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yeah.
you must a had a wonderful time.
we did.
we had a party.
we had a wonderful ball.
didn't we Mommy?
yeah we had a wonderful ball.
who lives in Foxboro?
um you tell me.
no don't you know who lives down there?
who was down there?
Sandra and everything and Donna and Sandra.
Sandra was cryin'.
why?
because Betty bite ... |
%add: calls from living room
[bef exits]
what?
Mommy.
oh thank you.
what is that?
that's for you carriage robe.
where did you get this?
I wanna use it.
[Sarah and Mother are in living room]
I don't see how she can be so inconsistent.
[Sarah and Mother talk in living room then re-enter]
where's my ball?
[exits, looking ... |
it was near Auntie Gertie's um car.
near Auntie Gertie's car?
yeah Auntie Gertie's car.
it goes in the basket sometimes.
[laughs]
he can't move.
I took the wheels off when I was a baby.
Mommy where's 'at broom?
where's what?
where's my broom?
your broom?
my broom.
I don't know.
you haven't had your broom for...
Sarah p... |
oh.
that's cute.
oh.
that's why it's too tight.
that's why it's too tight?
what's too tight?
you can take the plastic off now.
want me to take the top off her head?
yeah.
c'me 'ere let me take it off because I'm afraid you'll xxx.
she has curly...
she has curly hair?
yeah.
mhm.
what else did you get for Christmas?
go s... |
oh can I drink it?
yeah.
it's really food.
what?
it's really food.
[sips it]
wonderful!
isn't that gorgeous?
what's this for?
[2 spoon]
that's to stir it I mean stir it.
mhm.
see?
mhm.
go on.
[laughs]
it's cold.
is tea usually cold?
not quite.
not quite?
no.
I'm gonna write um...
I know how to write Donna.
who taught y... |
yeah.
d.
yes.
isn't it Ma?
that's right.
don't take her curls out.
[the doll's]
no.
see?
where did you get that pretty doll Kissy?
from Christmas.
from Christmas?
yeah.
who gave it to ya?
Santa Claus.
yeah.
oh.
he brought you lots of nice things yes?
did he bring you what you're wearing?
[shakes head "no"]?
last Christ... |
to hold the curls in.
yeah.
go get Baby First Step.
[exits, returns with doll]
here's Baby First Step.
Baby Boo is cute.
mhm.
we left her at my mother's.
I forgot it.
wait 'till you see this one.
here's Baby First Step.
show her how she works.
she doesn't work.
why doesn't she work?
oh you put the batteries in Baby Boo... |
oh.
so they've been goin' from...
from one doll to the other?
from one doll to the other.
my baking oven don't work.
what?
my baking oven don't work.
your baking oven doesn't?
why not?
because nobody didn't broke it.
nobody did break it huh?
no.
dis don't work like dat 'cause know why?
why?
because it was like dat...
S... |
were they good?
yeah.
real brownies?
yup.
real brownies she made.
oh boy you're gonna be a cook.
yup.
with all these.
yeah.
like pizza 'n' buns 'n' everything.
mhm.
I didn't make em yet.
'n' here what I did.
[pulls plastic bowl from dish drain]
what's that?
the thing.
it's the mixing bowl.
oh the mixing bowl that comes... |
alright.
why don't ya shut Baby First Step off.
alright.
then put her back in your carriage.
I didn't shut her off.
well put her back in the carriage.
I did now.
alright put her back in the carriage.
oh.
[exits with doll]
don't hold her by her hair.
I hate that hair.
they get so y' know y' only play with them a day and... |
oh.
y' wanna put some on?
you can put some on.
you?
okay.
you have orange lipstick on.
yes.
I'm gonna put together.
mhm.
[puts lipstick on Gail]
you're crazier than I am.
that's enough.
how does it look?
good.
it does?
do I look beautiful?
ya should put some on your nose.
put some on your nose?
then I'd look like Bozo ... |
y' know what else I got?
what?
um powder.
it's not real powder is it?
yes it is.
no it's just a pad a paper.
inside there is.
put the orange stick back in the case so you won't lose it.
did Santa Claus bring that too?
yep.
