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“How can you say that with all these bright and colorful cars around me?” protested the Little French Car.
“Mademoiselle, you’re beautiful and you talk, too?”, said Luc.
The little car perked up. She knew she had been built with a sturdy body, but she never thought of herself as being beautiful.
“But Maman said I must get a van,” continued the young man, “Will you really have room for all her flowers?”
“Certainly,” said the Little French Car, “My trunk is roomy enough to haul bags of potatoes and my backseat moves out easily so I can carry baskets of fresh eggs. And with my top rolled back, there’s room for flowers as tall as trees.”
If only he would buy me, she thought.
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