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 "One day some of us were in the store calling on some of the new dolls on the shelves, and we noticed they seemed very sad. I asked them if they were homesick, and told them what fun they would have here with us after Christmas. They only pointed out the Teddy Bears, and couldn't speak at first.

"After a while they told us about them. They said that in the city where they came from the little girls were playing with the Teddy Bears all the time and wouldn't look even at their old dolls, let alone a new one.

"I said I knew very well that could not happen in Cloverdale. I was sure the Teddy Bears would be left on the shelves, for our mamas never cared for anything but dolls. They shook their heads