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#1: The new Bettany baby Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:39 pm

Madge Bettany stared out of the window at the pouring rain, which somehow seemed to suit her mood. She kicked at the wall. She didn’t want another brother or sister. She and Dick had each other; they didn’t need anybody else. People seemed to expect her to be excited about it, but she didn’t like babies. They were smelly and noisy. If they were asleep you had to tiptoe around and whisper so as not to wake them. When they were awake they screamed or were sick the whole time. She kicked the wall again, harder. A baby brother or sister would ruin everything.

Meg Bettany sighed. She felt so tired and so hot. Lying on her bed she longed for a breeze to freshen the air and lift the oppressive humidity, but none came. Despite her discomfort, she smiled as she felt the baby move inside her. “You’re going to be a strong one, aren’t you,” she whispered to her unborn child, “a survivor.” She had taken such great care with this pregnancy; after Dick and Madge had been born there had been two stillborn births, then miscarriage after miscarriage.

When she had discovered she was with child again, she had hardly dared hope. She had taken great care, getting plenty of rest, avoiding anything strenuous over the last few months, praying fervently, and as she went from week to week with no sign of the dreaded bleeding and had felt the child stir within her, she had finally begun to believe that, this time, she would be blessed with a healthy infant, a brother or sister for Dick and Madge. Eventually, when she had less than two months to go, she had been sure enough to tell them.

Last edited by LizB on Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:16 pm; edited 8 times in total

#2: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:45 pm

Awwwww!
Thank you Liz!
Fascinating to think of Madge NOT being pleased! Wonder what will change her mind.

#3: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:57 pm

Oh how sad that Mrs Bettany lost so many babies between the twins and Jo. Sad

Thanks Liz

#4: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:02 pm

Oooo a new Lizard drabble how exciting!!!! Thank you Liz.

#5: Author: Chalet_school_lover, Location: Gloucester

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:21 pm

Ooo this looks good! Nice to go back to right before Joey was born! Wonder why Madge didn't want a baby brother or sister! Thank you!

#6: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:24 pm

Thanks, Liz. I am also wondering what made Madge change her mind. It's nice to see an insight into Meg's mind as well.

#7: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:36 pm

A friend of mine is currently expecting and I don't think her husband's 11-year-old is too impressed - having a baby around the house when you're that age probably doesn't seem like much fun! Maybe it is Mr (or was he a Major?) and Mrs Bettany's deaths that make Madge change her mind? Sad that Mrs Bettany has had so many problems but it explains the big age gap between the twins and Joey. Thanks Liz.

#8: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:41 pm

Ohh Liz this looks vair fab and shiny and new! Continue please ;)

#9: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:03 pm

Dick didn’t understand why Madge was so upset at the prospect of a baby brother or sister. Of course, it would affect her more than him, because he would be going to England soon to go to school there, so he wouldn’t be around anyway, but he thought his twin was being a bit silly about it and had tried to tell her the baby would not really make any difference at all to their lives. She had stamped her foot and insisted that of course it would change everything, but she couldn’t make him understand that they wouldn’t be special in the same way any more.

“We’ll still be twins; that makes us special.” Dick had tried to reassure her.

Madge knew their twinship made them special, but she had seen enough of babies to know that everybody thought they were wonderful and exclaimed how beautiful they were. Madge thought they were red, wrinkled, ugly things, like Captain and Mrs Callaghan’s boy who had been sick on her last time they had visited; he was a really ugly baby!

Madge wasn’t beautiful, but with her long dark curly hair, dark eyes, fair skin and delicate bone structure, she was pretty enough to get plenty of comments and attention from those around her, and the attention had led to her being a little vain and rather spoilt. She hoped the baby wouldn’t be a girl. She enjoyed being the daughter of the house and didn’t want to share her position with anybody.

#10: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:05 pm

Uh-oh, cos it is a girl!
Thanks Liz, this is great.

#11: Author: Ray, Location: Bristol, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:34 pm

Very interesting - I like this and I'm looking forward to seeing how Madge changes her mind.

