Enjoy the Poodle Skirt

Rule one: Keep your hands clean.

Rule two: Careful with the food trays.

Rule three: Visit the soda fountain as often as you like, but don't make yourself sick.

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Rule four: Enjoy the poodle skirt.

Canary is excited to spend a whole week helping her newlywed aunt and uncle run a 50's diner along with her older siblings Rose and Michael. Even the rules for working there are fun!

But when a routine cleanup presents a mysterious, hand-drawn map, her vacation gets even more exciting than a banana split with hot fudge sauce. And that's saying a lot!

A short story.

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childrens

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