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Raggedy Ann

Released Friday, 1st December 2023
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Raggedy Ann

Raggedy Ann

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Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast.

0:03

I'm your host, Amanda Weldon.

0:06

Today's story is called Raggedy Ann,

0:08

from Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny

0:10

Grewell, adapted for you by Daniel

0:12

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Enjoy the episode! Once

1:39

upon a time, there was a little

1:41

girl named Marcella, but everyone called her

1:43

Marcy. She spent a

1:45

lot of time at grandma's and loved to

1:47

play up in the attic at grandma's old

1:50

quaint house, way out in the country, because

1:52

there were so many old forgotten things to

1:54

find up there. One

1:56

day, when Marcy was up in the attic and had played with the old spinny toy,

1:58

she saw a little girl who looked like Marcella. find

4:00

Shoe-Button Eyes and with them you can see

4:02

all the changes that happened while you have

4:04

been shut up so long in the attic.

4:07

Raggedy Anne, you have a new playmate now

4:09

and I hope you both have as much

4:11

happiness together as you and I used to

4:13

have. Then

4:16

Grandma gave Raggedy Anne to Marcy

4:18

saying very seriously, Marcy, let

4:20

me introduce my very dear

4:22

friend Raggedy Anne. Raggedy,

4:25

this is my granddaughter Marcy.

4:28

Then Grandma gave the doll a twitch with her fingers

4:31

in such a way that the rag doll nodded her

4:33

head to Marcy. Oh

4:35

Grandma, thank you so much. Marcy

4:38

cried as she gave Grandma a big hug and

4:40

kiss. Raggedy Anne and I

4:42

are going to have a ton of fun.

4:46

And this is how Raggedy Anne joined the doll

4:49

family at Marcy's house where she was far

4:51

from the first. Marcy

4:53

had a whole little family of dolls and she

4:55

would sit them at a little table in her

4:57

room and have tea parties. Raggedy

5:00

Anne sit right in and she was

5:02

soon best friends with Babette, a doll

5:04

Marcy's mother had brought back from France,

5:07

and Jo, a soldier action figure that

5:09

had been borrowed from a cousin. One

5:13

day in the middle of a party, Marcy

5:15

was called away by her mother to go

5:17

run errands. Okay,

5:20

she said, you all behave. I'll

5:22

be back soon. She

5:24

closed the door and the dolls were

5:26

left all to themselves. And

5:30

there they sat and never even so

5:32

much as wiggle the finger until they

5:34

were sure that Marcy had left the

5:36

room. Then

5:38

the soldier turned his head and solemnly

5:40

winked at Raggedy Anne. And

5:43

when the front door clicked and the dolls knew

5:45

they were alone in the house, they all scrambled

5:47

to their feet. Alone

5:50

at last. Now let's have

5:52

a good time, cried Jo. Let's

5:55

all go in search of something to eat. Yes,

5:58

let's all go in search of... something to eat,"

6:00

cried all the other dolls. When

6:03

Marcy had me out playing with her this

6:05

morning, said Raggedy Anne, she carried me by

6:07

a door near the back of the house

6:10

and I smelled something delicious. Then

6:13

you lead the way, Raggedy Anne, said

6:15

Babette. I think

6:17

it would be a good plan to elect Raggedy

6:19

Anne as our leader on this expedition, Jo

6:22

said. At this,

6:24

all the other dolls clapped their hands

6:26

together and shouted. Hurrah!

6:28

Raggedy Anne will be our leader! So

6:32

Raggedy Anne, very proud indeed to have

6:34

the confidence and love of all the

6:36

other dolls, said that she would

6:38

be very glad to be their leader. Follow

6:41

me! she cried as her wobbly

6:44

legs carried her across the floor at a

6:46

lively pace. The

6:49

other dolls followed, racing about the

6:51

house until they came to the

6:53

pantry door. This is the place!

6:56

cried Raggedy Anne. And sure

6:58

enough, all the dolls smelled something

7:00

delicious. Inside the

7:02

pantry, there was fruit and chocolate

7:05

and potato chips and all kinds

7:07

of snacks, but they quickly realized

7:09

none of the dolls were tall enough to

7:11

open the door. The

7:13

dolls were talking and pulling and pushing and

7:15

every once in a while, one would fall

7:17

over and the others would step on her

7:20

in their efforts to open the door. Finally,

7:23

Raggedy Anne drew away from the others

7:25

and sat down on the floor. When

7:29

the other dolls discovered Raggedy Anne sitting

7:31

there, running her rag hands through her

7:34

yarn hair, they knew she was thinking.

