SUZANNAH'S DEBUT

[Christine Wooten]

“What ya doin’ Sandi”..said Holly. “What ya lookin at.” “I be’s

lookin at that stuff in the field across the street” said Sandi. “Ohhh,

that be’s pretty,” said Holly “look at all the pretty yellow flowers

too!!” “THOSE yellow flowers are MEAN ,” said Sandi “mean and

nasty!!” “But why,” said Holly “they be’s so pretty !” “ Yep, they are

pretty but they makes woot sick so she can’t take us outside to

play,” said Sandi.“Oh… that be’s why we have to stay in the house all day,” said Holly.

“Yep, woot’s been busy too’s, so she can’t plays with us, “ said Sandi.


“ I KNOWS,” said Holly “did you hear all the racket coming from

the bafroom...GOSH...the way she wuz screaming you would thinks

woot was gonna scrub offs her face or something.”

“I LOVE baths,” said Sandi. “ Me too’s,” said Holly “ I loves to play with all

the bath toys.” “Oh YES,” said Sandi “ my favorite is the rubber

duckie Suzie n’ Dee Dee found on that beanstack at Pa pa’s house.”

“Oh, that was before I lived here,” said Holly “ but I hearded all bout

that story, they was sooo BRAVE… I woulda been skeerded of the GIANT!!”

“ We were skeerded,” said Sandi…. all cept Suzie n’ Dee Dee n’

they wuz sure lucky that all that falled down with that beanstack

wuz the rubber ducky!!”


“ OH oh…...HERE she comes,’ said Holly.

“ Hi, thisters of mine, I had a baf, did you have a baf...do you like

bafs… I don’t……….” said Suzannah ‘ You sure hollered a lot, “ said

Sandi… .’ you would think woot was drowning you or somethin.”

“SHE wuz...she WUZ ...she weally weally WUZ........I wuz so

askeered....I squeemed and hollerd and yelled as louds as I could n' I kicked

toooooos I wuz sooooo SKEERED!!!!!!!!!!!! Wast times I had a baf, dat

wady dat baffed me then wubbed sooo hards she wubbed my wips

right offs me......snif snif...... but woot...she din't hurts me so I

stopped squeemin' and we gots me all cleans..... but then...woot

combed out my hair and putted this howwibubble thing on my heads........sob... I

wooks soooo funnys....the other dowwys will teases me... I dont gots no

wips n' now I gots a funny thing on my head..but...woot knowd's all

bout that n she gived me some pwitty bows to wears and now I wooks

soooo CUTES...n' then woot let me chooses my very own fwiend from

the toy box and I choosed Giraffiti in't he cutes...and he be's my

very owns for ebber n ebber n always....I wuvs him. I be's soooo

HAPPY ..n CLeAN n' I din't even lose no rest of me...I still gots all

me here...... I got’s to go and get my new jammies now… I got’s new

jammies...do you got’s new jammies… I do…. Aunty Pamela maked them

speshul just for ME yup she did...AND she maked me the prettiest l

little dwess ever ever wuz ..yep.. .it got’s cherries on its...RED ones… I

I l uvs RED….it be’s my favrit color ..RED duz…. yep it duz…. I goota

goes now .. I be’s right back…… yep I do’s….

“WOW” said Sandi….. “Yep… WOW” said Holly… how can ANYONE

talk THAT much without stopping….WOW !!”

“ I’m back… I’m back new sisters of mine,” said Suzannah “look at my

new jammies.. .aren't’ I just the cutest little thing in them… look at

the cutie pie back on them ….ohhhh I l uv’s Aunty Pamela...she

makeded me the cutest stuffs yep she dids… what are you doin’….can

I play too...can I….can I ??”

“ We were just playing ‘PAGEANT’, “ said Sandi “the Miss Merry

Christmas Pageant is soon now and we saw the pictures of the

opening number poses and we was just playin like we’s gonna be in it’s.”

“OHhhhh I wanna be in it…. I’m GONNA be in it…” said Suzannah “yep

I am… I know how to do those poses...yep I do’s...I’s gonna grows up to

be’s a Fashun Model...yep I is.. I surely is...let me see them poses.. I

wanna tries….let me...let meeeeeeeeeeeee ...pweezee!!”

“ You CAN’T be’s in it,” said Sandi “it be’s too late to enter n’ sides we

already got’s a gurl in it’s….. ummm don’t we?? ummmm don’t we? “

“Uhhhh… I din’t see anybody pwacticin … mebby woot din’t

let one of us be’s in it’s this year.

“Well,” said Holly “I heard woot say that nobody wuz sposed to know

who’s the dollie wuz this year n’ that everbody knows all of US… n’

she sayed that if we putted a dollie in it’s it would be’s a NEW dollie that

nobody knowed wuz ours.”

“ME ME ME !!! “ said Suzannah “ that

be’s ME… I be’s a new dolly.. yup I DO’S….. ohhhhh I BE’S a

PAGEANT GURL… Hooooooo WAY!!!!!!!.... OHhh ohhh the CHERRIES

dwess… I bet’s it be’s my pageant dwess yup I do’s….I weally.. weally do’s.