Am I the only one seeing a little of Sybil in Madge here?

Ray *awaiting more*

#12: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:10 pm

Ray wrote:

Am I the only one seeing a little of Sybil in Madge here?

No, because that's immediately what i thought too!

Thanks Liz - intriguing.

#13: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:20 pm

Interesting to see a young and slightly petulant madge, thank you Lizard Very Happy

#14: Author: aitchemelle, Location: West Sussex

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:01 pm

Thanks Liz *waves* I am seeing a little of Sybil too!!

#15: Author: Le Petite Em, Location: Cheltenham

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:07 pm

I can see lots of Sybil!
But what is going to happen to make Madge love Joey?

#16: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:14 pm

Madge ruled the roost in the Bettany house. Dick nearly always did what his strong-willed twin told him, their mother didn't like to deny her precious children anything, and her father, when he was home, liked to indulge his pretty daughter. Madge had soon learnt that a smile would get most of the servants twisted around her little finger. But a baby would spoil all that.

And the baby was making Mother ill. Mother had often been ill before, but with the baby she was doing nothing but lying on her bed resting most of the time. She didn’t have time to play games with Dick and Madge, or to take them out riding. Father spent all the time he was in the house looking after Mother, so there were no more games with him either. Madge adored her parents, and resented all the more that this baby was taking them away from her and it hadn’t even arrived yet.

Why did they want another baby anyway? She frowned and kicked the wall again. They had her and Dick; weren’t they enough? Nobody would have time for her with a baby around. She would be on her own and it was all this stupid baby’s fault. She would hate it. She already did hate it. She gave the wall one last kick, then wandered disconsolately around the bungalow, scowling. She paused outside her mother’s room and peeped in the gap by the door. Her father was in there too. She watched as he laughed and rested his hand on the bump where the baby was, then kissed Meg. Her mother was smiling and happy – they didn’t notice Madge in the doorway, they didn’t need her. Nobody needed her. Dick was excited about going to school and would forget her. Mother and Father would have the new baby, and would forget her.

She wouldn’t be forgotten. She would make them remember her. She slipped quietly away to find a quiet place where she could think out a plan.

#17: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:17 pm

Now we definitely know where Sybil got it from!! Thanks Liz.

#18: Author: Chalet_school_lover, Location: Gloucester

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:19 pm

Thanks for the update! I feel sorry for Madge! But oh dear what is she going to do now???? I hope she does not cause any trouble! *waits to find out!* Thanks again!

#19: Author: francesn, Location: away with the faeries

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:36 pm

This looks great Liz, thanks.

#20: Author: tiffinata, Location: melbourne, australia

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:36 pm

This is good.
Can't wait for more

#21: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:46 pm

Thanks, Liz. I hadn't seen the likeness to Sybil before but I can definitely see it now.

#22: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:17 am

It was her own special place. Dick knew about it, they used to share it, but he never came here any more, so now it was hers. She hadn’t minded sharing it with Dick, but she wouldn’t share it with the baby. She wouldn’t share anything with the baby. The baby who was going to take everything and everyone away from her wouldn’t have her special place as well!

She slipped into the guest bedroom, lay flat on her stomach and wriggled under the bed, not stopping until she was right up against the wall. On the other side of the wall was her parents’ bedroom and she could hear the muffled sound of their voices, and occasional laughter. She wondered how long she could stay here before they missed her and looked for her. What if they didn’t miss her? Nobody had time for her anyway now this baby was coming. There must be something she could do to get their attention. Maybe she should cut her hair. Father had always loved her long dark curls. But what if he didn’t notice? And everybody said she had lovely hair – the baby wouldn’t have hair like hers. No, she would have to think of something else. There had to be a way to stop everyone loving the baby more than her. She lay there in the dimness thinking, and gradually her eyelids grew heavy and she fell asleep.

#23: Author: Squirrel, Location: St-Andrews or Dunfermline

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:33 am

Oh poor Madge, how hard it is to feel that you are forgotten because there is a 'new' baby expected. I hope that her parents will realise what is happening, and talk to her. They have to reassure her that they love her just as much as they ever did.

