Toy stories

(1972 May 8)

You are on the right track with Lawrence when you encourage him to keep his things picked up and have some regard for their worth. God knows why children do the things they do - sometimes curiosity, as when I pried all the keys out of my toy piano "to see where the music came from," sometimes to see how it was made. Sometimes to see what other use it could be used for other than the one the maker had in mind. There must be many kids like this, as few on reaching adulthood have the toys they had as children. I recall I gave you my dolls to play with, Gertrude, a large staring blonde, one Japanese, about 3 others - until you played fire department and doused them with water, and in disgust I gave them to the church to be distributed to the poor at Xmas. Wish I had them now.