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Papa! You painted my nose!"
"I certainly did," her father said.
"But why?" Belle tried to see the purple dot on her face.
Maurice grinned. "Because that mark makes you even more beautiful. Different and special from the inside out, just like your fantastic doll. And just like your mother, who you look and act more like every day."
Belle eyed her father suspiciously. "A purple mark does all that?"
"Yes. Because it's yours and only yours," Maurice said.
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