 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 Good. Where's the evening paper? Oh someplace Ron Say that trunk certain he looks as if it had eaten a big dinner. Oh, and that reminds me David If you haven't got anything to do you can come help me in the kitchen. I thought as much no peace for the weary You mean the wicked come on Shakespeare. You can help me too careful. You're stepping on him Now hand me the ladder will y'all want to see what's on the top shelf of the cupboard nothing up there You can't reach it now. Where's my paper? I better just look to make sure I may have hidden something away I'll do it. You'll only fall down and break in little pieces Oh One jar preserves coming down. Oh wonderful. It's brand-new. We'll take it with us Half a jar of honey coming David don't throw out of my way out sir ma'am. All right, didn't you see my parish you'd open I'll never ask you to help me again as long as I live good. How's the sep ladder one leg crack You see it wasn't safe and don't ever let me catch you climbing up on anything. That's not safe Climbed up on that step ladder a hundred times. It's safe enough for me I'm light as a feather and I have a wonderful sense of balance What we do this job honey now we've got it put it in that crate with the rest of the preserves if you insist on keeping it I don't insist on keeping it. I just don't want to throw it away, and I don't want to take it with us You're making sense. Yes. I am perfect sense I don't want to throw it away because I don't believe in throwing things away And I don't want to take it with us because I know I know we're moving with everything new because it will open and it will spill No, I know I'll put it here on the table and give it to mama in the morning mama will be delighted You know that's all for the kitchen isn't it looks like it David now could you take that hat box from the shelf in the hall closet? Can't we do it in the morning? Oh, I'd rather finish up everything tonight that I can sleep without a conscience any sacrifices worth that Take a look at and see if you find mama's umbrella while you're there. What would it be doing up here? I don't know Where do umbrellas go when you can't find them you see anything just dark get me some matches there What was that? I didn't hear anything up here. I better go to the kitchen and see I'll be right back No, no umbrella. Oh Shake me for sympathy. Oh wait. Oh David sees this wait. Oh David sees what he was in the honey jar He must think he's a bear looks lovely basted and honey. Don't you think hey get away from me Shakespeare? Come on, he's rubbing honey on your trousers. Get away scat scat scat scat. He's sticking to the floor Oh, I always thought he was a clinging vine Go away, nobody wants you hey come here. I'll give you a bath darling kittens don't take baths This one is going to have to we can't have him running around like this. It's like living with a piece of fly paper Oh, that's not a bad idea. Let's hang him on the chandelier We have no chandelier. So we'll give him a bath instead. I repeat kittens don't take baths. They wash themselves Maybe they don't take baths, but they get bathed. I read it in a book. What book? I forget all the cats I've ever known Nick licked themselves clean It'll take him a year then let it take him a year keeping busy and out of trouble We can't move upstairs with him like this tomorrow. He'll get it all the paint mess everything up You'll get in all of the paint anyway besides you'll feel awful Everything else going to be so nice and clean and new he'll get a complex moving in like an old jar of honey on his back Fine something old something new something borrowed nothing rides not for cats Shakespeare come here David don't let him go in the living room catch him you catch him I'm not going to touch him. Oh, you're a great help. Hey come back here. You David run the water in the sink Throw him in the bathtub Cat swim I saw a picture of one swimming the other day. Here. I want me to get you a shower cap or bath salts All right now in you go. Oh, he loves it. He's a real water baby. He doesn't That's a boy Shakespeare. Don't let her make a sissy out of you stand up for your right I'm just giving him a little moral support He looks like a drowned rat and so do you He certainly loves this you'll have to give him a bath every Saturday night The hotter cold He ought to end up with a cold shower like I do or you'll catch cold Dream Let him become a man then much too young. You know what you're doing of course You're holding him back keeping him a baby longer than he wants to be Don't give him his long pants till after all the other boys on the block have gotten there He's all yours, but you're baby He doesn't want to swallow a mouthful of soap. Do your fellow now. Have me the towel I'll wrap him up in it and get him all night and we'll go in the living room. It's warmer in there, baby I am exhausted You're exhausted. I repeat. I'm exhausted and if you and that cat don't mind I'd still like to have a look at the evening paper. All right ahead. We don't need to be entertained Do we Shakespeare now? Can you just sit down here and we'll