The Ego Builder

We present the amusingly transcribed adventures of Aussie and Harriet, starring America's favorite young couple, Aussie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard. Well, things have been rather quiet this morning at the Nelson's. Nothing much unusual has happened.

Harriet called the boys and they got up as usual and came down to breakfast. And she called Aussie down for breakfast as usual. And she called Aussie again as usual. And then she called him again as usual.

And then the boys went up and helped drag him out of bed. As usual. So you see, the whole family had breakfast and things have been very quiet and very, very usual. As usual. An offhand I'd say it was just about time for things to start happening.

Now there goes the phone. Now that doesn't seem especially unusual, but you never can tell. It passes Peabody. I believe she's the president of the PTA. Oh, that's too bad. Oh, who is it Harriet?

It's Mrs. Peabody. Oh, well, thank you, Mrs. Peabody. I'm very honored. That starts this afternoon, doesn't it? What's up, Pa? Just a minute, boys. I'll be very happy, too. Oh, not at all, and thank you so much for calling.

Goodbye. Oh, this is awful. Awful, you sound mighty pleased on the phone. Sometimes women are a little hard to understand, Pa. It's the big PTA meetings at the school auditorium all this week. Well, what about it?

Well, one of the regular council members can't make it, and I've been chosen as alternate. Well, I certainly don't think that's so awful. I do, Mom. I hate going to school, too, boy. It's just that I'm totally unprepared.

That's the same feeling I get sometimes. Never mind, now, Ricky. You should have been there yesterday, boy. Our history teacher asked us questions about stuff we never heard of before. I guess that stopped you for a while.