Alan And Anne Join The Clan

It was now the morning of Tuesday May 11th 1964 as Charlie was on the telephone calling for a babysitter for the boys and Suzie.

But everyone that Charlie had tried to call was either busy at work, sick, or doing household chores.

So, Charlie & Akiko had absolutely no choice but to take Henry, Stanley, and Suzie with them to the hospital.

"Isoide, Charlie! Isoide," Akiko exclaimed in pain speaking Japanese. "sūji yon to go ni wa, karera no hōhōdearu!"

"What?" Henry, Stanley, and Suzie asked their mother in unison.

"Mom wants me to hurry up and get to the hospital," Charlie answered his three children. "numbers four and five are on their way!"

Once they arrived at the hospital, Akiko was taken to the delivery room while Charlie sat in the waiting room with his sons and daughter.

A few hours later, Akiko was being wheeled out with her sweet newborn baby twins, the oldest, a boy and the youngest, a girl in her arms.

"Babies!" Suzie shrieked with delight.

"Henry, Stanley, and Suzie," Akiko said. "I would like you all to meet your new brother and sister."

Henry, Stanley, and Suzie looked at their new baby brother and sister.

"They sure are cute, Mom." Henry said.

"Names?" Stanley asked Akiko.

"Actually, Stanley," Akiko said. "your father & I thought that you and Suzie deserved a turn to name your new siblings."

"Us?" Stanley & Suzie asked their mother & father now speechless.

"That's right," Charlie said to Stanley & Suzie. "it is your turn now."

"So," Akiko asked Stanley & Suzie. "what name do you like for your new brother and sister?"

The second eldest Chan boy and the eldest Chan girl gave the names for their baby brother & sister a lot of thought.

"Alan," Stanley answered his mother & father. "Alan!"

"Anne," Suzie answered her mother & father. "Anne!"

"Alan to Anne," Akiko said gently in Japanese. "wareware no wakai ōji to ōjo no tame no wakaki subarashiki na!"

"What?" Henry asked his parents.

"Your mother said," Charlie said to Henry, translating for Akiko. "'Alan and Anne, what wonderful names for our young prince and young princess'!"

"I see." Henry said.

"Charlie," Akiko said. "Alan & Anne will do great things!"

"Of course they will," Charlie said to Akiko gently. "for they are unyielding and courageous, just like their mother, they will never let anything stand in their way I'm so sure of it."

And it was then, that Alan & Anne were brought into the world of the Chan clan.