Stan loved Tweek more than anything. He loved to stroke him, to feed him, to put him to bed. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he warmed him milk, tied his bib on, and held the bottle for him. Every afternoon, when the school bus stopped in front of his house, he jumped out and ran to the kitchen to fix another bottle for him. He fed him again at suppertime, and again just before going to bed. Sharon gave him a feeding around noontime each day, when Stan was away at school. Tweek loved him milk, and he was never happier than when Stan was warming up a bottle for him. He would stand and gaze at him with his adoring eyes.
For the first few days of his life, Tweek was allowed to sleep in Stan's room, which was made very comfortable. Then, when Shelley would hurt Tweek like she did to Stan, he was moved to his closet. At one year of age, he was moved to the reflection room. It was apple-blossom time, and the days were getting warmer. Randy turned the room into a bedroom specially for Tweek with a beautiful view of the mountains, and toys he could play with.
"Won't he be cold at night?" asked Stan.
"No," said his father. "You watch and see what he does."
Carrying a bottle of milk, Stan sat down into Tweek's bedroom in the gorgeous glass dome. Tweek waddled to him and he held the bottle for him while he sucked. When he had finished the last drop, he grunted and waddled sleepily into the crib. Stan peered through the door. Tweek was adorably sucking his thumb. In a short time he had played with his toys. He crawled on the floor and stacked a tower of blocks, and originally knocked them down. Stan was enchanted. It relieved his mind to know that baby Tweek would sleep on his bed and on the floor at the same time.
Every morning after breakfast, Tweek walked out to the road with Stan and waited with him till the bus came. He would wave goodbye to him, and he would stand and watch the bus until it vanished around a turn. While Stan was in school, Tweek was silent inside his glass-ceilinged bedroom. But as soon as he got home in the afternoon, he would take him out and he would follow him around South Park. If he went into the house, Tweek went too. If he went upstairs, Tweek would wait at the bottom step until he came down again. If he took his doll for a walk in the doll carriage, Tweek followed along. Sometimes, on these journeys, Tweek would get tired, and Stan would pick him up and put him in the carriage alongside the doll. He liked this. And if he was very tired, he would close his eyes and go to sleep under the doll's blanket. He looked cute when his eyes were closed, because all babies are like that a lot. The doll would close her eyes too, and Stan would wheel the carriage very slowly and smoothly so as not to wake them.
One warm afternoon, Stan, Shelley, and his best friend, Kyle put on their bathing suits and went down to starks pond for a swim. Tweek tagged along at Stan's heels. When he waded into the pond, Tweek waded in with him. He found the water quite cold-too cold for his liking. So while the children swam and played and splashed water at each other, Tweek amused himself with drinking coffee which was warm and very relaxing.
Everyday was a happy day, and every night was peaceful.
Tweek was what people call a caffine-outcast, which simply means he drinks coffee a lot. When he was the same age as Stan (8), Randy said he was old enough to get a year round job, and would have to let him go. Stan broke down and wept. But his father was firm about it. Tweek's appetite had increased; he was beginning to drink more and more coffee, less than milk. Randy was not willing to provide for him any longer. He had already hired the rest of the babies.
"He's got to go Stan," he said. "You have had your fun raising a baby, but Tweek is not a baby any longer and has to get a year round job."
"There's a new coffee shop in South Park that opened last week." suggested Sharon to Stan. "They are hiring employees to work there, you can visit the shop anytime you want and see Tweek."
"How much money is it for one job?" Stan wanted to know.
"Well," said his father, "he's a runt. Tell the mayor that Tweek wants a job at the new coffee shop in town and see what she says."
It was soon arranged. Stan phoned and got uncle jimbo, and he hollered to the mayor, and she came to the shop and put the help wanted sign in front of the window. When she heard the stuff that Stan heard, she said she would hire Tweek. The next day, Tweek was taken from the marsh house and went to work at the store in town.