¹     Zoe took a pad of paper. She put it on her easel. She got a glass jar. She added water to it. She put it on the table by the easel.
 
²     Next, she got out the brushes. Zoe had five of them.
 
³     One brush was small. It was good for painting tiny things. One brush was wide. It was good for painting big areas.
 
⁴     The other brushes were in between sizes. They helped Zoe paint many things.
 
⁵     Last of all came the paints. She had just five colors. They were blue, yellow, red, black, and white.
 
⁶     Zoe was not happy. She wanted to get green, purple, and orange, too. She needed them to make really good pictures.
 
⁷     Mom just shook her head. She said, "You already have them. You just cannot see them yet."
 
⁸     That was silly, thought Zoe. How can you have colors and not see them?

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