[ WP ] A world where white lies you tell children in order for them to behave are real .

`` Shhh!'' I whispered to the twins, `` Shhh! Dad said if you woke him up, he was going to call them!'' 
 
 But they did n't listen, my sisters. They never did. They were three and I was eight, and I guess you did n't learn how to be quiet until you were older than three. I had thought because there were two of them they might learn twice as fast, but it turns out they were probably learning twice as slow. 
 
 Erica decided she wanted the very bottom puzzle out of the stack, and they all came crashing down, and Erin shrieked with laughter. I clapped my hand over her mouth, but it was too late. I heard the bedsprings creaking. 
 
 Daddy woke up. 
 
 I shoved them under the bed and lay between them with my hands over their mouths. 
 
 `` Now you've really done it!'' 
 
 I could hear him walking down the hall. He opened the door to the room. I could see his boots. He pulled out his phone. 
 
 `` Yes, hello? What's the rate today for three children? Two girls and a boy?'' He asked. 
 
 After a moment he said, `` Okay.'' 
 
 He was okay with the price. 
 
 `` You better pack your bags,'' he said to the empty room, `` They gypsies will be here for you in 15 minutes,'' 
 
 At least now we'd get to be with our big brother, Charlie.
