Pastry Creatures
BUT of all Lady Hollyhock’s visitors, the little Wests enjoyed most those who came from the kitchen.
When baking day came, Mamma always allowed the children to have a little pastry dough to make up into the forms they liked best.
Pie crust was fashioned into all sorts of animals as well as into people. These kept their shape beautifully.
Doughnut creatures, though good to have, were likely to lose their shapeliness as they grew in the fat. They did not suffer long, however, for they were soon eaten.
The story of the Doughnut Man was always sung as one of these odd creatures disappeared.
Sweetest of all were the Gingerbread Maids. It always took a pan full of these favorites to satisfy the children. Verses were made about these, too, and often repeated.