Ann Marie gave you that.
no sir.
[uses orange stick to try to open powder box]
yes she did.
no si... |
I think so.
[quietly]
[works at opening powder box with orange stick]
let me see.
c'me 'ere.
she really hasn't even had time to play with her toys.
we've been on the go so much.
awoh.
y' know?
it broke.
it broke?
anyway I don't need dis.
y' don't need that part?
no.
'cause it doesn't really work.
it goes on your finger... |
you did it quite job?
yeah.
I don't think there's anything in it.
I don't think there really is anything in there Sarah.
it's powder.
it's powder you think?
you can write on dis like dat.
[writes on Gail's pad with white pencil]
yes.
I don't think so.
can't you get it out?
you're right.
[opens box]
there is powder in t... |
in the boomboom boomboom wear.
[sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]
what's that song about?
[laughs].
[powders her face]
what's it gonna do to your face?
I'll get all powdery.
let's see.
oh my you're white with red spots.
she'll be four next month.
mhm.
plus the two of them get along great.
'n' they were u... |
can you see?
you can ruin your lipstick doin' that.
what do you look like?
[laughs]
I look funny.
you think so.
good thing that stuff comes off.
is it fun to look funny?
yeah.
don't put it near your eye.
here.
what are you doing now?
I look funny.
you sure do lady.
what are you tryin' to do?
I'm lookin' like a clown.
B... |
dere whiskers.
does a Mother look like...
whiskers?
oh Sarah.
what's that?
[laughs]
nose powder?
yeah.
now put more powder on.
[applies powder over the lipstick]
uhoh lipstick's getting on it [powder puff].
lipstick's getting on the powder puff.
I can't see how it can really escape it with all that junk.
oh you look go... |
I getting it all over my thing.
she got a lot o' nice things.
I made out like a bandit.
oh the things I got!
good.
now put some lipstick on my neck 'n' chin.
c'me on don't put any more on.
you look like yyy.
Miss Echo?
look who?
Miss Echo.
I don't know what that is.
like who?
like Miss Echo.
oh Miss Echo?
no you don't ... |
awoh.
awoh awoh awoh.
awoh.
Bozo never looks like dis.
that's for sure.
I all kinds a lipstick to look...
Bozo xxx like dis.
don't use it all up like that.
then you won't have any.
yes I will.
get me the mirror now.
what?
huh?
get me the mirror now.
where's the big mirror?
isn't it here?
here's a little one.
what do yo... |
I know.
huh?
I know it.
oh.
[laughs]
here it is Sarah.
[shows Gail basket of bath powder and cologne]
that's lovely.
lovely lovely.
here's some more.
more too.
here's your mirror.
both o' them.
what's this [cologne] for?
[singing sounds]
[aft touches neck, wrists]
to make you smell...
yeah.
mhm.
nothin' else.
nothing e... |
um Ann Marie.
huh?
I thought Sheryl gave it to ya.
no.
oh there's the mirror.
let's see now.
[sits on floor and looks in mirror]
Bozo the clown.
now what?
I'm goin' color all my face.
I'm goin' color my eyebrows.
uhoh I will get xxx.
what?
my eyes.
I better close my eyes.
you do it alright on my eye.
should I close?
wh... |
he had face red too.
what?
he had face red.
who?
Bozo.
Sarah have you seen what um Betty got?
when I get through I'm goin' be Bozo.
xxx all up 'n' e'rything.
what are you doin'?
Bozo has whiskers too y' know.
Bozo does have whiskers?
yep.
I save some.
I'm gonna save some.
you're gonna save some?
why?
because.
you wiped... |
sure it's still there.
can't you see?
uhuh.
I look like a big fat hen like dat.
you look like a what?
big fat hen.
big fat hen?
big fat...
you sure do look like a big fat hen.
you're not gonna have any lipstick left when you play house.
don't cry to me.
'member.
you want a piece a homemade cake?
no thank you.
nothin'?
... |
are they girls?
because they're girls?
yeah.
do ya think so?
yeah.
xxx boy 'n' girl.
a girl 'n' a boy.
do the boy clowns put...
powder on?
powder on?
you.
