May Magic by Ron Roy

Author:Ron Roy [Roy, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-375-89832-7
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-03-22T04:00:00+00:00

5

Once a Duck, Always a Duck

“Brian, she’s quacking and singing duck songs! Mom’s still a duck!” Bradley gasped.

They raced back to their room. “Hypo must’ve messed up again!” Bradley said. “She looks like Mom, but she’s a duck!” He threw himself on his bed.

Brian laughed. “Good thing I didn’t ask Hypo to make her love rhinos!” he said.

Just then Josh walked into the twins’ room. “You guys aren’t ready yet?” he said.

“Ready for what?” Brian asked.

“Dude, it’s Mother’s Day,” Josh said. “Dad’s taking us all out for lunch. You guys have to take showers and wear clean clothes.”

“We would except we can’t get in the bathroom,” Brian said. “Mom’s been in there for hours!”

“Yeah, she’s playing in the tub like a kid,” Bradley added. Or like a duck, he said to himself.

“Have you noticed anything different about Mom?” Brian asked Josh.

Josh thought for a minute. “Not really,” he said. “But …”

“But what?” Bradley asked.

“Last night after we got home from the high school, I came down for a snack,” Josh said. “Mom was in the kitchen.”

“What was she doing?” Brian asked.

“Well, she had all these vegetables on the table,” Josh said. He had started to whisper. “There was corn, peas, lettuce, a whole bunch of stuff. And she was eating it all, but she wasn’t using a knife and fork.”

The twins just stared at Josh.

“Guys, she was eating with her fingers!” Josh said. “And for the peas, she didn’t even use her fingers!”

“You mean she just …,” Bradley said.

“Yup. She just bent over and ate them off the table, like Pal does with his treats.”

Or like a duck eats, Bradley thought. He glanced at Brian. By the look on Brian’s face, Bradley knew his twin was thinking the same thing. Their mom was a duck!

The three brothers jumped when their mother suddenly appeared in the bedroom. She was wearing a fluffy white bathrobe. “The bathroom’s all yours, boys,” she said. Then she hurried down the hall.

“Be ready in a half hour,” Josh said to the twins, then went to his own room.

“What are we gonna do?” Bradley asked.

“About what?” Brian asked.

“Our mother, you dope!” Bradley said. “She’s eating like a duck. She’s quacking and singing duck songs and splashing in the tub. Next thing you know, she’ll be flying around the house! You and your brilliant idea to have her hypnotized!”

“Chill out,” Brian said. “So what if she eats with her fingers. She’s still our mom.”

“SHE’S A DUCK!” Bradley yelled. “And what’s Dad going to say when he finds out he’s married to a bird?”

“Dibs on the shower!” Brian yelled. He grabbed his towel and ran for the bathroom.

Bradley didn’t care if his brother got the shower first. He was getting a headache. He should never have let Brian talk their mom into going up on the stage with Hypo.

Bradley followed Brian down the hallway. Suddenly he heard a scream from the bathroom. Brian stuck his head out the door. “Bradley, come here, quick!”

Bradley walked into the bathroom. His bare feet crunched on something.

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