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I always stop at Orphan Annie's

in Auburn Maine and this time I

was two days early for the great

antique Halloween display they

have each year. This dolly seemed

less scary then some of them that

stare at you with vacant eyes. I think

she and Ted had a spat and he has

been sent to the porch with no tea.

I loved imagining scenarios when

playing 'dolls'--either this kind or

the paper ones--it was such a thrill to

have my Mother bring me some new ones

when she went shopping overstreet. That

would mean going over

the bridge from Auburn

to Lewiston on the bus

where there were more stores.