Page 10 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2013

Donna helped Elli brush out a portion of the
feathering from her hair, and we finally were on our way.

When we pulled in to her school, Elli paused before she
got out. She just watched the other kids briefly, and then
turned back to me. “I don’t feel so bad now. Everyone
looks stupid. And the boys look even stupider than the

girls.”
With that, she skipped off to class, feeling better,
while I felt worse.
Later that day, when I picked her up, she was
wearing her normal clothes that she had stuffed into her
pack before school. Her hair was also brushed straight.

When I asked her why she had decided to change, she
shrugged.
“I couldn’t stand to look stupid like that one minute
longer than I had to,” she replied.

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