I don't know.
I hafta go to work tonight.
you do?
just this week.
I was sposta get through last Thursday night.
there.
that's all for now.
I think I'll go in tonight... |
he do funny things.
like that his head goes.
goodie.
now I can run around and go whoo whoo whoo.
[8-1 whoops like an Indian]
what can you do?
around and go whoo.
whoo.
Sarah I think that Sheryl's comin' tonight.
Sheryl and Nana.
Sheryl Nana.
Sheryl xxx Nana.
oh.
Nana Barnes.
who is Sheryl Sarah?
I don't know.
who is Sh... |
this pencil writes beautifully.
this pen writes beautifully Sarah.
[pen was Sarah's Christmas gift]
mhm.
do you wanna try it?
yeah.
why don't you wash your face?
le' me try.
oh my gosh.
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/040919.cha = = =
[Sarah's friend, Ann Marie, is present. Both girls suck popsicles Sarah makes n... |
what about the gypsy Sarah?
I...
hey Sarah why don't you tell us too.
mm.
is it secret?
[nods "yes"]
you always have secrets.
I can't tell you too Mommy.
don't dream about it Sarah.
what do you mean you can't tell me?
I'm your Mother remember?
what flavor is that?
[grape]
%add: SAR
huh?
what flavor is it?
raspberry.
wh... |
gold slippers.
slippers?
[nods "yes"]
tell em what kind of slippers.
gold.
go on.
gold.
gold yeah.
nice and soft and warm?
she wanted to buy me an evening gown.
classy.
just a generous impulse.
yeah.
you wanted to buy her an evening gown?
they had them over in Zayres.
hangin' up y' know on the rack?
she thought they we... |
c'me on.
[talks with popsicle]
Sarah.
what?
I don't wanna talk to you again.
talk right.
Sarah how do you spell Jerry?
j e r r y.
how do you spell Ann?
a n n.
cat.
c a t.
dog.
g o g.
no d o g.
d o g.
not g o g.
what's the little doggie's name that I have?
Sheba?
no that's the big one.
oh.
it's Pierre!
and what is he?
a... |
put that around the popsicle.
put it on the popsicle.
[brings paper towels]
get one of them.
put it on your xxx.
Ann Marie who's mindin' you tonight?
uh my father.
like that so it won't drip.
here Sarah.
this is Ann Marie.
you'll hafta talk without the popsicle in your mouth.
c'me on.
I can't understand you.
this is An... |
[shouts]
now can I hear my voice?
after we're all through we'll play it back.
d' you want a spoon?
[popsicle is in a bowl]
no.
what are you gonna eat it with?
I don't need a spoon.
[uses popsicle stick as a knife and spoon]
well ya gotta eat it with something.
what are ya doing?
cutting it up.
Chantilly.
what does it l... |
%add: dog
Sarah.
'at('s) a girl c'me on.
%add: dog
c'me on.
%add: dog
that's better with the spoon.
[makes faces]
what Sarah?
did you see me in the May Procession Sarah?
I wasn't there.
you saw me in the May Procession Sunday.
oh yeah.
did you see Georgie there?
want a cup of tea?
I do.
did you see Georgie today?
Gail?... |
why did you kiss him?
because I like him.
they like each other.
where were you when you kissed him?
in the schoolyard.
in front of all the nuns.
was he surprised Sarah?
'cause I always kiss him.
oh.
it wasn't the first time then.
I wasn't kissin' him in the s...
there's Martians around that's gonna turn mothers and fat... |
that's what she's been babblin' on this afternoon about the gypsy.
is that what you meant when you were talkin' about gypsies?
[nods "yes"]
oh these stories I'm tellin' ya.
my brother said May sixth.
he said that to me.
May sixth that they were gonna come down.
May sixth is already gone by.
May sixth?
no May sixteenth.... |
that's startin' to be a rainbow color.
see mine.
see?
bet cha I could make something.
here's the sticks sticks sticks.
sticks.
see dat de fiddlesticks.
I'm tearing your paper up.
Sarah you're gettin' to be an awful pest.
[laughs].
what?
excuse me.
