The story of twin sisters

by Amy Choi on October 20, 2018, written in Hong Kong

Once upon a time there were two twin sisters. They were poor in their childhood and had to sleep in the same bed. They got confused which underwear belonged to whom and had them mixed up when wearing them. It was the same when wearing clothes and occasionally both sisters wore the same kind of clothes. At that time, they were confused and had no consciousness to distinguish the clothes between them. Which underwear and which piece of clothes did they belong to? After all, both were very glad as long as they had something to wear. The sisters mixed up their clothes and it felt just fine. There were no distinction between their possessions and their relationships were extraordinary.

One day, a wise old man came to whisper his dream to the younger sister. He said, “Within a half-year time starting from tomorrow morning when you wake up, you and your elder sister will need to distinguish the clothes and underwear – to whom do these underwear and clothes belong to.”

At that time, the younger sister did not understand and wanted to stop the old man in the dream from leaving in order to ask clearly. She wanted to know how to distinguish the underwear and clothes between them since she had never done it before. However, as soon as the wise old man had whispered the information, he immediately disappeared from the dream.

After the younger sister woke up, she took out the underwear and clothes from the drawers and told her sister what the old man had said to her in the dream. However, she still did not know how to divide the underwear and clothes between them.

The elder sister thought of a way. She called for all the sheep in the village and then asked each one to whom did it think these clothes and underwear belong. However, each sheep had its own opinion. Some said this piece of clothes belonged to the elder sister, some said that underwear belonged to the younger sister, some said they had seen this underwear or clothes having been worn by both sisters and thus belonged to both. The sheep made the sisters completely confused.

After one month, the elder sister thought of the second way. She sought for advice from their parents. However, their parents were busy and needed to work in the field all day. They could not pay attention to this kind of question and so they just murmured and gave only a simple answer. Both sisters, of course, were dissatisfied with the answer.

After another month, the elder sister thought of the third way. As these items were their belongings, it would be better that this problem be solved by them. First priority, the elder sister considered that they had to clarify their body boundaries. They drew a line in the middle of the bed. The younger sister slept on the left side and the elder sister on the right side. After three months of such sleeping, they divided the underwear and clothes into two parts. Each sister would then chose the items she liked and place her items onto her side. If both favoured an item, then they would discuss who would take such item.

Bubbles of Vision Gym help build personal space and boundary.
(From Vision Gym card published by IAK, Germany)

In this way, the two sisters slept in the same bed on either side of the middle line without touching each other. After three months, they had a strong feeling – the elder sister was aware that she was not the younger sister; and the younger sister found that she was not the elder sister either. Each sister had her own favourites, and some items, of course, were jointly favoured by both of them.
Within a half-year time, both sisters could clearly distinguish the clothes and the underwear between them. After that, they decided to sleep in separate beds.

The two sisters married to their loved ones later. Each sister slept with her husband in the same bed and could clearly distinguish which items belonged to her husband, and which items belonged to her. Each sister had her own favourites, which were different from that of her husband. Of course, there were some items jointly favoured by the couples. Having such clarity was a blessing to them!

In the mind of both sisters, they will always remember the important information and gift that were given to them by the wise old man in the dream.