Witch Twins by Adele Griffin

Author:Adele Griffin [Griffin, Adele]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
ISBN: 978-1-4532-9741-4
Publisher: Open Road
Published: 2012-12-11T21:12:00+00:00

7

The Princess and the Peep

THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY was when Tower Hill Middle School’s fifth and sixth grade would perform The Princess and the Pea. Since Luna and Claire both were involved with the play, they would have to miss their usual weekend in Bramblewine.

“Then you may come out next weekend,” said Grandy.

“Are we especially invited?” asked Luna worriedly. She wanted to make sure, after what had happened the last time.

“Yes,” said Grandy. “You are extra-especially invited. And good luck with your play. Sorry I won’t be there, but I hate-hate-hate school plays. There’s always too much chorus singing.”

Everyone else was coming. “Mom and Steve, Dad and Fluffy, and Justin.” Claire ticked off the names on her fingers while she and Luna sat in the audience watching a dress rehearsal. Aside from being on crew—Claire for stage-managing and Luna for scenery painting—the twins had non-speaking roles as ladies-in-waiting in Act Three.

The rest of the time, they helped out by being the audience.

“We need to buy five tickets,” said Claire. “Frogfeet and fiddleheads, I wish I could figure out a way to get Fluff seated behind someone really tall!”

“Mmm.” Luna was not paying attention to Claire’s schemes. She was listening to Angelica Antonio sing.

Angelica Antonio was a sixth grader. She had waist-length hair and wore ankle-length skirts, and she played the lead role of Princess Winifred, the princess who felt the pea under twenty mattresses.

“She’s the greatest singer I’ve ever heard,” said Luna. She wondered if Angelica Antonio would be available to sing at her wedding one day.

“She’s also the snootiest girl in the sixth grade,” Claire answered. “I can’t stand how she swishes her hair over the back of her chair when she sits down. Hey, maybe we could put some chair-colored bubble gum on Fluffy’s seat!”

Luna nodded distractedly. She was thinking of the perfect compliment to give Angelica after rehearsal. Something to express exactly how the music danced like butterflies in her stomach whenever she heard Angelica’s voice.

But it was hard for Luna to speak up to people she didn’t know. She decided to proceed with caution.

After rehearsal, she stood next to Angelica backstage and tried to say her compliment. She stood there for a long time. She began to feel stupid. When Angelica turned to her and raised an eyebrow in a way that meant why are you standing next to me? Luna hurried off.

That night after dinner, Luna tried to sing as she dried the dishes. Just to test the sound of her own voice, which she did not remember as being very good.

“Uh, did you swallow a tongue depressor?” asked Justin. Then he and Claire laughed and gave each other high-fives.

“Shut up,” Luna muttered. It didn’t seem fair that a person who loved-loved -loved singing as much as herself should have such a bad, crackly voice.

The next afternoon at rehearsal, Luna had an idea. She was just finishing up some back-drop scenery for Act Two, which showed the palace hall. She had been painting a silver mirror.

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