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Slack.com slash DHQ. I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. So often, I search

for the right words to say. And as I often mention, I love examples of when someone

knows just the right thing to say, the right way to respond. I love children's books

and picture books, and sometimes I find examples of the right words to say in a book

that I read decades ago. For instance, I love the story told in the 1962 picture book,

The Best Love Doll by Rebecca Coddle. In the story, the little girl Betsy gets an invitation

to a friend's party. The invitation explains that each guest should bring a doll and

prizes will be given for the oldest doll, the best dressed doll, the doll who can do the

most things. Betsy debates about which of her poor dolls to bring. The wooden doll Melissa

is Betsy's oldest doll. Melissa is a hundred years old and belonged to Betsy's great-great-grandmother.

Melinda is the best dressed doll with a trunk full of beautiful clothes. Mary Jane is the

doll who can do the most things. When Betsy turns a key in Mary Jane's back, her feet

work the trettle of a sewing machine and her sewing machine soles real stitches.

The last doll is Jennifer. Jennifer is worn and be dragiled. Her face is patched with adhesive

tape. She has faded, rumpled clothes and tangled hair, but she has a beautiful smile, and

she's the doll that's most precious. In the end, Betsy brings Jennifer. Betsy gets to

the party and all the guest play games then they gather for the contest. On the table sit

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