The Two and Only Kelly Twins by Johanna Hurwitz

Author:Johanna Hurwitz [Hurwitz, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-6764-1
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2013-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Soon all four girls were sitting on the floor, playing with the ferrets. It was lots of fun until Ilene remembered that there was supposed to be another sister. She wondered whether it would be Claudia or Roberta who noticed that someone was missing. Both guests seemed very busy studying the ferrets. Claudia was looking at a book Mr. Kelly had bought at the pet shop that told lots of facts about the animals. Roberta was looking over her shoulder.

Finally, Ilene could bear it no longer. “Listen up,” she said. “I have to tell you something.”

Roberta, Claudia, and Arlene turned to look at Ilene.

“It’s about Marlene,” she said.

“Who?” asked Roberta.

“Marlene. Our other sister. She isn’t here.”

“Where is she?” asked Claudia with a big grin. “Did she go away?”

“Yes,” said Arlene. “She’s not here now.”

“Or ever,” said Ilene sheepishly. “I made her up.”

“You mean she just lives in your imagination?” suggested Roberta.

Ilene nodded.

“I guessed it,” she said.

“How?”

“First of all, there aren’t enough beds in your house. I counted when I was hiding. There was no place for Marlene to sleep.”

“And besides, you couldn’t even agree on what was her name when you were talking about her at school,” added Claudia.

“It was just a joke,” said Arlene.

“Did we fool you at all?” asked Ilene.

“Maybe for about five seconds,” admitted Roberta.

“It doesn’t matter,” said Claudia. “There are enough of us to have a good time together. You don’t need another sister for us to play with.”

“Poor Simon,” Roberta commented. “We can do some things together at home. But he doesn’t like a lot of the stuff we do. He won’t play beauty parlor or dress-up. But we can play card games and Monopoly and things like that. It’s too bad we aren’t quadruplets: two girls and two boys. That would be most fair for him.”

“He’ll probably make friends at school,” said Arlene.

“If you bring him the next time you come here, he could play with Monty and Joey. They live on our street, and they’re both in second grade, just like us,” suggested Ilene. She was about to admit that fooling the girls had been Joey’s idea, but then she thought the better of it.

Just then Fannie Farmer jumped out of Roberta’s hands. She slipped under the bed, and the four girls focused their attention on finding her. Sometimes the ferrets were hard to catch. It was a good thing that there were only two and not three of them.

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