Friday, July 15, 2011

Canadian Belles

Canadian Belle
The girls sit in the chair, looking through a magazine.One girl gets up to get herself ready to go to town.The other follows.The oldest girl, Elizabeth Anne Victoria, takes a long time. The younger girl, Rosetta Emelie Josephina, is finished first and goes to town. Beth Anne, however, turns on her phonograph and dances in her petticoat and chemise.Then she gets dressed and ready for her trip to the store. She buys some perfume and then returns home to see her beloved Rose storming down the stairs to see her.

“Oh we must leave. I cannot understand this place.” Beth Anne doesn’t know whatever Rose is talking about. “The trains. It’s them. They splatter mud on me. Look!” Beth Anne looks and is puzzled. Her plaid green taffeta is splattered with mud. “And also there are robbers. I saw them steal someone’s parasol.” Beth Anne looks around the enormous room for her sister. Then she gasps. “Your fan...” she asks. Rose bursts into tears. “Oh we must leave!”

The two girls carefully pack three of their thousands of dresses. They carefully cage their pets. Beth Anne buys train tickets and then they leave their house. A few minutes later on the train, Beth Anne in her lace dress and pinafore, and Rose in her cream silk, ride from busy New York City to an uninhabited town in Canada to rest. And they jumped out the train window, without knowing where they are!

“Are you okay, Rose?” “I think I tore my dress.” “Anyways, it was worth it.” replied Beth Anne.

They eventually walked to a busy town. The two girls walk into a small hotel and rent a room. There they undress and get ready for the opera. The snowstorm starts and Beth Anne catches a cold. But Rose decided she will go anyway, after giving Beth Anne some medicine and her pet bunny. After two hours, Rose does not return. So Beth Anne bundles up and goes out. She goes through the heavy snow and finds a person. “Avez-vous vu une fille avec des cheveux bruns bouclés et des lunettes d'opéra?” He pointed to a cottage with bricked-up windows. Beth Anne runs up to the house and peers in. The large, heavy door is locked, but she notices a back door for servants. Beth Anne opens it and sneaks up to a second floor. An impressive oak door greets her at the top step. She hears a piano being played. She can’t open the door to the next room, so she goes into the room where the person is playing the piano. “Is there another way into the room next to this?” “What are you doing in this house?” “I was wondering where my sister is.” “Right here,” he says, pushing on a brick. He opens the door and Beth Anne lies down on a cot at the end of the room. A face sleepily looks at Beth Anne. She faints and doesn’t wake up until the next day. When she does, her sister is putting something on her head. “Ouch!” Beth Anne springs up and says “Rosetta! Oh my goodness, you’re back!” She hugs her sister who gives Beth Anne a note.

Ball held at Flatiron Building, New York City. Midnight May 30th.”

“But that’s right at the subway stop,” Beth Anne whispered. “Yet it’ll be a good excuse to go back to our real home.” grinned Rose.

“Thank you for saving me from the robbers.” Beth Anne was confused. But she had something else to think about.

The two sisters left after bidding thanks to the man in the next room. The next day they are in New York City. Beth Anne stops to throw up in a waste basket. And then the sisters stopped for dresses for the ball. After the ball, the two sisters go to bed in their own beds and have a good night sleep.

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