Chapter 12. "Let it in, let your clarity define you in the end. You will only just remember how it feels."
Franny sat in her bedroom each day, using the science kit Lewis had given her.
She had asked Art if he could catch flies for her, and keep them in a jar with holes in the top.
He agreed, and each day he procuded her more and more flies, soon she had more then enough.
The science kit Lewis had given her was much more stable and worked better then regular science kits, and whenever she didn't have what she needed or she didn't know what to do, she'd pack up and to Lewis's and together, heads bent over the paper with forheads touching, discussed what they could do to to fix it, or Lewis would give her what she need.
And Lewis, being the kind man he was, let Franny do everything herself unless she asked him personally for help.
Lewis, meanwhile, had been making telephone call after telephone call.
He wanted to begin his own company, one he was planing on calling Robinson Inductustries.
He finally found somebody who liked his idea.
They told him they'd get in touch with him if his plan went through.
He called Franny and gave her the news, she was thrilled.
"Oh, Cornelius! If this falls through, it'd be just wonderful! I am so happy for you!"
"Thank you Franny, you've helped me with this idea, you know?"
"Phshaw, Cornelius." Franny laughed.
After a long time, Franny discovered exactly what she had been wanting to make.
She took a needle and injected it into a fly, and put that fly into a jar with another, letting it breed.
She then placed Frankie the frog and the others into a box with a radio, and played the same song over and over again.
After awhile, her one fly had bread with the other, and baby flys were soon flying around. She tested each of them with the help of Lewis, and they both concluded that Franny had done it just right.
She then fed the flies to her frogs, and continued to play the radio for them.
One night she awoke to a small quiet voice. It was very faint, but her sharp ears could still hear it. She pulled her long black hair behind her ears and looked around her room, trying to hear where the voice was coming from.
"Let it in, let your clarity define you in the end. You will only just remember how it feels."
She clicked on the light and listened intently. It was coming from Frankies cage.
She walked over and peered in.
Frankie the frog was sitting upright, singing horsely, but he was singing!
"Ohmigosh!" Franny exclaimed, covering her mouth with her hands. "Your singing!"
Frankie stared at her, still singing.
"Ohmigosh ohmigosh, ohmigosh!" She jumped up and down. "I have to call Cornelius!"
She barely glanced at the clock, which read 1:54 AM, as she grabbed her phone line and dialed Lewis's number.
"Mmmello?" Came a sleepy voice.
"Cornelius!" Franny exclaimed, excited.
"So I am. Whats up, Franny?" He yawned. "Must be important, do you know the ti-"
"Oh Cornelius! Its better then important! Frankie, he sang!"
"He what?"
"He sang! Oh Cornelius, how happy I am! Here, listen." She grabbed Frankie and put him near the phone, letting the little frog sing.
"These...Small...Hours..." Frankie sang slowly, reciting Frannys favorite song.
"My goodness!" Cornelius exclaimed. "You've done it! You've really made frogs sing!"
"Oh, Cornelius!" Franny said, practicaly crying. "Thank you."
"Thank me? What did I do?"
"Everything, oh, Cornelius! Everything."
Lewis came over the next day to hear Frankie sing. Frankie was doing alot better, trying out his new voice.
Pretty soon he could sing the whole song. Plus a bunch more.
"So where do I go, what do I see? I see many people coming after me." Frankie was singing as Lewis watched him with great interest. Franny stood next to Lewis, smiling.
"Isn't it wonderfull?" Franny whispered as Frankie finished the song and began another.
"Its amazing." Lewis answered.
"Thank you." Franny told him once more. "If it wasen't for you, Cornelius, I wouldn't have had faith in doing this. I wouldn't have learned so much from you."
Lewis stood up and took her waist in his big hands.
"Franny, you are the most wonderfull people I have ever met."
She smiled up to him and they both embraced each other, holding each other tightly.
