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I nod my head to tell her yes.
I get up, and we keep walking.
The helper lady brings me to another big door,
just like the one in the flying boat home in Africa.
In the big door,
I walk down a long box into the flying boat.
When I get to the door of the flying boat,
another helper lady greets me.
She has long curling hair,
flowing from underneath a small hat on top of her head like a waterfall,
a little paler than the sun.
Hi, she says, and waves her hand at me, I’m Jessica.
My name is Kek, I say.
When she smiles, a great big smile, I am proud that I said something
in English that makes people happy.
She takes my hand and brings me to a chair on the wall
in the front part of the flying boat.
I sit down.
When the flying boat runs away from the Earth, my insides feel like a river,
flowing fast with fish.
Once my stomach has returned to feeling normal,
Jessica comes over to me.
Do you want any peanuts? she asks.
Pea - nuts? I ask, confused.
Pee-nutz, she says, here, they taste good.
She hands me a small bag
with little sand colored things inside.
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