When spring cleaning time came, Marcella's mommy decided to have the walls in the nursery painted. The night before the painters came, all the dollies and their beds were piled in the closet. In the morning, the young painter opened the closet and saw Raggedy Ann. Her rather liked her, and began to dance around the room with her. Then, he began to throw her up in the air higher and higher - suddenly the most awful thing happened.... he missed her, and Raggedy Ann fell into a bucket of paint headfirst ! When Marcella saw her she began to cry. The young painter in an attempt to make up for his foolishness, promised to take her home and have his mother fix her up good as new.
First, the paint was rubbed off of Raggedy Ann's shoe-button eyes and most of the paint was rubbed off her face. After this, she went through the wash machine and was hung out on the clothesline to dry. In the afternoon, she was filled with new stuffing, sewn together, and, new hair was sewn on, and something else - something VERY SPECIAL.
The next morning Raggedy Ann was taken home and placed on the shelf with all the other dollies. Her smile was bigger than ever and her eyes were twinkling. The other dollies could not wait to hear all about her adventure. When the house was quiet and everyone was asleep, Raggedy Ann told of all the things the lady had done to her. Then she said: there is something else - something VERY SPECIAL and it's a secret. They all begged to hear the secret and promised not to tell.
SO, Raggedy Ann told them that when her stuffing was replaced, the nice lady put a candy heart inside her chest. All the dolls ran over so they could feel it. When they asked if she knew what the candy heart said, she said: it says I LOVE YOU
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