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| Little red maple drops its leaves quickly |
In
the magical Land of Autumn, where workers begin to think of Christmas, the
royal dressmaker set herself to make a lovely holiday dress for Princess Molly, but
alas! she did not have the right fabric.
“I
need to go to town today to buy a nice knit at the fabric shoppe,” she said to
the footman.
“Surely
not today, mistress,” he replied. “The coach goeth not that way today. Leave it
till another when the coach runneth many errands. Besides, the big game commenceth
soon.”
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| A lovely autumn day |
So,
the dressmaker searched her stash again and found nothing but an old tank top. “One
can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear,” she muttered to herself, but she
worked on and completed the dress, which was tried first by Princess Molly.
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| Molly |
“I can't breathe," wailed Princess Molly. "This
dress is much too tight, and if I can’t wear it,
neither can Shirley Anne (American Farm Girl), Maryellen, Hazel, or Elizabeth.”
“Oh,
dear, dear, dear” cried the royal dressmaker in distress. “I beg your forgiveness,
Princess Molly – and all you other American Girls – er, Princesses. The fault
is my own. I just didn’t have the right fabric.”
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| Princess Alexandra (Lexy) |
“Let
me try the dress,” called Princess Lexy of the Madame Alexander line from her perch above
the “cabinet of good things.” So, the royal dressmaker tugged the problematic
dress off Molly and coaxed it onto Lexy, but while looser through the body, it
was still too tight in the arms.
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| Esmay, the Good Witch |
“Me
next,” called Princess Esmay, the Good Witch, who came to us from Tonnerland.
Clearly, she will wear the dress, but there will be others for all.
And
today the coach went to town, and the dressmaker bought a lovely shimmering
piece of white cloth at the fabric shoppe, the better to make stretchy dresses. KW
Great story. And I love the ending.
ReplyDeleteHi Chuck!
ReplyDeleteI really can drive the coach to town myself, but we tend to organize and make several stops instead of driving in for every little errand. And this time of year, Mike likes to go, too.
He deserves it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post! So glad you found the right princess for the dress. She looks lovely in it. My poor girls are still dressed in their summer outfits and are starting to complain quite loudly. I'm watching D from noon to six tomorrow while his mom has end of quarter conferences so I think the girls will have to wait until Friday. I do have them on a list...
ReplyDeleteVery cute fabric!
ReplyDeleteIt's actually a shiny green netting over a t-shirt knit. The pattern calls for a stretchy knit, so my idea didn't work very well.
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