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Wanda's Secrets, A Story About a Girl with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Chapter 6: Breaking Free
"I'll see you all in one week!" Mrs. Chester said over the noise of thirty excited fourth graders heading out the door for Spring break.
When everyone had left the room, Wanda approached Mrs. Chester's desk. She spread her hands on the desk. "What do you think?"
"I've noticed Wanda! Your hands look beautiful. No redness. I imagine they feel better too. And you haven't made near as many trips to the bathroom."
Wanda looked at the butterfly pinned to her blouse. "I'm having lots and lots of butterfly days now!" She pulled a box out of her backpack. "This is for you."
"For me? Thank you," Mrs. Chester said as she picked at the red ribbon on the brightly wrapped package. "Oh how wonderful!" Inside a wooden frame, a cross stitch butterfly rested on a white background.
"I stitched it myself," Wanda said. "Do you like it?"
"I love it. I'll hang it right here on the wall by my desk. On our caterpillar days, it'll remind us both of all the butterfly days we've had."
"And all the butterfly days we will have," Wanda said.
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