I do not own the characters. They belong to Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
The following story is presented through a camcorder video. In the video, three figures, one sleeping, two giggling, are shown.
"Caroline, zip it!" The older blonde girl said. She playfully hit the dark-haired girl.
The girl kept giggling. "Look what we did to Beth," she said to the camera and brought it closer to the sleeping girl on the couch.
"Mom's going to kill us if it gets on the couch." Eddie said, still chuckling. Beth stirred, but stayed asleep. On top of her head was a flower, dirt mixed in with her blonde hair.
Caroline exclaimed, "Beth's going to kill us when she wakes up!"
At the mention of her name, Beth started to open her eyes. After seeing the camcorder in her sister's hands, she asked, "What's going on?"
"Run!" Eddie shouted and bolted out the door, Caroline in tow. As the two ran away outside, they heard Beth scream.
"Oh, you guys are so dead!!!!" Beth yelled and ran outside. The camcorder shook as Caroline ran with it, trying to evade her sister. The three girls ran around the house multiple times before their mother left the house and stopped them.
"Girls, what are you doing?" Mrs. Malloy asked.
"Mom, look what Eddie and Caroline did to my hair!" Beth cried. She came up behind the two girls and the camcorder showed the dirt falling from her blonde hair. Mrs. Malloy hugged her daughter tightly.
"Girls, what do you say to your sister?" Mrs. Malloy asked angrily.
"Sorry Beth," Eddie and Caroline mumbled. Beth huffed at her sisters, still in her mother's embrace.
Later that night, the camcorder turned on again. Beth was visible, her hair completely void of the flower and dirt, a mischievous grin on her face. She slowly walked up to a room, Eddie's room and silently set the camcorder and showed Eddie, and her closet. Beth got to work, grabbing all of her older sister's clothes from the closet first and put in into a giant bin. Seeing that she had a little bit of room left, Beth grabbed the camcorder and walked out of the room.
She set down the camcorder again and grabbed a rope hanging from the ceiling, pulled it down, and revealed a step stool leading to the attic. Beth placed a finger to her mouth and pulled down the steps. She slowly went back into Eddie's room and grabbed the bin. From there she walked back out into the hallway and went up the steps to the attic. She soon came right back down, grabbed the camera and set it down again in Eddie's room. She started pulling Eddie's drawers for the rest of her clothes and grabbed all the clothes she could and put them in the other bin she had.
Soon, all of Eddie's drawers were empty and Beth was creeping out of Eddie's room, camcorder thrown into the bin as well. She walked back up the steps to the attic and placed the bin up next to the other bin.
"Now it's Caroline's turn." Beth whispered to the camera. She repeated the process she did with Eddie's room, only Caroline had twice as much clothes than Eddie so it took a little longer. Eventually, all of the clothes were up in the attic and Beth was closing the trap door. She giggled a little and then returned the camcorder.
"They'll never see this coming."
The next morning, Beth woke up to Eddie and Caroline's cries. She smiled to herself, got out of bed and dressed, then went downstairs. Her sisters were still in their pajamas, running around the house.
"Oh, what a world! I simply cannot go to school looking like a dreadful mess!" Caroline cried dramatically.
"Caroline! Canit! Help me find them!" Eddie screamed at her.
"What are we looking for?" Beth asked innocently. She walked over to the kitchen to get breakfest.
"We can't find any of our clothes! Please Beth, you gotta help us!" Caroline wailed. Eddie rolled her eyes.
"You can just borrow some of mine?" Beth said, feigning confusion.
"No!" Both sisters yelled together.
"Well, Eddie, you have a presentation today and Caroline, you have a field trip, so neither of you can miss school today. Just borrow my clothes, I won't mind." Beth explained.
"Beth, you're clothes are too dull for me!" Caroline whined.
"And they're too short for me!" Eddie cried.
"Well, unless you want to go to school in your pajamas, there's no other choice." Beth said, turning around, a devious grin forming on her face.
Her sisters were quiet for a minute and Beth began to worry her plan wouldn't work.
"Fine." Eddie declared.
Eddie grumbled, pulling down the too-short shirt and skirt. None of Beth's pants or shorts could fit her and she was in a sour mood. Caroline, on the other hand, was wearing a too-big sweater and had to use a belt to keep Beth's shorts on. Beth was smirking when they arrived at school.
"Worst day of school ever!" Eddie declared when they got home. "All of the boys were laughing at me during my presentation!"
"There were kids saying I looked homeless!" Caroline cried.
Beth burst out laughing on the couch. She was curled up with a new book.
"You hid our clothes, didn't you!?" Eddie accused her little sister.
"I have no idea what you're talking about Eddie." Beth said.
"Yes you do! Where's our clothes?" Eddie cried.
Beth simply shrugged.
"Have you girls checked the attic?" Mrs. Malloy ventured. She had a slight smirk on her face. "I believe I stumbled upon them earlier." Both Eddie and Caroline piped up and raced upstairs.
"Beth!!!" Caroline shrieked.
"How'd she do this?!" Eddie shouted. Beth burst out laughing on the couch.
"Maybe don't plant a flower in my hair when I'm sleeping!" Beth screamed up to them.
Mrs. Malloy laughed with her middle daughter.
