188 May's Present.

If May had had a pocketful of
money she would have bought that
great doll, I feel sure ; for she loved
dolls with all her heart. But just
then she had not so much as a single
halfpenny, no, not one! So all she
could do was to indulge herself by
looking as long as she could at the
beautiful things in the window, and
settling what she would have bought
if she had been rich.

Johnny liked dolls, too, in his
heart, she knew; but he would not
have chosen one for himself, because
somebody had lately told him that
dolls were only for girls.

But then there were many other
toys, sheep and goats, donkeys and