Tiffi speaks to Elsa

_Elsa_

Tiffi cannot believe how much information there is on twins. She really needs to co-author another story with Elsa. Time to contact Elsa again! She is not at home so Tiffi leaves her a phone message.

“Hi Elsa, I hope that you are enjoying the warm weather outside,” says Tiffi. “After speaking with you the other day, and also watching the twin boys learn about each other I did some googling and have a question for you. Would you like to co-author another story with me? There is so much information online about identical twins and I wonder how many people know about the research and studies that go into detail to learn more about them.  Did you know that twins can read each other’s minds? Let’s do another story together! What do you think about this idea?”

Elsa is thrilled that Tiffi wants to co-author again. She has quite a bit of information on this and she knows that once Tiffi decides to do something she will have a lot more information to help create the story. Plans are made to meet on Thursday in front of Mr. Toffee’s store. She has to get some Easter candy so she can meet up with Tiffi and get her candy the same day. Tiffi goes back to her Google searching.

While many identical twins do look alike, they're not necessarily indistinguishable. Physical cues like hairstyle, moles or freckles and their unique expressions or gestures provide clues to tell twins apart. Many people wonder whether fingerprinting can be used to distinguish between two twins who look remarkably alike. The answer, surprisingly, is yes. While their fingerprints will be similar, tiny differences in the womb environment result in each having a different set of fingerprints. (Info from here)

Tiffi copies the link for 8 Ways to Help People Tell Your Twins Apart and will read more about that later. It’s now time to eat some lunch but first she wants to read this small article.

There's a special language between twins. Twins have been described as "a family within a family" because they tend to form an entire relationship with one another that's completely separate from the rest of their family. Their relationship with their twin also develops into their primary relationship in a family. This is why 40% sets of twins have their own languages when they're young and why I've come across several twins that can't stand being apart too much. These circumstances are hard to explain to someone who isn't a twin and can make people frustrated sometimes, but it just comes with the territory. (Info from here) 

“Tiffi, are you eating lunch today?” questions Mr. Toffee.  

“I’ll be right there Dad,” Tiffi says.

Let's continue with the next part of our story – 7 types of twins

Start at the beginning – Tiffi co-authors another story – It’s a twin thing! (Sequel to "The story of Jean-Luc") 

If you have not yet read the story of how Nutcracker learns that he has a twin, then please read The story of Jean_Luc first.