"You have to come look," Pippa said as she jumped up on the bed. "While we were reading, a tree grew in the living room!"
"What do you mean?" Mandy asked, as Pippa sat down on the bed.
"I went down to the kitchen to get some water," Pippa explained, showing them her water bottle. "When I went past the living room I saw that there's a tree growing in the middle of the floor in the corner by the windows. It wasn't there when we came upstairs to go to read before bedtime."
"I know what it is," Billy said. "Does it have lights and decorations on it?"
Pippa nodded. "Yes," she said. "Does that mean it's a fruit tree?"
"Well," Veronika said, thoughtfully. "I guess you could say it bears fruit, but the fruit you get from it is under the tree, not hanging from the branches."
"That's as strange as having a tree grow right out of the floor," Pippa exclaimed, "and I didn't see any fruit under the tree."
The other dolls tried not to laugh. They knew what the tree was and how it got there, but Pippa still had a lot to learn about her world and the home they were living in. Charlotte and Mariah hid their faces. The other three girls looked away and tried to think about something else, like what the date was or what the weather report for tomorrow might be.
"It's a Christmas tree!" Jolena said finally when she could speak without laughing. "It's normal."
"It didn't grow there," Emil explained. "The Writer and her husband put it there."
Pippa's eyes grew huge. Well, they didn't really change, but she wanted them to. She tried very hard to make them get big. She was amazed.
"Why would they do that?" she asked.
"It's Christmastime," Mariah told her. "Many people decorate their homes for Christmas."
"They will put presents under it when they have some," Billy said.
"We usually take a photo of all of us under the tree, dressed in our nice clothes," Charlotte added, and Mariah nodded her agreement.
"That will be fun," Pippa decided.
Then Billy suggested, "Let's go down and look at the tree!"
The dolls all climbed out of the bed and went to look at the tree.
Pippa felt the needle-leaves on one of the bottom branches. "You know," she said, "this doesn't feel like a real tree."
"No," Mandy agreed. "It isn't real. It's artificial (are-tih-FIH-shul). It's easier for old people to put up a tree that isn't real. They can use the same one every year. The lights are already on the tree when you put it together."
"I wonder if it pretends to be real," Pippa said wistfully.
The dolls all had to think about that.
"Well," said Mandy, "it's getting late. Let's go back and finish the story so we can pretend to go to sleep."
So they did.
Veronika: Götz Classic Kidz Vroni
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
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