Chapter Two

Chapter Two: A new Dollhouse

“Come in for lunch” called Mama. So they all went in for inside. They had tuna fish sandwiches and apple tarts for lunch. Suddenly Sarah said she had a head ache. “Oh no” said Mama. Go lay down.” So Sarah went and lay down on the couch. “Here, I will give you some medicine before it gets worse” said Mama. After lunch, Eve heard a banging from upstairs, and went up stairs to see what it was. When she got there, she saw that it was Papa banging nails into wood. “What are you making Papa?” asked Evelyn. “Don’t tell Rosie and Sarah, I’m making a dollhouse for them” answered Papa. “Oh wonderful, I won’t tell them” exclaimed Evelyn. “Could I help you?” “Maybe a little bit” answered Papa. “Now, can you hold this piece of wood for me?” asked Papa. Meanwhile, downstairs, Sarah took some blueberries from the fridge, and ate them with Rosie. Mama, held baby Charlotte on her lap carefully sitting on a chair. She kissed her soft rosy cheek. Sarah and Samuel went in the woods, picked some blackberries and cleared their forts. And Sarah decorated her fort some more. “Let’s ride on horses!” exclaimed Sarah. “Okay” said Samuel. But first they went inside to ask if the others wanted to. Rosie of course wanted to, because she loved riding on horses a lot. So they went outside and rode on the horses. Soon it was dinner time, so Mama called everyone to come and eat. They had hamburgers for dinner, which Mama had roasted. After dinner Papa said he had a surprise for Sarah and Rosie. “Yay” said Sarah. “Yes, come on I’ll show you” and He led them up the stairs, and into their room. And right before their eyes was a beautiful new dollhouse sitting between Evelyn’s and Sarah bunk bed and Rosie’s toddler bed. They were so surprised and happy that they could not speak, but finally Sarah said “oh thank you Papa so much!” “You’re welcome; I knew you girls always wanted a dollhouse so I decided to make one for you two. The dollhouse had a living room, a kitchen a school room and two bedrooms. They loved it so much they played with it all evening until Mama said it was time for a rosary. So they went downstairs got a rosary and sat down. After the rosary, Mama and Papa put Rosie and Joey to bed. Evelyn and Sarah took their books from the book shelf and read a chapter or two, and chatted. But soon after Mama said it was now time for the older ones to go to bed. So they said good night and crept upstairs to their bedrooms, and said their own night prayers to themselves. And at 9:00 in the night Mama and Papa went to bed. At 6:00 in the morning, Mama awoke to baby Charlotte walling as loud as she could. So Mama hurriedly got dressed, and crept down the stairs with Charlotte in her arms. She cradled her in her arms on the soft chair in their living room, while feeding her warm milk. Mama saw Rosie quietly walking down the stairs. “Good morning Rosie” said Mama. “Good morning” said Rosie. “I’m hungry” she said. “Well, it’s a little early now, so just wait a tiny bit more” said Mama. “Evelyn walked down the stairs in her cloths already. “Why are you in your cloths at this time of day?” Mama asked. “Because I want to pick berries for breakfast very early.” answered Evelyn. “Alright” said Mama. “Where is Sarah?” asked Rosie. “She is coming” answered Evelyn. Mama got up from the chair and started to make some blueberry muffins for breakfast. “Why don’t you girls go and pick some blueberries, because I need blueberries to make blueberry muffins of course. “Yay!” exclaimed Rosie, and at that moment Sarah came down the stairs. “Come on Sarah, let’s go pick blueberries, Mama is going to make blueberry muffins” said Rosie. “Okay” said Sarah. And they went outside. And they also met the boys working in the fields. “How about we play with our new dollhouse when we are finished” suggested Sarah. And they picked as many berries as they could and eat a few. Before eating breakfast, Evelyn took her two littler sisters on for a ride on one of their horses in the apple orchard. Then Mama called them in for a breakfast of blueberry muffins. And they went inside to eat. After, Sarah and Rosie went upstairs to play with their new doll house as they said they would. They loved doll houses a ton especially the one Papa made for them. And they loved everything about dollhouses. The two girls played dollhouse for an hour, and then Sarah read her very favorite book: the Mary frances sewing book, to herself, under a shady cherry blossom tree outside.