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My friend Melinda inspired this one!
When I was a little kid, my grandma used to cut out Family Circus comics from the paper and paste them in scrapbooks for me. She’d cross out Billy’s and Jeffy’s names and write in mine, and add glasses to the mom to more resemble my own. Every so often there would be one that was a large single comic panel of one of the kids being sent on some errand, only to wander around becoming completely distracted by everything else. This is Ellie’s tribute to those strips.
Back when Ellie was designed at the Strang Institute, the scientists felt it was very important that she have the ability to repair herself, just in case she were damaged so far from a mechanic. They made it possible for her to construct simple mechanical replacement parts from items found around her. Nobody had any idea that she would use this ability to make presents. Next thing ya know, she’ll be making those crocheted Kleenex box covers.