If you had you would know who almost everyone is You would know what Professor Elton Templeton does You would know in what ways Cassie the Temple tons dog is ridiculous And you would of course know what an excellent narrator I am and thus be prepared to enjoy still more excellence in narration But since some of you haven’t read TTTHAI I shall have to introduce all these things to you I suggest therefore that those of you who haven’t read the first book write me an apology You may use the following as a model or use your own wording so long as it is deeply apologetic 6 the templeton twins make a scene
Dear Narrator Please accept my most humble apology heartfelt expression of remorse deepest senti ments of sorrow for not having read with uncontainable glee thoroughly enjoyed at least twice devoured in a single sitting your previous narrative T HE TEMPLETON T WINS HAVE AN IDEA TTT HAI I have no one to blame but myself know full well the disgraceful nature of my neglect solemnly promise never to allow such an oversight to happen again Yours truly in true apology The Reader Do I accept your apology I think we can all agree that I cannot The damage to my feelings is done Let’s move on a note to the reader about the note of apology 7
INTRODUCTION Allow me to introduce myself I am as you already know the Narrator And allow me to introduce you You are as I already know the Reader I knew I would see you again although of course I may never have seen you before and whoever you are I can’t actu ally see you This book is Number 2 in a series of books about the Templeton twins If you have read book Number 1 then you already know two important things a that I was forced to write the first book against my will b that I am similarly being forced to write this one even though I don’t particularly feel like it and c that there is no c because I said two things In the pages to follow you will encounter
1 ABIGAIL AND JOHN TEMPLETON A k a which means also known as the Templeton twins They are thirteen years old They are not identical twins who look very very much alike but are always of the same gender but fraternal twins They look like brother and sister which is an excellent thing because that is what they are 2 PROFESSOR ELTON TEMPLETON He is the twins father as well as a world famous inventor of clever and occasionally useful devices 3 CASSIE THE RIDICULOUS DOG Cassie is a smooth-haired fox terrier all white except for bits of black and brown here and there She has little triangular ears and a tail that is the size and shape but not the color of a carrot She is like most fox terriers insane 4 DEAN D DEAN AND DAN D DEAN These brothers as it happens are identical twins They are about thirty three years old Dean D Dean is extremely handsome handsome and wears elegant clothing Dan is not quite as introduction 9 9
