She looked closely at the Marionette as she spoke.
Why, were those tears she saw, or was it only the light shining uponthe little lady's glass eyes? Glass eyes shine very easily, it is true.Still, supposing she _were_ crying and wanted to be comforted? She wouldask her.
"You are not crying, dear, are you?" said the little girl.
The little Marionette gave a great sigh.
"Perhaps," she replied gently.
"What is it about?" asked the little girl with much sympathy.
Then all at once she understood.
"I believe," she exclaimed, "you have been telling me a story aboutyourself! It all happened to you to-day, while I was away, didn't it?"
The little lady rubbed two tiny wax hands across her two glass eyes."You have guessed rightly," she said in a little faltering voice.
"Oh, I am sorry!" said her little friend with great sympathy. "I havebeen out all the afternoon, so I never heard Auntie say she was going tosend you and your partner away from each other. And fancy his going awayand leaving you as he did! You poor little thing, how I _wish_ I coulddo something to make you happier!"
Molly thought a moment. "I know!" she exclaimed; "you shall belong tome, my dear. I shall ask Auntie to give you to me, and you shall be myvery own dolly!"
"Come with me, darling," she continued, hugging the little Marionettetightly, "and I will sing you to sleep in Auntie's big rocking-chair. Iwill make up a nice song all by myself and all about you. You will seethen how much I love you, and you won't cry any more. When you wake upyou will feel happier again."
And going into the room at the back of the shop, she drew arocking-chair near the cheerful blaze of the bright fire and sat down,still clasping the little Marionette in her arms.
At first she rocked to and fro silently, and with a thoughtfulexpression. Presently she gave a sudden jerk to the rocking-chair, andsung in a shrill sweet voice, and with some energy--
"Lulla_by_, little dolly, lulla_by_, lulla_by_, Your poor nose is broken, your eyes are awry, But I'll love you and kiss you, so you must just try Not to cry, little dolly,--lulla_by_, lulla_by_."
"Lullaby," she said more gently, and kissed her fondly. Then she beganafresh, but more softly and soothingly--
"Lulla_by_, little dolly, lulla_by_, lulla_by_, You know you are ugly and rather a guy, But my arms are around you, so why should you sigh? Just you sleep, little dolly,--lulla_by_, lulla_by_."
"Lullaby," she whispered, and kissed her again very tenderly.
"This is not poetry, only rhyme, and not very flattering rhyme either,"murmured the little Marionette. "But if it is not poetry it is love....And it brings comfort to my sore heart, which the reasoning, and thedoctoring, and the jesting could not do...."
She whispered something more, but very weakly. Her power of talking to aMortal had all but left her, and the child had to put her head quiteclose to the little lady so as to be able to catch what she said.
"Let me always stay with you," the little Marionette just managed towhisper.
"Always, dear," said her little friend.
And then the little lady fell asleep quite happily. That at least waswhat the little girl thought. And if _she_ thought so _we_ might as wellthink the same.
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"You want me to give you that little Marionette?" said the owner of thetoy-shop to the little girl that same evening. "Very well, Molly, youshall have her."
"Oh, thank you, Auntie!" replied her little niece with much gratitude.
"There is not very much to thank me for," remarked her aunt. "She is notworth anything now. I can't imagine," she added, "how it is that she hasgot so knocked about."
Now the little girl had no need to imagine it, for she knew. But shekept her knowledge to herself, fearing that if she told her Aunt whathad happened she would be laughed at as a fanciful child.
But we should not have laughed at her,--should we? There would have beenno fancy at out the matter for us. For _we_ know that the Toy World is avery real World indeed!
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