr3vCVMTMnTX6QWsRtntb2I_jIsCLXC_ybaQNssP-zoIfrD7b2dCn6P3-jp9kG2jJgwF9gHbonC3PfG2JHAxnCuZ5RFmgQx_0S-q2MaA-TUUisC2YoOwrdoRQa08FO1k8x15meBs/s1600/Apatosaurus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98N5nr3vCVMTMnTX6QWsRtntb2I_jIsCLXC_ybaQNssP-zoIfrD7b2dCn6P3-jp9kG2jJgwF9gHbonC3PfG2JHAxnCuZ5RFmgQx_0S-q2MaA-TUUisC2YoOwrdoRQa08FO1k8x15meBs/s640/Apatosaurus.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">They continued with the game until there was only one toy left.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Now how about this last one?" Mandy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I don't know this one," Billy said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGfOxabewURY2gQDM69GfdgDokbIWcyqeEKCDuyb7tqHxZsh-16q9z3T527eLt0Y6RBaPwf678LA-DpXY6xjeXmK_KVGrlmrxtsQzZpb1mSYyDt_60HhqjOTU1aeejdMe3AH5v9TGwzY/s1600/IMG_4861.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGfOxabewURY2gQDM69GfdgDokbIWcyqeEKCDuyb7tqHxZsh-16q9z3T527eLt0Y6RBaPwf678LA-DpXY6xjeXmK_KVGrlmrxtsQzZpb1mSYyDt_60HhqjOTU1aeejdMe3AH5v9TGwzY/s640/IMG_4861.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"It's a <i>Dimetrodon</i> (dye-MEH-tro-don)," explained</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> Mandy. "It isn't in your lesson, and it actually doesn't belong in this group. Do you know why?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy looked at the Dimetrodon and thought about it.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96Vu20II4Rorcyi6Nsrd49f5A9NYI01_F1b3IOcE-IMdy8hYGm8qwP6kbOtYs41BOYZQq89nqfVC3_dPjRr6FeVqKSvhyf9Ee1V2j2rOX5iDP0gzjKRejE0ERFq3YlBUlUJx30sWGiBU/s1600/Dimetrodon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96Vu20II4Rorcyi6Nsrd49f5A9NYI01_F1b3IOcE-IMdy8hYGm8qwP6kbOtYs41BOYZQq89nqfVC3_dPjRr6FeVqKSvhyf9Ee1V2j2rOX5iDP0gzjKRejE0ERFq3YlBUlUJx30sWGiBU/s640/Dimetrodon.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"The lesson is about dinosaurs. Maybe it isn't really a dinosaur," Billy said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"You're right," agreed Mandy. "The Dimetrodon may have been an ancestor of mammals, so not like dinosaurs at all. Also, it came much earlier</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">, during the <i>Permian</i> (PER-me-an) Period</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">, which was i</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">n the Paleozoic (PALE-ee-oh-<u>ZOH</u>-ic) Era</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">. Do you know when the dinosaurs lived?"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhJZyB69DqtlwCZWWrJfuqwMphXUjicVmguz8n2Ni90k_5cSi35r9S1dy8tlezUS2jR1m6xPVdSsyyojeWVqeRdweKEwMDQPP1Oy-3bYeTG1L-AA6RGivUU7Re3o6Ipvx_AAVcaI5Fek/s1600/IMG_4921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhJZyB69DqtlwCZWWrJfuqwMphXUjicVmguz8n2Ni90k_5cSi35r9S1dy8tlezUS2jR1m6xPVdSsyyojeWVqeRdweKEwMDQPP1Oy-3bYeTG1L-AA6RGivUU7Re3o6Ipvx_AAVcaI5Fek/s640/IMG_4921.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Yes," said Billy. "In our lesson, we learned that the dinosaurs appeared during the <i>Triassic</i> (try-ASS-ik) Period, lived through the <i>Jurassic</i> (jer-ASS-ik) Period and then died out during the <i>Cretaceous</i> (kreh-TAY-shus) Period," Billy explained. "All of that time is called the <i>Mesozoic</i> (MEH-so-<u>ZOH</u>-ik) Era. It was millions and millions of years ago. A comet hit the earth and changed the climate. The dinosaurs couldn't live in a changed world</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbdmHeh1Gx6lRBq1YFtrfckqINvDWmdX4YeVHd9YBOSx7O53U98pExhvZtMLwXkuM3WhkzS4UzHPlTGhUvO4R9pbp3tqZOwvyVubZAnOx__LGtb0sysWGx3uVbD7A5w3G1c2JqQtx4_g/s1600/IMG_4923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbdmHeh1Gx6lRBq1YFtrfckqINvDWmdX4YeVHd9YBOSx7O53U98pExhvZtMLwXkuM3WhkzS4UzHPlTGhUvO4R9pbp3tqZOwvyVubZAnOx__LGtb0sysWGx3uVbD7A5w3G1c2JqQtx4_g/s640/IMG_4923.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"You know quite a lot," Mandy told him. "Now let's work on the spelling. Go get your notebook and pencil."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The dolls played a third game. This time, Mandy pointed to a dinosaur, and instead of saying its name, Billy wrote it down in his notebook. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ksxgOReN3zJlTamV6EQQHPcNXHY7O0SGTBxVF3q6uffSzPAA-h-FfGPYIusHzf09vnDrhIqv1DppKSblgLfpQCD1evloXEDB8_IVRRWYBsRRGZolm5YjcxPNoaXPxFkjf25smdJzwwo/s1600/IMG_4868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ksxgOReN3zJlTamV6EQQHPcNXHY7O0SGTBxVF3q6uffSzPAA-h-FfGPYIusHzf09vnDrhIqv1DppKSblgLfpQCD1evloXEDB8_IVRRWYBsRRGZolm5YjcxPNoaXPxFkjf25smdJzwwo/s640/IMG_4868.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When they had finished, they checked the spelling of each one and Billy fixed his mistakes.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6husyh6Vh21w410hr8MHAkCr0jf7dS20u625IkbzUrxji9harOlLI1t98Q42RJSLwcDpLCpSXTfc3R1cOuI7cYMMyuCpiuJ1O5vFGgSp9GmjIiDpoAsZHtdLRlvCvsEyNehSmEMlkk0/s1600/IMG_4924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6husyh6Vh21w410hr8MHAkCr0jf7dS20u625IkbzUrxji9harOlLI1t98Q42RJSLwcDpLCpSXTfc3R1cOuI7cYMMyuCpiuJ1O5vFGgSp9GmjIiDpoAsZHtdLRlvCvsEyNehSmEMlkk0/s640/IMG_4924.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Then they played the game again. This time he got them all right!</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"The rest of what is on the test is easy," Billy said. "It was just remembering the names that I had trouble with. I already knew when the dinosaurs lived and that they became <i>extinct</i> (ex-TINKT) at the end of the Mesozoic Era."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgWgVLkEhq0VLUDunjrXZNAsRvfVP6m7ocaqcvbjXjipXfPT7AdN5k8kpphGmIKB6oP0JVyUZBqou0Ho2RTF-mSAlY-nCy9a7hP6jq91PXEFJX-YWMg3CgWf4QQeXjskh7s9lKIYwmpc/s1600/IMG_4922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgWgVLkEhq0VLUDunjrXZNAsRvfVP6m7ocaqcvbjXjipXfPT7AdN5k8kpphGmIKB6oP0JVyUZBqou0Ho2RTF-mSAlY-nCy9a7hP6jq91PXEFJX-YWMg3CgWf4QQeXjskh7s9lKIYwmpc/s640/IMG_4922.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy stood up and looked out the window. "They couldn't learn to live in their new world," she said. "We can learn a lot from the dinosaurs. If we don't learn lots of new things, we won't be ready to change when our lives change."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3OormZpzcyf4A7T0NIowkG-Pvlg0OBlgCDciVVoBVHYeOSCtTuIzmFcMtBqXDSgr9P0D_bCZ5N_lxEwn1ckdQD3vNhWwn-ESxPwC7Qo09T93nFD0RUTUEAQDHEbNbbJuBPSeZCOUr_I/s1600/IMG_4927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3OormZpzcyf4A7T0NIowkG-Pvlg0OBlgCDciVVoBVHYeOSCtTuIzmFcMtBqXDSgr9P0D_bCZ5N_lxEwn1ckdQD3vNhWwn-ESxPwC7Qo09T93nFD0RUTUEAQDHEbNbbJuBPSeZCOUr_I/s640/IMG_4927.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy nodded his agreement. He was beginning to feel good about the test tomorrow. He thanked Mandy for helping him. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I'm going to try to learn a lot, so I don't become extinct," Billy said to himself.</span><br /><br /><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><i>Note to parents of preschool children and early readers: There are some big words in this story. Even very young children can start learning the names of dinosaurs. It may not mean much to them the first time, but when they hear the names again later, they will begin to remember them. It's never too early to learn about dinosaurs! We didn't want to interrupt the story with the pronunciation of each dinosaur name. <a href="http://www.dinodictionary.com/azdict_index.asp">Dino Dictionary</a> has a list of dinosaur names with </i></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><i>pronunciation.</i></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Cast--</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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Veronika asked Billy when he and Mariah came in.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMebwvkuGznGuPTkeGOLe1cmR3sVfGK3lKJ-O-Fao2Y86w32-8doJBpEdlNztHsF1pLhhJN-Bm807NEwnCjkxxy6p5X5LZcczxhk7nVK61ogLIFSRmOJupiqv-YFrDL5vI8LSfy5nXKKY/s1600/IMG_3554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMebwvkuGznGuPTkeGOLe1cmR3sVfGK3lKJ-O-Fao2Y86w32-8doJBpEdlNztHsF1pLhhJN-Bm807NEwnCjkxxy6p5X5LZcczxhk7nVK61ogLIFSRmOJupiqv-YFrDL5vI8LSfy5nXKKY/s640/IMG_3554.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy had a bandage on his face.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO403OT9in2ADkAJhYNL_JpDZqOQHp-1DA8XiRi8UCD2bDtSnhulDCAjV-X0cH18Zaotj8puSKnl3zrJoHeLICIbScnByOc7TosrDeW1DpLQuzoyRQh7q1TCq4cWu69jhbdwNzGKdkyg/s1600/IMG_3555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO403OT9in2ADkAJhYNL_JpDZqOQHp-1DA8XiRi8UCD2bDtSnhulDCAjV-X0cH18Zaotj8puSKnl3zrJoHeLICIbScnByOc7TosrDeW1DpLQuzoyRQh7q1TCq4cWu69jhbdwNzGKdkyg/s640/IMG_3555.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It was a rough day at school," Billy sighed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Billy got into a fight," Mariah said. "He was defending my honor!"</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguORBsxVVh9Vd_Kp8mrgx1r-8LYsgBp8W-8sUqT71_J5ZvM2fZu7SmRO0aZ2qTvgtD0U-NwrahTexIXV_nJkv-_kjjIyOJ9kSu8jptPkAGVk0uNDgWgMoiFONJAn2c73GIU6f1cH8zD-4/s1600/IMG_3556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguORBsxVVh9Vd_Kp8mrgx1r-8LYsgBp8W-8sUqT71_J5ZvM2fZu7SmRO0aZ2qTvgtD0U-NwrahTexIXV_nJkv-_kjjIyOJ9kSu8jptPkAGVk0uNDgWgMoiFONJAn2c73GIU6f1cH8zD-4/s640/IMG_3556.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Fights are not good, no matter the reason, Mariah," Veronika said.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZs7oVZY-TTupyLsuW8_g2El6f44A2oZzvBQseQ4ytrxvMkwsZ0AYtQ77GhaeOCD0Jy91OsoyN2qbNTL4vpCdGK4IDMXSg74IRJjqWQ0ypBoGiiA1aobv3A8yi59zbDaafOZbW2e_BKM/s1600/IMG_3557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZs7oVZY-TTupyLsuW8_g2El6f44A2oZzvBQseQ4ytrxvMkwsZ0AYtQ77GhaeOCD0Jy91OsoyN2qbNTL4vpCdGK4IDMXSg74IRJjqWQ0ypBoGiiA1aobv3A8yi59zbDaafOZbW2e_BKM/s640/IMG_3557.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Billy, tell me what happened," Veronika suggested.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Well," Billy began, "Richie and Tom were picking on Mariah during recess. They called her a word I never heard before, but it sounded ugly."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJFRLtbZvLfRpmshD7fVZ9hibOfirJ_cmjOWc2H-ZEOFY-0Dzh-wJRG2jw6tbJiTPL1cFTQwxkQBQw02m5r0y6EfQ3Z_FiTf-6bUmyNTUyPOokBQLMeCkQPi6PR8qKqUsQ6yXqV9udo0/s1600/IMG_3559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJFRLtbZvLfRpmshD7fVZ9hibOfirJ_cmjOWc2H-ZEOFY-0Dzh-wJRG2jw6tbJiTPL1cFTQwxkQBQw02m5r0y6EfQ3Z_FiTf-6bUmyNTUyPOokBQLMeCkQPi6PR8qKqUsQ6yXqV9udo0/s640/IMG_3559.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's right," Mariah said. "I didn't know what it meant, either, but it sounded awful the way they said it. It made me feel bad. I wanted to cry."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQSShNlIKtifn5l9K-OnNOnZGMbPd_kIeN8yCW339sZkSy8Rex-FLILM2EfcN5XXdew7pYA-K0WkpO5lEh8UuFmPCDOmHz0Dfpr57L1BEQ155bm5SQ9SRLOqcp5juXLFr0qvB4Mki7Ik/s1600/IMG_3560.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQSShNlIKtifn5l9K-OnNOnZGMbPd_kIeN8yCW339sZkSy8Rex-FLILM2EfcN5XXdew7pYA-K0WkpO5lEh8UuFmPCDOmHz0Dfpr57L1BEQ155bm5SQ9SRLOqcp5juXLFr0qvB4Mki7Ik/s640/IMG_3560.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then Richie said Mariah must be dumb, because her vinyl is a dark color," Billy went on. "Mariah is one of the smartest dolls I know, and even if she weren't it isn't nice to make fun of dolls who have difficulty with things. </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So I punched him in the nose.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_CXGtNuzvQSre77Dvx4hw8uv3OpDlUZXd1KA18w5E50aTMD0Owkw6zhncX2jQrDxCicZX-sj-CacjMQjDw2Z6-senvztFr7u78ydEmUYiVHEPBCcJ2Ji-L7Am_rVPRFAwnTTPp4hoPc/s1600/IMG_3561.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_CXGtNuzvQSre77Dvx4hw8uv3OpDlUZXd1KA18w5E50aTMD0Owkw6zhncX2jQrDxCicZX-sj-CacjMQjDw2Z6-senvztFr7u78ydEmUYiVHEPBCcJ2Ji-L7Am_rVPRFAwnTTPp4hoPc/s640/IMG_3561.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika shook her head. "So he hit you back," she guessed.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvilq9nZB3csNU0K0AP81izhkwV5gt9tqb4IsOFB1Da28ClA_wuXFdIfA05kGsIdk2sQBm3uav5C6mKRKfINoqyAH1ZmkruwBMTG0sCe6btP40uWsBXMZGMoLpRX0aoZPNjcvn0YxyPuk/s1600/IMG_3563.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvilq9nZB3csNU0K0AP81izhkwV5gt9tqb4IsOFB1Da28ClA_wuXFdIfA05kGsIdk2sQBm3uav5C6mKRKfINoqyAH1ZmkruwBMTG0sCe6btP40uWsBXMZGMoLpRX0aoZPNjcvn0YxyPuk/s640/IMG_3563.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Billy agreed. "Then a teacher came and took us both to the nurse and then to the principal. The principal told us that it's wrong to hit other dolls, no matter what they have done."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHFjM145KHNuXZ1RTh6aCw9AJaZS7d093_ZSiO6sFyOkWFIT-ykSHYiCccoGLX27PTikAq1JSj5cJxEEz1Fd8-dNssURoexHRosBIORMMKhqVYYOEDpasG7DMUJVU6DVM-gj8YXNSxu8/s1600/IMG_3564.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHFjM145KHNuXZ1RTh6aCw9AJaZS7d093_ZSiO6sFyOkWFIT-ykSHYiCccoGLX27PTikAq1JSj5cJxEEz1Fd8-dNssURoexHRosBIORMMKhqVYYOEDpasG7DMUJVU6DVM-gj8YXNSxu8/s640/IMG_3564.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The principal is right, Billy," Veronika said. "It's good that you wanted to help Mariah, and Richie and Tom were very naughty to pick on her, but hitting doesn't solve problems."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5fCDNs5KfE3E85yQECd6c5CXy4kwaAhEzv6I71rhVDHhIOJrZJyviyndiy6VcX_B_-Mk8hJDIHqGuYp4SqLQsQhdTDtjJH1r85EgQTrVWnkouHvi4rtVNfZueevHVklU3ajDKNJIPHk/s1600/IMG_3566.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5fCDNs5KfE3E85yQECd6c5CXy4kwaAhEzv6I71rhVDHhIOJrZJyviyndiy6VcX_B_-Mk8hJDIHqGuYp4SqLQsQhdTDtjJH1r85EgQTrVWnkouHvi4rtVNfZueevHVklU3ajDKNJIPHk/s640/IMG_3566.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"But I had to do something!" Billy exclaimed. "Mariah is my friend and my sister, and I know that what they were saying was unkind! I was very angry."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fUyEFexbiUQxGNBjRodp2nmWNuiNf7qSQmVUuabgizkHswGdhzHf6CVAQoiua7H3Obc9y3RLn2jNMEg10Enbk01SHneHNYRL9yHKZ3RdBwigK02AWsF9PiJufIXIRbZ_nQtbutUt34w/s1600/IMG_3567.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fUyEFexbiUQxGNBjRodp2nmWNuiNf7qSQmVUuabgizkHswGdhzHf6CVAQoiua7H3Obc9y3RLn2jNMEg10Enbk01SHneHNYRL9yHKZ3RdBwigK02AWsF9PiJufIXIRbZ_nQtbutUt34w/s640/IMG_3567.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It made me feel very bad," Mariah said. "I was glad Billy wanted to help."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLd-9_MRwvyYYtPeBpNHezrvJI1Swod_f2Hr4SvAI6m984Pill139brGHzhPK3oN6wF5V-0h8c-5hyD6wLbMPf5K49ZABiRYRymMZCt3UUeegJYJTowzcbLIZabcFqOEJNCabHDerL4A/s1600/IMG_3569.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLd-9_MRwvyYYtPeBpNHezrvJI1Swod_f2Hr4SvAI6m984Pill139brGHzhPK3oN6wF5V-0h8c-5hyD6wLbMPf5K49ZABiRYRymMZCt3UUeegJYJTowzcbLIZabcFqOEJNCabHDerL4A/s640/IMG_3569.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It's normal to feel angry sometimes, Billy," Veronika said. "It's what you do with that anger that's important." She thought for a moment. "It sounds like Tom was just going along with Richie," she suggested. "Tell me what you know about Richie."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6EF8GMeGrWGHQBko4ZyvpxGZBZJx4SmjnWx_A9yxj3gn867vCezFtm12z0SRcqsJ2qmdW5s5v1Ax30bU28eRyUw15iTTuoUbJOwC15SCgMexmufmbM3khhiNHtQZPSsnJMTuoH8tT28/s1600/IMG_3570.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6EF8GMeGrWGHQBko4ZyvpxGZBZJx4SmjnWx_A9yxj3gn867vCezFtm12z0SRcqsJ2qmdW5s5v1Ax30bU28eRyUw15iTTuoUbJOwC15SCgMexmufmbM3khhiNHtQZPSsnJMTuoH8tT28/s640/IMG_3570.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Well, Mariah began, "Richie doesn't do well in class. I think he doesn't do his homework and doesn't study."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmUZTtQWx7_VeYBm6AMnBNdOioy9GrTf2KmMalZJFcZDOERhXkh7E392wUvM5fqH7c92v7ioJBf9iPi-nymM7z_FQ3itn7zlusYrySCJzRWDZZteO4aQy3xkehXupC2XXEz6LkMqRBQE/s1600/IMG_3572.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmUZTtQWx7_VeYBm6AMnBNdOioy9GrTf2KmMalZJFcZDOERhXkh7E392wUvM5fqH7c92v7ioJBf9iPi-nymM7z_FQ3itn7zlusYrySCJzRWDZZteO4aQy3xkehXupC2XXEz6LkMqRBQE/s640/IMG_3572.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We had a spelling test today," Mariah continued. "I got all the words right, but Richie missed a lot of them. He said I must have cheated," she said, "but I didn't!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4fObFEa_msHKtxYqgHxGQ2Omeweled6YI8QL6MUdWXIrxFVQsL173ITDUCXuLLAf_RKasE2ErnncfPrnpjz6lTUGQGsxUhFALLcb6qOeL81sGvDidqEEbEBaQVHuXxBG5NXMuaMVh6k/s1600/IMG_3573.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4fObFEa_msHKtxYqgHxGQ2Omeweled6YI8QL6MUdWXIrxFVQsL173ITDUCXuLLAf_RKasE2ErnncfPrnpjz6lTUGQGsxUhFALLcb6qOeL81sGvDidqEEbEBaQVHuXxBG5NXMuaMVh6k/s640/IMG_3573.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Of course you didn't!" Veronika exclaimed. "You are a very smart doll, and you study. You know that cheating is wrong, too, and that if you make mistakes on a test it helps you find out what you need to work on."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bCN7LdRVoclGXO1oLfesNzfqRH_mVGtBzhcGE2aulV2Wgj4hvw71TMIwf1s6wKZ1b8JLb8Bwwb3BR5DZ5SzwWOFCytKawkNqFL2s7rWm_670qsQiLNAEjf_cIO6P_bUl9CIpUQV_5Vo/s1600/IMG_3574.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bCN7LdRVoclGXO1oLfesNzfqRH_mVGtBzhcGE2aulV2Wgj4hvw71TMIwf1s6wKZ1b8JLb8Bwwb3BR5DZ5SzwWOFCytKawkNqFL2s7rWm_670qsQiLNAEjf_cIO6P_bUl9CIpUQV_5Vo/s640/IMG_3574.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then why would he say that I cheated and that he knew I must be dumb because my vinyl is dark?" Mariah wanted to know.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0Nv8-eg1hJ2yZ_eu09jDe27E5A2vxnmeJ3uCyfgBEprSX6mkipIN85sqQLIAU00l6ZISwJ6vYPpX5dmyU_D6UGEVyLiwmAKDKhElUrOMtqeFv6kyUhT2Z3HRuWpf_s7sF4lLBtBYbm4/s1600/IMG_3575.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0Nv8-eg1hJ2yZ_eu09jDe27E5A2vxnmeJ3uCyfgBEprSX6mkipIN85sqQLIAU00l6ZISwJ6vYPpX5dmyU_D6UGEVyLiwmAKDKhElUrOMtqeFv6kyUhT2Z3HRuWpf_s7sF4lLBtBYbm4/s640/IMG_3575.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Sometimes dolls are naughty to get attention or to make themselves feel better when they don't think they are good enough," Veronika replied. "Some dolls are so unhappy and afraid that they have to believe they are better than others because of the way they look, like the color of their vinyl."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrFzbF_D2nAD6ANLfOTkQfzJCG1cCHr0MsoQbTDwT_jlrCjIU1HbIX6kMZDrslrsYemRU7NAs2-SZJk7E3eET2HPSAmQICUiZbEdvoaj5tPELtXEfH29n4XKDn7GlnnGVoOgvLkMt0RA/s1600/IMG_3576.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrFzbF_D2nAD6ANLfOTkQfzJCG1cCHr0MsoQbTDwT_jlrCjIU1HbIX6kMZDrslrsYemRU7NAs2-SZJk7E3eET2HPSAmQICUiZbEdvoaj5tPELtXEfH29n4XKDn7GlnnGVoOgvLkMt0RA/s640/IMG_3576.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's very sad," said Billy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It is sad," Veronika agreed. "We need to help dolls who feel bad about themselves by setting a good example for them. So, Billy, what do you think you could have done when you found the boys picking on Mariah?" Veronika asked.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRBQWsd3hYvcCPqYJtSZr_lNBpZ4eLcpkt-NnNGZOVYA40kipjASdlHBH1Syj87mVXMkeUetUWTJDbBqp3Y0rwqK2dGPB2cuqq8OrY5c-Tz6t2VJ1tfd5qYRa32aDySaZJ8q_O_yYO_k/s1600/IMG_3577.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRBQWsd3hYvcCPqYJtSZr_lNBpZ4eLcpkt-NnNGZOVYA40kipjASdlHBH1Syj87mVXMkeUetUWTJDbBqp3Y0rwqK2dGPB2cuqq8OrY5c-Tz6t2VJ1tfd5qYRa32aDySaZJ8q_O_yYO_k/s640/IMG_3577.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy thought for a minute. He looked at Mariah. "Maybe I should have just shown that Mariah was my friend," he suggested. "I could have asked her to help me study for the next spelling test. I missed two of the words."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUrri6_nUPfOaGN9xTsp3W0tPi9EM3CnZHalL-QdYxvIyGjpwtg6aYhNN26oAfqDQkU6bz5e36ewfPTTmZ_Ifh_NLAgbEIFa5YoEsfMCz5O4PCP-12wQanBxdfM5be359GfpzkGnpPDU/s1600/IMG_3578.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUrri6_nUPfOaGN9xTsp3W0tPi9EM3CnZHalL-QdYxvIyGjpwtg6aYhNN26oAfqDQkU6bz5e36ewfPTTmZ_Ifh_NLAgbEIFa5YoEsfMCz5O4PCP-12wQanBxdfM5be359GfpzkGnpPDU/s640/IMG_3578.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's a very good idea, Billy, because it shows them than you know Mariah is a good student," Veronika said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then we could have walked away together," Mariah suggested.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TDRJwJrzoecB01wP3qjt0Ir536NMo4hjhAPRvTBZcMEIH6GRO7ogUXf7Xym0UGcs5Vy1K1UV0AGvke97aW2xanKm58UBmXsfld2oDu2eFvuQExv1e2di9-V0aSAz5zmSLMZiuuYqrTI/s1600/IMG_3579.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TDRJwJrzoecB01wP3qjt0Ir536NMo4hjhAPRvTBZcMEIH6GRO7ogUXf7Xym0UGcs5Vy1K1UV0AGvke97aW2xanKm58UBmXsfld2oDu2eFvuQExv1e2di9-V0aSAz5zmSLMZiuuYqrTI/s640/IMG_3579.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You could do that, but you don't need to walk away unless you want to, Mariah," Veronika said. "I think they want to get attention and make you feel bad. If you stay where you are but ignore them and don't let them get you into a fight or argument, you will do more good. Both of you could pretend you didn't hear the bad things they said, even though they might have said even worse things to you both, because you were spoiling their fun. You would be setting a good example of how to treat other dolls and showing them that they couldn't make you be naughty, too."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxojOjsp7AX_2MTuRyHdfbCxaZdGuClovlUBfDm1bF0bgIzMR4U7J49GvAdY6vh1f9enyT-RosyHGufeiAxJIGkTTBGfe5X2XP2PP3jkPntxWlqGrH49QBl949MHpxYz7LkIujssUaY0/s1600/IMG_3580.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxojOjsp7AX_2MTuRyHdfbCxaZdGuClovlUBfDm1bF0bgIzMR4U7J49GvAdY6vh1f9enyT-RosyHGufeiAxJIGkTTBGfe5X2XP2PP3jkPntxWlqGrH49QBl949MHpxYz7LkIujssUaY0/s640/IMG_3580.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Remember that Monday was a holiday?" Veronika went on. "It was the day each year when we honor a great man named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He taught us not to give in to mean people, but not to fight back by hitting, either. He said, 'Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.' If you are kind to dolls who are mean to you, they don't enjoy being mean so much. They might even begin to respect you."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKxNIUhN_x6ecgwwsrVsKQI5foSqS_QKY2U6CEh9wRqL9wwf1I0MbvNLmwg_4oiS-dFDKxlHIgo_LcJAdU6FICrbpUwjH-ZxKvaUd824L6nL5tBr-EczLD39SllLnG4ye3LMnR7JgweY/s1600/IMG_3582.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKxNIUhN_x6ecgwwsrVsKQI5foSqS_QKY2U6CEh9wRqL9wwf1I0MbvNLmwg_4oiS-dFDKxlHIgo_LcJAdU6FICrbpUwjH-ZxKvaUd824L6nL5tBr-EczLD39SllLnG4ye3LMnR7JgweY/s640/IMG_3582.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Would Richie and Tom start being nice, then?" Billy asked.<br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That would be up to them," Veronika explained. "We can't make others be nice. They have to learn that on their own, but we can help by setting a good example. Besides, when you set a good example for other dolls, you will feel better about yourself."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"One thing still worries me, though," Mariah said, looking down at her hands. "Does the color of a doll's vinyl mean they are smarter or dumber? I don't know how that works."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1jLXy0o4JiFmdS6Bk2zHb8rH0ScJgd3es_qt0rt9z6NhIFkD9ZpZ_LNGiLzPlFjAv5hZQGkjsQ913zfdwUm5ZKs1Bv2z9eq2E6l71StH3QtIzdS6d_R5H_d5GkXMq_M68vmpvFNuPEI/s1600/IMG_3583.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1jLXy0o4JiFmdS6Bk2zHb8rH0ScJgd3es_qt0rt9z6NhIFkD9ZpZ_LNGiLzPlFjAv5hZQGkjsQ913zfdwUm5ZKs1Bv2z9eq2E6l71StH3QtIzdS6d_R5H_d5GkXMq_M68vmpvFNuPEI/s640/IMG_3583.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Well," Veronika said, "dolls can be smarter or not as smart, because we are all different, but it has nothing to do with what you look like. We can be good at some things and not as good at others. Life experiences also change us, so we learn to use our abilities or we don't. A lot of it is up to us. The important thing is to be the best Mariah and Billy that you can be."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Now I feel bad that I hit Richie," Billy said. "Now I feel sorry for him instead of hating him."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstY9HdSY361dSxunW8FTk7SHI6fHsxeMyte2ML-ZXzJu8eoHaW9PdoNvIhT_DHEK4LlLqxdWgIFSLGxeWhOMIADucvmiI9xg4CEpB_cSzf86Hm-nxZdaj9p58j5ylzkqbdY92NhaG51g/s1600/IMG_3584.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstY9HdSY361dSxunW8FTk7SHI6fHsxeMyte2ML-ZXzJu8eoHaW9PdoNvIhT_DHEK4LlLqxdWgIFSLGxeWhOMIADucvmiI9xg4CEpB_cSzf86Hm-nxZdaj9p58j5ylzkqbdY92NhaG51g/s640/IMG_3584.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I feel sorry for them both," Mariah said. "Tom went along with Richie, and he shouldn't have. Why did he do that? I wonder if he feels bad about himself, too. I'm sorry I hated them."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhMYq73MvUWphT3vrtC-qlJ-RlslFMd_Nhc3CETp-WLsZ3Pc2HSFWxQGYB7uXBFPSgzrKyRHoZ4bG8NmUMEMJkQGSsZZnMKbREF9mACA_C5yhKUM76OpcRJiS-i_OKkFuBeiHkBGrHP0/s1600/IMG_3585.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhMYq73MvUWphT3vrtC-qlJ-RlslFMd_Nhc3CETp-WLsZ3Pc2HSFWxQGYB7uXBFPSgzrKyRHoZ4bG8NmUMEMJkQGSsZZnMKbREF9mACA_C5yhKUM76OpcRJiS-i_OKkFuBeiHkBGrHP0/s640/IMG_3585.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What you're feeling is guilt, because you didn't know they are unhappy. What do you suppose you can do with that feeling?" Veronika asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Maybe I can tell Richie I'm sorry I hit him," Billy answered.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Maybe we can be nice to Richie and Tom," Mariah suggested.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You are both very smart dolls," Veronika said, getting up. "You learn from your mistakes, and you try to be the best dolls that you can be. It sounds like you have a good plan! Now you must be pretending to be hungry. Let's go have a snack."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAi24-yQYGh2XVdBnf697NfG2ay867F38nDA2F7Xb8WoOAcsjskcNyMK9J3M4e1jbutfp4c8DuwIdKGv06t8vG__hQYK_KhakOybXxi19VBCbwvcDfL2WkeTxrpYayEDYSjf8vuBTOrxU/s1600/IMG_3587.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAi24-yQYGh2XVdBnf697NfG2ay867F38nDA2F7Xb8WoOAcsjskcNyMK9J3M4e1jbutfp4c8DuwIdKGv06t8vG__hQYK_KhakOybXxi19VBCbwvcDfL2WkeTxrpYayEDYSjf8vuBTOrxU/s640/IMG_3587.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily of London</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz or Classic Kidz. If you like these stories and are willing, please make a donation of any amount to a charity that supports pediatric cancer, such as <a href="https://curechildhoodcancer.org/donate/">CURE Childhood Cancer</a> or <a href="https://www.stbaldricks.org/donate">St. Baldrick's Foundation</a>.</i></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>"The Doll's Storybook" is not affiliated with Gotz Dolls USA Inc. or Götz Puppenmanufaktur International GmbH.</i></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 2:00 PM Pacific Time.</i></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Copyright © 2019, 2024 by Peggy Stuart</span><br /></span></div>Peggy Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489043232332370322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523699672163345029.post-19364600228922112972024-01-12T13:00:00.000-08:002024-01-12T13:00:00.308-08:00It Isn’t Her Fault!<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika wasn’t surprised to see Nico coming up the walk to the front door, as he often comes to visit, but he had someone with him: a smaller doll, someone Veronika didn’t recognize.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_8ujpjDcaFjfIMptGcI7KByo8nAekY3ofkswm5OkPUQPRx6aSyzeyOpBYUGbQ57DbdgFEHSSTAuMRfkg1NIyatQ-j5UZLtcI3SJUaC6EGgfu1ay3loH8Z0hkIIM-hOwOPQP4cpOfCjlYbZ-iuoseNOXoqIujXvnWllJZ5Eh_Hkb0iOAdDizaKuwYPy8/s3068/IMG_0735.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2301" data-original-width="3068" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_8ujpjDcaFjfIMptGcI7KByo8nAekY3ofkswm5OkPUQPRx6aSyzeyOpBYUGbQ57DbdgFEHSSTAuMRfkg1NIyatQ-j5UZLtcI3SJUaC6EGgfu1ay3loH8Z0hkIIM-hOwOPQP4cpOfCjlYbZ-iuoseNOXoqIujXvnWllJZ5Eh_Hkb0iOAdDizaKuwYPy8/w640-h480/IMG_0735.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">She listened for his knock. After it came, she heard voices downstairs.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupkq-UI7U5v5zb5BEj_ek_fhYh6R4Llzt8CWQ3soJ2vrP6jVeKwbOm21vc_DqNlW0AsZI95R25jTYioaH7hzboZ_-5m36icKURte4GGyj9GGQxpyKv3npNZZLGTE2hxRGRrK0Y9Z9CU0v_upkXaRvK4_y9ahDHBN6rnOzkOr2t0yehtmvk5aZ5AhfFZw/s3595/IMG_0738.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3595" data-original-width="2696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupkq-UI7U5v5zb5BEj_ek_fhYh6R4Llzt8CWQ3soJ2vrP6jVeKwbOm21vc_DqNlW0AsZI95R25jTYioaH7hzboZ_-5m36icKURte4GGyj9GGQxpyKv3npNZZLGTE2hxRGRrK0Y9Z9CU0v_upkXaRvK4_y9ahDHBN6rnOzkOr2t0yehtmvk5aZ5AhfFZw/w480-h640/IMG_0738.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As Veronika made her way down the stairs, Mandy was letting Nico and his companion in through the front door.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskqUWINLNymC5RJq_wsf8F84tH4dTl25GaDG-GjtPeAmZmyt76ROFBc8NGTjCHRkqR9jdPVbDiViLCAwJiujtfI7HNpJhtBMjiNETaJ0U53YOcyB252JRcdddquWX4dnyoBt_oLpGsshoFqlk2ZxfHCZbfklxvfoXfOCoKoV0JI_hGtxdbhBa-fMUcWA/s3520/IMG_0744.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="3520" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskqUWINLNymC5RJq_wsf8F84tH4dTl25GaDG-GjtPeAmZmyt76ROFBc8NGTjCHRkqR9jdPVbDiViLCAwJiujtfI7HNpJhtBMjiNETaJ0U53YOcyB252JRcdddquWX4dnyoBt_oLpGsshoFqlk2ZxfHCZbfklxvfoXfOCoKoV0JI_hGtxdbhBa-fMUcWA/w640-h480/IMG_0744.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika thought Nico looked happy to see that she was there. Not happy, exactly…relieved. Nico, who was taking off his jacket, was <span style="text-decoration: underline;">relieved</span> that she was home.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnyQ2Gsn7EeyDHlWOa0oX-_esEWhx_Uw0E-VYKM7ePqn9iN5z1FcNGFS3pdOj0H01s_2GiSsOf-xreee7Y4rpIkwjX0Cqt59xl0q2iU7Hh_ClA01zymRcaAV2UH5hIPDhe2rYIh6Rr7aJHyHUl2uoWhVk4bPzo57der8hPnEERm95ORkopZ8lfEW4Rj4/s4032/IMG_0747.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnyQ2Gsn7EeyDHlWOa0oX-_esEWhx_Uw0E-VYKM7ePqn9iN5z1FcNGFS3pdOj0H01s_2GiSsOf-xreee7Y4rpIkwjX0Cqt59xl0q2iU7Hh_ClA01zymRcaAV2UH5hIPDhe2rYIh6Rr7aJHyHUl2uoWhVk4bPzo57der8hPnEERm95ORkopZ8lfEW4Rj4/w640-h480/IMG_0747.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“Hi, Nico,” Veronika said, as Mandy took the dolls</span>’ jackets to leave in the hallway and then continued to the kitchen, where she had been helping Jolena bake some cookies. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7m2hEMLlFcHv4JGAPl-duH7FiBGgqEvLbiOlZPp_jkBe4JC2teaR9KJhB8AE_QhX6R6RLJKgPtFi6pZz2U3HnVQGnrsQsRbHSZU-RN-Ol_34nI5gQKIbPyksDs-PnTegeFs1egxtwT1PDFhqb9TDT-rC4slQWodQ1KmoBI-6gkW9loic05C9sP_hduc/s3726/IMG_0751.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2794" data-original-width="3726" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7m2hEMLlFcHv4JGAPl-duH7FiBGgqEvLbiOlZPp_jkBe4JC2teaR9KJhB8AE_QhX6R6RLJKgPtFi6pZz2U3HnVQGnrsQsRbHSZU-RN-Ol_34nI5gQKIbPyksDs-PnTegeFs1egxtwT1PDFhqb9TDT-rC4slQWodQ1KmoBI-6gkW9loic05C9sP_hduc/w640-h480/IMG_0751.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>Nico realized that introductions were called for. “Veronika, this is Pam,” he said politely. He knew how to do this, because he had watched Frankie</span>’s mother teach him how to do it.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5lzYdI7wJEKIqpM9UXkyPD-25SKJZ2Np8oEyveqIKPpOWKndZF77vE7tFsfmJniOrrZ83smJ6auxnQRfMbyMeDrkL4TRkB7E_a0rhroEe2AKqCgTXLvRcXlqogE1o47kh0Fzq65SKo2ZIFlvGNi93RUxUCRIgvl-aas1mslHyn35RitAoHOF80xJsJU/s3463/IMG_0756.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="3463" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5lzYdI7wJEKIqpM9UXkyPD-25SKJZ2Np8oEyveqIKPpOWKndZF77vE7tFsfmJniOrrZ83smJ6auxnQRfMbyMeDrkL4TRkB7E_a0rhroEe2AKqCgTXLvRcXlqogE1o47kh0Fzq65SKo2ZIFlvGNi93RUxUCRIgvl-aas1mslHyn35RitAoHOF80xJsJU/w640-h480/IMG_0756.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then he turned to his companion. “Pam,” he said, “this is Veronika. She’s the one I told you about. I think you can tell her everything and she will help.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjI9J8l0UdmFnfw45Cdmg1ifVejpvGSu91QYNXLOKYpni_zpFJfKRl57vQ3KNhAADSn6fE5cJllLUWojUfMd_rDNZFCwvlhPSwglJZAoA2FpjDRRB8re6DPdpwSUdbNmDOJy1frywDWByYJqsx_l95N2IzO64hetbPABoYW3E18Te6LMa4stZbL_3wHM/s4032/IMG_0762.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjI9J8l0UdmFnfw45Cdmg1ifVejpvGSu91QYNXLOKYpni_zpFJfKRl57vQ3KNhAADSn6fE5cJllLUWojUfMd_rDNZFCwvlhPSwglJZAoA2FpjDRRB8re6DPdpwSUdbNmDOJy1frywDWByYJqsx_l95N2IzO64hetbPABoYW3E18Te6LMa4stZbL_3wHM/w640-h480/IMG_0762.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Nico turned to Veronika again, “I met Pam yesterday. Frankie took me when he went with his father to talk to a neighbor about plowing their driveway when the snow comes. The neighbor’s daughter got Pam for Christmas.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEgiGzd3prBQJ0HtYWX68CZbe3azxjnhS8PjrW1Xg8ocrRTNyJfSxt1VSNNnDoZ5LEGcsF09xwfFKWS-wG6uO0BeMWB8VrwaJlmMrkuZ2MQem5A7qzETDaT3Zm9-AvZCeUwQuVsdxZAiY-FkCg4AK-4JkaoyxgM6NAx1GMqRU6vvuMnVePZ2xHl_7uwo/s4032/IMG_0764.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEgiGzd3prBQJ0HtYWX68CZbe3azxjnhS8PjrW1Xg8ocrRTNyJfSxt1VSNNnDoZ5LEGcsF09xwfFKWS-wG6uO0BeMWB8VrwaJlmMrkuZ2MQem5A7qzETDaT3Zm9-AvZCeUwQuVsdxZAiY-FkCg4AK-4JkaoyxgM6NAx1GMqRU6vvuMnVePZ2xHl_7uwo/w640-h480/IMG_0764.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“How exciting!” Veronika exclaimed. “It’s so nice to have new dolls in the neighborhood.” As she said this, she realized that Pam didn’t look all that happy. “You are glad to be here, aren’t you?” she asked.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3viTMvsMGI2B7SWKswECzoAZ6G7bxW-7YxwAwg7B6mi-MkWyJW3T9UhMolMX96D7pdUTRCKzNvwjREXPTs_5w-T6oTKHJKmoGsh1LIMkKwki8oMjhLj7BtDNOHMC6VLNRJxsVtdJDg4UZgvJP44AsJ1RrYJnlhq03xxZJ_d7fz17fa4sQGE7jnQd72o/s4032/IMG_0770.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3viTMvsMGI2B7SWKswECzoAZ6G7bxW-7YxwAwg7B6mi-MkWyJW3T9UhMolMX96D7pdUTRCKzNvwjREXPTs_5w-T6oTKHJKmoGsh1LIMkKwki8oMjhLj7BtDNOHMC6VLNRJxsVtdJDg4UZgvJP44AsJ1RrYJnlhq03xxZJ_d7fz17fa4sQGE7jnQd72o/w640-h480/IMG_0770.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s why I wanted Pam to talk to you,” Nico said. Then he turned to Pam. “I’ll just wait upstairs in the workroom,” he told her.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyW7I_3Wa7QCADElF-3_iRNmLdAx9tDQj468Pa03B7YXkEFDDhOVzMYHIkssxfsg0jsYK6n6yaASHfuK4LlT4uRAb40mbR-tU6_wckEoLbMVdh3vWfHAiw_xdL2VdCz8fKte7I5-bjc6lpF8FI99SOtg51T1EN6uydjxOA2NiDRDmj24VoWAirjIlO6A/s4032/IMG_0771.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyW7I_3Wa7QCADElF-3_iRNmLdAx9tDQj468Pa03B7YXkEFDDhOVzMYHIkssxfsg0jsYK6n6yaASHfuK4LlT4uRAb40mbR-tU6_wckEoLbMVdh3vWfHAiw_xdL2VdCz8fKte7I5-bjc6lpF8FI99SOtg51T1EN6uydjxOA2NiDRDmj24VoWAirjIlO6A/w640-h480/IMG_0771.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Most of the others are there,” Veronika told him. “I’m sure they would be happy to see you.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJMrZYsjzu8w11-XTZNcZ28AavOKb8ZMd7bF27gnduGlriMMrzTCdCHO23r8OvrNSHZj1MZU0IgApwK5oG2iM8Cw5feOxkrxtwVp8fRfN5qC3M0QZknUkRFqFKA92d6RfMewadiovi8yXwvDcWsvxdPRPoI1IubkzHq7XQ3WSbtMUcfE3ffOW1OuP37E/s4032/IMG_0779.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJMrZYsjzu8w11-XTZNcZ28AavOKb8ZMd7bF27gnduGlriMMrzTCdCHO23r8OvrNSHZj1MZU0IgApwK5oG2iM8Cw5feOxkrxtwVp8fRfN5qC3M0QZknUkRFqFKA92d6RfMewadiovi8yXwvDcWsvxdPRPoI1IubkzHq7XQ3WSbtMUcfE3ffOW1OuP37E/w640-h480/IMG_0779.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">With a look at Pam to make sure she was OK with Veronika, Nico headed off to the stairs. By the time he was a couple of steps up––Nico is slow going up the stairs, because he doesn’t have elbow and knee joints<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">–</span>–Veronika and Pam had already settled down on the couch.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRliIdcy1IKf2KFV_14OBb0a3BS6mBiDLqL8QmGRD5YYyrA7iqgqNM9fEfRd5ma6AGk3xLY3Q8v3ZbjuEDiSBLl_Rr_h92rESfbIUtNekc1ACoZpBxBvozFhRz0Zu6nnqLfVj7DMQ8tXxA952bs5KzGXgHcpWBPbI_afswERoZKSWu8aphQCO7RhLeuE/s2947/IMG_0782.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="2947" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRliIdcy1IKf2KFV_14OBb0a3BS6mBiDLqL8QmGRD5YYyrA7iqgqNM9fEfRd5ma6AGk3xLY3Q8v3ZbjuEDiSBLl_Rr_h92rESfbIUtNekc1ACoZpBxBvozFhRz0Zu6nnqLfVj7DMQ8tXxA952bs5KzGXgHcpWBPbI_afswERoZKSWu8aphQCO7RhLeuE/w640-h480/IMG_0782.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“So you were a Christmas present,” Veronika said. “I can imagine you were glad to have them let you out of the box.” She had seen a lot of dolls get removed from the boxes they had been in since they were made in the factory, so she knew a thing or two about it.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPtf9q9DEV-_DNovI37S75NcyhDi_Li9pZcGg3X96Re0-N40Cya-KudBjE9ZSov61z3LNJnbnNUSdjRLkY548iZl_G5gR_eNzs5yRidAJ936h78VcWQKIFOwg-fwJPWHJ-MMAssgfNA-5YC1XsTkMsRzVXAZIeIFesiLJEZ6r3vCI7hyphenhyphenpvzyGhgf0BnQ/s4032/IMG_0786.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPtf9q9DEV-_DNovI37S75NcyhDi_Li9pZcGg3X96Re0-N40Cya-KudBjE9ZSov61z3LNJnbnNUSdjRLkY548iZl_G5gR_eNzs5yRidAJ936h78VcWQKIFOwg-fwJPWHJ-MMAssgfNA-5YC1XsTkMsRzVXAZIeIFesiLJEZ6r3vCI7hyphenhyphenpvzyGhgf0BnQ/w640-h480/IMG_0786.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Oh, yes!” Pam agreed. “I was very relieved and excited, and Maryanne is a nice girl. She already had some clothes for me, and she washed my hair and then braided it when it was dry. I like having braids.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwGGqBLiAWUp5FjvuAKkY379AYZz2Y5BxzH2eCu2X_9dOX8IKFdUBKQCl10XRMxOVNqbtJraKhZOQYrP6HO2wvEMDzUXKnscpvK4gDTdyBiEWkVcDJ4hnPS6M9GHGB7mghXwiwlzhqHdWCS5lFxn-9qWWBP2SVI4JG9KNYWMZXoVI7AupHU4VxfJI5J8/s3121/IMG_0790.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2341" data-original-width="3121" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwGGqBLiAWUp5FjvuAKkY379AYZz2Y5BxzH2eCu2X_9dOX8IKFdUBKQCl10XRMxOVNqbtJraKhZOQYrP6HO2wvEMDzUXKnscpvK4gDTdyBiEWkVcDJ4hnPS6M9GHGB7mghXwiwlzhqHdWCS5lFxn-9qWWBP2SVI4JG9KNYWMZXoVI7AupHU4VxfJI5J8/w640-h480/IMG_0790.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Something’s the matter, though, isn’t it?” Veronika asked, because Pam still looked a bit sad.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCXjL-663Wf0li-344b3yYFKWQDpaBECIUgCd33WMVZuKTGAE-oB3Ccgy2_LeA9JfCiRj5AXRzoUnmHCnsPuTuQcolRZnF9DCV7W5HSHLoU30na93uh3so_t13bJ4jFFxbOLEoeoWYeJb4fcqeRONePEq6OctZrtfSpZcdbgptkX_dPBdXmPXFMxK4Os/s3207/IMG_0793.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="3207" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCXjL-663Wf0li-344b3yYFKWQDpaBECIUgCd33WMVZuKTGAE-oB3Ccgy2_LeA9JfCiRj5AXRzoUnmHCnsPuTuQcolRZnF9DCV7W5HSHLoU30na93uh3so_t13bJ4jFFxbOLEoeoWYeJb4fcqeRONePEq6OctZrtfSpZcdbgptkX_dPBdXmPXFMxK4Os/w640-h480/IMG_0793.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Yes,” Pam replied. “I know I’m supposed to help the child I live with learn to look after others. I’m supposed to set a good example for her and help her with her troubles, but I don’t seem to be doing that very well. She seems unhappy.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UgVIgQC9j1pNFIoSIvhxYWu2nRq883lRGN_e7zQtssqd0G-h1YhNXceEhvNzHBgmA_P5yON6Hq4y5tV3PL2Qwf8K7X06Zxh2PR3Q0WKpS7oENf2uAeIMlXRunGg5eqgnD0XyV5CKSGndT5MQ0nLmqGyo28P0jEd0rj-S225GvcsK4Dx-6CUIFz-u42k/s3251/IMG_0797.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2438" data-original-width="3251" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UgVIgQC9j1pNFIoSIvhxYWu2nRq883lRGN_e7zQtssqd0G-h1YhNXceEhvNzHBgmA_P5yON6Hq4y5tV3PL2Qwf8K7X06Zxh2PR3Q0WKpS7oENf2uAeIMlXRunGg5eqgnD0XyV5CKSGndT5MQ0nLmqGyo28P0jEd0rj-S225GvcsK4Dx-6CUIFz-u42k/w640-h480/IMG_0797.