I like rag dolls.
Those that can bend, stretch and then, those that can swing across the room, those that are up in arms to go fold, and the doll will say nothing, because it is so soft and malleable that it did not even hurt by falling, it has not moved, and not a single complaint is out of her small red mouth forever smiling.
Everyone should have a rag doll, in addition to the critical presence of the Teddy Bear, a doll with hair made of wool and rosy cheeks, a turned-up nose or a round nose or no nose all, it depends on taste. And a clown's smile and eyes far less innocent than it seems, because they are lucid, rag dolls, the Rag Dolls.
They forgive everything, as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy or Sally, Jack's girlfriend, forgive them all, and even take-offs required in the House, Capernaum, and even arm-twisting unfortunate, and even walk upside down, and even the eyes of other dolls, those porcelain dolls Nobles.
They prefer the company of the Bears a little seedy, a little rough, they who were the first, or that of Winnie, formerly Sir Edward Bear, a little too round - but elegant - or that of the wooden puppet. And the children, as cruel as they are.
rag dolls, the Rag Dolls, with their smiles and their clown hair wool, they forgive everything. They smile but we do not see when we get out of the closet or toy box, and we blow very gently on the little white face, to remove some dust, and then we have the idea they smile and the idea takes off, and the rag doll is watching us, and we said yes, she smiled - look at me! but we do not see it.
She smiled.
