Emma's aunt had given her a sixpence, and now the question was, what should
she buy with it? "I'll you what I will do, mother," she said, changing her
mind for the tenth time.
"Well, dear, what have you determined upon now?"
"I'll save my sixpence until I get a good many more, and then I'll buy me a
handsome wax doll. Wouldn't you do that, mother, if you were me?"
"If I were you, I suppose I would do just as you will," replied Emma's
mother, smiling.
"But, mother, don't you think that would be a nice way to do? I get a good
many pennies and sixpences, you know, and could soon save enough to buy me
a beautiful wax doll."
"I think it would be better," said Mrs Lee, "for you to save up your money
and buy something worth having."
"Isn't a large wax doll worth having?"
"Oh, yes! for a little girl like you."
"Then I'll save up my money, until I get enough to buy me a doll as big as
Sarah Johnson's."