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Do you know what she’s unhappy about?” Veronika asked.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdSESHes9Xiye_F_twqqasf0jvxgpRS2I6EujXiqKzwpX3dOw6zFdTNFpmENuQUqtvdZFqFhWEP6ZD6S54dpasRpnh_feEBh_dq94zNBEAz-_BNUmEgbZ_LmGEX5JYB4FNXRARVgsT3UfgxppejBgjJCuuO9TH2UhYKHGqd-yMuzJuQbdUjVKN0oXXVw/s4032/IMG_0801.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdSESHes9Xiye_F_twqqasf0jvxgpRS2I6EujXiqKzwpX3dOw6zFdTNFpmENuQUqtvdZFqFhWEP6ZD6S54dpasRpnh_feEBh_dq94zNBEAz-_BNUmEgbZ_LmGEX5JYB4FNXRARVgsT3UfgxppejBgjJCuuO9TH2UhYKHGqd-yMuzJuQbdUjVKN0oXXVw/w640-h480/IMG_0801.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Yes,” Pam said. “Her family found out right before Christmas that Maryanne has a disease called <i>diabetes</i> (dy-ah-BEET-eez). She has to be careful about her diet and needs to take medication from a needle every day.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKn85ylmovi6UAX7KuI9WbrURAEt9U5Wylj_UxNSKHsVEnQj28nhU4IImodtGsuVvip7HOcbXUpTctIeVSmxlB6HYBE7gKxQSyGKC6yHHCOJ_LVoBl8f3ihwyYnYFQRERJjYVhhpksJk0TJNho4x_NUEM0qWy1BDo2As5kk4sbjcPi6rCHQkHx2kcjEM/s4032/IMG_0803.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKn85ylmovi6UAX7KuI9WbrURAEt9U5Wylj_UxNSKHsVEnQj28nhU4IImodtGsuVvip7HOcbXUpTctIeVSmxlB6HYBE7gKxQSyGKC6yHHCOJ_LVoBl8f3ihwyYnYFQRERJjYVhhpksJk0TJNho4x_NUEM0qWy1BDo2As5kk4sbjcPi6rCHQkHx2kcjEM/w640-h480/IMG_0803.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“That must be difficult for her,” said Veronika, who knew that children don</span>’t like to be poked with needles.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6v0egnLMzNsvxwYSRA42-Qg53Bpcjgn3IE9eECnrRVMAnnIkm1xXorwpUZhrB2FtPj4l7N_abXD0qZfAFqLDhuOPOst6pVBL9F2NAbdPMq2fOEK80bEQSE5SI5kr7gMMrMbdSyVT2IZKPzg_jhgdoSDKQFvGJRtLzEPohIkEVfWlFYyC3LnQ0QnD5UY/s3151/IMG_0807.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2363" data-original-width="3151" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6v0egnLMzNsvxwYSRA42-Qg53Bpcjgn3IE9eECnrRVMAnnIkm1xXorwpUZhrB2FtPj4l7N_abXD0qZfAFqLDhuOPOst6pVBL9F2NAbdPMq2fOEK80bEQSE5SI5kr7gMMrMbdSyVT2IZKPzg_jhgdoSDKQFvGJRtLzEPohIkEVfWlFYyC3LnQ0QnD5UY/w640-h480/IMG_0807.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It’s bad enough,” Pam agreed, “but what bothers her the most is that she thinks she did something to cause it. She’s unhappy that she’s making her parents worry about her. I want to help, but I don’t know what to do.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmcbOm-hUrDb-OtyyKphiFc3Pg-Gcuh30MhL9_OuNNxOxb1lvKAElXJ0_SnvtpHwsDmBB8k6vehTrBSIv3PYxnIcoc3LMWonZ1AIyzIYr9YrUe3NYwYhwV6aspXswonWGZ3LsYQClEIgcjVqE_TZHClO1J8prN_cU31kcExbEn0ZTJgpCXspyckKkOJE/s4032/IMG_0811.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmcbOm-hUrDb-OtyyKphiFc3Pg-Gcuh30MhL9_OuNNxOxb1lvKAElXJ0_SnvtpHwsDmBB8k6vehTrBSIv3PYxnIcoc3LMWonZ1AIyzIYr9YrUe3NYwYhwV6aspXswonWGZ3LsYQClEIgcjVqE_TZHClO1J8prN_cU31kcExbEn0ZTJgpCXspyckKkOJE/w640-h480/IMG_0811.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika thought for a moment. Then she gave Pam a pat. “Well, we can help you feel better, and maybe Maryanne, too.” she told the younger doll. “First of all, you’re right that we’re supposed to teach children how to care about others, set a good example for them and help them with their troubles. You’re already working on that, but it sometimes takes time. We can’t make human people’s troubles stop happening. All we can do is listen, comfort and guide them.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7rGGhA_rGU5PBFAukurgcDnPjjXonU55eHtHosRxEgHDNDDMylrg3Wrpuua5sPDrBM9kEalmvIBNq283ifNWPdSzxHMLi4ateKUMTXiCNNn04L24V68rqqzjS2ZkcvCcFpxLnBfXWlD3eEy1e1CWGZmScGEmh8CH7a8sz_D8C4pt1rjW0eMLAdsOl5s/s4032/IMG_0814.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7rGGhA_rGU5PBFAukurgcDnPjjXonU55eHtHosRxEgHDNDDMylrg3Wrpuua5sPDrBM9kEalmvIBNq283ifNWPdSzxHMLi4ateKUMTXiCNNn04L24V68rqqzjS2ZkcvCcFpxLnBfXWlD3eEy1e1CWGZmScGEmh8CH7a8sz_D8C4pt1rjW0eMLAdsOl5s/w640-h480/IMG_0814.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then Veronika asked Pam if Maryanne hears her. “Sometimes it takes awhile for a child to hear what dolls are saying,” she pointed out. “You listen to Maryanne when she talks to you, but she may not hear you when <span style="text-decoration: underline;">you</span> talk to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">her</span>.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3swXUePkiJnEnf_XT156UiMrnWxP_R6lb7_KptBBPGB_LElD-GFXbrwChJ0ic0GLj8d9bud7rZRGknCQr4-Vz7mrZPyP31d8-LekZT0hxWsUnbHeeYYj5z_J-eV1ZylAiBLCmf5Zjw-qev1jKPAQGG5WOVCaGXs7_FHDyVZ44zQ-Tp_V68GIqAT6Uk0/s4032/IMG_0818.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3swXUePkiJnEnf_XT156UiMrnWxP_R6lb7_KptBBPGB_LElD-GFXbrwChJ0ic0GLj8d9bud7rZRGknCQr4-Vz7mrZPyP31d8-LekZT0hxWsUnbHeeYYj5z_J-eV1ZylAiBLCmf5Zjw-qev1jKPAQGG5WOVCaGXs7_FHDyVZ44zQ-Tp_V68GIqAT6Uk0/w640-h480/IMG_0818.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I don’t think she does,” Pam said. “Hear me, I mean.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_2ckeFgjC8EB9Si5_sLz3uvh-4L93525-03Vpw1h3VlhmojLGgl40gSN8LuW-ANDs1-D5p9jmdgjfbT2qfXwF26i0V4mTdtAxlGF0pkqQiIGb7nqzwDGsU6ASkGiTQUGVAhoppB3G4NhxkHrrT6htGckXaVz0Br_3tfGWBMbpDA2ob6DG3norkj9J58/s2694/IMG_0821.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="2694" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_2ckeFgjC8EB9Si5_sLz3uvh-4L93525-03Vpw1h3VlhmojLGgl40gSN8LuW-ANDs1-D5p9jmdgjfbT2qfXwF26i0V4mTdtAxlGF0pkqQiIGb7nqzwDGsU6ASkGiTQUGVAhoppB3G4NhxkHrrT6htGckXaVz0Br_3tfGWBMbpDA2ob6DG3norkj9J58/w640-h480/IMG_0821.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Well,” Veronika, “we dolls have a little trick we can use to teach human children how to hear us.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuYZSqeyq3MGfbYQ1QHh0hJhyphZpjvKn5SGEYBoqRxT7oSOW0CLOmdH0anpcsCzQycXBFECVxdS3CQyfOripGio-UN0_aZkrANYH8yxKEBzf6UZZs60nHMBKZVBLfJDfBDn9A0iq_4mr5-SoaBOpK_eTFM17ET2_2699L4eWdptXQwwm3lUFjlf0l6k/s2975/IMG_0825.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2231" data-original-width="2975" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuYZSqeyq3MGfbYQ1QHh0hJhyphZpjvKn5SGEYBoqRxT7oSOW0CLOmdH0anpcsCzQycXBFECVxdS3CQyfOripGio-UN0_aZkrANYH8yxKEBzf6UZZs60nHMBKZVBLfJDfBDn9A0iq_4mr5-SoaBOpK_eTFM17ET2_2699L4eWdptXQwwm3lUFjlf0l6k/w640-h480/IMG_0825.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“We wait until they go to sleep at night,” Veronika continued. “Then we sit by them and talk to them. If we make up stories for them, we can give them happy dreams. We can talk to them, and they can listen in their sleep. They may not remember the next day, but if they have any imagination at all, eventually they will hear us when we talk to them during the day.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7hd7-oH3BuwZKicNdsSyWpNf6wmFynJeymzN9ExiUKgz2PEB7essVFYnbVR_LprPqW2UVBx65ahN5SUwugwrhk7F8k_p8Qq5C2oEZPlZNW-PJ3UZmOKtB1wMuHGZYD74B8jE0qQ5Dsq6T0WmtKDSDkudx78rBG9so41JbmFfX1jvW9vHriRgG2QP-co/s6000/gregory-pappas-rUc9hVE-L-E-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7hd7-oH3BuwZKicNdsSyWpNf6wmFynJeymzN9ExiUKgz2PEB7essVFYnbVR_LprPqW2UVBx65ahN5SUwugwrhk7F8k_p8Qq5C2oEZPlZNW-PJ3UZmOKtB1wMuHGZYD74B8jE0qQ5Dsq6T0WmtKDSDkudx78rBG9so41JbmFfX1jvW9vHriRgG2QP-co/w640-h426/gregory-pappas-rUc9hVE-L-E-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That would be wonderful!" Pam exclaimed. “I’ll start tonight!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVzX6-yh9Yt-CBDy9m27U6ayjaMsrnYBzA-P3xRxwCOIxW-Z3YRP8CumirAtMqCQsq1QWxkVplNvmJfnr4LSFLd7AdORJWjf8zYtrolmi7L_D2ItytC9CGVCzNkr5WcyYjP3_uRD7052UtJGEOmy6gxqsglVN7jc4JjbA0DAnhIzPW_UhbJlu9DjBU9o/s4032/IMG_0827.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVzX6-yh9Yt-CBDy9m27U6ayjaMsrnYBzA-P3xRxwCOIxW-Z3YRP8CumirAtMqCQsq1QWxkVplNvmJfnr4LSFLd7AdORJWjf8zYtrolmi7L_D2ItytC9CGVCzNkr5WcyYjP3_uRD7052UtJGEOmy6gxqsglVN7jc4JjbA0DAnhIzPW_UhbJlu9DjBU9o/w640-h480/IMG_0827.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika was still thinking. “Now,” she said, “we need to figure out what Maryanne needs to hear from you.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxAaHhpgxpY9cvVv5xBUeSwHcb04hAtCRPCEI9VdMe5rwqao3lyw1Ki8_yk8iigEJ3wWQmjRwHhTbcX_7Aw5V4CiD0e94f7f-udlWKidgA7WnSzqecTnisdeGEmHJNS5EZatQ7A66QBXKsMQM3DFMqU-edrPjFb0C7BTtj3hqetpl1NnJBB7zzG6-3mM/s4032/IMG_0829.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxAaHhpgxpY9cvVv5xBUeSwHcb04hAtCRPCEI9VdMe5rwqao3lyw1Ki8_yk8iigEJ3wWQmjRwHhTbcX_7Aw5V4CiD0e94f7f-udlWKidgA7WnSzqecTnisdeGEmHJNS5EZatQ7A66QBXKsMQM3DFMqU-edrPjFb0C7BTtj3hqetpl1NnJBB7zzG6-3mM/w640-h480/IMG_0829.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After nearly a minute of thinking, Veronika shook her head. “I don’t know much about diabetes, but I’ll bet Mandy does. Maybe she can help us.” Veronika looked toward the kitchen. “Mandy?” she called. “I think we could use your help.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD_5tlRJkEFWfNH_y4HHvVNMYP1wxCzPszmV0afa1RPjfkGRhhQFhlrbFM6bLAcVpF5gv3MGrc_fz7iBJupb9E-e_kC4ITOr7GYQFuNU9OSWs8IziXJw5yV6jQMGLUJPwPxE6UtfG0_IMmiNK95YNQHGMwdm9c1bJ5A54UWDLvpavgX0jBfMG1y9xqkE/s4032/IMG_0832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD_5tlRJkEFWfNH_y4HHvVNMYP1wxCzPszmV0afa1RPjfkGRhhQFhlrbFM6bLAcVpF5gv3MGrc_fz7iBJupb9E-e_kC4ITOr7GYQFuNU9OSWs8IziXJw5yV6jQMGLUJPwPxE6UtfG0_IMmiNK95YNQHGMwdm9c1bJ5A54UWDLvpavgX0jBfMG1y9xqkE/w640-h480/IMG_0832.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A few seconds later, Mandy appeared in the doorway to the kitchen, wiping her hands on the cloth napkin she was using as an apron. “What do you need?” she asked. “I’m done now. Jolena is just putting the cookies in the oven, and she can take them out when the timer goes off.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoWpk-E1Q1o2QGyU8E0bDyWACE2HpuOGCHsWBkX4zXZGlNPCCdByO0FGUTOgU2Iw0kOeE74weiAHXmR4SU8M0VlGC90Bsa_CrJzTh2FqW19W7j4f2RIEudIsf15ZdWVaHQIIn3oVSCw42E-XTDvycPoZttV-K1LO2hPWMs1HnR2qR6O3hwrC49CVJLdo/s1537/IMG_0835.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="1153" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoWpk-E1Q1o2QGyU8E0bDyWACE2HpuOGCHsWBkX4zXZGlNPCCdByO0FGUTOgU2Iw0kOeE74weiAHXmR4SU8M0VlGC90Bsa_CrJzTh2FqW19W7j4f2RIEudIsf15ZdWVaHQIIn3oVSCw42E-XTDvycPoZttV-K1LO2hPWMs1HnR2qR6O3hwrC49CVJLdo/w480-h640/IMG_0835.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“What do you know about diabetes?” Veronika asked her sister.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4Y-MxwQa8hdmWU4uZ1U5VkLKQa_ycTn6YyIfoxjSZnFlbDy5F4GG9M_mv9xuRhMWkqh3QOMLt1wzzLVHSP-zx8Cnz-zcTtFPQ5jl8E79-6UX-JnbCut0jxJOgm77w5E0zJsw-3PFzQB_bXqEhyok3WhyXZqG0VIh3YKhBt0jKV0Oia4CCwS-k-C7sak/s4032/IMG_0840.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4Y-MxwQa8hdmWU4uZ1U5VkLKQa_ycTn6YyIfoxjSZnFlbDy5F4GG9M_mv9xuRhMWkqh3QOMLt1wzzLVHSP-zx8Cnz-zcTtFPQ5jl8E79-6UX-JnbCut0jxJOgm77w5E0zJsw-3PFzQB_bXqEhyok3WhyXZqG0VIh3YKhBt0jKV0Oia4CCwS-k-C7sak/w640-h480/IMG_0840.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mandy thought for a moment. “Well,” she said, “I know it’s a condition human people can have where their bodies don’t make something called <i>insulin</i> (IN-suh-lin), or they don’t make enough of it. Humans need insulin to help them use something called <i>glucose</i> (GLU-kose), which is a kind of sugar. Some humans have to take insulin by <i>injection</i> (in-Jek-shun). That’s a kind of shot. The insulin has to be put into their bodies using a needle. They also need to have their blood tested to find out how much of this sugar they have in their blood.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSnfIKnHYfrECCKaVFx39Yi1NtqRmwEDKf-eKVNGWTI0qSGs3vGs0n3jnLIcrcVEGp_-hZF-SAfMaPcDzJ1PMGoAs_eQKlDKK2sah4PuN8hIgQg8dBCE8Cv4Z3vLHoP9M4zjUGA9rU-gD0VOyaYIf4DLwWm9S9ITgTI7ZAxyzI-IDP0siUnszzNOSOZQ/s2445/IMG_0842.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2445" data-original-width="1834" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSnfIKnHYfrECCKaVFx39Yi1NtqRmwEDKf-eKVNGWTI0qSGs3vGs0n3jnLIcrcVEGp_-hZF-SAfMaPcDzJ1PMGoAs_eQKlDKK2sah4PuN8hIgQg8dBCE8Cv4Z3vLHoP9M4zjUGA9rU-gD0VOyaYIf4DLwWm9S9ITgTI7ZAxyzI-IDP0siUnszzNOSOZQ/w480-h640/IMG_0842.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika knew Mandy would know! “The human child Pam lives with is diabetic and blames herself. Can a human child cause themselves to be diabetic?” she asked then.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16FEEk96saqYZPqkzOuN6z0h1eLRP70xojzpuwdaj-b67VKc72cr2Io00fCUst2nt3yIlR4w-6vQJXm75TtmiIDbd7VE3z2kRi_yR9OCJks3oocyOIp4JP5_ZpoEkl25AZNNysecCS-cmKm4v7oniiQcnZhyHb742zB6AvFA5qxXaiYQL3ltlSWgfqxc/s2184/IMG_0845.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16FEEk96saqYZPqkzOuN6z0h1eLRP70xojzpuwdaj-b67VKc72cr2Io00fCUst2nt3yIlR4w-6vQJXm75TtmiIDbd7VE3z2kRi_yR9OCJks3oocyOIp4JP5_ZpoEkl25AZNNysecCS-cmKm4v7oniiQcnZhyHb742zB6AvFA5qxXaiYQL3ltlSWgfqxc/w640-h480/IMG_0845.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“I don’t know,” Mandy replied. “Let’s find out!” She gestured toward the table, where </span>The Writer’s laptop is often sitting open, unless the family is eating. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3vFSTLRo7w4d8wV3jnLYDWGJH8Jlnr9_Og7N-mo3udkFn3LxOwRLeyWkUx57EqE0wymfOndUNYJKCJxf0R6kMGwPLHU73vxnV5np4b0w3XXVHIV_q1v5n7QYceFDJf7338wyFrPdB1YWCPXqZAq5NjvRbtUr8kv8tWTvujZRouXg9BqBkMvbvjrdiG4/s2547/IMG_0846.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="1910" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3vFSTLRo7w4d8wV3jnLYDWGJH8Jlnr9_Og7N-mo3udkFn3LxOwRLeyWkUx57EqE0wymfOndUNYJKCJxf0R6kMGwPLHU73vxnV5np4b0w3XXVHIV_q1v5n7QYceFDJf7338wyFrPdB1YWCPXqZAq5NjvRbtUr8kv8tWTvujZRouXg9BqBkMvbvjrdiG4/w480-h640/IMG_0846.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mandy climbed up to the table and had a look at the laptop to see if The Writer had something she was working on. (She didn't want to mess up The Writer</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">s work.) It was on, but nothing was running. There was nothing on the screen but the picture of Jolena from summer ski practice. Mandy knew that was something called </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">wallpaper</span></i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">, a photo The Writer chose to show on the screen when the computer wasn't busy. She pulled out her glasses from her skirt pocket and put them on, so she could read.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQzRApognFvLxIdJTsMufa7SUJ2uaoXk4_4xu8z5qxoyiMh6npDV5e0BSWa_FuaJ8Op1SLfEfB75EVu4FsGQfSgZCh5HYVK0i7Q18tBdlP5UXn_PajZQeqnupflXLczZt1tNY7k31NeVgUAt5cRkyzVPv8G8sllrDgPq1sKJPorteIOC5q75_keNZHg4/s4032/IMG_0852.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQzRApognFvLxIdJTsMufa7SUJ2uaoXk4_4xu8z5qxoyiMh6npDV5e0BSWa_FuaJ8Op1SLfEfB75EVu4FsGQfSgZCh5HYVK0i7Q18tBdlP5UXn_PajZQeqnupflXLczZt1tNY7k31NeVgUAt5cRkyzVPv8G8sllrDgPq1sKJPorteIOC5q75_keNZHg4/w640-h480/IMG_0852.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“I’ll pick a website that belongs to one of the big medical centers,” Mandy said. “If you just look something up online, you can get all kinds of answers that might be correct or not.</span>” </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Qw6Ae8YAN0HEwfuebbuAS2fu7TkkSJ8eTFWioBxmhvD_0COXIyMwrPQr4jXjKEJAPzfMYg7F66fuqFM80x5MlAT9Y1Olvk575VFP783UV7wsSGwVXRn-G7gCEhFxZ0jB_cAnseQJ4rdLrqRaNkqevZCaSw-eYTz_4ayTFF83Vp9Y-qjCrffIVf6JvVs/s4032/IMG_0855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Qw6Ae8YAN0HEwfuebbuAS2fu7TkkSJ8eTFWioBxmhvD_0COXIyMwrPQr4jXjKEJAPzfMYg7F66fuqFM80x5MlAT9Y1Olvk575VFP783UV7wsSGwVXRn-G7gCEhFxZ0jB_cAnseQJ4rdLrqRaNkqevZCaSw-eYTz_4ayTFF83Vp9Y-qjCrffIVf6JvVs/w640-h480/IMG_0855.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span>“This website is reliable,” she said. “Now give me a minute or two to read.”</span></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mandy is a fast reader, and it didn’t take her long to find what she was looking for. “It says that diabetes usually runs in families,” she told them. “That means that the possibility for a human to have it is something they are born with.” Mandy looked at Pam, “That’s like they come out of the factory already with the possibility of having it,” she added.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1aar0WDXnFPfBPcg_nF3yRRMf6o9yMVWHnUtVswuJnVl6EEJmRt90tDTJYMbt2txHry2uOwZnx8HruQZtNRMI4V8BDIRs3GwO4NN8Idu5z77aWHlJ3nCruHjVM-o_a38DlsSsRYr7aPfS4b4hZlG0f-5pejyrsJAw2n0cGPFBLyIz_u3n0ymlVNJJzA/s4032/IMG_0860.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1aar0WDXnFPfBPcg_nF3yRRMf6o9yMVWHnUtVswuJnVl6EEJmRt90tDTJYMbt2txHry2uOwZnx8HruQZtNRMI4V8BDIRs3GwO4NN8Idu5z77aWHlJ3nCruHjVM-o_a38DlsSsRYr7aPfS4b4hZlG0f-5pejyrsJAw2n0cGPFBLyIz_u3n0ymlVNJJzA/w640-h480/IMG_0860.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mandy continued to read. “Oh, look at this!” she exclaimed. “It says children often blame themselves for having diabetes or think that they are being punished for something by having it.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEc_2uRH8g7FexO0oEMUqiuA0VGy-iMcQB6gcFtZxrfmCuTJCNjKZHhAIyDnjJxHF2YNAtYiPi6-vZ0qQiRCPS9sQJvztN1mNjjruHIsVF8wgja8pM2rwcJcUDd5tldRofETM6WNoJZuUA8W_bRCbU-Pk2gK3NesxG3Z2fK06fz8U5FG3mcqX6jT_PFQs/s4032/IMG_0862.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEc_2uRH8g7FexO0oEMUqiuA0VGy-iMcQB6gcFtZxrfmCuTJCNjKZHhAIyDnjJxHF2YNAtYiPi6-vZ0qQiRCPS9sQJvztN1mNjjruHIsVF8wgja8pM2rwcJcUDd5tldRofETM6WNoJZuUA8W_bRCbU-Pk2gK3NesxG3Z2fK06fz8U5FG3mcqX6jT_PFQs/w640-h480/IMG_0862.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“That</span>’s what Maryanne’s doing!” Pam exclaimed.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>“It isn’t something she could help,” Mandy said, </span>“and it isn’t her fault, but she can do a lot to help her parents keep her healthy with diet and exercise. Eventually, she will need to learn to test her body for sugar herself and to give herself insulin.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFTB6grZ74bgx4p4RHWmY8NnS-_ddqkIa7UVWdTEb-SiCwM0PC3HyYr80N24wD0-yfMJ7nqxKDYuwcmIc4Qn1jPAIHInhp-WJ8k1BdeGjSi1pRl093hyphenhyphenJjS3LK_3775dLqBGL0abNydBQfOsvqLMk4eV6bko3zyOt2Qyxi69m6fj7donyWjw-8aLkRfg/s4032/IMG_0866.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFTB6grZ74bgx4p4RHWmY8NnS-_ddqkIa7UVWdTEb-SiCwM0PC3HyYr80N24wD0-yfMJ7nqxKDYuwcmIc4Qn1jPAIHInhp-WJ8k1BdeGjSi1pRl093hyphenhyphenJjS3LK_3775dLqBGL0abNydBQfOsvqLMk4eV6bko3zyOt2Qyxi69m6fj7donyWjw-8aLkRfg/w640-h480/IMG_0866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s where you come in, Pam,” Veronika said. “Now you know what to do, but don’t get discouraged if it takes a while to get Maryanne to hear you. Not all human people know how to use their imaginations. It helps that Maryanne is still a child.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7P3zmSFtAkkZD2TP6m49oeVykYugZCjYTIUCjQmUdnvUkGAYLb4z7I9KCsQNfONEZQSQyLzGS5WLmy_i-bVa2OE39qvUIJOKq08Ex_JSkqvE8RB1PzdoMnU1EWtHmCvP4C2sYgtkgZl9b3gcUtw31ZQUZoN9Uy8j8MwZHfvv-QH9i8EeLhcERENmISs/s4032/IMG_0870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7P3zmSFtAkkZD2TP6m49oeVykYugZCjYTIUCjQmUdnvUkGAYLb4z7I9KCsQNfONEZQSQyLzGS5WLmy_i-bVa2OE39qvUIJOKq08Ex_JSkqvE8RB1PzdoMnU1EWtHmCvP4C2sYgtkgZl9b3gcUtw31ZQUZoN9Uy8j8MwZHfvv-QH9i8EeLhcERENmISs/w640-h480/IMG_0870.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I’m so excited!” cried Pam. “I spent months in my box. I learned to be patient. I’ll keep working to get Maryanne to hear me if it takes months and months</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">!</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjcJHi-3LwioEEewcDLWdmACDk7mfOs8IvgGWScTpYN4EnvYoj98KaHwfueCX4O3W9vv_tHP6j1lxSPNxvVv8I4QIz_JaZMWGEDw1Zp9UI6hKVTAk3FhuU__xsd53BCQElFaJKKGcCvrtBJIg5X74UD7UnhZJ-ppds0V0zYPIz5bhtxQahTqLiZM1PmI/s3182/IMG_0871.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2386" data-original-width="3182" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjcJHi-3LwioEEewcDLWdmACDk7mfOs8IvgGWScTpYN4EnvYoj98KaHwfueCX4O3W9vv_tHP6j1lxSPNxvVv8I4QIz_JaZMWGEDw1Zp9UI6hKVTAk3FhuU__xsd53BCQElFaJKKGcCvrtBJIg5X74UD7UnhZJ-ppds0V0zYPIz5bhtxQahTqLiZM1PmI/w640-h480/IMG_0871.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Just then the front door opened. Pippa and Pauly had come back from playing at the park. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPXVDPVTnpogIV0JoblihNJF8LpYdVAIH3xhozshj8N6JV20ONTrRZ5VysbHCoS7q7SEk5W1ooefz76RCo8A3aTNNeNjaAG8TZPxa41MkXidoKl0l6B6Eqvp9aO8goFufA_Mtcom-8NQyKK70nBgvs3trVgi_74UXvWElaMCVzk8k0pgfZqLf1x84RJM/s4032/IMG_0876.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPXVDPVTnpogIV0JoblihNJF8LpYdVAIH3xhozshj8N6JV20ONTrRZ5VysbHCoS7q7SEk5W1ooefz76RCo8A3aTNNeNjaAG8TZPxa41MkXidoKl0l6B6Eqvp9aO8goFufA_Mtcom-8NQyKK70nBgvs3trVgi_74UXvWElaMCVzk8k0pgfZqLf1x84RJM/w640-h480/IMG_0876.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“We have a new neighbor,” Veronika called out to them. “Come and meet Pam!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Yt8T0IsYIoHXrNPzDlZpTE1CO51KkbU0jju5_R_xt7yhPqDklUxTghkSFVwrPz-hJUNio8_Z2kt_d9hfKNvnHZNgto8Pa0p835OPSQgayKOUiujuIFDBMFwiZwFMYeyHbaAlfZu-iH3yXBXk70K6VuJwslOPkPNx1oY9Q5HmlaLg-vgnYzwsfmrIsL0/s2662/IMG_0873.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="2662" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Yt8T0IsYIoHXrNPzDlZpTE1CO51KkbU0jju5_R_xt7yhPqDklUxTghkSFVwrPz-hJUNio8_Z2kt_d9hfKNvnHZNgto8Pa0p835OPSQgayKOUiujuIFDBMFwiZwFMYeyHbaAlfZu-iH3yXBXk70K6VuJwslOPkPNx1oY9Q5HmlaLg-vgnYzwsfmrIsL0/w640-h480/IMG_0873.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then the dolls heard a “ding” from the timer in the kitchen. The cookies were ready! Jolena would take care of them.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCvFi1jW_qzWFuZgAFY9G2vqaNUFUkeKwOrQviWSXSfQ7Yc7iJ20Lp0rxCLvHUg7J5oZ33lSvWZIBe-bhguw5jMh0YZnTleE_5wLGD0PCCzb4S7CCGq2WPU6ujpunZQrYZBaWirZlKfDi2Y7pa8TwUYv0Fd9qaK9M8KpkzZbSW0YuzBN3cm5KKdvc5bE/s2340/IMG_0883.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1755" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCvFi1jW_qzWFuZgAFY9G2vqaNUFUkeKwOrQviWSXSfQ7Yc7iJ20Lp0rxCLvHUg7J5oZ33lSvWZIBe-bhguw5jMh0YZnTleE_5wLGD0PCCzb4S7CCGq2WPU6ujpunZQrYZBaWirZlKfDi2Y7pa8TwUYv0Fd9qaK9M8KpkzZbSW0YuzBN3cm5KKdvc5bE/w480-h640/IMG_0883.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span><br /><span face="">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face="">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pippa: Götz Little Kidz Lotta</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pauly: Götz Little Kidz Paul</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nico: </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Götz </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hannah-Zoé at the Ballet</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pam: Götz Little Kidz Springtime, from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/intl/gotz-little-kidz-doll-springtime-doll-xm-36cm">My Doll Best Friend</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of girl sleeping by <a href="Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@tsujigimi?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Gregory Pappas</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-sleeping-on-bed-under-blankets-rUc9hVE-L-E?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a> ">Gregory Pappas</a> on Unsplash.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Find out more about diabetes in children from <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes/type-1-diabetes-in-children">Johns Hopkins</a> or <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-1-diabetes-in-children/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20355312">Mayo Clinic</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? 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The snow was gone for now, so he couldn't use his sled. He had put his LEGO set together several times and didn't want to do it again right away.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaywEBMbTwQwo_K3bID7pdeONL8S4FfVeHp-6TavD1dzwpMgDA_u87Lqb6I7PfKR8xGtFEFAiRv2jVZ4AxPpFHJsnmR21EDVhblF_4VQyiBbBWpK806vP4ucSrFiRHa2F89b7okDvnXUE/s1600/IMG_3542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaywEBMbTwQwo_K3bID7pdeONL8S4FfVeHp-6TavD1dzwpMgDA_u87Lqb6I7PfKR8xGtFEFAiRv2jVZ4AxPpFHJsnmR21EDVhblF_4VQyiBbBWpK806vP4ucSrFiRHa2F89b7okDvnXUE/s640/IMG_3542.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He had read the books on the bookshelf. He had taken Freckles for a walk. He was tired of playing games on the iPad. He was tired of watching TV. He wondered what the girls did when they were bored.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He found Mandy, sitting with her knitting. "What are you up to, Billy?," Mandy asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0FtX5YfY_-OvKwQtlxg-1C0Pb5zEu4vB3-DeF1S_f21nOE3ivAV2cIdq7STvKSP_VRgerYnKiigtdJ2i7Kii335aiyyY9wmgTU3eQUyAkZxsiwCxxCjlzIBs3vWZAhkJHvfojHNGqSk/s1600/IMG_3509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0FtX5YfY_-OvKwQtlxg-1C0Pb5zEu4vB3-DeF1S_f21nOE3ivAV2cIdq7STvKSP_VRgerYnKiigtdJ2i7Kii335aiyyY9wmgTU3eQUyAkZxsiwCxxCjlzIBs3vWZAhkJHvfojHNGqSk/s640/IMG_3509.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Nothing," Billy replied. "That's the problem. I'm bored, and I can't think of anything interesting to do."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I get bored sometimes, too," Mandy said. "When I'm bored, I try to find a new knitting project I can plan for. I think about what colors I want to use. By then, I usually am looking forward to the new project, so I want to finish the one I'm working on, and that makes it more fun."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv1R5m6lHZlIEx3wmKmmAPNoTuJDp65n7n5wVqxmbbjlRvWAkzeSLwaZM333Kv9SEd78sLNYE9nFP0OVqUKYoDC98ZwPoMm8Se9W_dfLJIgR0O5Fcm9PbPz-Z3X101WH2Nf3D2e6dvbM/s1600/IMG_3511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv1R5m6lHZlIEx3wmKmmAPNoTuJDp65n7n5wVqxmbbjlRvWAkzeSLwaZM333Kv9SEd78sLNYE9nFP0OVqUKYoDC98ZwPoMm8Se9W_dfLJIgR0O5Fcm9PbPz-Z3X101WH2Nf3D2e6dvbM/s640/IMG_3511.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"But I don't knit," Billy said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES5vJBtxGQvuk9nAXWPPjp9_W3JfuZJzAiUDi4JvAj1_MAxsXwHY_uiI9J2txcpLfHW5-uaxIZ0lbvaIVkHtNWDEG4nJFhyIbQifOQJ3KIYBKLtgZCasSbYEWikhSFSNZVQrBE2QgJOY/s1600/IMG_3510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES5vJBtxGQvuk9nAXWPPjp9_W3JfuZJzAiUDi4JvAj1_MAxsXwHY_uiI9J2txcpLfHW5-uaxIZ0lbvaIVkHtNWDEG4nJFhyIbQifOQJ3KIYBKLtgZCasSbYEWikhSFSNZVQrBE2QgJOY/s640/IMG_3510.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Sometimes it's good just to sit and think, or imagine things in your head, or work out a problem," Mandy suggested.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Thanks, Mandy," Billy said. "Sitting still is hard for me, but I'll try to think about how to keep from being bored."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We all have to learn to deal with boredom in our own way, Billy. You're a smart doll. You'll find a way," Mandy assured him.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF96Vjfg2yWlLWFcO6fIbbb-mDernVCe0TKBUpBNzs5HLReqvxmqO9b8RlIvQbmQlciBQt9jab3s1yrhyLshxJ1_HBEpxWvGHFvM3gvbl85HNoN_iMoVo_pwdIzMJD_f9_1Q-yC_fXlk/s1600/IMG_3508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF96Vjfg2yWlLWFcO6fIbbb-mDernVCe0TKBUpBNzs5HLReqvxmqO9b8RlIvQbmQlciBQt9jab3s1yrhyLshxJ1_HBEpxWvGHFvM3gvbl85HNoN_iMoVo_pwdIzMJD_f9_1Q-yC_fXlk/s640/IMG_3508.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy found Jolena busy adjusting the bindings on her skis. "Jolena, do you ever get bored?" he asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY4FS_nqxm0no0zaZD94dVLKP8D_MNd0CVYM63yZ1eGiJw5X_lc7S2Nqrql71YN1hCiSXlx3j0DG2KGotxtUt5qBIZzF2tzWQLS-EmsBxKXSgOA0kx8-c8wjot2LyIkwE5167TSZuBK8/s1600/IMG_3519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY4FS_nqxm0no0zaZD94dVLKP8D_MNd0CVYM63yZ1eGiJw5X_lc7S2Nqrql71YN1hCiSXlx3j0DG2KGotxtUt5qBIZzF2tzWQLS-EmsBxKXSgOA0kx8-c8wjot2LyIkwE5167TSZuBK8/s640/IMG_3519.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Sure I do," she replied. "Everyone gets bored sometimes."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What do you do to stop being bored?" Billy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Well," Jolena began, "sometimes I try to think up a new trick I can do on my skis. Sometimes I daydream, or I pretend I can do something impossible, like fly over the housetops and look down at everything on the ground. Or I pretend I'm dancing onstage in front of a lot of people and not afraid I'll make a mistake." </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZZfJioF6FZncHAFouXDDqwxNQIl0490PE6WvtvZaD9Kh0Gu7w27m3FolXOopnQdWMTRzbuuK4jeUhVpQNdyFC6_xkbQYrslLhBcMBFnz543GnyHksQsP-RkKcUAUJhSMSeH2CAYJ-VA/s1600/IMG_3521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZZfJioF6FZncHAFouXDDqwxNQIl0490PE6WvtvZaD9Kh0Gu7w27m3FolXOopnQdWMTRzbuuK4jeUhVpQNdyFC6_xkbQYrslLhBcMBFnz543GnyHksQsP-RkKcUAUJhSMSeH2CAYJ-VA/s640/IMG_3521.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Are you bored?" Jolena asked Billy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Billy replied. "I can't think of anything fun to do. Daydreaming or pretending sounds like fun, but I don't like to sit still for long."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6jN8-M7-FY7kBoJWdnRiEybDRFUHZGOWFslxEBqCKZCjyofGznE-caLI-SdxcQ_m1_NXX81obqSrdDWzKl606_0DMU0-jv2ndJH6vk8PIFThRJtP1SzU-_ogG6IWdcgulavr8d84g-o/s1600/IMG_3522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6jN8-M7-FY7kBoJWdnRiEybDRFUHZGOWFslxEBqCKZCjyofGznE-caLI-SdxcQ_m1_NXX81obqSrdDWzKl606_0DMU0-jv2ndJH6vk8PIFThRJtP1SzU-_ogG6IWdcgulavr8d84g-o/s640/IMG_3522.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You don't have to sit still to pretend," Jolena said. "You can act out what you're pretending." Billy thanked Jolena for the suggestions. He had a lot to think about.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte was practicing her violin when Billy found her. She was playing scales.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJXNw-ZH4DeW_SUBI7vjAUn5RYTptjpD0NmB6afHPisc4O8kIO9nrYHd5yhRNjnC7XUrrpeTU9UdCOFDmfxuSF5SbCVlMKjGzp-hP2FObV_EovyIxmHTx7wpYHAS60uwuH5ZgbJjxQHg/s1600/IMG_3538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJXNw-ZH4DeW_SUBI7vjAUn5RYTptjpD0NmB6afHPisc4O8kIO9nrYHd5yhRNjnC7XUrrpeTU9UdCOFDmfxuSF5SbCVlMKjGzp-hP2FObV_EovyIxmHTx7wpYHAS60uwuH5ZgbJjxQHg/s640/IMG_3538.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She stopped playing when Billy came in, because she knew he had something to say. "Charlotte, do you ever get bored?" Billy asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHumE49sFbcTbXgLvzVM-6leEkMOKYJxU5zu7nakT6B3gZ_lVHDCdtBt3CvJHege9T17HsK0TBKEYssWMdGRzbTbAGpdjjcW9XY4tlGVla63F1Ky5BrLmwpKFZ1UCldD9NUE7xL3X2EFA/s1600/IMG_3539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHumE49sFbcTbXgLvzVM-6leEkMOKYJxU5zu7nakT6B3gZ_lVHDCdtBt3CvJHege9T17HsK0TBKEYssWMdGRzbTbAGpdjjcW9XY4tlGVla63F1Ky5BrLmwpKFZ1UCldD9NUE7xL3X2EFA/s640/IMG_3539.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Everyone gets bored," Charlotte said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What do you do to stop being bored?" Billy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I like to make up little tunes in my head," Charlotte replied. "Sometimes I like to pretend I'm performing in an orchestra with lots of people listening, or alone on a stage. I imagine I'm really good, and that people love to listen to me."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCxVBEt_IupVTdFOtEBCjwl5TQJ8dF1o5MA2fusJrHndljJWfMXUclqixum6qr19kf4Tf_YACoN8tord2-XZZMthEEra1q4xWj0bv4Z-oQ_wqq06ipYGEfTZcUoVbY_3J56ZvKIcAusY/s1600/IMG_3540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCxVBEt_IupVTdFOtEBCjwl5TQJ8dF1o5MA2fusJrHndljJWfMXUclqixum6qr19kf4Tf_YACoN8tord2-XZZMthEEra1q4xWj0bv4Z-oQ_wqq06ipYGEfTZcUoVbY_3J56ZvKIcAusY/s640/IMG_3540.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I don't know what to pretend," Billy said, "and I'm not sure I would think that being on a stage in front of a lot of people is fun."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You'll think of something," Charlotte said. "We all have to find our own ways to deal with boredom."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'll keep working on it, Charlotte," Billy said. "Thanks."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy decided to ask Mariah about his problem. He found her in the dining room window. She was writing in her journal. She looked up.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLa1HixFlV0q3VlnC-asbGNNKlJ2cuQ9I01YHL_fnMSTLFl5vK3Q7UUYY-KwSPD4Is4KMol7c2Khxywc3oy75VTIK8KaQhxLW2-xz1REHIFKdZRUK0NlLLxcdQTND1T7kpQ6Cc-egpRE/s1600/IMG_3512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLa1HixFlV0q3VlnC-asbGNNKlJ2cuQ9I01YHL_fnMSTLFl5vK3Q7UUYY-KwSPD4Is4KMol7c2Khxywc3oy75VTIK8KaQhxLW2-xz1REHIFKdZRUK0NlLLxcdQTND1T7kpQ6Cc-egpRE/s640/IMG_3512.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Mariah," Billy began, "I'm trying to learn how to deal with boredom. Do you get bored?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Everyone gets bored," Mariah said. "When I get bored, I try to make up a story in my head. Then I write it down." </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnZIynfKw5gm0F9W-eS4cvtNWr5Ifwqp8U5M-Vzu_1jrPE803QdryhQU7_xofRZyf8_0dOxXjI4C8eIkGnInQg5CwFmkGnkvZBSACnxUlAnvnqc-Spm43bNJnfMoT0UL1H_m5qBVoOsY/s1600/IMG_3516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnZIynfKw5gm0F9W-eS4cvtNWr5Ifwqp8U5M-Vzu_1jrPE803QdryhQU7_xofRZyf8_0dOxXjI4C8eIkGnInQg5CwFmkGnkvZBSACnxUlAnvnqc-Spm43bNJnfMoT0UL1H_m5qBVoOsY/s640/IMG_3516.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Sometimes I like to pretend I'm a famous writer," Mariah went on. "I imagine myself signing books in a book store or receiving an award for one of my books."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBNZGU-HA4I323qxZf4gh-cGWce__8m4eD3MudquVtwv2sllx7qlmVJ45liVUmOgTxxinLKqzEv40HiIRKHZQgSy1DDWEFfet-RkcT2WG-zcj2bz4Y_XmZAvlI12TNTZZ_j1bZnhfVMQ/s1600/IMG_3518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBNZGU-HA4I323qxZf4gh-cGWce__8m4eD3MudquVtwv2sllx7qlmVJ45liVUmOgTxxinLKqzEv40HiIRKHZQgSy1DDWEFfet-RkcT2WG-zcj2bz4Y_XmZAvlI12TNTZZ_j1bZnhfVMQ/s640/IMG_3518.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I wouldn't know what to write about," Billy said, "and signing books doesn't sound like fun to me."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Just write what you did during the day, Billy," Mariah suggested. "That's what I do with my journal. I write what I did and what I am thinking about. Then I can go back and read it when I get bored."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'll try to think how I can make that work for me. Thanks, Mariah," Billy said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsdAxjeFDypMKT46nSZ_1oElJbiu_okL9VibMXE3Q8LSlnRK2arxH228EwVoqmC01byzxlrqMQ8btWicbzYxc9XB80wWBNxE-z_KHhanRZSwa_mlDeMsGqOOVO_2xRn-VW__wq3ZPvlc/s1600/IMG_3515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsdAxjeFDypMKT46nSZ_1oElJbiu_okL9VibMXE3Q8LSlnRK2arxH228EwVoqmC01byzxlrqMQ8btWicbzYxc9XB80wWBNxE-z_KHhanRZSwa_mlDeMsGqOOVO_2xRn-VW__wq3ZPvlc/s640/IMG_3515.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You'll find something you like to do, Billy," Mariah told him.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy decided he would start by taking Freckles for another walk. While he was getting his jacket, he found Veronika reading a book. He told her he was bored and asked if she had any suggestions for what to do.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHCeZxwDYLryvAoNWFttpXWU1YRdn191F0n1VgnOL5_efoF2WCn5lMAYQt2T4z2dfKD9d6y4wO1sZdhIpnyT0SGmE9hScSElnbY5JUdLVTKCrthgawzXs-auhngxcvYfZQ0630xap4LE/s1600/IMG_3525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHCeZxwDYLryvAoNWFttpXWU1YRdn191F0n1VgnOL5_efoF2WCn5lMAYQt2T4z2dfKD9d6y4wO1sZdhIpnyT0SGmE9hScSElnbY5JUdLVTKCrthgawzXs-auhngxcvYfZQ0630xap4LE/s640/IMG_3525.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Boredom is good for us," Veronika said. "It gives us a chance to learn</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> how to entertain ourselves."</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KxqmMY0qRQuNOx2Nmi-dq2NPqir6a71S4bbWJ1gJNvBJO8Hr4_WirXtqogiv732SWl4gyT5De-nufRxU28STtMprgYpBDIOOn7eTiuJkBy5xuGPzVUdGUQkyiFShxtXEWbgifB2VH6c/s1600/IMG_3526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KxqmMY0qRQuNOx2Nmi-dq2NPqir6a71S4bbWJ1gJNvBJO8Hr4_WirXtqogiv732SWl4gyT5De-nufRxU28STtMprgYpBDIOOn7eTiuJkBy5xuGPzVUdGUQkyiFShxtXEWbgifB2VH6c/s640/IMG_3526.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I have lots of things I like to do to stop being bored, but they may not work for you. You will find something. Don't worry about it."</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy looked down at the floor. "I guess I'll take Freckles for another walk," he said. "She never minds going out."</span></span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPspU1e6lckX6_TLmitYiLCaJU9wJN_ZN8wiOVUG3fR5odoKvf6-JW4XsKoG_G97qFYrJ5Hrb9kkEp6I2JPdFk5ojs12aCDjmcx06Kc4NOUn6SM2XT3INiARtFk84wSOaShd0upRpel0k/s1600/IMG_3528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPspU1e6lckX6_TLmitYiLCaJU9wJN_ZN8wiOVUG3fR5odoKvf6-JW4XsKoG_G97qFYrJ5Hrb9kkEp6I2JPdFk5ojs12aCDjmcx06Kc4NOUn6SM2XT3INiARtFk84wSOaShd0upRpel0k/s640/IMG_3528.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">About twenty minutes later, Veronika was sitting on the bottom step of the staircase, watching the squirrels play in the front yard, when Billy and Freckles came back into the house. Billy was very excited. "You'll never guess what happened!" he cried.</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyWOaGgk1VBxhyrO2KsjotvwRc_Z386xvZNirb9_stURNGOS-fQZbD7vfZv5R_FKDkQCTR4ntx0y6mdP0XUpfJ__HsFd_yYxGGQeXxdZXwEIsObmv200DjTBHWm8VJDjgQmr-N9i9AG8/s1600/IMG_3529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyWOaGgk1VBxhyrO2KsjotvwRc_Z386xvZNirb9_stURNGOS-fQZbD7vfZv5R_FKDkQCTR4ntx0y6mdP0XUpfJ__HsFd_yYxGGQeXxdZXwEIsObmv200DjTBHWm8VJDjgQmr-N9i9AG8/s640/IMG_3529.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika waited, because she was sure he was going to tell her.</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"When I took Freckles out, I saw the lady across the street, looking up into the tree," he said. "She was upset. She has a new little kitten, and it had run out the door when she opened it. It climbed up into the tree and wouldn't come down."</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYvLkengDVPGQ8AHGJ331sU9BKnI5K8EuczFSPilq4pZzx7aPOdkgLUfDSYFh8jbwRbaDvBlBeGoYmtgmFMvKwAtim_X-aJT0rV5IViuRZcr9fGFC8QrBiocPnf0uDODniBmeQovEVWU/s1600/IMG_3531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYvLkengDVPGQ8AHGJ331sU9BKnI5K8EuczFSPilq4pZzx7aPOdkgLUfDSYFh8jbwRbaDvBlBeGoYmtgmFMvKwAtim_X-aJT0rV5IViuRZcr9fGFC8QrBiocPnf0uDODniBmeQovEVWU/s640/IMG_3531.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Cats do that sometimes," Veronika said. "So then what happened?"</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I gave her Freckles' leash, and then I climbed up the tree," Billy replied.</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAFybQyI7GK-j9o2Rt1EGpf5-E9AoSzK2tOHD9eFKnWbTOO2hcdNACvhpCVv7F0VQpS9gEI7TzZvwSIq87heSLmpUZORFy6iagcFjbqFqQWqIJTaL3HKxONC1LLQYTPhTznEFkyWFVKM/s1600/IMG_3532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAFybQyI7GK-j9o2Rt1EGpf5-E9AoSzK2tOHD9eFKnWbTOO2hcdNACvhpCVv7F0VQpS9gEI7TzZvwSIq87heSLmpUZORFy6iagcFjbqFqQWqIJTaL3HKxONC1LLQYTPhTznEFkyWFVKM/s640/IMG_3532.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I talked to the kitten," Billy continued. "I told him I would help him, and he should just hold onto my neck. Then I climbed down and gave the kitten to the lady. She thanked me and handed Freckles' leash back to me."</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmYC8f6e1drU8oxtM2oyqKIDAbLXzvJwuBMaoeM3K97qTipARDQ20L7wUQCXAGam6tptDBg8U4G-xB5EhI4VaaTG1T4-9Rct472o7OkjL8HRPiBIXUmkIc3hps63ro3zUNPDMN458e7w/s1600/IMG_3533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmYC8f6e1drU8oxtM2oyqKIDAbLXzvJwuBMaoeM3K97qTipARDQ20L7wUQCXAGam6tptDBg8U4G-xB5EhI4VaaTG1T4-9Rct472o7OkjL8HRPiBIXUmkIc3hps63ro3zUNPDMN458e7w/s640/IMG_3533.