I went on a search in Broadway. I wanted to find a record store to find this really hard record that I wanted to get for my little sister, Phoebe. It was a record called "Little Shirley Beans." It was about a little kid that wouldn't go out of the house because two of her front teeth were out and she was ashamed to. I heard it at Pencey. I wanted to get it for Phoebe because I know it would make her laugh! It was a very old record. A colored girl singer, Estelle Fletcher sings it.
As I was walking through the park, there was this family that just came out of church that was walking in front of me. The parents were walking along, paying no attention to their son. The son was swell. He kept on humming and singing that song, "If a body catch a body coming through the rye." The little boy had a pretty little voice too. It made me feel not so depressed any more. It made me realize that kids are so innocent and cheered me up.
