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Funny AnabelleAnabelle was a very funny girl. She told knock-knock jokes, made silly faces, and played

tricks on her family. She’d put toothpaste on the toilet seat, hidden frogs in her Dad’s boots, and

filled the cereal boxes with seashells. She could write her own name, spin in a circle seventy-

five times without getting dizzy, and the only way she would eat pizza was if the pepperonis

made a big smiley face.

“Anabelle, you are so funny!” Mommy says.

“Abell, you funny!” Lila says.

And Maisey just smiles.One morning when it was time to go to the store, Mommy sent Anabelle up to her room

to get dressed all by herself like a very big girl. She decided to be so funny and put all her

clothes on backwards. Then she went to the bathroom and put 17 bows all over her head and

two different shoes on her feet.

“Oh Anabelle, you are so funny!” said Mommy.

“Abell, you funny!” said Lila.

And Maisey just smiled.

Another sunny day, while Mommy was upstairs folding laundry, Anabelle decided it

was time to go to the baby pool on their porch. She put on her most purple swimsuit, crowed

like a rooster, took every spoon out of the kitchen drawer and carried them all outside. She and

Lila plopped down in the pool and ate right out of the cereal box, using each spoon just once.

“Anabelle, you are so funny!” Mommy said.

“Funny!!” Lila said.

And Maisey just smiled.

Most afternoons, after all the little girls had napped, the whole family went to the

 garage to watch a parade. It wasn’t a real parade, but that is what Anabelle called it. They sat in

their chairs and waited for people to walk by with their dogs so they could pet them. Anabelle

stuffed her mouth with marshmallows and shouted out silly names for the dogs as they trotted

by.

“Diamond!” 

“Popsicles!” 

“Stripeybottomo!” 

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Then she would skip up and down the sidewalk singing “Puff the Magic Dragon” or

crawl along pretending to be a puppy while Lila shouted names at her.

“Anabelle, you are so funny!” said Mommy.

“Abelle, you funny!” said Lila.

And Maisey just smiled.

Well, one morning, Anabelle woke up scrunched against the wall and decided she was 

not  going to be funny that day. She marched to her closet and picked a brown shirt and brown

pants. Then she brushed her hair and stuffed all her hairbows in her pillowcase. She quietly 

walked downstairs for breakfast without twirling one little bit.

After breakfast Lila took off her shirt and ran to the pool. She splashed and hollered for

Anabelle, but Anabelle know that diving into the pool like a seahorse ballerina would be very  

funny and so she simply stepped in quietly and splashed as little as possible.

After naps, it was time for parade-watching. Anabelle knew stuffing her mouth withmarshmallows and slomping around like a swamp monster would be very  funny. But Anabelle

was not funny today, so she slowly ate just one marshmallow and let Lila pet the puppies all by 

herself.

Finally, Anabelle’s unfunny day was done. She brushed her teeth and put on a plain

white T-shirt for bed. Mommy came in with Lila and Maisey. Anabelle hugged her tight around

the neck and whispered, “Mommy, I know I wasn’t funny at all today, is that okay?” Mommy 

looked at her a long time and Anabelle wondered if Mommy could love her even if she wasn’t

funny. Then, Mommy smiled. She hopped up on the bed, flapped her arms, and shouted,

“Anabelle, I love you!” 

Then Lila flapped her arms and shouted, “Abell, I wuv you!” 

And then Maisey just smiled.

And so did Anabelle.