the first hint of spring floated across the rive
mixing with the coal smoke from the factorie
As I turned the corner on my way to wor
and came to the toy stor
I thought of the collection of toys in the dusty windo
and I remembered the approaching birthday of a small niece of min
to whom I was in the habit of sending modest gift
Therefore,I stopped and examined the window
to see if there might be anything appropriat
and looked at the confusing collection of unattractive objec
-a red toy fire engin
some lead soldier
cheap baseball
bottles of ink and pen
And thus it was that my ey
finally came to rest upon the doll in one corne
a doll with the strangest ,
most charming expression on her face