"Such a doll! I wouldn't have it,
With its trailing baby dress!
Pooh! a dolly twice as handsome
I could have for asking, Bess.
Needn't ask me if it's pretty,
No, I do not care to wait,
I am in an awful hurry,
If you keep me, I'll be late."
Off went Nannie, proud lip curling,
Head uplifted in disdain,
Bessie hugged her dolly closely,
Laughing over truth so plain.
"Nan was envious, Dolly darling,
'Twasn't aught of wrong in you,
But the trouble lay in Nannie,
She would like to own you too."
[Illustration: My Dolly House.]
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[Illustration: Oh, you Naughty Dog to Bite my Dolly.]
[Illustration: Boo! Boo! Boo! He has Swallowed my Dolly.]