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Summer had been a fun time for Stella Julianna. Even though she didn’t get to fly on a plane like Miss Ruby did a few years ago, she did get to go on some car trips with Mamma Jennie.
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When they arrived at Oceanside Beach, she played in the sand and let the waves wash over her feet all the day . . .
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After the summer, things became quiet at home. Stella Julianna liked reading, but sometimes she got lonely in the doll’s room in her home with Mamma. All of the antique dolls that lived there too were nice and friendly, but they just weren’t as young and vigorous as she was. Miss Ruby liked to play with Little Davie on their chair, or to stitch her sampler. It was especially lonely now that there were no more summer trips in the car, and Mamma Jennie was away at her new job all day with the hazelnuts. Stella Julianna pretended that she had a friend to run and play with like Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, or like Raggedy Ann and Andy. Her imaginary friend was smaller than her, and she had red pigtails and freckles. Sometimes she got such a determined look on her face that dimples appeared in her cheeks.
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One day, a mysterious box arrived on the doorstep. Mamma Jennie brought it in and set it on the bed. Stella Julianna was curious and excited. There seemed to be a magical tingling about the box.
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The box was opened and sparkles seemed to drift upward into the air . . .
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And just look who emerged from her long travel slumber in the bedroll–
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Little Hazel woke up and climbed out of her travel berth. She said, “Hello. I’m Hazel Katerina, and I’ve come from our creator mother in the Carolinas to live with you and keep you company.
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In fact, the very next day, when Mamma Jennie brought in the plants for the cold winter months ahead, Stella Julianna and Hazel Katkin went tree climbing on the dragon tree.
Serendipity was in the air along with the magical sparkles. Hazel was named by her creator mother, Connie Lowe. Just before she came to live with Mamma Jennie, Jennie started a new job which is focused on Oregon hazelnuts!
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With this kind of magic and serendipity in the Autumn air, who knows what might happen by Yule time!
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