Phyllis: A Twin

s Janet spoke, and a ripple of

thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on

xter,"-Janet

e desk with her long

answering, and I might add that this i

t came from behind Sally's desk, and even

urself?" Miss Baxter peered a little over the des

road it had been only a matter of a few days before the girls accepted her, and only a matter of weeks before she was one of the lea

tory teacher, had made a mistake in their identity in class one day and had laughed about it later to the rest of the teachers. Only Miss Baxter ref

d her, but she was certain that they were try

" Janet had caught some of Daphne's dr

iled coldly bu

n being childish, then I wil

d the girls wait

, please," Miss

itials into her pocket as she walked beside Janet to the front of

em in mathematics. She would not give heed to the small voice within her that coun

llis, "are Janet and you,"-she f

. They stood before her

axter continued with even more certainty-"yo

anet said quietly. "I said 's

ss Baxter tried to silence the room wit

to me after school." She prided herself t

Baxter?" Phyl

axter

ecessary for yo

errupting," J

of them and realized very slowly and ve

said scornfully. "The matte

merely walked backed to thei

g not many m

er such a scream. My sides ache." Sally h

eanor warned. "Old Ducky Lucky

otested; "we didn't lau

so disrespectful," Janet replied. "We

er,"-Sally chuckled. "Oh, why didn't somebody give me a tw

d. "I feel so foolish when I look at you sometimes. You're

tch on, and all the gi

oined th

role you were playing. Old Ducky Lucky was more ducky luc

Ducky Lucky?" Janet inquir

s turned

said, 'Tut, tut'; her teeth, you know, aren't always tight and the effect sounded just like ducky lucky,

"she did make a noise just like t

ed-"and it was all I could

iod; perhaps she'll have time to forg

over her shoulder as she went back to

er ignored the twins, much to their delight, fo

us this afternoon, aren't you?

eplied. "I have to take a paper over to Mis

few minutes later-"what a lot you were responsible for t

; I suppose I was just thinking out loud. I

ut I don't pretend to understand you. We did

beautifully even with us if sh

appearance cut short the conversation

on going in to see Akbar. As they entered the lion house,

Where have you been all this awful long t

see him. She introduced him to Sally and Jan

at her twin an

f you," he

f you," he

exclaimed. "Don't look so d

ly, he was busy lo

could tell us apar

ded so

-he smiled engagingly at Phyllis-"but yours"-he turned to Janet-"have all kinds of funny little gol

're a great boy!

is, he's right, Janet has little golden flecks in the brown part of her ey

y Lucky anyway,

k for him, and bore him of

and confessed to Sally that it had been at

ite an affair, I understand, and we are all going to be invited. I suppose that M

had occupied the year before. With Janet, they made up what the rest of the girls called the jolly trio. Daphne occasionally joined them, much to Janet's delight, an

o-day when Miss Carter heard them

all be very ill if you are not careful. W

st decided she had to see

old Annie to keep it hot for you, and, oh, by the way, there are some letters for you on the hall table." She returned t

table and came bac

re from town," she sa

exclaimed. "And, oh, Sally, do

why haven't I got a

have reached a happy conclusion for Sally went home singing, and every time