"We could have told you by your happy smile!" cried the French dolly.
"But all of my sister dolls have smiles just like mine!" replied Raggedy Ann.
"And shoe-button eyes?" the dolls all asked.
"Yes, shoe-button eyes!" Raggedy Ann replied.
"I would tell you from the others by your dress, Raggedy Ann," said the French doll, "Your dress is fifty years old! I could tell you by that!"
"But my new sister rag dolls have dresses just like mine, for the Stranger Friend had cloth made especially for them exactly like mine."
"I know how we could tell you from the other rag dolls, even if you all look exactly alike!" said the Indian doll, who had been thinking for a long time.
"How?" asked Raggedy Ann with a laugh.
"By feeling your candy heart! If the doll has a candy heart then it is you, Raggedy Ann!"
Raggedy Ann laughed, "I am so glad you all love me as you do, but I am sure you would not be able to tell me from my new sisters, except that I am more worn, for each new rag doll has a candy heart, and on it is written, 'I love you' just as is written on my own candy heart."