Creating Fiction for History: April and June

From a distance, these two little girls look like sisters. In reality, April and June were the best of friends. Born to well-off families, April and June lived right next to one another. They grew up playing together on the front lawn, walking with their mothers in the park, and going to the circus to see the incredible animals.

Today their mothers could not wait any longer. Each girl was dressed in her finest clothes with hair all done up. The two met outside, ready to play, but April and June were quickly ushered down the street past the park, past where the ducks were, past everything fun....