Signora Svizzera's Fashion Statements by J.M. Okano

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Canine Friendly Part Three

     Signora Svizzera was Signor Svizzera's wife.  He met her at the theatre.  She was an actress.  

     She used to be a very shy little girl.  To help her come alive as it were, her mother put her in acting classes.

     People joked about her ability with money and it was true, she did make mistakes.  For instance, she was very poor so she spent part of the rent money on food.  When it came time to pay the rent, she didn't have enough, so she spent part of the telephone money on rent.  When it came time to pay the telephone bill...you get the picture.  It was a recession and you know what that's like, children!

       However, Signora Svizzera got a part in a play so she decided it was time to spend her newly earned money on a Fashion Statement.  So she dyed her hair blond and bought some new, rather odd-looking shoes.  Ooh, they hurt.  She stumbled along, one foot half off the shoe's sole, her back aching from the strain,  a chiropracter's nightmare.  She was broke and uncomfortable.  This isn't worth it, she thought, and saved up some money and bought some sensible shoes.  They felt much better.  She threw the painful, odd-looking Fashion Statement shoes in the garbage can.

     She went home and told the story to her husband.  When he was her blond hair (he could see colours, he just couldn't see details) he gasped:

     "But your natural colour is such a lovely colour.  You didn't need to dye it!"

     She learned her lesson and didn't try so hard in the future to be the centre of the universe so far as fashion went!

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