This book was created

especially for

Jessica Smith

and

SusieQ

With Love from,

Mommy and Daddy

February 14, 2002

Jessica Smith lives with her family and SusieQ, her Cabbage Patch Kid©, in Plymouth, Michigan.  She does almost everything with her 'Kidª.  They eat, sleep, play, read books and even share special secrets.  They are the best of pals.

Jessie also likes to be with Sarah and Amy.  They have a lot of fun playing together with all their Cabbage Patch Kids.

One of their most favorite games to play is WHAT WILL I BE when I grow up?  Jessie and SusieQ imagine all the different things they could do if they had certain jobs.

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SusieQ started their game by asking Jessie, "If you were a doctor and I was hurt, what would you do?"  Jessie hugged her and said, "When you are hurt, SusieQ, I'll fix your hurts.  When you are sick, I'll make you well with lots of Tender Loving Care."

"If I were your doctor," said SusieQ, "I would listen to your heart, look in your ears and set your broken bones.  I would give you a special treat every time you came to see me."

Jessie smiled, "How nice it would be if we were doctors.  We could help many people.  Wow!  Maybe we could discover cures for illnesses."

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"Can you think of someone else who has a great job?" asked SusieQ.  "What about an artist?" said Jessie.  "We would have so much fun if we were artists."

 "I could be a painter and paint beautiful pictures of you.  You could be a sculptor and do sculptures of me while I'm painting you," grinned Jessie.  "We could travel to faraway places as artists."

"That would be wonderful!" exclaimed SusieQ.  "Could we stay here sometimes and do messy finger painting with Sarah and Amy and their 'Kids?"  Jessie answered, "Of course!  We'll also use crayons, pencils, watercolors and chalks for some of our masterpieces."

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"A pilot also flies to many fabulous places," said Jessica.  "If I were a pilot, I would love to fly right through the white, puffy clouds."

"If I were a pilot," squealed SusieQ, "I would learn to do a loop-the-loop and a spin!  What do you think it would be like to parachute out of a plane?"

"It would be exciting, but let's just fly together," said Jessie.  "I'll be the pilot, and you can be my navigator.  You will study the maps and tell me where to go.  We can fly biplanes, jets, helicopters or maybe a hot-air balloon.  We might even fly a space shuttle!"

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"Talking about space," said SusieQ, "we could be astronauts.  Imagine us flying around the earth, the moon or other planets."

Jessie shouted with excitement, "We would be weightless!  It would be so much fun to float in our space shuttle.  Do you think we would like space food?"

"Certainly!" said SusieQ. "I like all kinds of food.  We may be the first astronauts to volunteer to live in space.  Let's take Sarah and Amy and their 'Kids with us."

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"All this food talk has made me hungry," said SusieQ.  "Let's eat!"  While they munched on fruit, crackers and cheese, they talked about how food is grown.

"Farmers are very important," Jessie said.  "We couldn't live without them."  Then she grinned, "If we were farmers we could take turns driving our tractor.  Hey, we could use our old clothes to make scarecrows!"

"Jessie, we'd have fun planting our own gardens and watching them grow," said SusieQ.  "Remember, I was born in a Cabbage Patch at Babyland General Hospital."  Jessie laughed, "Maybe one day food and even little baby cabbages will be grown in outer space."

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"If food is cooked in outer space," said SusieQ, "we could be the first space chefs."  Jessie laughed, "Yes, you can cook our food, and I'll eat it!"   

"Ha! That might be fun for you, but I have a better idea," smiled SusieQ.  "Let's just cook and eat our special recipes together."

"What if we were chefs on cruise ships?" asked Jessie.  "On cruises, people can eat all the time.  Maybe one day we'll be chefs in our very own restaurant and prepare feasts for famous people."

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"Some of those famous people might be movie stars.  Jessica, what would you do if you were an actress?" SusieQ asked.

"I would dress in glamorous clothes, be in movies and make zillions of dollars!  You could see me on TV and read about me in magazines and newspapers.  I would sign my autograph all the time," bragged Jessie.  "What would you do?"

"I would direct and produce all your movies," smiled SusieQ.  "Of course, Sarah and Amy and their 'Kids will be in our movies.  We'll live together in a huge mansion!"

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"SusieQ, did you know that movie stars sometimes make movies about police officers?" asked Jessie.  "They do?  Why?" questioned her Cabbage Patch.   

