“Hmm......” Mary murmured as she skipped around the room, looking at all of her dolls. “What should I play today?” Spotting Jake and Mark sitting near the front of the room, her eyes lit up. “I know.....Princess Wedding!”
Princess WHAT? Jake groaned silently as Mary picked him and Mark up and placed them down on her table on the other side of the room, then started looking through the other pile of dolls. He had a bad feeling about this.....
Sure enough, Mary pulled a Ken doll and a GI Joe doll out of the pile and brought them over to the table, setting them down in front of Jake and Mark.
“Do you, Ken, take Princess Jane to be your wife and looooove her forever?” Mary said with a giggle. Lowering her voice to try and imitate what she thought a man sounded like, Mary said “I do.”
“And Princess Jane, do you take Ken as your husband to loooove forever?” Mary asked. Jake tried to refuse, but again had no luck trying to make himself heard. “I do!” Mary squeaked. Mary giggled again, and said “Now.....kiss!”
Jake watched with dismay as Mary pushed the Ken doll’s adjustable arms into position to embrace him and then pushed them closer together until they were face to face. God, dolls’ faces were weird when you were their size and about two inches away from them, Jake thought. In the background, he could hear Mary continue playing her game. Apparently, Mark was “Queen Marion” and getting married to “Commander Joe.”
With the “wedding” complete, Mary carefully picked up the set of embracing dolls and moved them up onto her nightstand. All Jake could do was listen as she moved on to playing other games.
He had no idea how much time had passed since they’d been turned into girly dolls, but finally, one day, he heard Mary rushing up the stairs.
“Daddy! Daddy! Can I borrow your camera to take pictures of my dollies’ wedding?”
“Okay sweetie, but be careful!” the response came back. Mary giggled as she rushed into the room, camera in hand. She aimed the camera at the dolls on her night stand, pushed the button, and they became.....