by Tom Burchell

Whose hat is that?

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That is my hat!
that!

I wear a hat to
stop a splat.
A splat?
What’s that?

That is a splat. Look at my hat!

Drat!
That hat? Copycat!
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I believe Dadi means paternal How sweet. And where in
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by Ellen L. Ramsey
Art by Lera Munoz
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