A little girl of red-gold hair. She is skipping through the park, clutching her inseparable oversized stuffed bear, her “Bear Prince.” Miranda was her own person from her very beginning. “I love having Miranda in my class,” her kindergarten teacher told Miranda’s parents. “But when I tell her it’s scissors time, she says it’s costume time. And when I tell her it’s costume time, she decides it’s scissors time.” We see her in tutu and party shoes, serving pretend tea to a circle of friends, all of them already certain that this must be the best party in the neighborhood, since Miranda is hosting it.