Mama by Ruby Jean Jensen6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Tommy was the one that began noticing thumps in the attic and other noises in the night. She began working with other toys so they could move too. It certainly could move about on its own, and while that sometimes frightened her, she loved the little doll. ![]() Also, she noticed that sharing her breath with the doll, rubbing and talking to it, seemed to bring it alive. Dorrie really did not understand this talk of life and death, and could not understand at all why her Daddy was not coming home. But the doll had only one beaded glass eye-and it gleamed with mischief and evil. She grew attached to one doll in particular, with a smooth porcelain-like face just like a baby and a mouth with a tiny hole so she could eat and breathe. Meanwhile, five year old Dorrie, the quiet one of the bunch, began spending much of her time in the attic, playing with old dolls and toys that she found there. Stephanie began helping with household chores, while Tommy tended to roam outdoors. ![]() Corey began encouraging Elsea to take up writing. Elsea quickly made friends with bearded, handsome neighbor Corey, but she felt that it was too soon for a relationship. They happily moved in and began to enjoy their newfound security. The house had been listed for sale for some time, with no takers. ![]() An old house outside of town that had been owned by their family for more than three generations. Her parents offered them a place to live. Following her husband's long illness ending in death, Elsea and her three children were left with no home and very little money. ![]()
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