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Good evening.

So nice of you to join us.

Hi, French.

Good afternoon, sir.

It's all quiet.

Are the kids home?

No, Jody's not home from school yet. It seems that the Daredevils are having a

treasury meeting, sir.

Buffy around?

She's in her room, sir. She's been in there ever since she came home from

school. She's not sick, is she?

Oh, no, no, no. Her forehead felt quite cool.

Hi, Uncle Bill.

I'm glad you're home. I've just been driven out of my room by little Miss

I know. It's quite mystifying. So all I could get out of her was that she wished

to be alone.

Well, see what I can get out of her.

Hi. What you doing? Homework?

Sort of. I'm practicing writing.

I see.

Oh, that looks real nice.

Mod Maidens. Mod Maidens. Mod... What's Mod Maidens? A story?

No.

It's a girls' club.

Shirley's president of it. I wish I was a mod maiden.

Oh, well, you know Shirley pretty well, don't you?

She's one of my six best friends.

She didn't speak up till you wanted to join.

I spoke up like everything, but she says it's against the main rule.

What's the main rule?

Age. I'm too young.

Oh, well.

I guess you're not the only kid in school that isn't into mod maidens.

What about the ones your own age? You can still have fun with them, can't you?

Not as much fun as the mired maidens.

How long before you're old enough?

One long year.

Well, one nice thing about being young, you're going to grow out of it.

I guess so.

But I'll never catch up to them.

Uncle Bill, Buffy, guess what?

What? The Daredevils just found a new place to have meetings and play where we

won't have to pay for the windows and stuff we bust out on the street.

How'd that happen?

You know mean old Mr. Cooley, the super in Jimmy's house? Yeah.

Well, we asked him if we could move out some of his junk in the basement to have

our meetings there, and he said yes.

Well, that's pretty nice for a mean old man.

Except he's not mean anymore.

Gee, cubs sure are neat.

They sure are.

Oh, come on. Joining the mud maidens isn't the most important thing in the

world, is it?

I know it, but how come I'm so sad?

Hello, Shirley. Can I talk to you a minute?

Sure, Mr. Davis.

But I wouldn't want to be late for school. No, just take a minute. Listen,

you're president of that mod maintenance club, aren't you?

Uh -huh.

It was unanimous.

Because I started the club.

Oh, that's nice.

Um, Buffy can't get in, huh?

Not until next year.

When she's old enough.

That's the rule.

You couldn't kind of bend the rule a little bit so she'd get in now?

Well, you see, Mr. Davis, if Buffy got in, a lot of kid sisters would want to

join, too.

Like... Like Carol's got a kid sister.

And Thelma. And Elaine.

Buffy'd behave herself, I know that.

Well, Buffy. But what about the other kids?

We just can't take a chance of losing our places to meet.

Listen, what about if you had your own place to have meetings?

Yeah, your own place.

What do you mean, Mr. Davis?

Well, my company's got some property down, you know, making lots down there.

And we're not going to build on them for about two, three more years. So we

could put a little clubhouse up there for you and have your meetings there.

Really? Would you really do that for us?

Yeah, sure. It's real easy. We could start tomorrow. We'd have it done in a

week. Only don't say anything to Buffy about it. Oh, don't you worry. I won't

say a word to her.

I'd better go now.

Thanks, Mr. Davis.

Bye -bye.

Look at me, buddy. I'm a mod maiden.

Look, I'm a mod maiden.

Hey, let me see.

The girls told me at lunch.

This is to certify that Buffy Davis is a mod maiden.

Now, what do you know about that?

Oh, congratulations, Buffy.

They broke the main rule to let me in because they like me.

I'm never going to lose this card.

When are you going to go to your first meeting?

Friday, but they initiated me at lunchtime today. They took my apple.

Well, I trust you've had sufficient to eat, Buffy.

Didn't matter, Mr. French. After they told me, I was too excited to eat. But

getting a little less excited now.

I'm getting more hungry.