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That was a nice thing to do, Billy," Veronika said, "and very brave. The kitten must have been almost as big as you. Weren't you afraid he would scratch you?"</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QTZTzlYdXSBMhfSOzUeuZitftd6yuCLBm9ouxVn-FnjwlP_Vk2JB_CYpbE1eBCJI5x5V6_e8GcKIsHFq-O4AGPkUkQqFco6Cktc60LarznxMWOH91K7T1TPhk24H3QMu081F6M-IPkU/s1600/IMG_3535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QTZTzlYdXSBMhfSOzUeuZitftd6yuCLBm9ouxVn-FnjwlP_Vk2JB_CYpbE1eBCJI5x5V6_e8GcKIsHFq-O4AGPkUkQqFco6Cktc60LarznxMWOH91K7T1TPhk24H3QMu081F6M-IPkU/s640/IMG_3535.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"My vinyl is tough," Billy replied. "I wasn't worried. The kitten was just frightened once he was outside," Billy replied. "The lady looked at me for a long time before she took the kitten back into the house. I don't think she has seen any dolls before," Billy said.</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"At least not dolls that climb trees and rescue kittens!" Veronika laughed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You know, I'm not bored anymore," Billy said. "I think I'll borrow some paper from Mariah and write down everything that happened, so I don't forget it. It was an adventure!"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi1Bing7mzHZZMCvGgZfDD9kbb7Jm2NFcZq1r2iYWgDudFamcQw0rzQXQszID3YytNjkfgaax9YCMXsfnYB86mRBs5EhBMCLCVPdLVDXaR8EdMphlwxI7R1Cyrtg66iNfnXXAYYlleZU/s1600/IMG_3536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi1Bing7mzHZZMCvGgZfDD9kbb7Jm2NFcZq1r2iYWgDudFamcQw0rzQXQszID3YytNjkfgaax9YCMXsfnYB86mRBs5EhBMCLCVPdLVDXaR8EdMphlwxI7R1Cyrtg66iNfnXXAYYlleZU/s640/IMG_3536.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Next time I'm bored, I'll read it and remember how exciting it was to rescue a kitten and how good I feel because I helped someone," Billy decided. "I think I'm a superhero in training!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now Billy knows what to do the next time he feels bored. What do you like to do when you're bored? </span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily of London</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? 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They found her in the kitchen.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgO9NPSjuxfMAS8KSB_awn4hqTRm4ypFblmAJHyji-8G_8lKDuckOWUWgLatTTjyl6ppOC9Yv8xblXEKIByhKZVg8f0nKPph42GusxJB3KcixtcPd_41-1t54Qu5LPfCZotND0E2g2qI/s1600/IMG_3481.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgO9NPSjuxfMAS8KSB_awn4hqTRm4ypFblmAJHyji-8G_8lKDuckOWUWgLatTTjyl6ppOC9Yv8xblXEKIByhKZVg8f0nKPph42GusxJB3KcixtcPd_41-1t54Qu5LPfCZotND0E2g2qI/s640/IMG_3481.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"What are you doing?" Mariah asked, climbing up on the tall stool Jolena always uses to reach the counter.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I'm cooking," she said. "I'm making something called burritos for supper."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyS2V60cFn1R5Yi92ehpEHVe09WZfP3DDQM-1VLv7GyPGdhFO2hZKihHMNEhedBSxe9nJ4jTOcV_-EdAX9zsPPe5k_LfBC6U-zlpJg6-kjEErZHa8EeedulrHYl-1h1jjN4xgBX3d3Ms/s1600/IMG_3480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyS2V60cFn1R5Yi92ehpEHVe09WZfP3DDQM-1VLv7GyPGdhFO2hZKihHMNEhedBSxe9nJ4jTOcV_-EdAX9zsPPe5k_LfBC6U-zlpJg6-kjEErZHa8EeedulrHYl-1h1jjN4xgBX3d3Ms/s640/IMG_3480.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"What kind of toes?" Billy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Burr-EE-toes," she replied. It's sort of like supper rolled up in a piece of very flat bread called a <i>tortilla</i> (tor-TEE-ya)," she explained. "It's filled with cooked beans with some sauce and some cheese, and I'm going to slice some avocado on top. I'm cooking the beans now. I have water in the pot, some seasonings and some onions. I just have to add the beans."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"That sounds yummy," said Mariah.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AbQ0UTdnuSpnWIMNuzf6FF1Zft-PtCy6qNKDFerf8NpSy-I4DgzSyiB6rimLv9pEoCxMc3EfIPMvj-wrBxeGSQcJ7J3DCFObKm3xfzWQKZ-hNuCG_uqcV38IQ7GJQBR0fL1CK3LNe8M/s1600/IMG_3486.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AbQ0UTdnuSpnWIMNuzf6FF1Zft-PtCy6qNKDFerf8NpSy-I4DgzSyiB6rimLv9pEoCxMc3EfIPMvj-wrBxeGSQcJ7J3DCFObKm3xfzWQKZ-hNuCG_uqcV38IQ7GJQBR0fL1CK3LNe8M/s640/IMG_3486.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"We're going to have broccoli-kale slaw with it tonight," Jolena said. "I've made it already. It's in the refrigerator.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I'll bet it's fun to cook," Billy said. "Is it hard to learn how?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"It isn't too hard," Jolena replied. "You have to learn how to cut things without cutting yourself, and to be careful at the stove, so you don't get burned or catch on fire."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0iiCzZctBV64mDqgTbNjyw1SrsFYgIICZD8ttgT244-kZpLACKubxfQMDQ3OCwZCnF9fZvr82TeH0PSGkc-HXpt0yDEcLKg_9qGU7ehVUvWQhjUQreh1cG7NfZruBVQdgQNRd2lhQpg/s1600/IMG_3483.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0iiCzZctBV64mDqgTbNjyw1SrsFYgIICZD8ttgT244-kZpLACKubxfQMDQ3OCwZCnF9fZvr82TeH0PSGkc-HXpt0yDEcLKg_9qGU7ehVUvWQhjUQreh1cG7NfZruBVQdgQNRd2lhQpg/s640/IMG_3483.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"That sounds scary," Mariah exclaimed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Not if you're careful," Jolena said with a laugh. "You have to tie back your hair, if it's long, and wash your hands before you start. You also have to pay attention to what you're cooking, so it doesn't burn. I usually set a timer, so I don't forget to check the food if I'm doing something else, like helping set the table."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtf6EpvQfqXvEK0kLGYoSQXzWgY6pm85IYjsqctUCRzTuvzzrDtHC1I-e6Kip9jJjrQR89CYPyaogP-JxkAAC5ACoJkCc8NtEvTdA1VeLjG8WYkY676C-phhTiz66BpUS0YEhvg8od0gQ/s1600/IMG_3485.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtf6EpvQfqXvEK0kLGYoSQXzWgY6pm85IYjsqctUCRzTuvzzrDtHC1I-e6Kip9jJjrQR89CYPyaogP-JxkAAC5ACoJkCc8NtEvTdA1VeLjG8WYkY676C-phhTiz66BpUS0YEhvg8od0gQ/s640/IMG_3485.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I'll bet I could learn," Billy said. "Is that all you need to know?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Well," Jolena considered, "the most important part is knowing <u>what</u> to cook. When you eat what someone else has cooked for you, you know that they have planned the meal to help you stay strong and healthy because they love you. They have included a variety of foods so all you have to do is enjoy the meal. They have worked to make it taste good, so you will enjoy it. When you cook for others, you have to know how to do this yourself, and they are counting on you to feed them the right things."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwr1n527bseYTz8-3sZdcV39Sok9QuT2cD8V1s0WqX4ez6j8gupyS042bObT4y_ZRUDounHEV9xZWc2JzQqxifafcgHVYgbuka2jZA1lBdpC6Is-liS8XwEZB_Pddy5rmiU_eFIEyP4c/s1600/IMG_3490.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwr1n527bseYTz8-3sZdcV39Sok9QuT2cD8V1s0WqX4ez6j8gupyS042bObT4y_ZRUDounHEV9xZWc2JzQqxifafcgHVYgbuka2jZA1lBdpC6Is-liS8XwEZB_Pddy5rmiU_eFIEyP4c/s640/IMG_3490.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"But we're always strong and healthy, unless we pretend to be sick," Mariah pointed out. "We're dolls."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Yes, but children learn from dolls," Jolena said. "We have to set a good example for them, so they understand why they are eating. We pretend to eat what they should eat. It's why we're here. Parents sometimes worry if children don't eat. Children sometimes think their parents are just being bossy. They need to learn that their parents want them to eat the right things because they love them."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAsB26G1QbERpVEPWoFrfDoruKY3s1DYWoV4J7N5dBPPixSiMnPiWq6gdDriv2smJ33b0X6W5fowd0SgfBSoMwagD8UqwwGJeDKKJChcv3CWwO21w-RJLGq4dgcdBvg-vT8F3FrzS64w/s1600/IMG_3487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLAsB26G1QbERpVEPWoFrfDoruKY3s1DYWoV4J7N5dBPPixSiMnPiWq6gdDriv2smJ33b0X6W5fowd0SgfBSoMwagD8UqwwGJeDKKJChcv3CWwO21w-RJLGq4dgcdBvg-vT8F3FrzS64w/s640/IMG_3487.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"So we dolls pretend to eat our food so we can show children how much we enjoy it," Mariah suggested, and Jolena nodded.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"How do you know what to cook, then?" asked Billy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"It isn't hard," Jolena said. "Each day we need some fruit, some vegetables of different colors, some grains like this rice." She took the lid off the rice canister and showed them the rice inside.</span><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8NhxkifedfULatUuZplDfKQ8Y6aQA6uKG3vdjahA5MF0EZ3IPO3lwH80oSDR4w3Czw40VqHcX0ZxZRPReYh_Ei6fpHUA3j-VVZvfSFms5B-NbAcXpZHFlYF9Oh_IEqZ9RizJN5op3RU/s1600/IMG_3494.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8NhxkifedfULatUuZplDfKQ8Y6aQA6uKG3vdjahA5MF0EZ3IPO3lwH80oSDR4w3Czw40VqHcX0ZxZRPReYh_Ei6fpHUA3j-VVZvfSFms5B-NbAcXpZHFlYF9Oh_IEqZ9RizJN5op3RU/s640/IMG_3494.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Bread is made from a grain called wheat. We also need milk, and foods that have something called <i>protein</i>. You say it PRO-teen" She said the word slowly. "Those foods are meat, fish, eggs, cheese and dried beans, like these."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpKbVXwM5jM9_rzW1V2xl8RjXTYjVpXebdsD3KiyPBFQdUMwc_N4s2b6goadLYgk-JK9tcsi4f4w1okwbnMjVmqoVCtVasPSWbnPqMa4wkgPy7AO49hfvUjELLV9LwyxFwoambD7ezpA/s1600/IMG_3484.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpKbVXwM5jM9_rzW1V2xl8RjXTYjVpXebdsD3KiyPBFQdUMwc_N4s2b6goadLYgk-JK9tcsi4f4w1okwbnMjVmqoVCtVasPSWbnPqMa4wkgPy7AO49hfvUjELLV9LwyxFwoambD7ezpA/s640/IMG_3484.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"It's good to have some of the vegetables cooked and some raw," Jolena continued. "Then it's important to know how to cook these foods so they taste good."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"How about cake and ice cream?" asked Billy. "I love cake and ice cream!"</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcCWHMunAhvFHtv_5NlueWRpRQl7QoS19MkIKBu1VfAiyvFsBKkEGGRTtF3mVC9_BdGxgG4ztMOsR6KKx9vJmTSKbkUhgVJIak2amar3TwIJGXEbc1NJ15fURxlYOqQXNVkch-vySg2A/s1600/IMG_3491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcCWHMunAhvFHtv_5NlueWRpRQl7QoS19MkIKBu1VfAiyvFsBKkEGGRTtF3mVC9_BdGxgG4ztMOsR6KKx9vJmTSKbkUhgVJIak2amar3TwIJGXEbc1NJ15fURxlYOqQXNVkch-vySg2A/s640/IMG_3491.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Yes, you missed Charlotte's birthday party, didn't you?" Mariah said. "We had cake, but no ice cream. The cake was yummy."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhZUG8rdkunHr5jYKmLaegsG62hlomKJc8Zt6kFEoo7reJSMq54BUehTvbpnW-isJJW1h-5xQSe1iqFpjPXOT0-o3-5j_mohmk4D7G7TayUksTtQeVt4XYtWW7zbTy1MQUeQzvqtQv98/s1600/IMG_3500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhZUG8rdkunHr5jYKmLaegsG62hlomKJc8Zt6kFEoo7reJSMq54BUehTvbpnW-isJJW1h-5xQSe1iqFpjPXOT0-o3-5j_mohmk4D7G7TayUksTtQeVt4XYtWW7zbTy1MQUeQzvqtQv98/s640/IMG_3500.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Well," said Jolena, "cake, ice cream, candy, cookies and chips are what we call 'extra foods.' That's why you save them until after you eat. We pretend to eat fruits and vegetables, grains, milk and protein foods because they taste good, but also because children's bodies need them. Cake is something we pretend to eat only for how it tastes. Besides, if you pretend to eat cake first, the other foods don't taste as good as they would have if you had saved the cake for later. That takes a lot of the fun out of eating."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYH951ws2wXWxMjPlcJGoSpasnBDDs9wX6AiV4EmiBjE-xOyl-Gj8qJdbziCJm_c2IC9e1wbIPXeDS2TRUhEiPacn-sh_kFiVaVVaaROZVMuua1J48rjU7LYhwmbolUsH0dWW8RwmWBSM/s1600/IMG_3488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYH951ws2wXWxMjPlcJGoSpasnBDDs9wX6AiV4EmiBjE-xOyl-Gj8qJdbziCJm_c2IC9e1wbIPXeDS2TRUhEiPacn-sh_kFiVaVVaaROZVMuua1J48rjU7LYhwmbolUsH0dWW8RwmWBSM/s640/IMG_3488.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"So how do you make the burry-toes?" Billy asked.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3QLAT2nKycRf-zkzAScj8XFDo-r5YWjUGj_4nvPzIjStScI9eNIBkoq-UHobB3P90stT2E6I1gIn95VQowIhISf9-rtIKaacqhNeVlS4ZeOQhLMHSSb-ord0gHcWdaaWDsvrG9-b9N4/s1600/IMG_3493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3QLAT2nKycRf-zkzAScj8XFDo-r5YWjUGj_4nvPzIjStScI9eNIBkoq-UHobB3P90stT2E6I1gIn95VQowIhISf9-rtIKaacqhNeVlS4ZeOQhLMHSSb-ord0gHcWdaaWDsvrG9-b9N4/s640/IMG_3493.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Well, I put the beans, a little spicy sauce and some cheese on the tortilla." Jolena said. "Then I fold it up. I'll make six of them. I put them on a cookie sheet in the oven and cook for half an hour. When they are done, I'll slice some avocado on top. Come back at supper time, and you'll see."</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvIeIqntYiVWE8T0ZAl95eQiQ4uNFHZHV9x2ltAsAOWbhdSIcZNGaEoII6_qyYlXn2IqhgFBjvHSHoswvrOftL5ZhKrCiAIYmHmZlnjXfUtZCfOUJiEu7S09XFvJF_VG25TuaI9bl7UY/s1600/IMG_3499.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvIeIqntYiVWE8T0ZAl95eQiQ4uNFHZHV9x2ltAsAOWbhdSIcZNGaEoII6_qyYlXn2IqhgFBjvHSHoswvrOftL5ZhKrCiAIYmHmZlnjXfUtZCfOUJiEu7S09XFvJF_VG25TuaI9bl7UY/s640/IMG_3499.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mariah understood what Jolena said to be a hint that they were keeping her from her work. "Come on, Billy. Let's go see what the others are up to.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsmF9OsQo2ZJsrQkiEjpAWf3DCftCr7tzCp5-7zviesPy1f4ALrL-w_I7JzWkdf-Ptss59kg_8EHMI0HgTxBw2r3_Og4a5u_BgGXkDfYu8mEBDbLLT5AcTKRst5StDKi0RfuvkJYikOY/s1600/IMG_3497.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsmF9OsQo2ZJsrQkiEjpAWf3DCftCr7tzCp5-7zviesPy1f4ALrL-w_I7JzWkdf-Ptss59kg_8EHMI0HgTxBw2r3_Og4a5u_BgGXkDfYu8mEBDbLLT5AcTKRst5StDKi0RfuvkJYikOY/s640/IMG_3497.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When it was time for supper, they saw this on their plates.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSKuaU7DuJdRolq6WMz_EivShhObKDoWK-8ir_CopYCgLhMOgopMcqWkBRD_Fbrqnha8DOhh3rOHXVRfFRRjPXFPgeByYTF4PFGGH_Aso64m8Rnb0iLEMmBGeyRskB-TVGMdRpUi1k5k/s1600/IMG_3479.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSKuaU7DuJdRolq6WMz_EivShhObKDoWK-8ir_CopYCgLhMOgopMcqWkBRD_Fbrqnha8DOhh3rOHXVRfFRRjPXFPgeByYTF4PFGGH_Aso64m8Rnb0iLEMmBGeyRskB-TVGMdRpUi1k5k/s640/IMG_3479.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It was yummy, and they pretended to eat it all. Jolena is a good cook!</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy was a bit disappointed that there was no cake for dessert, but he was happy to have a cookie. "I'll bake a cake tomorrow," Jolena promised. Billy said he could wait until then. Then he pretended to be patient.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">What do you have for supper?</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Cast--</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily of London</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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font-size: large;">It's the week before Christmas, the shopping's not done,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The cards are not written, no, not even one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Few gifts have been purchased, and those are unwrapped.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The list of the things the kids want is untapped.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGmdtYAPU03vUk9C2bWIkXX9QOyskPI1Dhx_27HGVhGPqf6rmPgLUQoMsVKpE5t8f-Vw5FomQVFCF1O640HYCD-E3gSkWnhGN4pYp-51tAMh5A3H1frDj2yOkc9TkoSAnApp9Vll2liIKG903wjWSjYGISgZUhbS9Gi4dYqcn0yYNxSGSLXax-Rd0M=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGmdtYAPU03vUk9C2bWIkXX9QOyskPI1Dhx_27HGVhGPqf6rmPgLUQoMsVKpE5t8f-Vw5FomQVFCF1O640HYCD-E3gSkWnhGN4pYp-51tAMh5A3H1frDj2yOkc9TkoSAnApp9Vll2liIKG903wjWSjYGISgZUhbS9Gi4dYqcn0yYNxSGSLXax-Rd0M=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The lights are still sitting alone in their box.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For some reason, the stockings are in with the socks.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The tree is still naked, no wreath on the door,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The house is in shambles, there's dust on the floor.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_B_awOAKto2WAguMtWH6TxIzMhUKM839F5XxTQ_vjb4y7E5aXgjTi7h-tNTfGiG5xTSs0s6G4547V1epXKpbX7fniLziGqQTZar4CDSsvtzISL3ypWCZMcE8nbev9Nu9puEgxga8PXJC1QMvDSz1Xred4mO_PB9NxhNCG2EtbsF8fTCeJxzrpKKi9=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_B_awOAKto2WAguMtWH6TxIzMhUKM839F5XxTQ_vjb4y7E5aXgjTi7h-tNTfGiG5xTSs0s6G4547V1epXKpbX7fniLziGqQTZar4CDSsvtzISL3ypWCZMcE8nbev9Nu9puEgxga8PXJC1QMvDSz1Xred4mO_PB9NxhNCG2EtbsF8fTCeJxzrpKKi9=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The laundry needs washing, and drying and folding.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The sink's full of dishes, (though no one is scolding).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">No pies and no cookies are being prepared.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The bedrooms are needed, they have to be aired!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ4-QWzvag5vA5BKNQdhBhc_6XGg_2hbsYVZpi_uae9mcB0JmsJI6TExB500KlhhUIkndAevz1zjmeptqyvnQlD-FX4Pk5gMyzyTTUC_vzb4zCRvkCoImivuNywgTDPjsCafAhqvsYrXNA4X9dH4A5xBoGoNuMLjMRnkdhsx1VyWphZNp4wz0wyKN1=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ4-QWzvag5vA5BKNQdhBhc_6XGg_2hbsYVZpi_uae9mcB0JmsJI6TExB500KlhhUIkndAevz1zjmeptqyvnQlD-FX4Pk5gMyzyTTUC_vzb4zCRvkCoImivuNywgTDPjsCafAhqvsYrXNA4X9dH4A5xBoGoNuMLjMRnkdhsx1VyWphZNp4wz0wyKN1=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Writer is standing atop of the stairs,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Weeping and wringing her hands in despair.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"I try to start early, I do," she will say,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"But somehow each year the time just gets away."</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY7-7Jfw7YbUp8iwbBbwu04MkrhUIVHhj5aNsjxJga2AX4ezq6gbo1WdHtUB9c6_CCkMpmoSzZCbkGJDz7IS0XIYVJ7iW1FTcumGwzHmdEh0nv4CVs5ZGsu8UTAFVBkVzjjz_Pwl-_MC0ZU3sTkofqUL3gXrpRXrWMQFd5bd2CyGCLTOZWakORI4ml=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY7-7Jfw7YbUp8iwbBbwu04MkrhUIVHhj5aNsjxJga2AX4ezq6gbo1WdHtUB9c6_CCkMpmoSzZCbkGJDz7IS0XIYVJ7iW1FTcumGwzHmdEh0nv4CVs5ZGsu8UTAFVBkVzjjz_Pwl-_MC0ZU3sTkofqUL3gXrpRXrWMQFd5bd2CyGCLTOZWakORI4ml=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"I've seen this before," Vroni says to her friends.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"We have to do something! This rant never ends!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"We all can pitch in," says Mariah with glee.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"It will be lots of fun! I can't wait for the tree!"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUq96IxB98xKeSm22kkd2yPl_u-17S00DwNRSFN4Ay9o1WGuehd28k-yHP8iwYPA9fuZl9tulxeHehTOGn2-UQYnqadhlCSEfHHzW87uecjUS_0sX58yx2_H37ZsNBh8yVuXlEYWoNcaRkH5JvVkW4QnTGbVgDSmTn68JPS2LQQ9p7gg6b2vvwrg2V=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUq96IxB98xKeSm22kkd2yPl_u-17S00DwNRSFN4Ay9o1WGuehd28k-yHP8iwYPA9fuZl9tulxeHehTOGn2-UQYnqadhlCSEfHHzW87uecjUS_0sX58yx2_H37ZsNBh8yVuXlEYWoNcaRkH5JvVkW4QnTGbVgDSmTn68JPS2LQQ9p7gg6b2vvwrg2V=w640-h640" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We then guide The Writer to sit were it's cozy,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We tell her to stay, not to watch or be nosy.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One of us brings her a nice cup of tea.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We then put a Christmas show on the TV.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4aq2QIyt2xq0KSSz7B5y6W8Jl0j3Oc3NE1BMJ54BHqo4jq99hPmIVfaWpeVlkBxxclSb21XY5y7CHDpuvr_FvfcTjajjyyaP8Gjt8pyX8bEIt7EEUkV-9KDQG3qxYMYTFZBjpq81LDFh5fZ0HgkdCqTk_b9AImt9dSPZW2K4jm7560Pu1F13WNlCn=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4aq2QIyt2xq0KSSz7B5y6W8Jl0j3Oc3NE1BMJ54BHqo4jq99hPmIVfaWpeVlkBxxclSb21XY5y7CHDpuvr_FvfcTjajjyyaP8Gjt8pyX8bEIt7EEUkV-9KDQG3qxYMYTFZBjpq81LDFh5fZ0HgkdCqTk_b9AImt9dSPZW2K4jm7560Pu1F13WNlCn=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Many hands make light work, as the old saying goes,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Even hands that are tiny, as any doll knows.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If the dolls work together the work goes away.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It stops being work and then turns into play.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisBl_i2iYkLIsSDBGEA78_tm1N_NCoHT33G9jZyrFOI2iufENsIjrnwrlBmZ6D3cXbRUOs-SQvgUrnVWsMvO9ZnUfVmkUlffwcpVyHopE0xxB6tr4vLliedGHoboAk0jOnRSBAeUF9wioGKjokKUyW0lahb-8MkVLhI24YwqL6kIKfTkcfOm7i9Ug_=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisBl_i2iYkLIsSDBGEA78_tm1N_NCoHT33G9jZyrFOI2iufENsIjrnwrlBmZ6D3cXbRUOs-SQvgUrnVWsMvO9ZnUfVmkUlffwcpVyHopE0xxB6tr4vLliedGHoboAk0jOnRSBAeUF9wioGKjokKUyW0lahb-8MkVLhI24YwqL6kIKfTkcfOm7i9Ug_=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Two dolls do the laundry and then make the beds.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One doll bakes cookies and pie and then bread.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">She washes the dishes now piled in the sink.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It seems to go fast, it is quick as a wink.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWhX-byGTqyJFm_fhRsyGDtx9tPdHrJ9bBhPxwC5e9Fh1QmgWEDyqfXUs5ygpNFYK7C7MERvfvUp3LzUV-dmbj023fLpR38vTmlVWfqpElqo69v7fQTmGZN3OQ1jhIZA1ZwR0ZdBcbbmrdf5tc_7C5aOP0xFSdUKorxhSQuR-gUpS_fEpssu57aqpL=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWhX-byGTqyJFm_fhRsyGDtx9tPdHrJ9bBhPxwC5e9Fh1QmgWEDyqfXUs5ygpNFYK7C7MERvfvUp3LzUV-dmbj023fLpR38vTmlVWfqpElqo69v7fQTmGZN3OQ1jhIZA1ZwR0ZdBcbbmrdf5tc_7C5aOP0xFSdUKorxhSQuR-gUpS_fEpssu57aqpL=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Two dolls run the vacuum and one mops the floor.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One doll climbs up, puts a wreath on the door.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One doll addresses the envelopes neatly.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Another puts stamps on and seals them completely.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoDPyrRFxqYZ7mb33JjiEHNlMiz8Z3ai5vpqAsQuR0i0zuet8XehLI7gCCBOA5hZfge0ZtcxvwuTJR7TTgX2otRI-bZkMVyKkhJtfZQeecGBSARThDyCCOsd4rsXFV6JXTrc0cQfZqa1waxZCcicICGI4JR33x4NZiIwUMw2IWxs5EmHRPNrRuP5r2=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoDPyrRFxqYZ7mb33JjiEHNlMiz8Z3ai5vpqAsQuR0i0zuet8XehLI7gCCBOA5hZfge0ZtcxvwuTJR7TTgX2otRI-bZkMVyKkhJtfZQeecGBSARThDyCCOsd4rsXFV6JXTrc0cQfZqa1waxZCcicICGI4JR33x4NZiIwUMw2IWxs5EmHRPNrRuP5r2=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One doll takes the list and then orders online.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Two-day shipping and gift wrap, he knows will save time.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then one writes this poem. (You will know who's our poet!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">One chooses the photos. (Who that is, you will know it.)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_yFl9UUnrVAvIbmjsI1tC2n0QYjQFQD3b8Nh1pUCUj5Ffn0tRmmd3ygNfWBrbiJQcULAcRVvnKJDGo0wMS27yG_mXVQ3z3s1_9-puRpX1kMnfMwnUF43YoANrrTovbOkehvJyiDyKDGKbnMaTMCdooRORtt32WMX5WZp21bjeYZeTwvEZG-yu9aXV=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_yFl9UUnrVAvIbmjsI1tC2n0QYjQFQD3b8Nh1pUCUj5Ffn0tRmmd3ygNfWBrbiJQcULAcRVvnKJDGo0wMS27yG_mXVQ3z3s1_9-puRpX1kMnfMwnUF43YoANrrTovbOkehvJyiDyKDGKbnMaTMCdooRORtt32WMX5WZp21bjeYZeTwvEZG-yu9aXV=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Now still with one week left before the big day,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Writer looks forward to guests who will stay,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To singing the carols, to eating the food,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Relaxing, enjoying the holiday mood.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzy0B-bteqnRGz_jcUskbdCtVnHRBvuOVDlZh3EoBfbDsFXhSet-MdpGgO1s1qWsJ463F-ySJwrocsVPu7eYM8ShDyKTEzp6ytDHnhruFXxcqtt9CDGGnJNuiEBydv8Rdk3ajXzIAQv-uPGaRUBvoOCsDUm6R0qrrzbF4qMaL7e0dnuRstw4TPSTD9=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzy0B-bteqnRGz_jcUskbdCtVnHRBvuOVDlZh3EoBfbDsFXhSet-MdpGgO1s1qWsJ463F-ySJwrocsVPu7eYM8ShDyKTEzp6ytDHnhruFXxcqtt9CDGGnJNuiEBydv8Rdk3ajXzIAQv-uPGaRUBvoOCsDUm6R0qrrzbF4qMaL7e0dnuRstw4TPSTD9=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If you find you need help, just look to a doll.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas to all!</span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Special note: This poem is one of those featured in <u>Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook</u>. </i><br /></span></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""><br /></span><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span><br /><span face="">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face="">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face="">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face="">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face="">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face="">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""><span face="">Emil: </span>Götz Happy Kidz Emilia</span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pippa: Götz Little Kidz Lotta</span></div><span face=""><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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Mariah sat nearby with a book she had been reading. Every once in a while, she looked up to watch the two smaller dolls.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdafX8SFtXzKdkZvb6b9r23Yv2zqxhcJ0TK0enKd8gQcwNkshW8wutSBqiCRxgLD4JefFGufPhSX7e6u-TU2dv-5wp4zLz1Prrky__SC66awbpEUaGKomIQzbS3LNQnHr6LraarFcFmkKJiYOHDZcoKtkabX7fq-yhVGWuKdkYhKznhH_rnquh_0p7CHU/s4032/IMG_0471.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdafX8SFtXzKdkZvb6b9r23Yv2zqxhcJ0TK0enKd8gQcwNkshW8wutSBqiCRxgLD4JefFGufPhSX7e6u-TU2dv-5wp4zLz1Prrky__SC66awbpEUaGKomIQzbS3LNQnHr6LraarFcFmkKJiYOHDZcoKtkabX7fq-yhVGWuKdkYhKznhH_rnquh_0p7CHU/w640-h480/IMG_0471.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa picked up a puzzle piece and looked at it. She tried to imagine the piece turned upside down. This was a trick Mandy used to help find where a piece fits. Of course, you can turn it with your hands, but Mandy said this is faster, once you’ve learned to do it, so Pippa was practicing. She tried to imagine what that part of the picture would look like if she turned the piece.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw2vewqulhwp2Y1kdJWfP1OJErdo7q5wJk7TzWG9CXqafiM73Wc8gffFaMkyiQ1Y3_qo2ERuIZ7P-5_KkwoyAH4QHND9mdV7v7R67WrIBxxmAE2-mm8VJyRanaJ6FjxjJWUlHDG6cmBOlQNoKJBBZTOaNEpVjqe-6Xd_hFUy-QlMwpP__TWDO54vZHgA/s4032/IMG_0470.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw2vewqulhwp2Y1kdJWfP1OJErdo7q5wJk7TzWG9CXqafiM73Wc8gffFaMkyiQ1Y3_qo2ERuIZ7P-5_KkwoyAH4QHND9mdV7v7R67WrIBxxmAE2-mm8VJyRanaJ6FjxjJWUlHDG6cmBOlQNoKJBBZTOaNEpVjqe-6Xd_hFUy-QlMwpP__TWDO54vZHgA/w640-h480/IMG_0470.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“All the pieces look alike,” Pauly said, observing the pile of pieces on the table. “All the pieces are flat with bits of color on right side and plain on the back.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvXrfzaem3FN8zWaloqWrVyyyPdcYwr6Up4gKFK4roNSj5Y9jbBWV5pNqGnVVaAjTtR9B8AttcRdS9Ae0RZG376zcy61PNZW1y04bqR_QkxNSF84WxzXF_PXo6mJsZb2_aFTJ_tmo3TMy-tTswCZ4v8Cnvd7TVKhtUqIIKKxJPzZEziaD0P5YzLy4ERg/s4032/IMG_0492.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvXrfzaem3FN8zWaloqWrVyyyPdcYwr6Up4gKFK4roNSj5Y9jbBWV5pNqGnVVaAjTtR9B8AttcRdS9Ae0RZG376zcy61PNZW1y04bqR_QkxNSF84WxzXF_PXo6mJsZb2_aFTJ_tmo3TMy-tTswCZ4v8Cnvd7TVKhtUqIIKKxJPzZEziaD0P5YzLy4ERg/w640-h480/IMG_0492.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“You’re right,” Pippa agreed, putting the puzzle piece down on the table and picking up another one. “They’re all flat. The puzzle will be flat when it’s all put together. The pieces all belong to this puzzle, so they won</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">t fit another one. Each piece has at least one of these innies or outies, or both.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUwiUx3WnXCH8YuOb3oQrs0FQqDB88Nqb9U664gNHOBErZgnWGhp5KeVwR_iuVZEmh4Oh8X-F0HivPtcF9E_KBW5WXZZP-xPGeG3Ei-rB27jYS7YryRhrcnZ1qQlBDkZIx8yiEyNS66kCRTsdzQxBlpaqnFjzEQbwIiJgJ3yPR7Kaxxz51GckNHLz3q4/s4032/IMG_0495.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUwiUx3WnXCH8YuOb3oQrs0FQqDB88Nqb9U664gNHOBErZgnWGhp5KeVwR_iuVZEmh4Oh8X-F0HivPtcF9E_KBW5WXZZP-xPGeG3Ei-rB27jYS7YryRhrcnZ1qQlBDkZIx8yiEyNS66kCRTsdzQxBlpaqnFjzEQbwIiJgJ3yPR7Kaxxz51GckNHLz3q4/w640-h480/IMG_0495.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Innies and outies?” Pauly asked...um...puzzled.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vVb68XPQ3nhz-SrKSw_xbNKzmQc9ESXSZp7XVr6RDjXKqoA_xdZ2EGGHmEuyKZcKWQwUMVl3U6Vtsn7zcETj6yzfj-uu9Su8OBDdcNzQzDpleXhcmkh1d68S01h4ZGVvNPPUZldjDcMVw_-a6mcsqHkbOjjj0Cw8kOmXpkZFgnjqDJJixp6Yu8fjN9s/s3529/IMG_0494.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="3529" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vVb68XPQ3nhz-SrKSw_xbNKzmQc9ESXSZp7XVr6RDjXKqoA_xdZ2EGGHmEuyKZcKWQwUMVl3U6Vtsn7zcETj6yzfj-uu9Su8OBDdcNzQzDpleXhcmkh1d68S01h4ZGVvNPPUZldjDcMVw_-a6mcsqHkbOjjj0Cw8kOmXpkZFgnjqDJJixp6Yu8fjN9s/w640-h480/IMG_0494.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s what I call them,” Pippa replied. “Here, where it looks like some creature with a strange mouth took a bite out of it, that’s what I call innies.” Pippa pointed to the part of the puzzle piece she was talking about.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8L50X-mmpf2A6ucqeLEBT2pHJflZdqEbkZpvhWsJLifKXQDmtR2b3Fm3eWBVhUxIFNv84ZOdrcnMrFWLi2a3N6_L80KgPS65xG1tLtfZ1rQusOvx4WEAfY9gJ0cP1PtFaXIKbXBAJrVmNq3jGiBogbpTzcKnK19NiGREaKzv8GVIkZ7lm9VlxKosQUhU/s4032/IMG_0481.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8L50X-mmpf2A6ucqeLEBT2pHJflZdqEbkZpvhWsJLifKXQDmtR2b3Fm3eWBVhUxIFNv84ZOdrcnMrFWLi2a3N6_L80KgPS65xG1tLtfZ1rQusOvx4WEAfY9gJ0cP1PtFaXIKbXBAJrVmNq3jGiBogbpTzcKnK19NiGREaKzv8GVIkZ7lm9VlxKosQUhU/w640-h480/IMG_0481.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I get it!” Pauly exclaimed. “The outies are the parts that stick out like little feet.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLTT2zND49EzUxW6Hs38AqQnKa7OGhgNqNLI-Sxy3RMgFdXKpH0JdRffE16-cXrVLGlCDf2scsyU274evKz87Rhn7IBlLfKC7L3LwQqgrzhjSHufLiJUCIhHCTbUcvupdQ10g82NcoR10X0rMx0bcYsKLCgokOVf6QRPc9AnKvUBug38cqfKwOvl7mFM/s4032/IMG_0482.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLTT2zND49EzUxW6Hs38AqQnKa7OGhgNqNLI-Sxy3RMgFdXKpH0JdRffE16-cXrVLGlCDf2scsyU274evKz87Rhn7IBlLfKC7L3LwQqgrzhjSHufLiJUCIhHCTbUcvupdQ10g82NcoR10X0rMx0bcYsKLCgokOVf6QRPc9AnKvUBug38cqfKwOvl7mFM/w640-h480/IMG_0482.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa nodded. “That’s what makes them fit together,” she said.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFRk5-xLwksj0Keh9lTEEhwnv1wQRhcS5_8kbhhI3g0-sm7fpZvgNsI2jc2utK7ty9jxm5K_cn1iwVlovs3SdUC6OUB09baf-ip1NcBP7zSm9gc_RVuv1-kSifgyVphXSDw0BU1woJK5_s5q7MFjRl4X5R7BZB9n1uYeidJwptIL47lIIF5yki1LMd3c/s4032/IMG_0487.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFRk5-xLwksj0Keh9lTEEhwnv1wQRhcS5_8kbhhI3g0-sm7fpZvgNsI2jc2utK7ty9jxm5K_cn1iwVlovs3SdUC6OUB09baf-ip1NcBP7zSm9gc_RVuv1-kSifgyVphXSDw0BU1woJK5_s5q7MFjRl4X5R7BZB9n1uYeidJwptIL47lIIF5yki1LMd3c/w640-h480/IMG_0487.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“None of them makes any sense,” Pauly pointed out, picking up another puzzle piece and trying to imagine it turned the other way, “until you put it together with the other pieces in the right way.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-8h_imYi_-VGIyz8NAwcEnZUR9geSPvvt5en_r4rGjWjH42SPMnBS6KLZrKkydz83CBOObh_fX9FKBU_ct8zTv-bpm68LluJK0neaCIV0jYGgk7C1EaK73zIFdj2iQWq5OrbSUwgRbH_2fZR-aKTkN3hCEfn_yAz4w2lo46KgIYfS4j6BgzdPIxcHww/s3646/IMG_0496.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2734" data-original-width="3646" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-8h_imYi_-VGIyz8NAwcEnZUR9geSPvvt5en_r4rGjWjH42SPMnBS6KLZrKkydz83CBOObh_fX9FKBU_ct8zTv-bpm68LluJK0neaCIV0jYGgk7C1EaK73zIFdj2iQWq5OrbSUwgRbH_2fZR-aKTkN3hCEfn_yAz4w2lo46KgIYfS4j6BgzdPIxcHww/w640-h480/IMG_0496.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“The innies and the outies aren’t all the same size or in the same place on every piece, though,” Pippa said, “so you can’t put them just anywhere, and the colors printed on them have to match up with the other pieces, or they don’t belong.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“So the puzzle pieces are all alike in some ways,” Pauly observed, “but different in other ways.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD36JkIlOk8su8uVVKbl1kXBQMBRM6l0tYB9Oq4Yel9aXp0uGgexeUenqJqnke16-q4eV8ZRcB2lvH32ZDWhkAWykvmSGQmBh_oTEdVRUG7rksXfbj5lZAKrOJGIjNvOjboJ0GznkvMZ0VrX4LNoUu0ov_KlAnGjAPpz0HclYKjRuWtCSPD8yS83BWjxY/s3376/IMG_0497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="3376" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD36JkIlOk8su8uVVKbl1kXBQMBRM6l0tYB9Oq4Yel9aXp0uGgexeUenqJqnke16-q4eV8ZRcB2lvH32ZDWhkAWykvmSGQmBh_oTEdVRUG7rksXfbj5lZAKrOJGIjNvOjboJ0GznkvMZ0VrX4LNoUu0ov_KlAnGjAPpz0HclYKjRuWtCSPD8yS83BWjxY/w640-h480/IMG_0497.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa picked up another puzzle piece. It had one straight edge. “Like this piece, for instance,” she said. “It’s like the other pieces. It’s flat. It has colors printed on one side. It has two innies and an outie, but it’s also different in a way that makes it special.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzusPfrNoZrNVg3YiJI-890z0RIhfoYtw7ygn0DnzytbNzI-3LlrGd007Q0jnBsuR-JTdpMWFvrlt5X69ZAadXSCVgm4pr0LbFuo3nZ0boItNTkq5TRV7kcnFjaeyUvJx1ZCWZU6qPLzuO59GHyZfG4zOCvBp-od8Y733ONcKGTGYmmCYZnJO5GzhPExM/s4032/IMG_0499.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzusPfrNoZrNVg3YiJI-890z0RIhfoYtw7ygn0DnzytbNzI-3LlrGd007Q0jnBsuR-JTdpMWFvrlt5X69ZAadXSCVgm4pr0LbFuo3nZ0boItNTkq5TRV7kcnFjaeyUvJx1ZCWZU6qPLzuO59GHyZfG4zOCvBp-od8Y733ONcKGTGYmmCYZnJO5GzhPExM/w640-h480/IMG_0499.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“You mean because it has one straight edge, and most of the others don’t,” Pauly suggested.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNJoNzzgkSMY_2qXdlFZzfjtXH7HQG60rnWJhoONQyKbP4IRHstej4-PEsB_hywuZNWPZ1awaHKa2hhNF2WQWilx3PKnc1zCL5ppMFp-o6ZdEtNsxbfiHY3BjMetOzAlUO3bMlq6vJelhbZeLm6GEaDaszm2zwae24GYOuQ6cxZ8LK-Y5VxAr7UB19tk/s4032/IMG_0500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNJoNzzgkSMY_2qXdlFZzfjtXH7HQG60rnWJhoONQyKbP4IRHstej4-PEsB_hywuZNWPZ1awaHKa2hhNF2WQWilx3PKnc1zCL5ppMFp-o6ZdEtNsxbfiHY3BjMetOzAlUO3bMlq6vJelhbZeLm6GEaDaszm2zwae24GYOuQ6cxZ8LK-Y5VxAr7UB19tk/w640-h480/IMG_0500.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Yes,” Pippa agreed. “I always look for these pieces first, because we know they all go around the outside. Each puzzle piece with a flat side fits with another piece with a flat side. We just have to figure out their order. Once you have all the outside edges, it’s easier to fill in the others.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5TOJPc3vf2kd0l4l9Dwuyrxc8Aql8TZ4486Is9uU0QGYo_DTcZHMXHX4Oi4gRZcUwohBMgvtCaepD-7AZ9p6VyfyLeIqtULqQkIBHZESt7fijkdOQA-N3VrZHzTZdapuSIM3mElZAu8qtka5G-4QqkqUigtCrka3IHDUxXCtgEQ0KhkqkYGbMbygrWM/s4032/IMG_0506.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5TOJPc3vf2kd0l4l9Dwuyrxc8Aql8TZ4486Is9uU0QGYo_DTcZHMXHX4Oi4gRZcUwohBMgvtCaepD-7AZ9p6VyfyLeIqtULqQkIBHZESt7fijkdOQA-N3VrZHzTZdapuSIM3mElZAu8qtka5G-4QqkqUigtCrka3IHDUxXCtgEQ0KhkqkYGbMbygrWM/w640-h480/IMG_0506.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The two dolls began to look through the pile of puzzle pieces to find the pieces with a straight edge on one side.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It would be harder to put the puzzle together if there weren’t some with straight edges,” Pauly said when he had found one. “They’re important because they’re different.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX30jbu6ISw9aSXfVxdKlDAdGSurU3w1oFV0ayisD_O3j2rFZLcXQdUNFWpBRGAFg3mpmVUsS7aRJc2_LfR8-5FT-NwBbe-_TFqdpf8_DiBori1o7kf4avI4sSGzZoBgmwmNVYc9Hxu0TV5PF7kMiMfvh2uJkxmCMdXX9givDkRMjkBFP98LAjEhExNHw/s4032/IMG_0502.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX30jbu6ISw9aSXfVxdKlDAdGSurU3w1oFV0ayisD_O3j2rFZLcXQdUNFWpBRGAFg3mpmVUsS7aRJc2_LfR8-5FT-NwBbe-_TFqdpf8_DiBori1o7kf4avI4sSGzZoBgmwmNVYc9Hxu0TV5PF7kMiMfvh2uJkxmCMdXX9givDkRMjkBFP98LAjEhExNHw/w640-h480/IMG_0502.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Just like human people,” Mariah said, looking up from her book. “Those pieces with the straight edges are our guides. They help lead us to where the other pieces belong. They couldn’t do that if they weren’t different. There are human people who guide other people, too, mostly grownups, but sometimes children help other children find where they belong.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7OYraDOdWjH75KA8WknCNp7vK8-_OvWnGeDKkSpnn8DMlVMG2-KiD6jrz9umFIE31Hc5A6ir169j51Pyzt4b086CHTEe9hS0dnhP1CRc33LfSyLsIxv94TCYxgP0Fw3L6EasLSqPhmNva1v54bXyZ8x03mpBep_G_AaIr3Ik_zVLybMkeJ_376sbFy4/s4032/IMG_0507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7OYraDOdWjH75KA8WknCNp7vK8-_OvWnGeDKkSpnn8DMlVMG2-KiD6jrz9umFIE31Hc5A6ir169j51Pyzt4b086CHTEe9hS0dnhP1CRc33LfSyLsIxv94TCYxgP0Fw3L6EasLSqPhmNva1v54bXyZ8x03mpBep_G_AaIr3Ik_zVLybMkeJ_376sbFy4/w640-h480/IMG_0507.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“All of the pieces are important, though,” Pippa said. “If one piece is missing the puzzle can’t be complete.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtxA85qmLxhlElrlIScUo49RatGlWbjl-6-hp_0s_RSxKt2-8neAG9reAKNz__hu5BLRBi98ZQZTc54bMPIy0pxaVaKLC3WZ_E7Se2VsJKimrFivTVNSP2NHDZNzae5VKAs0HhKuS-EMtaKuKdFEc_nCQfqtdcT83ULSV4hcGX_fLetLGsoAhj4QYiYc/s4032/IMG_0511.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtxA85qmLxhlElrlIScUo49RatGlWbjl-6-hp_0s_RSxKt2-8neAG9reAKNz__hu5BLRBi98ZQZTc54bMPIy0pxaVaKLC3WZ_E7Se2VsJKimrFivTVNSP2NHDZNzae5VKAs0HhKuS-EMtaKuKdFEc_nCQfqtdcT83ULSV4hcGX_fLetLGsoAhj4QYiYc/w640-h480/IMG_0511.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s right,” Mariah agreed. “Human people are all different from each other, too. Some are good at being guides, but all of them are important and can work together.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQAkC04BxaIy6Nv-XFjJ8tV3wzt86mSQfXSgSGUlFUDF6PEpLVgJXGXLkrOiK3G-zRHz54VlarNcO7yeu9Fr-6CrT4CLcGkaW9hjMrakB8Eo4HIFMWzGQAfR9LOUlNo6oQMNzKqJZck-cHDmNuxQx3-jRM67JCoEnW-dLZtm_4l8OLyEm3WDL8we60og/s3802/IMG_0512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="3802" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQAkC04BxaIy6Nv-XFjJ8tV3wzt86mSQfXSgSGUlFUDF6PEpLVgJXGXLkrOiK3G-zRHz54VlarNcO7yeu9Fr-6CrT4CLcGkaW9hjMrakB8Eo4HIFMWzGQAfR9LOUlNo6oQMNzKqJZck-cHDmNuxQx3-jRM67JCoEnW-dLZtm_4l8OLyEm3WDL8we60og/w640-h480/IMG_0512.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa and Pauly looked at each other. Mariah had a point, they thought. “Just like dolls, too!” they both exclaimed at once. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTbG22H_heLPVYgkjJZ-V-2A3qQ1EsQ0ha0ShOlX0HDDSeM_vS3ARVluEp1Z1lelW1JtkTk5eUku7ftIsbGVbyWTsl7so5p9THk-Svh1rWLrfp_f0kseay7_NcUcjjDvjobxBzgEQ7sWJc-BfS8-3CoTasCLNd_iBS7dedLPySFL_yY7-7x6Qq8I2Wtg/s2617/IMG_0515.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1963" data-original-width="2617" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTbG22H_heLPVYgkjJZ-V-2A3qQ1EsQ0ha0ShOlX0HDDSeM_vS3ARVluEp1Z1lelW1JtkTk5eUku7ftIsbGVbyWTsl7so5p9THk-Svh1rWLrfp_f0kseay7_NcUcjjDvjobxBzgEQ7sWJc-BfS8-3CoTasCLNd_iBS7dedLPySFL_yY7-7x6Qq8I2Wtg/w640-h480/IMG_0515.