Besties

Mariah and Charlotte are very, very good friends. They like to be together. They like to walk together on their way to school and back.

They often play games together.

Charlotte and Mariah like to ride bicycles together.

Sometimes they like to take turns reading the same book. Then they talk about it. Sometimes they have different ideas about what the book is about.

Another thing they like to do is make up songs. Charlotte will make up the tune and Mariah will make up the words. They have different gifts, but they use their gifts together to do something neither one could do alone.

They are the same size, so sometimes they wear each other's clothes. If one of them wants to borrow something from the other, they always ask. The dolls know never to touch anything that belongs to another doll without asking.

Mariah and Charlotte both have long hair. It's easier to fix someone else's hair than to do your own, so sometimes the girls brush and fix each other's hair.

If Mariah has lost something...like a shoe...Charlotte will help look for it.

If Charlotte has a problem, she can talk it over with Mariah, and often they can figure out together what's the best thing to do.

The girls have different beliefs and different celebrations, but they share their holidays with each other. They talk about what they believe and have found out that they believe a lot of the same things. That makes the differences interesting.

Sometimes Charlotte and Mariah watch TV together. They watch the doll news on the Doll Network Broadcasting channel.

One day there was a report on two groups of dolls who were angry with each other. The report was about how some dolls who said they believe the way Mariah does hated some dolls who said they believe the way Charlotte does, just because of what they say they believe. The other dolls hated them back.

"What are they thinking of?" Mariah asked Charlotte. "One thing we both believe is that we should love other dolls and be kind to them!"

"You're right," Charlotte agreed, helping herself to some popcorn. "It's silly to hate other dolls just because of what they believe."

The two dolls thought about that.

"That doesn't make any sense," said Mariah finally.
"No," agreed Charlotte. "No sense at all!"

"You know what I think?" Mariah asked. 
Charlotte shook her head. "What do you think, Mariah?" she asked.

"I think," Mariah began, "that all they know about each other is how they are different from each other. I think they don't ever share clothes with each other."

"You may be right," Charlotte said. "Maybe they have never fixed each other's hair."

"Maybe," Mariah suggested, "they haven't played on the swings together or gone bicycle riding together."

"Maybe," Charlotte said, "they never helped each other with a problem or helped find something that was lost."

"Maybe they never talked about a book they had both read or celebrated each other's special holidays," Mariah agreed, "or played and sang a song they made up together." 

"Why don't they just do that?" Mariah exclaimed.
"I wonder sometimes," Charlotte sighed, "if some dolls' heads are just empty."

"Maybe they have no brains at all!" Mariah exclaimed.

Dolls with no brains! The girls thought that was shocking!

On the other hand, maybe those dolls had doll brains, but maybe they never thought about having a bestie who believed differently from them.
"I hope those dolls read this story," Mariah said.

Maybe those dolls are reading this story right now.


Cast--
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend

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