Fashion Kitty versus the Fashion Queen
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Good things about
being Fashion Kitty
Bad things about
being Fashion Kitty
Can help kitties in
need, which is very
important.
Get to fly in the sky,
which is amazing.
Get to wear super-
hero outfit.
Get to have name in
the newspaper.
Get to meet new
kitties.
Cannot change into
Fashion Kitty at will.
Can change into
Fashion Kitty only
when someone calls
for help or is about
to make a fashion
faux pas.
Can not tell anyone
I am Fashion Kitty.
Can not share my
adventures with
anyone.
I have a
fashion emergency!
Text and illustrations by Charise Mericle Harper
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For my
agent, Steve,
who is
patient,
encouraging,
and yes,
very
fashionable!
his is Kiki Kittie.
And this is Fashion Kitty,
her secret identity.
Kiki Kittie mixes stripes, solids, patterns, and
colors with style.
Perfect!
You sure know
how to put an
outfit together.
says Kiki's best
friend, June.
.
No, she doesn't, she
looks like a flower
factory explosion!
Yes, you
look lovely, dear,
just as you
always do.
says Kiki's
mother
proudly.
says
Lana.
Lana is Kiki's little sister. Lana has her own
fashion style.
Lana's
no-fashion
fashion style.
Everyone
knows that you
should only wear
one thing that
is colored.
Kiki calls it
What?
I don't
think so.
Who made
up this new
rule?You?
Sometimes Kiki thinks that Lana is more
annoying than other times, and this was
definitely one of those "sometimes."
And the most
amazing knower
of fashion ever.
No! Cassandra
did, silly! The
Fashion
Queen.
Cassandra?
The new kitty at my school?
How do you know what
Cassandra says?
When
someone is
catnip purrfect,
everyone knows
about them.
That's just the
way it happens.
And then Lana
skipped off so
fast she didn't
hear anothe
word Kiki said.
Well, I don't know
about the rule!
Besides, Cassandra is not
the boss of my fashion!
If I want to wear lots of
colors, then no one is going
to stop me!
It is not very satisfying to do lots of arguing
first thing in the morning before breakfast.
And it is especially not
very satisfying to do
lots of arguing with
a four-year-old who
thinks she is always
right.
Well, I think
colorful is fun.
Me too!
said
June.
said
Mother
Kittie.
Kiki tried to smile and make herself feel better,
but inside her head she was thinking about the
two things she knew about Cassandra . . .
Cassandra is
a new student
at school.
Cassandra is
a Fashion
Queen.
and the one thing she didn't know
but was probably going to find out.
Is Cassandra
bossy about
fashion?
It's not a good thing to decide you don't
like someone before you even meet them,
but it can happen.
That's Kiki Kittie.
She has a passion for
fashion. Just like you!
That's her over there.
Cassandra, the
Fashion Queen.
HMMM.
HMMM.
And sometimes once you do meet them it only
takes a few words to decide that yes, you were
right, you do not like them even one little bit.
You mean,
Kiki, the Color
Catastrophe!
Hi! I'm Kiki.
Tee-Hee.
She should be
careful someone doesn't
dump her in a vase.
For a
centerpiece!
A Kiki
bouquet.
Hey, Little Miss Flower Pot. Bee
careful! Buzz off! Like a bee!
Kiki was mad on the outside, sad on the inside,
and wishing for the one thing that was not going
to happen.
I wish I could
change into Fashion
Kitty and teach
her a lesson!
You're not a
Fashion Queen!
You're not even
a Fashion
Princess!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry! I'll
be nice from
now on.
I promise!
It's not easy to keep a super power a secret.
Especially when you'd like to use it to help yourself.
By lunchtime the school was half full of
Cassandra clones,
and by three o'clock it was even worse.
Kiki could not believe that someone so new
Have you
seen that
new kitty?
I was a Fashion
Queen at my
old school, too.
She's so
stylish!
A Fashion
Guru.
Cassandra!
She's the best.
WOW!
could become popular so fast.
Hi, Cassandra!
Remember me?
I met you at lunch.
