"How mush (much) is this mango?" Irene asked Carla. Even though Irene and Ike were already fluent speaking at the age of three, there were still some times that she couldn't pronounce the word properly.
"Da wouw be, shree payb (That would be 35)." Carla showed Irene her right hand with 3 fingers up while on the left hand had 5 fingers up.
Irene took out air money from her imaginary wallet in her empty pocket. She didn't know how much is 35, but since it's just imaginary money, nobody would know how much she gave Carla.
Carla on the other hand, thought Irene gave her an air 100 bill, thus, she took an imaginary change.
She counted on her mind how much would the change, "Hersh yowr shaynes shiswy payb (Here's your change 65)." She gave Irene the air change and the mango.
Irene, of course, accepted both of them. She went inside the playhouse where the table and sat on the chair.
They were playing the Restaurant game, and Carla was the cashier.
Then, it was Ike's turn. He casually picked grapes and asked, "How much is this?"
Carla looked at it and think, "Shash wouw be fow shu (That would be 42)."
Even though Irene still didn't know how to count, Ike on the other hand knows from one to five. Thus, he felt proud as he took out imaginary money.
However, since it was only 1 to 5 yet, he only had a vague idea of how much Carla meant. "Here's the 4 and 2." He meant 4 coins and 2 coins.
Carla nodded as she thought Ike gave her exact air money. She gave him the grapes he 'bought'.
Then, Ike went inside too and sat in front of Irene. They were playing that Ike and Irene had a friendly date and Carla was either the third wheel or the part-timer.
As they were still toddlers, dating for them was like a friend hanging out. Carla didn't say anything and just enjoyed playing with them. It was best they remain innocent.
Just as the three toddlers happily played, the three maids watching them was shocked.
Carla knew how to count! She even does subtraction! She was only a one year old who hasn't taught by anyone yet!
It would be fine if she could count casually as what she heard somewhere, however, she said the right price of those fruits! And certainly did a subtraction!
The three maids were widely shocked and stared at each other. They wanted to ask her how and who taught her, however, right now, the toddlers were happily playing.
They also didn't want to make them uncomfortable just because they were curious. Therefore, they kept their mouth shut and planned to tell Mrs. Santiago about it later on.
Carla pretended to clean up the invincible mess at the invincible other tables as Ike and Irene were talking to each other.
"Ms. Irene, I hope you like the food in this fancy restaurant. I had sponsored in this place, I hope it's in your taste." Ike ate one grape at a time with elegance.
Irene covered her mouth, "Hoho, I love it. You exclusively have teysh (taste) when it comes to business, Mr. Ike."
They both copied the meeting scene at some romance movies they watched with their parents the other day.
Carla grabbed the so-called menu, which was a magazine, and went to the customers. "Bonshor, shews kweyewnsh (Bonjour, chers clients)."
The three maids: O.O
"Wee had a shpeshal ewensh shoday. Woo yoo layk sho shoyn (We had a special event today. Would you like to join)?" Carla added.
The twin looked at each other and agreed. "Yes!"
Carla nodded and signaled them to stand up and closed their eyes. They did what she told them to and it gave her the chance.
Carla lifted their upper clothes enough to put her tiny hands and put a butterfly mark.
The twin jolted when they felt her squishy hands but Carla instantly warned them not to move.
The three maids couldn't see what she did inside the playhouse as she blocked her hands with her chubby body. The maids only thought it was part of their game and didn't bother with it.
"Daaan (Done)!" Carla abruptly said when she was done putting Ivy and Sherry's mark on Irene and Ike's back.
The twins opened their eyes and tried to look at their back. However, they couldn't see anything.
Just as they were thinking to let each other have a look, Carla interrupted them. "Maleydi en Monshur, di ewensh didin shop here. Fwish fawwow me. (Milady and Monsieur, the event didn't stop here. Please follow me.)"
Carla guided them out, seeing her totter like that, the twins secretly laughed. Irene felt excited as she held Carla's hand, the same as Ike.
Carla on the other hand was busy looking around and let the two held both of her hands.
Their parents were already inside the mansion and only the three maids looking out for them.
She clicked her tongue.
"How to get rid of the maids just for a minute?" Carla thought.
"We can help!" The butterflies inside her space spoke through her mind.
Berry, Flora, and Charlotte sneaked out from Lucy's body, who was hiding nearby as she watched Carla, and the butterflies went to the maids unnoticed.
Carla guided them to the forest and the twin thought the surprise must be inside. The maids obediently followed them as they knew there were no animals in the forest as there was always someone taking care of it.
Little did they know when they reached the forest, the maids were paralyzed and couldn't move nor say anything.
The toddlers went deeper without noticing the maids behind. When the maids couldn't see any shadows of the toddlers, they were knocked out by an unknown force.
Carla was notified by Lucy in her mind what happened. They stopped in the middle of nowhere.
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Written by KircheLeaf
Cover Designed by CxlxrGreg
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~End of Chapter 15~