 Your coca-cola bottler presents, Claudia, based on the famous 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 coke and now Claudia Darling come on David wake up Quickly David please wake up Time to get up already practically, please. Oh, don't turn over come on get up. What is it or fire? No, what's no no on the ground snow over everything Snow what all right? I guess no use if you don't appreciate it go on back Let me see you're trying to tell me that it's snowed outside if I understand you correctly You understand perfectly correctly the first time has it snowed a great deal snowed Enormously, oh, aren't you gonna get up and see it won't go away Well might snow melt then I suppose I'll have to look or I'll be nagged until I do go on actors If you're not interested won't hurt my feelings. I didn't do it. Where am I slippers? Oh, you don't need any slippers. It's warm today It's always warm when it snows. No This great blasé performance you're putting on mr. Not and I noticed a minute I said snow you stopped yawning you were wide awake. How could I help it with you jabbing my ribs? I did not jab you lead me to the window love need yourself love cold Hey Why didn't you tell me it had snowed? What? Why didn't you tell me it had snowed? I heard you the first time but I did not believe my ears. Oh, you said David it snowed that you didn't mention anything like this. Do you like it? Mm-hmm It's really snowed in it quite nothing in the world is quite as snow Must be at least Oh eight inches deep. How can you tell see the stone wall over there? Oh, oh, yes Looks like thick marshmallow icing on a cake Always thinking of your stomach It's not quiet everything is outside. It's not a thing to listen to nothing moving Not even any footprints or anything. We're just like an island Now How do you like winter in the country? It is gorgeous. There's only one thing wrong. It had to go to snow by in my back Couldn't wait till I was awake and could see it, of course Well, if it had waited it wouldn't be all ready for us now. You mean you mean to look at I mean more than to look at Snow's not just meant to look at you know, David. Do you mean I mean exactly? Oh But David you have to get dressed and have breakfast and go to new york and go to work Yeah, I had to get dressed I have to have breakfast but That's all I have to do. Oh, David. That's what I love about you darling. You would give up architecture All because this is our first snow in our fun. Well, it's a nice sentiment, but unfortunately, it's not exactly true Well, I don't get you you're talking contradictions. Well, you may have forgotten but this happens to be the morning I have to be in eastbrook. Oh at 11 o'clock. I'm due to meet with the school board Blueprints in hand. Oh darling. You plan everything so beautiful. No, don't I though you say the meeting's not till 11 Got until 11 Uh, let's see that's about about uh, three and a half hours exactly Plenty of time to go and we can use the one that we found in the loft of the barn I haven't been sledding since I don't know when I bet she's not anywhere as near as long as since I've been Oh, you make yourself sound as old as Jared Tucker. Oh, David I hope we'll live to be old together Oh, we'll live to be older than that together I love you through snows and summers and sleet and sun homey tight Darling, you'll get cold standing around in your pajamas, but Be so quiet not a sound almost like No, why does all this snow make me think of the cemetery because you're a silly clerk Now get yourself dressed or papa will spank. Oh, let's just put on our bathrobes and ask mama to go sledding with it Mama's probably still asleep. This is not a morning for mama or for anybody to sleep on Hey, david, throw me my slippers. I am not standing over there. I'm standing over here. I was trying not to hit you Almost did. I'm gonna go and wake up mama Hey, tell her we'll make her a nice snowball for our breakfast. We'll do Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh Jack Frost in person Mama, what you doing up any objection? I'm looking at the snow. Oh David said you'd be asleep david was wrong. I must have snowed all night. Did you ever see anything beautiful? Certainly looks pure. Oh, I don't regret summer a bit Mama, have you any ski pass? I should say not what for for the snow snow doesn't need them Oh, but you well, you can't go sledding in a fur coat and dress. I can't go. What can't go sledding dress like a lady Claudia this lady has no intentions of going sledding not at all. Mama. It's full of snow outside I shall admire it and no more Oh mama since when are you said to stick in the snow since I arrived at the age of reason Darling when a person starts blaming their unwillingness to partake in the gear things of life and blame it on their reason in good sense It's it's hopeless to try and convince them otherwise They are lost cause david you ought to be ashamed you've been eavesdropping and mama is a lost cause Very lost very contented and don't try to rescue her. Please. I am surprised at you, mrs. Brown refusing some good wholesome sport My little sledding would do you a world of good. I don't care to be done. Good too. Thank you Well, and come on darling pay no more attention to your decrepit old mother stick some snow can break my bow Last chance mama, then I will take this opportunity to say that I think you'll both be sorry sorry for what you'll see She's so cryptic today. Oh, she's just envious because you and I still have the pulse of life in our veins Oh, you sure do talk pretty mr. Naughton. You sure talk nonsense just because there's a little snow Little eight inches. You're going to risk your neck. Well, don't you worry about our