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He!waved!his!hands!toward!the!table,!where!there!was!a!cheese!plate!with!lots!of!small!pieces!of!meat!and!
bread.!“Eat!up,”!he!said.!!“You!must!be!hungry.”!

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“But,”!he!added,!“Before!you!start!eating,!please!tell!me!how!you!got!to!Paris.”!
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We!explained!how!we!spelled!the!bed!from!Paris!and!rode!back!on!it.!!
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Her!uncle!said,!“That’s!incroyable.!!Incredible!!!I’ve!had!this!same!spelling!power!since!I!was!a!child!and!it!
never!dawned!on!me!that!I!could!travel!by!spelling!things!to!me!then!getting!inside!or!on!top!of!them!for!the!
return!trip.!!Very!clever.”!
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Kimmi!told!him!that!it!was!my!idea!and!I!felt!very!proud.!
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We!also!explained!about!the!wrong!Roberts!that!Kimmi!kept!spelling!to!her.!
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He!said,!“That’s!why!you,!Kimmi,!or!more!completely!Kimmificent'Antonia'Hall,!has!such!an!unusual!name.!
This!way,!if!she!ever!gets!lost,!like!what!happened!today,!I!can!be!sure!I!would!get!only!this!Kimmi!when!I!
spelled!her!name,!instead!of!some!other!confused!Kimmi.”!
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“Or!someone!whose!birthday!party!it!is,”!added!Kimmi,!now!with!food!in!her!mouth.!She!didn't!usually!talk!
with!food!in!her!mouth,!but!adventures!make!people!hungry.!!Especially!adventures!in!Paris.!
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We!ate!our!cheese,!meat!and!bread.!!Then!we!got!more!desserts.!I!asked!for!the!rest!of!the!three!‘petit'fours,’!
which!made!her!uncle!laugh!and!say,!“You!are!a!very,!very!clever!child!”!though!I!didn’t!understand!then!

why!he!said!that.!
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My!Friend!Kimmi!Could!Really!Spell!Things!–!©2014!StuartStories.com! !! Page 17!!!!!!!
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