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and cook. I took over part of the household chores and before the summer was over I was doing most of the cooking. Mother taught me to sew and I made a few dresses and skirts for myself. She said I was more obe- dient as a girl than I had been as a boy.

Soon after I became Jill I had my first date with Jack. We went to a picnic sponsored by Jack's cycle club. I had a wonderful time and I tool second place in the powder puff class in the short enduro the club held. We didn't get back until after dark because my Honda deve- loped a flat tire. On the porch Jack put his arms around me and kissed. At first I tried to push away but then my arms seemed to go around his neck of their own accord and I kissed him back. Thus started my first wonderful summer as a girl.

At the end of the summer mother and I had a short conversation.

"I couldn't go back to s-hool as a girl, mother, my friends would recognize me and wonder what kind of a nut i am.

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"No one would recognize you, mother said. "And you must admit you liked being a girl this summer.

"I have enjoyed wearing dresses and curls but Shirley warned me that I better not remain a girl for long or I might not be able to go back to being a boy."

"You have already become to feminine to be a boy,. " mother replied. "It won't hurt you to finish school as a girl. Your sister, Cathy, would like to see you in the flesh and she isn't coming home until Christmas.

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"I guess I'm stuck as a girl. I said cheerfully, "but I don't really mind. I like being a girl and even Shirley thinks I'm a better person as a girl than I was as a boy."

And so I went back to school as Jill. My grades im- proved and I was happier than I had ever been. I got the feminine lead in the Senior play and I became one of three cheerleaders. Boys kept asking for dates until they learned I was Jack's girl.

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