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"Well, here we are allowed to feel things and to talk

about them. Izzie is a bit of a bully. But I think you did

the right thing by walking away. You wouldn't want to

tangle with him. But you didn't let him keep it up. He's

not really a bad kid, just a little unmanageable."

"Well, how do I let those feelings come up?" asked

Twinkle.

"Just watch me!" laughed Mirabel. "But if you see me

boiling over, you can help me to calm it down a bit. We'll

help each other. Let's practise jumping up and down just

for fun."

One day there was a very good example of angry

fighting when Twinkle came to play after school. Mirabel

was showing Twinkle her doll Meredith, with all the cute

clothes and accessories. Twinkle looked Meredith over

very carefully and started to work the legs back and forth.
Alarmed, Mirabel said, "Please stop doing that!"

"I just want to see what's holding the legs on and
what's inside her. In my old school we took things apart

all the time," replied Twinkle calmly, as she kept on

twisting the legs.

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