Summary

Part 2, Parting Glance – Miss Sabine leaves the camp with the intake officer, and Amira waves good bye. Amira is amazed with Miss Sabine’s beauty and elegance, and the intake officer is short and fat beside her. Miss Sabine’s gaze is friendly and kind, while the intake officer’s eyes are obscured by sunglasses.

Part 2, Straight and Shiny – Amira is amazed with her red pencil. It is nothing like her twig. She is amazed that the red pencil is red on the inside, too. Amira has made a half-a-dash on the paper, and comes to find she does not like the red pencil, for it is too hard and too skinny to hold.

Part 2, Blocked – Amira’s pencil tries to draw Nali, but cannot. She misses everything about Nali, such as Nali always wanting to play with...