The Iwins do everylliing loRellier. Wliellier IJiey are oni shopping or doing llie bousework lliey minor eaeh ol.hers aclions and maimerisins down lo l.lie finesl. dobni. To vacuum lite floor bol.li Iwins grasp Uio handle of iJie hoover al. the sanie Unie as lliey guide il slowly ajoimd 1.110 earpel. kogel hor. 11
lliey make lea, bolh Uieir liands are on Ute bollle as lliey pour tho milk. Lislening lo Hieni laik is like hcaring one person willi a sliglil echo a Split seeond laler. lf someone gives Hieni a bar of soap in differenl eolonrs, lliey will cni. tlieirs in l.wn and swa|i a 1 mir. Tliey hnve lwu blaek eoals, bul one ramo willi green iuiMons and one blaek. Tliey swapped llie Imllons around so tlial eaeh l.win had Iwo grom and Iwo blaek Imllons on eaeh coal. The sislers lliemselyes sny (hal.tliey feel liko one person.
as if yoifre seeing double,’ h<: says. ‘If we go oni shopping, lliey aulomatieally buy Uie same (bing in l.lie same eolour al. Uie same pricc, although if. niiglil lut froni a cliffcrrojil. eomifer. Tliey do evcryUiing al Ihe sanie linie - donn Uieir lttel.li, cal, drink. II llioyYe haeing fisli and <’hi]is, l.hey will pic:k a chip up al. Ihe same linie.’
a) Twins leinmed aller a Melinie apart.
b) Iwm sisUms hupped in a single rnirid.
c) Bringing up Iwins - the parents' story.
^ AT FIKST ITS HAKU TO BKUUVM Tliey speak in unison, walk in Klop, dress identieally l.o the łasi bulion and maleli mu li ollior nioullifiil for mouUiful al llio dinner labie, lim tliis is no Iriek willi niirmrs. Tl lis is everyday Kasi. Loiulon, w nero evoryime knows.tireta and Kreda Chaplin, Uio idenfieal I wins.
mil Iwo. Someliiues il's almosl as Uiougil tliey inliabit Ihe same mind.
The sislers, now 4.3, live in a llal. in Ilaekney, Kasi l/Ondon. Tliey are a laiuiliar sighl in Ute area, wliere lliey are ofien scen oni shopping together in tlieii long elolhesand waisl-lenglli hair. Sonie pooplo. are frighlened of tlioir slrange l.elepalhie. hond, ol.hers laugli al Hieni. The Iwins realise tliis and (lon’1. like it, so lliey avoid erowds. Tliey rely a greal deal on Ihe proleelion and friendship of Jack Davenpor! who lias lieen like a fallier l.o litem. 'Sonietinies il.V.
Litlle is known aboitl the ehihlhood of the sislers, extepl that. tliey grew up on a lionsing eslate in York. Froni bahieslheir motlier trealed Hieni as one and eneouraged their. dopondeneo on eaeh olher.' Everylhing in their lile was identieal clown lo Ute twin dolks Uiey played wilii. ‘She loki us always lo Stick to traeh ntlier,' say Kreda and (beta in itnisou.
‘She said wlunt you go to l.lie slinps always ask for two of soincthing and if llieyYo only gol one, douT Uike if.’
As Jack l)avenpoil lemarks, Tliey do harc -<^'5'
diffpieuf pcrsoualilics allhoogh lliey won'1 adiuil il.
Grubi is llie solier, moiv smisible one. Kreda is llie one wito lends lo dcnninale her sisler and lose ber temper inore ijuic kly. In llie las! lew years lliey liave liecome tj iiittlc.tr and much morę inlelligenl company. Ali lliey wanl is love, friendship and umlersUmding, whieh lliey ha\'e never had.’
Dr Elinabelh Dryan, Direelor of llie Mulliple -<^Ł,
Billi is Kuumlalion says, 'Tliese Iwo are an ejilromo casct, bul l’m guile surę (liere is ollen lelepaihy beiween Iwins. If you shared llie womli and ycmr lifc logel.litT, Ihere is boiiiul lo be.'
Having ileall willi morę Dian 3,000 sels of Iwins, she says, ‘My eoneeni is lo help parenls wjl.li llie emoticmal slress uf iiaiiug Iwo babiesor morę al llie sanie time. The luolher cif Kreda and lirela Cltaplin Iried (o lu iiig Iheni up as a single eliild and clicliiT give Hieni llie ehanee ever lo be separaleil. So lliey m;ver had llie opporlunily lo develop as inclividual.s.'
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fNow ictiil U if .nikle .igain nrid deude il the
1 Gięto und fiedri llvi• in rnijlund. j
7 Tliey spęd; nemly ul llie sumo linie
3 Tliey feef llie need lo look ewu.lly ihe simie.
A Local peoplę me yenerully veiy kmd nnd fnpporiiue i tciwards llie iwins
5 Their faliitu*s p/nne is Jack
6 Their mother bied lo help iliern cjrow up vei111 their
own identilies. - i
7 They have differenl churaciers.
8 Dr Bryari isn’1 suipnsed by tlie idea ol lelepaihy beiween Grela and Freda.
9 Dr Bryan is concemed wilii llie psychological aspeds of multiple birihs.
1 al llie sunie Inne (paw. 1)
7 lo hołd Ucjhlly (pji,) ?)
6 a vmy ■ihorl linie (pu/u. 7)
A lo (pa hdiirje (para 2)
'j purl of your body, nbove youi hips (paia. 3)
6 a fUi surlare ni a shop wlieie you go lo be sc-iwed i
(p.J/U i’,)
7 lo koep logether (paia A)
o lo agree lhal soinelhing is iruc- (para 5)
9 lo become angry suddenly (para. 5) i
10 parł of a womarfs body where a baby develops boforc- n is bom (para. 6)
11 cenain, surę (para. 6)
12 anxieiy, pressure (para. 7) ^Discuss ihe following guestions.
1 Do yoij lhink lite wrder of Ihe aniele: a) dishkes ihe Iwins?
Id feels sorry łoi the twins? c) adrnires the Iwins?
Wity?
2 Wlml do you feel aboni the iwins? Do you know any iwins? Are thety like llie twins in ihe aniele?