on: Raggedy Ann and the dolls]

[Illustration: The man finds Raggedy Andy]

Then the man measured with his stick, so that he knew just where the
place was, and with a pair of tin shears he cut a section from the pipe
and found Raggedy Andy.

Raggedy Andy was punched quite out of shape and all jammed together, but
when the man straightened out the funny little figure, Raggedy Andy
looked up at him with his customary happy smile.

The man laughed and carried little water-soaked Raggedy Andy into the
house.

"I guess your little girl must have dropped this rag doll down into the
drain pipe!" the man said to Mama.

"I'm so glad you found him!" Mama said to the man.

"We have hunted all over the house for him! Marcella could not remember
where she put him; so when I get him nice and dry, I'll hide him in a
nice easy place for her to find, and she will not know he has been out
in the rain all night!"

So Mama put Raggedy Andy behind the radiator and there he sat all
afternoon, steaming and drying out.

And as he sat there he smiled and smiled, even though there was no one
to see him.

He felt very happy within and he liked to smile, anyway, because his
smile was painted on.

And another reason Raggedy Andy smiled was because he was not lonesome.

Inside his waist were the two little penny dolls.

The man had punched Raggedy Andy farther down into the pipe, and he had
been able to reach the two little dolls and tuck them into a safe place.

"Won't they all be surprised to see us back again!" Raggedy Andy
whispered as he patted the two little penny dolls with his soft rag
hands.

And the two little penny dolls nestled against Raggedy Andy's soft
cotton stuffed body, and thought how nice it was to have such a happy,
sunny friend.

[Illustration: Raggedy Andy sitting]

[Illustration: Medicine]

[Illustration: Four dolls]

DOCTOR RAGGEDY ANDY

Raggedy Andy, Raggedy Ann, Uncle Clem and Henny were not given medicine.

Because, you see, they had no mouths.

That is, mouths through which medicine could be poured.

Their mouths were either painted on, or were sewed on with yarn.

Sometimes the medicine spoon would be touched to their faces but none of
the liquid be given them. Except accidentally.

But the French doll had a lovely mouth for taking medicine; it was open
and showed her teeth in a dimpling smile.

She also had soft brown eyes which opened and closed when she was tilted
backward o