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Winner: 9-12 year olds

Ian Joseph Kim My dad’s brush

Age 9

9-12 year olds

My dad is an artist, which means he’s a professional at using a paintbrush. However, there is a secret regarding a brush in my family. It is that my dad has his very own brush on his face! It’s his beard! That brush paints happiness onto me. When my dad brushes me with his own brush, I always burst out with so much laughter and cannot help falling off my chair! That’s not all, even my cat’s whiskers are ticklish and I love them too. I just can’t help loving my family’s brushes, particularly my dad’s beard (or should I say brush?).