The Little Girl with a Curl horrid from Ashton Drake Dianna Effner 14"

The Little Girl with a Curl (horrid) from Ashton Drake, sculpted by Dianna Effner for the Mother Goose Series of dolls.

You know her of course, she lives down the block, next door. Perhaps… Right upstairs! Or if none of those, she’s in your heart, tucked amidst childhood memories. She’s a little girl who always has a cheerful hello for everyone. Who does favors for mommy without being asked. And who behaves like a little angel most of the time. Something or someone has broken the little pot of flowers that grandma gave especially to her. So she scowls in dismay, stomps her foot, boo-hoos for effect… and then waits for mama to come and make everything right. She knows that When she is good, she is very, very good…and when she is bad, she is horrid!

The little girls face is hand-painted and is so engaging you just have to smile at her antics. Her hand-sets brown eyes add even more expression. Among the light brown ringlets the frame her face, the all-important “curl in the center of h