Twelfth Night
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just_writing"BOTHER," SAID CEDRIC, "I do so hate the twelfth day of Christmas."
"Me too," agreed Julian and Jillian. The twins were helping Cedric to undress the Christmas tree.
"Oh but you can't all mean that," said Phyllis, gently tucking a bauble into its cardboard resting-place. "It is such fun packing all the decorations away in their boxes. It's almost as though they are going home."
"No it isn't," said Cedric. "They are at home when they are on the tree. Hiding them away for the year is just rotten."
"I enjoy it," Phyllis disagreed again. "I enjoy being able to get one last look at them before they go, then I can remember them all through the year."
"Oh, you are a sop, Phyllis," said Julian.
"She's perfectly right," said Jillian. "You never really look at the decorations when they're up, so taking them down one by one gives you the chance to get a good memory of them."
"But you don't like the twelfth day either," said Julian. "You said."
"That's because it's so much work," Jillian answered. "Goodness, I wish Father would lend us a hand."
"Oh but think how you would feel," said Phyllis, "if you woke up to find Father had taken all the decorations down himself!"
"Yes," agreed Jillian, "Fucking rotten."
"Me too," agreed Julian and Jillian. The twins were helping Cedric to undress the Christmas tree.
"Oh but you can't all mean that," said Phyllis, gently tucking a bauble into its cardboard resting-place. "It is such fun packing all the decorations away in their boxes. It's almost as though they are going home."
"No it isn't," said Cedric. "They are at home when they are on the tree. Hiding them away for the year is just rotten."
"I enjoy it," Phyllis disagreed again. "I enjoy being able to get one last look at them before they go, then I can remember them all through the year."
"Oh, you are a sop, Phyllis," said Julian.
"She's perfectly right," said Jillian. "You never really look at the decorations when they're up, so taking them down one by one gives you the chance to get a good memory of them."
"But you don't like the twelfth day either," said Julian. "You said."
"That's because it's so much work," Jillian answered. "Goodness, I wish Father would lend us a hand."
"Oh but think how you would feel," said Phyllis, "if you woke up to find Father had taken all the decorations down himself!"
"Yes," agreed Jillian, "Fucking rotten."
