Fwd: Freckles are Beautiful

---------------------- Forwarded by Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT on 02/14/2001 03:00
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From: Karen D McIlvoy 02/14/2001 08:39 AM

To: merenolan@mediaone.net
cc: (bcc: Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT)
Subject: Fwd: Freckles are Beautiful

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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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