 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the play and novels by Rose Franken brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself Have a cold and now Claudia. What are you going to do today darling? Take it easy Oh, I thought I'd milk a few cows left the eggs from under the hands and reach the hay It's not what a good farmer's wife does. She doesn't reap hay She doesn't what does she reap? The wild wind, wheat or all of the benefits. I have many of those have I haven't you? I don't think so But you're always saying I make hay so for change. I thought I'd reap it Well reap me another piece of toast first, please. That's a reap I'll tell you David you realize you're starting to eat like a farmer. Well, I've got to get into shape for the spring planting This city life's made me very soft, honey. I always thought it was overeating that made people soft But I'm not complaining. I love to see you eat. Here's your toast darling Just wait until we live in the country a while. I can't wait We'll be like different people. I like it's just the way we are. Don't you certainly I do But we'll be different in a better way. We'll be stronger. We'll be real Because we'll live with the land living with an awful lot of things already There's Shakespeare and bluff soon. They'll be the baby and you watch how they'll thrive on a farm Fresh milk fresh air good fresh earth around Darling, I I don't think we have any idea how wonderful it's going to be. I know I don't Darling Is anything wrong? No, no, no, what could be wrong? You just don't look right to me you You feel all right. I feel fine. David now stop worrying Being an expectant father and house owner isn't gonna make you a worrier. Is it and why are you so I was thinking of all the things We'll have to do if we're We're going to move to Eastbrook before the spring planting Darling Would you do me a favor? Certainly anything what start taking things easy David what do you mean? Well, we've had an awful lot of excitement these past few weeks and you should be taking care of yourself I have been David. I can't stop moving around just because I'm going to have a baby in months and months and months Five months to be exact and that's not very far off. It's years Your sense of time is curiously elastic You think that five months is years. It's no wonder that I'm always kept waiting for you I never keep you waiting more than 20 minutes. Well, it seems like years just to please you I won't do anything strenuous today. Good Now I just want to read the stock market page before I plow off to the office I don't consider looking at the stock market reading. Oh, David. Wait a minute. Don't turn that page What's matter? I want to read that out on the back of it I don't consider looking at an ad reading it So what oh they're selling them for nothing selling what for nothing? We've got town you know we use more and they're practically giving them away I'd be a fool to let them go by I suppose if there were a sale on Derrick's you'd buy three If I could get three for the price of two I might First off, this is not in good morning. How nice to bump into you. I haven't seen you in a long time I've been fine, and you you look wonderful having a baby He agrees with her we should tell this to not and he keeps telling me to take it easy. He's right. You must this is a plot I should have known better, but it is not for me very much longer than a beautiful thing I got something beautiful this morning birth and without waiting so the most stunning towels at a sale They were practically paying people to take them. They were so cheap and what a mob But I got right up to the counter, and I got one doesn't Look at that little boy Liz upstairs now Billy. He admired our dog That's basically so excited his father gave you that for Christmas. Are they big for him? Yeah, if I wear his mother, I would not let him ride into the streets your son eyes I wonder how so many children have managed to grow up in New York Seems so terribly dangerous looking at it from this end you and mr. North and you are right You move out to a farm there everything is always good. Looks like I'm going to be convinced from every side If he's in trouble he goes so far Mrs. Norton Are you all right? You can't stand up. Yes, I can stand up. Are you all right hand of ours? I Are you sure you couldn't stand up? Well, you don't think I'm gonna sit here the rest of my life I had my bicycle hasn't got one scratch so Look at your knees. Oh No, I help you up with that. I'm fine. I don't need any help. Thanks There see I'm standing up. I feel perfectly. All right. I think ma'am. You're getting awful pale I I I starting to feel off the pale. I'm here. Mrs. Norton lean on me You want me to get my mother? I don't want anything except to sit down again. I I'm a little dizzy. I'm going to get my mother. She'll help me. Mrs. Norton. Can you walk? I'm feeling better now. Of course I can walk no more dizzy no more I guess it was just falling down like that. Yeah, you fall down hard. It just comes is that dog of ours I'll never say another word against