[1-2 after burping]
[aft dances]
what are you doin'?
I dancin'.
that's a... |
sit on xxx and do it.
Sarah what was Georgie doing in your bedroom?
huh?
what was Georgie doing in your bedroom?
leave her Ann Marie.
Ann Marie she's talkin' to her.
Sarah did he come to wake you up?
no.
I was sleepin' and Georgie was lookin' at my um bureau.
he was licking at your bureau?
looking.
looking oh.
[Sarah a... |
I going...
[exits]
watch it.
what's 'e matter?
what are you going in there for?
I don't know why.
[goes into the bath+room]
what?
I don't know why.
oh you know why.
[tape turned off until Sarah returns]
I thought I'd never set through.
one then two then three.
the wild ones.
there they are right there.
huh?
[picks Sara... |
girls 'posed to have belts?
huh?
girls 'posed to have belts?
belts?
Ann Marie has a belt but you have no belt.
I got a boy's belt on.
see?
you've got new sneakers on too Sarah.
did you pick em out?
yep an' they fit me huh?
take your foot off the refrigerator please.
don't.
let me have a pencil.
a piece of a pencil?
yea... |
oops made it the wrong side.
I think you brought a toy for me me today.
%add: GAI
that would be very nice but I don't have one for you.
ah.
not today?
no.
would you like me to bring something.
'kay.
next week?
what kind?
um how 'bout a little toy for my dollhouse.
a little toy baby for your doll house?
fine.
I'll bring... |
yep.
it's a one.
um two.
how you make a two Ann Marie?
go like this.
you go like this down then go around.
that's how you make a two.
[makes it backwards]
no no that's a six.
do as I do it.
do it when I do it alright?
Ann Marie.
yeah?
what time is it?
oh.
go like this.
c'me on.
go like that.
no start from here.
go down... |
see you go whoops.
ah now I see.
um now I want...
what are you writin' Ann Marie?
Ann Marie.
don't write on mine.
[laughs].
are you gonna write a story?
huh?
are you gonna write a story?
uhuh.
Sarah would you like to tell me a story and I'll write it down?
I don't want to write it down.
uh Little Bo Beep lost her peep.... |
the woman says
" yeah."
[cuts paper]
what kind of school is Harvard?
now gi' me my pencil.
now I'm goin' make a valentine today.
it's too early for an all white dress huh?
it shouldn't be.
it shouldn't be but it's awful cold.
like dat?
[drew]
you hafta make that same line but you hafta make it right close to the edge ... |
really Ann Marie?
yeah but it was on tv.
huh?
how come it was on tv?
I'll make a whale alright?
okay.
[draws]?
how is the valentine coming?
good.
now I gotta cut this out.
what's that Ann Marie?
a whale.
oh a whale.
it looks like a whale.
is it a little whale?
mhm.
how big do whales get Sarah?
that big.
[demonstrates b... |
'kay.
I'll hafta make a big tunnel for this.
[continues drawing]
I'll show you how to make a big whale.
I know how to make a big whale.
y' see?
that's a bird.
do it on your other.
it is not.
this is a bird.
why don't you do it on this Sarah.
okay.
?[puts folded paper in AM's hair]
why don't ya...
stop it.
Sarah behave.... |
he knocked three times.
the dog was barking.
did they...
two o'clock this morning.
around two o'clock.
a quarter past.
I didn't hear it.
you don't hear anything.
Donny said what did you do?
I said I stayed in bed and I pulled the covers up.
I wasn't about to get up and find out who it was.
I was kind o' scared y' know?... |
y' know.
what?
things around it.
like that lines.
[apparently doesn't know the word stripes]
black lines.
that's how you can tell a tiger 'cause he's got black lines?
[pours liquid detergent into sink]
oh no.
hey!
[grabs detergent]
[laughs].
[jumps around the room]
what are you trying to do?
watch it watch it.
Sarah y'... |
yeah.
what do you wanna do with it?
I'm goin' write somethin' with it.
Sarah here.
[gives Melissa's present to Sarah]
oh xxx.
[gives Melissa's present to Sarah]
carry it in.
