The narrator tells us that her father sent her a gift for her to play with: a pencil. The narrator says that her dad lives far away from home, so he doesn't get to see her often. He says that she loves getting gifts from him, and that she's happy because she loves receiving letters or presents from him. He tells her that the pencil has an eraser that pops out when she presses it, and he says that he's going to go take a bath. He asks her what she thinks of the pencil, and she says that it's a gift from her dad, but that she hates him for not cutting it. She says that the next day, the pencil was crushed, so she had to follow her to school, and now