It Exx-spressses, It Gro-oows!

Britney hadn't mentioned that she had cut her sunflower into twelve pieces. She had screamed "It EXX-SPRESSSES, it GRO-OOWS!" but that was when she glued the pieces to the floor while her father was safely at his place of work.

Britney's teacher cleared her throat and tried to explain. "We had to reject your daughter's original entry because the competition was intended to promote the kids' self-expression and imaginative growth, and she obviously had some help painting the picture. But as you can see, her response to the news displayed all the right qualities." To dispel the father's natural suspicion that a tantrum had been mistaken for art, Mrs. Spence invited Britney to repeat the words which had so disarmingly proved her intention.