[gives Melissa's present to Sarah]
a pen.
ssh you're not sposta tell.
it's sposta be a secret.
don't open it.
it's not for you.
I know.
now give i... |
'cause I just lost three pens in succession and I xxx.
okay Chantilly you have the bow.
[drowns out the end of Melissa's statement above]
thank you.
I really needed that.
a pen?
you really need a pen?
I really need a pen.
let's see if it writes your name.
[writes on pen box]
you can't write it good.
can you read that?
... |
which end?
uh I'll let you do it here.
alright.
can't you write yours?
yeah.
how?
m.
m.
[writes as Melissa names letters]
e.
l.
uh this how you make a l?
mm it's almost right.
it goes the other way.
but that's close enough.
i.
i?
it's just one line.
make a line.
that's right.
now you'll hafta go over here to finish it.... |
a wise guy.
when I turn it that way...
it stays the same doesn't it?
how my get in here?
if you trace it through the box it might come out right.
[hands Melissa a mirror]
when you look at it here it will come out right.
that's true.
hey Sarah look at this.
look at it this way.
now you see it?
yeah.
that's what it shoul... |
[stopper at end of ball point pen opposite the point]
why do you always hafta take that out?
I wanna show it Daddy.
oh.
that one doesn't come out.
that one's glued in.
that's a different pen.
let me see.
whyn't ya get your paper?
you got umpty dumps of paper.
hey.
that's a different one.
it can't come out huh?
here.
[g... |
I can't tell ya after I make.
I need white 'n' black.
white 'n' black.
[draws]
what is that?
guess.
it looks like...
a...
cherry?
no.
tell me.
a apple.
oh.
a cherry's like this.
[draws]
like that see?
oh.
it has bees in it.
it has what in it?
bees.
bees?
y' know what I'm goin' make now?
I think I'll make um a rabbit.
[... |
is this the rabbit's birthday?
yeah.
what's he doing?
he's cryin'.
why?
because he's not glad it's not his birthday.
he wanted somebody else get a birthday.
why doesn't he want it to be his own?
now he's happier see?
did he get some presents?
um first ya gotta make a big long one.
see?
that's a girl not a he.
gorgeous.... |
oh Sarah Marie.
there.
what's in that box?
um clothes.
know what kind o' clothes?
what kind?
um handkerchiefs clothes.
now dis is a toy.
I got a card from Courtney.
ah.
open it.
but I didn't hear from Kent.
didn't you?
I haven't heard a word from him either so I don't know how how he's doing.
I mean he said he'd send a... |
how 'bout a little one?
that's a good idea.
and she had that Baby First Step doll with her?
so my cousin tells me he said
" Sarah where'd ya get the doll?"
she says
" your wife gave it to me for Christmas."
not Auntie Marilyn.
" your wife gave it to me for Christmas."
oh that one!
she has a farm.
who?
Auntie Marilyn.... |
if I knew I wouldn't ask.
do they have sharp?
is their hair sharp?
no.
the feet sharp?
toenails?
yeah.
feet sharp!
Sarah you're a winner.
um I think so yeah.
alright now y' want snow?
is that snow?
yeah.
[continues drawing]
Don wants coffee.
every time he has a day off all you're doing is dishes.
he's xxx.
the world's ... |
see?
see dis can be a poodle.
see that's how ya make a poodle.
that's how you make a poodle?
yeah.
that's how ya make a poodle.
where did ya see a poodle?
like dis?
who had a poodle?
Chips.
Chips.
Chip.
tell em about the other poodle.
what's the other poodle's name?
the one Auntie Marilyn has.
what's his name?
uh other... |
what's Ann Marie's dog's name?
how you make feet?
Pierre.
Pierre that's it.
Pierre Pierre.
Pierre La Duc.
Pierre something.
La Duc.
not La Duc.
what is it?
what is it then?
you know all the answers.
Swifty.
yeah.
is that your name Swifty?
no.
no.
he has many legs.
how come he's got so many legs?
'cause he had a beard.
... |
oh.
how many legs does he have?
[sighs].
what?
many as raccoons.
where's Daddy gonna be Sunday night?