him as long as I live now I call your taxi and you go right away to the doctors the doctors because I bought my knee. I never heard it Do not argue. I call the taxi very bad to fall like that when you will have a baby But first I'm feeling fine now not even dizzy. So I go with you if it's necessary My head feels light. Be sure you tell the doctor everything Honestly, you're worse than mama Now you stay there in the bed and I bring you a hot water bottle The doctor said I should stay in bed today because I was dizzy or something, but I feel fine Which just goes to show you I don't need all the pampering everybody seems to think I should have You would like another pillow another pillow Well, I guess I don't mind if I do my back is sort of stiff, but just a little Yeah, just a little stiff is good nook stiff I go downstairs and bring you up a hot water bottle. I left mine at mama's thing Maybe by tonight. I can get up. So when David comes home. He won't have to know a thing. Oh Shakespeare come on up. That's right. Hello Bump on my head is sore. Oh I pulled down the shade and you sleep and you wake up all Fine now. I just feel sort of tired. I Think I wasn't tired this morning, but David said I I Don't you home? Hey, Mrs. Norton answer me David. Is that you? Oh, you're in the bedroom. Why didn't you say so? David you're home. What time is it half past six? What are you doing in? Claudia you're in bed. Well, I fell asleep. Have you been asleep long? I don't know exactly I called you all afternoon. There was never any answer I thought you were out. I guess I just didn't hear the phone ringing. Have you been sleeping all that time? I guess so Well, how are you David? You're looking fine. You look awful You have a bump bump on your forehead. What happened? I'll get anything that happened I've been sleeping all afternoon. You told me to take it easy now come clean You're not the kind of girl who goes to sleep in the afternoon without a reason Being sleepy a good enough reason. No, not for you. I'll stay the doling on my knee. What's the matter? How did you do that you little fool? How do you think I fell down? Ouch, I better not shout Claudia answer me. What happened? Don't you shout either dr. Williams that I should have quiet dr. Williams You went to dr. Williams birth and made me but he said I was fine and baby was fine It was a big waste of money. You're sure you're all right Call dr. Williams. You had to go shopping for bargains You couldn't resist buying a towel for two cents less than usual. You had to rush downtown. It was very crowded. I suppose Jammed it was a wonderful thing. I'll bet it was Well, but all you women pushed and shoved each other like cattle. What'd you do faint? I did not I just got dizzy Claudia if I ever catch you doing anything so crazy again. Don't you realize you're going to be a mother? Of course, I realize it. That's why well, you'd never know it. Does your mother know about this? No, I didn't have a chance to tell her David you're angry with me. I knew you'd be angry. No, I'm not angry. I'm furious. That's worse I hope you'd be sorry and you take me in your arms and tell me David you can't love me can't hide David if it's mama don't tell her well, you don't deserve me not to tell her please don't No point in making it worse. Is there First I'll see if it's mama Hello Yes, this is mr. Norton. Yes and 12 C who oh Mrs. Compton in 16 a My wife well, she seems to be Pardon me, but how did you know she wasn't well? Oh She didn't tell me He was on a bicycle and She stopped it. No, I I didn't know Thank you very much Yes, she's fine just resting a little Yes, you're right She's a pretty wonderful girl Goodbye. Did you tell mama you little dope? Why didn't you tell me? Tell you what that it wasn't the towel that tripped you but a runaway bicycle. Oh His mother called to find out how you were That was awfully sweet of her wasn't it? I know how she'd feel if anything happened to her son I'm already starting to feel a little that way about ours. I'm I'm proud of you darling You're not angry anymore You love me. I love you so much I'd like to take you over my knee when you do something like this is that good It's terrible, but I can't help it Come here. There's a bump on your forehead. I've never kissed before These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania and Roger star and the entire production is supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney Spending more time marketing these days getting a bit frazzled trying to buy wisely Well, here's a suggestion Many food stores now not only have coca-cola for you to take home But have the familiar red cooler with ice cold coke for you to enjoy on the spot When you see that inviting cooler lady stop for the pause that refreshes you'll shop better refreshed Every day Monday through Friday, Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time and now this is Joe King saying or a bar And remember Whoever you are Whatever you do Wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For ice cold coca-cola makes any pause The pause that refreshes