Mermaids
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: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.

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