SEPTEMBER DEFEAT MAY CAUSE EVEN THE MOST SANE OF PEOPLE TO GO INSANE "So I glanced up at Mrs. Baker's window - she wasn't there, probably so she wouldn't be accused of being an accomplice."
NOVEMBER NO MATTER HOW MISERABLE A SITUATION MAY SEEM, THERE IS ALWAYS A BRIGHTER SIDE "And how I got twenty-two cream puffs for two dollars and eighty cents less than I should have -- plus two more free, since they come cheaper by the dozen." (All because of Mrs. Baker's plot of reading Shakespeare)
DECEMBER EVEN IN THE MIDST OF A BAD DAY, GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT. "My brother-in-law, whom I believe Mr. Hunger and Mr. Hoodhood both saw the other night following the extravaganza, has asked me to five you these as holiday gifts, compliments of the Baker Sporting Emporium." Said Mrs. Baker.
JANUARY EVERYONE IS CONSIDERED A HERO, BUT TO SOMEONE ELSE'S OUTLOOK. "Local hero Holling Hoodhood soars across intersection to rescue sister." (Saving her from a racing school bus coming her way!)
FEBRUARY WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS THEREFORE, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. "I just showed him the drawing, because it was so good. I didn't know he would use the same design."
MARCH THE POWER OF MOTIVATION MAY ALMOST BE AS STRONG AS MERCY "You won't run fast unless you really want to run fast, and really wanting to run fast is what gives you motivation."
APRIL HARDWORK LEADS TO EVEN THE GREATEST OF ACHIEVEMENTS "I was rounding first, and then second, and then third, and DannyHupfer was waving me home with his shirt, and when I got there, the cheering erupted.."
MAY YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE SOMEONE (OR SOMETHING) UNTIL YOU LOST IT "They did not start up again until my sister got off the bus, and she ran out of the diesel combustion and right to me, and we held each other, and we were not empty at all."
JUNE ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT "I guess you want to know what Mrs. Baker did when Lieutenant Baker came out of the plane. And I guess you want to know what Lieutenant Baker did when he saw Mrs. Baker on the tarmac...because let me tell you, it was a happy ending!" (Schmidt 263-264)