"Mary," Brownie said one day while the two girls were at Medda's, "What kind of a newsie name would you like?"

"Well," she replied, "I've been thinking for a while about that, and I have some ideas..."

"Shoot" Brownie said.

"Well, maybe Singer or something like that." Mary started.

''How about Andante or Allegro" Medda piped up. "That's like music, or dolche or something."

"Hey, what about Harmony, or better yet, Melody? I'm usually the harmony when we sing together, and your the Melody." said Brownie. They had been singing together sometimes when the were cleaning up at Medda's or something.

"I like it a lot!" Mary said. "What do you think Medda?"

"I think that it suites you perfectly my dear." Medda said.

''Ok then." Mary said.

"Soooo Melody, are you ready to go back to the lodging house, or do ya wanna pay a visit to Sarah first?" Brownie said, partially for fun.

"Whateva!" Melody said, mocking the newsies.

The girls laughed. ______________________________________________ "Mary, Mary, MARY!" Race said, trying to get her attention back at the Lodging House.

As you know, however, Mary was no longer Mary, now she was Melody, and she and Brownie were having fun by ignoring the boys who called her by her "old" name.

"Mary, what's up with you?" Jack said, annoyed. "Why are you ignoring us?"

Mary apeared unfazed and kept on reading a book that she had borowed from Brownie.

"Mary, Mary?'' All of the guys were now trying to get her attention.

Brownie walked into the room.

"Hey, Melody," she said. "Are you almost done with my book?"

"Yeah," she replied. "It's a great one! I just love fairytales!"

"What part are you at?" Brownie asked, continuing the conversation to the boys amazement.

"Um, the part where Thumbellina has just ran away from the mole after refusing his marrige proposal. I knew she wouldn't marry him, she was too much in love with Prince Cornileous!"

"Yeah, it was kind of obvious..." Brownie began, but Jack interupted.

"Why does she talk to YOU?" he said.

"Wait, I think she's gone and picked a new name without telling us!" Race said. "Brownie called her Melody earlier! I bet that's what happened."

Melody's face was hidden behind the book, and Brownie dived into the pillows giggling untill the two girls could not hold it back any longer. The started laughing.

"You, you should have seen your faces!" Melody laughed. "Mary, Mary, Mary!" she mocked.

The boys were mad, but the girls laughter put them in good spirits and accepted that they were fooled.

"So, you picked Melody?" Mush asked his sister. "I like it."

"Yeah, but why?" asked Jack. "Do you sing?"

None of the guys had heard Melody sing yet. Brownie and Melody looked at each other and smiled. Then Brownie had an idea. She grabed Melody's had and ran upstairs to plan it all out. The guys looked at each other and Race sighed and shook his head as he said, "Goils!" ______________________________________________