Izzy Magoo and Tori too

Izzy Magoo had a good life. She was smart. She was pretty. She had a Mom and Dad who loved her. She had a lot of friends. She also had a little sister Tori who followed her around . That part wasn't so good. She was always trying to get away from Tori but Tori just kept following her around.

Izzy went down the block to her best friend, Jada's house to try to get away from Tori. She  knocked loudly on the door.

"Who is it?" called a voice from inside the house.

"It's Izzy Magoo." replied Izzy.

"And Tori too." added a squeaky little voice from behind her.

Izzy turned around and glared at her little sister. "What are you doing here?" she asked angrily. Tori just smiled at her and refused to be intimidated.  She would not go away no matter how much Izzy glared at her.

"Oh, hi, Izzy." Jada greeted her friend warmly as she opened the door.

"And Tori too." declared Tori stepping out from behind her sister. "I'm here too."  she announced proudly.

"Yeah, you are, aren't you?" replied Jada without any enthusiasm. Tori failed to notice the sarcasm in her tone and just smiled brightly.

Izzy sighed.

Later, that day Izzy complained to her mother. "Why does Tori always have to follow me around? Doesn't she have any friends of her own or things she can do that don't involve me?"

Mother just smiled. "You're her big sister. She likes to be around you."

Izzy grimaced. That was not helpful at all!

The next day, Izzy and Jada met some cute boys at the park. "What's your name?" one of the boys asked Izzy, and he was the one that she had her eye on too. He was definitely the cuter one.

"I'm Izzy Magoo." she replied with a huge smile, but before either she or the cute boy could get out another word Tori burst out from behind the park bench.

"And I'm Tori." she said.

That was the last straw. Izzy was so angry it appeared as if smoke were poring from her ears. "Tori will you just go home." she shouted angrily.

Tori stared at her sister in shock for a few minutes and then took off.

The three older kids stared after her. "Maybe, you better go check on her." suggested Jada. "Make sure she gets home safely." Izzy pouted but reluctantly went after her sister.

When Izzy got home, Tori was there sitting on the steps not looking happy either. "What do you want?" she asked glaring at her sister.

Izzy smiled. She was actually relieved that her little sister was okay. She knew she shouldn't have let her run off by herself. "Hey. why shouldn't I be here?" she asked trying to lighten the mood. "I live here too."  Tori didn't even crack a smile. "I'm sorry." conceded Izzy. "I love you, I'm glad you're okay, but I am not sorry I yelled at you. You don't need to hang around me all the time. Maybe, you could do something on your own once in a while."

Tori made a pouty puppy dog face."You're not even a little sorry that you yelled at me?" she asked sticking out her lower lip in an exaggerated way.

"Okay, maybe a little sorry." Izzy admitted smiling at the goofy face Tori was making.

"Okay, I'll try not to follow you around all the time." agreed Tori reluctantly.

A little while latter, Izzy was sitting on the porch swing reading a book when Tori burst out of the house. 'Boy, that didn't take long.' she thought opening her mouth to complain that Tori was coming to bother her again so soon, but Tori smiled and slid right past her and down the porch steps. "Where are you going?" inquired Izzy in surprise.

"I'm going next door to see the new neighbors." replied Tori without even turning around. "Mommy wants me to bring them this pie." she added holding up a white cardboard box that Izzy hadn't even noticed. Tori hurried next door and up the porch steps and knocked on the door.

Izzy was about to go back to her book when she saw the door next open and out step this really cute boy. He was even cuter than the boy from the park earlier that day! Izzy hurried down the porch steps and over to the neighbor's just as Tori was  handing over the pie, explaining why their mother had sent it, and introducing herself. "I'm Tori Magoo." she said in conclusion.

"And I'm Izzy." Izzy added.

"She likes to follow me around." declared Tori.

Izzy blushed and was about to yell at Tori, but the cute boy smiled.  "I'm Tom. "he said as a younger boy burst out from behind him.

"And I'm Toby." added the younger boy.

Izzy and Tom looked at each other burst out laughing.

Little Bunny Farfel

Little Bunny Farfel was bored. She had already played with her toys. She had already read her books. She had already watched TV. What was left to do?

Suddenly, she spied her big sister, Brenda's open door. Bunny knew that Brenda was at play rehearsal and a brilliant idea quickly popped into in her head. She quickly hurried into Brenda's room. She knew she wasn't supposed to be in there snooping around, but she went in anyway.

She tried to be careful, but she really wasn't very. She spied Brenda's makeup case lying open on her desk and quickly ran over. She couldn't wait to be as old as Brenda and allowed to wear makeup too. Before, she knew it Brenda's make up was all over the desk and the floor and herself, and it was almost time for Brenda to get home. At least, Bunny thought so, but she couldn't tell time. Nevertheless, she hurried out of the room leaving the mess behind her.

A few hours later, Brenda came home so exhausted she even turned down the delicious dinner of stuffed shells  mother had cooked even though it was her absolute favorite. She said she wanted to rest before eating dinner. She quickly rushed up the stairs and into her room.   A bloodcurdling scream was heard throughout the house. "Bunny! she shrieked. "Bunny Farfel! I don't want you in my room! Stay out or else!"

In the kitchen, Bunny shrank back in her chair, but didn't say anything.

The next day, Brenda had play rehearsal again. Bunny tried to keep herself busy, but it was as if her sister's room was calling to her, and she quickly wandered in again. This time, she was really going to be good and just look around she promised herself, but she wandered over to her sister's bookshelf and couldn't help herself. She so loved books, and Brenda had quite a lot of them. Brenda was quite particular about her books. The way they looked, the condition they were in and even where they were placed on her bookshelves. She didn't let anybody touch her books. Bunny knew all of that, but she just ignored it. She just excitedly went pawing through all her sister's books piling them up every which way all over the floor. She was so busy with the books that she barely heard the front door open and Brenda come in until she was bounding up the stairs.  Bunny had no time to do anything but quickly crawl under the bed.

The minute, Brenda walked into the room, her mouth opened with shocked and horror. "Oh no! she cried in absolute despair. "My books! My beautiful book!" She fell to her knees and started to try to assess the damage and  began to reorganize her beloved books.

Under the bed, Bunny relaxed for a minute thinking she was safe. However, a minute later, Brenda's face lit up angrily and she called loudly not knowing her sister was under the bed. "Bunny Farfel! I don't want you in my room! Stay out or else!"

Bunny crawled out of the room and back into her own as quickly as she could the minute Brenda's back was turned.

The next day, Bunny tried even harder to resist the pull of her her sister's unoccupied room. She walked by several times, but did not go in. She was so proud of herself that she decided to reward herself by going in just for a minute, but she promised herself that she was not going to touch anything. That promise last about five minutes. Then, she noticed her sister's open closet and her mouth fell open in awe. Brenda had such pretty clothes. Bunny couldn't wait to be big like her sister and have beautiful big girl clothes too. She began grabbing at the clothes and pulling down as many as she could reach trying them on and then throwing them in a heap on the floor.

This time she was so caught up in what she was doing that she didn't even hear Brenda come in until it was too late, and she was already in the room.  "Bunny!" Brenda shouted at the top of her lungs upon spying her sister and the mess of her clothes.  Bunny was so startled that she immediately froze in her tracks. "Bunny!" Brenda yelled again . "Bunny Farfel! I have told you repeatedly to stay out of my room and you didn't listen!"

Bunny was terrified. She started trembling and shaking all over. "Are you going to turn me into a goon?" she asked worriedly.

Brenda looked at her little sister as if she were crazy. "What are you talking about? " she asked in confusion. "Turn you into a goon? What are we living in fairy tale?  I'm going to get a lock on my door." And she did.