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 them as their own mothers had once been accustomed to do.

"My!" said Rosabell, sighing heavily. "It seems good to be snuggled again!"

The other dolls echoed the cry in such a pathetic manner, that the girls on the roof felt conscience-stricken.

"Why," asked Patty, "don't your mamas ever pet you?"

"Not now," said Rosabell, who seemed to be spokesman for the crowd. "We were very happy when the Queen went away and until Christmas. Then,—oh, dear! I can't bear to think of it! Toyman Penniman's shelves were just full of these funny animals. We didn't know what they were, and didn't think much about them.