get you all nice and through all it's a sweet little kitty My sweet David He's purring now. He's growling growling. I've no further interest in any cat who allows himself to be given a bath is not for me That must be mama. Want me to answer? No, I'll go you watch Shakespeare. Are you sitting there and be still you now? He understands He says yes to everything just a cat's for milk mama Yep, we're all through packing Say, how would you like a half a tomato? Well, you're very ungrateful guess what? We just gave Shakespeare bath. We had to we fell into a jar of honey No, we loved it. Not the honey the bath Of course he loved say why don't you come over in the morning mama about nine o'clock? That'll be fine. Bye. That was mama well, Dave David, where are you looking for the first section of the paper? Have you seen it? How many times you ought to tell you no Say if you got a pocket comb I could use on Shakespeare. No, I have not use your own comb. Let's start it's new Come here shake spear Hey, where'd you go? David he's not on the chair where I left him. What's the difference? He's around here someplace I catch his dead of cold running around all wet Shakespeare come back here. You you catch you He heard you say you were going to comb him Must be in the bedroom while you're under the bed when you look for the paper David look under the radiators in the hall. He often sits under the console. No, no what no cat He isn't in here Earth pity of God look in the sink. Maybe he's taking another bath. Oh, don't be silly. I don't like baths Maybe he's under the stove David are you sure he's not in the living room? Not unless he opened that trunk and pulled the top down after him Have we got a flashlight? It's packed not in the kitchen The only other place must be under the brake front in the dining room. Give me some matches. What are you going to do? Take a look. I'll do it. You'll set the house on fire. I don't think you can see under it You have to pull it away from the wall Well Well, I guess I'm stronger than I thought I was Shakespeare under there. Can't seem I'll light a match for you Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I've got something No, your mother's umbrella. No, yes Well, if Mama's umbrella can get under the brake front, you could imagine where Shakespeare's cotton will never find David why didn't you watch in the way I asked you I'm not a cat-sitter I think you could have jumped out of the window. What window notice the little window open in the pantry It's just open a few inches. He wouldn't have. He's just a kitten. Do you see anything? Only the fire escape and it's pitch black out. I'm sure he wouldn't have gone down there. Woody He loves it here with us. No bath and all Come on. Come on. Let's let's go to bed. I'd be a lot happier if I knew where he was Oh, he's probably in a closet or under some piece of furniture where we can't see him He'll come out in the morning when he's hungry. I wish I was sure Well, I am sure and I am turning out the light and I am turning into bed. Come on, darling Turn around and come along Say now, who do you think that is at this hour practically in bed look darling Shakespeare's too small to ring the buzzer himself I'll answer I'm already there Mrs. Norton, I'm sorry to disturb you, but you're not disturbing his friend I find you kitten on the street. Versa said right off that is Mrs. Norton's kitten Shakespeare Shakespeare on the street I find him fighting in the alleyway with a great big cat Shakespeare Yeah, yeah, let me take him for it. Oh, you get dirty. He's not quite clean, but I just gave him a bath You've never suspected now. It's Shakespeare, but you hardly know him It's him all right. I said it couldn't be but Bertha said she was sure and versa was right He must have gone out the window now That's some cat after all Running away and Fitz we can never thank you for bringing him back. Good night, Fitz. Thanks a lot Shakespeare's safe Thank you to Fitz. Go on. Good night David the rascal. Hey, look look. He's missing a big patch of hair. Where yeah They're behind his left ear. It's his battle scar. I better get the eye down. I'll leave him alone. He's proud of it He looks fierce He isn't a mama baby anymore one little evening out and look Look at him. Would you be sure he's proud of himself his tail is sticking straight up in the air like a flag His battle flag of freedom. There's like a man sprouting around Oh, Claudia Claudia, I hope you realize what this means. What? Shakespeare'll stand for no more pampering. No, sir. He jumped out of that window a child and he's come back a man This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney What are you planning for your club meeting snack? Whether it's a salty salad or sandwich a sweet cake or cookie There's one thing that'll go with it perfectly and that's frosty delicious Coca-Cola and you won't have to leave your guests to get coke either Just reach into the refrigerator fill a tray with bottles and bring them in That's easy hospitality. Everyone appreciates at any hour 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 it 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