Bigelow Bob gets older

Bob when he was little

  The story of Bigelow Bob and the Crotchet twins, Jan and Jim, goes back a ways, maybe to around 1953.  That would have been the year Bob started to think about girls.  He thought maybe he'd ask Jim Crotchet to go to the movies at the Town Hall on Saturday.  He was thinking that might be safe, there were other people around, and Bob was - well bashful.

  Jim agreed to go with Bob, on one condition, no kissing.  Heck that was fine with Bob, there's no way he'd try to kiss a girl!

  So Saturday came, Bob walked over to the Crotchet house and Jim was ready to go.  Well, let's get down there so we can get a seat Bob said.  There were only 12 chairs and maybe 14 kids in town, so they had to be a little early.  The seats were full, well there were 11 kids, but Hank took two of them.  Hank was bigger than the other kids and he didn't bathe more than once a month.

  Bob and Jim took a seat on the bench way in back, Bob thought that might work, maybe he'd try to hold hands.  He was sweating and shaking a little, nervous you know.  The movie started it was The Boy With Green Hair, entertaining in a way, but Bob did think it was strange.  Bob waited about 20 minutes and took hold of Jims hand.  Jim jerked her hand away, Bob didn't understand.  He whispered to Jim.  Why don't you want to hold hands?  Jim said because I'm a boy!

  Bob just didn't understand.  Jan and Jim were twins, right?  Then how in heck could one of them be a boy?

  Bob still had a lot to learn.

It is hard to tell I think. Jan is on the right.