Emily’s Story
Chapter #1 Sammy
Emily felt her box move as she was put into Santa’s sleigh. She was going home. Santa’s sleigh jostled as she caught sight of the bright LA lights. They twinkled as she flew further and further into the sky. She imagined her new home. A beautiful girl who loved her, wished for her. She sat under a Christmas tree for three hours. Then finally Sammy, a girl about 8 years old ripped open her wrapping, took her out of her box, and gave her a big hug.
The next morning Sammy brought out two more dolls. “These are Kit and Katie your new sisters,” she said as she pointed to them. They went to the table for breakfast. They had hot cocoa and toast for breakfast. Later she took Emily roller skating. They fell a few times but came home laughing. As Sammy was taking Emily’s roller skates off she heard a pop. She quickly checked Emily’s leg, but it was too late, her leg fell off. That night, Sammy called the American Girl customer service. Too bad, they were closed. The next morning she called again and with lots of trouble arranged a doll hospital appointment. Finally they got all the forms together and sent her to the doll hospital.
Chapter #2 The Doll Hospital
After lots of bouncing around, Emily finally got to the doll hospital. A team of doctors looked at her. “Her leg came off”, one of them said as he carefully removed Emily from her box.
“Obviously”, she thought.
The doctors put her on a little cart, and pushed her through a door that said EMPLOYEES ONLY-LOSS OF LIMBS . There were lots of people moving in all different directions whistling and humming as they took tools, doll arms and doll legs from place to place. She looked around, there were pipes everywhere. It looked almost as if the people were mechanical they were so much on course. No one made any mistakes. She was put on a table with another doll. Soon the doctors left. She waited about an hour until a nurse finally picked her up and told her, in a rapid fire voice, “Hi. My name is Jessica. You can call me Jess. Oh poor little thing, your leg fell off. Well, I will get that fixed.“ She brought her to a cushioned stand and examined her leg. “Oh this is not hard to fix “she said as she popped the leg on and used a tool to pop the string back in. “Good as new.“ She said. Emily was relived to be put in a box and sent back home.
Chapter#3 Home sweet home
When she got home, Sammy, Kit, and Katie had a little party for her. They had tea and cake. They pretended that they were English girls. Then they had a little sleepover, had pizza, and read Meet the Austin’s together. They had lots of fun. In the morning they made bracelets together. Later that day, a package came in the mail. Sammy seemed quite excited about it! Emily became suspicious. Sammy quickly opened the package and took out a box, then she opened the box. “And what do you know, here is another American Girl Doll.” Thought Emily. She took the doll out and said, “this is Mia; I saved up my money to buy her.” Mia had long golden-red hair, and bright green eyes. Sammy’s mom read out loud as Sammy did each of the dolls’ hair, put each of the dolls in different poses, and put different clothes on each of the dolls. Emily was terrifically satisfied. She had a new sister and it was not a dream.
(to be continued)
Chapter #1 Sammy
Emily felt her box move as she was put into Santa’s sleigh. She was going home. Santa’s sleigh jostled as she caught sight of the bright LA lights. They twinkled as she flew further and further into the sky. She imagined her new home. A beautiful girl who loved her, wished for her. She sat under a Christmas tree for three hours. Then finally Sammy, a girl about 8 years old ripped open her wrapping, took her out of her box, and gave her a big hug.
The next morning Sammy brought out two more dolls. “These are Kit and Katie your new sisters,” she said as she pointed to them. They went to the table for breakfast. They had hot cocoa and toast for breakfast. Later she took Emily roller skating. They fell a few times but came home laughing. As Sammy was taking Emily’s roller skates off she heard a pop. She quickly checked Emily’s leg, but it was too late, her leg fell off. That night, Sammy called the American Girl customer service. Too bad, they were closed. The next morning she called again and with lots of trouble arranged a doll hospital appointment. Finally they got all the forms together and sent her to the doll hospital.
Chapter #2 The Doll Hospital
After lots of bouncing around, Emily finally got to the doll hospital. A team of doctors looked at her. “Her leg came off”, one of them said as he carefully removed Emily from her box.
“Obviously”, she thought.
The doctors put her on a little cart, and pushed her through a door that said EMPLOYEES ONLY-LOSS OF LIMBS . There were lots of people moving in all different directions whistling and humming as they took tools, doll arms and doll legs from place to place. She looked around, there were pipes everywhere. It looked almost as if the people were mechanical they were so much on course. No one made any mistakes. She was put on a table with another doll. Soon the doctors left. She waited about an hour until a nurse finally picked her up and told her, in a rapid fire voice, “Hi. My name is Jessica. You can call me Jess. Oh poor little thing, your leg fell off. Well, I will get that fixed.“ She brought her to a cushioned stand and examined her leg. “Oh this is not hard to fix “she said as she popped the leg on and used a tool to pop the string back in. “Good as new.“ She said. Emily was relived to be put in a box and sent back home.
Chapter#3 Home sweet home
When she got home, Sammy, Kit, and Katie had a little party for her. They had tea and cake. They pretended that they were English girls. Then they had a little sleepover, had pizza, and read Meet the Austin’s together. They had lots of fun. In the morning they made bracelets together. Later that day, a package came in the mail. Sammy seemed quite excited about it! Emily became suspicious. Sammy quickly opened the package and took out a box, then she opened the box. “And what do you know, here is another American Girl Doll.” Thought Emily. She took the doll out and said, “this is Mia; I saved up my money to buy her.” Mia had long golden-red hair, and bright green eyes. Sammy’s mom read out loud as Sammy did each of the dolls’ hair, put each of the dolls in different poses, and put different clothes on each of the dolls. Emily was terrifically satisfied. She had a new sister and it was not a dream.
(to be continued)