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Dolls, of course, are meant to be like people, so some dolls help guide some other dolls, and some help guide real human children. “We’re alike in a lot of ways,” Pippa said, “but we’re all different, too.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvkXhfCEL19V8oGPz4rTHphW5dgRihzmPQBLvOI9tynXeBmy24YLp8FNVhFpDhcNnABRpzDDHiqKjqlwCQTS5zuz0oj2pQLV_sk58Iw89i64EcrV9I-auSJltUM6cZrNJKkGAzqG7Qa654BSmW7Lxk_DqDqw59nviVMOJZAb280KolG79Wdh9D6_YOgY/s4032/IMG_0517.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvkXhfCEL19V8oGPz4rTHphW5dgRihzmPQBLvOI9tynXeBmy24YLp8FNVhFpDhcNnABRpzDDHiqKjqlwCQTS5zuz0oj2pQLV_sk58Iw89i64EcrV9I-auSJltUM6cZrNJKkGAzqG7Qa654BSmW7Lxk_DqDqw59nviVMOJZAb280KolG79Wdh9D6_YOgY/w640-h480/IMG_0517.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Yes!” Pauly exclaimed. “Jeffy told me that there are Paul dolls just like me all over the world. Some, like me, live with real children. Others live with collectors,” he added, wondering what that might be like. “All of us look like real human boys,” Pauly said. “We’re alike because of that, but we’re different, because we all went to different places. We</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">re learning and doing different things.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnOO-X69WKE-kAq8EVtoLdElDBYkkqHf19L8RBCTpGPs_oX7lyfQv-jwrx5XysHZkst8_OFcrwgov4pIdNY3ArXv2CiDLV2cp4S7igGNsjGc0NKtgPpZyxIGm7T8XF2ZzlC4_4_3q1QRmQfiKgHYq2690Tatk6IiJxYsTGyqg-coQjXGNG8MRScbKigU/s3539/IMG_0520.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="3539" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnOO-X69WKE-kAq8EVtoLdElDBYkkqHf19L8RBCTpGPs_oX7lyfQv-jwrx5XysHZkst8_OFcrwgov4pIdNY3ArXv2CiDLV2cp4S7igGNsjGc0NKtgPpZyxIGm7T8XF2ZzlC4_4_3q1QRmQfiKgHYq2690Tatk6IiJxYsTGyqg-coQjXGNG8MRScbKigU/w640-h480/IMG_0520.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“There are dolls like me, too,” Pippa pointed out, “only we were all called Lotta dolls until we came out of our boxes. Then lots of us got new names. I’m the only one who gets to live with The Writer and be in these stories, though.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL4YhHcb-nT9oLBXb8Iw5BPgRULMlVp9bTzWBuf4pkiUvSYrzOO5S3vC75xomwng-AwyIA1EPN-XOTZksIaNcTkhdL-p46Qoa5GMQOZcSVPH6VnMAKyBO17cJ3kefU5zDYwi6NYWpYZ1OKykXXjc4IaFF-MbQRp_R_cK2dQ8ok9sxq6pUMvX-rM4bb4c/s4032/IMG_1060.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL4YhHcb-nT9oLBXb8Iw5BPgRULMlVp9bTzWBuf4pkiUvSYrzOO5S3vC75xomwng-AwyIA1EPN-XOTZksIaNcTkhdL-p46Qoa5GMQOZcSVPH6VnMAKyBO17cJ3kefU5zDYwi6NYWpYZ1OKykXXjc4IaFF-MbQRp_R_cK2dQ8ok9sxq6pUMvX-rM4bb4c/w480-h640/IMG_1060.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Both dolls thought about that as they continued to work on the puzzle, which was beginning to have some of the outer edges in place.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLp5J1m2C_73M8GNe82Mj_pMHiH9l_plP9SOjAq3NZnxaH2HtE8WrLVvRVgdmy5l4WwgB2ehdRdbXaIXPwjeIPDwnkVBnTiDv7SQJ47P0BMzWgRmuKrdZLFZGGKgdGbPr6IDmRXk-jeBD9Rr-_MhsNOQWvJl0DwcYP6TIquBUAQ6LfL0yzaaNSZo_5QM0/s4032/IMG_0523.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLp5J1m2C_73M8GNe82Mj_pMHiH9l_plP9SOjAq3NZnxaH2HtE8WrLVvRVgdmy5l4WwgB2ehdRdbXaIXPwjeIPDwnkVBnTiDv7SQJ47P0BMzWgRmuKrdZLFZGGKgdGbPr6IDmRXk-jeBD9Rr-_MhsNOQWvJl0DwcYP6TIquBUAQ6LfL0yzaaNSZo_5QM0/w640-h480/IMG_0523.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Those of us who came to live with The Writer,” Mariah said, “or Pauly, who came to live nearby and visits us, all have a lot in common, because we experience the same things. We might look the same as some other dolls on the outside, but we’re different on the inside because of what we learn and experience in our lives here.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXwAg44SR6SszYyBOBXBadmtEUHbeO04Ll3eEybh2xaJlTUAJSHHEFCWYSJtmQ4puNZfA52mWcRPqVBs98j8aND_pjXFzYXkGGuuITSMwWCoh1Y0r4g9vvS8SUb5JOHwZwH6YoyUPcK9hdzP84Z1P9Al8To5MIXZBJWiKT8ZOMXSNR64IUvDZAuTTAhQ/s3643/IMG_0524.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2732" data-original-width="3643" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXwAg44SR6SszYyBOBXBadmtEUHbeO04Ll3eEybh2xaJlTUAJSHHEFCWYSJtmQ4puNZfA52mWcRPqVBs98j8aND_pjXFzYXkGGuuITSMwWCoh1Y0r4g9vvS8SUb5JOHwZwH6YoyUPcK9hdzP84Z1P9Al8To5MIXZBJWiKT8ZOMXSNR64IUvDZAuTTAhQ/w640-h480/IMG_0524.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I really like living with Jeffy,” Pauly confided, “but I’m glad I get to be in the stories, too.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TrPMQQAOyCKcilqlp3blXDwFQDkNxSnoyBPwR5A2CAbL50Oi819AfwSvBYLWSITQF07jIg5Zl3G2mtnMsHw_hn3fkQHQt2r3gBxCXfjiDpf1CZ-HmhJZh68YwSTNdzyfQgDrtU_aLLH7NlgQE0S_PBJm_oa4bw2-oizhFe8eWZNtCJv3hOoGf4ABeog/s4032/IMG_0543.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TrPMQQAOyCKcilqlp3blXDwFQDkNxSnoyBPwR5A2CAbL50Oi819AfwSvBYLWSITQF07jIg5Zl3G2mtnMsHw_hn3fkQHQt2r3gBxCXfjiDpf1CZ-HmhJZh68YwSTNdzyfQgDrtU_aLLH7NlgQE0S_PBJm_oa4bw2-oizhFe8eWZNtCJv3hOoGf4ABeog/w640-h480/IMG_0543.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">“Jeffy sometimes takes me places,” Pauly continued, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">“and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">that</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s fun. He’s careful not to put me down anywhere, though, because someone else might pick me up and take me home. If he needs his hands when we’re out, he gives me to his mother. She puts me into her purse, or into another bag, where it’s safe.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sZZBNo36mEIHknEIs1h0I-zanVax-ScDigZU6GKTdt7v24Oz75qvqtXHEKyWtnkyAyEqj-qh8R4tNje_N7CJoh1vt5s-T2SEDcSuzsO2Jg3BnVgw0EKKJXZzeqgU1mEAYKNUV_9u5G8sDIXHe3wQByIT4aQf_XM00Aarle7wHwOJlGagUgxHFtMwLws/s4032/IMG_0559.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sZZBNo36mEIHknEIs1h0I-zanVax-ScDigZU6GKTdt7v24Oz75qvqtXHEKyWtnkyAyEqj-qh8R4tNje_N7CJoh1vt5s-T2SEDcSuzsO2Jg3BnVgw0EKKJXZzeqgU1mEAYKNUV_9u5G8sDIXHe3wQByIT4aQf_XM00Aarle7wHwOJlGagUgxHFtMwLws/w640-h480/IMG_0559.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I like to help Jeffy with his homework, too,” Pauly continued. “I can’t do it for him, of course,” he explained. “Jeffy knows more than I do about almost everything, but sometimes he needs someone to read the questions to him, so he can practice the answers, like if he’s going to be taking a test. I ask him the question, he answers, and then I tell him if he got it right or not.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWeC9GZRU7nggCpwVy6gN7G3M9uM_4IlILa_Js4TOEr9QbJHpbq4jZ-zhp3StKNQWqTvMiLDJ-GG7jTP2vLP3JKGbQ5swENgvmpvixbqNbP1KInrIoWpMBkE9tSlPdEFsIa7iW9OlFGo2UO0RI_yQ4_3kdETLksuUKfSLqBYuHo8Inpmfh1xlGcFne1E/s4032/IMG_0561.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWeC9GZRU7nggCpwVy6gN7G3M9uM_4IlILa_Js4TOEr9QbJHpbq4jZ-zhp3StKNQWqTvMiLDJ-GG7jTP2vLP3JKGbQ5swENgvmpvixbqNbP1KInrIoWpMBkE9tSlPdEFsIa7iW9OlFGo2UO0RI_yQ4_3kdETLksuUKfSLqBYuHo8Inpmfh1xlGcFne1E/w640-h480/IMG_0561.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">“You</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">’ve learned something important</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">,” interjected Mariah, who was enjoying hearing the thoughts of the two smaller dolls. “You</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">’ve learned</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> that dolls need to feel like they have a purpose. We want to feel like we belong somewhere. We all end up where we’re needed, though, and I’ll bet you learn a lot when you’re helping Jeffy study,” she added. “That helps make you different from all the other Paul dolls.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf60lINOuyEDjiwDOWLyJONN0N1dlkE8eefGcPCwxQmBa6x3YLTns1232uYIUdhW9U6xxOBByc3xk-o7b3KlS0umZdXqjQVbEi_sDu0zQi7z_jYut6q3fJTkyDnKHnGcNvAe95oetQUSkMJFYnGoCoVjLwkqkZ08COXBYj4_t32M_LWHkL3P_QJ03Qx8/s4032/IMG_0528.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf60lINOuyEDjiwDOWLyJONN0N1dlkE8eefGcPCwxQmBa6x3YLTns1232uYIUdhW9U6xxOBByc3xk-o7b3KlS0umZdXqjQVbEi_sDu0zQi7z_jYut6q3fJTkyDnKHnGcNvAe95oetQUSkMJFYnGoCoVjLwkqkZ08COXBYj4_t32M_LWHkL3P_QJ03Qx8/w640-h480/IMG_0528.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Yes!” Pauly exclaimed. “At school, we’ve just started learning the names of the planets in the solar system. We have to know them in order, from Mercury, which is the closest to the sun, all the way out to Pluto, the farthest out. I know them already, because I helped Jeffy with the same thing, and I remember!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JexH3ttmfFy4gdwzbpe7r6yQIGko8ToZZZjvM4YhBcCX0V0F3iSHL1wwxwGEFGSuuKpLii1rx2Bx_-S_c3NSH7mjA1sp4vg-rA2Fj6zV717Mn4iVutm2akWVFAXBTAYD-k9ScOUMOiewvEx9YCyoRpjr3bhubfQ877Ug2vDSbU_bMFcLVCGuDjjarGA/s4032/IMG_0540.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0JexH3ttmfFy4gdwzbpe7r6yQIGko8ToZZZjvM4YhBcCX0V0F3iSHL1wwxwGEFGSuuKpLii1rx2Bx_-S_c3NSH7mjA1sp4vg-rA2Fj6zV717Mn4iVutm2akWVFAXBTAYD-k9ScOUMOiewvEx9YCyoRpjr3bhubfQ877Ug2vDSbU_bMFcLVCGuDjjarGA/w640-h480/IMG_0540.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“What we have learned is one way we’re different from each other,” Mariah said. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Other Paul dolls might speak a different language now and might be learning about something different.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwjyhYieSrkQDTq1j7gU9iaxqn2fGLtEIy3vv5DSmS3KqpX3o3hHf4A0a8v4yOjoKDqGtS9b2ChDaj2UdMd7-x05yEFM_vlZjKk-5vBF5vZKfLVjB1PLv_aCr35GX4acsXS7B_eHBdo_4gCrzBqQJw4D6SM8LbnXKW9dAb0y7efjnxsKLvt5sLKK326o/s2690/IMG_0530.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="2690" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwjyhYieSrkQDTq1j7gU9iaxqn2fGLtEIy3vv5DSmS3KqpX3o3hHf4A0a8v4yOjoKDqGtS9b2ChDaj2UdMd7-x05yEFM_vlZjKk-5vBF5vZKfLVjB1PLv_aCr35GX4acsXS7B_eHBdo_4gCrzBqQJw4D6SM8LbnXKW9dAb0y7efjnxsKLvt5sLKK326o/w640-h480/IMG_0530.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Jolena can do flips in the air on her skis,” Pippa pointed out. “How many dolls can do that? She travels to other parts of the world to practice and compete, so she knows all about the things that make different places special. She shares her photos and what she learns with us, so we learn some of it, too.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMoz_HTwzF3hJChehHWKRx2mLJ4S3Phliqb5sKBDKcMZxBhqryhbZKHYX6XGpi4fkVTQ2I4nwTiaZk8CP6c1AIhrovI6wx_YWaq-HrE8HIdiYfmO6K4vQ7fD3UWWfWJVhyphenhyphenSFMwdRX5w3USOXC-GrM6jHJnHzWNydM-d6xM8g1lJ_yOd9AAZRcNSF-qq0/s4032/IMG_9440.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMoz_HTwzF3hJChehHWKRx2mLJ4S3Phliqb5sKBDKcMZxBhqryhbZKHYX6XGpi4fkVTQ2I4nwTiaZk8CP6c1AIhrovI6wx_YWaq-HrE8HIdiYfmO6K4vQ7fD3UWWfWJVhyphenhyphenSFMwdRX5w3USOXC-GrM6jHJnHzWNydM-d6xM8g1lJ_yOd9AAZRcNSF-qq0/w640-h480/IMG_9440.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mariah nodded. “So we’re all like puzzle pieces,” she continued, “because we’re all different, and we all have a place we fit, but we</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">re different from puzzle pieces, too. Puzzle pieces can’t change their shape. They can’t change what they are or where they belong. They can’t learn to do anything other than what they were made for. Dolls can learn and grow to become what we’re needed to be when we get to our new homes.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAglokXODRb-U98SDBgUsLSOj2EICvhWye_7BzAQSt7iCJ8vuNuBCud-_8W7t1nOp_mlAEAaTeS_MlPARA8Ah6UJkzzuvN02q3aNj0Naz4o4ey-_6F8-azRiQsptZcl2B1Y6btQyw2AvZSNp0AxAmNLf1IGpjj3MdSrkBcMIzcoMYuTXFosT0zhLwZ4CI/s4032/IMG_0536.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAglokXODRb-U98SDBgUsLSOj2EICvhWye_7BzAQSt7iCJ8vuNuBCud-_8W7t1nOp_mlAEAaTeS_MlPARA8Ah6UJkzzuvN02q3aNj0Naz4o4ey-_6F8-azRiQsptZcl2B1Y6btQyw2AvZSNp0AxAmNLf1IGpjj3MdSrkBcMIzcoMYuTXFosT0zhLwZ4CI/w640-h480/IMG_0536.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Someone picked us out in a store or online,” Mariah explained. “A human person chose each of us. Someone took us out of our boxes. They had to unfasten all the ties that held us in place in the box so we wouldn’t get damaged while traveling. Someone showed us what they wanted us to be: a playmate for a child, an important part of a collection or a character in a story. We learn how we fit in and what we’re supposed to be. Puzzle pieces can’t do that. I still remember when I first met The Writer. She told me she needed me for the stories, because I was special. I knew I was where I belonged. It made me happy.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3zRqVxOaZhTEKg9I9Mj_15gZpCLQPA9kpmNvT3H0Hhacrt_EV8UObV_q4Jj5lA1mwDIXzFBdRXaY5weFl5n0QLQkzdq51SlzweoP6VBizxxvmrR7dTOYm1NUUq_8qV9_CSgh1ZPmyJ4Mwof_odVRxjUviuPMDUf-IQZGkTtJJEeHp7y2cl_WSbxe6WQ/s2413/IMG_2268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2413" data-original-width="2413" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3zRqVxOaZhTEKg9I9Mj_15gZpCLQPA9kpmNvT3H0Hhacrt_EV8UObV_q4Jj5lA1mwDIXzFBdRXaY5weFl5n0QLQkzdq51SlzweoP6VBizxxvmrR7dTOYm1NUUq_8qV9_CSgh1ZPmyJ4Mwof_odVRxjUviuPMDUf-IQZGkTtJJEeHp7y2cl_WSbxe6WQ/w640-h640/IMG_2268.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I belong in two places!” Pauly realized suddenly. “I belong with Jeffy and I belong here with all of you. I really feel needed!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFimndz2mP6zo9onq-5F_3Z6tvey6fSzYUrjYFwUmEc2bmkWFtKib3XQnFNcLp9O7H4RXFIIPLLB6bEkeKpBkEzKC5-U7IDdnOInQ_GWkbhyphenhyphen2mhGZNNw6vcpF2_OXi26gcSxc7rmQJ6osxVPfIzF3rtDb5Xsy1yZ2TeRu_P_-BAuboWSVA68CUBW2wooE/s4032/IMG_0542.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFimndz2mP6zo9onq-5F_3Z6tvey6fSzYUrjYFwUmEc2bmkWFtKib3XQnFNcLp9O7H4RXFIIPLLB6bEkeKpBkEzKC5-U7IDdnOInQ_GWkbhyphenhyphen2mhGZNNw6vcpF2_OXi26gcSxc7rmQJ6osxVPfIzF3rtDb5Xsy1yZ2TeRu_P_-BAuboWSVA68CUBW2wooE/w640-h480/IMG_0542.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I really like that Jeffy doesn’t mind when I come here to visit,” Pauly reflected. “He knows that if I’m not at home, I’m here.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0sjD-ObuXuc3YQwBQXTh8SMId5vzKt3HLBt3jAQzT3M5BTpLd24QyuNf5soiOVDNaqd35cAAI5TIi_fs6TTCUVe5F4scIGnTUH5b09iPiI5dsMUc0wuZ_okPR7MkclJi85Qq_HT0BZ5oGAJV9Jsy7Shcm5lzQGRmHidRCVDiuRMrOY63iCIx5oFUPco/s4032/IMG_0533.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0sjD-ObuXuc3YQwBQXTh8SMId5vzKt3HLBt3jAQzT3M5BTpLd24QyuNf5soiOVDNaqd35cAAI5TIi_fs6TTCUVe5F4scIGnTUH5b09iPiI5dsMUc0wuZ_okPR7MkclJi85Qq_HT0BZ5oGAJV9Jsy7Shcm5lzQGRmHidRCVDiuRMrOY63iCIx5oFUPco/w640-h480/IMG_0533.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“We’re glad, too, Pauly,” Mariah said.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pippa nodded. Pauly had made her life more interesting.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRrFWlig5xFGJG_HkEBwHoJ7sQ0L4cFs9cThjvO5Jm0TE1jdVEgtbI0B2l73Db7py6dpZcUwYu2QfASNc9HyhGW5s-Buu2PD2eIXEfRWTlvtHtukXymqgCkta9lP7eJGAgOVhqlxatcmiX4coVUYaDvXaOzpO6Nj3ff3_z8bqfnYH05nyDuPe3qIk2DI/s4032/IMG_0544.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRrFWlig5xFGJG_HkEBwHoJ7sQ0L4cFs9cThjvO5Jm0TE1jdVEgtbI0B2l73Db7py6dpZcUwYu2QfASNc9HyhGW5s-Buu2PD2eIXEfRWTlvtHtukXymqgCkta9lP7eJGAgOVhqlxatcmiX4coVUYaDvXaOzpO6Nj3ff3_z8bqfnYH05nyDuPe3qIk2DI/w640-h480/IMG_0544.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Jeffy likes to read the stories,” Pauly added. “He finds them online, and he likes to see photos of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">his</span> doll in the stories. He says he likes to imagine other kids reading about his doll.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7e19gFnJqTlPg1tMFqBdqPIrGANxNWF6nhkbIF50sDE4YcxCrMQqi4MvgUofL85-y0uDaSXhoEpxnQ5I8MJEE7pBqckrSvNV6fN2Bm2OAed0uw_Qd8eCg2WbUFIcHWz7vOHS_IKXl3m_6dD8ZVUG2lAgm80kNhgWdKlG3zD_JndYDr6hr0QvoXfxYhs/s4032/IMG_0562.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7e19gFnJqTlPg1tMFqBdqPIrGANxNWF6nhkbIF50sDE4YcxCrMQqi4MvgUofL85-y0uDaSXhoEpxnQ5I8MJEE7pBqckrSvNV6fN2Bm2OAed0uw_Qd8eCg2WbUFIcHWz7vOHS_IKXl3m_6dD8ZVUG2lAgm80kNhgWdKlG3zD_JndYDr6hr0QvoXfxYhs/w640-h480/IMG_0562.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Just then, the dolls heard the doorbell ring downstairs.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqzjJ8IUwcnjzeLAmj_qJ64hmSjlVbXY9DHylazfWxDS-k_TVlm9QYKQbxed8k48JovlXJdHkS4btZdjOIRuXxi_7Pmr3UhfOCcZ62uqkaAWaJFERbPa-bv0ogopOpp6W4QH3crH-adFNdlCfyTaB2K-MKSpFPF3po1MmBup_RgVwEI12j5qpV97yKyI/s3441/IMG_0547.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2581" data-original-width="3441" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqzjJ8IUwcnjzeLAmj_qJ64hmSjlVbXY9DHylazfWxDS-k_TVlm9QYKQbxed8k48JovlXJdHkS4btZdjOIRuXxi_7Pmr3UhfOCcZ62uqkaAWaJFERbPa-bv0ogopOpp6W4QH3crH-adFNdlCfyTaB2K-MKSpFPF3po1MmBup_RgVwEI12j5qpV97yKyI/w640-h480/IMG_0547.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s Jeffy!” Pauly exclaimed. “It must be time for me to go.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAu-GujJbUdw9jn50CjmH-ORYs4yg0ZCXojZMKTllcsl_WNcMWRf8gR0mpfN0o7fVjzvE9ywhoVP0rkwAUkol6GrbOVvK3jCrcnAWrh-1g9jCp1ninwH8Vi1uwKHLiTISKKbJd3dF57Yckc8Fj0gx73l925eGZjYRtaK-GpXYourgOh2DzwRnXQLend4/s4032/IMG_0550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAu-GujJbUdw9jn50CjmH-ORYs4yg0ZCXojZMKTllcsl_WNcMWRf8gR0mpfN0o7fVjzvE9ywhoVP0rkwAUkol6GrbOVvK3jCrcnAWrh-1g9jCp1ninwH8Vi1uwKHLiTISKKbJd3dF57Yckc8Fj0gx73l925eGZjYRtaK-GpXYourgOh2DzwRnXQLend4/w640-h480/IMG_0550.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As Pauly climbed down from his seat at the table, Pippa said, “I’ll save the puzzle, Pauly. We can finish it tomorrow!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xYHIGDtKsYCo_5bjVN9sy5T4kPxKVY8MnEYrFmOpOJiQjbnmCnP8w17_rO_PfzXheCFFCo9O6B5QCT_ymY2TKFP5nl5cBbduxX0S_0LlrII-tjtpsEKTyYbq0yjiuSOSix37900mv7iq2Ve7vco4QOSjCCS_xyg72Viu63qZOwHlFOTXcjDotUZQTo/s4032/IMG_0553.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xYHIGDtKsYCo_5bjVN9sy5T4kPxKVY8MnEYrFmOpOJiQjbnmCnP8w17_rO_PfzXheCFFCo9O6B5QCT_ymY2TKFP5nl5cBbduxX0S_0LlrII-tjtpsEKTyYbq0yjiuSOSix37900mv7iq2Ve7vco4QOSjCCS_xyg72Viu63qZOwHlFOTXcjDotUZQTo/w640-h480/IMG_0553.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pauly paused at the door and waved goodbye. “Jeffy needs me!” he exclaimed. “We’re going out into the woods to find a Christmas tree! A real one!” Then he was gone.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7b9oCss5FPPdm6PoBGfBLyA6lGdWVXID5zDaAbq6mAKDufxPQbI2nMDDdrea9qGHS9WOzxXLKFPkYRO4RJpgZ_q7pIDZEe0By0eUbrgSimfzUMGiegbA10HDVAv5yQt2p4oH7loE8xwzn8EjpxjKyZzxWNkCfYqQ8Vt0VHs5U9NO-vx3Wh1yttMX2FI/s2413/IMG_0555.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2413" data-original-width="1810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7b9oCss5FPPdm6PoBGfBLyA6lGdWVXID5zDaAbq6mAKDufxPQbI2nMDDdrea9qGHS9WOzxXLKFPkYRO4RJpgZ_q7pIDZEe0By0eUbrgSimfzUMGiegbA10HDVAv5yQt2p4oH7loE8xwzn8EjpxjKyZzxWNkCfYqQ8Vt0VHs5U9NO-vx3Wh1yttMX2FI/w480-h640/IMG_0555.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I’m glad Pauly’s my friend,” Pippa told Mariah. “I’m glad Jeffy needs Pauly, and I’m glad Jeffy doesn’t mind sharing Pauly with us. I need Pauly, too!” Pippa pulled out Veronika's big square plastic ruler to cover the puzzle. Veronika had told her she could use it. It would keep all the puzzle pieces from getting knocked off the table. Pippa and Pauly could finish the puzzle tomorrow, and Pippa would get to hear all about going out into the woods to pick out a Christmas tree.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8qa6hn6dRh4Qxk4a-7rYf3jInQLclrzS2OMeT1bx24ZwM-wTsVSKT-5QhWITn9vFe_vaQAEbEj8v0JFgZQBioC3J957V7TS2kTCm5ipEUm_GZ0KnfCmHuCrVtOATMpEg_mvapoFQ3N5SkZRt5DyLtsyZkNio9lr4zVnxyJTgMM0flHgzfe4Aw2lbRCk/s4032/IMG_0557.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8qa6hn6dRh4Qxk4a-7rYf3jInQLclrzS2OMeT1bx24ZwM-wTsVSKT-5QhWITn9vFe_vaQAEbEj8v0JFgZQBioC3J957V7TS2kTCm5ipEUm_GZ0KnfCmHuCrVtOATMpEg_mvapoFQ3N5SkZRt5DyLtsyZkNio9lr4zVnxyJTgMM0flHgzfe4Aw2lbRCk/w640-h480/IMG_0557.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“We all need Pauly,” Mariah agreed, “but you need Pauly the way I need Charlotte. That</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s special. It’s great to have a best friend!”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9iWltVkYZp33PoGVMGqnghBPVQgVK61byfHgzadBugxIoREfbvClUlIiW5Z5cLhoaS2w0rGjQ6rZuHTlgGRXHoJDtIcpOLLplF37ZcImeJDIxGd1gGOexbC0uzIWCku-t8NtxVDZ4hCuKNvZMe0-awI_bTWLvF2qJdqznje6GWhscm8Kae9gWxj_H4E/s4032/IMG_7097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9iWltVkYZp33PoGVMGqnghBPVQgVK61byfHgzadBugxIoREfbvClUlIiW5Z5cLhoaS2w0rGjQ6rZuHTlgGRXHoJDtIcpOLLplF37ZcImeJDIxGd1gGOexbC0uzIWCku-t8NtxVDZ4hCuKNvZMe0-awI_bTWLvF2qJdqznje6GWhscm8Kae9gWxj_H4E/w480-h640/IMG_7097.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pippa: Götz Little Kidz Lotta</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pauly: Götz Little Kidz Paul</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, <i>Chosen</i> from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span></div><span face="">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face="">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""><span face="">Emil: </span>Götz Happy Kidz Emilia</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? 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Charlotte had always done it each year, but he was ready to have a turn. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He was nervous, because he was going to have to explain the story behind the celebration for the other dolls, even though they had heard it before, each year, from Charlotte.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig1FiMHJ_s__DfurjX5FI2QVGMnBhVJe42OMTdiUZV-oblKR2PeSaAOMuipZF22-l-wvWfM5_X7ZrDEwsLQDg3RmA4ekDBtD-GauUZcjgD9Om58mnOB2xA8Iukj-DyyGw7ghkkgc1qIb9dazupZmbP5WrRUMFuk2dDjutyGGjXuzhGVAFAhwD-OXlS=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEig1FiMHJ_s__DfurjX5FI2QVGMnBhVJe42OMTdiUZV-oblKR2PeSaAOMuipZF22-l-wvWfM5_X7ZrDEwsLQDg3RmA4ekDBtD-GauUZcjgD9Om58mnOB2xA8Iukj-DyyGw7ghkkgc1qIb9dazupZmbP5WrRUMFuk2dDjutyGGjXuzhGVAFAhwD-OXlS=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The other dolls didn't mind hearing the story again, because they knew that some of the children who would be reading this story might not have heard it before, and some stories are worth listening to again and again.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil only had to tell the story on the first night, before he lit the first candle. While it was still light outside, the dolls got everything set up. Emil put the menorah on the table, and Charlotte got two candles out of the box. That's all they needed for the first night.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoNG2JTPmHnyR7WjuGCA4GMcD-JKBnEIUoorhUW79wxV5c3nh2vRMVSUlMJKm1-44ZqXsXLHq6OjC5s0RBZew_ppCXYbnZDp9RrFhqp5RRZxzUzs5NRrv7Cntmk0gStqHjhBVIq56hDyQBPumbZzyY9Vk-AAMGzpMiebt2auAVYEhDk6p_jSR2jkgE=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoNG2JTPmHnyR7WjuGCA4GMcD-JKBnEIUoorhUW79wxV5c3nh2vRMVSUlMJKm1-44ZqXsXLHq6OjC5s0RBZew_ppCXYbnZDp9RrFhqp5RRZxzUzs5NRrv7Cntmk0gStqHjhBVIq56hDyQBPumbZzyY9Vk-AAMGzpMiebt2auAVYEhDk6p_jSR2jkgE=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Finally, they were ready! They just had to wait for sunset, which arrived at 4:30 PM where they all live.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The dolls assembled around the table. Emil was ready to start his story.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFX8Cos6Lsb4602UCfqNydoalD-CeKErPuwm7J2tZYGaKfF3qkEYTy6LYatUU985pLhfaTuVv4BMJk-XmhW1-J1Z03142X1EcIXW_RqFsMp2oJbuqcTcRqYP_0c6ad5gTwmvz_KGprsf34EVflaH1h_zb5bfYr1_v2Bx9oZek3Ui6u-KMLTkW6whHf=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFX8Cos6Lsb4602UCfqNydoalD-CeKErPuwm7J2tZYGaKfF3qkEYTy6LYatUU985pLhfaTuVv4BMJk-XmhW1-J1Z03142X1EcIXW_RqFsMp2oJbuqcTcRqYP_0c6ad5gTwmvz_KGprsf34EVflaH1h_zb5bfYr1_v2Bx9oZek3Ui6u-KMLTkW6whHf=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil took a deep breath. "Many years ago," he began, looking anxiously at Charlotte, "before dolls like us existed, an evil king took over the temple where people who believe as we do, the Jewish people, held their group prayers and services."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPkmW2VB-jKmja9UMp8VNKTDEAh2Nq66EnEGEliOdFEDahI28O4Sj0768icZZQD_OOQSc9YNbCStFY-UjAWZOytyk75j609lU71Y3-hvvm-S_pF22ihwCPAgJ4MdlPLHpf12_LT2e-7hz834XsvKGSLpqecq_0T1wD3g-fj3J_gg2BfUXG4Iqgeb9L=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPkmW2VB-jKmja9UMp8VNKTDEAh2Nq66EnEGEliOdFEDahI28O4Sj0768icZZQD_OOQSc9YNbCStFY-UjAWZOytyk75j609lU71Y3-hvvm-S_pF22ihwCPAgJ4MdlPLHpf12_LT2e-7hz834XsvKGSLpqecq_0T1wD3g-fj3J_gg2BfUXG4Iqgeb9L=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Charlotte nodded, so he would know he was telling it correctly.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWNcSz_PgiqGsuMX5zAJTuMoGO6vswE5cTAaoV_qATSdX7Nq1HBvuvb2uQ0s9yjdmOFVXVt95oyOzsoEggsQZi4dN56bXxuStQaIYB85GABit8QuYxzlVcui93vLSJXSyU2olupExYMnm6yytUMX5h1lXIlcPRgAf_rb1cZ9V8A5NbDppQb99pJj92=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWNcSz_PgiqGsuMX5zAJTuMoGO6vswE5cTAaoV_qATSdX7Nq1HBvuvb2uQ0s9yjdmOFVXVt95oyOzsoEggsQZi4dN56bXxuStQaIYB85GABit8QuYxzlVcui93vLSJXSyU2olupExYMnm6yytUMX5h1lXIlcPRgAf_rb1cZ9V8A5NbDppQb99pJj92=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"The evil king would not let the people use the temple anymore," Emil continued. "This place was very important to the people, because they felt close to God there."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyJitkUFK-5owqgaYmlo_3mbFGJhIYrk_MTQjMnmauaPi52RexG1XAWAV_SV6HF2qLDC0Y9PWNk7qxBcDWZGyaJ6NRkJ5dU-t_hbq36fVPrquWMJTbZh0-Ngmx4lWH2WeqijeqtsfHTR97E7hQEr4jSBdC2giNmPJuq4SCA-bt0RTVju2alrzkxZoz=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyJitkUFK-5owqgaYmlo_3mbFGJhIYrk_MTQjMnmauaPi52RexG1XAWAV_SV6HF2qLDC0Y9PWNk7qxBcDWZGyaJ6NRkJ5dU-t_hbq36fVPrquWMJTbZh0-Ngmx4lWH2WeqijeqtsfHTR97E7hQEr4jSBdC2giNmPJuq4SCA-bt0RTVju2alrzkxZoz=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>"The king kept them out of this special place," Emil said, "but the people didn't give up. After a lot of struggle, and led by a brave leader named <i>Judah Maccabee (MAC-uh-bee)</i>," Emil said, "they finally took the temple back."</span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcUKuTUoHQzPK00vki2AGgy7oJCOVrQx4GIdxu95xXdDCnAf9Zqzf5HHn_Z-rmaerkl8tkAbqFewFqLrReqYUFFL_a4KE5dyFVRvU-R9SPmRCdJhlloWMqQIgCcjpmw9MG2N7fOStvGWN6EMp5iuV0Z3jDRUnj87fKKUg-jS3eRkvK8wTbrcCs4U48=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcUKuTUoHQzPK00vki2AGgy7oJCOVrQx4GIdxu95xXdDCnAf9Zqzf5HHn_Z-rmaerkl8tkAbqFewFqLrReqYUFFL_a4KE5dyFVRvU-R9SPmRCdJhlloWMqQIgCcjpmw9MG2N7fOStvGWN6EMp5iuV0Z3jDRUnj87fKKUg-jS3eRkvK8wTbrcCs4U48=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"When the people had their temple back, they decided to have a special service to make the temple God's again," Emil continued. "They lit the special lamps they used in the temple with the little bit of lamp oil they had left. It was only enough for one day, but it was all they had."</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZZxwwkPJnjYDEjAZj6SkTKZXAp6rlPV7OEhEheNuTEwpKpemsvAiqUvuoMYFwgrue4lpB1xdIqPjPQc3QxCFfAq3S194Uk9-3KeiwSwdCbvbStmdHSEi99hlibWhyed7NmNP9D2Dg3LuhbJ6vXjbVwYEiTanf8MZW0dI3smkTf3mFVlJNcDGbiLUS=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZZxwwkPJnjYDEjAZj6SkTKZXAp6rlPV7OEhEheNuTEwpKpemsvAiqUvuoMYFwgrue4lpB1xdIqPjPQc3QxCFfAq3S194Uk9-3KeiwSwdCbvbStmdHSEi99hlibWhyed7NmNP9D2Dg3LuhbJ6vXjbVwYEiTanf8MZW0dI3smkTf3mFVlJNcDGbiLUS=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil paused in the story, not because he couldn't remember what came next, but for effect. He wanted everyone to think about what he had just said. The other dolls all thought about how the service was very important to these people. They thought about how the people must be sad that they didn't have enough oil.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil explained, "That was before electricity. The lamps they used burned the way a candle burns, but using olive oil for fuel instead of wax, like a candle."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf8pjH585JPNk5Cmrp7axJq8pq3Sqp7XrrrSYaHl0zh-Zzef4wU8O_LrarVJGBE0dRDvkJRo5pKHmEGYGblrHaj7yjaa4LP1NQOBrNWvdg9LZfd-Rnj-hdEzSnh6EDIrbYa9d6I99Jgs2EMqIfmnjjj3m7dcCUJjS4P6NVEW2wncy28itJO0-yFVdY=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf8pjH585JPNk5Cmrp7axJq8pq3Sqp7XrrrSYaHl0zh-Zzef4wU8O_LrarVJGBE0dRDvkJRo5pKHmEGYGblrHaj7yjaa4LP1NQOBrNWvdg9LZfd-Rnj-hdEzSnh6EDIrbYa9d6I99Jgs2EMqIfmnjjj3m7dcCUJjS4P6NVEW2wncy28itJO0-yFVdY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"So there they were," Emil continued, "with only enough oil for the lamps to burn for one day, so they lit them anyway. Do you remember what happened then?" he asked.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw-SIBziewfDqpAWChV9uRaTpArMSCtKNM6RdIoGIMFRCIShF5Tlnf90YzvDVIrSWwFgewqPovFL8qFOsHX1--_yZsLFXQtTsZWzej4z6fio5Aeesv3ByOewZfwHa65ZR6ZerUxf4dyPx_pJUlFq_r4HiaouC_uBZmPKz7oG5InBbavXBTwUG8sxss=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw-SIBziewfDqpAWChV9uRaTpArMSCtKNM6RdIoGIMFRCIShF5Tlnf90YzvDVIrSWwFgewqPovFL8qFOsHX1--_yZsLFXQtTsZWzej4z6fio5Aeesv3ByOewZfwHa65ZR6ZerUxf4dyPx_pJUlFq_r4HiaouC_uBZmPKz7oG5InBbavXBTwUG8sxss=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span>"The lamps stayed lit!" cried Pippa. (She remembered the story from last </span></span><span>year. She had expected the lamps to go out, but then the way Charlotte had told the story, they didn't. </span><span>The lamps burned for eight days!) "It was a miracle!" Pippa exclaimed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKHfQ1zwTWLwaCqTtQ1v5tShD5hFBTWqn7Hdjdp3BwiBtNd1SnKfKwCB9zKOzmHnxL4pydNkqoAvc64ZhqIXMG9l8GgOJR_kqMtRpgjeRyFp8wohchOsajoMMHlHt7vIE2lhfwV2Rlu2yVvapj6IzRtSwI-qs_ZdGyKsLcyhEXA3MyWKwMx4PFtyFd=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKHfQ1zwTWLwaCqTtQ1v5tShD5hFBTWqn7Hdjdp3BwiBtNd1SnKfKwCB9zKOzmHnxL4pydNkqoAvc64ZhqIXMG9l8GgOJR_kqMtRpgjeRyFp8wohchOsajoMMHlHt7vIE2lhfwV2Rlu2yVvapj6IzRtSwI-qs_ZdGyKsLcyhEXA3MyWKwMx4PFtyFd=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"It <u>was</u> a miracle," Emil agreed. He had a feeling he should get on with the story, or Pippa would take over, and he would get mixed up. "It was a miracle," he said, finding his place in the story in his mind, "and once a year we celebrate the miracle by lighting candles, adding another candle each night to the number of candles lit the nights before, using the Menorah to hold all the candles. We do this for eight nights. There are eight candles, to represent each of the eight nights the oil lasted."</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhKlI9B_U_-YP4g24SMHdHR0Wdd1LWKkZNbBg8vDI6tnq0caBNrfLvyTINYrOLFtf9ZWXNf3LnLhX3i0Uv6rNv3JlGD4TDz-9UZrWmHx2O-YP8_p-gtAIv1nrk9W0KwI4MqqICfQg-XcwTrPIpTxMBy4n5Azneds3ZaxEYna6_N-XjmVcYm4KYnCr-=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhKlI9B_U_-YP4g24SMHdHR0Wdd1LWKkZNbBg8vDI6tnq0caBNrfLvyTINYrOLFtf9ZWXNf3LnLhX3i0Uv6rNv3JlGD4TDz-9UZrWmHx2O-YP8_p-gtAIv1nrk9W0KwI4MqqICfQg-XcwTrPIpTxMBy4n5Azneds3ZaxEYna6_N-XjmVcYm4KYnCr-=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span>"But there are places for nine candles," Pippa said. </span></span><span>"That's because the Menorah has a place in the middle for the lighter candle."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqBO2Z1SbIFqK1gaypXwC9XwSJJKkQJ_EY6Anu9sD_BmgXKKDXq9u96Rcw4Qlx_ROtflQMAL3pY0k2HHOASCxOmIbtb3ws9QEONNiI7V_a7trEaZgfqrpoeg4ZWcjAhCdGqRkPGPo-WCA14BdlBaTI0fsB6HRRgpFFxVaiMAyE_tiWLq51xDhLp2jJ=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqBO2Z1SbIFqK1gaypXwC9XwSJJKkQJ_EY6Anu9sD_BmgXKKDXq9u96Rcw4Qlx_ROtflQMAL3pY0k2HHOASCxOmIbtb3ws9QEONNiI7V_a7trEaZgfqrpoeg4ZWcjAhCdGqRkPGPo-WCA14BdlBaTI0fsB6HRRgpFFxVaiMAyE_tiWLq51xDhLp2jJ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Yes," Emil said. "Do you remember what that candle is called?" When Pippa shook her head, he looked around at the others.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqd5IC2IJmzgemXdPgMImoq8C3v4XMi4pYqINdiC76dJ7J8SLiBedZcslz_XcfsIOx7rVbvb6YQOYIuQsMlA3HnJPSDi43Bard5jMqZ7xxLKaZkvdgu2fsemC_5-WQP4Dd28R1yVTTLbnOD6vqix9vNp5Yv2ZXvnaJhsD854Do6ypWNZXYwYWpDf2r=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqd5IC2IJmzgemXdPgMImoq8C3v4XMi4pYqINdiC76dJ7J8SLiBedZcslz_XcfsIOx7rVbvb6YQOYIuQsMlA3HnJPSDi43Bard5jMqZ7xxLKaZkvdgu2fsemC_5-WQP4Dd28R1yVTTLbnOD6vqix9vNp5Yv2ZXvnaJhsD854Do6ypWNZXYwYWpDf2r=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"It's the <i>shamus</i>." Billy said. He remembered that. It was his fourth Hanukkah celebration.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfR8Q0vlnouTFlDIBlGbHp5KO4NKu5d6EWVvmtrDSnOWlGzsZYN0MT30bzHjCJxmw8Ej9eNYRxGaPniFqgm4J5iCArvqNt942UXw4RIE-4I8u4j9qXf9lME6sHIjEY-nKCmpD4vEM5JQ2NXWyguZRNl1Hb7UdLc6GW1YOeY_PLeRGmtAWKFB0DC7Or=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfR8Q0vlnouTFlDIBlGbHp5KO4NKu5d6EWVvmtrDSnOWlGzsZYN0MT30bzHjCJxmw8Ej9eNYRxGaPniFqgm4J5iCArvqNt942UXw4RIE-4I8u4j9qXf9lME6sHIjEY-nKCmpD4vEM5JQ2NXWyguZRNl1Hb7UdLc6GW1YOeY_PLeRGmtAWKFB0DC7Or=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span>Emil nodded. Billy was right. Then he lit a match and carefully used it to light the candle in the middle, </span></span>the shamus. He knew he had to be very careful with the match. (The dolls knew not to use matches unless The Writer or her husband could be there to watch. No one wanted to melt their fingers!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvdVh6zdSXHYCBXrcoFRFOHKptG-GjwBwrBQvq2hd-YM_TYmQZgcrjfBiiZakjadnGk7exIT8J7RhMhERGg2T-zc7gnU74HUHF7skPj5SpnLVjAOnQoD3glqsSTLzi-OkEt-0mJ7Ctj6iWDYaRzSNG469AZeIgtSNfmexcdd_JS4wdWY95-xGjKl3E=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvdVh6zdSXHYCBXrcoFRFOHKptG-GjwBwrBQvq2hd-YM_TYmQZgcrjfBiiZakjadnGk7exIT8J7RhMhERGg2T-zc7gnU74HUHF7skPj5SpnLVjAOnQoD3glqsSTLzi-OkEt-0mJ7Ctj6iWDYaRzSNG469AZeIgtSNfmexcdd_JS4wdWY95-xGjKl3E=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"We always need a human adult watching when we use matches," Charlotte told Pippa, in case she had forgotten this rule. (Pippa tends to forget rules sometimes. Rules are not always her highest priority, so it's good to remind her.)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzeGBRkuS1vOnoG4MzBgQCcn7Lie4NZOGQWylBgsPyxnuZI8BT2FL3pbhLCbBsWk_sfrsfVBOe0dyEHJBlPSyPvHz-263P9xDALAxXzH_2ylt6khjkHwtY4TlMnkGecoFx_vEDzUbNilKGcbefeBeSLE-TjAiBFNm-vXSP_Yp-4xa6kyRtZEgCon47=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzeGBRkuS1vOnoG4MzBgQCcn7Lie4NZOGQWylBgsPyxnuZI8BT2FL3pbhLCbBsWk_sfrsfVBOe0dyEHJBlPSyPvHz-263P9xDALAxXzH_2ylt6khjkHwtY4TlMnkGecoFx_vEDzUbNilKGcbefeBeSLE-TjAiBFNm-vXSP_Yp-4xa6kyRtZEgCon47=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"That's right, Charlotte," said Mandy, "and it's good The Writer is taking the photos."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF4BErdIqHVrEcIta00U_8eC83u19hy6Sb4jewnqli05l6BwupBhQIzPxXcSE97VFBNgJvcja824Fqjt6Ewuz_mBQfT_gq73o0avjCSxjHDeUvQkwqZG706wHmCBvGXRJWIsg_mBdsQzQHUvXpRVMzczqs2FEvCZz3tnksgTS4LZPzUKrww8XhZfpK=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF4BErdIqHVrEcIta00U_8eC83u19hy6Sb4jewnqli05l6BwupBhQIzPxXcSE97VFBNgJvcja824Fqjt6Ewuz_mBQfT_gq73o0avjCSxjHDeUvQkwqZG706wHmCBvGXRJWIsg_mBdsQzQHUvXpRVMzczqs2FEvCZz3tnksgTS4LZPzUKrww8XhZfpK=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"That's because Billy has to be in these photos," Pippa said. (She knew that Billy takes a lot of the photos for the stories, using the phone and his tripod. He could set the timer and be in a photo, too, but he just does that for group photos, where everyone can sit still and look at the camera, not when you're busy doing things.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5uvSRpvN1nn_LQxgQVSTALFIeMn8BLq7hzVvFuouVcJ6hfeNvCyiI7XY2h1t6DzJhk32cXrjXEn2I7jnNKL4jw_oeLe9tYSxz44d33KbRQOm1DGr4RaPRIovDbaDyZ62LfrJsG7COJoWycO0K0KY-Ct_bV-wx8UYDMdmWPBqZkPmbAYNrhPHqWwe9=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5uvSRpvN1nn_LQxgQVSTALFIeMn8BLq7hzVvFuouVcJ6hfeNvCyiI7XY2h1t6DzJhk32cXrjXEn2I7jnNKL4jw_oeLe9tYSxz44d33KbRQOm1DGr4RaPRIovDbaDyZ62LfrJsG7COJoWycO0K0KY-Ct_bV-wx8UYDMdmWPBqZkPmbAYNrhPHqWwe9=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span>Back to our story:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span><span>Then Emil took the shamus and used it to light the first candle. </span></span><span>"We start on the right side," he said, "because Hebrew, the language these people spoke, and that we still use, is written from right to left." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL8H5kVo9_k-pbgavO1y2cc8-53LWI15h_-PxtKi6tVLyxW1ksEn0HLduHs8UBj8Tqp6eiMhg6KKTijooLj5buscWHV3dJ9R-pYX8DsLxsbqtKTIQu9gL0uu8PoAW9hhkpPmhZJlVv8RDB5iX0gb69VfBSVFxv0wZ74ycy7smsgxUOvAnAeYhNp0hP=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL8H5kVo9_k-pbgavO1y2cc8-53LWI15h_-PxtKi6tVLyxW1ksEn0HLduHs8UBj8Tqp6eiMhg6KKTijooLj5buscWHV3dJ9R-pYX8DsLxsbqtKTIQu9gL0uu8PoAW9hhkpPmhZJlVv8RDB5iX0gb69VfBSVFxv0wZ74ycy7smsgxUOvAnAeYhNp0hP=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"That's different from most languages," Mariah pointed out. "We write English from left to right, but Arabic is also written from the right." (Mariah is learning Arabic, and she and Charlotte have talked about this feature in both of the special languages they were learning.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCxmI-Jxw1QxrUeehFRh-JxlTWTck-JPAiZkRPS77RW0Fzuvpp2YYokxG4PZPnMJtT4uwWd7tWHPlR4tqM8t2VQAbO9dydqT--yLxvuIprpgTZ068lhvjY-iFp8kBckaZtkLWB7Nq_dJT6c4BxBYeSVgFxgLqd5xO4Qeqvm55GxBWC8FnYyKnY-CPc=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCxmI-Jxw1QxrUeehFRh-JxlTWTck-JPAiZkRPS77RW0Fzuvpp2YYokxG4PZPnMJtT4uwWd7tWHPlR4tqM8t2VQAbO9dydqT--yLxvuIprpgTZ068lhvjY-iFp8kBckaZtkLWB7Nq_dJT6c4BxBYeSVgFxgLqd5xO4Qeqvm55GxBWC8FnYyKnY-CPc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil felt proud, because he was learning Hebrew now, too, and Charlotte was helping him.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7zK5nBWdhP8Kb2NdKcb-kQ1zwJF1r0bpOLpMq5mBlrNtO0Z4zMPj7IKC8ohVrJeTNGQF8yZOy4YzRVQ2hEYTdXNn_mXF0Xq-ee5f--bydOhRtd-FcysNHl1e1eK4SYEX0V8nzNrIafvLwXc7qQAR5LynE5jBzTwze-x-MQ5y-iXqN9_h9ZZDWf0k-=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7zK5nBWdhP8Kb2NdKcb-kQ1zwJF1r0bpOLpMq5mBlrNtO0Z4zMPj7IKC8ohVrJeTNGQF8yZOy4YzRVQ2hEYTdXNn_mXF0Xq-ee5f--bydOhRtd-FcysNHl1e1eK4SYEX0V8nzNrIafvLwXc7qQAR5LynE5jBzTwze-x-MQ5y-iXqN9_h9ZZDWf0k-=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The dolls looked expectantly at Emil. They knew he still had more to say. They were ready for him to go on.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNQNR7D_4d4S2CL7NIpRLRfi2shcsIo4lfAQU2IHDfEZ3uTzDEepSLRj6jvJgeSjjS2yXEf1TdIPGazTOPOgcNhrNje9HHlF3Lk2dPZvDkI11JJbQd9cM38u2Ed5MKqKGBi1nI4ee37RtHROUmYriJTH16uqJpKC4gw8a8_jz5U47j05CBIEDjtd4C=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNQNR7D_4d4S2CL7NIpRLRfi2shcsIo4lfAQU2IHDfEZ3uTzDEepSLRj6jvJgeSjjS2yXEf1TdIPGazTOPOgcNhrNje9HHlF3Lk2dPZvDkI11JJbQd9cM38u2Ed5MKqKGBi1nI4ee37RtHROUmYriJTH16uqJpKC4gw8a8_jz5U47j05CBIEDjtd4C=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"After we light the first candle we say a prayer to thank God for the miracle long ago and to ask for God's protection," Emil said.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfPJrYJncR-Tk-AotGoGNFyq18amdmYP0IZmTNr6v0JMXIt5m-fFfPdo0QiOM6s47f3aRS1VE1MgVD-frtr04yoL7ZcetDnVVqri5KIDQCN5SMZdqfc7pGcITbA7lRFTuUrwT8yU0_7xS_dw0C1l5mezIjuLwyiJ3XoSaU9ickaXGNwC8GfvWQRIUM=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfPJrYJncR-Tk-AotGoGNFyq18amdmYP0IZmTNr6v0JMXIt5m-fFfPdo0QiOM6s47f3aRS1VE1MgVD-frtr04yoL7ZcetDnVVqri5KIDQCN5SMZdqfc7pGcITbA7lRFTuUrwT8yU0_7xS_dw0C1l5mezIjuLwyiJ3XoSaU9ickaXGNwC8GfvWQRIUM=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Then Emil and Charlotte looked at each other recited a pra</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">yer in Hebrew, the special language they use for worship services.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk2qMPFCbJSKGRPXOnIitYOpTnNmAxlp-_xDZsliiitS1J3CFEWj69LbU2zRePWizsoypuDaRZxaCDQlEAw7LkqnIkqWCm4053H89DvbCKDksAh0oVpJsyXMERkVOcoYyZm44jwosEzGttcfZoup3FEuUz-s_ypuJ3tgJAkaPbZ3R4klkVgowzfuoX=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjk2qMPFCbJSKGRPXOnIitYOpTnNmAxlp-_xDZsliiitS1J3CFEWj69LbU2zRePWizsoypuDaRZxaCDQlEAw7LkqnIkqWCm4053H89DvbCKDksAh0oVpJsyXMERkVOcoYyZm44jwosEzGttcfZoup3FEuUz-s_ypuJ3tgJAkaPbZ3R4klkVgowzfuoX=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"Now we let the candles burn," Pippa said, "right?"