"Marcella will sew it
on in the morning and I will be all right, I'm sure!"
"Perhaps Raggedy Ann can sew it on now!" suggested Uncle Clem.
"Yes, Raggedy Ann can sew it on!" all the dolls cried. "She can play
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater on the toy piano and she can sew!"
"I will gladly try," said Raggedy Ann, "but there are no needles or
thread in the nursery, and I have to have a thimble so the needle can be
pressed through Raggedy Andy's cloth!"
"Marcella always gets a needle from Mama!" said the French Doll.
"I know," said Raggedy Ann, "but we cannot waken Mama to ask her!"
The dolls all laughed at this, for they knew very well that even had
Mama been awake, they would not have asked her for needle and thread,
because they did not wish her to know they could act and talk just like
real people.
"Perhaps we can get the things out of the machine drawer!" Henny
suggested.
"Yes," cried Susan, "let's all go get the things out of the machine
drawer! Come on, everybody!"
And Susan, although she had only a cracked head, ran out the nursery
door followed by all the rest of the dolls.
Even the tiny little penny dolls clicked their china heels upon the
floor as they followed the rest, and Raggedy Andy, carrying his loose
arm, thumped along in the rear.
Raggedy Andy had not lived in the house as long as the others; so he did
not know the way to the room in which the machine stood.
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