_.Straberry cookies._

-1983- ._April, 4_. *** A typical early morning is 9:20 in the small Utah town of Hurricane. Even this early, the sun shines brightly through the windows and you can hear the birds singing, as if today is not the beginning of April, but the beginning of summer. No one likes to get up this early, especially the Afton kids.At least these little rats knew, disciplined, in the family, sometimes they might not follow some rules, and especially to get up when the alarm clock rings the rules were invented by the mother. Mrs. Afton was already in the kitchen, preparing food. Mr. AftonMichael and Vincent woke up 5 minutes ago. Michael was sitting in the kitchen, and Vincent was in the living room. Everyone was doing their own thing: Michael was reading some interesting book, Vincent was watching TV, Abby and Elizabeth were still sleeping in their pink crib, watching their 10th dream, until Mrs. Afton came into the room. -Girls! How long will you lie down and sleep? The alarm clock will ring 4 times already, in an hour you will begin additional classes. Get up now! - Mrs. Afton said already in a bad mood. The mother stood in the doorway and looked at her daughters. One of the girls woke up and said tiredly: -Okay mommy, just give me a minute to wake up this sleepyhead,-Abby said, yawning and turning to look at Elizabeth. Abby looked at her sister, who was still sleeping and holding in her little hands a small toy in the form of a clown. The girl patted the red-haired girl on the shoulder. -Eli, let's get up already, otherwise mommy will get dressed again! - the brown-haired girl said to her sleepy sister. Eli fidgeted a little, but she still had to wake up. Elizabeth, however, turned to her sister, causing her to drop her little clown. -Abby, let me sleep some more,- Elizabeth said reluctantly. The brown-haired stared at the girl with a slightly angry face. -Okay, okay, I'll get up. I dropped Robert, because of you !-Eli said nervously. - That's right, we need to do everything quickly and go eat.Abby added, ignoring the redhead's words. Orange got up, picked up the clown and put him on the bed, then went to the toilet to wash there, etc. And Abby took a comb, stood in front of the mirror and began combing her hair in order. After a few minutes, the girls were ready and they went to the kitchen, where Michael, Vincent and their mother's breakfast were already waiting for them. After breakfast, after eating delicious food, everyone ran to their rooms.It's not 10:20 yet, so the girls could pack up the right things and go play for half an hour. But the girls decided to play games first, and only then collect things for their mugs. It's 10:00, the girls are quietly packing up. Abby wore a yellow dress with a white mesh and white knee socks, and Elizabeth wore a light peach T-shirt, knee-length short trousers and socks with kittens. The mother is standing at the front door and waiting for her two backbones. The girls leave the room, approach Amelia, who was wearing an orange sleeveless dress and was also wearing white shoes. The brunette looks at them appraisingly, first at Abby, and then... -Elizabeth, why are you wearing pants again, at least you could dress like Abby, she at least looks like a girl, and not... ahh.. Okay, today it’s like that, since you’re dressed like that.-Mrs. Afton expressed her *stereotypical* opinion in a rude and disgruntled manner. Elizabeth looked at her mother with a dissatisfied and sad face, but still calmly said: -Okay mom...Next time I’ll dress the way you want...-Elizabeth said sadly. - That's right, mom won't say anything bad. Isn't that right, Abby? — the brunette asked the girl a little taller than the redhead. Abby knows you can't argue with your mother, especially when you're her favorite and that means you're an example, so... “Yes, that’s right, mommy won’t say anything bad..,” the brown-haired girl said as calmly as she could. Girls putting on shoes and go out with mom. And they head to class. The trio reached a building called "Art Creator" which was only a 10-minute walk away, Mrs. Afton took the red-haired girl there, kissed her on the cheek, said goodbye and left with Abby to her the ballet school, was a little further from the "Creator of Arts", they reached the building in 5 minutes or so. Abby and Mrs. Afton walked into the hall where the teacher was waiting for them. -Oh, hello Amelia, and hello to you too Abby, good to see you again after those painful holidays,-the teacher named Amber Benson said joyfully. Amber Benson is Mrs. Afton's longtime friend and is still in college. -Hello to you too, Amy,-the brunette said sweetly. Amelia walked up to the black-haired woman and hugged her, Amber hugged her back and then pulled away, taking Abby by the hand and saying goodbye to Mrs. Afton: -Don’t be bored here, kitten,-the brunette said affectionately, kissing her daughter on the cheek. Abby also said goodbye to her mother and went with her black hair to her group. -You know Abby,-the teacher addresses the brown-haired girl. -Your curly blonde was buzzing my ears with questions: “Will Abby come to class today, or is she sick as always?” She was waiting for you as soon as she came in,-Benson said, giggling a little. -Well, of course, I’m her only friend here,” Abby replied cheerfully. -So I’m thinking maybe I’ll introduce her to my sister, what do you think?- she asked the teacher. -I think she wouldn’t mind meeting new people,-Abby added. -Well, I think... This is a great idea, Abby,-Mrs. Benson said brightly. -And I told you a long time ago that it’s okay to say “you,” silly,-Benson answered.