Mrs. Kravitz noticed the three children having lunch in the dining room and pointed at the table. “See Abner…there’s my proof. What do you have to say to that?”

He shook his head. “You're right Gladys, that’s proof alright, proof kids love peanut butter and jelly and proof I need to double your medicine dosage “

Undaunted by her husband, she dismissed him and turned to Samantha with a sly smile, “Mrs. Stephens…who are those three children?”

Samantha returned the smile and answered with her ever patient voice. “Well ..there’s my daughter Tabitha whom you know and the other two are Becky and Cathleen.”

“They're my daughters.” Jenna made her presence known with a firm protective mother's tone.

“Your daughters!”Mrs Kravitz scoffed. “You’re one of those transsexuals I've read about. People like you can't have any kids!”

“Really”,Jenna chuckled, “I guess I should call my husband and tell him, boy is he ever going to be surprised.”

Mrs. Kravitz huffed, “Look, I know what I saw. Now you and those two weird friends of yours…or whatever they are, walked in here and none of you have left. I know…I’ve been watching…so maybe you’d care to explain where they are and how those girls got here?”

Jenna’s face flushed as her blood pressure spiked. She whispered to Samantha, “If that woman says one more thing about my girls, I’m going to have to go to confession for three hours to atone for what I’m about to say and do.”

Samantha tried to calm her with a wink and a smile. “I got this. I’ve been through this many times, just stay calm and follow my lead.”

Mrs Kravitz tapped her foot impatiently, looking back and forth between Samantha and Jenna waiting for her answer

Samantha made eye contact and delivered it with her patented smile and cool and calm delivery. “Mrs Kravitz, there’s really a very simple explanation to all of this. You see, Jenna’s daughters have been spending the summer with their grandparents while Jenna and her husband have been getting the toy store up and running which is why you haven't met them before. And …since the girls were coming in on a late flight last night, I offered to pick them up for Jenna so they could have a sleepover with Tabitha.”

Mrs Kravitz looked over at Becky and Cathleen and then back to Samantha, “You really expect me to believe those two little girls rode all alone on an airplane? But …even if I did…that doesn't explain what I saw and what about those two adults I saw come here with Jenna, all dressed up like little girls? Why, I think it's perverted and positively ridiculous!”
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“You mean Jenna's sisters, Rebecca and Cathy?.” Samantha tweaked the girls names as she continued to weave her web. “Personally, I think Jenna’s idea of having them dress up like little girls is pure advertising genius. It shows the adults that there is a kid in all of us no matter how old we are and the kids just love having a chance to play with grown ups on their level. Why I don't think McMahon and Tate could've come up with a better idea themselves.”

Mrs Kravitz was frustrated but she still wasn't backing up. “Well I saw Jenna and her so called sisters come in here this morning and I know they never left. Care to explain where they are now? If you can?”

Samantha pointed toward the kitchen, directing Mrs. Kravitz’s attention so she could wiggle her nose. “Why I most certainly can Mrs Kravitz.”

On cue, the kitchen doors swung open as a very adult “Rebecca” entered the dining room with a cookie and a glass of milk.“Someone looking for me?”

Mrs. Kravitz went pale, “But…but this can’t be …you can't be here…I …I saw you and the other one…”. Her voice trailed off as she looked from side to side. “Hey…where is the other one?”

Suddenly the doors of the pass through into the kitchen slid open to reveal the smiling face of a second familiar adult dressed in little girl fashion, “Cathy” smiled. “Somebody looking for me?”

Mrs Kravitz groaned as her knees weakened along with her case. Jenna stood in amazement as she watched Samantha weave her tale with the aid of two witchcraft created doppelgangers of adult sized Becky and Cathleen.”

Samantha's nosey neighbor was obviously shaken but determined to press on. “Well …I don't know how you did it, but I know what I saw.”

Gladys pointed toward the patio doors as she pleaded her case. “The Steven's girl was standing right out there by the playhouse talking to the two adults “, She pointed toward Rebecca and Cathy, “and then …all of the sudden poof they were gone and …and two little girls…those…little girls”, Mrs. Kravitz pointed an accusing finger toward Becky and Cathleen who were finishing the last bites of their sandwich, “magically appeared out of thin air! Now, how can you explain that?”

Rebecca smiled, “That’s easy Mrs Kravitz.” She turned toward the pass through, “Hey Cathy, bring the Show and Go when you come in here.”

Seconds later Cathy emerged carrying what looked like a small hand held movie projector and handed it to Rebecca.who held it out for all to see. “This just came into the toy store last week as a display sample. They won't be available for sale until the Christmas season, but I think they're going to be a great seller.”

Seeing a puzzled look in everyone's eyes, Cathy picked up where Rebecca left off. “It's called a Show and Go and holds up to thirty slides at one time, runs on batteries and projects images so sharp that you’d swear they were real.”

Rebecca clicked on the projector and aimed it toward the wall near the fireplace. Suddenly a very realistic picture of a lion appeared on the wall. “Mrs Kravitz, this is what you must have seen when you were looking into the back garden, because Cathy and I were out there showing the girls how it worked.”

Mrs Kravitz and the others watched as Rebecca turned the dial and started a slideshow of images which included photos of Aunt Jenna and Tabitha as well as a unicorn, a mermaid and a dinosaur.

“What’s really cool is this”, Cathy pulled an instamatic camera from her pocket. “You never run out of slides, because you can take pictures and make your own.”

Images continued to change until one of Rebecca and Cathy appeared. “There you go. I bet that's the picture you saw and then you saw this one.”

Another click of the dial and a picture of little Becky and Cathleen replaced the previous one, which made the girls giggle and all of the adults gush over how cute the girls looked wearing matching outfits with their aunties….all of the adults that is, save for Gladys Kravitz who shook her head and fumed. “I don’t believe it. This can't be what I saw. It just can’t!”²

Rebecca reached into her overall pocket and pulled out a pair of glasses with colored lenses. “Here Mrs Kravitz, put these on. They're 3D glasses. They come with the Show and Go and they really make the pictures look real.

Samantha giggled, “See Mrs. Kravitz…it wasn't magic, it was just Mattel."

Jenna and Mr Kravitz laughed, but Gladys was neither amused nor convinced. “You all aren't fooling me. There’s something going on here because I know what I saw.”

“And I know what I heard”, a fresh voice entered the conversation, “which is more than enough