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Letter: Dissimilar twins

Published 26 October 2002

From name supplied

My mother gave birth to twin girls in her third pregnancy (5 October, p 42). I grew tired of hearing how alike my younger sisters were, and being asked how I told them apart. In truth their similarity was of the same order as that between a domestic cat and a whale. Only once did they ever deceive me when I came upon them seated side by side at a distance of some 20 metres. I knew them instantly, however, when one of them moved her hand.

They were almost exact opposites. One was kind, one mean and selfish; they spoke with different voices and with different mannerisms; they walked in a markedly different manner and were in no way alike in body language; they were completely different in their minds and in their attitude to life; one would deal with you in a direct manner while the other resorted to what she believed to be guile.

I have always considered that, could the two be melded, a wonderful person might have emerged.

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Issue no. 2366 published 26 October 2002

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