I not gonna tell you.
why?
because.
it's a secret?
yup.
how come?
dat...
[Father is about to begin work as a fireman]
starts right off all night.
dat a...
the first time he goes he hasta go all night.
half a bone.
dis ... |
feathers?
yeah.
y' want me to make a bird?
a bird?
yeah.
why don't you use the other side of the papers once in a while?
I am.
oh.
see yyy made?
[shows Gail picture of a figure]
who is that?
Ma.
I mean Robin.
why don't you draw a story?
I did.
I know.
why don't you draw another one?
does a mouth 'posed to be right dere... |
I said don't do it.
you'll hurt Gail's ear.
you have a loud ear?
%add: GAI
Sarah what if you had your ears on your elbows?
I'm scribblin'.
[ignores Melissa's question and scribbles]
you're a lulu huh?
why don't you write your abc's?
I don't wanna.
uhuh no no no xxx.
%add: dog
I'm gonna take this off.
%add: dog
[back en... |
yeah.
do it again.
[tries to replace pen part]
why you wise guy?
you come some 'nother people?
do you go some 'nother people?
like I come here?
[nods "yes"]
no other people.
she couldn't take two of you.
just you.
I get it out.
I never gonna put this back again.
what?
[tries to put pen part in base of microphone]
[laug... |
will something come out this?
come out where on the paper?
no on here.
no.
[Sarah has again put pen part in microphone base and tries to remove it]
[laughs].
you're a magician.
I can't get it out now huh?
can't you?
I can't get it out now.
that's your problem.
oh hi.
[enters]
know what I do somethin'?
%add: FAT
I took ... |
did you see the vanity set?
yes.
the vanity table?
it had cologne in it 'n' powder 'n' lipstick 'n' everything in it nail polish.
made out of sort of fake things?
no this the real stuff.
want some on?
is this the real stuff?
yeah.
this isn't.
this washes off.
does it wash off?
okay.
that nail polish was real.
mhm.
she ... |
mine way way up here.
are yours big?
yeah.
mine are bigger haha!
no sir.
oh I think that's very handsome.
%add: Mother and Father converse in living room
I got.
don't tell my Mother.
le' me see your other hand.
blow on it.
[blows]
there.
how long does it take to dry?
um eleven minutes.
exactly?
yeah.
you want some powd... |
sometimes.
[continues polishing Melissa's nails]
that one's got a bandaid on it.
we'll leave that one.
well you can do the other side of it.
yeah but then when I go to wash it off it'll get the bandaid all wet.
right?
alright.
you wanna put some more xxx.
Melissa.
I forgot to notice exactly when it began.
was it a quar... |
who's this?
a bu'y.
Bugs Bunny?
a bu'y.
hm?
a bu'y.
[Sarah gets toy poodle from toy chest,]
[distorted sound]
what?
poo'.
poodle yeah.
[Mother's voice inaudible because Father has on adult mike]
what's this Sarah?
no what's this over here?
phone.
the phone?
poo'.
poodle the poodle's a dog.
poo' dog?
mhm.
no'.
where's t... |
what?
xxx a poor pony.
xxx yyy.
[2 pretty]
what?
[pretty]
who?
[pretty]
where?
[pretty]
a poodle.
pretty.
oh he's pretty.
so say pretty.
he won't walk.
xxx head.
his head.
where's his ears?
ear dere.
show me his tail?
tail dere.
say tail.
tail.
here tail.
[looks at Mother as if for help in understanding what Sarah is s... |
talk to me on the phone.
call Daddy up on the telephone.
[holds toy phone to her ear]
hello Sarah.
'lo.
how are you?
hello.
how are you?
you talk.
you talk.
you talk to me on the phone.
you okay?
okay.
you talk.
hello.
xxx Carol.
talk to Mummy on the phone.
you wanna talk to Carol?
oh she wants to talk to you.
it's Nan... |
[makes a loud noise]
what about Grampy wanna talk to Grampy on the phone?
tell Grampy what kind of dress you got on.
I a dress.
got a pretty dress on.
I xxx.
say hello Grampy.
say hello Grampy.
