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Before!I!could!even!swallow!the!mouthful!of!soup!and!say!‘hi,’!she!blurted!out:!“My!uncle!is!missing!!That’s!
why!I!spelled!you.”!
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She!explained!that!her!parents!were!worried!since!they!had!not!heard!from!her!mother’s!younger!brother,!
Kimmi’s!uncle,!in!more!than!a!week.!!He!was!in!Paris!(which!is!the!capital!of!France)!for!a!conference!and!
had!disappeared.!!!
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“Oh,!no!”!I!said.!!But!then!I!remembered!how!I!got!here,!soup!spoon!and!all.!!“Why!don't!you!just!spell!him!
here?”!
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“That's!what!I’m!going!to!do,”!she!said,!“but!I!want!you!here!to!help.”!!
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“OK,”!I!said.!!“What’s!his!name?”!
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“Robert,”!she!replied.!!And!then!she!spelled!his!name!out!slowly!and!loudly:!“RLOLBLELRLT!”!!!
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No!sooner!had!she!said!the!“T”!than!a!small!boy!in!a!blue!striped!jacket!and!pants!appeared.!!
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Kimmi!and!I!looked!at!each!other.!!This!was!clearly!not!her!uncle.!!She!said!to!the!boy,!“You’re!not!Robert.”!!
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He!quickly!snapped!back,!“Yes,!I!am.”!
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“Well,!you!are!not!the!right!Robert,”!Kimmi!responded.!!
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This!seemed!to!make!the!little!boy!even!madder.!“I!am!so!the!right!Robert!and!it’s!my!birthday!today!”!!!
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My!Friend!Kimmi!Could!Really!Spell!Things!–!©2014!StuartStories.com! !! Page 6!!!!!!!
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