Child of Glass Page #3

I wouldn't be surprised

if Miss Mary Lee Merryweather

herself didn't come.

Now, Em,

don't go overboard.

She hasn't been to a party in 40 years.

Well, only because the parties now

can't hold a candle

to the ones she remembers.

But this one will be

just like the old days.

We'll have, um, we'll have mint juleps,

and we'll have party ices and waltzin'.

Oh, everybody who is anybody

will be here!

Oh, Ludee Calhoun will be

just green with envy!

Hey, Dad! Dad!

- Yeah.

Hey, come on, Dad. I'm gonna be late.

- But why aren't you on the school bus?

- Did you miss it?

I couldn't pry Connie Sue away

from the bathroom mirror.

Oh, dear, well, you have to

forgive your sister, darlin'.

- She's just goin' throuqh a phase.

- Oh, Ma...

Now, don't tease.

You're gonna be there yourself

before long.

Well, tomorrow we set this household

on a schedule.

- About phases? Mmm.

- No, bathrooms.

Uh, well, how about a kiss

for your mother?

- Ma!

- Oh, Ma!

Goodbye, goodbye. Have a good day.

Don't forget your paper sack.

Have a good day at school.

- Olav.

- Alexander, your lunch.

Oh!

Thanks.

- Hey, Alexander.

- Oh, hey, guys.

How do you like

livin' out in the boonies?

It's all right.

I wouldn't want to live in an old wreck

of a house like that.

It's not no wreck. It's historical.

My mother's just hvsterical trying

to fix up an old monstrosity like that.

Aw, what do you know?

Captain Jacques Dumaine

used to live in my house.

He was a riverboat captain.

They wrote books about him.

Bet you no one that famous

ever lived in your house.

Hey, Alexander,

your girlfriend's wantin' you.

She's not my girlfriend.

Come on, let's go.

Alexander, can I talk to you? It's vital.

We wouldn't want to keep you from

anything that's vital, Alexander.

Hey, Henry!

We'll leave you alone

with Miss Cotton Blossom.

What is it now?

It's about the thing that's in your barn.

You seen it, didn't you?

- Seen what?

- The ghost that's haunting your barn.

The only thing in my barn

that I've seen is you.

Last night you took a light up

in the hayloft

and you swiped my new dog.

I weren't in your hayloft

last night or never.

- Hey, Alexander.

- Hey.

You lie so much, you don't know

what's true and what isn't.

I do so! I mean, I do not.

Oh, yeah? Well, what about

that time when you told everybody

your father was a government agent

working on a secret mission in China?

And you don't even have any father.

A lot you know. His mission's

so secret, nobody knows about it.

Not even me and Aunt Vinia.

I'm sorry, Blossom,

but just quit bugging me.

Bet he would be a secret agent.

Somebody brave and special.

Mr. Timmons!

Mr. Timmons!

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