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The Dot, by Peter Reynolds.

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Art class was over, but Busty sat glued to her chair.

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Her paper was empty.

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Busty's teacher leaned over the blank paper.

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Oh, a polar bird in a snowstorm, she said.

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Very funny, said Busty.

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I just can't draw.

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Her teacher smiled.

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Just make a mark and see where it takes you.

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Busty draped a marker and gave the paper

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a good, strong jab.

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There!

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Hmm, her teacher picked up the paper

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and studied it carefully.

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She put the paper to work, Busty and quietly says,

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Now, sing it.

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Busty thought for a moment.

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Well, maybe I can draw, but I can sing my name.

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Busty.

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The next week, when Busty walked into art class,

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she was surprised to see what was hanging

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above her teacher's desk.

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It was the little dot she had drawn, her dot,

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all framed in silvery gold.

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Hmm, I can make a better dot than that one.

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She opened her never-before-used set of watercolor

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and set to work.

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Busty painted and painted a red dot, a purple dot,

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a yellow dot, a blue dot.

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The blue mixed with yellow.

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She discovered that she could make a green big dot.

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Busty keep experimenting lots of little dots in many colors.

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If I can make little dots, I can make big dots, too.

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Busty splashed her colors with a bigger brush

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on bigger paper to make bigger, bigger dots.

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Busty even made a dot, but not painting a dot.

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At the school art show a few weeks later,

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Busty made many dots made quite a splash.

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Busty noticed a little boy gazing up at her.

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You are a really great artist.

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I wish I could draw, he said.

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I bet you can, said Busty.

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Me?

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No, no, not me.

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I can't draw a straight line with a ruler.

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Busty smiled.

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She handed the boy a blank sheet of paper.

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Show me!

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The boy's pencil shook as he drew his line.

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Hmm.

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Busty started at the boy's squiggle,

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and then she said, please sing it.

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That's the end.