Episode 166: Metamorphosis

Tonight is opera night, says Terrastina. We’ve got to get ourselves all gussied up. We pay eighty dollars a ticket, says Mazolli, and we have to get dressed up too? That’s just crazy. Very funny, Moz. Let’s get going. Mazolli puts on his only suit, what he calls his funeral garb. Terrastina looks through her closet. The baby-sitter arrives. Mazolli goes over the checklist with her and she greets the twins. Terrastina comes out in a long gown. How’s this? she says. The baby-sitter says wow. The twins are transfixed and speechless. My dear, says Mazolli, you look magnificent.