Wishin' and Hopin' Page #2

later that month

With my junior midshipmen group.

Your old man had to have been

in the navy

To join the midshipmen,

So I was the only one

in my class going.

Surely I'd be the envy

of everyone,

Especially Rosalie Twerski.

Felix Funicello.

Felix Anthony Funicello,

the first.

I was ready.

Hey, ma.

Hey, honey.

Oh, hey, listen,

Tomorrow your father is headed

into town to the wholesaler's,

And I'm gonna take your sister

shopping after school.

So chino will be watching you.

Chino?

Yes, what's wrong

with chino?

He's a responsible adult figure.

You might as well hire oddjob

to babysit me.

Whatever was I thinking?

Dinner was always

an important part of the day.

Pop owned a diner down

by the bus station

And always filled us in

on the day's dirt.

Christ, our lord,

amen.

- Amen.

- Amen.

So the minister's wife

comes in,

And she sees I'm trying

to recruit another sailor

For his missionary work,

And she...

Felix, how was school today?

Next week, we're gonna have

a new teacher.

That's great.

Yeah, we're really excited.

Yeah?

Why's that?

Did you hear

what Agrippina said?

A lay teacher.

Yeah, I heard.

You know what that means, right?

'Cause all us guys

are gonna get laid.

Sal, maybe you can

take Felix outside

And finish the Christmas lights

after dinner.

Yeah, pop.

I was thinking of waiting

on that.

Sounds good.

So, uh...

Felix, what you said

about your teacher...

What about it?

Do you know what that word

you used means?

I clearly wouldn't

have said it if I did.

No.

See,

When you get to a certain age...

oh, man.

I had an uneasy

feeling pop

Was stirring the conversation

toward the birds and the bees.

And, hey, it's not that I didn't

need information on the subject,

But I never expected him to

enlighten me by talking about...

Toilet seats

and drinking fountains.

So...

sometimes you have a lot of

people taking a sip out of them.

And you don't...

want to touch

your lips on the metal.

You understand

what I'm talking about?

I think so.

Good.

Great talk, son.

Are you getting a drink

or what?

No.

The day our new

substitute teacher arrived,

I smelled her before I saw her...

Lily of the valley perfume,

A scent that would open a flood

of memories anytime

I smelled it for years to come,

A scent that...

I was definitely allergic to.

Bonjour.

Je m'appelle Marguerite Irene

Dubois Frechette.

But you can call me

Madame Frechette.

Madame Frechette

was unlike any teacher

I'd ever seen.

She was energetic, alive.

You could tell she was excited

By the way she would clasp

her hands together,

Causing all of her jewelry

to ring in unison.

Je viens Du Quebec, Canada.

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