May's Present. 187

heart; and her thoughts ran on him
more than on anything else in the
world.

Well, very soon after this she got
a ride in a neighbour’s cart to a big
town where there were many fine
shops, with plenty of pretty things
to look at, set out tastefully in the
windows.

She liked looking at these shops
very much indeed, and especially at
the toy-shops; in the windows of
which there were dolls of all descrip-
tions, rag dolls, wooden dolls, china
dolls, wax dolls—tiny dolls, middle-
sized dolls, large dolls, and one the
size of a good big baby, at which

she gazed for a very long time.