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Lottie Loses the Lottery (picture book): Lottie has the worst luck. She didn’t win the lottery–but her next-door neighbor, Eva, did. How can Lottie shed her funky mood and be genuinely happy for Eva?
After declining Eva’s party invitation in last week’s snippet, Lottie soothes her resentful soul by watching tv and stuffing herself with chocolate chip cookies. Then…
Hearing sounds of activity in the neighborhood, she carefully parted her window curtains just far enough to accommodate her binoculars.
Cars lined both sides of the street. Smiling and laughing, the partygoers walked to Eva’s front door.
Lottie could hear snatches of conversations. The cheerful congratulations and laughter made her stomach ache (or maybe it was all those chocolate chip cookies crammed into her gut).
Lottie wandered to the back of the house and directed her binoculars out another window. Just as she suspected, guests spilled out Eva’s kitchen door and into her backyard. Twinkle lights glittered festively in the trees, and candles gleamed inside jars on tables scattered around the yard. Upbeat music played softly, and Eva circulated among her friends, carrying a tray loaded with tasty-looking desserts. All those happy celebrators enjoying Eva’s hospitality annoyed Lottie deep down to her core.
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