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 so sadly. Then I said, 'Well, of course, they won't want you if you look so mournful.' Just then in came a lot of the girls, and I whispered, 'Smile! Smile as hard as you can!'

"What do you think those girls did? They never even glanced at the dolls, but rushed to the bears, saying: 'Oh, see the darling things! I want this white one, isn't it dear?'

"Each chose a bear and then they glanced over at the dolls. I whispered to them once more to smile and they did. They dimpled all over, looking as pretty as any doll could, and the girls just walked out without a word.

"Every girl got a bear on Christmas Day, and we felt so sorry for those dolls left in the store. Santa Claus wouldn't even buy them, as he often