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Enjoy the episode! Once

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upon a time, there was a little

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girl named Marcella, but everyone called her

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Marcy. She spent a

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lot of time at grandma's and loved to

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play up in the attic at grandma's old

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quaint house, way out in the country, because

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there were so many old forgotten things to

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find up there. One

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

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she saw a little girl who looked like Marcella. find

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Shoe-Button Eyes and with them you can see

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all the changes that happened while you have

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been shut up so long in the attic.

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Raggedy Anne, you have a new playmate now

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and I hope you both have as much

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happiness together as you and I used to

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have. Then

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Grandma gave Raggedy Anne to Marcy

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saying very seriously, Marcy, let

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me introduce my very dear

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friend Raggedy Anne. Raggedy,

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this is my granddaughter Marcy.

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Then Grandma gave the doll a twitch with her fingers

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in such a way that the rag doll nodded her

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head to Marcy. Oh

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Grandma, thank you so much. Marcy

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cried as she gave Grandma a big hug and

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kiss. Raggedy Anne and I

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are going to have a ton of fun.

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And this is how Raggedy Anne joined the doll

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family at Marcy's house where she was far

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from the first. Marcy

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had a whole little family of dolls and she

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would sit them at a little table in her

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room and have tea parties. Raggedy

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Anne sit right in and she was

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soon best friends with Babette, a doll

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Marcy's mother had brought back from France,

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and Jo, a soldier action figure that

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had been borrowed from a cousin. One

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day in the middle of a party, Marcy

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was called away by her mother to go

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run errands. Okay,

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she said, you all behave. I'll

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be back soon. She

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closed the door and the dolls were

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left all to themselves. And

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there they sat and never even so

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much as wiggle the finger until they

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were sure that Marcy had left the

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room. Then

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the soldier turned his head and solemnly

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winked at Raggedy Anne. And

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when the front door clicked and the dolls knew

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they were alone in the house, they all scrambled

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to their feet. Alone

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at last. Now let's have

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a good time, cried Jo. Let's

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all go in search of something to eat. Yes,

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

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cried all the other dolls. When

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Marcy had me out playing with her this

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morning, said Raggedy Anne, she carried me by

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a door near the back of the house

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and I smelled something delicious. Then

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you lead the way, Raggedy Anne, said

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Babette. I think

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it would be a good plan to elect Raggedy

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Anne as our leader on this expedition, Jo

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said. At this,

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all the other dolls clapped their hands

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together and shouted. Hurrah!

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Raggedy Anne will be our leader! So

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Raggedy Anne, very proud indeed to have

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the confidence and love of all the

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other dolls, said that she would

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be very glad to be their leader. Follow

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me! she cried as her wobbly

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legs carried her across the floor at a

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lively pace. The

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other dolls followed, racing about the

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house until they came to the

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pantry door. This is the place!

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cried Raggedy Anne. And sure

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enough, all the dolls smelled something

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delicious. Inside the

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pantry, there was fruit and chocolate

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and potato chips and all kinds

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of snacks, but they quickly realized

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none of the dolls were tall enough to

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open the door. The

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dolls were talking and pulling and pushing and

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every once in a while, one would fall

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over and the others would step on her

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in their efforts to open the door. Finally,

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Raggedy Anne drew away from the others

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and sat down on the floor. When

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the other dolls discovered Raggedy Anne sitting

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there, running her rag hands through her

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yarn hair, they knew she was thinking.

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They said to each other, quietly went over

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near Raggedy Anne and sat down in front

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of her, so as not to disturb her

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deep thoughts. There

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must be a way to get inside,

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said Raggedy Anne. Raggedy

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says there must be a way to get inside, cried

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all the dolls. I

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can't seem to think clearly today, said Raggedy

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Anne. It feels as if my head

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were ripped." At

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this, Babette ran to Raggedy Anne and took

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off her bonnet. Yes,

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there is a rip in your head, Raggedy,

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but I think I can fix it, she

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said, and pulled a pin from

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

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

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work, she said. Oh, but

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that's so much better, cried

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Raggedy Anne. Now I

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can think quite clearly. Now

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Raggedy can think quite clearly, cried all the

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dolls. My thoughts must

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have leaked out of the rip before, said

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Raggedy Anne. They must have leaked

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out before, cried all the other dolls. Now

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that I can think so clearly, said

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Raggedy Anne, I think the

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door must be locked, and to get in,

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we must unlock it. Oh,

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that'll be easy, said a Dutch doll who

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said mama when he was tipped up and

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down. We will have the

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

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I can easily do that, cried Joe. Everyone

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stand back, stand back. Oh,

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Raggedy Anne, cried Babette, please do

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not let him shoot. She's

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right, don't shoot, said Raggedy

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Anne. We must think of a quieter way.

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After thinking quite hard for a moment,

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Raggedy Anne jumped up and said, I

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have it. And she caught up

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a teacher doll and said, let me borrow

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your ruler. Raggedy

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took the ruler and used it to reach up

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to the door handle and trip the lock. Then

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the dolls all pushed and the

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door swung open. My

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such a scramble, the dolls piled over

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one another in their desire to be

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the first at the goodies. They

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swarmed upon the pantry shelves and

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in their eagerness spilled a pitcher

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of cream which ran all over

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Babette's dress. The

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soldier doll found some cornbread and dipping it in the

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honey, he sat down for a good

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feast. A jar

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of raspberry jam rolled out and the

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dolls ate of this until their faces

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were all purple. The

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soldier ate so much he fell from the shelf

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three times and bent one of his legs, but

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he scrambled right back up again. Never

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had the dolls had so much fun and

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excitement and they had all eaten their fill

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when they heard the click of the front

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gate. Marcy was back.

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They did not take time to climb from

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the shelves, but all rolled or jumped off

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to the floor and scrambled back to their

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room as fast as they could run, leaving

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a trail of breadcrumbs and jam along the

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way. Just

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as Marcy came into the room, the dolls

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dropped in whatever positions they happened to be

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in, not quite making it back to their

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chairs. This

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is strange, cried Marcy. They

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were all left sitting in their places around the

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room. I wonder if Fido has

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been shaking them up. Then

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

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Raggedy Anne, you are all sticky. I do

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believe you are covered with jam. And

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Marcy tasted Raggedy Anne's hand. Yes,

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it's jam. Shame on you, Raggedy

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Anne. You've been in the pantry and

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all the others too. You're all filthy.

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And with this,

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Marcy dropped Raggedy Anne on the floor

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and left the room. When

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she came back, she had on an apron and

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her sleeves were rolled up. Get

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ready now, she declared in her

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best mom voice. It's time

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for your bath. She

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picked up all the sticky dolls and

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putting them in a basket, she carried

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them out under the apple tree in

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the garden. There she had placed her

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little bucket bathtub and she took the dolls one

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at a time and scrubbed them with a scrubbing

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brush and dunked them up and down and this

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way and that in the soap suds until they

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were clean. first

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and never tried to sneak and steal.

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Let us all remember, chimed all the

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other dolls. And Raggedy

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Ann, with a merry twinkle in her shoe-button

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eyes, lay back in her little

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bed, her cotton head filled with thoughts of

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love and happiness, and

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drifted off into a sweet and gentle

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sleep. The

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End Today's

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story, from Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny

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Hines, edited and produced for you by

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