socks
p socks is the name of the newest character to be created by beverly cleary . he is a young tabby cat with four white paws and he lives happily with a young married couple marilyn and bill bricker . the center of the bricker household socks rules it affectionately but firmly . p into this loving home however comes another pet . this creature has a small wrinkled furless face and mr. and mrs. bricker spend an inordinate amount of time trying to burp it . its arrival fills socks with jealousy and a terrible anxiety . how the rivalry between socks and charles william the bricker baby turns into an alliance makes a domestic drama both touching and funny . p although her story is about a cat and faithful to his point of view in every detail mrs. cleary demonstrates with it the emotional upheaval experienced by a child who must learn to share his parents . as young readers come to understand socks and his problems they will gain a new understanding of themselves . but most of all they will laugh .
a tabby cat finds life enjoyable at the bricker house until a baby arrives