Her mom had told her to take a hat, but Katya loved to sit in the sun, so she had saved her hat money to spend on the trip.

“If you don’t stop teasing me about it, I’m going to … run away from home!” (I wouldn’t, of course, but that’s what I said to her this morning.)

And she said, “Aha!” and wrote this story.

“Get out of my way, then. I don’t have time to stand around resisting the insincere blandishments of counterfeit talent-scouts.”