The Weird Sisters: A Note, A Goat, and a Casserole
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
CHAPTER 2 A Strange Greeting Jessica Nibley had unusual tastes Her favorite foods clothes and books were often out of the ordinary Not everyone understood her choices When her parents offered to get her a pet they imagined a cat a dog a fish Jessica chose a baby goat But everyone gets dogs and cats and fish her parents pleaded Exactly Jessica replied So her parents bought her a baby goat But now Jessica’s baby goat was missing Who could help Jessica find him Up the street the Three 14
Sisters Pet Emporium was holding its grand opening Perhaps the owners could help THREE SISTERS PET EMPORIUM 15
