_Girl._ What a nice doll! I like this; pray may I have this? I wish to
have a wax doll.
_Mother._ You must then take care to keep her cool, else you will melt
her face; and she must be kept dry, or this nice pink on her face will
be lost.
[Illustration: Girl with doll]
_Girl._ What a neat coat! I love a blue silk. And her hat! I love a
doll in a hat. What sort of a cap have you, miss! but a poor one; but
it is not much seen. She has some soil on the neck. I can rub it off,
I see. No, that will not do; I must not wet her skin. What sort of a
foot have you? O! a nice one; and a neat silk shoe: a blue knot, too;
well, that is what I like; to suit her coat. I am fond of blue, too.
Now, miss, when I have you home with me, then I am to be your maid; to
wait on you. Will not that be nice! I will take care of you, and keep
you so neat! and I will work for you; you can not sew, nor hem; and I
will read to you in my new book; and I will take you out with me when
you are good. You shall sit by me near the tree, on a low seat, fit for
you. I wish you to walk. Can not I make you walk? so—step on—see how my
new doll can walk!
_Mother._ You will pull off her legs, my dear.
_Girl._ Now if I had a pin to pin this sash back. Stay, I can tie it. O
me! see! here is a bag for her work! who has seen the like? a bag for
her work! I _must_ have this doll—if you like it, I mean.
_Mother._ You must then work for her. You will have much to do. To make
and mend all that your doll will want to wear. Will not you wish her in
the shop? I fear that you will; _you_ who are so fond of play.
_Girl._ Work for my doll will not tire me.
_Mother._ Take it, then.
_Girl._ You are so good! pray let me kiss you. I must kiss _you_ too,
my dear doll, for joy.