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Now the other twin is home sick

The twin who was home sick yesterday is back in skooool today and the other twin is home sick with a bad cold. Not sure if it's Betsy or Susie who's home.  But it's one of them.

What gives?

Hawo, any gerbils out there?  Callin all gerbls!  Come in, gerbils, come in!

can you hear me, gerbils?

If you can hear me, I'd like to know what you think about...

A) if sayin "Gerbil!  Gerbl!  Gerbl!" on the first day of each month is unlucky

and

B) if you have any idea why mrs. Armstrong is home all the time now and actin the way she's been actin

She's home again today!  What gives? 

Puzzled in New Kanaan

mr. and mrs. Armstrong

mr. Armstrong still hasn't fixed my Gerbil Mobile.  He had all weeekend to do it, too.

He had time to go grocery shopppin.  he had time to buy a Christmas treee.  He had time to bring choppped wood in from the wooodpile that's out in the backyard, near where the wooods begin.  (I watched him do it from Rachl's bedroom window.  My cage sits on Rachl's dresser, which is right next to her bedrooom window.)

But, appparently, mr. Armstrong had no time this weeekend to fix my Gerbl Mobile!

Something odd is goin on with mrs. Armstrong.  i'm not sure what it is.  She's been very crankly lately.  She yellled at the twins this morning because they were takin so long to get ready for skoool.  And when Rachl left her pjs on her bedroom flooor, mrs. Armstrong said, "I'm not your maid, you know!"  Usually, when mrs. Armstrong gets mad at Rachl for not doin somethin, Rachl gets all huffy and says she'll do it later.  But Rachl didn't.  She quickly picked up her pjs from the flooor and put them under her pillow that's on her bed.

mrs. Armstrong is also home today.  She's never home on Mondays.  i wonder what's up.

Mystery solved!

Welll, i found out who was makin all those strange noises that I kept hearing downstairs.  it was Susie -- the human Susie, not the gold fish Susie.  She was home from skoool sick. 

At least I think it was the the human Susie who was home from skoool sick.  it could've beeen her identical twin sister, Betsy (the human Betsy, not the gold fish, Betsy).  Betsy and Susie look just alike.  (The gold fish betsy and susie also look just alike.)  I can never telll those two humans apart.  Theyre both the same height and they both have short dark hair and freckles on their faces.  Not only that, they both like to dress the same way. 

I wonder if Betsy and Susie have trouble tellin themselves apart?  I wonder if Susie sometimes looks at herself in the mirrror and says, "Am I Susie or Betsy?"?  And I wonder if Betsy sometimes looks at herself in the mirrror and says, "Am I Besty or Susie?"?  Gosh, that would be so confusin! 

i sure am glad there's only one gerbl named obi.