The interior of the house fits the outside. The family or living room contains one large sofa, two chairs and a TV set. Cooking of meals is done on a 1917 gas range stove, which requires a prayer to light it. The would-be library contains a ping-pong table and the should-be dining room contains a pool table. There are seven bathrooms and one shower. "Water pressure isn't so great," explains Bob. "The best time to take a shower is around 3 o'clock in the morning."
For the past three years, all the money went into "tools of the trade" - instruments, sound systems, amplifiers. "So, there isn't any furniture - we're happy." In little John's room, there is a cage made of wire which used to house a miniature monkey. "I saved my allowance for six weeks to get Clyde," he said with great tears in his big brown eyes. "I waited for him to come and then, the next day after I got him, I woke up in the morning and there he was - lying in the bottom of the cage - frozen!" Clyde's grave is on the Cowsill property and is marked with a little white headstone.
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