# Looking for: A short story that ends something like this:

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 3, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-story-that-ends-something-like-this/538128 "2010-05-03T08:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-story-that-ends-something-like-this/538128/1 "2010-05-03T08:33:13Z")

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“I saw it. I saw the little house.” (Or possibly “I seen it…” etc.)

I’m thinking southern writer. Eudora Welty? I also considered Katherine Mansfield, but I don’t think so. I just can’t remember.

The gist of the story was that a rich child got a dollhouse as a present, and the poor child was invited to see it, but wasn’t considered worthy. Or something like that. Race may have been an issue.

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**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-story-that-ends-something-like-this/538128/2 "2010-05-03T14:15:06Z")

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It was Katherine Mansfield. [The Doll’s House](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doll's_House_(short_story)).

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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-story-that-ends-something-like-this/538128/3 "2010-05-04T02:59:13Z")

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Damn it! I actually knew this one! 😉

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**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-story-that-ends-something-like-this/538128/4 "2010-05-04T05:41:57Z")

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Yep, me too. As I recall, the little girl’s name was Kezia, and I think what she saw was “the little light” – I could be wrong; Grade 12 was about 30 years ago…

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-story-that-ends-something-like-this/538128/5 "2010-05-04T05:46:50Z")

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Didja like the part when Nora declares her independence from Torvald ?