'lo Grampy.
where's Uncle Tommy?
gone?
huh?
gone?
[Sarah has the end of the phone in her mouth]
where'd he go?
take it out of ... |
what's your horsie's name?
Poor Pony.
what's his name?
Poor Pony.
that's Poor Pony.
what's this horsie's name?
[pointing to Sarah's other horse, Tony the Pony]
nice horsie.
two pony.
it's Tony.
Tony.
To'y?
yeah don't fall.
[starts to rock]
I rock.
xxx rock.
[voice is loud and raucous while she rocks]
ssh.
[stops rockin... |
people here.
is this your book?
[nods].
who's that in the book?
xxx picture.
pictures?
picture.
Sleepin'z Beauty?
yyy Beau'y.
that's a girl?
girl.
that's a girl?
girl.
what's that?
man.
that's a man.
what's that up there?
bird.
a bird.
xxx bird.
and he's riding on his horsie.
ride horsie.
[voice becomes very loud]
I ri... |
a yyy.
[stops bouncing]
that's a rabbit.
what's Bugs?
Bug.
[exaggerated 'g']
is he a rabbit.
[shakes her head, "no"]
he's a rabbit has long ears.
long ear?
[explains to Father that Sarah calls a rabbit "a bunny"]
bu'y.
xxx bu'y.
he's a bird.
'no' bird.
a'ther bird.
look at the long tail.
who's got the long tail?
no ove... |
no hoo hoo.
hoo hoo?
yep.
hoo hoo.
that's a house.
house.
house.
and a chimney.
chimney?
no chimney?
[points to next thing she wants identified]
another bird.
a bird.
bird?
two bird.
two birds.
two bird.
two.
[stretches out her fingers and looks at them as if trying to show "two"]
that's an owl.
owl.
now what's the owl... |
xxx my owl.
a bite me.
bite me.
he didn't bite you.
bad.
[slaps picture of owl]
bad owl?
bad.
xxx owl.
all gone.
[sighs loudly]
all gone.
[starts to rock]
horsie gone.
xxx Poor Pony.
Poor Pony.
this is Tony the pony.
oh!
what've I got?
[holds up Sarah's pocketbook]
pe'y.
not a penny.
I don't see no pennies.
huh?
I don'... |
say please.
pee.
oh!
horsie.
how much money you got there?
two.
[takes the purse, puts it on her arm, and mounts the horse]
hey Sarah give me your ball?
o' where?
over there.
o' there.
[gets off horse and picks up her big ball, making noises as if it required effort]
ball.
throw it.
[throws ball to Father, breathing ha... |
ball me.
what?
ball me.
throw you?
throw me.
catch the ball bend down.
[kneels and claps her hands]
kneeling.
hm?
you kneel in church?
[nods]
say church.
church.
you all ready?
help me.
[lies on the ball]
help you do what?
here ball.
xxx ball.
give me that ball.
xxx my ball!
my ball!
[teasing]
give me that ball.
come o... |
here by ball.
here xxx.
here by ball Mommy.
here by ball.
bad ball?
good ball.
good ball nice ball.
nice ball.
it's a round ball.
round ball?
round see it rolls.
roll.
rolls you say rolls again.
two Poor Pony.
[standing between her two horses, touching both]
two pony.
[standing between her two horses, touching both]
wh... |
my coat.
[touches her coat]
um.
my coat.
%int: insistently
I know it's your coat.
my coat.
did you get new slippers?
[shakes her head "no"]
no.
are those your slippers?
[nods]
what color are they?
are they red?
say red.
red.
my horsie.
two.
I two horsie.
two horsies?
two.
how many babies have you got?
mm two.
my baby.
... |
oh Mommy.
baby.
huh?
xxx baby?
huh?
what's Santa Claus going to bring you?
xxx baby.
Chatty Baby?
Cha'z Baby.
xxx my doggie.
my doggie.
is Santa Claus going to bring you.
?[Sarah nods]
Tickle.
Tickles?
and a new coat?
new coat.
my doggie.
dat my doggie.
what's your doggie's name?
ah.
[falls down]
whoops!
oh boy.
oh boy... |
tail.
yeah little tail.
