“One of Sara’s ‘pretends’ is that she is a princess,” said Jessie. “She plays it all the time— even in school. She wants Ermengarde to be one, too, but Ermengarde says she is too fat.”

“She is too fat,” said Lavinia. “And Sara is too thin.”

“Sara says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. It has only to do with what you think of, and what you do,” Jessie explained.