Very well written Midge. Thank you
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| Author: | Minim [ Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Margot (short+complete) |
I was always the odd one out. Always the ignored one. My triplets Len and Con were any part of the family. I was always let alone. Len was the perfect one, the goody-good clever hard working one, the perfect daughter. Con was considered a literary genius and so her other subjects didn’t matter as much. My parents always say to me, “Why aren’t you in a higher form? You should work harder. You’ve got the brains to be in the highest form possible but you don’t work properly. You’re only cheating yourself,” But they got to do all of the fun things like snowball fights, but I wasn’t allowed to do them often. My parents go on about fragility and health, but I’m normal on that level. They’re just excuses to stop me from having fun like they did, even when I was perfectly alright. When I was 8 I was shoved out of my not-so-loving home into Canada. My parents just wanted me out of the way so they could adore Len all the more. They thought Len was perfect, like everyone else. Only I disliked her; she was always “Ha-ha, I’m the better older one, you’re the stupid little girl,” though she’s only an hour older than me. So I was packed off with Auntie Madge, but I wanted to be with Con, who was nice and hated the idea of being a famous author. She loved writing but didn’t want to be famous because you get masses of fan mail and everyone knows about you. But I got separated from the only person I felt I could be friendly with apart from maybe Auntie Mollie. I always wanted to reply to the question “Why aren’t you in a higher form?” with the answer “Because I want to be with people of my own age,” I tried that once. Mamma said that I was better intellectually than them, but really I just wanted to stay with Con, who certainly was better than Len. My parents didn’t really care about me, but suddenly showed concern when I became pals with Emmy Hope. They tried to tell me to not to be so pally with her, but I countered with the argument that she was much nicer than they were. They ignored me for the rest of the term, and they took Len and Con for half-term, but bad girl Margot had to stay at school and do what they were doing. I much preferred it to any of my half-terms with them. I was treated like a bad girl, so I became a bad girl. One term I even pretended to be jealous of someone to show my wickedness, and after that I chucked a bookend at someone to pretend I still had a temper. I wanted attention, wanted someone to try to get to the bottom of it, but they never did. I started The Anti Len Society, TALS for short. Many people joined. But I’m free of her. Con and I are going to university. Con’s doing English, I’m doing Modern Languages. We’re going to live together and be free and single all of our lives. Len’s been half-forced into marriage with Reg Entwistle, so will be his slave. Mother and Father are always rowing about children, Len says. It’s easier to talk to her over the phone than face to face. Con and I are happy for once. |
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| Author: | Fiona Mc [ Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot (short+complete) |
Thanks Midge, that's a really interesting point of view from Margot. I did feel sorry for her in the books at times |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot (short+complete) |
Thanks Midge a loving portrayal of Margot. |
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| Author: | charli [ Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot (short+complete) |
Very well written Midge. Thank you
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