¹     Kathy spent the next three weeks griping. She let everyone know how unhappy she was about the vacation plans.
 
²     "Stupid old beach," she grumbled.
 
³     "Billy is such a nerd," she told her friends at school. "Who wants to go to the beach!"
 
⁴     "My mother and father hate me," she told her dog, Gruff. Gruff crawled under a chair. He didn't like it when Kathy was angry.
 
⁵     Every day Kathy had something to say about vacation.
 
⁶     Today when Kathy came home from school, something was different. There was a box wrapped in bright blue paper on her bed. It was tied with a blue and green bow.
 
⁷     "It's for you, Kathy," her mother said. "I know you are not happy about the vacation. Maybe this will help."
 
⁸     "Did you get a present for Billy?" Kathy wanted to know.

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