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An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face
was sprinkled with bright
freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children
were waiting in line to
get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was
decorating them with tiger
paws.
"You've got so many freckles, there's no place to
paint!" a girl in the line
said to the little fella. Embarrassed, the little
boy dropped his head.
His grandmother knelt down next to him "I love your
freckles. When I was a
little girl I always wanted freckles, she said, while
tracing her finger across
the child's cheek. "Freckles are beautiful!"
The boy looked up, "Really?"
"Of course," said the grandmother. "Why, just name me
one thing that's
prettier than freckles."
The little boy thought for a moment, peered intensely
into his grandma's face,
and softly whispered, "Wrinkles."
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