Abigail: (Finding her brother on the balcony) Fritz? (Pause) I...heard what happened.
Fritz: Why can't Emily be part of our family?
Abigail: She already is.
Fritz: Mother doesn't act that way. She took us off track on purpose this morning!
Abigail: I know.
Fritz: I just don't understand why she doesn't like Emily.
Abigail: I think Mother's fine with Emily as a friend, but you know how set she was on you and Ariana.
Fritz: But I never met her, and I didn't love Ariana Wembern. I love Emily.
Abigail: I know. And Mother knows it too.
Fritz: Then why doesn't she understand?
Abigail: Because she loves you. She can't believe you're grown up, and she won't believe you want to leave her and Father. Even if it had been Ariana, I think Mother still would have had a hard time letting you go.
Fritz: It isn't that I want to leave because I don't love Mother and Father anymore. Or you and Jacqui and Franz either. But I can't stay if Emily isn't welcome here.
Abigail: (Gently) I know. I know.
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Swiss Family Robinson: A Place For All Of Us
FanfictionWhen the Robinson family is shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island, it seems there is no way for them to escape this jail in the jungle. Fritz and Abigail, the oldest two children, miss their home back in Switzerland, and Fritz especially is an...