How wonderful for Buffy, sir.

Do you know she's most likable? Little wonder they broke their rule.

Well, I had a little something to do with that.

You, sir?

Yeah, I promised those kids I'd build them a clubhouse for her membership.

Oh, I see. And of course she doesn't know anything about it, hmm?

No, she doesn't know anything.

I don't know if I did the right thing or not.

You made her very happy, sir.

I guess so.

I wonder if we should put bows on the curtains.

I know.

We'll take a vote.

Attention, everybody.

All those in favor of bows on the curtains, hold up your hands.

Both on the curtain's path.

Doctor decorating everybody.

Boating's fun.

Bill's having our own clubhouse.

It's lots better than meeting in different apartments.

Sure is.

That friend of your father's was awful nice to build it for us.

Why can't we write a letter and thank him?

Um, I already did.

There.

Well, I think that's enough decorating for today.

How does it look?

Our clubhouse is the nicest clubhouse in the whole world.

Yep. Now, attention everybody again.

Now, don't forget, we're going to have elections of officers tomorrow.

Except president.

Because that's you.

Right.

So, if anybody wants to be vice president or secretary or treasurer

or sergeant at arms, think about it tonight.

I know what I want to be, but I'm not saying.

How about you, Buffy?

I don't want to be anything except a mod maiden.

Now, before we adjourn, I'm going to ask our newest member to recite our motto.

Mod maidens, mod maidens, straight and tall. Mod maidens, mod maidens, one for

all.

Well, I guess that's it. See you tomorrow.

Hey, what you doing, Buff?

All the mod maidens have to bring something in to decorate our new

I'm looking for something to bring in.

Hey, how about this, Buffy?

No, it wouldn't go good with the curtains.

Curtains in a clubhouse?

What kind of club do you have anyway?

A girls' club.

Oh, yeah, that must be the reason.

I think I'll bring in this pine cone we found in New Hampshire.

Too bad the daredevils don't have a fancy clubhouse like we do.

Well, we have more fun in Cooley's basement.

The mod maidens have fun, too.

Doing what?

Well, first we sit around and write fan letters, then we play records, and at

the end we give our cheer.

Hey, what's your cheer, Buffy?

I can't tell you. It's a secret.

Well, I'm your brother.

Brothers don't count when you're a mod maiden.

I don't see why a cheer should be secret.

We yell ours all over the place.

Daredevils, daredevils, tried and true.

Break your pledge and you are through.

We're the daredevils and we're bad. Pull a girl's hair and make her mad.

Jody!

Don't worry, Buffy. It's just a cheer.

We just do that to scare you guys.

You better not come around us mod maidens to scare anybody, because we're

straight and tall and one for all.

Is that your secret cheer, Buffy?

Don't worry, I won't tell anybody.

Thanks.

Cynthia, look what I'm taking to the mod maidens. Oh, looks like you're really

having fun being a member, huh?

It's wonderful.

Tomorrow we're going to have elections.

I bet they make you president.

I don't want to be. Anyway, Shirley is, and she's going to stay that way.

How come?

Because she makes all the rules.

What are you going to run for?

I don't think I should run for anything since I just got in.

Well, why don't you run for Tricky, like I am with the daredevils?

Tricky?

What's that?

We see ice down by the window, and whenever I see some guys coming that

like us, I yell, chicky, chicky, and we all run.

Some daredevils.

We don't have any stuff like that. We just have secretary and treasurer.

Well, you'd make a good treasurer, Buffy. You always get A's in arithmetic.

I get enough arithmetic at school.

I won't run for anything.

Buffy, the whole idea of belonging to a club is to help out in whatever way you

can.

Yeah, that's why I'm tricky for the daredevils. Now, running for office is a

democratic thing to do.

But what could I be?

Well, you've got really good handwriting. You'd make a perfect

Do I have to?

Well, yeah, sure.

It's your democratic duty.

Why don't you run for chief curtain hanger?

I think I'll run for secretary.

