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Article: The gentle lessons of dolls.(The Home Forum)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 13, 2001
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Byline: Nancy Humphrey Case
In the corner of her living room, up high, my grandmother kept her favorite possessions. I couldn't reach them. I could only stand in front of the green cupboard and wait for her to lift them carefully down, one at a time, for me to look at. They were a collection of dolls wearing colorful folk costumes from around the world. I thought they were perfectly beautiful.
Do you have a doll collection? Maybe you have several different kinds of dolls, each with a different story about where the doll came from. Or a favorite doll representing a child from some period of our nation's history.
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