Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson

Author:Jacqueline Wilson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2011-12-14T11:02:00+00:00

'Yes, Rose is going to want to read that when she gets back,' Garnet mumbled, putting the finishing touches to the little dough me.

'Blow Rose reading it. We've got to read it!' I said, and I was so shaking with excitement that I stuck myself together with the Sellotape. 'Garnet, come and take a look at this! Oh boy! No, oh girl. Oh twin girl!'

'Whatever are you burbling about?' said Garnet. 'Hey, don't jog. Look, you've made me muck up your plait now.'

'Leave it. Look!'

I shoved the crumpled, Sellotaped sheet of paper in front of her nose.

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'This is it, Garnet!' I shouted.

Garnet is usually a quick reader but she seemed to be taking her time getting through one small paragraph.

She was still holding the little dough me.

'Hey, watch out! You're spoiling me,' I said.

Garnet squashed me into a little ball and then dropped me on the kitchen floor.

'No,' she said.

'What?'

'No. I can't.'

'What do you mean? We can we can we can.

Yes, all right, it's going to be difficult getting to London by nine o'clock. We'll have to get up ever so early. Rose will have to look after the shop herself while Dad drives us. Still, that'll be fun.'

'No.'

'Yes. Now, we're going to have to work mega-fast preparing our audition number.

Get the book, quick, and we'll learn one of the scenes.'

'Ruby, I can't. I can't act for toffee, you know I can't.'

'Look, it'll be fine. I promise you won't wet yourself this time.'

'Stop it. It's not funny. I don't want to be in showbiz. Look, you go if you want, but I'm not.'

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'Oh ha ha, very helpful. How can I audition as a twin by myself, eh? Take one of the little dough twins along with me? Don't be such a dope. Now, where's the book, we've got to get cracking. Which twin is which? I'll be the one that says the most. We'll work it so you don't have to say hardly anything, OK?'

'No, Ruby, please, please.' Garnet started scrabbling at me, getting dough all over my jumper.

'We can't miss out on this, Garnet. It's our big chance. We've got to go for it.'

'But it says lively. I'm not a bit lively. I don't jump about like you, I just sort of flop in a corner. And I'm not outgoing. I'm as in ward being as you could possibly get.'

'You'll be OK. Just copy me.'

Why do I always have to copy Ruby?

I can't act.

I don't want to act.

I can't go to an audition in London! I can't say a lot of stuff with everyone watching. It'll be even worse than being a sheep. Why won't Ruby understand? She won't listen to me.

She's riffling through The Twins at St Clare's right this minute, trying to choose which bit we'll act out.

Only I'm not going to act.

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