There was a 7-year old girl named Molly who absolutely loved dolls.
There was a 7-year old girl named Molly who absolutely loved dolls. She collected every doll she could and displayed them on a shelf in her bedroom.
She wasn’t doing very well in school, so her parents told her that if her grades improved, they would buy her a new doll as a reward.
Molly was motivated to try her best and, a few weeks later, her report card arrived from school. She had studied so hard that she managed to get straight As. Her mother and father were delighted and decided to make good on their promise.
The next morning, Molly’s mother brought her to the mall so they could go shopping for her gift. As they passed by the window of a second-hand toy store, the little girl grabbed her mother’s arm and asked if they could go inside.
When they entered the shop, the woman told her daughter she could choose any item she wanted, no matter what price it was. Molly wandered up and down the aisles of the dusty old toy shop until she eventually came to the doll section. On the top shelf, partially obscured by dusty old boxes, was something that immediately caught her eye.
It was a clown doll with red hair, yellow eyes and a big red nose.
The clowns’s wizened face was twisted into a malicious grimace and it’s teeth were sharp and jagged. One of the clown’s gnarled hands was clenched in a fist, but the other was holding up three fingers.
Molly turned to her mother and squealed, “Mommy, this is the one I want!”
“Are you sure?” asked her mother incredulously. “But, it’s so ugly and cre--epy.”
The little girl nodded excitedly. “I want it I want it I want it!”
“Well alright then,” said her mother as she took the clown doll down from the shelf and brought it over to the counter.
The owner of the store took one look at the doll and said, “I’m sorry, Madam. That clown doll is not for sale.”
“What? Why not?” exclaimed the surprised woman.
The owner refused to answer.
The mother looked down and saw her daughter’s eyes welling up with tears. She began arg--ui
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