“GASP” went Sandi and Holly together...do you spose she’s

RIGHT!!” “She might be’s,” said Holly “we don’t have any other new

sisters...NONE at all...SHE is the ONLY one!!” “We’d better

help her pwactice then,” said Sandi “ she don’t be’s too steady on

her feets...look at her..every time she tries to pose her feets slides

aparts...oh DEAR… what kind of Pageant Girl is SHE gonna be.. I don’t

thinks we will have a chance at someone from our house earning a place

in the Winner’s Circle.”

“OH .. Ohhh HELP….. HELP…” cried Suzannah… “ I can’t doooooo’s it..

I can’t dooooo’s it...I keeps fallin downs...snif...snif… I’s never gonna

be’s a Pageant Gurl….sob….”

“I know’s what be’s wrong .” said Holly…. “ your strings are too loose

… MINE are too and I sometimes have the same pwoblem.. I know what

woot duz to fix it...she twists my head around a few times n’ it


tightens up my strings…..”

“NOooooooooooo”….screamed Suzannah “ Oh don’t be’s a baby,” said

Holly… “ it doesn’t hurts.” “ I d-d-d-d– don’t wanna..really I don’t

pweeze sisters of mine d– d– d– d- dddd doan…….. ’t….. ahhhhhhhhhh”

“Oh ….ohhhhhhhh …… woot’s gonna get us BIG TIME”….said

Holly….”it’s STUCK and it won’t MOVE… Oh nooooooo WHAT are we

gonna DO’S…. we got’s her head stuck BACKWARDS..ohhh HELP!!!!”

“HELP Meeeeeeeeee HEEEEELP MEeeeeeeee” cried Suzannah…. I’s

skeerded I can’t MOVES…. I can’t sees where I be’s goin’ ohhh

HELP meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”

“Well,” said Holly…” maybe it won’t be too bads..you can walks


backwards….you can sees then…..” “NOoooo I’ll fall downs .. I will .. I

WILL.. ohhh I will nebber be’s a fashun model or a pageant gurl

nows… my life is oooooooveeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

wahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


“Oh hush now.. of course you CAN” said Sandi…. “Look..you can

wears a LONG Pageant Girl dress….n’ it will covers your feets….. just

keeps your arms down at your sides so peoples can’t sees your

hands are on backwards n’ you will be’s a really pretty pageant

gurl…..you’ll see ...come on ...let’s try it out………. ………… …….

THERE see….you are gorgeous….. now just walk backwards slowly

and smile…. uh ohhhhhhhhhh……. guess that didn’t works so goods huh….oh dear….”

“WAIT ….WAIT…. I GOT’S it” cried Holly… “I knowed how to fixes her

yup I do’s ….get that big dwess off her...this is gonna be’s EASY….

There now…..members WE be’s SPESHUL dollies n’ WHY...cuz we

got’s knees n’ wellbows ... members...soooooo lookie here… we

just turns her feetsies round the other way...n’ her hands too’s

THERE NOW… see’s almost good as new….. Now she can walks with

her toezies n’ her face all going the same place..woo hoo…. she be’s

FIXED!!! Come on … after all this citement I ‘m hungry….let’s go get

some cookies n’ milk….. race Ya !!” “K ….wait for me” said Sandi…..

“ I want choklit milk...let’s go.”

“ Uhh wa..it…..WAIT ….sisters of mine ..oh wa it…..snif….yew forgots

my kneezies….. they be’s still facin’ the other way...ohhhhhh I’s


ruined…. poor me….poor poor little me...what I gonna do’s

now….snif...snif…..” cried Suzannah.

“Pinny….do you hear someone crying,” said Tamani…… “Ye eees,”

said Pinny “ oh yes I DO…..look ..there she is.” “Let’s go and see

what’s wrong,” said Tamani.

“Oh my GOODNESS,” said Tamani when they had heard the story….

“Let us see if we can help you…..we are bigger and stronger than

you little Baby Faces...maybe we can help. Here..you hold her still

Pinny and I will see if I can turn her head…. ohhh my it IS stuck isn’t

it...but wait.. what if I unwind it backwards instead of trying to turn it
any more…..uhhhh uhhhhh ohhh dear it just won’t budge…” “I have

an idea” said Pinny…… “You hold her head still and I will try to turn

her body...do you think that might work….?” “Well, it couldn’t hurt to

try,” said Tamani…. “here .. .I ‘ve got her head...go on and turn and

see what happens.” “Ohhh, “ cried Pinny.. “ it’s working...it’s

WORKING!!!!” “Alright little one,” said Tamani.. .”let’s get you all

lined up properly again…..there you go….!”

“ Oh I l uvs you .. I l uvs you .. .I LUVS you….” said Suzannah giving

them hugs….. “Ohhhh BIG sisters of mine I be’s soooo happy...you

fixeded me … I be’s all ok’s now….thank you thank you ohhh I l uvs you….”

“ That’s alright little one… we’re just glad we could fix you up….we

have to go now... you be careful getting back to the dolly room...your

joints might be a little stiff right now…. bye sweetie” said Tamani.


..... ....... ........ .....“Bye bye...big sisters of mine….. uh ohhh

wa..it….WAIT...uh ..ohhhhhh you forgotted somethin’…..sigh.”