First, when Clementine goes to buy new sneakers to replace the ones she ruined, her parents stage a big fight over who gets to take her (her father eventually bribes her mother with new shoes for herself AND a trip out to dinner at the Ritz) because she's a pain to shop with and insists on trying every pair of shoe so she can "not-choose" them before she chooses the ones she picked at the beginning. There were two false notes for me, both related to the tap shoes. sorta.) Unfortunately, her father nixes this idea and she ends up at rehearsal with nothing to do.įortunately, her ability to notice everything but what she's supposed to pay attention to keeps her occupied instead of moping - and she ends up applauded as the last-minute stage manager, a believable and in-character happy ending.
And no doubt it doesn't help that her "perfect" upstairs neighbor and friend has more talents than she can count.Īfter rejecting tap-dancing (apparently, beer caps do NOT make acceptable taps when superglued to sneakers), moving to Egypt, and hiring a substitute, Clementine hits upon the perfect talent - leash her brother and perform Elvis! (It makes sense. No, really, at 8 years old she still can't hop, poor child. In this edition, Clementine is left scrambling for an act for the talent show. Rice, the principal, who finally shows everyone where the child's talents lie.
Her baby brother (variously called by vegetable names) always laughs when she sings like Elvis, but her parents veto the leash she needs to keep him on stage. Her friend Margaret offers her tap-dancing lessons, but her improvised beer-cap tap shoes don't work. She hints that her family may be leaving Boston and moving to Egypt on Friday if her father takes the building manager job at the Great Pyramid, but her teacher just laughs. In her second adventure, Clementine is the only untalented student in her third-grade class, with the talent show fast approaching.
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