12/7/98

I�m Elizabeth Smith. I�m nine. My sister Kate is six. It�s the start of the summer holidays and we�re off to Dolphin Cove. Mum is taking us. All those dolphins. Wow! Mum has green cat�s eyes and sun blonde hair. She works for the newspaper. Kate has blue eyes like Dad and blonde hair like Mum. She�s cute even though she is a pain sometimes. My hair is dark brown like my Grandma�s, I wear glasses and I love to investigate things.

13/7/98

I didn�t get much sleep on the plane. Kate said she couldn�t sleep without a drink, so I was up and down like a yoyo getting her drinks from the Flight Attendant. She kept climbing over everyone to go to the bathroom. She was being a real pain.

When we got to Dolphin Cove, we rented a car and drove to the Waterfall Hotel. The Desk Clerk gave us the key to room 567. When we got inside we unpacked and I finally got some sleep.

14/7/98

Today we went sightseeing and I saw something strange. There were twins everywhere. The same hairstyles, the same clothes. Identical shops right next to each other. Something weird was going on but was I the only one that noticed?

15/7/98

Today we went to Dolphin Cove Beach. I loved the sand and the sun but something weird was going on here, too. Identical sets of seashells, crabs and beach umbrellas.

Suddenly someone screamed, "Help! It�s happening again!" I looked up and saw a huge wave coming my way. Mum grabbed us and we ran back to the hotel. Just then the wave hit and I got drenched but before that happened I saw something. Dolphins! Identical sets of dolphins! I looked out of the window and saw a double of me standing on the footpath. And was that Kate and Mum? There was lots of rubble around from the other buildings but there were only a few pools of water left and the dolphins were gone. I think those dolphins made copies of us somehow. And I was the only one that noticed!

16/7/98

It�s dark. I�m looking up at the sky and can�t believe my eyes. The sky has a rip in it! It looks like a torn curtain. Suddenly I know what�s wrong and I know I�m the only one that can fix it.

17/7/98

Very early this morning I built a spaceship. I used the scrap metal from the damaged hotels and my book, �How to Build a Spaceship that Really Flies�. I took my telescope and sewing kit with extra strong thread and extra long needles. I was off to mend the rip in time. It took a while but when I got back all of the doubles had disappeared.

30/9/98

Nobody remembered anything weird about our holiday. I wish I could forget, especially since the shops this morning. Twin sets of people and pets everywhere. I hear the tides are rising, too�

By Jessica Taurins