LESSON 37 THE LOST DOLL

THE LOST DOLL

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1. Nell loved her rag doll. She named it, Pal, for it was her mate.

2. She used to take it to bed with her and hug it, as she went off to sleep.

3. In the day-time, she kept Pal in a pram.

4. One day, when Nell went to the pram, Pal was not in it. Nell looked and looked for her doll but she did not find it.

5. "Oh Mother, Pal is lost. I cannot find her," said Nell.

6. Then Mother looked and Dad looked, but they did not find Pal.

7. When it was time for Nell to go to bed, she was sad and she cried. "Do not cry, dear," said Mother. "We shall find Pal."

8. When Mother went to Nell's bed she said, "Nell, come here and look!"

9. Nell ran to the bed. There was Pal in it! "Oh dear Pal, here you are! You are not lost after all," said Nell, as she hugged and hugged her doll.

10. "I for-got that I put her to bed, when I took off her dress to wash it," said Nell to Mother.