"Because an officer's job is so interesting and important," answered Jessie.  "If I were a police officer, I would direct traffic and help people who are lost."  SusieQ excitedly said, "I would arrest all the bad guys!"

"That's right!  We would get to drive police cars with the lights flashing and sirens blaring," laughed Jessie.  "I could talk on the police radio while you drive," called out SusieQ.  "We would help keep Sarah and Amy safe in Plymouth, Michigan."

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"I know someone else who helps people," said Jessie.  "See if you can guess who I am."

"I play with Dalmatians and dress in a special uniform.  I slide down poles and use huge hoses that spray water.  I ride on big red trucks.  Do you know yet?" asked Jessie.  "Tell me more," begged SusieQ.

"I go to schools to show children how to stop, drop and roll if their clothes are on fire.  I also teach the importance of fire drills, fire safety and smoke alarms.  I put out fires and rescue people," said Jessie.  "I know, I know!" shouted SusieQ.  "You're a fire fighter." 

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"Do you know someone else who puts out fires and also gets to take care of the forests for campers, hikers and animals?" asked Jessica.  "Yes," said SusieQ, "a forest ranger."

"Oh, forest fires are so terrible," Jessie said sadly.  "If I were a ranger, I'd like finding new homes for helpless, little baby animals.  I wonder if that means I would do a lot of hiking?"

"Probably," said SusieQ.  "If I were a forest ranger, I would help protect our earth.  I would plant new trees and direct many recycling projects."

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"As teachers, we could also help children learn about recycling," said Jessie.  "Yes, it's almost as important as reading, writing and math," agreed SusieQ.

"Teaching would be fun," smiled Jessie.  "I would read tons of books, go on field trips and have school parties!"

 "If I were a teacher," said SusieQ, "I would play games with my class to help them learn, probably using computers.  I'd put on school plays and have spelling bees.  If it's fun for my 'Kids, it will be fun for me!"

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"Jessie, did you know that there are also schools for clowns?" asked SusieQ.  "You're kidding!" laughed Jessica in amazement.  "No, I'm not," said SusieQ.  "They learn how to make people laugh and how to put on make-up."

 "That sounds like fun," grinned Jessie.  "Think about the parades and circuses we could be in if we were clowns.  I would make balloon animals."  SusieQ said, "I could be a juggler!"

"It would be nice to have a job where you always make others happy just like Cabbage Patch Kids do," smiled Jessie.  "We have so much fun being clowns with Sarah and Amy."

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SusieQ saw Sarah and Amy and their 'Kids at the back window.  "Let's go outside and play WHAT WILL I BE, " she said.  "We can be ranchers and cowhands!"

 "I want to be a cowgirl," Jessie grinned.  "First, we'll round up the cattle," she laughed as she practiced with her jump rope.  They used mops and brooms as their horses for barrel racing, bareback riding and bronco busting.

SusieQ surprised them all when she said, "I want to be a farrier."  Jessie asked, "A what?" and smiled proudly when her 'Kid answered, "I want to shoe horses."  Jessie was having so much fun that she was disappointed when Sarah and Amy and their 'Kids had to leave.

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"I'm thirsty.  Let's get something to drink," said SusieQ.  Jessie looked around the kitchen while she drank her water.

"You know, SusieQ, many things in our kitchen were created by an inventor," said Jessie.  "What does an inventor do?" asked her 'Kid.  "Inventors have ideas, use their imaginations and create things that didn't exist before," answered Jessie.

"Inventors are clever people," continued Jessie.  "They invent useful things such as airplanes, tractors and police radios.  They also invent fun things like games, televisions and computers."  SusieQ shouted, "Perhaps someday we will invent something fun and useful!"

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Jessie and SusieQ enjoyed playing together so much, they were surprised when it was time for bed.  As they got ready, Jessie talked to SusieQ.

"I love playing our game of WHAT WILL I BE when I grow up?  I know I can be anything I want to be," Jessie said.  "I just need to go to school, study hard and read many books.  I can watch other people to see what they do and decide if I really want to do that too."

"Let's play this game again real soon with Sarah and Amy."  Jessica Smith hugged SusieQ, turned off the light and went to sleep to dream about tomorrow with her Cabbage Patch Kid. 

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Jessica Smith

In this book, you and SusieQ were playing a game.  Unscramble the names for the following jobs.  Look back through your book for help.

 fehc________________________

 lotip________________________

 trocod ______________________

 satrit _______________________

 nlowc_______________________

 eratche______________________

 amerrf______________________

 orvenitn_____________________