All right now, everybody.

Meeting called to order.

Now, first we're going to have elections of officers.

So, who wants to be what?

Carol.

I want to be secretary.

Just a minute, Buffy.

Since Carol was the second to come in the club after me, if it's all right

everybody, she'll be our secretary, okay?

Yes, Buffy.

What about elections?

We're having them. I want to be secretary.

But Shirley said we should vote.

What do we need to vote for?

Nobody wants to run against Carol.

I do.

You?

It's the Democratic way and my duty.

Then I guess we'll have to have voting election for secretary.

We wouldn't have to except for a certain troublemaker.

Carol, I write real good.

I don't care.

I don't even know why you're in our club anyway.

You're too young to be a mod maiden.

Shirley said I could.

Well, it's against the main rule. And if Buffy's a member, then I want my kid

sister to be in, too.

She can't, Carol.

Buffy and my sister are the same age.

That doesn't make any difference. She cannot come in.

Buffy can come in, but my exactly the same age sister has to stay out. Is that

the democratic way?

I guess I don't have to run for secretary, Carol.

I'll find some other duty.

Maybe instead of secretary, I'll run for president.

You know, you shouldn't be president if you're not going to be fair, Shirley.

I am too fair.

Then how come you broke the rule and made Buffy a member?

Because her uncle built this clubhouse for us.

Uncle Bill?

Oh, I'm sorry, Buffy.

And I promised I wouldn't tell you.

Well, that's different, Buffy.

If your uncle did that for us, I guess you ought to be secretary.

I don't want to be secretary, and I don't want to be a mod maiden anymore.

I should have known better. All you kids are the same.

Honest, we didn't mean to break the light fixture, Mr. Cooley.

We'll pay for it.

You bet you will.

Some chicky you are. Didn't even yell meet old Mr.

Cooley was coming.

I tried, but nothing came out.

What's the difference?

Old man Cooley would have found out anyway.

Great. Now we don't have a place to meet.

Hey, I know what. Why don't we meet on the street like we used to?

That's no fun.

Too bad your uncle can't build us a clubhouse like he did for the Maude

My Uncle Bill did that.

How do you know?

My sister told me. Only it's supposed to be a secret.

Hey, Jody, do you think your uncle would build us daredevils a clubhouse?

Well, I don't know.

He likes you as much as Buffy, doesn't he?

Sure he does.

Then why don't you ask him?

Okay, I will.

I bet.

I said I would.

When?

As soon as I get home.

He'll build us one. You'll see.

Sure, I'll talk to you later.

Bye.

Looks like you made up pretty well in that tournament.

Well, it's just the first prize.

You can't do any better than that. You must have really been on your game

sir. Couldn't miss a putt. One of those days when I could not do anything wrong.

Hi.

what Uncle Bill won at the golf club.

That's nice.

Mind if I go to my room now?

What's the matter? Something wrong?

Something. Oh, you didn't win the election for secretary.

It's not that.

Well, how about some ice cream to brighten up your afternoon?

No, thanks.

Is there any special reason why you're home so early from your club?

Because I'm not a mod maiden.

Well, didn't they want you in the club anymore?

I didn't say that.

You, uh... I've got work to do.

What's going on, huh?

I want to be a mod maiden.

Got any particular reason?

Just because.

There's got to be more to it than that.

It's because you built our clubhouse.

Oh.

That's why Shirley let me in, even if I wasn't old enough.

Well...

I knew how much it meant to you.

But I wanted to get in because of me.

I ask you a real big favor, Uncle Bill.

What is it?

Well, we can't use mean old Mr. Cooley's basement to meet in anymore.

So I was wondering maybe you could build us a clubhouse like you did for the

Maud Maidens.

Why don't you find out about that?

Well, Shirley told her brother. He thinks it's a neat idea. All the guys

No, I can't do that.

Gosh, Uncle Bill, you built one for Buffy.

I know I did, and I was wrong. I made a mistake.

