For R~q~rt<br >If you Irate;based dais bo，，k with~mt a cover， you should be aware that d~is book<br >，， sl olen i~ropert~，， h was rel~)rted as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher，<br > and neither the author nor the puhlidaer has received any payment for this<br > "stripped bell(."<br >Nopart of this publication may he reproduced in whole or in part， or sU)rcd<br > m a retrieval system， ot transmitted in any form or by any means，<br > electronic， nleC.hanical， photocopying， recording， or othetw~e， without<br > nne. penni~ion ol dae publisher. For information regarding pemfission write<br >Sch，dastic Children s B.oks， Commonweald~ House， 1-19 New Oxfl~rd Street<br > London WCIA INU， OK.<br > ISBN O-439-44648.1<br > Text copmght ~31999 Elizabeth Lindsav.<br > lllu*tratitnLs c~p~，right ~ 1999 John Eastwo~xt.<br >&ll rtght~ reaerw:d. Published by Sdmlastic， Inc.， 557 Broadwa，~， New York，<br >. f 10012， b~r arraqgemem with Sd~olastic Children s Books， Scholastic Ltd.<br > SCHOLAS FR ， Litt|c Aplde， and associated logo. are trademarks and/or<br > registered trademarks of Scholastic lrtc.<br >It J098 765 4 3 2 I<br > 234567/0<br > Printed in the U.S.A.<br > Firs~ Scholastic printit~， October 2002<br > . ，~ .~r ，~. ~<br > Chapter 1<br > The "Favorite Thing" Picture<br >qnnie sat at the desk in her bedroom，<br >:elt-tip pen poised above a large sheet of<br >white paper. She looked at the funny<br >~ead she had drawn- two little ears，<br >:wo black button eyes， a pointy nose， and<br >ots of whiskers. The body had four pink<br >eet and a long thin tail. She swung<br >