"The lid slipped off and out popped another slip of paper, along with several small, sticky black circles. "Spots . . . beauty spots!" she cried. Michael climbed out from under the bed and inspected the black spot on the tip of his sister's finger. "They look like ugly spots to me," he said. "Ladies used to wear these on their face to be pretty," Michele said. Jo Dee pressed her finger to Michele's and carefully plastered the spot on her cheek. She picked up the brass mirror and looked at her distorted image. "It looks like somebody squashed a tick on your face," Michael said. Jo Dee yanked the spot off and threw it at him but it stuck on the end of her finger which made everyone howl, except for Michele."