old enough Quotes

“Molly is old enough and smart enough to do things on her own, like shopping. When her grandmother sends her to the store for beans, Molly forgets what she’s supposed to buy and gets potatoes instead. When her grandmother asks Molly what happened, Molly tells her that the clerk insisted that she buy the potatoes.”

“I felt myself turning pink at this ridiculous question and mumbled, ‘Eleven. Nearly twelve.’ Sure enough, Beth said, ‘But he’s old enough to shave, Aunt Emma!’ in her Sweet Little Girl voice and everyone began to say What shave, when shave, why shave, who shave, how shave, just as Beth intended.”

“At last he’s old enough to try out. But at the auditions, the first part goes to someone else. So does the next. And the next . . . Will there be a part left for Wombat?”