</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhExBUQLczIUKQHQORZH0Lo7RDszcMp_l3FqkQCEqfF09JL7pxc7SXDK4WcGt0UcnYXDTPj9BXvHa1-CoYSZLHn0Kw2SAlga6Rev-eKwukjU8-Kn6Uf4OLk4j0ArdHwHOJVadD63OBoUne-8OFYchf9H1olyQjsQMmlk0__du9mueNVStcwJWSZkh4K=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhExBUQLczIUKQHQORZH0Lo7RDszcMp_l3FqkQCEqfF09JL7pxc7SXDK4WcGt0UcnYXDTPj9BXvHa1-CoYSZLHn0Kw2SAlga6Rev-eKwukjU8-Kn6Uf4OLk4j0ArdHwHOJVadD63OBoUne-8OFYchf9H1olyQjsQMmlk0__du9mueNVStcwJWSZkh4K=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil agreed. "We have to let the candles burn all the way down, so we will leave the Menorah here, where it's safe."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggOHCmUNc7jOkVQslTNRWwfJHnYloUHrcGEDWQSP_OPBmOKpXgwqFBURLzKTxmRshQAMDgIfCOz71WcsPuZlBpxO6SanYxagSho80gH0JS64NbaXKm0T3HQkN80xAX-F43--Npz9pQc67pLCqiiLyuA9posY3iR8zB7LEKKvt68midXviHYRoJL2w8=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggOHCmUNc7jOkVQslTNRWwfJHnYloUHrcGEDWQSP_OPBmOKpXgwqFBURLzKTxmRshQAMDgIfCOz71WcsPuZlBpxO6SanYxagSho80gH0JS64NbaXKm0T3HQkN80xAX-F43--Npz9pQc67pLCqiiLyuA9posY3iR8zB7LEKKvt68midXviHYRoJL2w8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was time for a song. Mariah moved around to where Charlotte was, so the two of them could sing, since they were the only two dolls who can open their mouths. The other dolls hummed along, because you can hum with your mouth closed.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN0vPKAyQGwrPlNj_Vsgzdxkymef1_lg3JoK94FJmh0aZznwd4aNemaUtj1qEr3nx1AHJ2BnHJiLvMFYTW5O6w6ngDHSeKCVOUz0Ne5zW_1onbpgWsbm2XLVBONVhZaMzJRz2DvgM_2zP0Z8aEjhUmg9VE3wpevQTtt32L-NSngOh0IBtb5eFP9v_P=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN0vPKAyQGwrPlNj_Vsgzdxkymef1_lg3JoK94FJmh0aZznwd4aNemaUtj1qEr3nx1AHJ2BnHJiLvMFYTW5O6w6ngDHSeKCVOUz0Ne5zW_1onbpgWsbm2XLVBONVhZaMzJRz2DvgM_2zP0Z8aEjhUmg9VE3wpevQTtt32L-NSngOh0IBtb5eFP9v_P=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span>After they were done, all the dolls left the room to get the presents they had for each other.</span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Good job!" Charlotte whispered to Emil as she walked by. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFyPD8FVbAojUEvRYuSW5aTS-2dZFkKvYH5FDEF2zdwLothnjSi7vbjPAP0MrnpVWtiU22RuLGy9nUdmIQFRGXHY4-3Le-VKyoAEvzDHmig65u9RknAedX7-qp1DUXpETId3t-VuKq9yTvo9pybT8GWu_exuqA5FlEpseE-4LLX88G1gS0DAhkEcK7=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFyPD8FVbAojUEvRYuSW5aTS-2dZFkKvYH5FDEF2zdwLothnjSi7vbjPAP0MrnpVWtiU22RuLGy9nUdmIQFRGXHY4-3Le-VKyoAEvzDHmig65u9RknAedX7-qp1DUXpETId3t-VuKq9yTvo9pybT8GWu_exuqA5FlEpseE-4LLX88G1gS0DAhkEcK7=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Emil would have blushed at her praise, but his vinyl always stays the same color. (To make it a different color, the color has to be put in at the factory.) He felt pleased, though, and he didn't have to pretend. Feeling pleased was for real.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxuHIUnp4RStR4MVLEiYTKbV5itU6sgEG1NIKyWnwDdrjyg2mgSg4cL3iAlSiftyySVOsMnah_aGoUBjf5YUcNGB_7C2Xl2scaJMRAhkXA9tQmRRj_YupCdp3UcL_8OZhevVs6vtKHHrvC4cc-4idp8adxBxWPH-D4bN6SBEj1EBnzuw5WZY7sSdoU=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxuHIUnp4RStR4MVLEiYTKbV5itU6sgEG1NIKyWnwDdrjyg2mgSg4cL3iAlSiftyySVOsMnah_aGoUBjf5YUcNGB_7C2Xl2scaJMRAhkXA9tQmRRj_YupCdp3UcL_8OZhevVs6vtKHHrvC4cc-4idp8adxBxWPH-D4bN6SBEj1EBnzuw5WZY7sSdoU=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Hurry up, Emil!" cried Pippa, who had come back to see why it was taking him so long. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"It's time to open our presents! We get to play the game with the special top and pretend to eat some chocolate money!"</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKna8trvoa4ZSD-BBdyWLkR59IjXBxDfzbn1G57bKLO3lCxtT4V-Bn3uFFtlLmSphBQYaY_siP4_Bnt8ld5l3UN4JjxhnTS73TyVnMiE4Cy8hcmRX77kP9RfHovr40b8KFOCbiE1MpMOV09Hf3EOWkdSoqFafXBr2Y7UN2G3Z-fgQ6eb_W-eFV7qeB=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKna8trvoa4ZSD-BBdyWLkR59IjXBxDfzbn1G57bKLO3lCxtT4V-Bn3uFFtlLmSphBQYaY_siP4_Bnt8ld5l3UN4JjxhnTS73TyVnMiE4Cy8hcmRX77kP9RfHovr40b8KFOCbiE1MpMOV09Hf3EOWkdSoqFafXBr2Y7UN2G3Z-fgQ6eb_W-eFV7qeB=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil lit a new candle every night. Charlotte was there to help him in case he forgot anything, but he didn't forget anything. At the end of The Festival of Lights, the menorah looked like this.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD1vbNxawFhW9qQn1YG8J9U_eViN3Aqelxmgz9qpeiYhMljz9nUL94OyoLbWpzNaSMAh1w6EriplZ7j1pMkYpcn-EJC4VnZbgrfdxGoIE5bnx474gFBMf0CYjivW_7g9GHiFo_t6NkVkimRRYZohuHsuEkRPLZ9REmf0EEi2GJLnadZw-g0jbE_PYC=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD1vbNxawFhW9qQn1YG8J9U_eViN3Aqelxmgz9qpeiYhMljz9nUL94OyoLbWpzNaSMAh1w6EriplZ7j1pMkYpcn-EJC4VnZbgrfdxGoIE5bnx474gFBMf0CYjivW_7g9GHiFo_t6NkVkimRRYZohuHsuEkRPLZ9REmf0EEi2GJLnadZw-g0jbE_PYC=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On the last day of Hanukkah, Emil looked into the box of candles. "They're almost all gone," he pointed out. "How many did we use? The new box is almost empty!"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfR-aMLCbFxwNFl7H_daU2H6yE6RR1gjac0BFoZFn3f0VomZO30hGdQpfgVDxXFWndOUsoy-gzz1gHpxr-h4CmGb3c-O_AZ97cfaa7Svwv9wzF834Cg4jVE6TqW_832I-usv2izp0jTCuCNXJhJYTJSV-Xn5Zkkw8CuOPxZSoJkULCpg0A1wzU38A8=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfR-aMLCbFxwNFl7H_daU2H6yE6RR1gjac0BFoZFn3f0VomZO30hGdQpfgVDxXFWndOUsoy-gzz1gHpxr-h4CmGb3c-O_AZ97cfaa7Svwv9wzF834Cg4jVE6TqW_832I-usv2izp0jTCuCNXJhJYTJSV-Xn5Zkkw8CuOPxZSoJkULCpg0A1wzU38A8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Happy Hanukkah to all the children and dolls who celebrate it, or another way to say that is <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;"><i>Chag Sameach</i>! It sounds sort of like HAGH sa-MAY-agh, but not exactly. You can find the pronunciation <a href="https://youtu.be/sKNFI1JRR8U">here</a>. It means "happy holidays," and if you learn it, you can say it for any holiday. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisv2QNdshNkdvNT40op-DBC57shG-ZZHlHlhXZwD_Huk_xpOq83_9jmNS8V0hZrxg2b6WjgR4YMfSXeoIRWA-akyCwOoJ1D_Exxz-NQOV2b8o6pqaSUb1fJA0QiDlzs1WexLYM0xqCJqxOeW7j8q6rmkue1oFxppNhnBI-QhvA_ZVwcqoPp5ydpZDH=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisv2QNdshNkdvNT40op-DBC57shG-ZZHlHlhXZwD_Huk_xpOq83_9jmNS8V0hZrxg2b6WjgR4YMfSXeoIRWA-akyCwOoJ1D_Exxz-NQOV2b8o6pqaSUb1fJA0QiDlzs1WexLYM0xqCJqxOeW7j8q6rmkue1oFxppNhnBI-QhvA_ZVwcqoPp5ydpZDH=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Can you figure out how many candles they needed? They started out with two candles. They let them burn all the way down. Each day, they replaced the candles from the day before and added one...until they had nine on the menorah. How many had they used after the last day when the last candles had finished burning? It's important to know, so you don't have to go to the store in the middle of celebrating Hanukkah! </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We will give you the answer below the dolls' names!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhStvFVyXHJoMLSU0tuQMdqPAXvLmX_MCQ2nQUfGzIpwVX8GbmhFrX7f8BUMMeVuUUTcPRFbdEptQiAykpaMI1958xNTVc_RZ6wPFGfFrC4LmoDUhnv4nPcEgAn3DWaGi1fBvE1mYL8C8tLV6TXEgRP31HtUnWSsMKYtob2f-HB4bMwidr_U0XJBIYY=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhStvFVyXHJoMLSU0tuQMdqPAXvLmX_MCQ2nQUfGzIpwVX8GbmhFrX7f8BUMMeVuUUTcPRFbdEptQiAykpaMI1958xNTVc_RZ6wPFGfFrC4LmoDUhnv4nPcEgAn3DWaGi1fBvE1mYL8C8tLV6TXEgRP31HtUnWSsMKYtob2f-HB4bMwidr_U0XJBIYY=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span><br /><span face="">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face="">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face="">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face="">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face="">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face="">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""><span face="">Emil: </span>Götz Happy Kidz Emilia</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pippa: Götz Little Kidz Lotta</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Answer to the question: How many candles did Charlotte and Emil used during Hanukkah? The answer is 44. Did you get it right?</i></span></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com</i><i>.</i></div><span face=""><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><i>Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. 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You could see that Billy and Mariah were excited. They had their hats and coats on an hour before we had to leave.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXnzf-fw8A2aVjK43tteldj4XAnbpf9dhdcwxPkFv6nXOdiB-BogJL9R__v25aVGNFW2dMa0qI-uDkD0gwjodaQ8xx5Eu1FYLqyRscUrF-PP7USyT_AN7gLPlCLQXO0iigeMcyVcTlOM/s1600/IMG_3192.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXnzf-fw8A2aVjK43tteldj4XAnbpf9dhdcwxPkFv6nXOdiB-BogJL9R__v25aVGNFW2dMa0qI-uDkD0gwjodaQ8xx5Eu1FYLqyRscUrF-PP7USyT_AN7gLPlCLQXO0iigeMcyVcTlOM/s640/IMG_3192.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The two lucky dolls were going to visit Santa for the first time!</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Both dolls wore their seat belts in the car. They watched the sky move by, with a glimpse of a traffic light or telephone line from time to time, because that was all they could see. They were on their way to the shopping mall where we knew Santa would be stopping in to meet children in person (while they are awake) and find out what they wanted for Christmas.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was exciting when Santa arrived. All the children cheered Santa Claus as he came through the door, ringing his reindeer bells.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ta1LWLSWj_Iq9C1RxBxLITf-s3drRB7PjfMmWLXDcdfXMY7mzacyRx8jUVXrZOu5u2MDUb3RxQyrDmnihNhrTuAFWL4_IPcpqBuUAahqqCGuT3lKOOo4NVHhgqkwPemSBWyGhbQA_cI/s1600/IMG_3195.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ta1LWLSWj_Iq9C1RxBxLITf-s3drRB7PjfMmWLXDcdfXMY7mzacyRx8jUVXrZOu5u2MDUb3RxQyrDmnihNhrTuAFWL4_IPcpqBuUAahqqCGuT3lKOOo4NVHhgqkwPemSBWyGhbQA_cI/s640/IMG_3195.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We had to wait for an hour for our number to come up, but Mariah and Billy were able to share one seat, to save room for others.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-NvwD6mvfPe1ugxoosqfrIo59NAHmXKJJfKQCoiv2xh80LHkH9qZpIgGgorZcU3HINCyxG9lQ-rdtGWvxmTCkWUceeBilmOaGFsIMQoes6FW-dRT0WVL8IuZxO1vBJfKoy-sbC32niw/s1600/IMG_3193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-NvwD6mvfPe1ugxoosqfrIo59NAHmXKJJfKQCoiv2xh80LHkH9qZpIgGgorZcU3HINCyxG9lQ-rdtGWvxmTCkWUceeBilmOaGFsIMQoes6FW-dRT0WVL8IuZxO1vBJfKoy-sbC32niw/s640/IMG_3193.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">From time to time, a small child would come and pick up Mariah or Billy and walk around with them, or take their hats off and try to put them on again. The two dolls knew to pretend to be ordinary dolls. They didn't move or talk, but they enjoyed meeting real children and making real children happy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Finally it was their turn to sit with Santa. They were still. They didn't move. They didn't talk. They pretended to be ordinary dolls, but Santa knew. Santa knew!</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsWtK9lsHJ6jjZJKv_jZuOjeyl5u9ybQdCjhQZ18hTLVoLfEEHxg4aWyuUwLnTLDIeGenDUo9jNWE56cMKbzsQNvMLnTi2UaeZs3LrXG3VpI9dr_-uO6a_6ok4NWevDH1P66AhZBChwE/s1600/IMG_3198.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1358" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsWtK9lsHJ6jjZJKv_jZuOjeyl5u9ybQdCjhQZ18hTLVoLfEEHxg4aWyuUwLnTLDIeGenDUo9jNWE56cMKbzsQNvMLnTi2UaeZs3LrXG3VpI9dr_-uO6a_6ok4NWevDH1P66AhZBChwE/s640/IMG_3198.jpg" width="542" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Santa speaks doll language, so they could tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Santa knew what they were saying to him, but he pretended that they were just ordinary dolls.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I would like to have a sled," said Billy to Santa.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I will do my best," said Santa to Billy. He did it without moving his lips.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I would like to have a doll that looks like me," said Mariah to Santa.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'll see what I can do," Santa replied without talking out loud.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When they finished talking with Santa, the lady who gets paid for taking photos took this.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc4naL2S9cj3IpOXK14gfzcqrfL_CFk2YKMKV3jqOGwUE5eMiKLIpzuiUF5ppn4qTPI-2Yks8TTk036jrhl1socRBBFdXmAz3Gl9feclcJj3Ta6qa6zK-L0wHA2essCWtsecbsx8j3Po/s1600/2018SANTALAND-1276.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnc4naL2S9cj3IpOXK14gfzcqrfL_CFk2YKMKV3jqOGwUE5eMiKLIpzuiUF5ppn4qTPI-2Yks8TTk036jrhl1socRBBFdXmAz3Gl9feclcJj3Ta6qa6zK-L0wHA2essCWtsecbsx8j3Po/s640/2018SANTALAND-1276.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy and Mariah were so excited after their visit with Santa, they chattered happily all the way home.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When the two dolls came into the house, Charlotte and Jolena were waiting for them. The girls were very excited to find out how the visit with Santa went.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGeOjElkiB2_U66UTL5096G5BUZVBjoEi38eCaWaZRFPw_Z86yvuMpX2iuXd3-TxdvYy6GyjwdwTOiOl2ZaNOOxeQqjYOfBEkEWB_N4exXRLu9LS8WZOqiF9jSO63ZFku5yvObGC1XXs/s1600/IMG_3199.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGeOjElkiB2_U66UTL5096G5BUZVBjoEi38eCaWaZRFPw_Z86yvuMpX2iuXd3-TxdvYy6GyjwdwTOiOl2ZaNOOxeQqjYOfBEkEWB_N4exXRLu9LS8WZOqiF9jSO63ZFku5yvObGC1XXs/s640/IMG_3199.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy and Mariah told the other dolls about sitting in the chair, waiting. They told them about being picked up by small children and carried around. They told them about how Santa held them like ordinary dolls and talked to them in their heads, the way dolls do.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It was wonderful!" exclaimed Billy.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Santa was wonderful!" exclaimed Mariah.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Everyone was wonderful!" Billy added. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YywevB48oGLGLYBewh34wIeg8Hgm_st3mWMCQqdrYGi8yGzEyTTxDl0-pIQTAYMhxLKpEok-RYM0c0_uXDCzXkgVB8rWcTcPjm_J1m2E_6cDHCJqNc9tzYhADD3AHMh4t7BUSja2gcI/s1600/IMG_3202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YywevB48oGLGLYBewh34wIeg8Hgm_st3mWMCQqdrYGi8yGzEyTTxDl0-pIQTAYMhxLKpEok-RYM0c0_uXDCzXkgVB8rWcTcPjm_J1m2E_6cDHCJqNc9tzYhADD3AHMh4t7BUSja2gcI/s640/IMG_3202.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I heard some things I didn't quite understand, though," Billy said. "Can you tell me what 'naughty' means?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's an interesting question," Charlotte said. "Dolls don't do naughty except by pretend. We just do nice. We have to be a good example for children."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We are good at nice," agreed Jolena.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig7Pn7wp_F6lXMh_AOFc_FW99BTsBudSVnyk6bn49YZ75qbreqzvVnzcO7kyPDs-kRt_YT7VTjzpj1jFxBS4aCfv3xmO6czpsEfSihdWgRTAZ1SpCoDGrUlTrvKatHH-3uTh-eWUnNtY/s1600/IMG_3203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig7Pn7wp_F6lXMh_AOFc_FW99BTsBudSVnyk6bn49YZ75qbreqzvVnzcO7kyPDs-kRt_YT7VTjzpj1jFxBS4aCfv3xmO6czpsEfSihdWgRTAZ1SpCoDGrUlTrvKatHH-3uTh-eWUnNtY/s640/IMG_3203.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Santa told us we were on the 'nice' list," Billy said. "He said we had been good dolls and were not naughty.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena knew about this, because she had learned how to be a good doll. "Naughty is the <i>opposite</i> of being good," she explained. "Naughty is doing something that is unkind or that hurts someone else. We should always treat other dolls the way we want to be treated."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Naughty can also be doing something that hurts ourselves," Charlotte said, "like staying up past bedtime without permission, or eating a big piece of cake right before dinner, or saying we brushed our teeth when we hadn't."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprTYIltCgQlsz79lxFxqlKRMBCyK41bk-_KGdArywBVweaG_fHxPlGDFQvEB6Gb2GGkI8dNlqMH6hIX3KO0dgubKw6Xp6pRC6R77H0gQce85qh8MPUAV-QNmejwuS_kWwUWyOQYunb20/s1600/IMG_3223+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprTYIltCgQlsz79lxFxqlKRMBCyK41bk-_KGdArywBVweaG_fHxPlGDFQvEB6Gb2GGkI8dNlqMH6hIX3KO0dgubKw6Xp6pRC6R77H0gQce85qh8MPUAV-QNmejwuS_kWwUWyOQYunb20/s640/IMG_3223+2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I don't want to be naughty," Mariah said. "It must be hard to be a real child sometimes. They must sometimes want to be naughty."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The other dolls agreed. It must be difficult sometimes to be a real child.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Part Two</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The days passed, and finally it was Christmas Eve. All the dolls went to bed early. They brushed their teeth, then climbed into bed so Mandy could read "The Night Before Christmas" to them. Mandy put on her glasses and began, "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"When does Santa come?" Billy asked, interrupting the story.</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Santa won't come yet. We are awake, and at least one mouse is stirring," Jolena said. There, on the top of Mandy's book, sat a little mouse.</span></span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDgzUlG7szOl_X0hpETz5R-0FQQ5AMBqQkWiKwnxgv0EZS48WEW9gx5Q0ihte_WVkAhZFEYU7j_vgsEgOjNg5rUcTe-uo8hh35iBm_HZ2EptHjeKX-3TIkT9513gxY0Ug_6j_zaM_PCs/s1600/yuMSAXkJTk2MDlaP4BApeg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDgzUlG7szOl_X0hpETz5R-0FQQ5AMBqQkWiKwnxgv0EZS48WEW9gx5Q0ihte_WVkAhZFEYU7j_vgsEgOjNg5rUcTe-uo8hh35iBm_HZ2EptHjeKX-3TIkT9513gxY0Ug_6j_zaM_PCs/s640/yuMSAXkJTk2MDlaP4BApeg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The mouse was welcome to listen, too, but soon Mandy stopped reading, because the dolls were excited and wanted to talk about Santa.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Why does Santa bring us presents at Christmas?" Billy asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bGZoU2JmLkWtw501JjiDIjZMsqxZ1BBZkoJtRZFI0NQGX_AuyjUCX1D4NFgzfEzrpLbVbbZ-SSPMO44wxOHaEZl7-QTHaa_QQXl0eVpxz1I4eJmPyEgck5tXzzfCtzTlQEtU0VTsjl4/s1600/fullsizeoutput_823a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1600" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bGZoU2JmLkWtw501JjiDIjZMsqxZ1BBZkoJtRZFI0NQGX_AuyjUCX1D4NFgzfEzrpLbVbbZ-SSPMO44wxOHaEZl7-QTHaa_QQXl0eVpxz1I4eJmPyEgck5tXzzfCtzTlQEtU0VTsjl4/s640/fullsizeoutput_823a.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This was an important question. He wanted to know, and he wasn't the only one.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It isn't just Santa," said Mandy, as Billy climbed out from under the covers, so he could sit where he could see her better. "Santa has lots of helpers, too. We are all Santa's helpers when we give each other Christmas presents."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqI0JRgyYpnm4UyJ5DoxdFyigfT4BF94o5J2kpF_RHJVKT3O5fBy5I6vt2Glf_IFF2EeKP3mackjdLhn44jwHwcc0hfVXodyhkGydbs1dVlsnl-ps32TBFMQ4HDFhOG1xL0mc5KWj7Kk/s1600/fullsizeoutput_8233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqI0JRgyYpnm4UyJ5DoxdFyigfT4BF94o5J2kpF_RHJVKT3O5fBy5I6vt2Glf_IFF2EeKP3mackjdLhn44jwHwcc0hfVXodyhkGydbs1dVlsnl-ps32TBFMQ4HDFhOG1xL0mc5KWj7Kk/s640/fullsizeoutput_8233.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then why does Santa bring presents and why do we give each other presents?" Billy persisted.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQEvn1EhOLImU57Q-BlH5Pi0CqZEvnuSNaPw76h0JSRr22jhvODAnAQOJD4mGut2ZTA-MIEbUvz0iHLUySQXUlEVGXVpQfFo5ru5v6aXY9nFpf2DDNzYWE3pkNxyJBLuep5Qm28mffII/s1600/Gkqm4UdWShuFrGKZPnBLYg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQEvn1EhOLImU57Q-BlH5Pi0CqZEvnuSNaPw76h0JSRr22jhvODAnAQOJD4mGut2ZTA-MIEbUvz0iHLUySQXUlEVGXVpQfFo5ru5v6aXY9nFpf2DDNzYWE3pkNxyJBLuep5Qm28mffII/s640/Gkqm4UdWShuFrGKZPnBLYg.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I think it's because Christmas is when Christians remember the gift given to them by God." Veronika said. "It's the day we remember the birth of Baby Jesus. You know the story; it's in all the carols we sang."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelNh4NWzclyO_xH_yoGg-cv4PiM-TrKjepB-a3CWaFQNp3bOCobtAPrX_MdZObODxewHk2LfzqCwXOJUQMXsv0vlYCTFhvXx5iT3qpoYesUm7WMGhh0Qps3q6Se52bDPHCM7RagrHXEU/s1600/fullsizeoutput_8237.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelNh4NWzclyO_xH_yoGg-cv4PiM-TrKjepB-a3CWaFQNp3bOCobtAPrX_MdZObODxewHk2LfzqCwXOJUQMXsv0vlYCTFhvXx5iT3qpoYesUm7WMGhh0Qps3q6Se52bDPHCM7RagrHXEU/s640/fullsizeoutput_8237.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Why is the birth of the baby so important?" Mariah asked. "To everyone, I mean. New babies are always important to their families, I think," she added.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr1PVOQq8tMZcrzPgX3NvgajuvrqhjKj6_jsXbqdMr8UBrMdzL8UUPvY1eFBPDy9GFfKr-QPx073KYegNVYujZ-rZZZ6kn6w7X9wpHMg_WtHmuqmcoABqObF-FQVrKZdcjtC4g3hvNw0/s1600/ahqQtrGyRFaLoLCMhX6tXw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr1PVOQq8tMZcrzPgX3NvgajuvrqhjKj6_jsXbqdMr8UBrMdzL8UUPvY1eFBPDy9GFfKr-QPx073KYegNVYujZ-rZZZ6kn6w7X9wpHMg_WtHmuqmcoABqObF-FQVrKZdcjtC4g3hvNw0/s640/ahqQtrGyRFaLoLCMhX6tXw.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Well," said Veronika, "Whether we are Christian or not, the Baby Jesus grew up to teach people and dolls to love each other, to look after the poor in the world, and to welcome people and dolls who are new. That's good for everyone to know."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAVCLx1Vou9mmg1q6yZJtULQNc0bQsmPq4KmYZirZKv5pJW0eGFBASZmTHNeD8xF4zBwCRnwTST3_JzSW4aXTChBje3nQSq-9ksF8lAZbsW3vvHmKouY65p5QWnchuFkGqJ62A1f4Iu8/s1600/0myRX9v%252BQPuBFM65nZkv%2525A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAVCLx1Vou9mmg1q6yZJtULQNc0bQsmPq4KmYZirZKv5pJW0eGFBASZmTHNeD8xF4zBwCRnwTST3_JzSW4aXTChBje3nQSq-9ksF8lAZbsW3vvHmKouY65p5QWnchuFkGqJ62A1f4Iu8/s640/0myRX9v%252BQPuBFM65nZkv%2525A.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy nodded and put her glasses on the top of her head, as she often did when she wasn't reading. "Santa is reminding us of that special gift every time he gives us a present. Dolls don't need reminding, but children do," she said. "When children see us get presents from Santa it reminds them to be kind to others."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gCVUtyc2lXyZoPLQOGAPLdSr7KSbkZTJY18nk2EXuY8bmFk0xccnsmVCeKy_uwb8N-5wPauPtFIz6o4wsLGkF8LwH1tPot9DPF85xvlHYv7SBdz8NZ5CGyTyLS1C_x5Ohn-B-rbz-_w/s1600/fullsizeoutput_8247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gCVUtyc2lXyZoPLQOGAPLdSr7KSbkZTJY18nk2EXuY8bmFk0xccnsmVCeKy_uwb8N-5wPauPtFIz6o4wsLGkF8LwH1tPot9DPF85xvlHYv7SBdz8NZ5CGyTyLS1C_x5Ohn-B-rbz-_w/s640/fullsizeoutput_8247.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm glad we get to remind children," Billy said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The other dolls all agreed. It was fun to get presents from Santa and from each other. It was fun to know they were helping children remember to be kind.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy put her glasses back on, and the dolls heard the rest of the story. "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" Mandy said finally and closed the book.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was getting late. Mouse had gone to bed. He was tired, and he knew how the story ended. The dolls </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">put on their sleep masks, which they wear to sleep because their eyes don't close. Then they snuggled down under the covers and went to sleep. </span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">knew he was going to dream about having a new sled, and he was hoping we would get snow soon.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zgFH-FFqy4uPerKfyNSt9j2tK_5P6Qvs_HXfrh02PHq-s4pcP4ios8meUE4HvhwfXvSfOIdsrZowoE0QmTDwv5XngveLmRIxmpEONAbcfBvQxpHspicJ0ukysHCHzu8GVja9XwbbBdA/s1600/N1FM9JgJS4COT2OY01R8Ww.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zgFH-FFqy4uPerKfyNSt9j2tK_5P6Qvs_HXfrh02PHq-s4pcP4ios8meUE4HvhwfXvSfOIdsrZowoE0QmTDwv5XngveLmRIxmpEONAbcfBvQxpHspicJ0ukysHCHzu8GVja9XwbbBdA/s640/N1FM9JgJS4COT2OY01R8Ww.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He could imagine himself, standing on the front porch with his new sled, waiting for the snow to fall, so he could go sledding.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32B-jtghvjZIubhfjmvVUwjw33vuxUaPYNEJs2CtWJ7JXDXM9ik3S020WuiB1aO0aLKWEJHYGmBbE6q4PvsEG-1FNeQ_VMRYmXICOqw0qtjsHmLMHKNdOmDAnu1kreaWFJtTupfO4UDU/s1600/IMG_3220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32B-jtghvjZIubhfjmvVUwjw33vuxUaPYNEJs2CtWJ7JXDXM9ik3S020WuiB1aO0aLKWEJHYGmBbE6q4PvsEG-1FNeQ_VMRYmXICOqw0qtjsHmLMHKNdOmDAnu1kreaWFJtTupfO4UDU/s640/IMG_3220.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls lay very still in bed. They didn't need the light on, because dolls are not afraid of the dark, but we left it on so you could see them sleep. It doesn't matter if the light is on, because they only sleep with their sleep masks on. They slept with three heads on one pillow...</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ryRAC9_HDzm-wnTCOniMJytx_RJDvjbGPpw6Xy8VCKm6MxqTwUOrfR2c9S8kWZy8S6Gm37Sj7oCYqQkeL1dBtqgcyqlQnvXVmh3BQGDhOdkNS-4zxeEADNx1YO1tEE7Ir0inOKzykGI/s1600/UBhsRdQTR8OGeARksbaZtQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ryRAC9_HDzm-wnTCOniMJytx_RJDvjbGPpw6Xy8VCKm6MxqTwUOrfR2c9S8kWZy8S6Gm37Sj7oCYqQkeL1dBtqgcyqlQnvXVmh3BQGDhOdkNS-4zxeEADNx1YO1tEE7Ir0inOKzykGI/s640/UBhsRdQTR8OGeARksbaZtQ.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...and three heads on the other pillow.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGQBlOMTMVKPn1Gf2dVkHi6ZTGeQD3rT_0wCCqVAimK78sZFvIEI3c7Ccg0R8IBzxamdOfIZ0nTWw8JgtUEnCACumUg4NnKhUzIcJp1m8JdqTLTPTa28QCJIY3i2MOOR9IFeDM55PE1M/s1600/LWpCzOFORm%252Bhv3PyW7v1vA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGQBlOMTMVKPn1Gf2dVkHi6ZTGeQD3rT_0wCCqVAimK78sZFvIEI3c7Ccg0R8IBzxamdOfIZ0nTWw8JgtUEnCACumUg4NnKhUzIcJp1m8JdqTLTPTa28QCJIY3i2MOOR9IFeDM55PE1M/s640/LWpCzOFORm%252Bhv3PyW7v1vA.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They are good at lying still; they are dolls. They dreamed about what Santa might bring them, but they also dreamed of a world where people and dolls are kind to and love each other.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Merry Christmas to all, from Veronika, Mandy, Charlotte, Jolena, Mariah, Billy and Mouse!</span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Cast--</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Lily of London</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mouse: A cat toy</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You can keep track of Santa's progress until bedtime at <a href="https://www.noradsanta.org/">Norad Tracks Santa</a>.</span> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Thanks to the <a href="https://www.oldmilldistrict.com/#">Old Mill District</a> (sponsor), <a href="http://shineeventsbend.com/about-us/">Shine Events</a> and <a href="http://www.karencammackphotography.com/karen-cammack/">Karen Cammack Photography</a>, as well as to Santa for coming from the North Pole to visit children when he is so busy. Official Santa photo by Karen Cammack Photography.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sled from <a href="https://www.ebay.com/str/rowdytown">Rowdytown</a>.</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>To Parents: This may be read as two stories, if you want to save Part Two for Christmas Eve.</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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The boy and the girl were in the living room, reading.</span></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Suddenly, the girl looked up. “What’s that sound?” she asked.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The boy stopped reading and listened. “It sounds like tiny feet on the front porch,” he said.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Do you think it’s Santa Claus?” The girl asked.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then there was another sound. “That sounds like someone is scratching on the front door,” the boy said. “Santa comes down the chimney, not through the front door.” </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Let’s go see,” said the girl. “Help me, so we can hurry!”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The boy pushed the girl’s wheelchair to the front door. They opened the door slowly, and what do you think they saw?</span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4X1UNve3dqWZFUZapjRJSpR5nVJDZ5ueaGe_3DoRRFd7inrzwwTer8Yi0C_nFdpZRi2ZDrDHuFAZ5cEdHB4SxwID_igtWDTmYTxf8egyXHgOsSVnwCjsVaqWUYdXYDsaPo3NIh8LaBk/s1600/IMG_3172.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4X1UNve3dqWZFUZapjRJSpR5nVJDZ5ueaGe_3DoRRFd7inrzwwTer8Yi0C_nFdpZRi2ZDrDHuFAZ5cEdHB4SxwID_igtWDTmYTxf8egyXHgOsSVnwCjsVaqWUYdXYDsaPo3NIh8LaBk/s640/IMG_3172.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“They’re singing, I think,” the girl said. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“They’re caroling,” the boy agreed, “but how can they sing without moving their lips?”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I think it’s a doll thing,” the girl replied.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The children watched and listened to two more carols, and finally “Silent Night.” Then, suddenly, the dolls were gone.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6xGwTVlhOY8Oga4d1cIfiGynTNcm42nMyOpm_JKd2fqKiICKgma6weJSJOGtkoz7p-fgk7ioCIODdiFOwOLPZ2m0op2JVXvCCSZE8ZWBQkNXa-MNRuU78Y-ID492FvTe0qzT5RBEDOI/s1600/IMG_3174.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6xGwTVlhOY8Oga4d1cIfiGynTNcm42nMyOpm_JKd2fqKiICKgma6weJSJOGtkoz7p-fgk7ioCIODdiFOwOLPZ2m0op2JVXvCCSZE8ZWBQkNXa-MNRuU78Y-ID492FvTe0qzT5RBEDOI/s640/IMG_3174.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Let’s not tell the parents,” the boy suggested.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“No,” agreed the girl. “They wouldn’t understand.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">They quietly closed the door and went back into the living room. This time, the girl insisted on moving her chair on her own, which she did by placing her hands on the big rings that went around the wheels and pushing them forward.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">They were quietly reading in the living room when the father called them to come and eat.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Back at home, the dolls took off their coats, hats, scarves and boots, and settled down in our living room for some pretend hot chocolate and a pretend snack. They had those little donuts that look like Cheerios, some raisins and some popcorn.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That was fun,” said Charlotte. “We should do it again.”</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLWD-r324CADrk1pZ9exwg4i2CI19m4WtG9ewUiykjXfKCWUPSyOjyZGXEDo3V_jvA_u-dT1VbP2oWg4GybCoFtoZdvT4bHo_Hp3bI_JbrklMoZgT7LmDKw8WWgU6b90L4KPjbv6G8OM/s1600/Y%252BYu0D7hR%252B%252B5M9TFic15Tg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLWD-r324CADrk1pZ9exwg4i2CI19m4WtG9ewUiykjXfKCWUPSyOjyZGXEDo3V_jvA_u-dT1VbP2oWg4GybCoFtoZdvT4bHo_Hp3bI_JbrklMoZgT7LmDKw8WWgU6b90L4KPjbv6G8OM/s640/Y%252BYu0D7hR%252B%252B5M9TFic15Tg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I like it when real children come to the door,” Jolena said, placing her cup carefully on its saucer.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPR78YqFpTtws4tU1SqA4tfiG3j7euteyE3Lknd_txpQ_zwY_nNVX8jUydXKXha-JfeoRy6XdQdx8aCgp2dAQha4lhxd3A8H1IpGdulP3yWlpEvmCE1booq32nvHhzLjOzyolJQHXq9w/s1600/fullsizeoutput_81d3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPR78YqFpTtws4tU1SqA4tfiG3j7euteyE3Lknd_txpQ_zwY_nNVX8jUydXKXha-JfeoRy6XdQdx8aCgp2dAQha4lhxd3A8H1IpGdulP3yWlpEvmCE1booq32nvHhzLjOzyolJQHXq9w/s640/fullsizeoutput_81d3.jpeg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It was fun seeing a real boy,” Billy added, as he stuck his fingers through the holes in the little donuts, just to see how far they would go.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVgeC8R2yPmt10PQVbzs0fH81buHqU7zOcrR5-4_paKFssq89TWZhPPfRth8z3ukACBksWY18dkakYJ9uTirNvkiHdQYDyN99Zm05yFKfrE1h7bylft_6N3nyLwbabSg8vlm4j3c4V48/s1600/IMG_3177.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVgeC8R2yPmt10PQVbzs0fH81buHqU7zOcrR5-4_paKFssq89TWZhPPfRth8z3ukACBksWY18dkakYJ9uTirNvkiHdQYDyN99Zm05yFKfrE1h7bylft_6N3nyLwbabSg8vlm4j3c4V48/s640/IMG_3177.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Is that the first time you have seen a real boy, Billy?” Charlotte asked, taking another little donut from the plate Mandy offered her.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNUolp0djut4F5lvKX2htHZQmSzrv5thHzgRDUkPN2jmzaZ-Z5AB1p_rV_sTWShiBvlf5ngiA_CCrQvPg6pIYq1LGt_VsCQwb39ppj6-Hmd_ohBqTKRIVsdcAr6pplRcQjrirJ-FgvsM/s1600/IMG_3187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNUolp0djut4F5lvKX2htHZQmSzrv5thHzgRDUkPN2jmzaZ-Z5AB1p_rV_sTWShiBvlf5ngiA_CCrQvPg6pIYq1LGt_VsCQwb39ppj6-Hmd_ohBqTKRIVsdcAr6pplRcQjrirJ-FgvsM/s640/IMG_3187.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Yes,” said Billy. “It’s the first time I’ve seen any real children. I really liked the thing the girl was sitting on, too,” he added, looking at the little donuts on his little fingers. “It had wheels, like a bicycle or a car, so you can ride it.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbW2lO2UMhUT61kMAdOBbcf4cdYQw7e1ZXBQ44QMW8upE9ZnaOj9QHp8pUyYIYQIxfKK0If-vykUhoR0kPzC2sYG1gcj9i_VqWC_RqBfQlJNwg-yTcJ0-itosvvu_Ppy4TIJNMGtZtQ1k/s1600/h25tbiliQj6kqYj4KyXoxw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbW2lO2UMhUT61kMAdOBbcf4cdYQw7e1ZXBQ44QMW8upE9ZnaOj9QHp8pUyYIYQIxfKK0If-vykUhoR0kPzC2sYG1gcj9i_VqWC_RqBfQlJNwg-yTcJ0-itosvvu_Ppy4TIJNMGtZtQ1k/s640/h25tbiliQj6kqYj4KyXoxw.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“It’s a wheelchair,” said Mandy. “It’s for people who can't or shouldn't walk,” she explained. “I read a story once about a human person who had to use a wheelchair all the time.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsI_sE1fl2VCGeqh_j2pdbvSwzCopQVNBhBxiOgtF8sKDuFngqm1NhQh26ReSIKspEnzPUC9OitN99_qQ0yc7cQE-SqkIDdSuARqdQ2Uma_BUqp0J791J52qUXt7iuzwVJurLbU8WtRlU/s1600/fullsizeoutput_81d5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsI_sE1fl2VCGeqh_j2pdbvSwzCopQVNBhBxiOgtF8sKDuFngqm1NhQh26ReSIKspEnzPUC9OitN99_qQ0yc7cQE-SqkIDdSuARqdQ2Uma_BUqp0J791J52qUXt7iuzwVJurLbU8WtRlU/s640/fullsizeoutput_81d5.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I wondered about the wheelchair, so I looked it up. I learned that sometimes people just use a wheelchair for a short time,” Mandy explained, “if they have been injured or sick, or they need to go somewhere where they would have to do too much walking. Some people, even some children, need a wheelchair all their lives.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I think it would be fun,” said Billy.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I think it would be fun for a while,” suggested Jolena, “but I like to get up and run or dance.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The dolls all thought about that and agreed.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I think using a wheelchair is better than lying in bed or sitting in one place all the time,” said Veronika, who knows about sitting in one place for a long time, because she’s a doll.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTH1rvj_me4lqWlUTmhSJjoAcc7tHGmi6TOotDAAt21HvIuLPnLsQ5Sez8KdPr8AJONfVym5b_0urwZOs_UsBdhKFb7e0A5VdtsB_i53ZbBCN1yWWQH1L0sndSuv7LrnqxORNn2zyIqA/s1600/fullsizeoutput_81d4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTH1rvj_me4lqWlUTmhSJjoAcc7tHGmi6TOotDAAt21HvIuLPnLsQ5Sez8KdPr8AJONfVym5b_0urwZOs_UsBdhKFb7e0A5VdtsB_i53ZbBCN1yWWQH1L0sndSuv7LrnqxORNn2zyIqA/s640/fullsizeoutput_81d4.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I have an idea!” exclaimed Mariah, who had been sitting quietly, listening to the conversation. “Let’s go visit them at night, when they're asleep. It would be fun to tell them happy stories while they’re sleeping, so they have happy dreams.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZFua7PQsPiY8lvafSdEEN8aZW71xMr3wn_YCfm7Gdtq-VD3t3toQR4Mo-3IaOhHXlTi6a_yXt5D0KUFIZiyiliV7WftvzRE7q4lbJkS-HfRaXOh1WU44X2scDyDb68HMeblXtu7_U7Q/s1600/EH7X9XySR8OF8BogD9PaLA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZFua7PQsPiY8lvafSdEEN8aZW71xMr3wn_YCfm7Gdtq-VD3t3toQR4Mo-3IaOhHXlTi6a_yXt5D0KUFIZiyiliV7WftvzRE7q4lbJkS-HfRaXOh1WU44X2scDyDb68HMeblXtu7_U7Q/s640/EH7X9XySR8OF8BogD9PaLA.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The dolls all thought that was a good idea.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I want to tell stories to the boy,” said Billy. “I know what kinds of adventures boys like to have.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I want to take the girl with me when I do flips on my skis,” Jolena said. “I think she would like to know what it's like to fly.”</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPXPdXJAEXVn-5J_OI8B5LwJi78x0g-9eSiInwTpTqkRoSJk1qFSUm28aSuwVwCNZO6tEpcK3j3xuuJZCe-mI2Y9_5HL2oKBdAIGq7twXofxdj6fLxGY8q3XKI6vP1q1LUvIXbXWYxIo/s1600/IMG_3189.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPXPdXJAEXVn-5J_OI8B5LwJi78x0g-9eSiInwTpTqkRoSJk1qFSUm28aSuwVwCNZO6tEpcK3j3xuuJZCe-mI2Y9_5HL2oKBdAIGq7twXofxdj6fLxGY8q3XKI6vP1q1LUvIXbXWYxIo/s640/IMG_3189.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“And it would be safe,” agreed Mariah, “because you can’t be hurt in your dreams!”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The dolls all thought that would be fun. They picked up their little dishes and food and put everything away. Then they all brushed their teeth, which is hard to do, because they can’t really open their mouths. (They have to use their imaginations.) Finally, they put on their pajamas and went to bed. They dreamt about going caroling and visiting real children who were asleep.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Did you ever think that maybe when you have happy dreams at night, it’s because Mariah, Billy or Jolena, or one of the other dolls is sitting by your bed, telling you stories?</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUfn1-fuAZf1UFyn8hubOEr6DiNDMrjNwERFXaK4J5GLCzmQ1h_deLsrrM1F1DXx4rBDbQ8U332UNf11eyuhcQcJOYVVKwfAcotQ990F4WpmjBQ_RjX4aCZd-dStmOz7MILGXJEXNh0Y/s1600/fullsizeoutput_8213.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUfn1-fuAZf1UFyn8hubOEr6DiNDMrjNwERFXaK4J5GLCzmQ1h_deLsrrM1F1DXx4rBDbQ8U332UNf11eyuhcQcJOYVVKwfAcotQ990F4WpmjBQ_RjX4aCZd-dStmOz7MILGXJEXNh0Y/s640/fullsizeoutput_8213.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Or maybe you have a doll who lives with you who does that for you.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Cast--</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, “Chosen” from <span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;">My Doll Best Friend</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily of London</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Caroling music to print was found here: https://www.heartwoodguitar.com/extras/christmas-carol-songbook/</span></p></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? Would you like to order an autographed copy of one of our books? You can email us at thedollsstorybook@icloud.com</i><i>.</i></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><i>Note: No dolls were harmed during production of this blog. All dolls shown are Götz Happy Kidz, Classic Kidz or Little Kidz. 