A fairy tale about a doll that smells of childhood and vanilla

A long time ago, very late at night, my mother sewed a soft doll and put it in the kitchen so that in the morning her little daughter would find a wonderful gift. But it must be remembered that it was before Christmas and in my mother’s kitchen everything was laid out and prepared for the Christmas cake. So in large jars there were cinnamon, vanilla and honey, and many other tasty and smelling things. Near all these festive smells, the doll itself began to smell very strongly. But it seemed to this bully that she was the most fragrant doll of all the dolls in the world and she decided to take a bath in these smells.
And when mother got up early in the morning to prepare warm milk for her daughter, she was simply frightened of a new white doll, the trace caught cold. In front of her sat a brown, completely wet dirty woman, in which one could hardly recognize a gift that she had sewn for the holiday. And so that her little princess would not be upset by such a gift, she quickly threw it into the attic right above the kitchen. There were many different old things in the attic – boxes, bags, a cradle and an old gramophone. And since then every evening soft music and laughter could be heard from the attic. In addition, the doll went down to the kitchen every night and took a bath of coffee, cinnamon, lemon and vanilla and other spices.
Years passed, the little girl herself became a mother. And in the search for the right things in the attic, she stumbled upon an old, but very, very warm doll that smelled like miracle and magic. Radiating all the aromas of the world, creating a sense of celebration and childhood. Since then, the fragrant doll has lived with this family for many long and happy years. Only girls grew up, turning into grandmothers, but the doll gave each girl in the family the power of the aromas of all life on earth and the love of mother’s hands.

Nazarevich Victoria