"We shall miss Raggedy
Andy's cheery smile when he is looking straight at us!"
"You will have to stand on my right side, when you wish to see my
smile!" said Raggedy Andy, with a cheery little chuckle 'way down in his
soft cotton inside.
[Illustration: Raggedy Andy's lopsided smile]
[Illustration: Santa]
"But I wish everyone to understand," he went on, "that I am smiling just
the same, whether you can see it or not!"
And with this, Raggedy Andy caught hold of Uncle Clem and Henny, and
made a dash for the nursery door, followed by all the other dolls.
Raggedy Andy intended jumping down the stairs, head over heels, for he
knew that neither he, Uncle Clem nor Henny would break anything by
jumping down stairs.
But just as they got almost to the door, they dropped to the floor in a
heap, for there, standing watching the whole performance, was a man.
All the dolls fell in different attitudes, for it would never do for
them to let a real person see that they could act and talk just like
real people.
Raggedy Andy, Uncle Clem and Henny stopped so suddenly they fell over
each other and Raggedy Andy, being in the lead and pulling the other
two, slid right through the door and stopped at the feet of the man.
A cheery laugh greeted this and a chubby hand reached down and picked up
Raggedy Andy and turned him over.
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