Trixie loves to talk! But she also twiddles her thumbs. Her teacher always asks her why.

"Trixie, why do you twiddle your thumbs?" asks Ms. B.

"Well, I'm not sure! I do it more often than I realize."

"I know I twiddle my thumbs when I think about going into space!"

"Or when I am thinking about soccer practice with Sarah and Emily!"

"And even when I'm at home playing with my baby brother, Tommy!"

"Trixie, I think it is because you're hyperactive."

"Hy-hyperactive? What does that mean, Ms. B.?"

"Being hyperactive just means that you get easily distracted and you have a hard time concentrating, which is why you talk and excessively twiddle your thumbs.

Trixie took a moment to take in what Ms. B said. She began to think that this made her weird and strange.