Camilla learns an important message about being “the real you” and not losing yourself trying to fit in or please others. After seeing that Camilla had returned to normal, the kind old lady says, “I knew the real you was in there somewhere.”Ĭamilla learned that it was better to eat her favorite lima beans and be happy with who she is than to wear stripes and continuously be changing based on what others thought of her. She continues to eat lima beans and doesn’t let it bother her that everyone else thinks they are gross. ![]() After Camilla eats the lima beans, she returns to her normal self without the stripes. After several days with the unexplainable stripes, Camilla meets a lady who gives her lima beans. We become so afraid of being different and worried about what others will think of us that we end up becoming whoever or whatever people want us to be.Ĭamilla is seen by a couple more doctors, experts, and scientists, but there is still no explanation for her stripes. The doctors give her some medicine, but the stripes only get worse and even turn into other patterns such as clouds and a checkerboard.Ĭamilla’s changing skin is a visual representation of what happens to us on the inside when we give in to peer pressure. Her mom has the doctor check her out, but they can still not figure out what is causing the stripes. She is covered from head to toe in colorful stripes. ![]() Not long after, Camilla breaks out in stripes. ![]() Camilla is embarrassed and tells her family that she won’t be eating lima beans anymore. In Bad Case of Stripes, Camilla Cream loves lima beans until she gets teased for liking them.
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