The dolly
The dolly sat upon the shelf
In the toy makers shop all by herself
The dolly only had one eye
So all the children passed her by.
They scoffed the dolly they weren't very kind
Then a child came in with a dolly in mind.
Her mother led her around the shop
At the shelf with the dolly her mother did stop.
The child reached out and felt for the dolly
The toy maker shouted "dear child I'm so sorry,
This dolly is blind she only has one eye
I've a dolly right here you might like to buy".
"no this is the one" the child said to her mother.
"if I can't have her I don't want any other".
So off dolly went with the child who was kind
And just like the dolly the child was blind.
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Written on December 02, 2023
Submitted by charliefifteen on February 12, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 672 |
Words | 146 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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