Allison replaced the word "oldest" with "middle". It's not like this thing worked anyway. Besides, even assuming it did, she would be the same, but free from the responsibilities of the oldest child. She hit Enter.
Just then, Allison heard voices she didn't recognize outside her room. She cracked the door open and saw a boy who looked about 16 and a girl who looked about 18 talking. A new sentence popped up.
"Allison wonders who the teenagers in her house are."
Allison quickly changed "wonders" to "knows," and suddenly realized - those her her older brother Thomas and older sister Anna! Two siblings who hadn't existed a moment ago, but now existed. That made her the middle child! Allison was shocked that an app could make such a big change, but she was excited at the possibilities.
Allison decided to generate another sentence. She selected...