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"What are you making, Charlotte?" Billy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm making a dreidel," she said. It's for Hanukkah. It's a kind of top for a game."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HprrDPsDl2t9gU6Qn3_h8V-A2jJ3IgWFQX6_7llhvvLTXwyEty4zX7Jt09O2glfBAe_jphwViyc0XTP2LwaIoLWMdw1XR_K3poeQ5lGMYY1adVJsxVTLcaNo4NvfiqZRJQ2WydVuW84/s1600/IMG_3091.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HprrDPsDl2t9gU6Qn3_h8V-A2jJ3IgWFQX6_7llhvvLTXwyEty4zX7Jt09O2glfBAe_jphwViyc0XTP2LwaIoLWMdw1XR_K3poeQ5lGMYY1adVJsxVTLcaNo4NvfiqZRJQ2WydVuW84/s640/IMG_3091.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Games are fun," Billy said. "Isn't a top a toy that spins?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Yes," Charlotte replied, "But this one is just for decoration. It won't spin, because it's paper."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I got you a present for Hanukkah," Billy said. "I hope you like it."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbk2lS9DfhOr8CnNl-kl1bmxCsvv3xilwTQa7AoBdLMRUU7CDjExG15xu7ZeswM5IwAwb8CxFwk68AgGEVr2lh7dIIqznCExVVi-YT8T0GVMA059vReMhWaSf4EhUsDUglpTmB7TSNXl4/s1600/IMG_3094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbk2lS9DfhOr8CnNl-kl1bmxCsvv3xilwTQa7AoBdLMRUU7CDjExG15xu7ZeswM5IwAwb8CxFwk68AgGEVr2lh7dIIqznCExVVi-YT8T0GVMA059vReMhWaSf4EhUsDUglpTmB7TSNXl4/s640/IMG_3094.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm sure I will, Billy," Charlotte assured him. "I have a present for Veronika."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZeHYP45TIyiLrp_CS0NN-PadXYzrMppVebknFcB7o0fGCkCnrFN-uGZa7lYCtaCwhRw2MKw8hI7JhNOGMui8kdjNRH3IuGK8xFBYyuqubnhJxiUSYUz6VvD5O9S2uMxX7UJJeBMkf08/s1600/IMG_3093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1169" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZeHYP45TIyiLrp_CS0NN-PadXYzrMppVebknFcB7o0fGCkCnrFN-uGZa7lYCtaCwhRw2MKw8hI7JhNOGMui8kdjNRH3IuGK8xFBYyuqubnhJxiUSYUz6VvD5O9S2uMxX7UJJeBMkf08/s640/IMG_3093.jpg" width="466" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I have a present for Jolena," Mariah said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For Hanukkah, each of the dolls receives a present each night. Because there are so many dolls, and Hanukkah has eight nights, each doll gives a present to a different one of the others each night. Most of the presents are small things, like special candy or money, but usually each doll receives one big gift. For the last two nights of Hanukkah, the dolls draw names out of a bag. They get presents for the dolls whose names they drew.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hanukkah, also called The Festival of Lights, is one of Charlotte's special holidays, so the other dolls celebrate with her, because they always share each others religious holidays. Charlotte has a beautiful menorah, a special candlestick with places for nine candles.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedkqjuyyICTDUvOl1VZcCARYhXStlrmwPg99zTdE-v04kkgcLQJ0QgYC5xtWp1PXi1eWPHA9e8zg19uWKX-8q7Dj4gjp4FbuqBuxIFKVY_3bF9v9oEZPPYAq5kNjTGEICx0pLYVhPFUY/s1600/IMG_3096.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedkqjuyyICTDUvOl1VZcCARYhXStlrmwPg99zTdE-v04kkgcLQJ0QgYC5xtWp1PXi1eWPHA9e8zg19uWKX-8q7Dj4gjp4FbuqBuxIFKVY_3bF9v9oEZPPYAq5kNjTGEICx0pLYVhPFUY/s640/IMG_3096.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was important for the new dolls to know what the celebration was about, so Charlotte explained it on the first night. Charlotte brought the menorah and placed it on the table, just as it was starting to get dark. All the other dolls gathered around Charlotte.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg79qWqXfPoKMbI0WZA9nD-54wGDNJsccm_W_Xc1-6SHkET1xLnAefse1eQe8L2eDvh1mI3v2itWalTz5QVQNdgAOORnwY_w79JjVMTDuFChQ1QcIzSLfkjtMoBVpZo7_FSWbhrAPH4I/s1600/IMG_3103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg79qWqXfPoKMbI0WZA9nD-54wGDNJsccm_W_Xc1-6SHkET1xLnAefse1eQe8L2eDvh1mI3v2itWalTz5QVQNdgAOORnwY_w79JjVMTDuFChQ1QcIzSLfkjtMoBVpZo7_FSWbhrAPH4I/s640/IMG_3103.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Many years ago," Charlotte began, "before dolls like us existed, an evil king took over the temple where people who believe as I do, the Jewish people, held their group prayers and services."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That was unkind," Jolena said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That was mean!" Billy corrected.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPA9y5hOzDDzgMtQNL7qH7LLF_K1F2-2eNRjQOSfBQ9qfUopajPVFpE47o5tvQIGwD9Pwg8MvXhAZfPq4fuO4XWB0WvkWZiskBSx3-uCWjBSqXfcgO4FIpxdGEK7MaKE6KOtEsCIVINM/s1600/IMG_3119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPA9y5hOzDDzgMtQNL7qH7LLF_K1F2-2eNRjQOSfBQ9qfUopajPVFpE47o5tvQIGwD9Pwg8MvXhAZfPq4fuO4XWB0WvkWZiskBSx3-uCWjBSqXfcgO4FIpxdGEK7MaKE6KOtEsCIVINM/s640/IMG_3119.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The evil king would not let the people use the temple anymore," Charlotte went on. "This place was very important to the people, because they felt close to God there."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7WUe2OVV3CbzRSiC64SvxS-p_84zzyhE0G-IgZ_YAKeza38RDhZToUq-0VhENEVpsf5trIJL7dxNXYv3V9PzRpXVHbTUYnfM0N4VJx7DnAFOpw8pylOBArDjFWP1wJJg_CH-vf4rwqY/s1600/IMG_3120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7WUe2OVV3CbzRSiC64SvxS-p_84zzyhE0G-IgZ_YAKeza38RDhZToUq-0VhENEVpsf5trIJL7dxNXYv3V9PzRpXVHbTUYnfM0N4VJx7DnAFOpw8pylOBArDjFWP1wJJg_CH-vf4rwqY/s640/IMG_3120.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The king kept them out of their special place," Charlotte continued, "but the people didn't give up. After a lot of struggle, and led by a brave leader named Judah Mac-ca-bee," Charlotte pronounced the name carefully, "they finally took the temple back." </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkY5TZn-zy0dXmdTlyElGfgGcicxwBtA7_VapBU5N0aRjhnyxo_QPoEJpIDQzTdcA7vh13MD0X37kNtcluBuU8NPHnPXk1_Wsx4OhALn3cEtdU4fPyzWoaapwvIFZkE17S0SMCyxtprs/s1600/IMG_3118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkY5TZn-zy0dXmdTlyElGfgGcicxwBtA7_VapBU5N0aRjhnyxo_QPoEJpIDQzTdcA7vh13MD0X37kNtcluBuU8NPHnPXk1_Wsx4OhALn3cEtdU4fPyzWoaapwvIFZkE17S0SMCyxtprs/s640/IMG_3118.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"When the people had their temple back, they had a special service to make the temple God's again," Charlotte explained. "They lit the special lamps they used in the temple with the little bit of lamp oil they had left. It was only enough for one day, but it was all they had."</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The service must have been very important to them," Mariah said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz3C2vC1Ty_VHIjYkRH0RKvERya8sxctuFY05ab-q_GjLQzFUAGAucvjwEecfagZ5C8x3aheZTw-2meox6yHue_N79IIaHzX5FSY7SxXJ1nstRKw2L6ik9eZykCu_CiAFpKVQSiNVGg0/s1600/IMG_3121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz3C2vC1Ty_VHIjYkRH0RKvERya8sxctuFY05ab-q_GjLQzFUAGAucvjwEecfagZ5C8x3aheZTw-2meox6yHue_N79IIaHzX5FSY7SxXJ1nstRKw2L6ik9eZykCu_CiAFpKVQSiNVGg0/s640/IMG_3121.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It was, but what do you suppose happened next?" Charlotte asked.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"The lamps went out!" cried Billy.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWed36XFMhIu27hXyssKA9xuAZfEDOGxTPGY65KJCjp9_VzcjdZFIT1WdK7CSIsnLF3VlCFf_MGYR_QW2ys3dIEZKZ_6_zYkJfa-i7Beiv7H18kH3IpfVRgDuEn-dDGCMpK48HVWuQkBg/s1600/IMG_3127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWed36XFMhIu27hXyssKA9xuAZfEDOGxTPGY65KJCjp9_VzcjdZFIT1WdK7CSIsnLF3VlCFf_MGYR_QW2ys3dIEZKZ_6_zYkJfa-i7Beiv7H18kH3IpfVRgDuEn-dDGCMpK48HVWuQkBg/s640/IMG_3127.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"No," said Charlotte. "The lamps burned for eight days!" </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"How could that be?" Jolena asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKBQrFczyBs5rb5L4dKgPJemi4tzeojUho_GEdN9EQ8KIb_BZvdNiqjLqfJuX3a8TL_-o5GVyomeEn_pE9fJrwiH2Ub0-v2maMt0mFhoLMLpwehGsiy7QBUbJXK4762usrFbA3sjqcUI/s1600/IMG_3128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKBQrFczyBs5rb5L4dKgPJemi4tzeojUho_GEdN9EQ8KIb_BZvdNiqjLqfJuX3a8TL_-o5GVyomeEn_pE9fJrwiH2Ub0-v2maMt0mFhoLMLpwehGsiy7QBUbJXK4762usrFbA3sjqcUI/s640/IMG_3128.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was a miracle," Charlotte explained. "It was amazing! </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So once a year, we celebrate this miracle by lighting candles, one new one each night in addition to the ones lit the nights before, using the menorah to hold the candles. There are eight of them, to represent each of the eight nights the oil lasted."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"But there are places for nine candles, Charlotte," Billy pointed out.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33JzykqQRtRZp6GUajO4jiyDDgDgDH-jjTFItWn3VLG16yn_yEIaa77q3-1No7zG8I5vYLOeSdXECRW5J7781cXdVRuU7Xm_2GdzvGp6YFJxFKILq9_kRc8KQpIM3tx8w19fbf-S6mZg/s1600/IMG_3124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33JzykqQRtRZp6GUajO4jiyDDgDgDH-jjTFItWn3VLG16yn_yEIaa77q3-1No7zG8I5vYLOeSdXECRW5J7781cXdVRuU7Xm_2GdzvGp6YFJxFKILq9_kRc8KQpIM3tx8w19fbf-S6mZg/s640/IMG_3124.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's because the menorah has a place for the shamus," Charlotte said. "It's the candle we use to light all the others."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte took a match and lit the candle in the middle.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_e7RdWjypvegJHoFrVqQU3tzQ4xDP_BdBj2-0BAPBCFQtMCwBdf9iNYRQ9NPoqmxpPgAxifJPdBdHqz_GpsCG0VlwWCPWH82BVOtGDcZ_i6MdbuteCj44SxFaiahsY9KCYzGg0VkrO0/s1600/IMG_3104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_e7RdWjypvegJHoFrVqQU3tzQ4xDP_BdBj2-0BAPBCFQtMCwBdf9iNYRQ9NPoqmxpPgAxifJPdBdHqz_GpsCG0VlwWCPWH82BVOtGDcZ_i6MdbuteCj44SxFaiahsY9KCYzGg0VkrO0/s640/IMG_3104.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Don't we need an adult when we use matches?" Jolena asked.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's right, Jolena," said Charlotte, "and we do have an adult. That's the person taking the photos of us. She </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">just carefully removed the matches from the table.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then Charlotte took the shamus and used it to light the first candle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWJlcqCiHeHC69m-DU53hfIoYWD-BiXpLZcj4ONuuA32VLAMop4LkDVC9Ud9n4Fvz4kZnfny0bxOkkNT2krtuN8AsGZa4LwiyeNEDD6XjroaagPS4x_MshQIsUfP5r50EH2ia9lC-p2M/s1600/IMG_3105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWJlcqCiHeHC69m-DU53hfIoYWD-BiXpLZcj4ONuuA32VLAMop4LkDVC9Ud9n4Fvz4kZnfny0bxOkkNT2krtuN8AsGZa4LwiyeNEDD6XjroaagPS4x_MshQIsUfP5r50EH2ia9lC-p2M/s640/IMG_3105.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We start on the right side," Charlotte said, "because Hebrew, the language these people spoke, and that we still use in our services, is written from right to left."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's different from most languages," Mariah pointed out. "In English, we write from left to right."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpURa2bjPdeEODqU2bRnFFDQJJ9djkuKjWLQNqYnGUDtRzCEqoOKK87t9d8CsDvezNG323LJ4uEg-2RZUmNYV5PNAOcw_jriNb26R6n8SB-tkaO88OMQZzd2wRoqCD0wG48COkbCoDQ48/s1600/IMG_3121+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpURa2bjPdeEODqU2bRnFFDQJJ9djkuKjWLQNqYnGUDtRzCEqoOKK87t9d8CsDvezNG323LJ4uEg-2RZUmNYV5PNAOcw_jriNb26R6n8SB-tkaO88OMQZzd2wRoqCD0wG48COkbCoDQ48/s640/IMG_3121+2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The dolls agreed. They knew that. To read their books, they always started at the left.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"After we light the first candle we say a prayer to thank God for the miracle long ago and for God's protection," Charlotte said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIpsKYgLkIlQf_GnZTPuFggbh4snIof-Wt08auXd01QLPWoGXnSkHawqIJEBLJplbNChQmFsPjsp8kNgreGGHPJ3t1cOAUCVOmaFVHSYArBHgQSiBOhfBKZtPOUN8B0Pw3qbRyn99WiY/s1600/IMG_3108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIpsKYgLkIlQf_GnZTPuFggbh4snIof-Wt08auXd01QLPWoGXnSkHawqIJEBLJplbNChQmFsPjsp8kNgreGGHPJ3t1cOAUCVOmaFVHSYArBHgQSiBOhfBKZtPOUN8B0Pw3qbRyn99WiY/s640/IMG_3108.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then Charlotte said some words the other dolls didn't understand. They let the candles burn for a while.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"When do you make a wish and blow out your candles, Charlotte?" Jolena asked.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It isn't like a birthday cake, Jolena," Charlotte explained. "We have to let the candles burn all the way down, so we will leave the Menorah here, where it's safe."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NU0ahsVu1DoOKhKwWu18_8ZSvMMDifGVekGypwSqeRaqvyxXs12wqnPSVv9wxOmQOLfgEAqhjzeLVYqryQ9aJrv70gvz2IZ3zk3DdhFHmbSiO_VBQIewWaOjziFtO9XMKS5O0v_0zUg/s1600/IMG_3115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1600" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NU0ahsVu1DoOKhKwWu18_8ZSvMMDifGVekGypwSqeRaqvyxXs12wqnPSVv9wxOmQOLfgEAqhjzeLVYqryQ9aJrv70gvz2IZ3zk3DdhFHmbSiO_VBQIewWaOjziFtO9XMKS5O0v_0zUg/s640/IMG_3115.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They sang some songs. Well, Charlotte and Mariah sang, and the other dolls hummed along, because their mouths don't really open.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then the dolls gave each other their presents.</span><br /><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy gave Charlotte some new shoes he had brought with him when he came. They were brand new. Each shoe had a kitty face on it.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-bOZpH41GnwGHP1ykbLPHXhZwbjevaV4HSQcXOcxxTKG3FhyphenhyphenZf8WUg85OZWwLXbTVxH9dXuM53kMLiVAWnYb1vqkaHseYwsEAI8-M6OfeH1W8cV7ILIaBuzMjvWAY4aMD4lYkdWKHvg/s1600/IMG_3130.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-bOZpH41GnwGHP1ykbLPHXhZwbjevaV4HSQcXOcxxTKG3FhyphenhyphenZf8WUg85OZWwLXbTVxH9dXuM53kMLiVAWnYb1vqkaHseYwsEAI8-M6OfeH1W8cV7ILIaBuzMjvWAY4aMD4lYkdWKHvg/s640/IMG_3130.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I love the shoes, Billy!" Charlotte exclaimed. "This is a big present. Candy and money are fun, but this is really special!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I missed your birthday, Charlotte," Billy said. "I wanted to bring you something really special for Hanukkah."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Thank you!" cried Charlotte, and she gave Billy a hug.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvs8wMO5cm5ArESDTioHTUewpqI7EL77SUDiNYaXxBHLW4-t1A8VIIifSHawdkFHt_XoBybJF1N4HVFrY3u-59al946F0lmK448YQb79yTtOz9s-M1SNDfK3mF4snTTfAezhqzmr5Pfw/s1600/IMG_3131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvs8wMO5cm5ArESDTioHTUewpqI7EL77SUDiNYaXxBHLW4-t1A8VIIifSHawdkFHt_XoBybJF1N4HVFrY3u-59al946F0lmK448YQb79yTtOz9s-M1SNDfK3mF4snTTfAezhqzmr5Pfw/s640/IMG_3131.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy gave Billy a LEGO® set and promised to show him how to put it together.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmU3AFenq9PyfwMaJTpZtbZnKXEzVy3mQFWqnSD3Z7gb_y2L5R9SvRSj65oucLwvvXVFUWCRu6upuui2saS26gACJp3IDz_SmVC4D-7U6-lFHqlCO7Y-E-QKs1y6ssvP8hrSUrEkr1M4/s1600/IMG_3132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmU3AFenq9PyfwMaJTpZtbZnKXEzVy3mQFWqnSD3Z7gb_y2L5R9SvRSj65oucLwvvXVFUWCRu6upuui2saS26gACJp3IDz_SmVC4D-7U6-lFHqlCO7Y-E-QKs1y6ssvP8hrSUrEkr1M4/s640/IMG_3132.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"This is a great present, Mandy," Billy said. "This will be fun to play with."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsdlt0ggunFhxJo77lLfKPihHsifONNj2-d_eQ2lCk-VwM68Sp2Cc4U5ROzTVUOHZseqvTYXNSMqzDC_y2V-VaDNEJs_ErnlbZ2DxuTOZ0w7LjkQc9lBDVDM0bhvNwhbOOHxet0SUE7M/s1600/IMG_3134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsdlt0ggunFhxJo77lLfKPihHsifONNj2-d_eQ2lCk-VwM68Sp2Cc4U5ROzTVUOHZseqvTYXNSMqzDC_y2V-VaDNEJs_ErnlbZ2DxuTOZ0w7LjkQc9lBDVDM0bhvNwhbOOHxet0SUE7M/s640/IMG_3134.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte brought out the real dreidel and the dolls played the dreidel game.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp91TuKmleyd96nujrDnqpK5BK3zOWrwTAakt9ydRN3y9DnSaQMJMwQTgZnSNjFRWU2xsH0PoDjXIBEx9ncqYCF09xAT4rEo34m46zrumSjkAcTtMzGWXm2GRtkMLs3n44fuQEgC1akzg/s1600/IMG_3165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp91TuKmleyd96nujrDnqpK5BK3zOWrwTAakt9ydRN3y9DnSaQMJMwQTgZnSNjFRWU2xsH0PoDjXIBEx9ncqYCF09xAT4rEo34m46zrumSjkAcTtMzGWXm2GRtkMLs3n44fuQEgC1akzg/s640/IMG_3165.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then they pretended to eat a special meal together, because dolls always enjoy pretending to eat.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Each night, the five sisters and the one brother gathered around the menorah to watch Charlotte light that night's candle. Each night they sang, played games, and each doll received a present from one of the other dolls.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">At the end of the eight nights, all of the candles were lit. The menorah looked like this.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ17QEUq5j3nPIVq4uiFiy1ROY7wp2PTQfy3RPt_itfWHnP07C6ex_u9sFFnPQ_76fHqd6iljSj7wEeLcggAptUO2VRdye4wMW7Hl74R5QJ_QTxbKuOVyytAhjfL4s5F0HmfbSCRnNil4/s1600/IMG_3129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ17QEUq5j3nPIVq4uiFiy1ROY7wp2PTQfy3RPt_itfWHnP07C6ex_u9sFFnPQ_76fHqd6iljSj7wEeLcggAptUO2VRdye4wMW7Hl74R5QJ_QTxbKuOVyytAhjfL4s5F0HmfbSCRnNil4/s640/IMG_3129.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On the last night, Charlotte turned to Billy and asked, "What do you think Hanukkah is about?"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I think I know what Hanukkah is about," Billy answered. "I think it's about being grateful for miracles, like that I'm a boy with five wonderful sisters."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I think it's a miracle that we have a wonderful brother, Billy," Charlotte agreed. "Happy Hanukkah, Billy!"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Happy Hanukkah, Charlotte!" Billy exclaimed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Why do we believe different things? That's a question for another day, my young friends.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>This story is dedicated to Daphne and Zachary, who are lucky enough to get to celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. Many thanks to </i></span><i>their father, David, for providing background material and reviewing the Hanukkah information for accuracy.</i><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Classic Kids Vroni</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span></span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Lily of London</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Charlotte's dreidel is a free download from www.ActivityVillage.co.uk</i></span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><i>Watch for the next story each Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.</i></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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It’s a long drive, but it will be fun, because Sam reads to her in the car, and sometimes they get to watch a movie on the tablet.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3jxEVnrRI8JAdgpfZV_ugHr9Ok2qv2doRsAJpRZkMcIK3bhSecQSLYTHR84paYmIarv7iEtDxWnoG3K6afIsiaTStxMqETvjWpTn6RMZPKBrjQzaucjeAdr7fGaX0pl1DudJTnCK0YHFpSsDo7oVegISrWREIb3jxeAqIcztb5ilIeb-vhZAYskuYKI/s4032/IMG_5261.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3jxEVnrRI8JAdgpfZV_ugHr9Ok2qv2doRsAJpRZkMcIK3bhSecQSLYTHR84paYmIarv7iEtDxWnoG3K6afIsiaTStxMqETvjWpTn6RMZPKBrjQzaucjeAdr7fGaX0pl1DudJTnCK0YHFpSsDo7oVegISrWREIb3jxeAqIcztb5ilIeb-vhZAYskuYKI/w640-h480/IMG_5261.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Sam puts Holly and her wheelchair in a cloth grocery bag, along with her clothes and things,” Emil explained.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPxz0GvCj441lK20_W53YGKCCtqj4Tx29lsE4VmCsKIotuETLHAAMeTyCEmIee7-kUnWF6NQhDanC5zjIw4rdrc1o06eQ-1oPidAc2ndfulGoasvPdo3OdYXnyMkfAw1h95N7lbuphlULj9EzmSdoLtawe_hB9cGPL1znWuVr_OANkjq-Se0ldd8y5PY/s4032/IMG_5258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPxz0GvCj441lK20_W53YGKCCtqj4Tx29lsE4VmCsKIotuETLHAAMeTyCEmIee7-kUnWF6NQhDanC5zjIw4rdrc1o06eQ-1oPidAc2ndfulGoasvPdo3OdYXnyMkfAw1h95N7lbuphlULj9EzmSdoLtawe_hB9cGPL1znWuVr_OANkjq-Se0ldd8y5PY/w640-h480/IMG_5258.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I imagine Sam can’t take much,” Veronika said. “I think you said they have a pretty small car, and they have to put Sam’s wheelchair in, too.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7S9e_bynEMqQqbqqPbDBFAZvh4qmq14NT-isuEY6XlAZK0yFkIAlsx_jQgwvts7fLWToWcCi3QmWLjVKA5PMLv32xyetSGRa4JqK9WQLP5-itkTLCeXfjr00gA5tQS66Sew_xzQS6g9BxtCR7tJMPq79vtJnIeWUa77FhxPV9pvl6uAPfnlThzumGEU/s468/Captura-2-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="468" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7S9e_bynEMqQqbqqPbDBFAZvh4qmq14NT-isuEY6XlAZK0yFkIAlsx_jQgwvts7fLWToWcCi3QmWLjVKA5PMLv32xyetSGRa4JqK9WQLP5-itkTLCeXfjr00gA5tQS66Sew_xzQS6g9BxtCR7tJMPq79vtJnIeWUa77FhxPV9pvl6uAPfnlThzumGEU/w640-h480/Captura-2-1.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That’s true,” Emil agreed, “but Sam’s parents got a box that goes on the roof to hold their belongings that won’t fit into the car. Holly says they got it for this trip, but now they will have it to use it every time they travel by car. They’re going back to visit Sam’s grandparents again for Spring Break.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil continued to look at the letter.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EsBjEfqqzZvzdO7oSitPhqTW_LhmASNTDR85PXi6ERrzov0YN1C7KaceRXxoT2B4qWKYpFEPKjFz3t2E0KjE71TYDXbxSYyurKheN9bLdApOleS_PFc-eRYXBNqfrYNPSwJpWRyUOm08UcqYFWALi6VaV__F2bYmWNkGH-2iaA_WklHKvWq3RpSw1HY/s4032/IMG_0404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EsBjEfqqzZvzdO7oSitPhqTW_LhmASNTDR85PXi6ERrzov0YN1C7KaceRXxoT2B4qWKYpFEPKjFz3t2E0KjE71TYDXbxSYyurKheN9bLdApOleS_PFc-eRYXBNqfrYNPSwJpWRyUOm08UcqYFWALi6VaV__F2bYmWNkGH-2iaA_WklHKvWq3RpSw1HY/w640-h480/IMG_0404.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“I thought everyone would be interested in this,” he said. “She said she enjoyed reading about how we watched the eclipse, and she just found out that they will be able to see the next one. It’s during Spring Break. She wrote that it</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s supposed to go right over where her grandparents live.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXheNNY5LOYBO6BojqvZWybqK_cCyyMjTUw6NAalRwPV1AnezHOOs3g0XjehjrIzF9yz0cYNkZvGUDhi3V74RnBygRmVIK8rHJrX_SE49QobF4TwfAVZDD7Fbmoa3DcUCpbEH9o_-_hlXkgATCCrxjS6Lydnw4Du1mukJzRz-lqcBtkPXoOLH9VbmDEE/s3024/IMG_5256.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXheNNY5LOYBO6BojqvZWybqK_cCyyMjTUw6NAalRwPV1AnezHOOs3g0XjehjrIzF9yz0cYNkZvGUDhi3V74RnBygRmVIK8rHJrX_SE49QobF4TwfAVZDD7Fbmoa3DcUCpbEH9o_-_hlXkgATCCrxjS6Lydnw4Du1mukJzRz-lqcBtkPXoOLH9VbmDEE/w480-h640/IMG_5256.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“That will be fun,” Veronika told him. “We really enjoyed going out into the backyard and watching the sun disappear.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ4To9btzxfcVezluqrMaLX1gEv2tnePzyJ3rFtfzUljaZ_U8kBYVnwDUMxpW70XAZP9Xcg93SleLbp7ZeF-x24JqNREVNpvWFw99gTEP-h-6N8GWm1NJ1yuMug2TkbnC3ldk0sDuyTTfab9kjWKUHYoGO5fOL4HFCf9ujvzjd9fguLz3ehyzXjUpWfg/s3381/IMG_0435.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="3381" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ4To9btzxfcVezluqrMaLX1gEv2tnePzyJ3rFtfzUljaZ_U8kBYVnwDUMxpW70XAZP9Xcg93SleLbp7ZeF-x24JqNREVNpvWFw99gTEP-h-6N8GWm1NJ1yuMug2TkbnC3ldk0sDuyTTfab9kjWKUHYoGO5fOL4HFCf9ujvzjd9fguLz3ehyzXjUpWfg/w640-h480/IMG_0435.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“We had to take turns using the special glasses, except when the clouds came,” Emil remembered.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l9Jl8TnzmNWPJN_6yqVQzrxq6-AzyUSfGy5JRmiWA0CwxiljZzjn1VthZ_zgCvFygty0p29DPy3ciR2YakDM1kG8s2OGIvl2Hco0tg8NP26ETFbVxb8FpsllsaJ6N_fTBLQJ1aDYwKHlvO3ckWjQrTH5oWdgDQEu4UJb-RKJv56norFxAzM7VfNf-54/s2047/IMG_0277.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2047" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l9Jl8TnzmNWPJN_6yqVQzrxq6-AzyUSfGy5JRmiWA0CwxiljZzjn1VthZ_zgCvFygty0p29DPy3ciR2YakDM1kG8s2OGIvl2Hco0tg8NP26ETFbVxb8FpsllsaJ6N_fTBLQJ1aDYwKHlvO3ckWjQrTH5oWdgDQEu4UJb-RKJv56norFxAzM7VfNf-54/w640-h480/IMG_0277.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“It was really interesting to see,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">” Veronika put in, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“especially when the sun was completely covered up by the moon, and it got almost dark</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">. I</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">m glad the clouds had moved off by then. We each had a quick peek at the sun completely covered up by the moon.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMn5kEdWF8QEKUAONwVXLLPzMI5iNbkn_WA5hyWTKOlR4NoWts57KJCWHrd_SEda0W6G00afF8qOJlTVujm0WlWuHeFl0fsh6lIS8idhLjO2V-U3ZwuchQzrWXWFpKZvZVz_6ECrWf6Jx-hAaPlR4dHk2FJtM_qSMMUXHMy_b2A1I4FsbBRlNlxD0zmQ/s711/annular-eclipse_Delia-Dallas_ECP_Texas_14Oct2023-e1697626439709.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="711" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMn5kEdWF8QEKUAONwVXLLPzMI5iNbkn_WA5hyWTKOlR4NoWts57KJCWHrd_SEda0W6G00afF8qOJlTVujm0WlWuHeFl0fsh6lIS8idhLjO2V-U3ZwuchQzrWXWFpKZvZVz_6ECrWf6Jx-hAaPlR4dHk2FJtM_qSMMUXHMy_b2A1I4FsbBRlNlxD0zmQ/w640-h480/annular-eclipse_Delia-Dallas_ECP_Texas_14Oct2023-e1697626439709.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“The Writer told me I had to wait my turn to use the special glasses, even though I don’t see the same way as other dolls,” Emil added.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs1MBMgMBIYT9fMVxwoNr8AF0o49x93CvwAviC1YnjSkhUZge7qAO6FcAwYvewUdyr950HU-myvF577iZJduEJA99F6pc0-JUVF5VqMuKd8lkYQpZAZg9MHEpje8RaggCusZ-YXWjiKGoPWQ9VkSE-q-JFLoZASHsjeF_OminT9WcWiAszSV38unQCeA/s3024/IMG_0433.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs1MBMgMBIYT9fMVxwoNr8AF0o49x93CvwAviC1YnjSkhUZge7qAO6FcAwYvewUdyr950HU-myvF577iZJduEJA99F6pc0-JUVF5VqMuKd8lkYQpZAZg9MHEpje8RaggCusZ-YXWjiKGoPWQ9VkSE-q-JFLoZASHsjeF_OminT9WcWiAszSV38unQCeA/w640-h480/IMG_0433.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Maybe it was because we have to set a good example for real children,” Veronika suggested. “I mean, our eyes are made of a sturdy acrylic plastic, and looking at the sun shouldn’t really hurt them, but real children can damage their eyes by looking right at the sun.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGhadsfHyIooV3tnqCYH9RAjNOglG2hph_Qc8zu7jZKgkyPoAx8hJ-z3cT8KKIiYU9PTiAEbfVnuuW6ZY5HTtSFHIfbONaq-vtWK4HKPE5BpTLCVKe6yzvgukdI_bWl40A7pnayQlOqE8E5d9TX1XSjIcrQE1UnNt4RLPr7Ima3nQLCdq08DeisPQotQ/s4032/IMG_0411.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGhadsfHyIooV3tnqCYH9RAjNOglG2hph_Qc8zu7jZKgkyPoAx8hJ-z3cT8KKIiYU9PTiAEbfVnuuW6ZY5HTtSFHIfbONaq-vtWK4HKPE5BpTLCVKe6yzvgukdI_bWl40A7pnayQlOqE8E5d9TX1XSjIcrQE1UnNt4RLPr7Ima3nQLCdq08DeisPQotQ/w640-h480/IMG_0411.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil had to agree that what Veronika thought made sense. They also had taken the vegetable steamer out with them, so they could watch the shadow the moon made through the tiny round holes. The writer had held the steamer over a piece of light-colored material she had brought out from the shed, and the dolls watched as the little holes went from round to crescent-shaped and then almost dark, and then slowly back to round again.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEX5qWhLOrYQqUflIUd4w1STl-AW8JGKp8LF3_c980LxjXjbCzw-a_R5doY0vDeXQL6wFpUzODFmJ4Xp-DHdfNEi1SAfY5sifwQU7bSTppHGNpvXgAb172bs7KahGqCLwb8NtPwEGvhB0IC-q0PICNWK3SHfdrM2o0nTV42s5ggnUPedMHYqOY2eKbvc/s1777/5687_5687_A_Colander_Projects_Crescent_Suns_onto_the_Ground_-1.jpeg.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">He looked at the letter from Holly again. “Holly says to thank Mandy for explaining the difference between a <i>solar</i> eclipse and a <i>lunar</i> eclipse.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XY9BB78riejcaXiLPMmmFlH2rTR2B3iOHp_MPH9raHQr1MRYCNy44oAVhsWgZ8nzMPQ8_1fo95n0P31yJko9etIUsCizUHRRontIuz1NxJRm9gFHqHH566lYgqjHdZJxxd6yxHuD5u_j8OcorzaFTuWCm4jniMe2VxPvHPw3I8ltYfvzPOoC8G3ozrA/s2802/IMG_0443.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="2802" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XY9BB78riejcaXiLPMmmFlH2rTR2B3iOHp_MPH9raHQr1MRYCNy44oAVhsWgZ8nzMPQ8_1fo95n0P31yJko9etIUsCizUHRRontIuz1NxJRm9gFHqHH566lYgqjHdZJxxd6yxHuD5u_j8OcorzaFTuWCm4jniMe2VxPvHPw3I8ltYfvzPOoC8G3ozrA/w640-h480/IMG_0443.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Holly says she told Sam,” Emil said, “that a solar eclipse is when part of all of the sun is covered by the moon, and that solar means it has to do with the sun, like how the solar panels on the roof of the trailer make electricity from the sun.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bhXqz7tms9jDYkNqM7jDOAy1l2o1F_FWCoQHJF2KFbDNcrMST_tXveN8gKMwHR-2jzlXFhjlIyALupCwm21o6KX0hAbkoRsTRT7e-4COTNjZpMuPR8XkiTLyBCNgUA_wLg78hcqbuvcvOvNvcTZggRUXzn1g9vg1H4IChty2e9-ymNgmb57lexqjph0/s1253/140454680_3715733755161053_5622748452211130064_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1253" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bhXqz7tms9jDYkNqM7jDOAy1l2o1F_FWCoQHJF2KFbDNcrMST_tXveN8gKMwHR-2jzlXFhjlIyALupCwm21o6KX0hAbkoRsTRT7e-4COTNjZpMuPR8XkiTLyBCNgUA_wLg78hcqbuvcvOvNvcTZggRUXzn1g9vg1H4IChty2e9-ymNgmb57lexqjph0/w640-h480/140454680_3715733755161053_5622748452211130064_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“And lunar is when it’s the moon,” Veronika pointed out, “because lunar is a word like solar but having to do with the moon, only we can’t make energy from the moon, I don’t think.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4qaD_QTfO7PlZgNrQhJs3CPkXIOWTJwvr3bVpucgNHj18-chbbkAUyHyVj8mwYJnPw0SUXILNHYsbY-z5alewiK9NDSG6DKMFUeZUSI8ftKnK9t1CsDrcehrpOcTM4ELGYGbryfI4EhvsHdJcmxbjaTg1TOumYlDJOKxwmRQbSu3LBEQrgButLAGQA0/s4032/IMG_0413.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4qaD_QTfO7PlZgNrQhJs3CPkXIOWTJwvr3bVpucgNHj18-chbbkAUyHyVj8mwYJnPw0SUXILNHYsbY-z5alewiK9NDSG6DKMFUeZUSI8ftKnK9t1CsDrcehrpOcTM4ELGYGbryfI4EhvsHdJcmxbjaTg1TOumYlDJOKxwmRQbSu3LBEQrgButLAGQA0/w640-h480/IMG_0413.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Mandy said in a way we do,” Emil countered. “It</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s pretty new, but it isn’t from the moon’s light, because that’s really just the sun shining on the moon. The moon pulls the oceans as it goes around the earth, making the tide go in and out, and there are places that make energy using the water moving back and forth.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWFnhn2_nvKi0fMgvOSlbUBDgtDVLkP69D3PwxNy4cnxNyfB7ZKgOgTubx5ZNzANsptnOpr5rxb2uCqR4nLMQr2R7it_hX9v3GE3WYmbQlfjQHTNgelk2AzUaEmomoWaPs5oxismswWxjDnhD-IwjLNjIatOKbVQ4LDmsS70AemxweMlZDc0VIoYD7MY/s647/DerbyTidalEnergyProject.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="647" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWFnhn2_nvKi0fMgvOSlbUBDgtDVLkP69D3PwxNy4cnxNyfB7ZKgOgTubx5ZNzANsptnOpr5rxb2uCqR4nLMQr2R7it_hX9v3GE3WYmbQlfjQHTNgelk2AzUaEmomoWaPs5oxismswWxjDnhD-IwjLNjIatOKbVQ4LDmsS70AemxweMlZDc0VIoYD7MY/w640-h480/DerbyTidalEnergyProject.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“I never thought about that,” Veronika said. “Water moving downstream in rivers has been used for energy for a long time. They used to use it to grind grain to make flour or to saw wood. There are still some old mills around that aren</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">t used anymore.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">”</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzMp6jYY_jz5p4QZZJgNq0BAARK1-6I4Wkgf1TA92Z7tQ3yWgQCAVLuNkiEntZ8M28f8aVOzaGNKSQ6nKJ3S6spzvwl-y0w3YUdUHOFB5ZC9nAIZJA4ppRhuxmN9q9zvLxndHVPr0dBTPDe1gGzs2SLSN-gExiQRZKHo6xT8DgHnIJB9dby4d9D1cTik/s5888/dave-hoefler-2-OKMTOo4co-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4416" data-original-width="5888" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzMp6jYY_jz5p4QZZJgNq0BAARK1-6I4Wkgf1TA92Z7tQ3yWgQCAVLuNkiEntZ8M28f8aVOzaGNKSQ6nKJ3S6spzvwl-y0w3YUdUHOFB5ZC9nAIZJA4ppRhuxmN9q9zvLxndHVPr0dBTPDe1gGzs2SLSN-gExiQRZKHo6xT8DgHnIJB9dby4d9D1cTik/w640-h480/dave-hoefler-2-OKMTOo4co-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Now we have big dams that use the water moving downstream to make energy,” Veronika said thoughtfully. </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“They use the energy to make electricity, so grinding and sawing can be done anywhere.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz11i6YiSqJrGQTcc_wnMtUYMVnEZ1bsm3JjrCbqfxjeBXMo4smrJOOeuud9y2XRbj3ZMzmHiFIetUG4ALnk6NJQA-vkOPN7PpzBnfxOYXx_2E_3Nq0IC7zVoiTTaywb8HszzQxSXrW71LBbzPUucxhR53T2_RwF48020tsfuoqGudWk6zIzrxxX9Wa0/s4160/jeswin-thomas-uNrGT0mJmJQ-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="4160" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz11i6YiSqJrGQTcc_wnMtUYMVnEZ1bsm3JjrCbqfxjeBXMo4smrJOOeuud9y2XRbj3ZMzmHiFIetUG4ALnk6NJQA-vkOPN7PpzBnfxOYXx_2E_3Nq0IC7zVoiTTaywb8HszzQxSXrW71LBbzPUucxhR53T2_RwF48020tsfuoqGudWk6zIzrxxX9Wa0/w640-h426/jeswin-thomas-uNrGT0mJmJQ-unsplash.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tides going in and out must make a lot of energy, too, only they change direction, instead of always going the same way,” Emil pointed out, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">so I guess they had to figure out how to use the power, no matter which direction it was coming from.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil looked back at Holly’s letter. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_kUOi1vL0uJXQSnwbx4j1PaVh1GUhGIVM_WQ2rNxUuPYWJoOUryNuZpvsup8vzBS2Q4Lde-V_KnL1Y_c30XgtNNlt_zJ9lcYNBLr04TQsGJLSXIkyh1y4vdt_-tGe4pWYYdtfKAWfoSq1BerxKXxAhm8Bg9NVej_u3yxD42ll3Y3O8H1jQnt_qVgXg8/s4032/IMG_0428.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_kUOi1vL0uJXQSnwbx4j1PaVh1GUhGIVM_WQ2rNxUuPYWJoOUryNuZpvsup8vzBS2Q4Lde-V_KnL1Y_c30XgtNNlt_zJ9lcYNBLr04TQsGJLSXIkyh1y4vdt_-tGe4pWYYdtfKAWfoSq1BerxKXxAhm8Bg9NVej_u3yxD42ll3Y3O8H1jQnt_qVgXg8/w640-h480/IMG_0428.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“Holly said she liked how Mandy explained that the with the solar eclipse, the moon’s shadow falls someplace on the earth,” he told Veronika.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOQ21hy3vfsOyYtjN9bOqceAiNsZZ_qqSgoi8cKIfjFNCTNj9sACbpYWZXgF2mVM5sF-4dpgtZcz42bMFk0zg2bG1gSc-BMsmiqXFCYHvn1aDEXsjcrABtC8fnBrl8uPPlvmDIkt6ZNrxh7PmLmO7V0JcrTvPjXzOJ9wmQQQzVj9idof_7LVlsQRQOv8/s1041/solar-eclipse-diagram.jpg.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1041" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOQ21hy3vfsOyYtjN9bOqceAiNsZZ_qqSgoi8cKIfjFNCTNj9sACbpYWZXgF2mVM5sF-4dpgtZcz42bMFk0zg2bG1gSc-BMsmiqXFCYHvn1aDEXsjcrABtC8fnBrl8uPPlvmDIkt6ZNrxh7PmLmO7V0JcrTvPjXzOJ9wmQQQzVj9idof_7LVlsQRQOv8/w640-h480/solar-eclipse-diagram.jpg.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Emil continued, “and that with the lunar eclipse, the earth’s shadow falls on the moon.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZvR-VaNUJzTqN4vlhsD8QBX4jY4V6HA9F1S_7FpolXvEOKmS8fKRa86viYIOeF8fa_KRVeyelJwTp5bB62agvUCpc_v5iBgmWTC44x5wEj1B4AeK0xEBA4gTEuxUAg-BADqgZ0GRP2ZlIHRp8ctp7ZX6xVlVTN5KcJQU2XH-gu6UKAVjz62YQXo7Ufk/s1041/lunar-eclipse-diagram_0.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1041" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZvR-VaNUJzTqN4vlhsD8QBX4jY4V6HA9F1S_7FpolXvEOKmS8fKRa86viYIOeF8fa_KRVeyelJwTp5bB62agvUCpc_v5iBgmWTC44x5wEj1B4AeK0xEBA4gTEuxUAg-BADqgZ0GRP2ZlIHRp8ctp7ZX6xVlVTN5KcJQU2XH-gu6UKAVjz62YQXo7Ufk/w640-h482/lunar-eclipse-diagram_0.jpg.webp" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“She told Sam all about it,” Emil explained, “and showed Sam Mandy</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s diagrams I sent her, so now Sam is going to try to make a project for the science fair, showing how that happens.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIFohN7yHT44Aw7LRTx-5YcoO6T98-Dne9sjJcuM62LuQ-5J5crSVYLE462U08jZI6KZE23sMBripSOzhAD6z98dyXMUk3hMAsKCVVJ2GPTLtgNn0QdW0i-wr9vkxoYGbZXKqHKCOnYzhwNEE5_3j0eomRrdB9W7SEU7qI_FKb_2YacDKkbHp07lCoIw/s4032/IMG_0416.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIFohN7yHT44Aw7LRTx-5YcoO6T98-Dne9sjJcuM62LuQ-5J5crSVYLE462U08jZI6KZE23sMBripSOzhAD6z98dyXMUk3hMAsKCVVJ2GPTLtgNn0QdW0i-wr9vkxoYGbZXKqHKCOnYzhwNEE5_3j0eomRrdB9W7SEU7qI_FKb_2YacDKkbHp07lCoIw/w640-h480/IMG_0416.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“A science fair!” Veronika exclaimed. “That sounds like fun! I like the thought of a real human child entering the science fair with a project inspired by dolls!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22h6jF6X4XG5A0BTXVH_Lz2TXaEeFnfWmjZhovMNSHaEEkfVd4cKiH0QdT1qvu4k3I9A-cwyoj4As1ue9cBqp4hn-iV9yF33fK4eYU-0k8bYW6QYYYRP0EkUIqonCe3I_pAcnx8IUDX85lLKmPAMzmp4Xq7jtvc9oJRb5IcOfXjRQ3mW4fPe88ReDrX4/s2669/IMG_0418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="2669" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22h6jF6X4XG5A0BTXVH_Lz2TXaEeFnfWmjZhovMNSHaEEkfVd4cKiH0QdT1qvu4k3I9A-cwyoj4As1ue9cBqp4hn-iV9yF33fK4eYU-0k8bYW6QYYYRP0EkUIqonCe3I_pAcnx8IUDX85lLKmPAMzmp4Xq7jtvc9oJRb5IcOfXjRQ3mW4fPe88ReDrX4/w640-h480/IMG_0418.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“You know,” Emil said then. “I was just thinking about how Holly is going to Sam’s grandparents for Thanksgiving. That made me think about Thanksgiving and being grateful for things.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Veronika nodded. She had been thinking about that, too. She didn’t say anything, though, because she felt that Emil had more to say, the way we sometimes feel things if we pay attention.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bJK0roda_97fxTuuuHnM65zHV3O3qVIIQa0AniodXWdTVhtFoCOOPVqAOGyPudfzjzuDs_rkfExBPk0Gzz8zr2_GfDkNuCkay55H49uP_4pawYUQW5MXz62WIXGPBuRe67kUU2q_4cM7mv9UFkeUHo0Okc4KaIzkdW1eZ-SijRz0S3BBScuziXAwtQ0/s4032/IMG_0421.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bJK0roda_97fxTuuuHnM65zHV3O3qVIIQa0AniodXWdTVhtFoCOOPVqAOGyPudfzjzuDs_rkfExBPk0Gzz8zr2_GfDkNuCkay55H49uP_4pawYUQW5MXz62WIXGPBuRe67kUU2q_4cM7mv9UFkeUHo0Okc4KaIzkdW1eZ-SijRz0S3BBScuziXAwtQ0/w640-h480/IMG_0421.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I’m grateful to be here,” Emil told her. “I mean, I’m glad I was made in the factory, even though they accidentally messed up my eyes and ears.”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8pTf72MlG86YD_Cqh6HLeuqLOzNHMU7hKQtNa3BOZ-HHQWNoJcLKfDv7SSGcWI3STSn5H2engCCePM_pDs4BxgcswM38g1Rp2h28hy3F_Bu0EFes-RZBNCQJdaInHgjKHgTY-X4248psAsan-St1uL6rgfYV0McHccp90LA0zmKsQxCE9O9ZpEz1Qic/s4032/IMG_6938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8pTf72MlG86YD_Cqh6HLeuqLOzNHMU7hKQtNa3BOZ-HHQWNoJcLKfDv7SSGcWI3STSn5H2engCCePM_pDs4BxgcswM38g1Rp2h28hy3F_Bu0EFes-RZBNCQJdaInHgjKHgTY-X4248psAsan-St1uL6rgfYV0McHccp90LA0zmKsQxCE9O9ZpEz1Qic/w480-h640/IMG_6938.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Maybe,” Emil went on, “maybe I’m even grateful they did that, because that’s why they sent me to the doll hospital, where I got my special glasses that let me see and hear, and if they hadn’t done that, I would never have met Holly, and we wouldn</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">t be writing each other.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcQzBE4b6hw8q86ahsKAcZQ4fg4xcWZ2-JOcNtkAZSM86YqJdOLsXbBN7vvtXhw9weGivIcnFbNeHHp4fqHzn1MnHo4JeTumpN2Si-nC8TSBqhfcoA5uD72GUgyPiRxqoxmMIGApkQF_ZFh03pOPE5-6ASB-Xu8wKNm3d4ghH0AqI_bl8hWnG1xyskWo/s4032/IMG_5252.