Thanks Liz

#24: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:53 am

Thank you Liz - this is such an insightful piece. You've really gotten under her skin.

#25: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:20 am

Poor Madge! It's very true to life.

Thanks Liz. It's very shiny.

#26: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:31 am

Thank you Liz.

#27: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:53 pm

A loud scream tore through the silent house, and Madge woke with a start. Her eyes sprung open and, disorientated, she stared into darkness for a moment, then remembered where she was. Another scream rang out. It came from the other side of the wall. Terrified Madge started to wriggle out from under the bed. She got to her feet and ran across the room to the door. In the darkness she banged her arm on the corner of a cupboard, but she barely noticed it. Another scream drowned out the sound of her ‘oww!’

It was such a terrible sound. Madge wondered if it was the sound of the demons her Ayah had once told her about who came and snatched away babies. Had the baby come while she was sleeping? Madge was rather vague about the details of how a baby arrived. Another scream came and she shivered. She hated the baby, but she didn’t want it to be snatched away. She eased open the door. Maybe if she was in time she would be able to stop the demons. She crept along the hallway to her mother’s room. Another scream confirmed that that was where the demons were. They wouldn’t hurt her mother would they? She took a deep breath. She had to be brave. If she saved the baby maybe they would still love her.

Taking a deep breath, she reached for the door handle.

#28: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:02 pm

Thank you Liz!
Sounds like someone sensitive and highly strung, with deep black eyes that betray the great gift and talent within, is about to be born ;)

#29: Author: Helen P, Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:04 pm

Ooooh Liz, this looks good! Just caught up from the beginning! I can definitely see where Sybil gets her temperament from!

I loved Madge's description of babies:

Quote:

They were smelly and noisy. If they were asleep you had to tiptoe around and whisper so as not to wake them. When they were awake they screamed or were sick the whole time.

Wibbling a little about Madge's reaction to what is coming next... Sad

#30: Author: MaryR, Location: Sale Cheshire

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:08 pm

Have just read all this from the beginning, Liz. A lovely piece, delving into the mind of a rather spoilt and strong-willed young girl.

Thank you.

#31: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:13 pm

Nice Ayah! Rolling Eyes

Poor Madge, hope she will be OK when Jo is born.

Thanks Liz, this is fabulous

#32: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:52 pm

Of course this could traumatise her for life!

Thanks Liz.

#33: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:53 pm

Thanks, Liz. I'm glad there is a tiny sign of Madge starting to warm to the baby. I wonder why Madge did cut her hair shorter?

#34: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:20 pm

She didn't actually cut her hair short, Chair, she just thought about it as a way to get attention, but decided not to.

“Madge!” She looked up at the sound of her name to see her father standing at the end of the corridor. “Madge, darling, don’t go in there.” She could hear the urgency in his voice, and let her hand drop from the handle.

“But the demons will steal the baby.”

“It’s alright, nobody will steal the baby. Come with me.” He held out his hand and Madge hesitated a moment then ran towards him and took his hand.

“Are you sure the baby will be safe?”

David hesitated. He hoped desperately that both the baby and Meg would be safe, but he didn’t dare promise what might not be true. “Nobody will steal the baby.” he repeated at last. “But what are you doing here anyway? We thought you’d gone to the Callaghan’s with Dick.” He tightened his grip on her hand as his wife screamed in agony again.

“Come on Madge, come and sit with me in the study.” She willingly went along with him. Despite the closed door, the agonised cries could still be heard. Madge looked at her father with worried eyes and despite the affront to her 12-year-old dignity, did not complain when he sat her on his lap.

“Why is there so much screaming?” Madge asked after they had sat in silence for a few minutes, taking comfort from each other’s presence. “Are the demons angry?”

“There are no demons to steal the baby,” David told her, “that’s just a story.”

“But who is screaming then?”

#35: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:22 pm

Thank you Liz. Lovely writing there.

#36: Author: Chalet_school_lover, Location: Gloucester

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:27 pm

Thank you Liz! Very Happy

Very interesting!

