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Mignon

The lonesomest doll in the world lay staring up at the cover of her box and wished she had never been made. It is no fun to live in a pal­ace if you are kept there in the dark of one tiny little corner. It is no fun to wear a beautiful gown if no one else ever sees it. It is no fun to be a Queen’s doll if your royal mamma never plays with you at all.

Mignon longed to be hugged and kissed and loved like other dolls. She would rather be scarred and knocked about and broken like so

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