Alice and Alison were twins . Alice was just a few minutes older than Alison . As with other twins , they were too similar to be distinguished . Not only their classmates , but their teachers and relatives were often bewildered by the similarity between the twins .
One day , Alice and Alison were watching cartons in the parlor . Their mother was cooking in the kitchen .
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“ Alison , could you go to store to buy some green beans for me ?” called their mother . “ Ok , mum , I will go now .”
The store was not far from their home . However , ten minutes passed , then thirty minutes , then an hour . Alison was not coming back . In the end , their mother did not get her green beans . Actually , Alison has never come back . The police searched the whole town , but they did not find the Alison . One rainy day , the police found the Alison in the sewer . The couple was extremely grieved . Alice was hid herself in the corner of her own room for many days . She did not know how to face her loneliness and pain .
As time passed by , the pain became buried in the deep heart . People would never mention the Alison around her . Alice had to go to school by herself , do homework by herself . When she was alone , she always remembered the Alison .
Alice grew out of her dolls and toys . She began to make boyfriends . She often wondered , if Alison were alive , what kind of boy she would like ? What kind of club she would join ? What kind of gift she would get for her friends or parents for Christmas . She missed Alison so much . In fact , she always felt an accusation directed against herself . Perhaps she could not accept that the Alison had truly died . Perhaps she did not know whether to tell her parents that she was Alison and not Alice . Perhaps she felt guilty because she should be the one who had died .
Flash back to the day before Alison died . An interesting idea had occurred to Alison . She said to Alice , “ Alice , how about changing our identification ?”
Alice pinched her eyebrows with a puzzled expression . Alison continued . “ That is to say , you are Alison , you are me . How about it ?” “ Ann it sounds interesting . Maybe we can try it for a few days ,” said Alison .
No one would ever know that the person who died was Alice , not Alison . Their identification had changed .