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cannot use you!”The worried pencil argued, “Yes, you can. Put me in a sharpener andI’ll have a sharp point.”That gave the boy an idea, and he said, “I’m going to write a letter to myfriend; maybe he can visit me, and we can go to the beach together.”The boy was happy, thinking what to write to his friend. Then he putthe pencil into his pocket, and the pencil was so relieved it lay comfortably inthe boy’s soft pocket.lina wu de checo Telling Tales66Born in the Dominican Republic 27 years ago, Lina Wu De Checo had livedin New York for only five months when she wrote “The Ugly Pencil.” A civilengineer in her native country, she is now a student of Wendy Wen at the NewYork City Department of Education’s School 2 of OACE. Lina Wu De Checosays, “I think life without struggle is not worthwhile.”