Programme 4

Programme Outline

Impressed by the twins' letter, the head teacher of Marnock Heights writes back to the girls enclosing a prospectus of the school and explaining that there is one scholarship place if the twins would like to come and sit an entrance exam. The twins are excited and Dad takes them to the school. Ruby is confident that they've both done well, but Garnet is already worried that Ruby alone will get the place and she will be separated from her.

The letter arrives offering Garnet a place at Marnock Heights, not Ruby. Ruby is furious, upset and resentful. The self-effacing Garnet assumes mistaken identity and presumes that Ruby will go.

The letter marks the beginning of a dramatic change in the twins' relationship. Ruby is determined to separate herself from Garnet. She changes her clothes and cuts her long hair. They are no longer identical. Ruby doesn't want Garnet to copy her or even play with her and becomes really hateful. The sensitive Garnet is distressed by her sister's behaviour and as the start of boarding school approaches she becomes increasingly sad and anxious. Rose is increasingly supportive to both girls and Dad, too, works hard to let each of them find their own way.

In the midst of this turmoil, Gran arrives with her gentleman friend and mourns the changes that have occurred to Ruby, the scruffy 'tomboy'.

Garnet settles in happily at Marnock Heights. As the result of another fight with Blob and the gang, Ruby and Blob end up as 'mates'. However, the story ends happily, with both girls forgiving one another and promising to be best friends no matter where they are.