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I!sighed!since!I!did!not!think!we!were!going!to!get!any!pastries!today,!but!when!I!looked!at!Kimmi,!I!saw!she!

was!smiling!and!had!a!sparkle!in!her!eyes.!
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We!left!the!store!and!before!I!could!ask!her!what!she!was!thinking,!she!spelled!out!two!words!that!were!
painted!on!the!store’s!window,!“pLaLiLn!aLu!cLhLoLcLoLlLaLt”!and!“pLeLtLiLt!fLoLuLr.”!!Poof!!!Two!small!blue!
boxes,!tied!up!with!ribbons,!appeared!at!our!feet.!!We!each!grabbed!one!and!opened!them.!!!
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I!looked!into!my!box!and!saw!a!single,!very!
small!square!pink!frosted!cake.!Since!it!was!
only!one!piece,!instead!of!the!fLoLuLr!four,!I!
figured!it!must!be!the!chocolate!dessert!
she!spelled.!
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!I!looked!into!Kimmi’s!box!and!saw!she!had!
a!bread!roll!with!chocolate!drizzle!on!the!
top.!!!
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“Doesn’t!pLaLiLn!spell!‘pain?’”!I!asked.!
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“PLaLiLn!spells!‘bread’!in!Paris,”!Kimmi!explained!and,!to!make!her!point,!a!bread!as!long!as!an!umbrella!and!
as!thin!as!my!arm!appeared!right!in!front!of!us,!leaning!against!a!tree.!!Fortunately!it!was!wrapped!mostly!in!
paper,!so!it!did!not!get!dirty.!
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“Spelling!is!even!more!complicated!in!France,”!I!said.!!“How!do!you!spell!‘cheese’!or!‘butter’!in!French?”!I!
asked.!!“Or!‘jam?’”!I!thought!any!of!these!would!go!nicely!with!our!bread.!

My!Friend!Kimmi!Could!Really!Spell!Things!–!©2014!StuartStories.com! !! Page 14!!!!!!!
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