Updated August 2011

Not So RaggedyAcres^TM
by Gayle Garbarino

~ Heirloom Quality Collectible Treasures ~

~ Letter from Johnny's Mom ~

~ Designed and Created by Doll Artist -Gayle Garbarino ~

Straight from the Fairyland created by Johnny Gruelle in his delightful Storybooks comes......... "Raggedy Ann"....... She began as a family rag doll; an old toy, faded and worn, tossed into an attic. And there, the legend goes, a little girl named Marcella found her one wet and rainy day.......... .......SCROLL DOWN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT her!!!.....the sweet little red-headed rag doll that first "inspired" my MY LOVE OF RAGGEDIES and the reproduction of the many wonderful Raggedy character Dolls that I enjoy creating today !!....WHY NOT COLLECT THEM ALL??? For More Information....e-Mail "Gayle" "Click Here!"

This is followed by a second letter addressed to Johnny, from his mother dated January 12, 1919:
Dear John:
Your letter brings many pleasant memories to my mind
and takes me back to my childhood.
Living next door to us, when I was about four
years old, was a little girl named Bessie;
I cannot recall her last name.
When my mother made Raggedy Ann for me,
Bessie's mother made a rag doll for her,for we two
always played together; as I recall,
there was no fence between our two houses.
Bessie's doll was made a day or so after
Raggedy Ann,
I think, though I am not quite certain which
of the two dolls was made first.
However , Bessie's doll was given the name of
Raggedy Andy,
and one of the two dolls was named after the other,
so that their names would sound alike.
We children played with the two rag dolls most of the time
until Bessie's family moved away__when I was
eight or nine years old.
They had faces just alike; the mother who made the first doll
probably painted both doll faces.
I do not remember just how Raggedy Andy was dressed,
but I know he often wore dresses over his boy clothes
when Bessie and I decided that he and Raggedy Ann
should be sisters for the day.
You will remember I told you about Raggedy Andy
long ago, John.
Isn't it strange that the two old rag dolls
should come together after all these years?
I wish Raggedy Andy's "Mama" had signed her name, for
I should like to write to her.
Perhaps there may be some way of finding her out.
Anyway, it seems to me you have the subject
for another rag doll book,
for Raggedy Andy must have had some
wonderful adventures in his long life.
Yours Lovingly,
Mom
And so it was, that Raggedy Ann and her long lost brother,
Raggedy Andy were reunited,
and we all came to know and love him too!

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