April 23
According to the ever-pessimistic Classical radio station announcer that morning, Shakespeare had been born and had died on April 23rd.
“He did things very neatly,” he said. “Some people will do anything to avoid a birthday.”
“So,” Carrie was saying later that morning, “Lucia swears that Osama bin Laden is working for UPS.”
Then Carrie talked about how System of a Down’s lead Armenian singer looked like a “pizza delivery guy”.
After Puck smashed a round Indian flute later in the day, Linnea played with him around the house while Carrie pieced the flute back together. Linnea would often run him around, holding him around his middle, like a giant doll that would often whine:
“Maw maw maw.”
It also often reminded Collette and Carrie-Bri of the bug and the mouse in “Spirited Away”.