Dolly and I: Story for Little Folks

Author(s): Oliver Optic

Genre(s): Short Works

Narrators: Victoria Alice Bell

Number of Chapters: 4

Length: 26 minutes

Language: English

Katherine Green an envious girl is given a pretty doll by her Aunt Jane. Christmastime is approaching... Nellie Green her sister who is quite different has a rich friend over by the name of Flora Lee. They would like to use Katherine's doll because all of the other ones are in ruins from over use. Katherine who has been rather protective of her doll straight up refuses. It shows Flora what a bad sister Katherine is. Nellie is very sad at her friend's discovery of the great fault. Whenever Flora left after a game of dolls without a proper rich lady tells her mother what a nice girl Nellie is and how kind she is toward her sister. Even though her sister is envious, and unwilling to share. On Christmas Nellie finds a gorgeous doll with a note from Flora. Her sister seeing the pretty doll for her sister grows angry and full of envy. She grows so overcome until the evening when she opened up the bureau drawer... (Summary by Victoria Bell)