Engelina borrowed some of her mother's fabric, and began making herself a companion, her doll, Mabel. Mabel was almost finished when she realized she had no nose. She took the weather vane, which first came about in Greece, and then became popular throughout Europe, and eventually came to America along with the Braam's. She snatched it from the back garden, and snapped it in half with her bare hands! She used a part of the broken metal rod and stitched it to her doll's face. Elizabeth and Peter would often hear her talking to the doll, and thinking it was Engelina just playing, they continued to ignore it.