The Weird Sisters: A Note, A Goat, and a Casserole
CHAPTER 1 The Sisters Move In One spring evening the town of Covenly gained three new residents one bony one round one whose knuckles rubbed the ground They looked weird So did their gray cat Hildegurp wore sunglasses Yuckmina’s eye glasses were thick as a thumb Glubbifer’s bangs hung to her nose And the cat Graymalkin had a crooked tail They all wore tall hats except for Graymalkin Cats as a rule are never in hats despite what you may read The newcomers strangeness made Rupert Flinch nervous Rupert was showing them the 10
home at 1313 Jitters Drive If they bought the house Rupert would get a fee With that money 11
he could buy more brushes and paint for when Rupert sold a property nothing made him happier than to give his buyers the gift of a freshly painted house But would they buy this house The yard was overgrown The windows were broken The walls leaned Oh dear oh dear oh dear Rupert said I should show you something else It’s perfect Hildegurp replied We’ll live upstairs and run a pet store below An emporium of pets Yuckmina said Gack Glubbifer agreed Glubbifer did not use words but she always meant what she said No one has lived here for many years Rupert explained Do you plan to fix it up Not to worry Rupert Flinch Hildegurp said Worry not Rupert Flinch Yuckmina said Tsk tsk Glubbifer said wagging her long 12
finger She pressed against the porch post and the roof sagged See Hildegurp said That’s better already A few more cobwebs a little less paint and you’ll hardly recognize this place Rupert cleared his throat Did you say less paint 13
