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Only I don't like keeping accounts. I just feel guilty seeing how much I've spent,' said Dad. 'You can have it to scribble in, twins.' So I'm scribbling away. I'm not. Yes you are. I keep letting you have a turn. And I'm not just writing about me, I'm writing about us. Giving an account of ourselves. Hey, Garnet, find a dictionary and look up the word 'account'. Account: 1. A verbal or written report, description, or narration of some occurrence, event, etcetera. Yeah! That's exactly what I'm doing. Writing an account of our lives. a b c "Ficarra & Picone anno per anno". La Repubblica. 14 November 2011 . Retrieved 7 January 2012. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the traditional formula was shunned by The Two Ronnies, who completely dispensed with the need for a straight man, and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, two Oxbridge-educated comedians who used the double act to deliver satire and edgy comedy.

Yes, but he’s not usually as late as this. And he likes Gran’s Sunday dinners as much as we do. What if he’s had an accident? Yes you are. I keep letting you have a turn. And I’m not just writing about me, I’m writing about us. Giving an account of ourselves. Hey, Garnet, find a dictionary and look up the word ‘account’. So then fate throws her another chance, and her Guardian newspaper has an advertisement for identical twin girls to audition for a TV show. She leaves it lying on the kitchen table innocently, knowing that Ruby in particular is likely to grab at it. If the twins become TV actors, they'll spend a good chunk of the summer holidays away filming, which will act as a temporary measure until she figures out how to get rid of them permanently.Watch this video in which the author shares some writing tips. Can you use them in your own writing? Yes, but I didn’t say what happened. It was my most painful and humiliating secret. And now you’ve told, Ruby. Richard gave Opal a beautiful opal ring, milky-white but with all different pinks and blues and greens and purples, sparkling like magic whenever it caught the light. all right, isn't he? Of course he is. You are an old worryguts, Garnet. He'll have just bought up an entire bookstall, that's all, and he'll be having trouble stuffing them all into the car. You know what he's like. Yes, but he's not usually as late as this. And he likes Gran's Sunday dinners as much as we do. What if he's had an accident? Oh, Garnet, shut up. Coming, Gran. 16

Sooner their dad meets a someone called rose and they end up moving to the village to open a book shop, much to the annoyance of the twin girls and their gran. The girls hate rosie and do not treat her with respect at all. She can’t do her dressmaking now. It’s a shame, because she did like doing it so much. But there’s one Amazing Advantage. We get to wear shop clothes now. And because Gran can’t really make it on the bus into town, we get to choose. The twins find an article about auditions for a TV adaptation of The Twins at St. Clare's, and Ruby is keen to go ahead and audition, even though Garnet and their father do not agree. Surprisingly, Rose is supportive, although her efforts are for nothing, as Garnet and Ruby have to run away to London to audition. Although Garnet isn't keen on the idea, she is about to deliver a good audition but the twins father appears just as she is about to begin, making her feel terrible for messing up the audition.Some of the illustrations in the book are symmetrical. Could you make a new book cover / illustration which is completely symmetrical? ONE We're twins. I'm Ruby. She's Garnet. We're identical. There's very few people who can tell us apart. Well, until we start talking. I tend to go on and on. Garnet is much quieter. 1 Ruby has lots of confidence, but Garnet is quite shy. Discuss what these concepts mean and how they can sometimes affect the choices that we make.