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Four—Secret Portrait Painter
Aim was just getting ready to tap the wide metal knocker against the wide front door again, when it opened very suddenly.
“Oh!” Aimi gasped. “Me-oh-me-oh-my! I was expecting to see a real live artist!” Instead, Aimi saw a real live chimpanzee holding the wide front door wide open. Aimi stared at the chimpanzee. The chimpanzee stared back at Aimi. The chimpanzee held out its hand. Grami shook the chimpanzee’s hand.
“Hello there,” said Grami, smiling. “You’re a cute little fella.”
Aimi did not shake the chimpanzee’s hand. She was too surprised. She just stared at the chimpanzee and it stared right back at Aimi.
“Hello there,” said a cheerful voice. “Welcome.” The cheerful voice belonged to a young man who smiled at the two visitors “I see Solly beat me to the door,” said the young man. “Solly loves to answer
the door.”
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