On the doll’s body inch-wide bandages were used, and the ends were sewed in place. To prevent slipping, strips of adhesive plaster were placed over the folds of the edges.
Under the assistant nurse’s kind care, Private Brave soon grew better and was able to take an interest in the other patients.
He begged to be allowed to visit the boys’ ward, where he wouldn’t be so lonely.
There was great excitement among the boys in the ward, none of whom were very ill, when a real soldier came to visit them.
They coaxed him to tell them about his adventures.
They liked best the story about how he lost his arm, and this one about the stolen baby: