"They pull so hard the mango drops to the ground,
where a sparkle catches their eyes.
"Beautiful pebbles!" Tee and Dee exclaim at the
same time.
And just like that, the mangoes are forgotten.
These are the most magnificent pebbles the
girls have ever seen."
Tee and Dee are cousins, and competitors. They have recently arrived to stay with their auntie for summer vacation. They can be the best of friends; too often, they are fiercely determined to be better than the other at everything they do. They are constantly bickering about one thing or another. Time spent on the island is beautiful, but hot. The market offers coconuts for one, sugarcane for the other.
When Auntie sends them off to collect mangoes for her smoothies, they argue about who will find the best ones. As they race about, they realize finding the perfect mango is nearly impossible. Unfortunately, they find the one and only best one at the same time. What an argument that causes!
Forgetting the task of finding mangoes for their auntie, the two spy beautiful, sparkly pebbles which further the arguments about whose is best, and who has the most. They finally agree on sharing what they have so each has the same number. Poor Auntie is wondering what has happened to the mango gathering. They look up to see a goat munching a mango, and pooping beautiful, sparkly pebbles on the ground behind it. Oh, dear!
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