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I hugged her real tight.

“It worked, Grace! The fiber cereal worked! Now I’m not a nutball anymore! And so Handsome Warren will love me just like he loves you!”

That Grace did not look happy.

She bended down and dusted her new shoes.

I bended down there with her.

“How come you’re not happy, Grace? How come you’re not happy that he will love me, too?” I asked.

She did a huffy breath.

“You’re breathing on the shoes,” she said. “Don’t breathe on the shoes.”

Just then, the bus stopped at school.

I looked out the window and clapped my hands real thrilled.

“Grace! Grace! I see Handsome Warren! He’s at the water fountain! And Lucille isn’t even there yet!”

All of a sudden that Grace’s face got very perky.

She zoomed off the bus like a speeding bullet. And she ran to Handsome Warren zippity quick.

I could hear her shouting all over the playground.

“LOOK, WARREN! LOOK AT MY NEW SHOES!” she yelled. “THEY HAVE LIGHTNING ON THE SIDES! SEE?”

She was running in circles around that handsome guy.

“Wanna have a race?” she asked him. “Wanna see how fast I am? Bet you can’t beat me, Warren! Bet you can’t beat me in a race!”

And so just then, Handsome Warren and that Grace raced all over the playground.

And he couldn’t even beat her.

He came back very pooped.

“Wow,” he said. “You’re the fastest runner I ever saw. Maybe someday you’ll be in the Olympics.”

“I will, Warren!” said that Grace. “I will be in the Olympics someday! Wanna race me again? Huh? Do you?”

Just then, Lucille popped in out of nowhere.

She had on the beautifullest dress I ever saw.

She spinned all around.

“Ooooo, Lucille. You look like a royal highness in that thing,” I said.

“I know it,” she said. “This is the kind of dress that princesses wear. It is made out of rich red velvet.”

She twirled in front of Handsome Warren.

“This dress costed over one hundred and fifty dollars…not including tax,” she said.

All of a sudden, Handsome Warren’s eyes got big and wide.

“Wow! You must be the richest girl in the whole school!” he said.

Lucille fluffed her hair.

“I am,” she said. “I am the richest girl in the whole school, Warren. Guess how much my shoes cost? Just guess, okay?”

Just then I jumped right in front of that guy’s face.

“Hello. How are you today?” I said very pleasant. “I am fine. I am fine and calm.”

He backed up from me.

“Yeah, only you don’t even have to be afraid,” I said. “’Cause I ate fibers for breakfast. And I am so calm I could go to sleep, probably. Want to see me? Huh, Warren? Want to see me go to sleep?”

I plopped down in the grass.

“Look, Warren. See me down here? I am not even laughing and rolling. I am just being calm. And that’s all.”

I put my head on the ground.

“Watch me go to sleep, Warren. Watch me. Watch me.”

I closed my eyes and opened them again.

“Did you see that, Warren? Huh? Did you see me go to sleep? See? I told you I was calm. Didn’t I? Huh? Didn’t I tell you?”

Handsome Warren looked and looked at me.

Then he did the cuckoo sign.

And he walked away to the swings.

And Lucille and that Grace walked with him.

5/Hurray for Princess Clothes!

That night at dinner, a great idea came in my head.

It came during my macaroni.

“HEY! I JUST THOUGHT OF IT!” I shouted. “I JUST THOUGHT OF HOW TO GET THAT HANDSOME GUY TO LOVE ME!”

I stuffed in more macaroni.

“HURRY, EVERYBODY! EAT! EAT! WE GOTTA GET TO THE MALL BEFORE IT CLOSES!”

Just then, two macaronis fell out of my mouth. And onto the floor. And my dog named Tickle ate them.

Daddy made a face.

“Hey, hey, hey! Slow down! What’s the hurry?” he said.

“We gotta get to the mall! That’s what’s the hurry! We have to buy me a princess dress! Plus also I need some shoes with lightning!”

Mother and Daddy looked funny at me.

That’s how come I had to explain all about Handsome Warren. And how he loved Lucille’s princess dress. And how he loved Grace’s fast shoes.

“And so now I will get a princess dress! Plus also I will get shoes with lightning! And then Warren will love me,