#37: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:27 pm

Alison H wrote:

Now we definitely know where Sybil got it from!! Thanks Liz.

Just what I was thinking!

thanks Liz. Glad to see this. Very Happy

#38: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:30 pm

Thanks and sorry, Liz. I just thought that Madge had short hair in the books. I'm not with it today! I hope Madge's father will be able to explain about the screams to Madge.

#39: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:19 pm

Good luck David in explaining that! Laughing

Thanks Liz.

#40: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:21 pm

Thank you Liz!

I don't envy Madge's father having to try and explain to her how babies arrive in this world.......

#41: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:49 pm

Thank you Liz Very Happy

#42: Author: Helen P, Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:36 pm

Thankyou Liz Very Happy

I'm looking forward to David's explanation... could be interesting! Very Happy

#43: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:53 am

Sorry to disappoint you all...

David paused, and wished he had not left it to the servants to make sure the children were safely out of the house, but he had been occupied with Meg until help came; what else could he have done? “It’s …” his difficult explanation was interrupted by the sound of a different scream. “You hear that, Madge? That one’s the baby.” A smile lit up his face.

Madge scrambled off his lap and looked at him uncertainly. He looked so happy about the baby. She loved her father and wanted him to be happy, but what if the baby meant he stopped loving her? Then she remembered how she had felt when she thought the baby had been taken by demons. She hadn’t wanted that to happen either. While the confused thoughts chased each other through her mind, her father got up and went to the door. She heard him calling out to somebody and get a reply, then he was back, grabbing her round her waist and swinging her up in the air.

“You’ve got a baby sister, Madgie,” he told her, “a little baby girl.”

A sister. A brother might not have been so bad. She would still have been the daughter of the house.

#44: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:58 am

Poor little Madge! Laughing

#45: Author: LadyGuinevere, Location: Leicester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:03 am

Oh dear, last last line sounds rather ominous!

This explains a lot about Sybil Smile

#46: Author: MaryR, Location: Sale Cheshire

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:27 am

But how true to life - after 12 years of being the *darling*, of course she is resenting the change.

Thanks, Liz.

#47: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:09 am

Thank you Liz. Poor confused jealous little girl.

#48: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:10 am

Very realistic, thanks Liz

#49: Author: Chalet_school_lover, Location: Gloucester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:50 am

Poor Madge! Thank you Liz!

#50: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:59 am

Thanks, Liz. I wasn't disappointed at all. You're doing really well at writing this drabble.

#51: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:05 pm

Thank you Liz!

#52: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:35 pm

“We can go to see her in a little while,” David told her. “Would you like that?” He looked at her, concerned at her quietness. It was not like his daughter to be unsure of herself. “You can come with me and we’ll be the first to see her,” he coaxed. “Don’t you want to see her? I’m sure she’ll be pleased to meet her big sister.”

Big sister. Suddenly that sounded an important thing to be. A big sister was someone who was looked up to. She thought of Emily Hatherford’s big sister, and the pretty dresses she wore and the grand parties she talked about. The baby would look at her with the same awe that Emily and Madge looked at Chloë Hatherford. She could tell the baby what to do like Chloë told Emily. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad after all. She smiled at her father and nodded.

A short while later, a maidservant came to summon them, and Madge once more slipped her hand into her father’s as they walked along. Together they entered the bedroom. Meg was lying on the bed, white with exhaustion, but her face radiating happiness. Next to the bed was a crib.

“You go and look at the baby,” David said, releasing her hand, and he went to bend over his wife, smoothing a damp curl back from her forehead and giving her a tender kiss, while Madge walked a little reluctantly towards the crib.

#53: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:40 pm

Awwww! Love the big sister bit making it better. Laughing

#54: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:48 pm

This is gorgeous, thanks Liz.

#55: Author: LadyGuinevere, Location: Leicester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:06 pm

Lesley wrote:

Awwww! Love the big sister bit making it better. Laughing

That was exactly what I was going to say! Laughing

Thanks Liz!

