The Day the Mustache Came Back by Alan Katz

Author:Alan Katz
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781619635616
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

“Oh, Martin!” Myron said.

“Oh, Myron!” Martin said.

“Oh, Martin, Martin!” Myron said.

“Oh, Myron, Myron!” Martin said.

“Oh, Martin, Martin, Martin!” Myron said.

“Oh, Myron, Myron, Myron!” Martin said.

And on it went, until David finally said, “Oh, brother!”

“Yes, it’s my brother!” Martin said.

“Yes, it’s my brother!” Myron said.

“My brother, brother!” Martin said.

“My brother, brother!” Myron said.

“My brother, brother, brother!” Martin said.

“My brother, brother, brother!” Myron said.

Nathan was getting sick from watching them, and he tried to put himself in their place. He wondered if he’d be that happy to see David if they had been apart for nearly fifteen years.

He decided he wouldn’t. Not at all.

He also decided that somehow, some way, he’d have to get all this disgusting brotherly hugging to stop.

He ran to the family computer and Googled “how to stop long-lost brothers from hugging” and got . . . nothing. Not a single handy-dandy tip on how to stop twin brothers who hadn’t seen each other in a decade and a half to let go of each other and act normal. Well, normal for them, anyway.

He ran upstairs and got the whistle from the one and only time he’d refereed kindergarten basketball (and no, it wasn’t his fault that Jacob Reiss had ended up stuffed into the home team’s basket). He ran back downstairs—where the Martin/Myron hug was still going on—and he was about to blow the whistle when . . .

Mr. and Mrs. Wohlfardt walked into the house.

“Hello, boys; hello, Martin; hello, Myron,” said Mrs. Wohlfardt, extremely matter-of-factly.

“Yes, good evening to all four of you,” said Mr. Wohlfardt. “Anything interesting happen to anyone today?”

Nathan and David just stared at their parents. As for Myron and Martin, well, they kept right on blubbering and hugging, and didn’t even notice that the couple had entered the room.

“We’ll just run upstairs and get washed for dinner,” said Mrs. Wohlfardt. “I’m sure Martin and Myron will whip up something delicious.”

“Indeed,” added Mr. Wohlfardt.

With that, they both climbed the stairs.

Considering that Mr. and Mrs. Wohlfardt had often told their boys to pay close attention to things, it was quite shocking that neither parent had seemed to react to suddenly having Martin back in their living room.

“What the heck?” Nathan said to the lamp he’d hugged.

“Yeah, what the heck?” David said to the lamp he’d hugged.

It wasn’t surprising that their lamps, like their parents (who were already upstairs), didn’t respond.

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