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcQzBE4b6hw8q86ahsKAcZQ4fg4xcWZ2-JOcNtkAZSM86YqJdOLsXbBN7vvtXhw9weGivIcnFbNeHHp4fqHzn1MnHo4JeTumpN2Si-nC8TSBqhfcoA5uD72GUgyPiRxqoxmMIGApkQF_ZFh03pOPE5-6ASB-Xu8wKNm3d4ghH0AqI_bl8hWnG1xyskWo/w640-h480/IMG_5252.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">“Knowing Holly is like having another family,” Emil explained, “and other adventures. I mean, Holly</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s life is different from mine. I enjoy my life, and I feel very lucky to be here, but it</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s also interesting to hear about what other dolls––dolls who are different from me––get to do. It</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">’</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">s almost like getting to do those things, too.”</span></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyWgyEf5xk-XsfLSw-JoKbclZZvBwlGOAGaRVILEvw9Bwm_dGNtED7FcGslWlAAT8U08di4_Ea7unyHqJwIrdTinZiXzO8TtDoR6mqpWcagM9AMTHvkPTO9Fofd1URHeLEc1E-QXVPxxT76VMqU_IUkEMWkqEE4usxyGa_ODTehAKi8lKDzJoLObrxx4/s4032/IMG_0424.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyWgyEf5xk-XsfLSw-JoKbclZZvBwlGOAGaRVILEvw9Bwm_dGNtED7FcGslWlAAT8U08di4_Ea7unyHqJwIrdTinZiXzO8TtDoR6mqpWcagM9AMTHvkPTO9Fofd1URHeLEc1E-QXVPxxT76VMqU_IUkEMWkqEE4usxyGa_ODTehAKi8lKDzJoLObrxx4/w640-h480/IMG_0424.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“I’m grateful you’re here, too,” Veronika told him, “and I’m grateful for your special glasses. Watching the eclipse was more fun because we were all doing it together!”</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir3VHTuKAM5sZJrP0mhsRCrKZNyw4cJ8ox5fHK8Dsk2CiEL4H0hNfTi6jT1PhmBOCuFWEkIio0WwI5kHeMyG4Hs_EsnyzRjU6dtYB3Fj2wyNQ7im5TgpUyxyGTQ_OnmsrmwRtsulwSb2GN20UomkYSu9Gf0X6HWhnxmccaSK7BEPtUhZj7CFIt83WggE/s4032/IMG_0427.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir3VHTuKAM5sZJrP0mhsRCrKZNyw4cJ8ox5fHK8Dsk2CiEL4H0hNfTi6jT1PhmBOCuFWEkIio0WwI5kHeMyG4Hs_EsnyzRjU6dtYB3Fj2wyNQ7im5TgpUyxyGTQ_OnmsrmwRtsulwSb2GN20UomkYSu9Gf0X6HWhnxmccaSK7BEPtUhZj7CFIt83WggE/w640-h480/IMG_0427.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span><br /><span face="">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face="">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face="">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face="">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /><span face=""><span face="">Emil: </span>Götz Happy Kidz Emilia</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pippa: Götz Little Kidz Lotta</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pauly: Götz Little Kidz Paul</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of wheelchair going into car from <a href="https://www.passionatepeople.invacare.eu.com/using-folding-wheelchair-car/">Invacare</a>, cropped.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Eclipse photo by Delia Dallas on <a href="https://earthsky.org/sun/eclipse-photos-here-annular-solar-eclipse-october-14-2023/">EarthSky</a>, cropped.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of colander: Joy Ng, <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/safety/">NASA</a>, cropped</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of solar panel on trailer: <a href="https://forestriverinc.com/rvs/travel-trailers/r-pod?fbclid=IwAR0Mf_m2SNHpBiaGzHUGFSM59pjD-ozAmXImwVh8thCSUjd8Ny1hqm-kPQE">Forest River Inc.</a>, cropped.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of tidal power facility: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-02/kimberley-tidal-power-project-seeks-federal-approval/100249002">Derby Tidal Energy Project</a>, cropped.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of mill: <a href="https://unsplash.com/@iamthedave?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Dave Hoefler</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-water-mill-with-a-waterfall-in-the-background-2-OKMTOo4co?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>">Dave Hoeffler on Unsplash</a>, cropped.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of hydroelectric dam: <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jeswinthomas">JeswinThomas on Unsplash</a>, cropped and exposure adjusted. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Solar Eclipse diagram: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/solar-eclipse-diagram/">NASA</a></span></div><div>Lunar Eclipse diagram: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/lunar-eclipse-diagram/">NASA</a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? 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She was doing something. "What are you doing, Mandy?" Billy asked.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaXDAv7zXQny8xiExoonluUy7iq1zcDCblD6JL_SKxZr4bDEuy76E0mQe7c7rjfAE67RzaYEjTThFrdI8kI3e0MHdfKANNL3d-Xa1fNkZzgo-wJiCTvCxHbqKnFHm3tU3fD1swIZRs9g/s640/IMG_3033.jpg" width="480" /></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy took her glasses off her face and put them on top of her head, as she often does when she's talking with someone. "Hi, Billy! I'm knitting," Mandy replied. "I'm making a scarf."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Why would you make a scarf, when you can buy one?" Billy wanted to know.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J-rsAmAomaUF45GlbbAYR2S1o6cy4AiRfiJk8Bj0qL8nqm3F69QrWBzVIAD-e4v0LpAas8hb7EqsY7_-ced7P9yOIHV3OD-UVXWEPgqbTS6KoZ9ncYW5TmRWtk3a6SGelRgKeMSdM4E/s1600/IMG_3034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J-rsAmAomaUF45GlbbAYR2S1o6cy4AiRfiJk8Bj0qL8nqm3F69QrWBzVIAD-e4v0LpAas8hb7EqsY7_-ced7P9yOIHV3OD-UVXWEPgqbTS6KoZ9ncYW5TmRWtk3a6SGelRgKeMSdM4E/s640/IMG_3034.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I like to knit," said Mandy. "It's fun."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That looks more like work to me," Billy said.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6ixIolYffAevo_MhPyf56RxeSlLoyqlaN2UnN_18NdzrQ3m3tecNQEqPXJpPMlxnEIf3q_zpfrSgw8CurqUffKceau9BtzvrkJkylX4SICfnZiyxVPugc02W5PakW1rSDgF3u7GllT4/s1600/IMG_3035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6ixIolYffAevo_MhPyf56RxeSlLoyqlaN2UnN_18NdzrQ3m3tecNQEqPXJpPMlxnEIf3q_zpfrSgw8CurqUffKceau9BtzvrkJkylX4SICfnZiyxVPugc02W5PakW1rSDgF3u7GllT4/s640/IMG_3035.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Work is fun if you like doing it," Mandy said. "When you find work you like doing, it makes you feel good, because it isn't just fun. It's being useful, too."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UNmXT3a5YIC9jPbiJl7WthDluPVFdSDaIgu7rUuIZygagofuhJeWTHR3SLdFcuwAD9ZtpLw9je4suSSHFca82aX480aux8EpJ7CtrlfPRx9UKQMJuCZWP8KEt3GjHt_wOfWCk-6YzFo/s1600/IMG_3036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UNmXT3a5YIC9jPbiJl7WthDluPVFdSDaIgu7rUuIZygagofuhJeWTHR3SLdFcuwAD9ZtpLw9je4suSSHFca82aX480aux8EpJ7CtrlfPRx9UKQMJuCZWP8KEt3GjHt_wOfWCk-6YzFo/s640/IMG_3036.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"I don't think I want to knit," Billy said.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"We are all different," Mandy said. "We like different things. You will find something you like to do that is fun and useful, too, but you should try things out before you decide."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy stood up and gave Billy a hug. "I'm so glad you're here," she said. "We needed you. You are special."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMGc3RTgTDQglJiFwY4kNM6ag_5wArOM9Rar4E_ePZZyBcyIY1D0nBcAHxvEUcBrn2hdNH280mrH7qGcsCPDALB1SLgM0EZp6KYkQTth5TWRRpLHPzmrEw9RZ2sy4-9HmSxG3wnkOMQw/s1600/IMG_3037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMGc3RTgTDQglJiFwY4kNM6ag_5wArOM9Rar4E_ePZZyBcyIY1D0nBcAHxvEUcBrn2hdNH280mrH7qGcsCPDALB1SLgM0EZp6KYkQTth5TWRRpLHPzmrEw9RZ2sy4-9HmSxG3wnkOMQw/s640/IMG_3037.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Later, Billy was coming back from a walk with his puppy, Freckles. After he put away his hat and sweater, he started up the stairs. Jolena was sitting on one of the stairs, doing something with one of her skis.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCauw8uDTwpR9rR5-2bFZdXAdPvEzE5Yczcw1JawfK1e1h42DapdnWCVLc5WSc7euJOV9MX5_O8epGZWSH7WyuQswhIalE9sx3f_jqphwq-lzFh4lSdhBtVQ8a9sSYqlyy9m108a88XbQ/s1600/IMG_3042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCauw8uDTwpR9rR5-2bFZdXAdPvEzE5Yczcw1JawfK1e1h42DapdnWCVLc5WSc7euJOV9MX5_O8epGZWSH7WyuQswhIalE9sx3f_jqphwq-lzFh4lSdhBtVQ8a9sSYqlyy9m108a88XbQ/s640/IMG_3042.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What are you doing, Jolena," Billy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm fixing the bindings on my skis, so they will be ready when it starts to snow," Jolena explained. "I'm very excited that soon I will be able to ski," she added.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3455o5RgCz1NzLNKVMlhM0MkMhyphenhyphenx2QYouDwYZWBUMpSQLVEvp6XP36VjgUR5BoA8KqRM75znJi47HGaYNOF_sSqLsrfdPuced-30o5wG2ewiW16JDFWBKIz0C0XKF7XW4HowLyRn-bC4/s1600/IMG_3039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3455o5RgCz1NzLNKVMlhM0MkMhyphenhyphenx2QYouDwYZWBUMpSQLVEvp6XP36VjgUR5BoA8KqRM75znJi47HGaYNOF_sSqLsrfdPuced-30o5wG2ewiW16JDFWBKIz0C0XKF7XW4HowLyRn-bC4/s640/IMG_3039.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Why do you want to ski," Billy asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapVYnVEnTEiDZ_jAi_-oPnqhMFHEdj6pTnvpDBkadlsXBe3hKURsU2VIgzPboU9YeWGml3EfT1zzJ1J7ZC3xDaRospCc3mAUB0SJ_nbk3R5w1JUlqlCFUHcgMhwsw5wtRj8Zin4JTYJE/s1600/IMG_3040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapVYnVEnTEiDZ_jAi_-oPnqhMFHEdj6pTnvpDBkadlsXBe3hKURsU2VIgzPboU9YeWGml3EfT1zzJ1J7ZC3xDaRospCc3mAUB0SJ_nbk3R5w1JUlqlCFUHcgMhwsw5wtRj8Zin4JTYJE/s640/IMG_3040.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"It will be fun. I knew I would enjoy skiing, because I came with skis, ski clothes and everything I would need to ski," Jolena explained. "I like to do flips while I'm wearing my skis. I have already practiced during the summer, only we landed in the pool, because there was no snow."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC9-VsWQPPD9BYwByfwaUNbpokrYHSS1lACCGCK_t1BEzGcFvjKXV-D7Mb2wntW5wiHht70gJwYjSntFj4_c3sUnOLu1ZWa9stXBKCOmIZxdU4sQicurOUXlJcuzi0Aq5VkV7ajdAaao/s1600/IMG_3041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGC9-VsWQPPD9BYwByfwaUNbpokrYHSS1lACCGCK_t1BEzGcFvjKXV-D7Mb2wntW5wiHht70gJwYjSntFj4_c3sUnOLu1ZWa9stXBKCOmIZxdU4sQicurOUXlJcuzi0Aq5VkV7ajdAaao/s640/IMG_3041.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Soon I can use my skis to do flips and land on the snow!" Jolena exclaimed. "When people see me do tricks and then make a good landing on the snow, it will make them happy. It's fun to make people happy."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I came with a puppy," Billy said thoughtfully. "I like dogs, and I love Freckles." Billy gave his puppy a kiss, and Freckles licked his nose.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUMp-uJuHmIOeJUwDaMl1w6X_n2z7oRTfW-F6fEgUggiBN_YAVjdFURETvfsOpGLxCXYewxSgYO-BQAE98-G4YFjtV7-81kPm5GvuQ-7tUtfwJmANaP5DIkTaSKJJkRrQMHOukINtvFY/s1600/IMG_3048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUMp-uJuHmIOeJUwDaMl1w6X_n2z7oRTfW-F6fEgUggiBN_YAVjdFURETvfsOpGLxCXYewxSgYO-BQAE98-G4YFjtV7-81kPm5GvuQ-7tUtfwJmANaP5DIkTaSKJJkRrQMHOukINtvFY/s640/IMG_3048.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"But I came with girl's clothes, too," he added, "and I knew I wasn't a girl."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm glad you're a boy," Jolena said. "It was strange that they dressed you like that and that they gave you long hair, but it's good that you know who you really are."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNgNfYXk8Y-ccnnG_8aILsdGryvmiMAsLHI8Fuf73Bj0Lu90Qf5rShIJG7HYBnpupnHwAD8Mn2st58U0xecOWfF9Rks8W-p-iMxCemlJ2FV5Aw7bv71UwyI71rwxsCDF0t1gtSB9OeBs/s1600/IMG_3046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNgNfYXk8Y-ccnnG_8aILsdGryvmiMAsLHI8Fuf73Bj0Lu90Qf5rShIJG7HYBnpupnHwAD8Mn2st58U0xecOWfF9Rks8W-p-iMxCemlJ2FV5Aw7bv71UwyI71rwxsCDF0t1gtSB9OeBs/s640/IMG_3046.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I don't feel useful," Billy complained. "I want to find something that I like to do, but that's also useful."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You'll find it, Billy," Jolena said. "Keep trying things that might be useful. You knew you were a boy. You will know what you like to do when you find it, too."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy thanked Jolena, and then she went back to working on her bindings. Billy took Freckles upstairs to where her bed was, so she could take a nap.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When he came downstairs again, he noticed Mariah sitting in the window. She was writing in her notebook.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What are you doing, Mariah?" Billy asked.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah looked up from her writing. "Hi, Billy!" she said. "I'm writing about what it is like to be a doll. I enjoy writing."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie712t-v7DOcgM-ZM0ynTQHuhr8XtpcKGm85fn0MG_tS7aftTX8WiY5w1x8BX8XXihyphenhyphenH7AfiPrOvxfhHeqWeZ1ii-J3COTRfp4nHdpbQZH9kheKojdS8CDl3GTHGNTGdgsBHODMdTabb4/s1600/IMG_3052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie712t-v7DOcgM-ZM0ynTQHuhr8XtpcKGm85fn0MG_tS7aftTX8WiY5w1x8BX8XXihyphenhyphenH7AfiPrOvxfhHeqWeZ1ii-J3COTRfp4nHdpbQZH9kheKojdS8CDl3GTHGNTGdgsBHODMdTabb4/s640/IMG_3052.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That seems like a lot of work," Billy said. "I can write, but I don't do it for fun. Did you come with a pencil and a notebook in your box?" he asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2oGXyMeYiZok141oi8BOHtQElUXia_h_MaYMsbZnIBR1WnEC5lQxtGF-tYlgkXFoY-wMq1FHA17p9v-qf9WJKzojsxJvqQECSLI1aJJDwTWxhZyTgZC2IoNVCs_hjcX0-1INB-RJa7Q/s1600/IMG_3051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2oGXyMeYiZok141oi8BOHtQElUXia_h_MaYMsbZnIBR1WnEC5lQxtGF-tYlgkXFoY-wMq1FHA17p9v-qf9WJKzojsxJvqQECSLI1aJJDwTWxhZyTgZC2IoNVCs_hjcX0-1INB-RJa7Q/s640/IMG_3051.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"No, I didn't," she replied. "I came with a beautiful, fancy dress and a bow in my hair."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeQ-5khYiCIOf6PYjcIVkZrP0zJj-RZH5Mhd1afUCkIg7frfHpf9xPxdUWJ5vNuUR06PebEytegUb2M0qPhw7yeXtrJq4Dr8sZPibFRTmDeFxxsbXAcYQoNOE53ErdUwnc9CZ4kICi1NGv6NGf_z5diHh277Fd7CHvwBcgkuG9xx0IW9qsU32M0sTgbo/s4032/IMG_2258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeQ-5khYiCIOf6PYjcIVkZrP0zJj-RZH5Mhd1afUCkIg7frfHpf9xPxdUWJ5vNuUR06PebEytegUb2M0qPhw7yeXtrJq4Dr8sZPibFRTmDeFxxsbXAcYQoNOE53ErdUwnc9CZ4kICi1NGv6NGf_z5diHh277Fd7CHvwBcgkuG9xx0IW9qsU32M0sTgbo/w480-h640/IMG_2258.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Then how did you know you liked to write?" Billy asked Mariah.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0SK4gstzpSj2xvXDivQZx-5dDCL-j94-HoXhvaapuSM0Ouv3ImfggmDPDkFX-ydcOqbQZbinQZfh8XcqTmTZfdYqdjbrZyMAswkLCPGZ1QM1Uh3T1B1vmMWR7vAf04WuX3BLMO2GqN0/s1600/IMG_3056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0SK4gstzpSj2xvXDivQZx-5dDCL-j94-HoXhvaapuSM0Ouv3ImfggmDPDkFX-ydcOqbQZbinQZfh8XcqTmTZfdYqdjbrZyMAswkLCPGZ1QM1Uh3T1B1vmMWR7vAf04WuX3BLMO2GqN0/s640/IMG_3056.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I had to write something for school," Mariah explained. "I started writing about something I thought was fun, and then I noticed that writing about it was fun, too!"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Writing is useful, isn't it? I hope I find something I like to do that is also useful," Billy sighed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9MA8cXIah3JQwLZzmtHrpoLUH9Ao9LaMhmCLNMsINcCwjrPrHocYdG8evnrfTvnuX64mL6aSXYOwnv372eKQDrTj4UCM05TGuapryx3-gLs3kwGJ-aOgT4IjPJRBpKBF2Ex20Z_fbes/s1600/IMG_3058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9MA8cXIah3JQwLZzmtHrpoLUH9Ao9LaMhmCLNMsINcCwjrPrHocYdG8evnrfTvnuX64mL6aSXYOwnv372eKQDrTj4UCM05TGuapryx3-gLs3kwGJ-aOgT4IjPJRBpKBF2Ex20Z_fbes/s640/IMG_3058.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Being a boy is useful already," Mariah said. "We needed a boy in our stories. Children want to read stories that are about someone who is like them. They also want to read stories about someone who is different from them. They want to use their imaginations when they read," Mariah explained. "There are boy children and girl children in the real world, just as there are children with different color eyes, hair and skin. They want to read about dolls who are boys as well as girls, and about dolls who look like them and dolls that are different," she said. "I know this, because I'm a writer," she added.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9555d5sR5JPswQAlRaAj2wobfNpgRAnP1_zLWqTMenejaPbcBmv4GTZjduOfp7_VjSqtLGnEFXY0RxHIHaEUaNrGsIG8iAbWBe-syT4FJHTUmx33rIoNvL2OtI8CQMA6omPJ0CPYeGo/s1600/IMG_3057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9555d5sR5JPswQAlRaAj2wobfNpgRAnP1_zLWqTMenejaPbcBmv4GTZjduOfp7_VjSqtLGnEFXY0RxHIHaEUaNrGsIG8iAbWBe-syT4FJHTUmx33rIoNvL2OtI8CQMA6omPJ0CPYeGo/s640/IMG_3057.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm glad I'm useful as a boy, because it's who I am," Billy said, "but I would like to be useful for what I can do, too."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You will find something, Billy," Mariah said. "You will find something special because <u>you</u> are special."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Thank you, Mariah," Billy said. "You're a good friend."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy went looking for Charlotte. He found her on the front porch, looking into the sky, with her head tipped to one side. She had Pierre in her lap.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-AvkZCiufSx7OGYpYU40hrX1-NTQNgk4XJz8Wumks1xxmN4DqimnwqbAUqv2FqyeHgjOVHqCaJSu8C6YYk7vzPwoDVqBg0OVXNBrApBDzDI5sYuk0IhG4biwcOi9IoRUURd_u-InBjY/s1600/IMG_3059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-AvkZCiufSx7OGYpYU40hrX1-NTQNgk4XJz8Wumks1xxmN4DqimnwqbAUqv2FqyeHgjOVHqCaJSu8C6YYk7vzPwoDVqBg0OVXNBrApBDzDI5sYuk0IhG4biwcOi9IoRUURd_u-InBjY/s640/IMG_3059.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What are you doing, Charlotte?" Billy asked. </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud3DRVj4Ag9pFhqyNBdshajfcWk0KYEfwalDgzfshKDL_b9RF5ZeuyHW_BVZeMWZCTwd2geullxPjFs6julZVnV6cNavs85-Zcvba0bIyq2buAQkEBKxcHLGPOdsSUYvO3rzgsqTuHYo/s1600/IMG_3060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud3DRVj4Ag9pFhqyNBdshajfcWk0KYEfwalDgzfshKDL_b9RF5ZeuyHW_BVZeMWZCTwd2geullxPjFs6julZVnV6cNavs85-Zcvba0bIyq2buAQkEBKxcHLGPOdsSUYvO3rzgsqTuHYo/s640/IMG_3060.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I'm listening to the birds," she answered. "I want to try to make that sound on my violin. Wouldn't that be fun?" </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5DYtMJc3jOd0gk4KJrrMEpmDwLJECoYlSjxl5Pi-ux6EzGrM5-oMmr8Jtqg6jSnAiCp40goMXNIk8bXzfqGrKf3GAOlPnBHEwc5fEBhA0QYDU-RR54h3UI-KEXcXtaPRLdtq71JAaT0/s1600/IMG_3061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5DYtMJc3jOd0gk4KJrrMEpmDwLJECoYlSjxl5Pi-ux6EzGrM5-oMmr8Jtqg6jSnAiCp40goMXNIk8bXzfqGrKf3GAOlPnBHEwc5fEBhA0QYDU-RR54h3UI-KEXcXtaPRLdtq71JAaT0/s640/IMG_3061.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You like music, don't you?" Billy asked. "Is that why you like to listen to the birds? I like to hear the birds sing for a little while, but then I want to go do something else."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2XzF2tmqZCmzklGBTAfnD98wrTaWlH0fqMbbyUlkUcHCHcVAo4Vg5iDri8g885IK3J89ecNWlhdNAiRIeeebmmxxEZD85QlYwZmB_KVDxO0tZ7MDwS2JPggZCvnfm1KL0uoToUAy1u4/s1600/IMG_3062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2XzF2tmqZCmzklGBTAfnD98wrTaWlH0fqMbbyUlkUcHCHcVAo4Vg5iDri8g885IK3J89ecNWlhdNAiRIeeebmmxxEZD85QlYwZmB_KVDxO0tZ7MDwS2JPggZCvnfm1KL0uoToUAy1u4/s640/IMG_3062.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"We are all different, Billy," Charlotte replied. "I used to want to sing, but I </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">can't open my mouth wide enough."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7S0xRYbb6HfJ5VoDD1SH4UvuDUWjT-bMXxOmpopEObKQ2nWIjVfraWio8FTWguRTK6nskXVT4vyTPdQkoTBFBKdUpdJ4r1ddnc6m479wkXdlc_yCmqYWT1PsCJSHeka54YlvzpSUA3Onii6Gq0gcGvoZ3zDyxHWPBq-Kdt1Iv86yDlEu2WhcpPOg0GAA/s1310/IMG_1910.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7S0xRYbb6HfJ5VoDD1SH4UvuDUWjT-bMXxOmpopEObKQ2nWIjVfraWio8FTWguRTK6nskXVT4vyTPdQkoTBFBKdUpdJ4r1ddnc6m479wkXdlc_yCmqYWT1PsCJSHeka54YlvzpSUA3Onii6Gq0gcGvoZ3zDyxHWPBq-Kdt1Iv86yDlEu2WhcpPOg0GAA/w480-h640/IMG_1910.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Then," Charlotte explained, "I wanted to play the piano, but we have those two fingers stuck together on one hand. That made playing the piano difficult."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwsycgu3lIaIXNPTJopYsERU7sKKNHm7v4-MQiueI1x0WC08_gRm1Vnctuc484gSfzBBNdLYnSoYT11oFTvxC9B6tnbtxkp809RcvcuBm0zpWG-ebxa91ZDpsLshTozKaYzFrY7bKAgH_Vcctae1z7OhjXEmFeo5XVZPG0pzo1pT-dC6c3SWx8JYZqI8/s1982/IMG_1949.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1982" data-original-width="1487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwsycgu3lIaIXNPTJopYsERU7sKKNHm7v4-MQiueI1x0WC08_gRm1Vnctuc484gSfzBBNdLYnSoYT11oFTvxC9B6tnbtxkp809RcvcuBm0zpWG-ebxa91ZDpsLshTozKaYzFrY7bKAgH_Vcctae1z7OhjXEmFeo5XVZPG0pzo1pT-dC6c3SWx8JYZqI8/w480-h640/IMG_1949.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Then I discovered the violin," Charlotte concluded, "something I can do the way I am made, and it makes me happy when I practice."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhyphenhypheneD-OVHec6yS08bs-YT6qNl8HC5UEwfSlXG1657udKhfYFLI64-I95M7VJhlZhK4d6yAqKEq_pDMmI2GgVYaMzLh_PYhClwIwdqfNUlIcrWQCb3VQMH1Smxm9mZlNDyLy2SixdbB_1IceaDJkFxGB5e6pAJcQPr8zgQh8Amr-luzGQE7Pef8wYouaE/s4032/IMG_8276.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhyphenhypheneD-OVHec6yS08bs-YT6qNl8HC5UEwfSlXG1657udKhfYFLI64-I95M7VJhlZhK4d6yAqKEq_pDMmI2GgVYaMzLh_PYhClwIwdqfNUlIcrWQCb3VQMH1Smxm9mZlNDyLy2SixdbB_1IceaDJkFxGB5e6pAJcQPr8zgQh8Amr-luzGQE7Pef8wYouaE/w480-h640/IMG_8276.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I had to try a lot of things before I found something I could do that I enjoy," Charlotte pointed out, "but then I learned it's as if I were made to play the violin."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgKX6EUEtbuicmzFmheXtMG21L6RdTqBHwZjkT8s4qdkrpCsY39-P_boY8B3eOWOE9eVNFVmqxMue9N8yS-oYbeSC89Jf1gz7yIWJ_JllX6QlF7XZbW6_O0oDCLgzm4_k903IP0hGfTk/s1600/IMG_3064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgKX6EUEtbuicmzFmheXtMG21L6RdTqBHwZjkT8s4qdkrpCsY39-P_boY8B3eOWOE9eVNFVmqxMue9N8yS-oYbeSC89Jf1gz7yIWJ_JllX6QlF7XZbW6_O0oDCLgzm4_k903IP0hGfTk/s640/IMG_3064.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Music is useful," said Billy. "People listen to it, and it makes them happy. You make music, and you have fun. I want to find something I like to do that is useful and fun."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Try something that looks interesting," Charlotte said. "If that doesn't work, try something else. You will find something special, because you are special, and you know who you are." </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When Billy left Charlotte, she was trying to whistle. She had a dreamy look in her eyes.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika had climbed into one of the bean bag chairs in the living room. Billy found her looking at a book about quilts.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Hi, Veronika," he said. "Can we talk?"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Sure, Billy," </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika replied. "I like to talk with you. You are interesting to talk with."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuALoLa-4tjCUUo3FBE9Az2xBC-ixLkWSXhHW4oV08pAjPgWFI0HAWU7x7w6mYagQ0aTTGIE47015g5nsm-UFR6aO213tv4NMbL6cS5Ne4tpIgMUv3Bw5GPTs1bLr2iOIkkAGGSsfPLE/s1600/IMG_3065.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuALoLa-4tjCUUo3FBE9Az2xBC-ixLkWSXhHW4oV08pAjPgWFI0HAWU7x7w6mYagQ0aTTGIE47015g5nsm-UFR6aO213tv4NMbL6cS5Ne4tpIgMUv3Bw5GPTs1bLr2iOIkkAGGSsfPLE/s640/IMG_3065.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Veronika, you like to make quilts. You think it's fun, right?" Billy began. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika nodded.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKchARxYg4kCf1N4OP3PShFp2csBQIhpWgYu7byMZHKkN4BIWYbIqTemQBRhI-JKOqhcGxCcnvB1ljs-H6pWm6-zbboccy6aTlkns-KA6WCLXs4qJm0xOz-pXxIJXFuDK6BRD7fO-Ds4/s1600/IMG_3066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKchARxYg4kCf1N4OP3PShFp2csBQIhpWgYu7byMZHKkN4BIWYbIqTemQBRhI-JKOqhcGxCcnvB1ljs-H6pWm6-zbboccy6aTlkns-KA6WCLXs4qJm0xOz-pXxIJXFuDK6BRD7fO-Ds4/s640/IMG_3066.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Quilts are useful, too. They are pretty on walls or tables, or they keep us warm," he continued.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika agreed.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I want to find something I like doing that is also useful," Billy sighed. "I don't think I want to knit or make quilts. I don't think I really like to write or ski or make music."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika patted the bean bag chair right next to where she was sitting. "Come up here and sit with me, Billy," she said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpActn7QqboyVFg35dP8_oL3lJkGsZNAciTUH3WC-q-1Kb6ujutwd17A5sjH5jrqmiFxsZtzWDyvmiRm5JmuzwzvVAvYCujTnQLa5OWqB0I7VMUXBSeIv4plPBTBixm9qUWctO9CAvk8/s1600/IMG_3067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpActn7QqboyVFg35dP8_oL3lJkGsZNAciTUH3WC-q-1Kb6ujutwd17A5sjH5jrqmiFxsZtzWDyvmiRm5JmuzwzvVAvYCujTnQLa5OWqB0I7VMUXBSeIv4plPBTBixm9qUWctO9CAvk8/s640/IMG_3067.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy climbed up into the bean bag chair next to Veronika.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Now tell me what you know about yourself, Billy," Veronika suggested.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0Y7h_hmShJVJ7Wwo1O685r7_PfzEf6tC2v9POSA1aOWxDYtAoyKNjabfw9zsaVakSaR4JDcoVcJ4xLepv27y4OuEMrNkJoXoTtLnzgLcRquEG2Sm7Hp5MFxootDwW4txj-EI5duJASE/s1600/IMG_3068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0Y7h_hmShJVJ7Wwo1O685r7_PfzEf6tC2v9POSA1aOWxDYtAoyKNjabfw9zsaVakSaR4JDcoVcJ4xLepv27y4OuEMrNkJoXoTtLnzgLcRquEG2Sm7Hp5MFxootDwW4txj-EI5duJASE/s640/IMG_3068.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Well," Billy began, "I'm a boy, and I'm glad I'm a boy. I have a dog, and I love her, and she loves me. I'm very happy to be here. I think my sisters are wonderful. I love my boy clothes, and I'm glad I have had my first haircut."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4_nl77_NaMozLBxHIhO01TzTaOfI_mRaEhWGETZCYS3hE8hbLq31LxTEBSjCXuon-b2p1HnN7AEJS_RPsFO9Mub-YnpWDBc2ecYkxo-5AtSA19JbgxRQRJ8vPjoSLP_emV1KOT945Pc/s1600/IMG_3069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4_nl77_NaMozLBxHIhO01TzTaOfI_mRaEhWGETZCYS3hE8hbLq31LxTEBSjCXuon-b2p1HnN7AEJS_RPsFO9Mub-YnpWDBc2ecYkxo-5AtSA19JbgxRQRJ8vPjoSLP_emV1KOT945Pc/s640/IMG_3069.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"You are a grateful doll, Billy," Veronika said. "You are good at it, and you are good at being you, too. You knew who you were when no one around you did."</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTnE7GkOS1na85V9mibFsIUMMwwfRG5uUw6KdjN_WBfetcoEASBdzTy4YS0vfIi8rp8YMkreUPxMGMpJOAl1LamaAYykvaTS1snEPipU58ZY_fxV5SrddDiUMkozhdz4u94v4mUFVw_c/s1600/IMG_3070.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTnE7GkOS1na85V9mibFsIUMMwwfRG5uUw6KdjN_WBfetcoEASBdzTy4YS0vfIi8rp8YMkreUPxMGMpJOAl1LamaAYykvaTS1snEPipU58ZY_fxV5SrddDiUMkozhdz4u94v4mUFVw_c/s640/IMG_3070.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"But I don't do anything useful," Billy said.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Every doll is just a little different, even those who look alike," Veronika said. "Some dolls look around their boxes, see what they come with, how they are dressed, and say, 'This is who I am.'"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEkhuL9mRYEnpKYmqJ2AgqCaR4xh6Fap7z0qsBMtjZUWtSNexQE1-cY0QfbKDgTBYbt6CLvlQVjkJJwqkwIznyWJR3gzRlHXRebFCwbQLWMargVa4Qatez4sNSEkTWR2MouYFSmHpGgI/s1600/IMG_3071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEkhuL9mRYEnpKYmqJ2AgqCaR4xh6Fap7z0qsBMtjZUWtSNexQE1-cY0QfbKDgTBYbt6CLvlQVjkJJwqkwIznyWJR3gzRlHXRebFCwbQLWMargVa4Qatez4sNSEkTWR2MouYFSmHpGgI/s640/IMG_3071.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Those dolls take what they are </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>told</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> they are and agree with it," Veronika continued, "and that's fine. You looked around your box and said, 'This isn't who I am. I'm a boy!' That's good, too. When you find what you like to do, you will say, '</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>This</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> is what I like to do. I'm a boy who likes to do this.'"</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Am I special because I'm a boy?" Billy asked.</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Y8V6K-T6h-Kk1-x5kzIaxR2GYFCgxzoPCvyF2PNWx0kYjZUNvc342ISbVYfojQ9Cq7tLKRoZ8HUvvDB5o0NCiHi_7kCirWybYF5Y3__GbAA3RYwzYppbOPoeKeqds-Aw5jGnk0EFP7k/s1600/IMG_3072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Y8V6K-T6h-Kk1-x5kzIaxR2GYFCgxzoPCvyF2PNWx0kYjZUNvc342ISbVYfojQ9Cq7tLKRoZ8HUvvDB5o0NCiHi_7kCirWybYF5Y3__GbAA3RYwzYppbOPoeKeqds-Aw5jGnk0EFP7k/s640/IMG_3072.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"That's one thing that makes you special to us, because we did need a boy for the stories," agreed Veronika, "but girls are special, too. More than needing a boy, we needed you! You are special. Just be the best <u>you</u> that you can be. It will be fun. You will see."</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>I am special</i>, thought Billy. <i>I can be who I am. This is going to be fun.</i></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiILLhlt3I7sv1Md3Hzq849fWP_lCzHzBSRqQ5xG1mpXK0SbEfNQz91R2pfbqScSp14-1Hbm6AbOM_FrrPrtkHZldnEV5rRfJ1hJFqNlAhrt3Mt04558zWEL9rLSODCV6o2oCkVuoKN5I/s1600/IMG_3075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiILLhlt3I7sv1Md3Hzq849fWP_lCzHzBSRqQ5xG1mpXK0SbEfNQz91R2pfbqScSp14-1Hbm6AbOM_FrrPrtkHZldnEV5rRfJ1hJFqNlAhrt3Mt04558zWEL9rLSODCV6o2oCkVuoKN5I/s640/IMG_3075.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Whether you are a girl or a boy, you are special, too, just like Billy. Enjoy being you and be the best you that you can be!</span></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""><br /></span><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span><br /><span face="">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br /><span face="">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span><br /><span face="">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span><br /><span face="">Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face="">Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face="">Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London</span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwxLE3g8JY0J8__VhuX_btzrkT8zZxjXTRq9SFjZZapwB0lSy4ZdDcID0DZkZFtoZRirT2xeDUhRPk7LbALdYEkmzFdIz3XnX3VBye1fMcouAtCXfNvmuA0_PKZfEM-4YLrnW1YKpA4o/w640-h480/IMG_6315.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Stitching calmly at her place in the window by the street,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPlXN4QNidjKyRffchchVQ7jjbgZgC28v3Ht8fwbwmdUwb9MPB5UsuwJlTxCJFL7GVAp-XPDTFzn5_kt6Y_BkJM1cHGPQChmzAGnhLA8odCWHx6vtdkSPvWIbrfAogYR37rzc1o8JZ-k/s2048/IMG_6318.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPlXN4QNidjKyRffchchVQ7jjbgZgC28v3Ht8fwbwmdUwb9MPB5UsuwJlTxCJFL7GVAp-XPDTFzn5_kt6Y_BkJM1cHGPQChmzAGnhLA8odCWHx6vtdkSPvWIbrfAogYR37rzc1o8JZ-k/w640-h480/IMG_6318.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Making all her stitches neatly, ending all her seams completely,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBuV_Gg9QY9B2YY0D4CVzwlsoTVs9w10Gpo-34Vfp2A4lcUgDjlxUCRQ5rQKW1V8T4vua-PQmtHLooBqiFxzNJcq1PS3-aPb9_LR6TJx17bOoBeVcAgrmz5wbALZuS_8HzVPt8FYI4ik/s2048/IMG_6323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBuV_Gg9QY9B2YY0D4CVzwlsoTVs9w10Gpo-34Vfp2A4lcUgDjlxUCRQ5rQKW1V8T4vua-PQmtHLooBqiFxzNJcq1PS3-aPb9_LR6TJx17bOoBeVcAgrmz5wbALZuS_8HzVPt8FYI4ik/w640-h480/IMG_6323.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Knowing seams must all be tidy, sturdy and, of course, complete!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCwMtJuL8X97A3hbhFldcVWP32-7BJvxUsqP5I5dUcypzwCz9RGusWQ5b5nnukfOl_LYM24gZOj2YXi7D_SWo3KQmvvEv2T3qQwUt1IVNVhwq3Iy5bxfP429kfMgAcX-i49xKpwfBi7E/s2048/IMG_6327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCwMtJuL8X97A3hbhFldcVWP32-7BJvxUsqP5I5dUcypzwCz9RGusWQ5b5nnukfOl_LYM24gZOj2YXi7D_SWo3KQmvvEv2T3qQwUt1IVNVhwq3Iy5bxfP429kfMgAcX-i49xKpwfBi7E/w640-h480/IMG_6327.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On the windowsill beside her was a meal for her to eat,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI8Jxbvm8KAKyAqQtJ-g12pMU7OAJZIP4TLi_ckocex99jfpRtwoACQrwHPmwrkqy7eGyxDppJ-az2NL8M7doupa8aoRcS4FHf8KI-XxJONNJF6koZoDoFBE4HirOFkwqyBa4pet_GIY/s1816/IMG_6331.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1816" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI8Jxbvm8KAKyAqQtJ-g12pMU7OAJZIP4TLi_ckocex99jfpRtwoACQrwHPmwrkqy7eGyxDppJ-az2NL8M7doupa8aoRcS4FHf8KI-XxJONNJF6koZoDoFBE4HirOFkwqyBa4pet_GIY/w640-h480/IMG_6331.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">With a cookie for a treat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On the shelf there sat a vulture, wise observer of our culture,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgA_fqFH20T6lFfRDIE5aItEIV-arP8FJhInuOw2rJyDu24-Pwivly3pgxiYP0x3kXuAkVRKwevHmuAPURVbUMrXUg3nkU762lQUpIsRa0HaeK6UGthMBrOe3pt9hatQRGl3KpRhqODM/s2048/IMG_6338.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgA_fqFH20T6lFfRDIE5aItEIV-arP8FJhInuOw2rJyDu24-Pwivly3pgxiYP0x3kXuAkVRKwevHmuAPURVbUMrXUg3nkU762lQUpIsRa0HaeK6UGthMBrOe3pt9hatQRGl3KpRhqODM/w480-h640/IMG_6338.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Preening feathers of one wing, and making sure that they were neat.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZkKM6H8xd_fRtoepdIi7Q5VZbiaprysFMwzMRql7wQrawCNOP4vJYYm4aEO6lOjWAbRMiQ8R7HB9q2uVwvLG9J8zGpUKrbDmPf4eLnG5welS5dv7PteHcTNrWGU-mNwrYQnkIJ4NfQQ/s2048/IMG_6340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZkKM6H8xd_fRtoepdIi7Q5VZbiaprysFMwzMRql7wQrawCNOP4vJYYm4aEO6lOjWAbRMiQ8R7HB9q2uVwvLG9J8zGpUKrbDmPf4eLnG5welS5dv7PteHcTNrWGU-mNwrYQnkIJ4NfQQ/w480-h640/IMG_6340.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">From outside there came a clatter, giggles and a bit of chatter,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkvPJBsk8P4KQmIhxqYk70NmuNLq0aXRs8cFLwXf8jHQVX84B3aZlOWuoEFghK5Y7yoWWWRJuHvoSvnrMap942yD39yxzzDe4Xtrg3CyKJRvByudyUC3k4ZXaSs_gw1mbc4N-4tzuB_8/s2048/IMG_6344.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkvPJBsk8P4KQmIhxqYk70NmuNLq0aXRs8cFLwXf8jHQVX84B3aZlOWuoEFghK5Y7yoWWWRJuHvoSvnrMap942yD39yxzzDe4Xtrg3CyKJRvByudyUC3k4ZXaSs_gw1mbc4N-4tzuB_8/w480-h640/IMG_6344.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Clearly something was occurring out there, on the open street!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_gaKQvZgn2zKTCMtg40AGoNcAuCCWJ8B_ySUl-o-F7oS7BfDX_saR3BDcMzCSlMD423e-GwngCGv2k-LanqAXVet6FT_tcHYr21ufcP76UOc3K6HqjQ5tzBc61xfH2E7MOHyeqR8Ty0/s2048/IMG_6347.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_gaKQvZgn2zKTCMtg40AGoNcAuCCWJ8B_ySUl-o-F7oS7BfDX_saR3BDcMzCSlMD423e-GwngCGv2k-LanqAXVet6FT_tcHYr21ufcP76UOc3K6HqjQ5tzBc61xfH2E7MOHyeqR8Ty0/w640-h480/IMG_6347.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So the doll looked out the window, dropping sewing on her seat.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLYmg1UlH97oyFIbhW5xIXSrfOsDJZXJi_1vG0ALjsCEryJwLpdxKWK_oClJM2w7N96IWnzJT3cWGNmA0lTqifpk5Zme13ZDtG2tXsPp_rkJkdD__gFxomZwTrjizs7HmmF1rdFJzTdg/s2048/IMG_6349.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLYmg1UlH97oyFIbhW5xIXSrfOsDJZXJi_1vG0ALjsCEryJwLpdxKWK_oClJM2w7N96IWnzJT3cWGNmA0lTqifpk5Zme13ZDtG2tXsPp_rkJkdD__gFxomZwTrjizs7HmmF1rdFJzTdg/w640-h480/IMG_6349.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">(Clearly, it could not compete!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">In the cold of late October, on an eve sedate and sober,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT3NbsKWwrdYpxYOMjxA5WL24gQQBiU6H64Mb058h08JibvLPKd3aGy0WBMRi9_KbwFTo8hs9xrdURX33rM0TEqrZnjA0SF6z0CAa31uNW6MO6116DM6XSwafcV0hrJo0T4FpkIzFA2M/s2048/IMG_6352.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT3NbsKWwrdYpxYOMjxA5WL24gQQBiU6H64Mb058h08JibvLPKd3aGy0WBMRi9_KbwFTo8hs9xrdURX33rM0TEqrZnjA0SF6z0CAa31uNW6MO6116DM6XSwafcV0hrJo0T4FpkIzFA2M/w640-h480/IMG_6352.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Vroni pulled aside the curtain, looking up and down the street.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7esQgU-OhYvqv3fI2poMu4XZ3nR3HkDIA34IFwGBFJwKgzmW359e9KUsfPGhS7SyZGo5yP4WildEbaWdaqmivIRNX5biaIJL1zlQ-PazDbygcgsGhm7bx80FYmsYzqNu1zqZaWVnEPdE/s2048/IMG_6355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7esQgU-OhYvqv3fI2poMu4XZ3nR3HkDIA34IFwGBFJwKgzmW359e9KUsfPGhS7SyZGo5yP4WildEbaWdaqmivIRNX5biaIJL1zlQ-PazDbygcgsGhm7bx80FYmsYzqNu1zqZaWVnEPdE/w480-h640/IMG_6355.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">What she saw she found amazing, from the window she was gazing,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92xRxLlu06JELALF3T5z1M35J2mOLJO1d0L3hGoM52_h5XtMAZYwna6ys5C_c-V0dSO7rlKRUj8lHRqknf3PenmT-cf3Feijc2fk4p3THVenYFpBc3D8qRlcVpAmXmJu0AX90cRuFT9M/s2048/IMG_6357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92xRxLlu06JELALF3T5z1M35J2mOLJO1d0L3hGoM52_h5XtMAZYwna6ys5C_c-V0dSO7rlKRUj8lHRqknf3PenmT-cf3Feijc2fk4p3THVenYFpBc3D8qRlcVpAmXmJu0AX90cRuFT9M/w640-h480/IMG_6357.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Figures masked and costumed scurried, and a scary floating sheet!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCk6MraE809ns-ylkzGXNpX34sbRGbS4mD8k0kqQmuZHqrrlYf7MrPCvvH0YH73SECVqdGzwh8VjMZwDklYuAgYMbb0HBnobPxS502Rk38tAR-4qEHhuV6uxutIONT5fa46fCVZsZOHs/w640-h480/IMG_6369.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">By the door a bowl of candy had been placed where it was handy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiAOVzRmRtBPbIvLdOA-KXfhuqBfBnOKkTFpxjoH7aJmD9uMv0ho2KlBgoo9v0hFEhatYzDS1VJb1XlB6cyMOZlhGoOvS1TAAlQjwcb6NLFd941VIPdy4b8-z3XD_M1hNXAji2JXC6MM/s2048/IMG_6372.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiAOVzRmRtBPbIvLdOA-KXfhuqBfBnOKkTFpxjoH7aJmD9uMv0ho2KlBgoo9v0hFEhatYzDS1VJb1XlB6cyMOZlhGoOvS1TAAlQjwcb6NLFd941VIPdy4b8-z3XD_M1hNXAji2JXC6MM/w640-h480/IMG_6372.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Vroni saw the pile of yummies, neatly wrapped and gooey sweet.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXyTdbbCLgtSKQb_THjn22QXJ5gfD07WMLI8uaKXh13lIXom5DOlLngcncHFbpP-_5rWAIr-lAKGLSLcAzcR-pEAcGQn8Y2Iox-yuQbqaSszcBviUXPCEViO8dFNBu3HGMecGDVJ2WMI/s2048/IMG_6378.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXyTdbbCLgtSKQb_THjn22QXJ5gfD07WMLI8uaKXh13lIXom5DOlLngcncHFbpP-_5rWAIr-lAKGLSLcAzcR-pEAcGQn8Y2Iox-yuQbqaSszcBviUXPCEViO8dFNBu3HGMecGDVJ2WMI/w640-h480/IMG_6378.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then she turned and looked at Victor. (Now the comb lay at his feet.)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPqlPG_Ox2ADJgQOLyYYCGHbm7W6L8DNs-AxbrVHbcuBxfc_eZt-Gd9M6AAf5kJvYhSA-tzUDgorQjQqrDML6tYfYlLaIM9iVLTnK3v11sd3tNgfssbpgS43xR6MBTLspMpz-h5O0trA/s2048/IMG_6373.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPqlPG_Ox2ADJgQOLyYYCGHbm7W6L8DNs-AxbrVHbcuBxfc_eZt-Gd9M6AAf5kJvYhSA-tzUDgorQjQqrDML6tYfYlLaIM9iVLTnK3v11sd3tNgfssbpgS43xR6MBTLspMpz-h5O0trA/w480-h640/IMG_6373.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Said the vulture, "Trick or Treat!"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GWoyAKftEC77ZdU33Buus41-m25AnqLA4tANoVIK03W6c7_eXlZB90uyDOlDxoFumjvKnWEsPhnEWTm1891p-et4-7mNWbSKZEwqIzS-WrMkQVmArf8bqcLXPeSqcQBFDwfc-19cv5s/s2048/IMG_6528.