In Our Words Canadians Reading Together


Her name was Brandy and she had a brother named Danny. They were also twins except they were almost a year older than she was. But she was very fond of the twins and close because there were no more children for another mile or more. So they spent a lot of time together. A few days pass by and Betty still had her box hidden outside so she decided to show the box with the letters and pictures to Brandy who is almost thirteen.

They go through the box together then all the sudden Brandy looks at Betty with the look of disbelieve. Her eyes cross together then she looks back at Betty. The story starts. Once Brandy seen the pictures she knew that Betty Boo was her little sister and how she knew was when she was small she had a birthmark on her bum and she remember when looking at baby picture she knew just then that there were two sisters were missing. But had no clue one sister live next door all her lives.

When she seen the birthmark she cry and hug her sister. Betty still doesn’t understand why her friend was so upset. So they go home to Brandy house to wait for the parents to come. The door open the family is all-together. Now they’re waiting for little Betties mom to come over. So now the truth comes out. The three children living next door to each other for fifteen years are brother and sister and never knew. Now we all want to know where the box came from. They check into everything to get all the information on the mother and the other sister. Well the searching was over the family down the road that had a child was the mother and the other sister, which was Betty Boo twin. The meeting day came for all the children and their real mother. They walk up a long road to a small house.

A beautiful young girl came to answer the door. Come on in and as they enter into the living room there in a wheel chair sat a woman with no legs. This was the mother and it was her that drops the box off. What a way to fine out about your family roots. But some questions had to be answer. The sister who lived down the road was the one to put everything together.

She found her mother brought her to the house now to take care of her. The mother lost her legs in a car accident and had a memory loss so she didn’t know about her own children and now she does.

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