Mrs. Bush Shares 65th Birthday With Youthful Audience
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WASHINGTON — Barbara Bush marked her 65th birthday today doing what she loves best: pushing literacy and reading aloud to children.
Seated amid about a dozen children on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” show, the white-haired First Lady read the story “Leo, the Late Bloomer,” about a lion who was slow to learn to read and write. She was rewarded with a chorus of “Happy Birthday, Mrs. Bush.”
“Oh, how’d you know?” she asked. “Who told you that secret? Thank you very, very much.”
President Bush telephoned birthday wishes to his wife today from Iowa, where he was wrapping up a four-state political trip.
“I did talk to Barbara this morning. She seemed unexcited about her 65th birthday,” he said.
Mrs. Bush said Thursday she “couldn’t care less” about the milestone.
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