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, the angel that she was, 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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