Snooping

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The book for Gazelle's mom was in the polskys' mailbox. Trippy, bree and  Gazelle were about to walk back home when Gazelle held a finger to her lips. "Shh. Listen" trippy could hear the polsky twins arguing in the backyard.
"No fair!" Wanda shouted. "I get to pitch now."
"No! Its still my turn!" Rhonda said
"Is not!"
Rhonda and Wanda were a year younger than Trippy and Gazelle. They were both superb at sports and very nice except to each other
They got into lots of fights. Not just yelling fights, but hitting fights.
"Let's go investigate!" Trippy said. Bree looked around and whispered "the coat is clear!" The girls and dog dropped to the ground and crawled to the said of the twins house. They tiptoes along the wall, their backs pressed flat against it. Silent as cats. They stopped at the back porch and hid behind an out door grill. Neither twin had spotted them. It was like Trippy, bree and Gazelle were invisible. They smiled and high-fived each other.
"Here comes my fastball." Rhonda started spinning her arm around like a pinwheel.
"I quit." Wanda threw down her mitt.
" I'm not playing anymore." She started to stomp off. Rhonda spun her arm around once more and let go of the ball. Just in time, Wanda sae the ball whizing right at her. She sprang forward to catch it. Oops! She missed. Double oops! She stumbled and landed facedown on the ground. Ooh! That had to hurt! Trippy and Gazelle peeked over the grill. "Wanda's bleeding! She split her lip."
"I can't look." Bree whispered behind her paws. She hated the sight of blood. Trippy watch Wanda pull herself up. She was crying. Blood was all over her mouth and chin. Her hands, too. Wanda looked like something out of a horror movie! "You did that on purpose!" Wanda yelled at Rhonda " I'm going to get you back im going to tell Trippy what you did the other day!" Rhonda froze for a second Trippy did to. "You swore you wouldn't tell!" Rhonda shouted "tough. I'm telling trippy" Trippy wanted to pop up from behind the grill and shout "tell me what?" But Gazelle grabbed her by the arm and yelled her down "we're snooping, remember?" Gazelle hissed. A moment later, the twins dad appeared on the back porch. He looked mad. " are you two fighting again?" He said. Then marched them inside the house.

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