#56: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:44 pm

Awww. Glad Madge is pleased.

#57: Author: Chalet_school_lover, Location: Gloucester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:22 pm

Aww, how sweet! Big sister Madge! Thank you! Very Happy

#58: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:25 pm

Very cute! Thank you Liz Very Happy

#59: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:15 pm

The baby didn’t look like much, Madge thought; a tiny little thing, with a bright red face, and lots of black hair, but not ugly like she’d expected. Then David was stooping over the crib as well, carefully lifting the baby out and cuddling her. “She’s perfect,” he said, gazing at her and gently stroking the soft cheek. “Come and sit in the chair Madge, and you can hold baby Josephine.” He invited after a few minutes.

Feeling important, Madge sat down and held out her arms. David gently lowered the baby into them, “hold her head carefully now, because her neck’s not strong enough to hold it herself. That’s right.”

Madge cradled the baby in her arms. Suddenly the jealousy, uncertainty, anger and self-importance vanished away as her little sister opened dark blue eyes and looked at her. Madge felt a surge of love and protectiveness flood through her. Nothing mattered but this helpless, vulnerable, inexplicably precious bundle in her arms.

“Hello Josephine,” she whispered, “I’m your big sister, and I will always be here to look after you.” She smiled as she made the promise and Josephine blinked as if she understood.

~~~~~

Six months later, Madge was blinking back the tears in her eyes as she repeated the vow.

THE END

#60: Author: Róisín, Location: Vancouver for now

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:19 pm

Oh thank you Liz, that was really sad though! I didn't even have time to wibble! ;)

#61: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:37 pm

How sad - and Jo never knew her parents. Crying or Very sad

Lovely Liz, thank you.

#62: Author: Rosy, Location: Gloucestershire-London-Aberystwyth

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:38 pm

That was lovely Liz. Poor Madge. Can see where Sybil got it from though.

#63: Author: Chalet_school_lover, Location: Gloucester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:52 pm

Thank you!! That was very enjoyable! Very Happy

though sad as well! Sad

#64: Author: Alison H, Location: Manchester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:19 pm

Oh, how lovely but how sad. Thanks Liz.

#65: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:33 pm

Waaah!!!

Liz, that last line made me cry!!!!

#66: Author: BethC, Location: Worcester, UK

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:42 pm

Thank you, Liz - so good to see a younger Madge with the various family traits.

#67: Author: LadyGuinevere, Location: Leicester

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:19 pm

Thanks Liz... both a happy and sad ending *sniff*

#68: Author: Chair, Location: Rochester, Kent, England

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:54 pm

Thanks, Liz. I'm sorry this drabble has to come to an end. I'm glad Madge accepted Joey.

#69: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:26 am

Thank you Liz, Im glad Madge accepted Joey, but its so sad *sniffs*

#70: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:57 am

Oh how sweet and then how sad! Crying or Very sad

Thanks Liz - I do so love your drabbles!

#71: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:48 am

Thank you Liz. So bitter-sweet at the end there.

#72: Author: Lucy, Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:28 pm

Oh Liz this is so sad (but really cute as well).

Thank you

#73: Author: Helen P, Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:06 pm

Just caught up with this to the end, Liz - thank you! Crying or Very sad

very sad though!

#74: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:30 pm

thankyou Liz for such a lovely but bitter sweet drabble

#75: Author: Elisabeth,

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:22 pm

That ending was the most gorgeous and poignant thing I've ever read. Well done, Liz.

#76: Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:38 pm

Poor Madge! So glad she came around to Joey, although, of course, I knew that she would do in time. Very Happy

at the last line

Thank you, Liz - beautiful Kiss

#77: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:36 am

Just realised I read this and never commented! Sorry! Embarassed

Thanks Liz. That was lovely.

#78: Author: Marianne, Location: Lancaster

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:49 pm

awww pretty...

#79: Author: RuthY, Location: Anyone's guess

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:27 pm

Great story thank you Liz. I can see Madge as just like Sybil but it was nice that she came round to the idea by being told she would be a big sister. It was also sad at the end.

Ruth

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