Page:Raggedy Ann Stories.pdf/36

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

Oh, how her heart beat with happiness. “Here is Raggedy Ann,” she shouted.

And Mamma and Daddy came out and saw Raggedy smiling at them, and Daddy got the clothes prop and climbed out of the attic window and poked Raggedy Ann out of the tree and she fell right into Marcella’s arms where she was hugged in a tight embrace.

“You'll never go up on a kite again, Raggedy Ann!” said Marcella, “for I felt so lost without you. I will never let you leave me again.”

So Raggedy Ann went into the house and had breakfast with her little mistress and Mamma and Daddy smiled at each other when they peeped through the door into the breakfast room, for Raggedy Ann’s smile was wide and very yellow. Marcella, her heart full of happiness, was feeding Raggedy Ann part of her egg.