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Dolly, still small and fragile, celebrated her sixth birthday. Nat and Arent and 'Melie were lofty from long experience with birthdays, but with little Willis held out their plates for second slices of the cake. Nellie looked over her brood.
She said, "Doll, when you were born, we didn't think we'd ever raise you."