Stars in Her Eyes

Lexi is seven years old. She is in the first grade. She has long blond hair, and she has blue eyes. She always wants her mom to fix her hair in long curls. Lexi loves to go to the movies. It is 1935.

Today is Saturday. It is almost 10 A.M. Lexi is talking to her mom.
“Can we go to the movies today?”
“Maybe, Lexi. What do you want to see?” smiles her mother.
“I was thinking a movie with Shirley Temple would be good,” they both said at the same time.

Lexi and her mom giggled.

Every Saturday they went to the movies. They went to see their favorite star. She was ten. Her hair was blond. It was curled in long rings. She could sing and dance. She had been a movie star since she was seven.

“Can we sing ‘Good Ship Lollipop’?” asked Lexi.
“Sure,” said Mom. “Let’s grab our coats. It’s time to go.”
“On the good ship lollipop . . . ,” sang Lexi and her mom. It would be a great day at the movies!