¹     Dana was trying to color in her book. She was getting upset. She had a bump on her finger. She felt it each time she held her crayon.
 
²     "Mommy!" Dana called again.
 
³     "What, honey?" Mom said.
 
⁴     "Look at this," Dana said. She held out her finger for her mom to see.
 
⁵     "You have a wart," Mom said.
 
⁶     "A wart?" Dana asked. "I didn't kiss a frog."
 
⁷     Mom laughed. "I know, Dana," she said. "That's an old story. You can't get warts that way."
 
⁸     "What is a wart?" Dana asked.
 
⁹     "A wart is something on the skin. It's hard. It is bumpy," Mom said.
 
¹⁰     "Do they all look the same?" Dana asked.
 
¹¹     "No," Mom said. "There are many sizes. There are many colors. There are many shapes."

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