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GWoyAKftEC77ZdU33Buus41-m25AnqLA4tANoVIK03W6c7_eXlZB90uyDOlDxoFumjvKnWEsPhnEWTm1891p-et4-7mNWbSKZEwqIzS-WrMkQVmArf8bqcLXPeSqcQBFDwfc-19cv5s/w480-h640/IMG_6528.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span face=""><br /></span><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Cast--</span><br /><span face="">Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni</span><br />Victor: Himself</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo of "sheet" by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@simi_prep?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Šimom Caban</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-white-ghost-standing-in-front-of-a-building-ZKrEJMhEsr8?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>, cropped</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><i>The Writer would like to thank Edgar Allan Poe for the inspiration provided by his poem "The Raven."</i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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They are very patient. They are dolls, and dolls know how to be patient. They are good at it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v5oIBjIdyomZqZ-KCrhpzJp4EOU2rFAYYuEPJioAj_4nXsvM5HNxnI5juzh-WOHGMtTcc6Z-cRJ9JKIuzCC1HQYTVSLx3nMBCkKcCsmM42ROQw-YBjDCdiwKJ8FAaqkCRhTSZweObJw/s1600/ScPKQZ%2525AR4yfs5MvfNti4Q.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v5oIBjIdyomZqZ-KCrhpzJp4EOU2rFAYYuEPJioAj_4nXsvM5HNxnI5juzh-WOHGMtTcc6Z-cRJ9JKIuzCC1HQYTVSLx3nMBCkKcCsmM42ROQw-YBjDCdiwKJ8FAaqkCRhTSZweObJw/s640/ScPKQZ%2525AR4yfs5MvfNti4Q.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />They are patient, but they are excited, too. Can you guess why the dolls are excited?<br /><br />The dolls are waiting patiently for a surprise. Mandy has gone out to get the surprise. She said that it comes in a box. She is going to open the box. Mandy has been gone a long time. It's cold out, and she took a basket with her, but no coat. There was a hat and a sweater in the basket, but she didn't put them on. What could be keeping Mandy?<br /><br />Finally, the front door opened and Mandy came in with the surprise. Mandy and the surprise stood at the bottom of the stairs.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XaGpoaUzjogv3TV8Iop51IIX7DqxE7vfKk6IUcdMH5_ON098qv8jHic_yK-veCDqlOt8uTrdX0hE645jawG-gaa-8qR93MQKzkjUgFBTuA8Zh5XPy7nAU80yCvT2tGiGZHWEoT8BsUA/s1600/%25255LeV6EKSqOldDxXwa4Wkw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XaGpoaUzjogv3TV8Iop51IIX7DqxE7vfKk6IUcdMH5_ON098qv8jHic_yK-veCDqlOt8uTrdX0hE645jawG-gaa-8qR93MQKzkjUgFBTuA8Zh5XPy7nAU80yCvT2tGiGZHWEoT8BsUA/s640/%25255LeV6EKSqOldDxXwa4Wkw.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"Girls, this is Billy, our new brother," Mandy said as she put the basket down.<br /><br />Billy looked up at the girls. "Hi!" he said.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFmaMn3aDVR-x-jexr_zAn3QIJ7jqTn8sGj9BUbjOIxxc4wRzuQGhTZus7keDlnyM4PuiVMJsu-rV2yRlPNP93G0x9HKfhOzxQJQjeeFFGFana2eVwjd2a7guNfR4_pb6dNxugPEuvpc/s1600/HriR0lvnRpWc7%252BBbHN3C3Q.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFmaMn3aDVR-x-jexr_zAn3QIJ7jqTn8sGj9BUbjOIxxc4wRzuQGhTZus7keDlnyM4PuiVMJsu-rV2yRlPNP93G0x9HKfhOzxQJQjeeFFGFana2eVwjd2a7guNfR4_pb6dNxugPEuvpc/s640/HriR0lvnRpWc7%252BBbHN3C3Q.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"It's a boy!" exclaimed Mariah!<br />"It's a boy!" exclaimed Jolena!<br />"I got my birthday wish!" cried Charlotte! "A brother!"<br /><br />With a nudge from Mandy, Billy started up the stairs to meet the girls. "I brought my puppy," he said, politely taking off his hat. "Her name is Freckles. I hope you don't mind."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeBwYKJ-uWt9GVG52vKKCemgGYIjirv058oARe-m4a97cUkUnKeS_QyxYy2NeRlmLl5k-JuJFxJEz2n9V8sMpvAdrDuajOeYKrwAZTQKqHOGms0LFjkaQzL0EE4NxuqvHspKcNyFgUR4/s1600/IMG_2928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeBwYKJ-uWt9GVG52vKKCemgGYIjirv058oARe-m4a97cUkUnKeS_QyxYy2NeRlmLl5k-JuJFxJEz2n9V8sMpvAdrDuajOeYKrwAZTQKqHOGms0LFjkaQzL0EE4NxuqvHspKcNyFgUR4/s640/IMG_2928.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />"We love dogs," said Jolena. "Freckles will be a friend for Charlotte's puppy, Pee-air."<br />"It's Pierre," said Charlotte. "It's a French boy's name."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wcpQ7p3HNBXCBw-z70_F4chyphenhyphen2Zut2qbOj6AVOVUXOpcEC3iCkDzQc_hbBYloJSW5UJ1bo3POxPkZRxlZDjpUdIFhTmW_GBkQ79tSIs7sfjODQZy8IxAuO_6BHXQOa34MUgDT89x0Cjw/s1600/oPms8L07Rm68maDLzmKlxA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wcpQ7p3HNBXCBw-z70_F4chyphenhyphen2Zut2qbOj6AVOVUXOpcEC3iCkDzQc_hbBYloJSW5UJ1bo3POxPkZRxlZDjpUdIFhTmW_GBkQ79tSIs7sfjODQZy8IxAuO_6BHXQOa34MUgDT89x0Cjw/s640/oPms8L07Rm68maDLzmKlxA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"Here's Pierre now," Mariah said, as the white puppy came down the stairs.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOOZexB8Ec37jtL-ZmtBC_u1HRrlM_OkvlxgOrB3cYcq0FrW5geuU0mYfWTxFhbE55YI-Z_w1hvgQyjuqtS5NTNi7B72-T11i5EwIrj1JObgGCmpczBoJJN6jQBmKeHrBQHdbwQBz61k/s1600/0OzNgXBRSzGiMfXiIJxY9Q.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOOZexB8Ec37jtL-ZmtBC_u1HRrlM_OkvlxgOrB3cYcq0FrW5geuU0mYfWTxFhbE55YI-Z_w1hvgQyjuqtS5NTNi7B72-T11i5EwIrj1JObgGCmpczBoJJN6jQBmKeHrBQHdbwQBz61k/s640/0OzNgXBRSzGiMfXiIJxY9Q.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">Freckles and Pierre sniffed each other and decided they were friends. Jolena offered to take Billy's hat and Freckles' leash.</span><br />"Now that the puppies know each other, let me introduce you to your new sisters," Mandy suggested.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IFk9wRYJhW83ysk4Ste8l_XD3ldUUBwbc8zT8YPpi9kWHmDBbyf6LAgKLrCt95XViZ0I-ei86oDyZhkRAa1IpUI9Utcah0G-QgIx7wpenSsNGJpLH3p6Qljx6piTydz1JETEgSnKY84/s1600/KiVq9SKoQ%252BSaAntPgnm8Xw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IFk9wRYJhW83ysk4Ste8l_XD3ldUUBwbc8zT8YPpi9kWHmDBbyf6LAgKLrCt95XViZ0I-ei86oDyZhkRAa1IpUI9Utcah0G-QgIx7wpenSsNGJpLH3p6Qljx6piTydz1JETEgSnKY84/s640/KiVq9SKoQ%252BSaAntPgnm8Xw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />"Jolena is the doll closest to you. Then that's Mariah next to her," Mandy said pointing to each girl.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhly1wtMrzUK_zdb2ND324TvMHI35Mw_ShrRaJ4OQOTH_7IzjjnhfGAwtOr5FdFMKDEZC07mDx2ly1Blo7Mn9feWOOFSCOd9d7YxBZqjNyVCQSVJ_xhyphenhyphenK4_0bZJtRUyH-0WI6swZnl2cgA/s1600/lWJQHOqQQ26Bpfk%2525cbbCFA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhly1wtMrzUK_zdb2ND324TvMHI35Mw_ShrRaJ4OQOTH_7IzjjnhfGAwtOr5FdFMKDEZC07mDx2ly1Blo7Mn9feWOOFSCOd9d7YxBZqjNyVCQSVJ_xhyphenhyphenK4_0bZJtRUyH-0WI6swZnl2cgA/s640/lWJQHOqQQ26Bpfk%2525cbbCFA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"Next is Veronika, the one with the braids, and then Charlotte, with the puppy."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsbYtiOkCx19Zh6-PlWcwbWKUcHP_MpF5xQ5I2p7GEejhovQi2iSUQuobN6L5qHJK2lyuTYlfF8mgQ2_DoHmOw2pLjdFIPkFhWQwGlhV0BlTNEPeSalEtFuAAsFbC6gKQWbuFDCun5Cw/s1600/LC9YW%2525O%2525S5%252BnMz3CbiR1rA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsbYtiOkCx19Zh6-PlWcwbWKUcHP_MpF5xQ5I2p7GEejhovQi2iSUQuobN6L5qHJK2lyuTYlfF8mgQ2_DoHmOw2pLjdFIPkFhWQwGlhV0BlTNEPeSalEtFuAAsFbC6gKQWbuFDCun5Cw/s640/LC9YW%2525O%2525S5%252BnMz3CbiR1rA.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />"And this is Pierre," Charlotte said, holding her puppy. "This is Freckles' new friend."<br /><br />"What's in the basket, Mandy?" Veronika asked. "Are those Billy's clothes?"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKkqiB1RY4UukFvRHUrbz28WFrVzPEC54wj_Rbf9Q6jqZQBGBe-ZXJn8b9E3iwoRgYaMojNjd1ONRssKcdlpXU4cck9ybe78zBe1ANTnUAjg0TvqDtZjlxufh6eFzwZb5mdg3wYV6Pxc/s1600/mo9G%252BRjORsGvfreWI2llTQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKkqiB1RY4UukFvRHUrbz28WFrVzPEC54wj_Rbf9Q6jqZQBGBe-ZXJn8b9E3iwoRgYaMojNjd1ONRssKcdlpXU4cck9ybe78zBe1ANTnUAjg0TvqDtZjlxufh6eFzwZb5mdg3wYV6Pxc/s640/mo9G%252BRjORsGvfreWI2llTQ.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"Well, yes and no," Mandy answered. "Maybe I should let Billy explain."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJcGGKLVlQCM5w2fHGp_X9vWgGdhoK3kKVSOGzPNiNuYbCoIfNt8EuCmPOFT2yUqThPVziPelV4e5QSouX7WJy2Vi88-g_m6LVss7i_7wtKCFkx4u3hLuJvcAgdXd5m2kigaFgPuMJ6M/s1600/HmpB%2525iq6R2mQUCs5Aa89LA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJcGGKLVlQCM5w2fHGp_X9vWgGdhoK3kKVSOGzPNiNuYbCoIfNt8EuCmPOFT2yUqThPVziPelV4e5QSouX7WJy2Vi88-g_m6LVss7i_7wtKCFkx4u3hLuJvcAgdXd5m2kigaFgPuMJ6M/s640/HmpB%2525iq6R2mQUCs5Aa89LA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Mandy lifted the basket up to the next step while Billy told his story.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieojDzsL3nPqUmjzO2icU9W_IR38R_JFnNpocf22gzjncyinAOEJRvf0tV1gPg-Gp3nYohjYnkGNPNmBaWswK3qdam8ibJv95MxtC8GbV6VDsp977SzD8A56-NffiPqfM5p0hcUyQATdU/s1600/%252Bct8LA8VTUGwJ9zCHiY1vA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieojDzsL3nPqUmjzO2icU9W_IR38R_JFnNpocf22gzjncyinAOEJRvf0tV1gPg-Gp3nYohjYnkGNPNmBaWswK3qdam8ibJv95MxtC8GbV6VDsp977SzD8A56-NffiPqfM5p0hcUyQATdU/s640/%252Bct8LA8VTUGwJ9zCHiY1vA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"At the factory, they dressed me in these girl's clothes," Billy explained.<br />"Why would they do that?" Mariah asked.<br />"They thought I was a girl," Billy answered.<br />"Why did they think you were a girl?" asked Jolena.<br />"I tried to tell them," Billy replied, "But they didn't seem to hear me."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MkxA0YZG5MLR1NpHSPkhOSczYS57Csw9fMiG_SX_L_bB0duFyWCvAIWW7AwKrrpgCjMWq5bw6UY5gipx6f87oqDnH9DtZd87dWaR3AhcgKzoEKlE_iVH6DLGFKzf17W44Oz6iuisrUI/s1600/RtSfwBkvQ1CNLSUVWRZ2wg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MkxA0YZG5MLR1NpHSPkhOSczYS57Csw9fMiG_SX_L_bB0duFyWCvAIWW7AwKrrpgCjMWq5bw6UY5gipx6f87oqDnH9DtZd87dWaR3AhcgKzoEKlE_iVH6DLGFKzf17W44Oz6iuisrUI/s640/RtSfwBkvQ1CNLSUVWRZ2wg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"Maybe they just make dolls," suggested Mariah. "Maybe they don't really believe in us. You can only hear us talk if you believe in us."<br />"Yes, and I also think maybe they just didn't know any better," added Mandy. "All the dolls they make there are the same under their clothes. They need their clothes and hair to show if they are boys or girls. Some people even think all dolls are girls and that only girls play with dolls."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39-4EXrCMLzalCb8axuCtahXasKNDYTzxu_DKtF0kznrV1kAD-MXbzBm09Gg4Uw8N4hsQoDF22Jec85U_SOjFVgYDiLfBSkLBJ_r4KRf1Yfz1JuK7Z_69RCmSUJtFi15Di7x_fz-oiC4/s1600/IrbEAu8oSbaLm79y8476Tg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39-4EXrCMLzalCb8axuCtahXasKNDYTzxu_DKtF0kznrV1kAD-MXbzBm09Gg4Uw8N4hsQoDF22Jec85U_SOjFVgYDiLfBSkLBJ_r4KRf1Yfz1JuK7Z_69RCmSUJtFi15Di7x_fz-oiC4/s640/IrbEAu8oSbaLm79y8476Tg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"I think that's a silly idea," Billy said. "Anyway, you can have these clothes, if you want them," he added, pointing to the basket. "They look like the kind of clothes girls like to wear."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-IbP2gSw0KOjEMCo8FuoUmIKPSRUdXHzOO4NbHjO99W1bC6ilg2aLy0AlmNyjvkAcGjtJtF7FhsYcNKuMhcNlVu-ZgpZOR67GUlxauWy3CUmu9GJn3p5mxA99W2OU2tE5Ap8z5679XA/s1600/qqTCjpfWQkKl4r0zMQfWAw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-IbP2gSw0KOjEMCo8FuoUmIKPSRUdXHzOO4NbHjO99W1bC6ilg2aLy0AlmNyjvkAcGjtJtF7FhsYcNKuMhcNlVu-ZgpZOR67GUlxauWy3CUmu9GJn3p5mxA99W2OU2tE5Ap8z5679XA/s640/qqTCjpfWQkKl4r0zMQfWAw.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"I'm so glad boy's clothes were ready and waiting for me when I got here," he added.<br />While Jolena, Charlotte, Veronika and Mariah looked through the basket, Billy paused and took a deep breath.<br />"And speaking of hair," Billy went on, "they also did this to me!"<br />Billy reached behind his neck and pulled out a long ponytail. It was attached to the hair on his head!<br />"I really wanted short hair," he said. "I need a haircut! I want it this short!"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHabuy5g3SXlIcyDvhCj_W6vcDZTCgNIn5CrjcNxIYA4-e6q4NbRbfQYqcog3GGcqawGZrJVYMZ1zxtCwV6N4PnsDRUnHbVmDDeBtUS5ub5rNCCOPYFFj_TTUeJ57QIBtS4uMl1Zqt18/s1600/jOdE7tY7TQW%252BsMfb2RN%252BXg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHabuy5g3SXlIcyDvhCj_W6vcDZTCgNIn5CrjcNxIYA4-e6q4NbRbfQYqcog3GGcqawGZrJVYMZ1zxtCwV6N4PnsDRUnHbVmDDeBtUS5ub5rNCCOPYFFj_TTUeJ57QIBtS4uMl1Zqt18/s640/jOdE7tY7TQW%252BsMfb2RN%252BXg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"Your hair is as long as mine!" Charlotte exclaimed. Then she went back to looking through the basket. "Hey, there's a nice dress in here!"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8L10UHlQE1wY7C_5KHg5y7S6uZsPGivzBDDK66dMVNVKP5YU2gFQMsEqXYIeHQV9Fo6LJSACh46-jfC-zlUuGvdzZ_BWyu-Xqmwv85QYT5ZDz_2h9isb81xi1kZdhCTpfqWCi-gYLWM/s1600/c%252BIWCBd%2525QAazdumoVwQLHg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8L10UHlQE1wY7C_5KHg5y7S6uZsPGivzBDDK66dMVNVKP5YU2gFQMsEqXYIeHQV9Fo6LJSACh46-jfC-zlUuGvdzZ_BWyu-Xqmwv85QYT5ZDz_2h9isb81xi1kZdhCTpfqWCi-gYLWM/s640/c%252BIWCBd%2525QAazdumoVwQLHg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />"Long hair is pretty on girls, if they like it, " said Mandy, "but it's a lot of work to keep it from tangling when we play."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1nJGFy3q6cIObgDK4jnPbrtYs28gWAYcnI6U0cQh6n5mdGBMLMLtM_2cGCyIjr16k0_cuw7BLNgs1CjeYByx9sV95KhSMXPDwIeafHEupKO2L-gR5eLS250hmrZpZkFyBnvXj_VvyIE/s1600/c1Vp0%2525p5RHuZGvgBvMsMtw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1nJGFy3q6cIObgDK4jnPbrtYs28gWAYcnI6U0cQh6n5mdGBMLMLtM_2cGCyIjr16k0_cuw7BLNgs1CjeYByx9sV95KhSMXPDwIeafHEupKO2L-gR5eLS250hmrZpZkFyBnvXj_VvyIE/s640/c1Vp0%2525p5RHuZGvgBvMsMtw.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"Yes," said Mariah! "my hair needs brushing whenever I go from one room to another, because I want to always look lovely!"</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw76DWu1FpfsEjuepahaFjjQWEQY-T_adtzXgI-M9X4t9JUJmziW8J9Hjg98RXrOZXmr9J44pLi0nmNdHk19KRJ7luelY9F4LJ3Ird1hjLD1UUN3jQ0gGQencYd1tEVxuHkbupXQVCH80/s1600/T5fPqELjRGOw%2525fRJbQAi1A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw76DWu1FpfsEjuepahaFjjQWEQY-T_adtzXgI-M9X4t9JUJmziW8J9Hjg98RXrOZXmr9J44pLi0nmNdHk19KRJ7luelY9F4LJ3Ird1hjLD1UUN3jQ0gGQencYd1tEVxuHkbupXQVCH80/s640/T5fPqELjRGOw%2525fRJbQAi1A.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span>"Long hair can be a nuisance sometimes," Charlotte agreed. "I have a very hard time keeping mine tidy. Just look at this!"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDNa1WTFblK4NUshZo4Suq3kJK7j4KEXFZn-dH08Yz7DsOe7VyMGjWgPeeyIfyFjvyzXcpAwXBy3zphjrbNglIdg-H1JWfQu8rHX3TlCzYbReZlIZ8qGKAIdMbBn-z5tGCT70WF_NS-E/s1600/wg4k9TSVRc%252BPa9GGl0TzpQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDNa1WTFblK4NUshZo4Suq3kJK7j4KEXFZn-dH08Yz7DsOe7VyMGjWgPeeyIfyFjvyzXcpAwXBy3zphjrbNglIdg-H1JWfQu8rHX3TlCzYbReZlIZ8qGKAIdMbBn-z5tGCT70WF_NS-E/s640/wg4k9TSVRc%252BPa9GGl0TzpQ.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />"I have to keep two pigtails in the front when I ski, or my helmet won't fit on my head," added Jolena.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53S7_KgUoZj0xTjvH1F1qAgAy1SAAxjmX-iRHW7EVcdVx4V9zYVchL-vniarlFvPvTFPtw6RPup2hwNlGdF0FYskQLKlzFH3-e5RpUBDQqI47ZtG-mwPVEhpSLjxA_LqOGFvJRlarPlY/s1600/RBUGG077Tt2YsDWtslsmZA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53S7_KgUoZj0xTjvH1F1qAgAy1SAAxjmX-iRHW7EVcdVx4V9zYVchL-vniarlFvPvTFPtw6RPup2hwNlGdF0FYskQLKlzFH3-e5RpUBDQqI47ZtG-mwPVEhpSLjxA_LqOGFvJRlarPlY/s640/RBUGG077Tt2YsDWtslsmZA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Billy agreed. "I want to hang upside down from tree branches. How can I do that with hair in my face?"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSkWceQbyUUGN8yopOF0CjY1Kfd3Y_d1l4QkuN23skHc-2cbFIOmrJm5kAHnYP3az7_B6wROLN8u8Y2eNQo1FQslKBN_CG-REEIyxuhCoNlXLA38zbitxGv0W3ZkC96UePLwIJ9XCEJQ/s1600/RB4cjzxvRqmwX4tB7MpXlA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSkWceQbyUUGN8yopOF0CjY1Kfd3Y_d1l4QkuN23skHc-2cbFIOmrJm5kAHnYP3az7_B6wROLN8u8Y2eNQo1FQslKBN_CG-REEIyxuhCoNlXLA38zbitxGv0W3ZkC96UePLwIJ9XCEJQ/s640/RB4cjzxvRqmwX4tB7MpXlA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">They all agreed long hair was a lot of work and sometimes in the way. All except for Veronika. </span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"I don't see a problem with long hair," she said.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3M8N-VIjMX174J9IFG8EcOnlZsdmnBwc7OvmYhVyDaKnAbePc28V1XBH9cCwc4mFrffMfUuOdppGfnSYlclhOIDzKG4yuAC34AEMO3cI5MoimAk4R5_i74WPf1Hk1lQiAwm2jLK1cck/s1600/MSVYYDNHR46jIprUmA%2525jSw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3M8N-VIjMX174J9IFG8EcOnlZsdmnBwc7OvmYhVyDaKnAbePc28V1XBH9cCwc4mFrffMfUuOdppGfnSYlclhOIDzKG4yuAC34AEMO3cI5MoimAk4R5_i74WPf1Hk1lQiAwm2jLK1cck/s640/MSVYYDNHR46jIprUmA%2525jSw.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">One thing all the sisters could agree on was how nice it was going to be to have a boy in the family. Each girl gave their new brother a welcome hug.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKehqvECID2l2cHkPT9cIi2jYAQbjJMT4xBMUo3Dp9AC4sucdcde2cu862PY9_7MHejRRh_ZYT_ZSjk6ecN5MSvy8SiCv1EdeVySF4hOLuXtSj6O9NEUlx6f9gfd-bQM8Wl-NkveeVSNI/s1600/87H9lxiTS8i6zFjISL7vJg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKehqvECID2l2cHkPT9cIi2jYAQbjJMT4xBMUo3Dp9AC4sucdcde2cu862PY9_7MHejRRh_ZYT_ZSjk6ecN5MSvy8SiCv1EdeVySF4hOLuXtSj6O9NEUlx6f9gfd-bQM8Wl-NkveeVSNI/s640/87H9lxiTS8i6zFjISL7vJg.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">"I have everything I've ever wanted," Billy sighed. "A home, a family and boy's clothes. Everything I ever wanted...except a haircut."</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">It will come, Billy. You just have to wait. You are a doll, and dolls are patient. You are good at waiting.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTPkWl5oOvgeUjaYvUguRqRKmYJvogwBewfd17MIsXfnDwUeX9dr4jyOZxN7aR0FzKu-x4buTfxq2tMz-3heYEg6GyQ5_8fKU-F_Y7aDcbZ56SF21swogMXXWs_paZCD4SF0p4nFt0QA/s1600/bZPxdQLNRqyBSFuPpbS2aA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTPkWl5oOvgeUjaYvUguRqRKmYJvogwBewfd17MIsXfnDwUeX9dr4jyOZxN7aR0FzKu-x4buTfxq2tMz-3heYEg6GyQ5_8fKU-F_Y7aDcbZ56SF21swogMXXWs_paZCD4SF0p4nFt0QA/s640/bZPxdQLNRqyBSFuPpbS2aA.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMSUlogXq-yofS48P4vryj8EK2hnn2SsmrEhtuCPOpHofbRJzwyN725-4mTFpJw-1-QYstGupuP0WCfdg6pCGKafG4Edw2OPb2OYpseW9PG3qLTmJ9fLbgHiWzf6ukpKCGx4ZL8vyV3g/s1600/IMG_2050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "times";"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Dear readers, if you have been reading "The Doll's Storybook" for long, you will know that Billy will someday have a boy's wig and a brother!</span><br /><div style="font-family: times;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Classic Kids Vroni</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015</span></span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Lily in London</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you have questions or comments for us? 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"What are you doing, girls?" she asked.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtQbdAtUW5FgeKSC8NM2u92uclfYIKiEeeHmlR5pgmtfdGr8mb45eWfg2uMyHWrBElKK_qiO1HgwGv1bcWWNrNmPvsMxvjrIuLWmFkqgFiGc4Iznkh0nxhbzyI4RfApAeB1buHBdp2LA/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fb4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtQbdAtUW5FgeKSC8NM2u92uclfYIKiEeeHmlR5pgmtfdGr8mb45eWfg2uMyHWrBElKK_qiO1HgwGv1bcWWNrNmPvsMxvjrIuLWmFkqgFiGc4Iznkh0nxhbzyI4RfApAeB1buHBdp2LA/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fb4.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">"We're doing homework," Charlotte said. "We have to write about something that interests us."</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"How is it going," Veronika wanted to know.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"I think it's fun. I'm writing about why I like music," Charlotte answered.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTZQxZhm1FIDZ5yQTwAGmkkxdYu-gwU9D84AFx70fMMWP92lwsknTgOLNUkvriwpEXb0FTo3ogjXEV24id9s8nJ-dkUv9M4gEu0yv5IFxB8nVVUkGg1mdO4nBf5LcX8Ln_bs27rBP6gE/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fac.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTZQxZhm1FIDZ5yQTwAGmkkxdYu-gwU9D84AFx70fMMWP92lwsknTgOLNUkvriwpEXb0FTo3ogjXEV24id9s8nJ-dkUv9M4gEu0yv5IFxB8nVVUkGg1mdO4nBf5LcX8Ln_bs27rBP6gE/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fac.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span>"I'm writing about my day at school," Mariah added. "I think school is a lot of fun. I like to write anyway, and writing about what I think is fun is even more fun."<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRi5VHksVzD-QL5SjoRDM-KwLGSLYpLUxscIYB4og2CdCO3uwqZg5U-FoMam-D-viJFrYxCWo2-efehMr0QKequG1OegOAhm_btMzRalVCfQEdyDqeFlO7FW7tvccmir97zeRnDhqQW1U/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fb3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRi5VHksVzD-QL5SjoRDM-KwLGSLYpLUxscIYB4og2CdCO3uwqZg5U-FoMam-D-viJFrYxCWo2-efehMr0QKequG1OegOAhm_btMzRalVCfQEdyDqeFlO7FW7tvccmir97zeRnDhqQW1U/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fb3.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"How about you, Jolena?" Veronika asked.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"Don't ask!" Jolena replied. "I'm having a very hard time."</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8qfjT4U4vPybn4rH825oWdsqyNzFE8d83iWhNvED-8pbdcYhQ1l_GZtouwpaVMWBXWz1fX400zQ1MCYO0QOt7K2ElUagIytLTVeR3441jLeMaLjH-ILhqtTXdvDL5LZ_uj2D2LIdyMI/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fae.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8qfjT4U4vPybn4rH825oWdsqyNzFE8d83iWhNvED-8pbdcYhQ1l_GZtouwpaVMWBXWz1fX400zQ1MCYO0QOt7K2ElUagIytLTVeR3441jLeMaLjH-ILhqtTXdvDL5LZ_uj2D2LIdyMI/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fae.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"Everything I write sounds stupid when I read it," Jolena went on as Veronika came to stand next to her. "Each sentence sounds OK by itself, but when I read the whole thing, it makes my head spin."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_Cpxb2cxfVRhp5BQixtG3UAdEGelKntu5KHRy6NHnIvx0mSLxzj6ypJGusMJT62pc6_1cRqgJuAqpmpCrrE1BuRkpk40_snTVl85f45alEPhTMni3zhVo2gXGEVHtD3YM5RlY85zYrU/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fb5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_Cpxb2cxfVRhp5BQixtG3UAdEGelKntu5KHRy6NHnIvx0mSLxzj6ypJGusMJT62pc6_1cRqgJuAqpmpCrrE1BuRkpk40_snTVl85f45alEPhTMni3zhVo2gXGEVHtD3YM5RlY85zYrU/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fb5.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">"I've started over four times," Jolena continued, pointing to three crumpled-up pieces of paper on the floor.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdGMOhc2920oxRN26tlkDJ1CG6bBlX5eLcJ2Mr20Lq2Ssk-iDw3N3TjYbzda1vy8D_br91wvRsWhItuL8HcRlql5Ruti8fHrnNHzdEfdT571bhPw2TsoxupWZgEQFWxdQP8e-U9teCx0/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fb8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdGMOhc2920oxRN26tlkDJ1CG6bBlX5eLcJ2Mr20Lq2Ssk-iDw3N3TjYbzda1vy8D_br91wvRsWhItuL8HcRlql5Ruti8fHrnNHzdEfdT571bhPw2TsoxupWZgEQFWxdQP8e-U9teCx0/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fb8.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">"Jolena, I hear you saying you're upset that it isn't going better," Veronika said. "We're sisters, and we help each other. Let's see if we can help you."</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BsuLZ3rh3wYqfzeT0Fv153r7IUIdlzdVjjIB7ZW0Y6xS57oTh6drRPboENIODe8bYJ7EesTm5PlxKzY2DtLKk4MWvPP-LIPu7bOm_Fj9mRFXEEq84iPNwVsrfN71arM3UcMXBrW-kEA/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fc8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BsuLZ3rh3wYqfzeT0Fv153r7IUIdlzdVjjIB7ZW0Y6xS57oTh6drRPboENIODe8bYJ7EesTm5PlxKzY2DtLKk4MWvPP-LIPu7bOm_Fj9mRFXEEq84iPNwVsrfN71arM3UcMXBrW-kEA/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fc8.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">Veronika thought for a moment. "Mariah doesn't have a problem writing. Maybe she can give you some tips," she said, looking at Mariah, who had continued with her writing.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQY3dHZdRsO0fVk985YnAeebMuQPFb9qbat9vif8bJjrmIkUMLiUt4UJEN_Leg3Hr6nlNGS3d6yz7_rRds-bzai5IO1p3ypOjHF-AkuhTZ3yh02oyYdaZ7fRrijCOZAQMpHJxeC9jMNE/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7ff8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQY3dHZdRsO0fVk985YnAeebMuQPFb9qbat9vif8bJjrmIkUMLiUt4UJEN_Leg3Hr6nlNGS3d6yz7_rRds-bzai5IO1p3ypOjHF-AkuhTZ3yh02oyYdaZ7fRrijCOZAQMpHJxeC9jMNE/s640/fullsizeoutput_7ff8.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">Mariah looked up. "I would be happy to help if you like, Jolena," she said.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"I would love it!" Jolena exclaimed. "This is really hard."</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"Would you read your homework for us, Mariah?" Charlotte asked.</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwBg1OdXEPK8M-lwbYkzcopaTI9r0DT25nTzG1FDm28QooBkSPO0eST7MGncFIH6nRpyesZp1XgQmupyJL-hEsT0r6ZQmNcvD1jl41H5eGV_YG6CGS5g-BRnNEXYVdtYiVlYIE1i5k68/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fce.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwBg1OdXEPK8M-lwbYkzcopaTI9r0DT25nTzG1FDm28QooBkSPO0eST7MGncFIH6nRpyesZp1XgQmupyJL-hEsT0r6ZQmNcvD1jl41H5eGV_YG6CGS5g-BRnNEXYVdtYiVlYIE1i5k68/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fce.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">Mariah agreed. She read what she had on her paper. "It isn't finished yet," she said when she was done.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"But it makes sense so far," Jolena said. "Why doesn't mine make sense?"</span><br />Mariah came to look at what Jolena had written.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARSnk1vuQm24XdNK47ZKMVROd-51Ij05-3bnWrh5GDCTsMXkvNmOiAfwboSajoRJGC7xbpNjp2cqxhCfMhmfZtIcfMkYsg2TqC-FV1nBZOBl8TqIN1Yc1M7cBQ29Ar-W1IlGWh23OWhA/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fd4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARSnk1vuQm24XdNK47ZKMVROd-51Ij05-3bnWrh5GDCTsMXkvNmOiAfwboSajoRJGC7xbpNjp2cqxhCfMhmfZtIcfMkYsg2TqC-FV1nBZOBl8TqIN1Yc1M7cBQ29Ar-W1IlGWh23OWhA/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fd4.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"Each sentence is very nice, Jolena," she said when she had finished reading. Each word is spelled correctly, and your sentences are good. They make sense. The problem is that you seem to be skipping around in your thoughts."<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5jtxjvhw6Cjfga5w9svbu-G8Xzyj7keNMUdxb61xRM5TdOXljp6nUaO3xaEoFCZqw96u1nh5Ylg0aUEq4SWWkNX7mX_PUmMnlsQvPC4BG6bkfcIXI9SDX9yY2lkTm_3KpnokOHwv3JU/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7ffd.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5jtxjvhw6Cjfga5w9svbu-G8Xzyj7keNMUdxb61xRM5TdOXljp6nUaO3xaEoFCZqw96u1nh5Ylg0aUEq4SWWkNX7mX_PUmMnlsQvPC4BG6bkfcIXI9SDX9yY2lkTm_3KpnokOHwv3JU/s640/fullsizeoutput_7ffd.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"When we think, our ideas jump around. That make sense to us, but when we write, we need other people to understand. We need what we write to start in one place and go forward to the end," she continued.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYVvNk_V6u_rqyAcbyVZbqIZs4f0Etke4Ca9-Gyb0Cgnd1cjby7WW28ozKE1mBw3ALHIdT8T9wssZsGaRbR8isq3PmK0YCuZORD-Y5U0JVFbGnvsnT1FZvvlSpcsdLwUtyrRjytHPpkE/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fff.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1204" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYVvNk_V6u_rqyAcbyVZbqIZs4f0Etke4Ca9-Gyb0Cgnd1cjby7WW28ozKE1mBw3ALHIdT8T9wssZsGaRbR8isq3PmK0YCuZORD-Y5U0JVFbGnvsnT1FZvvlSpcsdLwUtyrRjytHPpkE/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fff.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /> "Here's my little trick, and maybe it will help you. Make a list on a separate piece of paper of your ideas about what you're writing, just as they come from your thoughts." Mariah gave Jolena a piece of piece paper to write on. "What are your ideas?"<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8urxLj9nZ5vAWLlRH-AiJ_rvDqwptxOVTq4qTvrAVYG7ndVE1ZzcA7gpxWVGl-TSO2Wd78YfjitFgDIbK53FDn2uGLANjtrmcfQM1mTnCjrshNnr6x4BLWV8u1kT8bNmVTPk1sgWCu0/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fd7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8urxLj9nZ5vAWLlRH-AiJ_rvDqwptxOVTq4qTvrAVYG7ndVE1ZzcA7gpxWVGl-TSO2Wd78YfjitFgDIbK53FDn2uGLANjtrmcfQM1mTnCjrshNnr6x4BLWV8u1kT8bNmVTPk1sgWCu0/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fd7.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"It's about snow," Jolena said. "I know the snow is water that comes from the clouds and falls to the ground." She wrote that down.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"And?" Veronika encouraged.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"It's cold, like ice," Jolena went on, writing that down. Then she looked up. "I don't know what makes it fall."</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"You could look that up," Charlotte suggested, looking up from her work.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVFZPKt7r4RjAoOyYPw8ZE7-qCLls_rXLCEzgyIZCi_EU-N_flmbYRt_Imnd9INehH0gZ5DnF5jfTFh_sniMrHWhZ1pvrMFtcS3iB5DJ9dBedUJKhiAcOAF180qyjMpGrSC1nF5mZAm4/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7faa.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVFZPKt7r4RjAoOyYPw8ZE7-qCLls_rXLCEzgyIZCi_EU-N_flmbYRt_Imnd9INehH0gZ5DnF5jfTFh_sniMrHWhZ1pvrMFtcS3iB5DJ9dBedUJKhiAcOAF180qyjMpGrSC1nF5mZAm4/s640/fullsizeoutput_7faa.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">"That's a great idea," Veronika said.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"Yes, you could look that up and put the answer on your piece of paper," Mariah agreed. </span>"You have a good start, now," she added.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCYO2U_bYhSf9XhUNIGnEJfCwModotc9wSR46JMQ2SLgQBxUhh5F3fm-6gRI2VVeoQ1BXvP0J9f3JrAr4BuMbX14A1VhjT3nLWQgdKmOwjaTotOIBB63XE3oM_tQOTZRQjokRgzDEhuA/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7ffa.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCYO2U_bYhSf9XhUNIGnEJfCwModotc9wSR46JMQ2SLgQBxUhh5F3fm-6gRI2VVeoQ1BXvP0J9f3JrAr4BuMbX14A1VhjT3nLWQgdKmOwjaTotOIBB63XE3oM_tQOTZRQjokRgzDEhuA/s640/fullsizeoutput_7ffa.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">"When you have all your ideas on the piece of paper, you look at what you have," Mariah went on. "Then you figure out what should go first, second and third. You put a number next to each. Then you start writing, using your ideas in order, from the first number all the way through to the last number."</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"I think I can do it now!" Jolena exclaimed.</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">"That's wonderful!" Veronika said. "Now we need to talk about what to do with paper you throw away." Veronika pointed to the balled-up pieces of paper on the floor. "We don't throw paper on the floor," she said.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mmSbg6QCedwGPFTg7pA6izlTtT33Y_L22k2iomCrYRFcJONhBbHqY3QgckxUMXks2Q8LFEvB22V0XBfobCca3Vwdscc3p2rY_MdWr0mCOfpaR4Dv_vv0j5QFdGIiU-RUlZs7lT87_7A/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fd9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mmSbg6QCedwGPFTg7pA6izlTtT33Y_L22k2iomCrYRFcJONhBbHqY3QgckxUMXks2Q8LFEvB22V0XBfobCca3Vwdscc3p2rY_MdWr0mCOfpaR4Dv_vv0j5QFdGIiU-RUlZs7lT87_7A/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fd9.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />Jolena gathered up the balled-up pieces of paper. "Where do these belong?" she asked.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uFGfH3VVOFPfel4m3sfiJV4spIpGgPxdwW2RS4gheY25wY122_1gcYAvje7LJPPHsFYJn0D68YuUFBBPyUjA9xtKXYYX11GwuOhTwc959m22g-jgRUJiZcjdNxpqeU7ql1iT_-gkUr4/s1600/fullsizeoutput_7fe7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uFGfH3VVOFPfel4m3sfiJV4spIpGgPxdwW2RS4gheY25wY122_1gcYAvje7LJPPHsFYJn0D68YuUFBBPyUjA9xtKXYYX11GwuOhTwc959m22g-jgRUJiZcjdNxpqeU7ql1iT_-gkUr4/s640/fullsizeoutput_7fe7.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"We have trash cans for trash," Veronika explained, "but this is clean paper, and most paper and cardboard can go into the <i>recycling</i> bin."<br />"What's recycling?" asked Mariah.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MP8aEoi-XSzEgFszC3Iq_2Lsp1YUjSnNE1mAbb_Ph6hRsnog2kLW2MSSYf1gkTxsuGz6EJW5ahBkVr7CRJ0c86FSEEl68dZIJoof-m-iqX55DwNGCRmJ8bs_T6UL4TS_2bT5iefpFi0/s1600/v8%252Bg7tvqRcK%2525Efq%2525hz9%2525Pg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MP8aEoi-XSzEgFszC3Iq_2Lsp1YUjSnNE1mAbb_Ph6hRsnog2kLW2MSSYf1gkTxsuGz6EJW5ahBkVr7CRJ0c86FSEEl68dZIJoof-m-iqX55DwNGCRmJ8bs_T6UL4TS_2bT5iefpFi0/s640/v8%252Bg7tvqRcK%2525Efq%2525hz9%2525Pg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"Recycling is one way we show respect for the earth," Veronika explained. "What we throw away in the trash goes into a big hole in the ground called a landfill. The more we throw away, the less natural earth we have where we live. That's one reason we try to reuse or recycle what we can. Many things can be turned into new things. That's what recycling does."<br />"So we don't have to live in a pile of trash?" Jolena asked.<br />"Yes, that's one reason," Veronika said. "That isn't the only reason, though. Do you know where paper comes from?"<br />"I know!" Charlotte cried. "Paper is made from trees."<br />"That's right," Veronika agreed, "but it's also made from old, used paper. When we recycle used paper we can make new paper out of it. We also save trees, and we need trees."<br />"I love trees," Jolena said. "They are fun to climb, and you can hang a swing from them," she added, remembering climbing trees last summer.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEAmUvB-QviwuGzFtWS7zY9eMeKXTHDmUYlbV_BQEhlVx3GR_tTEIddLxmpMTfrMCDN2PP59GG3sk9LDAMAISzINAXo-mOI5LKIDNta9xZMKsuyj1Q1GG08Ox2rEw9jSta0IISLec7rs/s1600/IMG_2090.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEAmUvB-QviwuGzFtWS7zY9eMeKXTHDmUYlbV_BQEhlVx3GR_tTEIddLxmpMTfrMCDN2PP59GG3sk9LDAMAISzINAXo-mOI5LKIDNta9xZMKsuyj1Q1GG08Ox2rEw9jSta0IISLec7rs/s640/IMG_2090.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"Yes, but they also make air for people to breathe," Veronika added. "Without people, we wouldn't have the fun lives we have."<br />Mariah's eyes became very big. "I can't imagine our lives without people," she said.<br />"That's another reason we recycle paper, but we also recycle plastic, metal and glass or reuse it if it's still good. They all come from the earth, using things that might run out or be hard to find, unless we can reuse them," Veronika explained. "Come! I'll show you where we put the things we recycle."<br />Veronika brought the other dolls to the closet under the stairs.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ThO66eySAAw5N251hjo0981a-7oyNjndqL5kvwii_7nNeOWpGISdv53QVpCkUWdiCAWt_cDdGsvf-TMbx9jiDdncCs2XLq3ktxtgmzAKF9LaakhyphenhyphenbYzclkqGKUsca1iGR6fbwey6iWU/s1600/BopIliOIRUOS8y6FnMvLYw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ThO66eySAAw5N251hjo0981a-7oyNjndqL5kvwii_7nNeOWpGISdv53QVpCkUWdiCAWt_cDdGsvf-TMbx9jiDdncCs2XLq3ktxtgmzAKF9LaakhyphenhyphenbYzclkqGKUsca1iGR6fbwey6iWU/s640/BopIliOIRUOS8y6FnMvLYw.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"Where we live, we put all the things we recycle except for glass and plastic bags in one bin, so paper, cardboard, plastic containers and cans go in here," Veronika explained. "If a can or container had food in it, we wash it first."<br />"So do I put the paper in here?" Jolena asked.<br />Veronika nodded. "This is the place," she said.<br />Jolena put her balled-up paper in the bin.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMUxXVjg91TcBxbhXv4mHeklwgSgIRYTrkxCiELBrjwibQgPw3hLmXYBozHrpV_WrXrOoNDvYX4ZLB8dyl-ZAcOChmOqlIQj_RFUODjJfUP_8_q1tIjiFgy7rvUUPC0igHUEAutfa1Mk/s1600/V7Tlk7h5Qn2trdSjwAmcdA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMUxXVjg91TcBxbhXv4mHeklwgSgIRYTrkxCiELBrjwibQgPw3hLmXYBozHrpV_WrXrOoNDvYX4ZLB8dyl-ZAcOChmOqlIQj_RFUODjJfUP_8_q1tIjiFgy7rvUUPC0igHUEAutfa1Mk/s640/V7Tlk7h5Qn2trdSjwAmcdA.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"When it's full, we empty it into a big container and leave it out at the street, along with one for trash. On trash day, two different trucks come by to empty them," Veronika said.<br />"Hey, there are glass bottles and jars in this one," Charlotte said, looking into another bin.<br />"Yes," agreed Veronika. "Glass gets picked up next week, along with next week's trash."<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKa7cWkuyheekJgs3DmO3pmhxMzHd8rJUIwWQSsnSzSQIpWuXHKBk1euGUCJzUWr8G-OE05jH2esyTdZfm2Mn6HWSjBMMILCASY5Jt-Bj26j06N7G0Q_X0u4gpyXx8mYL6YnRqSIyhMoY/s1600/QYGJtY64QHyHonjy3wY7fw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKa7cWkuyheekJgs3DmO3pmhxMzHd8rJUIwWQSsnSzSQIpWuXHKBk1euGUCJzUWr8G-OE05jH2esyTdZfm2Mn6HWSjBMMILCASY5Jt-Bj26j06N7G0Q_X0u4gpyXx8mYL6YnRqSIyhMoY/s640/QYGJtY64QHyHonjy3wY7fw.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"We take our plastic bags to the grocery store when we shop." Veronika pointed to a grocery bag full of other plastic bags. "If we can't use them anymore, we put them into a bin in front of the store, but we reuse them if they are still good. Many people have grocery bags out of cloth that they use over and over. That's even better than recycling plastic bags."<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAth6Pv8gz89zMSVzTInv8hsOJJWG6U2eKXx1qo9v1tKQUqDH7OvtGrJ-g3xXnDGBaX0Zoh22Vsjg2XhC2iZNScbySFTWXtZS4kwVJFhZ4ag6i9sCPMC2Wcb-YtAAQlml4-syhfHaH1A/s1600/I29Mgm0gQfSjmihCjMEylA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAth6Pv8gz89zMSVzTInv8hsOJJWG6U2eKXx1qo9v1tKQUqDH7OvtGrJ-g3xXnDGBaX0Zoh22Vsjg2XhC2iZNScbySFTWXtZS4kwVJFhZ4ag6i9sCPMC2Wcb-YtAAQlml4-syhfHaH1A/s640/I29Mgm0gQfSjmihCjMEylA.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"Because everything we have comes from the earth, we show our gratitude to the earth for providing all these things every time we recycle," Veronika continued.<br />"That makes me think." Charlotte said. "Next week is Thanksgiving. Isn't Thanksgiving about being grateful for what we have?"<br />"Yes," said Veronika. "<br />"I'm thankful for my sisters" Jolena said. "I learn new things from each of my sisters, and learning is fun."<br />"We all learn from each other, Jolena," Mariah said. "and I know something you can teach me. I would like to learn to ski!"<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbCETvCcvCn-fnvg6ZhC8i3QQbaYsiNQVeMMmwvhz8CV9MUtQoZL_QJCQEYRGd1MHgeW3w26XMzvXwbByhFWDKaN9VZgwx_bPs4PjfwrkuZsKESrBpMkzKxQedTGrFc4i4v0CwRJs_pU/s1600/IMG_2850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbCETvCcvCn-fnvg6ZhC8i3QQbaYsiNQVeMMmwvhz8CV9MUtQoZL_QJCQEYRGd1MHgeW3w26XMzvXwbByhFWDKaN9VZgwx_bPs4PjfwrkuZsKESrBpMkzKxQedTGrFc4i4v0CwRJs_pU/s640/IMG_2850.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />"I would love to teach you, as soon as we have enough snow," Jolena replied. "That reminds me. We need to finish our homework, and I have some things to add to my list. I just realized that snow is recycled water!"<br /></span></div></div><div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cast--</span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Veronika: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Classic Kids Vroni</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mariah: </span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from <a href="https://www.mydollbestfriend.co.uk/">My Doll Best Friend</a></span><br /><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlotte: </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><i>You can follow The Doll's Storybook <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/dolls-storybook-19832501?referrer_context=blog_search_autocomplete">here</a>.</i></div><div><i>Do you have questions or comments for us? 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