Mermaids

:02:17

My sister Kate learned to swim

:02:19

when most babies were still
in their playpens.

:02:22

I adore her. Everybody does.

:02:25

I wanted to name her after Saint Gobnet
the virgin beekeeper.

:02:29

But mother, Mrs. Flax,
though I was a little peculiar.

:02:32

I don't agree.

:03:03

Mrs. Flax doesn't believe
in ritual or tradition.

:03:22

Maybe.

:03:29

I think so.

:03:32

I'd wanted to repent since
I saw a girl with ashes on her forehead

:03:36

cross herself and chant Hail Marys
before a spelling bee.

:03:42

Charlotte, we're Jewish.

:03:53

What's this?

:03:54

Cheeseball pick-me-ups
and miniature franks.

:03:57

And for desert, marshmallow-kabobs.