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Only Dottie spun the paints around with her tail and stared at the
blank page in front of her tearfully. Splattery landed on her nose and
told her a joke but Dottie didn’t even look at her.
The school bell rang and Dottie ran home.
- Mum, why don’t I have a dad? Since everyone else has. Where’s mine?
- I have already explained it to you my sweet Dottie; Mum looked at her
little girl fondly.
- Don’t tell me another fairy tale. I am grown up. I want the truth!
Dottie’s mum sighed:
- Once upon a time when I was very young, I had an accident. I was
caught in a hunter’s trap and I risked death.
- Yikes, Mummy. Thank heavens you didn’t die Mum! Imagine I had
neither a mum or a dad.
- It took a lot of time to walk and run again. How I managed to escape
from the animals and people only God-Zebra knows.
- You’re a very brave mum.
