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The Sewing Room

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Illustrations and Story by
Natalie, 13
7th Grade
Orange County School of Arts,
Visual Art Conservator
Temecula, CA
(excerpts from Chapter 6 of Sewing a Friendship)

Sokron’s grandma, Babushka, was a vice-principal
at Beachwell Elementary School which was a well
kept secret as nobody knew anything about her.
She was always prepared for anything possibly
thinkable. That’s why she always shopped, shopped,
shopped. And that’s why her room was full of boxes
and packages with different spy supplies, all kind of
fabrics and clothes, and art craft items.
In her soft cotton blue pajamas and her blue sleeping
cap, grandma opened the door and smiled as she
saw the girls laughing on the floor.
“Are you girls ready to work, work, work?” Grandma
asked. The girls stopped laughing and looked at her
in a surprised way.
“What?” they all asked at the same time.
“The sewing machine! You know, to work for the

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fashion show!” Babushka energetically shouted.
The girls looked at each other shocked. Meeka
wondered how Sokron’s grandma knew about the
fashion show when no one was around to tell her.
Jonsy felt like something insane was about to
happen.
Nina tuned to herself, “Skippedy, dupery, dew, the
caterpillars are blue and so are you.”
Sokron commented, “I love it guys, but let’s take
a five minute beauty nap. Look at me, I’m already
wiped out.”
Grandma pulled out her three wheeled red triangle
wagon full of supplies that the girls needed from
behind her, and walked toward Sokron’s room. The
girls joyfully got up and skipped after her.

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