The two opposite friends– one short and one tall. One rough-and-tumble, always eager. The other more refined and reserved by nature. Three stories again. In the first, Gollie feels certain (due to a great-great-aunt ancestor looking elegant in an old photo) that she must have royal blood. So she claims to be a queen but Bink won’t put up with her new haughty attitude. Gollie then strolls around outside where her proclamations are all ignored. Back home, lonely in the rain, she finally takes off her crown and is welcomed inside by Bink- as her regular old self. In the second story, Bink is tired of being unable to reach things up high on her own. She orders a “stretch-o-matic” device, but the assembly is difficult and goes awry. Gollie is skeptical about the whole idea of using it. The thing falls apart, crashes into piece and they reassemble it as a random art object instead. Bink realizes she’s satisfied to just stay the way she is. In the last story, the two friends decide to set a record by having the largest collection of in the world of something- but what? They start out with gold star stickers, but quickly get discouraged. Decide to just celebrate their friendship instead.
This volume didn’t charm me quite as much as the first, but I did like that, even though it wasn’t an actual feature in the storyline, the two wore roller skates everywhere they went!
Borrowed from the public library.
