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It was a bright sunny afternoon. A nine-year-old Talia was busy doodling away in her sketchpad

on the floor of her bedroom. Talia loved to draw. In fact, she loved all forms of art.

She loved experimenting with different colours and shapes and she enjoyed sketching objects

in front of her and images from her imagination. She adored getting messy with paints, crayons

and chalk, but this afternoon she was happy simply drawing in her sketchpad with coloured

pencils. Talia's fluffy white cat Bella sat in front of her, posing for Talia to draw

her picture. Bella's sparkling black eyes gazed out of the window, reflecting the sun's

glistening glow. Talia stuck her tongue out of the corner of her mouth as she concentrated

on her picture. She had sketched out the outline of Bella's body and now she could colour

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