ite upon the ground with
one of the sticks broken, but they could not find Raggedy Ann anywhere.

"She must have fallen almost in your yard!" a boy said to Marcella, "for
the kite was directly over here when the doll fell!"

Marcella was heartbroken. She went in the house and lay on the bed.
Mamma went out with the children and tried to find Raggedy Ann, but
Raggedy Ann was nowhere to be seen.

When Daddy came home in the evening he tried to find Raggedy, but met
with no success. Marcella had eaten hardly any dinner, nor could she be
comforted by Mamma or Daddy. The other dolls in the nursery lay
forgotten and were not put to bed that night, for Marcella lay and
sobbed and tossed about her bed.

Finally she said a little prayer for Raggedy Ann, and went to sleep. And
as she slept Marcella dreamed that the fairies came and took Raggedy Ann
with them to fairyland for a visit, and then sent Raggedy Ann home to
her. She awakened with a cry. Of course Mamma came to her bed right away
and said that Daddy would offer a reward in the morning for the return
of Raggedy.

"It was all my fault, Mamma!" Marcella said. "I should not have offered
the boys dear old Raggedy Ann to tie on the tail of the kite! But I just
know the fairies will send her back."

Mamma took her in her arms and soothed her with cheering words, although
she felt indeed that Raggedy Ann was truly lost and would never be found
again.

Now, where do you suppose Raggedy Ann was all this time?

[Illustration]

When Raggedy Ann dropped from the kite, the wind caught in her skirts
and carried her along until she fell in the fork of the large elm tree
directly over Marcella's house. When Raggedy Ann fell with a thud, face
up in the fork of the tree, two robins who had a nest near by flew
chattering away.

Presently the robins returned and quarreled at Raggedy Ann for laying so
close to their nest, but Raggedy Ann only smiled at them and did not
move.

When the robins quieted down and quit their quarreling, one of them
hopped up closer to Raggedy Ann in order to investigate.

It was Mamma Robin. She called to Daddy Robin and told him to come. "See
the nice yarn! We could use it to line the nest with," she said.

So the robins hopped closer to Raggedy Ann and asked if they might have
some of her yarn hair to line their nest. Raggedy Ann smiled at them. So
the two robins pulled and tugged at Raggedy Ann's yarn hair until they
had enough to line their nes