THE WIFE: For Alice, life has never been better. With her second husband, she has a successful business, two children, and a beautiful house. HER HUSBAND: Alice knows that life could have been different if her first husband had lived, but Nathan's arrival into her life gave her back the happiness she craved. HER BEST FRIEND: Through the ups and downs of life, from celebratory nights out to comforting each other through loss, Alice knows that with...

Although Rosie, a model camper, does not participate in her friends' prank and is no caught and disciplined, she decides to join her friends in the punishment because she knows she helped them.

Elizabeth and Larry are contented best friends until Larry is scorned by neighbors for being an alligator.

Melinda looks forward to the letters and cards she receives from her favorite neighbor who has moved into a nursing home, and when the old woman dies, it takes Melinda a while to find a way to stop missing her so much.

Summary: Lionel and his friends have dinner, trade sandwichesat school, eavesdrop on Louise and Emily, and play baseball.

A cumulative series of trades results when Big Bear tries to borrow a rope to rescue Mr. Mole.