davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

I'm afraid they're about to start a fire by sheer power of friction produced by their attempts to think...

That would be a lot of ex-ploding heads... which would make for an interesting photo!

I’m really enjoying this story - and the guest appearance of Emily the Strange was a bonus.

And thanks for the link to Rosamund - I can see how they got Emily from the word-words but was puzzled by Rosamund.

Yes, the "Rosamond" reference was definitely obscure, but also an opportunity to show that the Ameliæ can be effectively snarky when they so choose. Cross them at your peril!

I cannot stop laughing at this

It was the bunny thing, wasn't it?

Illiteracy appears to be another of the challenges for the Ameliae.

The poor things seem to face multiple challenges. But at least they can interpret pictographs!

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28 December – A Doll A Day 2019:

Part IV

"Let's open the box!"

"Yes! Let's open the box!"

"But it's not just a box! It's a PRESENT!"

"That's right! It's a PRESENT!"

"Let's open the PRESENT!"

"I hope it's a good present!"

"ALL presents are good presents!"

"I can see something!"

"Me too! I can see something in the box!"

"What do you see in the box?"

"I see... I see... I see SOCKS in the box!"

"Oh NOOOO!!!! The present IS a box of socks!"

"NOT all presents are good presents!"

"Wait! Wait! What ELSE is in the box?"

"I see SHOES in the box!"

"Those are boots, not shoes."

"I see... what do you call those?"

"Culottes? Pantaloons? Jodhpurs?"

"And... is that a corset?"

"Hey, I wear a corset!"

"Me too! I wear a corset!"

"I wear boots and jodhpur-culotte-pantaloons AND a corset!"

"And we all wear a pink blouse!"

"IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF US! IT'S... AN AMELIA!"

"And she's perfect! A perfect Amelia!"

"Never removed from box!"

"Limited edition and never removed from box!"

"She's too pretty to take out of the box!"

"She's too perfect to take out of the box!"

"She's too limited and rare to take out of the box!"

"Maybe... maybe we should sell her!"

"Maybe she's worth a lot of money!"

"We could be rich!"

"STOP! We've been through this before!"

"Yes, we've been through this before!"

"We've been through this before?"

"Yes, we've been through this before!"

"Okayyy... so.... what does that mean?"

"It means that Amelia is NOT FOR SALE!"

"That's right! That's right! Amelia is NOT FOR SALE!"

"Not for sale! Now there are LOTS of us!"

"Lots of us!"

"If there are lots of us, we're going to need lots of socks!"

"Lots of socks! I hope we get another present soon!"

"Amelia is one of us!"

"Amelia is another one of us!"

"ONE OF US! ONE OF US!"

"ONE OF US! ONE OF US!"

"Would you knock that off? People will think you're a bunch of freaks!"

"ONE OF... oh. Okay."

"We need to find our tools!"

"Tools to take you out of the box!"

"Somebody get a hammer!"

"Somebody get a saw!"

"Somebody find the scissors!"

"I'll get the dynamite!"

THE END

Finally!