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Grey Dawn Needs Therapy

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Hi my name is Gray Dawn. I'm a blueberry pie alpaca. Mommy named me after a collie from one of her favorite Albert Payson Terhune books. I have a lot of interests like playing with my friends, climbing up and down the shelves and generally being cute. But one of my interests got me into trouble one day. This is my story. I was sitting at the computer minding my own business one day when Mommy came up to me. Gray Dawn, she's said, I got my bank statement. I stood very still. I didn't want her to see that I was buying alpacas. Do you know how much money you spent on alpacas in the past couple months? Hey are you buying alpacas right now? Um. No? I quickly changed the screen to a picture that I'd been coloring. I'm just coloring I said. Gray Dawn, we have to talk she said. You spend way too much of my money on alpacas. I think you have a problem. I pushed my reading glasses up on my head and gave her a serious look. I don't have

Therapy Day

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Once a month Mommy goes to see someone very special. She's called a therapist. A therapist is a doctor type person who listens to everything you say. You can tell her about good things or bad things. Things that are bothering you or things that you are excited about. You can tell her everything! Mommy likes her therapist very much. She really helps her and gives her good advice and thoughts. Mommy's therapist's name is Elaine. And this time when Mommy visited her I got to go with her! I actually had been there before a very long time ago. But Mommy wanted to bring me back so Elaine could see my new look and see how much of a good therapy doll that I have become. Mommy helped me put on my favorite outfit. When it was time to go we went outside to wait for Daddy to get home. He drives Mommy to her sessions. While we were waiting for Daddy Mommy and I went over and visited the chickens and let them out of their pen. Our chickens do something called free range every

Kira Comes Home

 Andi stood at the gate at the front door bouncing on the balls of her feet. 'Come on... commme onnnnnn...' she said under her breath.  Today was finally the day.  She joined the family a few months ago and though she's settling in well, every day she's missed not only her native country of Australia but her best friend Kira whom she met when Kira went to Australia to help out at the animal sanctuary.  Their love for helping animals created a solid bond.  It's a bond that people who don't like animals just can't understand. 'Come on, come on!' Andi said again. Mommy put her hand on her head.  'Patience, Honey, she'll be here soon.' Andi and Kira had sent written letters nearly every week and emailed almost daily since Andi was adopted.  Finally, Kira's last email stated she was in quarentine and would be home really soon.  Andi was extatic.  The other girls were excited as well.  But not like Andi.  They had accepted Kira as a penpal

Mina's Big Christmas

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Mina is a tiny doll. She is 5 inches high. She thinks she is regular sized. She thinks she lives in a giant sized world. I guess she does. And she enjoys it.  This was her first Christmas. She met another doll online and she became her first friend. Her name is Button. Earlier Button had sent her a beautiful Christmas card. This year, they were each others Christmas Swap buddies. Mina had never had a Christmas before and she was excited. She asked Mommy to help her get gifts for Button. After watching Mommy use the Magic Card though, she started getting ghe gifts herself. Boy was that fun! Mina enjoyed it when the gifts for Button came in the mail. Mommy wrote the Christmas card. But Mina did the rest. She chose the perfect sized box. She carefully wrapped each gift.  Then she helped Mommy pack the box. She bounced Button a Christmas note on the computer (that's the only way

A Very Merry Christmas

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It was Christmas Day. Santa had been and gone. The girls played around the tree, each one wearing their new gifts, a pretty Christmas dress for each of them. Except for Lily. She got a special surprise. Thinking she wasn't getting a gift (she knew she was hard to buy clothes for) she didn't participate while the other girls opened their gifts. Instead, she stayed on her shelf and played with Country Cow and listened as Rhapsody read to her. She liked it when Rhapsody read. She did all the voices. She saw Mommy come into the bedroom with some things to put away. She watched her for a while then went back to her play. Rhapsody suddenly stopped reading and she looked up to see why. Mommy was standing at the shelf. 'Excuse me, Rhapsody, but can I talk to Lily for a moment?' 'Sure!' replied Rhapsody. She put her book down and hopped off the shelf. She wanted to show the girls her new dress anyway. It was purple with purple pawrints. Purple was her colo