Thank You, Amelia Bedelia

Thank You, Amelia Bedelia is the second book of the Adult Amelia Bedelia series. Written by Peggy Parish. Published in 1964.

Story
Mrs. Rogers tells Amelia Bedelia that Great Aunt Myra is coming today. She wants her to work so the house will be ready for her visit. First, she asks Amelia to strip the sheets off the bed and remake it with rosebud sheets. So Amelia tore the sheets. Then the laundry man arrives with Mr. Rogers's shirts. Mrs. Rogers wants Amelia to check them and make sure they're all here. So Amelia paints checkerboard patterns on them.

Next, Mrs. Rogers asks Amelia to remove some spots on her bright pink dress with a spot remover and tells her she will wear it tonight, before she goes out to the market. Amelia went to Mrs. Rogers's closet and finds a pink dress with pink dots. Amelia put the spot remover on each spot, but it doesn't seem to work, so she cut out every spot from the dress.

When Mrs. Rogers returns, she asks Amelia to scatter roses around the living room, wash the vegetables, and string the beans, and make a jelly roll, if there's time. And Amelia Bedelia does these her own way. She tries to make a jelly roll her own way, by getting a blob of jelly to roll, but it won't budge. So instead she cooks up a surprise.

Next the Rogers come home at the same time. Mrs. Rogers asks Amelia to separate the eggs and pare the other vegetables she washed. After Amelia does so, she asks Mrs. Rogers what she should do with the "stripped" sheets. Mrs. Rogers is stunned. Then, Mr. Rogers is shocked when he sees that his shirts are painted in checkerboard patterns. Amelia thinks he doesn't like big checks and promises to do little ones next time. Mrs. Rogers gasps horrified when her dress is cut out in holes, so instead she wears the green dress with pink flowers.

Then Great Aunt Myra arrives in the house. As she and the Rogers go to the kitchen, they see that Amelia has done a bad job. Amelia rushes to the oven and pulls out the surprise: hot apple pie! Everyone enjoys it very much.