The exciting adventures of Rosy Ragdoll

Writer: Elaine Davie.

Long before Barbie and Ken, with their hard, angular bodies and outrageous wardrobes, there were soft, cuddly, unpretentious rag dolls which crept into the arms and hearts and beds of little girls all over the world. And for that matter, into those of their mothers before them.

One such mother is Alta Pretorius, a resident of Fisherhaven, who has never lost her love of these little creatures, each with its own personality. She could tell her doll all her secrets and in turn, the doll would regale her with tales of her own breath-taking adventures.

Alta with a small family of completed and half-finished rag dolls.

In the fullness of time, Alta herself had two little girls (and a boy), each with a rag doll, and on long road trips to the sea for their holidays, Alta would keep them spell-bound as she recounted these stories. A journalist by trade, story-telling came naturally to her and she was able to reel off one escapade after another.

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