BESTY AND MANY OTHERS

by CATHY
( TACOMA WA , USA )

KIND OF A SAD STORY BUT HERE GOS MANY YRS AGO MY SISTER HAD HER PRIZED COLLECTION OF PAPER DOLLS SHE COLLECTED EVERY ONE SHE COULD GET HER TINY HANDS ON SHE LOVED THEM LIKE THEY WERE HER FRIENDS,, HER FAVORITE WERE THE BETSY I CANT REMEBER WHAT MAG THEY WERE IN BUT OHH HOW SHE LOVED THOS I REMEBER HER SITTING AND PATENTLY CUTTING OUT EVREY SINGLE PIECE AND LOVINGLY MAKING ENVELOPES FOR EACH OUT FIT SHE WAS PROBLY ONLY 6 OR SEVEN AT THE TIME MAYBE YOUNGER , MEMORYS BAD NOW BUT SHE WAS A LILTTLE BITTY CHILD AND SO PATENT, WHEN IT CAME TO HER FRIENDS ((( PAPER DOLLS ))) SHE ALSO HAD US HER SISTERS TO HELP HER GATHER MAGAZINES WITH HER PAPER DOLLS WE DID IT WILLINGLY SHE DIDENT EVEN HAVE TO BRIBE US LOL, WELL TO THE SAD PART WE WERE RENTING FROM A FAMILY WHO LIVED A BLOCK AWAY AND MOM WAS LATE ON OUR HOUSE PAYMENT WE HAD TO MOVE WE PUT MANY THINGS IN THE GARAGE TILL WE COULD FIND A PLACE ALONG WITH EVERY THING IN THE GARAGE WERE MY SISTERS BELOVED PAPER DOLLS , THE LAND LOARD DECIDED TO LOCK THE GARGAE FOR FEAR OF MOM NOT PAYING (( WHICH SHE DID)) WHEN WE COULD FINILLY GET OUR THINGS,,, HER PAPER DOLLS WER E NO LONGER IN THERE,, AALONG WITH MY DOLL,, THAT WAS AS TALL AS ME AND WALKED WITH ME WHERE EVER I WENT LOL ANY WAY SHE MUST HAVE CRYED FOR A MONTH BIG CROCADILE TEARS , IT MADE US HER SISTERS SO SAD WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR ASKING FOR MAGAZINES TO GET SOME OF HER FRIENDS BACK TO HER WHICH WE DID VICKIE AND I LOVED HER TO MUCH TO SEE HER CRY AND WOULD HAVE DONE ANY THING FOR HER ALTHO WE DID MANAGE TO GET ALOT BACK THEY WERENT THE SAME AS HER ORGINAL FRIENDS BUT SHE DID SMILE AGAIN SO I QUESS IN THE END IT ALL WORKED OUT LOL THIS WAS OVER 60 YRS AGO ITS A MEMORY I CHERISH,,