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There she found both of Pansy’s feet and what looked like part of her elbow under Ajax’s chair. The rest of Pansy was covered in thank-you notes—and the copier was still firing away.
    Here is the photograph Mark took of Pansy’s feet. Note the untied shoes.

    Both of Pansy Maxwell’s feet.

    Moxy shouted to Sam to turn off the copier. “I think I have enough thank-you notes now,” she added.

chapter 53
    In Which Pansy Starts to Sort of Cry
    Moxy very politely invited Pansy into the living room. She also invited her to stand in front of the Christmas tree and hold the thank-you notes while Moxy spray-painted “Thank You” on them.
    But Pansy started to sort of cry.
    â€œI’m not allowed,” she sort of cried.
    More than anyone, Sam understood why Pansy was sort of crying. He couldn’t imagine saying no to Moxy.
    Which was why he said yes when Moxy turned to him and asked if
he
would hold the thank-you notes in front of the Christmas tree while she spray-painted “Thank You” on them.
    Naturally, Sam didn’t want to leave the copier unattended. But since he couldn’t figure out how to turn it off, he decided it didn’t make much difference whether he stood in front of the copier that he couldn’t turn off or in front of the Christmas tree holding a thank-you note while Moxy shot gold spray paint at him.
    So Sam followed Moxy into the living room.

chapter 54
    The First Shot
    Here’s a picture Mark took of Sam holding a thank-you note in front of the Christmas tree while Moxy continued to shake the gold spray paint. He called it “BEFORE.”

    â€œBEFORE,” by Mark Maxwell.

    Moxy closed her right eye. She took careful aim. She changed her mind. Maybe she was supposed to close her left eye and keep her right eye open. The eye doctor who had told her she didn’t need glasses had also told her that one eye was stronger than the other. But she couldn’t remember which was which. So she stood there closing one eye and then the other for so long that Sam thought he might faint, and Moxy started to get a headache.
    Finally, she just sprayed away.
    Here is the picture Mark took of Sam when Moxy was through spray-painting him.

    â€œAFTER,” by Mark Maxwell.

    It is obvious to even the casual viewer why Mark called this the “after” photograph. You don’t need glasses to see the big gold “T” on Sam’s new red Christmas shirt.
    Granted, Sam was a little surprised to look down and see the big gold “T.” But, as Moxy pointed out, it did look like he had just gotten a letter for achievement in sports—kind of.

chapter 55
    The Big “HANK YOU”
    While Pansy and Sam were admiring Sam’s new shirt, Moxy was staring at the big “HANK YOU” she had just sprayed on the living room wall beside the Christmas tree. I can’t describe Moxy’s expression, but Mark took this picture of her so you can see for yourself:

    Moxy Maxwell first sees the big “HANK YOU.”

    And here is a picture Mark took of the big “HANK YOU” looking at Moxy.

    The big “HANK YOU” looks at Moxy.

chapter 56
    In Which Mrs. Maxwell Walks in the Door Carrying a Cute Little Pink Dress with Gobs of Glitter for Moxy to Wear to the Big New Year’s Eve Star-Studded Hollywood Bash Her Father Is Taking Her To
    â€œI’m home,” called Mrs. Maxwell.
    There was no answer.
    â€œUncle Jayne? Granny George?” she called.
    Then she sniffed the air. “Is that spray paint I smell? Granny George, are you making more bracelets out of tuna fish cans?”
    Granny George had just developed a new product: she took the top and bottom off tuna fish cans (even though sometimes they were still full of tuna and no one was in the mood for a tuna fish sandwich), spray-painted them gold, and turned them into big gold bracelets to sell at the annual Save the Ivory-billed Woodpecker