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Once upon a time...

... there were two little girls from Newfoundland. These little girls were sisters. In fact, they were (as they say in Newfoundland) a twin. Their favourite movie was a Disney venture called "The Parent Trap", oddly enough a movie about a twin, Hallie and Annie. Their parents had seperated shortly after the birth of the twin and now they lived apart, one with Mom, one with Dad, one in England, one in the good ol' U.S. of A. Neither of the twins knew of her sister. So through the magic of Hollywood, they meet at summer camp, switch places, and the parents get back together for happily ever after. As my high school English teacher used to say, "Glass slippers everywhere."

The real life twin from Newfoundland come to visit their cousin in Nova Scotia and pretty soon, The Parent Trap is playing at a Boy's house six or seven times a day as the three of them watch.

You may or may not know that as an eleven year old, Lindsay Lohan won raves for her performances as both sisters in the Disney movie. 

In an unrelated story, the Boy is a day away from finishing his first year of school. Since the penultimate day of school is actually a day off (Marking Day ... capital M, capital D, why hasn't Hallmark cashed in on this one too?), he and his after-school mates are going on an organized trip to watch Herbie: Fully Loaded.

I had asked him about the movie previously, and now, driving with me and his mom to visit my parents, the Boy was recounting his movie-going experience to his mother.

Boy: Did you know that the racing girl was in Parent Trap?

Mamma: Was she.

Boy: Yeah! She was either Hallie or Annie, one of her.