I wish I
could be just
&nbs
p; like her.
We love
your look!
Me
three!
Me too!
It was almost like magic.
It was like a kitty having a pet mouse. Or a
kitty changing into a fashion superhero. It
was unbelievable.
Phoebe
Frederique, you're
my best friend
ever!
Fashion Kitty
to the
rescue!
And everyone was talking about it.
Did you see Cassandra!
What was she like?
Did you make friends
with her?
Kiki went straight
to her room . . .
and slammed the door!
Can I come in?
No.
Are you doing something fun?
No.
KNOCK
KNOCK
Are you calling Cassandra on
the phone?
No!
Sometimes, when she is feeling blue, Kiki flips
through her Fashion Kitty scrapbook. She has
saved every mention Fashion Kitty has ever
gotten in the local newspaper.
Kiki was still feeling a little depressed, which is a
word that means sad, yucky, and blah all mixed
together, when she heard a fashion distress call.
It's the sound
of a fashion
emergency!
This is a
job for ...
FASHION
KITTY!
But it's
dinnertime.
Please be
careful.
Fashion Kitty!
Fashion Kitty!
Do you want
to play?
said Mother, Father, and Lana Kittie all at
once when they saw her.
I'm sorry, family!
I have to answer
the call!
said Fashion
Kitty,
and she flew up into the sky.
Good-bye, little
Lana!
Can we play
when you get
back?
The signal was strong, then weak, then strong,
then weak again.
Sounds like
someone is
having trouble
deciding what
to wear.
Inside the house that is exactly what was happening.
Does this
look OK?
I just
can't
decide.
Fashion Kitty flew down to the bedroom
window and knocked on the glass.
Oh, my gosh!
It's you!
Fashion Kitty!
Let me in!
Open up!
Let me in!
And you're
Sandy . . . one of
Cassandra's new
friends.
Oh, yes!
Isn't she fabulous?
Do you know her
You're
friends
with her,
aren't
you?
Really?
She's an
auntie? And
a queen?
No! I don't know
her, but I've heard
that she's the
anti-color queen.
Oh, boy!
I thought
aunties
were old.
Fashion Kitty had to explain the difference between
"anti" (which means against) and "auntie" (which
is someone who is related to you and hopefully
gives you nice presents on your birthday).
Oh, yes, I do! Because, you
know, my Auntie Bernice
makes the best muffins ever.
Well, she gave me this pink
dress with matching socks
for my birthday.
So when I said
anti-color, it was because
Cassandra doesn't like
colorful clothes.
Understand?
And it's so cute
and pink, which
is why I'm in
trouble.
Up until two days ago
pink was my most favorite
color in the whole world.
Uh-huh . . .
I'm wearing my only
anti-color outfit!
Everything else in my
closet is a little pink, sort
of pink, mostly pink, or
all pink!
Sandy held up a strange-looking shirt.
I'm coloring in the
pink stripes with this black marker,
but now the marker is running out of
ink, and I'm not even finished!
I have two whole stripes left.
Oh, my!
Did you bring some markers?
Please say you did!
Fashion Kitty had never met anyone who talked
as much as Sandy.
Listen, Sandy.
You have to be calm.
Sit down.
. . .
I don’t want
you to say
anything until
I am finished.
Fashion Kitty paused. Because a fashion
hero should mostly try to be kind, even if
it is not the easy thing to do.
If Cassandra is a true
friend, she will like
you even if you are
pink from head to toe.
Cassandra has her
own style, but that
doesn't mean it has
to be your style, too.
Pink is a
wonderful color.
Then Fashion Kitty
remembered and
said:
Fashion Kitty waited, and
Sandy waited, and Fashion
Kitty waited, and Sandy
waited.
Um . . . I've
finished talking.
Oh, Fashion Kitty!
What a relief! Because
I really do love pink!
Isn't pink the most
wonderful color
ever?
I'm going to wear
Auntie Bernice's outfi
tomorrow.
Fashion Kitty thought carefully
about what to say next.
Pink has always been one
of my favorite colors, and you
can tell Cassandra I said so.
I don't