Suds in Your Eye (2013)
“Feeley began to have a more sympathetic understanding of the problems confronting the Old Woman in the Shoe. Miss Tinkham had no bed to ‘bring with’ her, like Mrs. Rasmussen. Mrs. Feeley did not object to sharing her bed with her, but she felt that a body needed a bed of her own.
Wandering through the junk yard for inspiration, the solution came to her suddenly. She had this one figured out too! Mrs. Feeley was nothing if not resourceful.
When she returned to the house the air was full of the s...cent of boiling dye.
‘What’s cookin’?’ she queried.
‘Dye! For the blackout curtains!’ Mrs. Rasmussen answered proudly.
She and Miss Tinkham had spent a good part of the morning ripping the upholstery material off the seats of some of the old cars in the yard. Mrs. Rasmussen was even now busily stitching the pieces together on her machine.
‘There!’ she exclaimed, holding up a piece of cloth. ‘That’s the piece I been lookin’ for all day!’ ‘Which one was that?’ Miss Tinkham asked.MoreLess
Wandering through the junk yard for inspiration, the solution came to her suddenly. She had this one figured out too! Mrs. Feeley was nothing if not resourceful.
When she returned to the house the air was full of the s...cent of boiling dye.
‘What’s cookin’?’ she queried.
‘Dye! For the blackout curtains!’ Mrs. Rasmussen answered proudly.
She and Miss Tinkham had spent a good part of the morning ripping the upholstery material off the seats of some of the old cars in the yard. Mrs. Rasmussen was even now busily stitching the pieces together on her machine.
‘There!’ she exclaimed, holding up a piece of cloth. ‘That’s the piece I been lookin’ for all day!’ ‘Which one was that?’ Miss Tinkham asked.MoreLess
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