Her human face looked back at her. She sighed. If only she had been born an animal. They were so much more fun. Mia got out her black marker. She drew spots on her face. She drew stripes under her eyes. She put on a furry-ear headband. She tucked a tail into her pants. Now she was a cheetah, the fastest runner of all the animals! Mia the Cheetah zoomed around her room. “Grrr!” her tummy growled. It was time to hunt. She slunk into the hallway. She peered through the open crack of her sister’s door. Maggie was rocking her doll, Baby Uh-Oh. “Uh-oh!” Baby Uh-Oh cried. “Uh-oh! Uh-oh!” Mia knew that cry. It meant Baby Uh-Oh had wet her pants. She did that a lot. Maggie took off her doll’s wet clothes. Mia the Cheetah saw Baby Uh-Oh’s chubby, bare legs. “Grrr!” her tummy growled. She licked her lips. She knew it wasn’t nice to eat people. But she was hungry! “Girls, breakfast is ready,” their mother called. Maggie looked up. She saw Mia ready to pounce. “Don’t hunt my babies!”
