Coco was getting tired now. She yawned, “Ok mommy. I will do that tomorrow. I think it might be hard not to have any mean or scared thoughts, but every time I do, I will think fur or teeth.”

Coco’s mommy chuckled and gave her a big hug and tucked her into bed with a tiny kiss on her little wet nose. She turned out the light and closed Coco’s bedroom door. Coco fell thought about more good things about these girls as she drifted off to sleep: Penny always has good breath and Saphie has such neat writing when she is at the chalk board.

            The following day, Coco sat in the cafeteria eating her lunch. Her mom packed her carrots, her favorite, with Romaine lettuce. She had already had to stop being worried or having mean thoughts about Saphire and Penelope 52 times today. She did it though and now it was becoming more natural. She found that by lunch time, she wasn’t even thinking about them. She didn’t even care that they were sitting with her best friend. She smiled and ate her lunch thinking, “I do feel better.” Something was working. She rode the bus home that day and sat in the seat beside the twins. She didn’t even notice she had done this until it was too late to move. Then, she realized, she didn’t really care. She looked over to them, smiled and said, “Hi guys.”

            “Hi” they both said in unison. Coco ended up having a great conversation with the twins for the entire bus ride home. They talked about building a fort in the village on the weekend. They each had such fantastic ideas about how to build the fort and who would do which task.

When Coco arrived home, she raced inside and shouted, “mommy…mommy.” until her mom ran out of her office. “It worked mommy! I spent all day believing the twins were beautiful and nice. Then, I discovered that the twins aren’t really very mean. I sat with them on the bus. We’re going to make a fort.”

Coco’s mom gave her a gigantic hug and said, “I am so happy you feel better. I don’t know if these girls will be mean again or not. I don’t know if other children will be mean in the future, but if you keep your thoughts positive and loving, you will come out of it feeling much better. I love you Coco.”

The End