"Once upon a time, GrandSheila had to go shopping for a special dress. It could not be red or green or blue in color. This dress had to be long...yet not too long...but, not too short! It had to reach just one little bit lower than the top of GrandSheila's shortest winter boots."	(1) Illustrations by Genie Chow, acrylic

	"GrandSheila had heard about a special dress store in Willow Glen...just up the road from GrandSheila's home. It was a very cold, rainy day making the roads very wet. So GrandSheila got into her magic car and pointed it in the direction of this special store. GrandSheila had to watch out for other cars when they splashed rainwater on the car's front window. Luckily, her magic car found the dress store!! It is called Alta."	(2) illustration by Genie Chow, acrylic

(3) illustration by Genie Chow, acrylic

"GrandSheila wore this wonderful dress the very next day when she and her magic car travelled to San Francisco and Monterey...all in the same day. By the time GrandSheila got to Monterey...the dress had grown so very long. She almost tripped over it. She had to pick up the hem of her dress just to walk anywhere...without tripping. What had happened? Why would this dress grow so long? Today was not a rainy day. There was no mist falling from the morning fog in San Francisco. Rain and mist can get clothes wet making their shape and size change."