The Doll by Hailie Lopez Victor, age 9 This story is a continuation of Hailie Lopez Victor’s “The Doll,” featured in the Fall 2021 chapbook, Touch All the Buttons/Toca Todos Los Botones Chapter 4: The Voice She loved to eat fish, but now that she’s dead, she can’t eat. The doll made her mean and wanted to put people to sleep, so that’s why she went to someone’s house: because they can see but she can’t. She could feel houses. She wanted to hurt but someone told her, “don’t do it, you don’t know what will happen.” “Okay okay,” said Mary but she didn’t really mean it. The person knew. The person never talked to her again. Mary never heard her again. She was happy not to hear her because Mary doesn’t like her. Chapter 5: The Man There is a man that can stop the doll. The man made a trap for the doll. He worked day and night for the doll. He took one year because he needed the important thing: The doll trap button, because if you push the button, it will trap any doll that is closer to the button. He waited for night time, and he hid. The doll said, “I can hear you.” The man pushed the button. The button trapped the doll. The doll yelled, “Nooooo!” “I got you, now. Time to go somewhere,” said the man. The doll said, “Where are you going to take me?” “Somewhere,” said the man. “I said! Where are you going to take me!” The doll said angrily. Chapter 6: Gone for Good Two hours later in the car, the man gave her to some people. They took her into a lab and put her in a box, and as hard as she tried to get out, it did not work. One hour later, the people came back and made sure the doll did not come out. Many years passed, the people came and left, but one day the boss talked to the people. He said, “It is time.” The people pointed at the box and said, “Bye.” The doll is gone.
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