So she issued two movie invitations – one to Lachlan whom she played in a string quartet with sometimes when her violin teacher wanted them to do group work, and the other to Claire, who was one of the smarter kids in her class at school and was friendly with her sometimes. And to her and her parents’ delight, both children accepted their invitations to go and see "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" (and eat far too much buttery salty popcorn) for her birthday celebration.