18th. Stop              June 28, 2004          Springfield, Tennessee

Dolly first trip to Tennessee!  Visiting with "sweetpdolls" in Springfield, Tennessee...
(Looks like there's a lot of Baby Face dollies in Tennessee...this could be trouble
!!!)

 

 

Hewwo Evee one. Nice ta meet ya! My name is Pwinsis ShowShoe and I am furst in line to meet Trablin Dolly.
 

  HEY! You awe Pwinsis Cuckoo mores like it. Get down frum thea. You awe NOT furst in line. I is. Mama says so.

But I got kissy wips for Dolly so I gotta be furst. You go away Shewwi!
 
  Gib me back my hat!

No!

I gonna peench yous kissy lips Lawa if you don't GIB ME MY HAT.
 
  Babies! Travelin Dolly will be here any minute! Stop that fighting right now. Do you want to embarrass all of Tennessee with your bad behavior? Mama has gone to an estate sale to look for more dolls. Why I do not know. We have plenty as it is. And she better not bring any more of you Baby Faces here or I am joining Travelin Dolly in her box and heading out of here!
Now stand at attention! I have made myself an official tag. Can you read what it says?

No Jilly we just learnin to color in de lines. What's it say?

It says.....Security Jill, in cursive. I will make sure everything goes smoothly for Travelin Dolly's arrival.
 
  All dollies must stay behind the purple rope. And please do not throw your gums wrappers on the floor.
 
  Who does that uppity Jill think she is?! She can not make us do what she says, can she Della?
Never Stella! Let's stay up front, right in front of the purple rope. We will have a MUCH better sight of Travelin Dolly's arrival from here. Any doll with a rubber band in their head knows we never voted her Security chief. HA!
 
  Security Jill asks Ginny and Wild Bill to cut the red tape....errr....Priority tape upon Dolly's arrival.
 
  Oh My. I've traveled MUCH further south than I was suppose to! I wonder if Cookinsupper knew she sent me Global Priority?

Welcome Travelin Dolly. We and all of the Tennessee Natives welcome you. We feel very honored to have been chosen by Security Jill to welcome you to Tennessee.
Please come with us.
 
  All the dolls welcome Dolly and load her and her boxes and suitcases into the awaiting dolly grocery cart.
We have a wonderful surprise planned for you!
 
  Do you see those Baby Faces kissing up to Dolly, Stella dear?
My, my, my. That Jittery Jill is not going to like this Della. No she will not like this at all.
 
  Security Jill, busy cleaning up after the long awaited arrival, fails to notice that Dolly, now traveling in a grocery cart pushed by Baby Faces, is now making her way along with many excited dollies into the garden.
What will become of Travelin Dolly?
Will Security Jill be fired for her lack of action in the "Grocery Cart Caper"?
Will Wild Bill fall in love with Travelin Dolly?
Stay tuned in the eBay Dolly Board Room.........

 
  Look Stella! Those dollies have put the Travelin Dolly in a metal wash tub.
How odd. I will wager my vintage Japanese fan that it was a Baby Face that came up with that idea Della darling.
Personally Stella I am glad we chose to stay up here in the dolly shopping cart. Our own private "room with a view."
Is that a box of matches Little Wild Bill is holding?
Yes Stella dear. I would imagine he is going to use them to light the sticks under the wash tub.
Hmmmm. Surely not.
Della darling. Have you heard there are some who do not like it that we are only heads?
Oh Stella its because they are jealous we do not have to worry about our weight. We are always light as a feather. teehee.
I am not particularly fond of that Vogue Fashion Girl but perhaps we should give her a shout.
What do you think Della?

 
  What cha doin Wild Bill?

Hi Quakers. I just found Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
© in my match box.

Oh goody! I love cookies. Can I have one?
 
  Hey little fella. What are you doing?
 
  These Tennessee Natives seem so friendly and nice but.....this all seems so familiar for some reason....Shirley Temple!
That's it! I saw a movie once where little Shirley was captured by NATIVES! and placed in a big pot to cook.. H..A..L..P!!!!
 
  Security Jill busy with her "security chores" feels a sudden and strange tingling sensation running through the glue that holds down her saran wig. She looks across the yard and GASPS at what she sees......
Running through the overgrown grass of the front yard she races to save the day....then spies Wild Bills matchbox...then she....then she
  Heeeeehee I finks Jilly wooks funny wiff her feet thicking stwaight up in the aia.
Wooky Twablin Dolly! Stella gabe me hur fansee fan. She said I gotta fan Jilly till she wakes up. Dis is fun!

You can have this cookie Jilly. I only licked on one side of it. It'll make you feel much better!

You know Vintager Ginny than me, I coulda made a very good Security Girl. I do not have Jill's figure but I have glasses and that makes me smart. I'da looked pretty with that big Security Jill tag in cursive on my shirt.
 
And as I was quacking, Sweetp does not let us play with matches.

We is so sowwy we gabe you a fwight Twablin Dolly! We was jus goin to make you a hot tub to soak yoa's twablin toes. We foughts it would be a gweat soup prize foe yous.

Beside Mama says we must never, ever get in water as it will ruin our resale value. Of course I already knew that because of my glasses.

Will Travelin Dolly ever forgive the Tennessee Natives for giving her such a fright?
Will she ever be able to realize her dream of singing at the Grand Old Opry?
Who is that handsome little guy who hangs around but never, ever speaks?
 

 

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