Sunshine and Shadow (1911)
Way down south in the days of the aristocracy, there dwelt a lady named Mrs. Gilbert, and "Sunshine" was the name of her daughter. This lady has a colored cook who dwelt upon the Gilbert plantation with her little daughter named "Shadow." Sunshine is as fair and as white as a lily while Shadow is as dark and black as night. The first child is not only blessed with good looks, but she is surrounded by the blessings of material comfort; poor little Shadow can boast of nothing, not even her looks. Sunshine is given a birthday party, and all her little friends are invited to join in the fun. Shadow watches the guests come and casts longing eyes at their pretty dresses and sweet faces, and wonders why she was created such a funny looking little coon while Sunshine and her playmates were made so attractive. This remains an unsolved problem, but gives her a reason why she has not been invited to the party. She cannot control her curiosity and when she sees a chance sneaks into the parlor, hides under the sofa and there remains until all the other children depart for their homes. Sunshine, during the serving of the dinner, is afraid someone will get her beautiful doll returns to the parlor and hides it under the sofa, right next to the hiding Shadow, who clasps it to her little breast. Climbing out of her hiding place, she runs to her little cabin home and falls asleep in an old armchair before the fireside. As she is about to go to bed, Sunshine asks for her doll, and tells her mother and the nurse that it is under the sofa in the parlor. Of course they cannot find it, at once raise a hue and a cry and then suspect Shadow of theft. Shadow's mammy overhears their suspicion and hurries home, where she finds her little daughter asleep with the doll in her arms. Without disturbing her, she removes the doll, throws it in the fire and replaces it with the wooden cotton-haired doll which the little colored girl has cherished as her one prized possession; but in comparison to Sunshine's is only a make-believe.
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