She just quit the Mod Maidens because I bought her way in there by building that

clubhouse.

But you wouldn't be buying my way in. I'm already in.

But if I don't keep my pledge, I'm going to be out.

No, I'm not going to make the same mistake twice. Sorry, Jody.

No more clubhouses.

I don't know how I'm ever going to tell the guys.

Well, just talk to them.

You tell them, maybe they'll understand, okay?

I wish I could talk as good as you, Uncle Bill.

I can't help it, guys. My uncle just said he wouldn't build it for us, that's

all. You should have tried harder.

Yeah, you made the pledge.

Well, what do we need an old clubhouse for anyway?

Maybe we can find another basement. Huh, fellas?

You know what happens when a daredevil breaks the pledge, Jody.

All those in favor of chopping Jody out, raise your hands.

All those against?

Come on, let's go play ball.

Well, look at it this way, Jody. Getting kicked out of the Daredevils isn't the

end of the world, you know.

You still got a bunch of good friends.

Yeah, a whole bunch.

All the guys who weren't good enough to get into the Daredevil.

Now, Buffy, I don't blame you for quitting the Mod Maidens.

Considering the way you felt, you did the right thing.

I'm the one that did the wrong thing.

I didn't want to be a Mod Maiden anyway.

Not too much.

You know the best kind of club to have?

What kind?

Yeah, what kind, Uncle Bill?

One with just your best friends in it.

Now, who's your favorite person in the whole world? I mean, your own age.

That's easy, Buffy.

Okay, who's yours?

That's even easier, Jody.

Why don't you start your own club?

I'm a girl.

And I'm a boy.

Shouldn't boys and girls have separate clubs?

No law says you gotta do that.

Want to have our own club?

I guess so.

Sure. That'd be fun.

Your dad and I did that when we were kids back in Indiana.

We started our own club.

We even built our own clubhouse.

Excuse me, sir.

A lad named Alan called a little while ago.

Do they want me back in the club?

I'm afraid not. It's a matter of returning your daredevil's cap tomorrow.

I might as well take it over to him now.

I thought maybe they changed their minds.

Poor Jody. He sure misses being a daredevil.

Boy, I sure am a big help.

Hello, Mr. French. Oh, good afternoon. Oh, please come in. I'll fetch Buffy.

Oh, we didn't come to see Buffy, Mr. French.

It's Mr.

Davis. Oh, uh, Mr. Davis.

Oh.

Hi.

I guess you heard what happened, Mr. Davis, about Buffy. Yeah, I heard.

I... I guess you want this back.

No, that wasn't part of the deal.

But we don't deserve it anymore.

Buffy?

Buffy, the girls want to give back the clubhouse, so I guess you and Jody can

have it all to yourselves now.

Uncle Bill, is it all right if the mod maidens keep the clubhouse?

Is that what you want?

Mm -hmm.

Well, it's okay with you, it's okay with me.

Even if you're not a mod maiden, Buffy, it belongs to the club.

Well, anybody who would do that deserves to be a mod maiden.

Won't you come back, Buffy? Really?

We'd all like you to.

Unanimous.

Well, I think I'll wait another year. I think Carol's sister will be old enough,

too. And it won't be breaking the main rule.

French?

Yes, sir?

We have a round of ice cream and cookies here for the mod maidens and the mod

maiden in waiting.

Come on.

Ladies.

Now, before you know it, a whole year's going to be gone by and then you'll be a

mod maid.

Yeah. Tell the kids, a year's a long time.

Sure.

You could have joined today.

That was just a thanks for the clubhouse. I didn't want to be just a

I know. Well, I'm proud of you, too.

Uncle Bill, I want to ask you something.

Sure.

Do grown -ups sometimes do things wrong for their kids because they love them?

Oh, sure, we do all kinds of wrong things, fall flat on our faces.

But now we get up and try again.

Okay?

Okay.

Good night.

Been very good of you to watch.

And we do hope to see you again next week on Family Affair.