![]() ![]() “It is shut up and dark, and no one will see you or disturb you. “You will be put back into stock,” hisses Abracadabra, the sinister stuffed owl who broods over the store. “What happens if I’m not sold?” wonders Holly. “We must be sold today!” they whisper to each other, before the shop opens. The other toys are in a state of high excitement. Blossom’s shop in the village of Appleton, Holly is unpacked the day before Christmas Eve, and she is apprehensive as to what will happen next. She was ten inches high and carefully jointed she had real gold hair, brown glass eyes, and teeth like tiny china pearls. It could not have been anything else, for she was dressed for Christmas in a red dress, and red shoes, though her petticoat and socks were green. ![]() It is also about a doll and a little girl. ![]() The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden ~ 1958. ![]()
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