monday

i love her on a monday

when hanging out the clothes,

and i'm gunning for the blackbird

that dares trespass on her nose.

monday morning after breakfast i start for school. jack and i go the same way, and he leaves me at the door, so mother knows i'm safe. when school is over, lots of us girls go home together. quite often some of my schoolmates come home with me for lunch, and then we play in the house for a little while before we go to the park. of course, monday is dolly's wash day, so i usually wash her clothes very carefully and hang them up to dry in the little garden on top of my doll's house. this just came for christmas, and i like it so much that i am going to keep it in order just the way mother does our house, so that is why i try to do every day just what they are doing in the big grown-up house. it doesn't take very long for dolly's little things to dry, and then i fold them up and put them in a cunning little clothes basket until the next day, when i start my ironing.