About 12 years ago, I began making a series of dolls called “Wee Mountain Folk.” At first, I made them from cloth but then began using a kind of polymer clay（軟陶）called cernit. The cloth dolls were beautiful, but it was impossible to get the level of detail（細(xì)節(jié)）I can get with clay.

First, I use wire（金屬絲）to build the shape of the doll. Then I cover the head, hands, and feet around the wire using the cernit. Then I make the doll’s clothes myself, using lots of different materials. The completed dolls are fixed onto hardwood bases made by my father, Jim Logan.

Generally, the dolls I make show older people taking part in traditional activities. I’ve always had a great respect for the older generation.

Inspiration for the dolls often comes from people I know. Once I was caught looking too closely at the wrinkles（皺紋）on the face of one of my mom’s friends. But I explained that her laugh lines made her more attractive.

Now I work as a teacher’s assistant, and while I was raising my two daughters, Keri and Sheryl, I could work on the dolls only late in the day. The girls loved to come downstairs the next morning to see who’d arrived in the night.

It’s the detail that I enjoy working on the most. I once made a fisherman doll for a lady to give her father, including a tiny creel — a basket used by fishermen for carrying fish. When the man got the doll, he immediately opened the creel to see what was inside. Luckily, I’d made a small fish out of cernit and placed it in the basket.

Hopefully my story will inspire others to try their hand at doll making — I find it very relaxing and interesting.

1.The dolls called “Wee Mountain Folk” were ________.

A. totally hand made

B. mainly made of cloth

C. usually small kids

D. often designed by the author’s father

2.Why did the author look closely at her mother’s friend’s face?

A. To guess her age.

B. To get creative ideas.

C. To give her a surprise.

D. To find out why she was so attractive.

3.The author’s daughters ________.

A. thought doll making was a waste of time

B. thought the dolls’ styles were too old

C. showed great interest in the dolls

D. paid little attention to the dolls

4.The author tells the story of the fisherman doll to show that ________.

A. it takes much effort to make a doll

B. it is difficult to satisfy everyone

C. the old also love her dolls

D. her dolls have fine details

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