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Oishii stood up, her empty cocoa cup in her hands. "I'm going to go find some ladders. If anyone wants to help, I'll be in my house," she thought for a moment, "It's the purple one about half a block down,"
She set the purple cup on Ghiacchio's kitchen counter and stepped outside. She skipped down to her house.
Ghiacchio's my friend! Ghiacchio's my frie-end! she thought, humming.
She walked into her house and gasped, forgetting how messy it would be.
Ghi might come over. Gotta clean up.
She picked up a pillow that was on the floor and folded some strewn blankets in the living room. She then went into the kitchen and put away the dishes, hoping someone wasn't about to come to the door. She dashed upstairs and cleaned up her bedroom, then finally went into the basement from the bright staircase, remembering to keep the upstairs lights on as well.
"I'm sure there's one around here," she said to herself as she searched the huge basement. It wasn't like a scary basement, but a happy one. It had all her charlily-hood toys, along with gardening tools and such.
She went and opened the side door so someone could get inside without having to go all through the house, the continued searching for ladders.
