Brothers are Monsters
"Doggy! Doggy!" Dil cooed as he watched his brother move about.
"No Dil," Tommy said gently, "I'm a wolf. See? Aaaaooooo!"
Dil tilted his head. But… that's what the Doggy did at night. So… Tommy was a Doggy! He was just dumb! Not like Dil, who was smart and-
He gasped as he looked down, staring at the strange things at the ends of his hands. What were… oh, fingers. Right. He remembered.
"Doggy!" Dil said with a laugh, pointing at Tommy.
"No Dil!" Tommy said again, getting frustrated. "I'm a WOLF. Spike's a doggy."
And Dil agreed… and clearly Tommy was also a doggy and he was dumb!
Dil looked over at the twins' mommy. She was saying something about brothers being monsters… he didn't know what a monster was but Tommy was his brother so… she was dumb too! Tommy was a doggy, not a wolf or a monster! Dil was smarter than-
Wiggly things at the ends of his arms! What… oh, fingers again.
While he had been dealing with the fingers his brother and their friends had been talking about… something… and then went back to playing. Which meant that it was Dil's chance to get Tommy to see that HE was the smart baby and Tommy was dumb!
"Doggy! Doggy!"
"Dil!" Tommy yelled. "I already told you I'm a wolf!"
Dil blinked at that.
Tommy… was really dumb today.
"Doggy! Doggy!"
Tommy though got up and toddled right up to Dil, leaning over him and yelling in his face, "No Dil! WOLF!"
Dil trembled, startled that Tommy had yelled at him. Tommy… Tommy had never yelled at him…
He threw back his head and cried and even though Tommy was saying something Dil was so scared he continued to scream, peeing himself in fright.
Dil only began to calm down when Didi brought him up to his room, changing him and setting him down in his crib. Why was Tommy so mad at him? He'd only just keep trying to tell him he was a Doggy…
Maybe… because Tommy was a wolf? Maybe Dil was… wrong?
Later that day, as Tommy took a nap, Spike got into the playpen, knocking over a juice box on Tommy and coated him in the hair he was shedding.
"Oh Spike, look at what you did!" Didi said as she came over to Tommy who was still sleeping. "Come here, sweetheart," Didi said, picking up Tommy who began to murmur. "Let's get you cleaned up." Betty watched the babies while Didi gave Tommy a quick bath, the baby giggling and laughing as he got to play in the tub earlier than normal!
Taking him into the bedroom to get him dressed Didi got Dil and set him down next to his brother.
"Wolf?" Dil asked attentively.
"That's right!" Tommy said, giving Dil a hug. "you are the smartest baby brother ever!"
Dil grinned. He knew that. He was-
WIGGLY THINGS ON TOMMY'S ARM…
Fingers.
Fingers.