It was monkeys. In Ellen Tebbits. Monkeys with little palm trees and the girls had a big fight over it because the fat girl's mother couldn't sew and Ellen's could. Ellen's bow was better and the other girl kept untying it. Then Ellen tried to untie hers and basicallly ripped her skirt off.

And the friendship all started over bunched up long underwear under ballet clothes.

Sort of like us. :)