7:39

They said to each other, quietly went over

7:41

near Raggedy Anne and sat down in front

7:43

of her, so as not to disturb her

7:45

deep thoughts. There

7:48

must be a way to get inside,

7:50

said Raggedy Anne. Raggedy

7:52

says there must be a way to get inside, cried

7:54

all the dolls. I

7:57

can't seem to think clearly today, said Raggedy

7:59

Anne. It feels as if my head

8:01

were ripped." At

8:03

this, Babette ran to Raggedy Anne and took

8:05

off her bonnet. Yes,

8:08

there is a rip in your head, Raggedy,

8:10

but I think I can fix it, she

8:12

said, and pulled a pin from

8:14

her skirt and pinned up Raggedy's head. It's

8:17

not a very neat job, but I think it'll

8:19

work, she said. Oh, but

8:23

that's so much better, cried

8:25

Raggedy Anne. Now I

8:27

can think quite clearly. Now

8:30

Raggedy can think quite clearly, cried all the

8:32

dolls. My thoughts must

8:34

have leaked out of the rip before, said

8:36

Raggedy Anne. They must have leaked

8:38

out before, cried all the other dolls. Now

8:41

that I can think so clearly, said

8:43

Raggedy Anne, I think the

8:45

door must be locked, and to get in,

8:47

we must unlock it. Oh,

8:50

that'll be easy, said a Dutch doll who

8:52

said mama when he was tipped up and

8:54

down. We will have the

8:57

brave soldier shoot the lock out of the door. Oh,

9:00

I can easily do that, cried Joe. Everyone

9:03

stand back, stand back. Oh,

9:07

Raggedy Anne, cried Babette, please do

9:09

not let him shoot. She's

9:13

right, don't shoot, said Raggedy

9:15

Anne. We must think of a quieter way.

9:19

After thinking quite hard for a moment,

9:21

Raggedy Anne jumped up and said, I

9:24

have it. And she caught up

9:26

a teacher doll and said, let me borrow

9:28

your ruler. Raggedy

9:31

took the ruler and used it to reach up

9:33

to the door handle and trip the lock. Then

9:36

the dolls all pushed and the

9:38

door swung open. My

9:42

such a scramble, the dolls piled over

9:44

one another in their desire to be

9:46

the first at the goodies. They

9:49

swarmed upon the pantry shelves and

9:51

in their eagerness spilled a pitcher

9:53

of cream which ran all over

9:55

Babette's dress. The

9:57

soldier doll found some cornbread and dipping it in the

10:00

honey, he sat down for a good

10:02

feast. A jar

10:04

of raspberry jam rolled out and the

10:06

dolls ate of this until their faces

10:08

were all purple. The

10:10

soldier ate so much he fell from the shelf

10:12

three times and bent one of his legs, but

10:15

he scrambled right back up again. Never

10:19

had the dolls had so much fun and

10:21

excitement and they had all eaten their fill

10:23

when they heard the click of the front

10:25

gate. Marcy was back.

10:29

They did not take time to climb from

10:31

the shelves, but all rolled or jumped off

10:33

to the floor and scrambled back to their

10:36

room as fast as they could run, leaving

10:38

a trail of breadcrumbs and jam along the

10:40

way. Just

10:42

as Marcy came into the room, the dolls

10:44

dropped in whatever positions they happened to be

10:47

in, not quite making it back to their

10:49

chairs. This

10:51

is strange, cried Marcy. They

10:54

were all left sitting in their places around the

10:56

room. I wonder if Fido has

10:58

been shaking them up. Then

11:01

she saw Raggedy Anne's face and picked her up. Why

11:04

Raggedy Anne, you are all sticky. I do

11:08

believe you are covered with jam. And

11:11

Marcy tasted Raggedy Anne's hand. Yes,

11:14

it's jam. Shame on you, Raggedy

11:16

Anne. You've been in the pantry and

11:18

all the others too. You're all filthy.

11:21

And with this,

11:23

Marcy dropped Raggedy Anne on the floor

11:25

and left the room. When

11:28

she came back, she had on an apron and

11:30

her sleeves were rolled up. Get

11:33

ready now, she declared in her

11:35

best mom voice. It's time

11:37

for your bath. She

11:40

picked up all the sticky dolls and

11:43

putting them in a basket, she carried

11:45

them out under the apple tree in

11:47

the garden. There she had placed her

11:49

little bucket bathtub and she took the dolls one

11:51

at a time and scrubbed them with a scrubbing

11:54

brush and dunked them up and down and this

11:56

way and that in the soap suds until they

11:58

were clean. first

14:00

and never tried to sneak and steal.

14:04

Let us all remember, chimed all the

14:06

other dolls. And Raggedy

14:08

Ann, with a merry twinkle in her shoe-button

14:10

eyes, lay back in her little

14:12

bed, her cotton head filled with thoughts of

14:15

love and happiness, and

14:17

drifted off into a sweet and gentle

14:19

sleep. The

14:21

End Today's

14:23

story, from Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny

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Gruel, was adapted for you by Daniel

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Hines, edited and produced for you by

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