My name is Kylie Jean Carter I live in a big sunny yellow house on Peachtree Lane in Jacksonville Texas with Momma Daddy and my two brothers T J and Ugly Brother T J is my older brother and Ugly Brother is well he’s really a dog Don’t you go
telling him he is a dog Okay I mean it He thinks he is a real true person He is a black-and-white bulldog His front looks like his back all smashed in His face is all droopy like he’s sad but he’s not His two front teeth stick out and his tongue hangs down Now you know why his name is Ugly Brother Everyone I love to the moon and back lives in Jacksonville Nanny Pa Granny Pappy my aunts my uncles and my cousins all live here I’m extra lucky because I can see all of them any time I want to My momma says I’m pretty She says I have eyes as blue as the summer sky and a smile as sweet as an angel Momma says pretty is as pretty does That means being nice to the old folks taking care of little animals and respecting my momma and daddy But I’m pretty on the outside and on the inside My hair is long brown and curly I wear it in a ponytail sometimes but my absolute most favorite is when Momma pulls it back in a princess style on special days
I just gave you a little hint about my big dream Ever since I was a bitty baby I have wanted to be an honest-to-goodness beauty queen I even know the wave It’s side to side nice and slow with a dazzling smile I practice all the time because everybody knows beauty queens need to have a perfect wave I’m Kylie Jean and I’m going to be a beauty queen Just you wait and see
This morning when I wake up I see that Jack Frost has visited All of my next-door neighbor Miss Clarabelle’s flower beds are dusted with a white icy glaze Ugly Brother looks out the window with me He really wants to go to church with us You need to stay here silly doggy I tell him Ruff he replies One ruff means no Two ruffs mean yes Now go lie down Maybe I’ll bring you a treat I tell him Ruff ruff he barks Then he turns around and heads for his doggy bed The frost glitters like diamonds as Momma Daddy T J and I head out to church Mr Weatherman had told us we would get some winter weather and he was right Because of the cold air I get to wear my very favorite coat It’s a deep dusty-rose pink with white fur trim around the hood But even with my warm coat on I am puffing out little clouds of air as I breathe After church our whole family heads over to the Catfish King restaurant Usually we go to Nanny and Pa’s Lickskillet Farm for Sunday dinner But because our family is so big
