Looking at the clothing ads, Moms made a mental note to head to The Boys Shop to pick up some new long sleeve T-shirts for the boys. They were on sale for $1.00. Underwear was 65� and socks were 40�. Mart could use some new dungarees too and those were on sale for $1.95. Seeing an ad for Carole King dresses for teens, she glanced up at Trixie, imagining her in the wool-and-rayon plaid design Carole called �Classic Drama.� What a lovely dress it was and the perfect name of a dress for Trixie. At only $15.95, it was a steal, but she knew her daughter�.
Getting up and going out to the kitchen to make cocoa and get their dessert dished up, Moms stopped to survey the living room. What a wonderful cozy scene. The Bob-Whites were playing a noisy game of Monopoly and shrieking with laughter when Mart was hauled off to jail. Bobby, along with his Tonka Steam Shovel, was on Peter�s lap listening with rapt attention to Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel. �My oh my,� thought Moms. �I�ve heard that story just about as many times as I have Peter Rabbit.� Reddy was in a corner chewing on the roast beef bone.
Her husband, the Bob-Whites, Bobby and Reddy were all home and safe and sound. All was right with her world.
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