The Twin Club

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One day last summer, a lady said to us "Twins! How cute!"

Jorge put a silly look on his face and I tried very hard not to roll may eye.

Jorge and I are not twins. Wecare not even brothers.We're cousins. We are best friends.
But the lady called us twins. We could start a club. It would be the Twin Club!
Even before we were the Twin Club, we stayed all summer with Ińes. We did everything together.
Now we were the Twin Club. We had a secret handshake. We built a clubhouse. It was big. But it was hard for both of us to fit.
And, as Twins, we made a promise. "We'll always, always be friends," we told each other. Together, we walked around Grandma's beautiful small town. We did tricks in front of stores.
Someone, somewhere might have a better club than ours. But I don't think so! Then one day, Grandma's said, "I have news. The summer is almost over,chicos," sje said. "It's time for you to go home to your parents."
It was too soon for the summer to end!
"Jorge and I won't live here again until next summer, Grandma. We won't be the Twin Club anymore.Will we?"
"Juan Ramón, your parents miss you very much. They are looking forward to having you back on the farm. And son you will start second grade. School will be fun!" Grandma Iné said
Oh, no, I won't, I thought.
We knew it really was both good news and bad news. We would be with our families and friends again, which was good. But Jorge and I would not be together, which was bad. Very, Very bad. Grandma was right. Being back home on our farm was great. The first day back, I went for a walk to our neighbor's barn. I climbed a ladder in the barn and jumped into the soft hay. I said hello to the goat. The old goose chased me

That night, I watched fireflies in thr meadow. I thought about the Twin Club when Papi drove me to teh bus stop in the morning. I thought about the Twin Club during the bus ride to school. It was a really long ride. I thought about the Twin Club when I picked fruit of our trees and when I watched fireflies.
I thought about the Twin Club all the time. Then, one day, I got an e-mail message It was from Jorge.

To: JunaRamon@farmz.com
From: Jorge@ramirez.com
Subject: Hello, Twin Club

Hi  Twin,

How are you?
Today, I walked around my neighborhood.
I love to walk around my neighborhood.
I see lots of people, lots of cars, lots of stores.
Everything goes so fast!
I walk to school by myself. My school is two blocks away.
My friend, Jamilla, and I playbasketball in the park. Something we go to the supermarket to buy fruit from around the world.AMAZING!
I am glad to be back home, but I miss our Twin Club!

Your twin cousin,
Jorge
Note this  e-mail message it suppose to with a picture

I still missed Jorge. But I remembered what I liked about my home in the country.
Jorge remembered he liked walking in hes neighborhood. And do you know what was even more fun? Changing our club name to "The AMAZING E-mail Twins"! Now we write to each other about everything. And we are making plans for next summer at Grandma's


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