neck snow soft What about breakfast when we get back and you better tell bertha to make it griddle cakes We're going to have appetizers biggest houses Well, let's get dressed david leave mama to her knitting have fun and for heaven's sakes be careful children Remember, you're not children anymore. We are children at heart mama. Can you think of a better place? Hey, david wait for me? Oh, I wish we're out in the snow already sledding and snow balling and rolling in it up to my Gosh, I never realized this hill of ours is so steep. Did you david pick up your feet? I'm trying to but It's beautiful, but exhausting sit on the sled. I'll pull you up. What do you take me for a lazy female for that? I will walk up. Thank you You know the trouble is going down is so much faster than going up. It's gravity nonsense sledding Oh, david life can be so simple one people that is that it can David what turn around I have a surprise for you Oh It's you right in the air. I'm distracting me by talking philosophy. I should have known you're nothing but a hoidon david David, what are you going to do? They remember you're bigger and stronger than I am you I remember you're too adult to throw snowballs. You're much too. You always tell me you don't come over here Come over here. I'm a little snowball. It was a wet cold snowball. Prepare yourself for your destiny, mrs. Wait for me. You big call like we've names down you go Claudia you're pulling my hand Now promise me you'll never throw another snowball when I'm not looking again. Are you promise? Yes What do you think I am Like an avalanche You seduced me in behaving like one Oh, I love a serious man when he's not serious. Who's you are? What? Serious and that makes sense, but only to me. Oh, it's all that matters now. Come on get about that drift before you freeze I am Good thing it's soft. That's all I can say Well now that you're on your feet again, mrs. Norton and we're alone on top of the hill with no one to hear. I'll um I'll tell you something. I don't trust you. I never will again Shut up Oh, I see you mean business You know something what? You're a fairly nice girl. I am Not quite nice girl. I am Not bad looking in those ski clothes Confidence imagine. Do you know something else? No, what? You are probably the worst sledder. I've ever sledded with finally the truth What's the matter? Did you never go sledding as a tot? I lived in virginia. Remember I remember but it snows in virginia, too Mama was nervous after watching you today. I don't blame her when I was a tot I had no big strong man to teach me like no Oh, listen those poor crows. They must be freezing Well, come on. Let's go home. You're freezing too. No just starving That's school board meeting remember Yeah, I think you belong not on the board but in the kindergarten. Oh, thanks All right last ride down. Oh All good things must come to an end. I suppose. All right now here you sit on the sit on the front of the sled and yes I'll put your feet on the steering bar. There you are I know you don't have to tell me each time david. I learned quick. Hey david is slipping. Hold on to me Yes All right, give me the rope. Here it is. Now hold me All right, we're off. Here we go We'll stop right at the front door of the house. Oh, it's wonderful. You're going so fast. Is it heaven? Keep your head down. Watch that tree. It's cold We're teetering david. Hold on. We're almost there. Hold on david. Hold me. I'm gonna fall There's mama at the front door of the house. Let's you all make this a good one. They are slipping off. I'm going. No, you're not. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. Think so fell off your sled. No, you don't say so You don't believe it, eh? Two grown people well if you can get yourselves out of the snow the griddle cakes are ready and waiting griddle Hey david help me up. I'm in a drift out of my neck I'm gonna highly help myself My legs are so stiff. I can hardly Oh, what's the matter darling my arm. I aching every inch of my this is what's becoming that gay couple So free of heart so very young went sledding an hour ago Yep, this is all that's left. No, this is all that's left. This is just the pieces And you win mrs. Brown. Oh, what do you mean? Well, we're not quite as young as we work. Oh, no One hour ago You want your teenagers friends to feel welcome in your house One of the easiest ways to manage that is to have plenty of coca-cola in the refrigerator For coke is the number one requirement of any youthful get-together Have a case put in the car today when you're marketing Coke offers a pleasant inexpensive way to make people of all ages feel at home Have you ever seen such a pair as claudian david? I wish I had my ski suit here I'd show them a thing or two about the bellywobbin. Don't tell me you're as big a baby as they are bigger Wonderful. Oh joe You look as if you need a little haircut. Oh, don't remind me. I know I do My wife's been after me to get one for a few days now. I I just don't seem to have had the chance That reminds me. I noticed davids was a little shaggy today too. Well, it usually is Why don't you remind him? Oh, david doesn't usually forget that sort of thing. He must have a reason, you know Besides, I don't think men like to be reminded. How right you are mrs. Brown Maybe tomorrow. We'll have a haircut till then. Goodbye joe. Goodbye mrs. Brown 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 of war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and ice cold coca-cola is everywhere These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania star and the entire production is supervised and directed by william brown meloni And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola