 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the original stories 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 You're sure you're going the right way Claudia. Yeah, and you won't tell me where we're going. Nope How I let you and beagle me into this mysterious expedition. I'll never know it was easy mama I just asked you whether you wanted to come shopping with me. You said yes, we got into a bus here We are that's just it the last time you did this sort of thing. We ended up by buying a dog Oh, we're not buying anything today. So cheer up. We're nearly there to where we're going This conversation is beginning to sound familiar from now on. I'll find out where we're going before I leave Would you really like to know mama? No, then I'll tell you see it all started when David brought home a doorknob last night Don't know very attentive of him. You prefer doorknobs to candy or flowers these days Oh, it wasn't for me It was for a house he and Roger are building in Connecticut early American. I'm sure it's very nice But I don't get the connection you see David wanted to be completely authentic about it in every detail and He knows this place where they have all sorts of old things and and he found just the right doorknob right there Oh an antique shop well David calls it a junk shop and that's where we're going. Yeah, I'm sorry I asked because now I know Haven't you got enough stuff in a furnished apartment as it is. Oh, this place has only good junk. Oh Such as doing I suppose you're planning to put one on every door in your apartment. It's an idea David said each other most beautiful old dining table there to see 40 people That'd be a very handy thing to have around you can never tell when 40 people might drop in just sit around the table and chat Listen, don't worry. I'm not gonna buy anything mom I just want to look around then you got me down here under forced pretenses. You said we were going shopping window shopping Windows will probably be very dusty look there it is across the street where where the dusty windows art says the old curiosity shop Are we going to cross over or shall we admire it from here? Let's cross over Not much traffic to look out for it a nice quiet old street, isn't it? I'm always suspicious of little shops with dusty windows on quiet streets. I'm not I like them Hey, watch out for that piece of wood in the gutter. I see it Oh, it's an awful looking place Claudia. Let's go home. Not when we're right at the door. No better time Oh, Molly, you have no curiosity. Come on. Come on. Well, it's just dusty enough to make me curious at that Come on. Oh, look, it's just like another world in here. It's like a page out of dicken Even smells like dick God bless you Hey, you're not catching cold. Are you? No, it's only this dust. Well, I'll see that it is Look at that old suit of armor in the corner. Yes, madam. Did you say something Claudia? No, did you? Somebody said something. It was I madam. I said yes Where are you here behind the suit of armor? Oh I'm oiling it. Yeah, the iron gets rusty in the hinges unless I take good care of it Is there anything in particular you wanted? No, thanks. Nothing in particular Do you mind if we just look around? Oh, of course. It's nice to have someone in the shop besides Pedro Who's Pedro? He's the suit of armor. I call him Pedro because he's Spanish Pedro's been with me a long time now. He said he looks very old. Oh, he is. He's five hundred years old to be exact and He'll be here long after we're all gone Makes me feel chilly. Everything here has a story Just so long as you love beautiful things You don't have to buy anything You can just look to your heart's content Well, how nice. Thank you I'll be here if you want me Well, I hate to admit it, but I'm glad I came Claudia look see that coffee cup over there on the table the big one. Oh There's back such memories my grandfather always used to drink his coffee from a cup like that. I'm going to buy it Oh, you are not a big cup like that. Oh mama Same look at that magnificent oak table. Oh, wouldn't David love that? No, I guess he wouldn't hey mama look right next to the desk up against the wall See that just look oh that chair is really very nice very nice It's beautiful. I wonder how much it is you came to window shop remember not to buy Well, you wanted to buy that old cup. I am buying that old cup if you please and I'm buying the chair So we're square but a cup doesn't take up any room where on earth would you put another chair in that apartment? Oh some face Let's pull it out where it's like so we can get a good look at it. Oh dear. What happened? It wasn't standing steady it fell is there anything wrong well I just wanted to look at this chair. I started moving it and it came apart not everything here is in perfect repair Everything is old like me Some things have stood up against time others have not This chair you wanted to see I'm afraid is a casualty in our battle against time The leg in the back see it Falls off. Could it be fixed it could by the right person then I think I'd like to buy it Who could fix it for me though? I could it's a beautifully made chair. I bought it in Massachusetts Someone who didn't understand how fine it was to live with it to me and was broken when it arrived. I Decided to leave it the way it was Unless someone wanted it badly There are a lot of broken chairs and Broken dreams in the shop, but you said it could be fixed the chair I mean a chair can be mended more easily than a dream Don't you think you better find out how much it is Claudia? How much is it prices? Oh, there are no prices here I know someone really wants something. I let them have it at a price I think they can afford well I can't afford a great deal, but I Like to pay whatever you think it's worth That's a good spirit Many ladies don't always feel like that Could you afford? Save $30 if I repair the leg. Oh, yes, Claudia Are you going to pay $30 for a broken chair? No matter how much you wanted it isn't worth it really. Oh, but it's such a lovely chair mama. Wouldn't it be awful if you didn't like it? You think you could fix it and deliver it to me by Five tonight. I live in the city. I will try will not be a very perfect job It'll do we'll have a fix better later on when we get our own place Oh, all right, my name and address on this card and oh, yes And and mama wants that big cup and saucer how much is it that's not for sale Oh, what a shame, but if you will accept it as a gift it's yours. Thank you But I couldn't accept the pleasure is all mine madam the cup and the chair will be delivered by five Nice old man. He really kept his word. Oh look doesn't the chair look beautiful mama Do you think David will like it though? Oh, I mean do you think he'll be disappointed my taste for buying it? He'll be home soon and you can find out Mama You know this chairs is just like my first cake. I'll see the comparison. It said that they were both pretty well smashed up No, I'll be serious It's like a milestone in our marriage The first thing we really bought for our house with our own money something you bought with David's money, you mean same thing Well, you know, that's a very good formula for a very happy marriage There he is If I knew that when I climb that mountain I'd find you and Mrs. Brown It isn't the singing architect a song with every house and every house something to sing about David you fool Say there's something in my eye. It's me. Oh, I didn't know it was you. You don't look like you Who do I look like somebody nice? I'm not sure yet back up so I can see don't budge Claudia What are you two hiding? Why are both of you standing in front of me like that? I'm just standing next to mama and I'm just standing next to Claudia Well now that our relative positions are established. How would you two like to let me into the living room? We can all sit down and make believe we're home David I bought something today again Animal vegetable or mineral. It's not animal this time. It's wood salad bowl Let's go into the living room. It's less drafty than it's not a salad bowl piano No, the apartment's too small for a piano. It's not too small for a chair though. Is it David a chair? What kind of chair an old one a beautiful. Oh, but we don't you said it was an old I bet somebody passed it off on you as an antique. Where is it in the living room? I've got to see this. Claudia. You don't know anything about all right. Please hold your horse until you see it there is Is that the chair? Yes, David. I'm sorry if you don't like it, but I don't like it Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This looks like oh No, no, it can't be wait a minute. Let me turn it upside down It is Or if it isn't it's the nearest thing to a duck and pipe. I've seen out of a museum Lady that's a chair that is a chair How much was it? Don't tell me I don't care I knew you'd like a day that I oh, I don't know why I should be so happy about it But I am so am I hey, you know something you're almost as good at picking chairs that you are picking husbands and dogs I guess it's safe to leave you two alone now. I'll say good night. Why don't you stay for dinner mother? You deserve it for having such an intelligent dog. No, thanks I've got dinner ready at home and there are a lot of things I've got to do tonight Can't you do it tomorrow because you've got such an intelligent daughter? No good night. Don't bother coming up on my way out Good night, mother. Good night mama well Come here you here. I am That was to let you know I still love you And now about that chair I Didn't want to say this in front of mother, but David you don't like it better. I like it, but We can't afford a chair like that. Claudia Must have cost at least a couple of hundred dollars even in its rough state 30 Two hundred and thirty dollars. That's a lot of money clock not 230 David thirty thirty dollars for that chair Who'd you hit on the head? No when it was broken But I wanted it anyway, so the man fixed it for me charged me thirty dollars. What man the man in the old curiosity shop Why you were yesterday, but remember you told me about it last night. Oh, oh mr. Haines. Yes, he's a nice old chap Some people think he's crazy It must be to have sold you that for thirty dollars. He's not crazy David. He just likes people who like nice things You know something I Do too. I Guess that's why I like you so much. I Guess we both got good taste David Look, isn't it beautiful there in the middle of the room? I Wonder if it knows knows what? This is the beginning of our home All story material used in this broadcast of Claudia was under the supervision of Rose Franken and William Brown Maloney You know American families enjoy doing things together and the pause that refreshes with ice-cold coca-cola Has a pleasant way of fitting in with all the family doings Now that coca-cola is more plentiful you can keep the refrigerator stocked with a good supply and When you're around the town Remember you can stop at the familiar red cooler and get a frosty bottle of coke and go on your way 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 joking saying or if war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola Or ice-cold coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes