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Name: Rachel (Rae)
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Size: Squirrel
Birthday: March 24th
Zodiac Sign: Aries

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That's a great saying a friend of mine told me once when I was having a bad day! I'm sure you've heard of it! I'm not sure who first said it, but they sure were smart! Except, I think lemons by themselves are pretty good. I mean, not only are they a really pretty color, but they make you make the funniest faces! Teehee~
I've got lots of friends, since I'm such a social butterfly, but there aren't very many friends of mine who have ever seen me really down. I'm really good at smiling when I don't feel like it, you see. I love hearing my friends laugh, so I never want to see them sad! And they're all so nice that I just know if they saw me down they'd get upset too! But anyways! I have one friend who has seen me really down before. It wasn't intentional. She sneaked up on me when I was crying! Some mean ol boys were picking on me for being so pink! They were saying that it was so unnatural and annoying. And it really got me down!
Well, Ophelia was the one who found me after I ran away from those boys. I didn't hear her coming, because my crying had gotten so loud. She came right on over, crouched next to me, and grabbed my hand. She opened up my clentched up palm and put a bright yellow lemon in it. I have to say, I did stop crying. I mean, honestly, such a strange thing to give to someone who's crying! After I saw what she'd given me, I looked right up at her with my puffy red eyes and asked her, "A lemon?"
"Yup!" she giggled and gave me a big ol smile. The kind of smile that's usually really infectious, except when you're feeling really down. I was still looking at her like she was crazy, so she sighed and decided to explain!
Then she took the lemon out of my hand, used her nails to cut it in half, and handed half of it back to me. I still didn't under stand what she was getting at, so I kept on looking at her like she was crazy. She realised that I still didn't get it, and giggled again. As she giggled she brought the lemon up to her mouth, and bit into it. And when the lemon juice got into her mouth, she made the funniest face I've ever seen! Haha! Just remembering makes me laugh!
Her nose started running, and her face got this really pinched up look to it! Her eyebrows pulled together, and she pulled the lemon away really quickly. As soon as she had though, we both started giggling like we'd never giggled before! She told me to do the same with my half of the lemon, so I did! And I made the same face that she had! It was so strange! It was the most sour thing I'd ever tasted in my life! But I had stopped crying! Something so sour made me laugh so hard, and forget all about my sadness!
After our giggling fit was over, Ophelia put a paw on my head and gave me a really warm smile and said to me,
That day, with the help of a very good friend and my favorite fruit, I discovered that anything bad can be turned into something good! All you have to do is look hard enough! You might just find something in the bad that will make it amazing!

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Art by
Ossiekins of CS.
Hopefully I'll be able to include some of my own traditional art of Rachel, as well.