by Dandelion Doolittle

Created on: July 19, 2010

“Get away from the baby, she needs to sleep.” said Margaret’s mother Lillian.  Margaret was four years old.  She didn’t understand where baby Frances had come from, and she didn’t like all the attention she received.  Margaret had always been “daddy’s special girl.”  He doted on the new baby and Margaret asked, “Am I still your special girl, daddy?”  “Well, now I have a another special girl.” he replied.  And this disturbed Margaret a lot.

When Frances started learning how to walk, she kept falling down.  Lillian was concerned.  What she didn’t know was that Margaret was deliberately pushing Frances down.  Margaret also pulled Frances’s hair to make her cry.  “Oh, Frances, did that hurt?” laughed Margaret.  Margaret found pleasure in making Frances cry.  She didn’t want Frances around.  “Can we give Frances back?” inquired Margaret.  “No we can’t.” replied Lillian.  Lillian and her husband Frank realized they had a problem on their hands.  When Margaret was six she stabbed Frances near her eye with a pair of scissors, and luckily Frances was scarcely hurt.  Margaret said it was an accident, but the parents were leery.  There were too many incidents, and they decided not to let the girls be left alone.

The jealousy persisted, as the girls got older.  Frances was much prettier and popular in school.  Margaret again resented the attention Frances received.  When a boy would call and Margaret answered the telephone, she would say, “I’m sorry, but Frances isn’t in.”  Frances missed a lot of calls.

There was a special boy named Thomas.  Frances had a crush on him and looking forward to his call.  As usual, Margaret answered the telephone.  Frances overheard the call.  “Was that for me?” asked Frances.  “Oh, you are home.  I thought that you went out.” answered Margaret.  Frances was suspicious of Margaret’s jealousies and decided to purchase a cell phone.  The purchase of the cell phone made Margaret vehemently angry because she could no longer refrain Frances from getting calls. 

On one particular day, Margaret made plans to walk home from school with Frances.  But when it got late and no one was around, Margaret called Frances

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