[makes a fake-sounding laugh].
that's a good doggie.
[laughs again].
have you any kittys?
[nods]
where?
xxx two ki'y.
two kittys?
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx two doggie.
[this may be 7 utterances; words gasped out without normal intonation]
two doggies?
xxx xxx xxx xxx.
[Similar in form to above]
a ... |
horsie.
[as if calling to it]
ask the horsie if he's cold.
cold?
you cold?
what'd the horsie say?
how about this horsie is he cold?
[shakes her head "no"]
is he hot?
hot.
[feels the horse's head, and then feels the dog's head]
're you feelin' his head?
is he runnin' a fever?
hot?
a fever.
what's that?
here.
what is it?... |
mhm.
where's the train go to?
xxx xxx!
what's the train say?
[loud noises]
what's the train say
" choo choo?"
choo choo.
[makes the train go along the floor]
choo choo.
[makes the train go along the floor]
choo choo.
[makes the train go along the floor]
toop toop.
[makes the train go along the floor]
toop toop.
[makes... |
hey!
is your iron fixed?
[shakes her head "no"]
is it still broke?
[loud noise]
what happened?
oh boy.
broke.
broke?
you tell Mummy you want a new iron.
new iron.
[as if calling]
for Christmas.
you tell Daddy to fix the old iron and save lots of money.
mo'y.
hello.
he'o.
[uses the iron handle as a telephone while Fathe... |
can't talk through your nose.
[with nasal quality]
you gonna talk to me?
talk.
broke.
what're you gonna talk about?
broke.
does Mummy give you vitamins?
[nods]
huh?
[nods]
say vitamins.
vi'n.
xxx pill xxx.
do you chew them?
say
" I chew em."
[nods].
too.
you're mumblin'.
oh.
ow.
you hurt your finger?
say finger.
finge... |
does it hurt?
does your finger hurt?
huh?
say hurt.
hurt.
[kisses Sarah's finger]
bad.
bad what?
bad.
what is it?
this is the phone.
here phone.
he'o.
hello.
he'o.
is this Ann Marie?
no?
Sarah?
eee dere.
hello.
he'o.
what's your name?
oh.
what's your name?
you Sarah?
I'm talkin' to you you know.
[noises]
who are you?
a... |
no?
who are you?
you're not Ann Marie.
xxx me.
[pats herself]
you're me.
you're you.
xxx you.
I'm me you're you.
that's my mike.
you've got your mike.
uhhuh.
this is mine.
you got one.
where's Mummy's?
Mu' gone.
?[Sarah nods]
with the ribbon?
ri'n.
[ribbon]
oh we don't xxx.
this is mine.
xxx me.
xxx me?
eee dere Mommy.... |
huh?
huh?
Daddy's gone to make a phone call.
Daddy be right back.
huh?
he hadta go over to Nana's to make a phone call.
phone call?
yeah.
Mommy.
[whining]
what?
[Mike noise hides voices]
[trying to untie Mother's ribbon]
what're you doing Sarah?
I tie Mommy.
did you tie it okay?
[nods]
okay.
do it nice.
huh?
you can ma... |
oh.
head.
what about my head?
head.
xxx head me.
can I put my head down now?
okay.
put your head up.
[playing a game in which she gently puts Sarah's head up and down]
there we go.
[playing a game in which she gently puts Sarah's head up and down]
and down we go.
[playing a game in which she gently puts Sarah's head up... |
oh.
want me to tie it?
I tie.
dere.
xxx a yyy.
all tied?
oh no you don't hafta pin it.
it's okay.
huh?
it's okay.
[starts to cry]
alright.
Mommy will give you a ribbon tomorrow.
[shows Sarah the red velvet sash on her dress]
[shows Sarah the red velvet sash on her dress].
see look at your ribbon.
you got a red ribbon a... |
[goes through the kitchen and into the pantry Mother follows her]?
what?
Mommy.
oh no you don't.
[gets up on stool in pantry]
dog food yeah.
what do you want?
pig.
huh?
eee dere.
what?
pill.
oh you've got you've had your pills for the day.
you can only have one a day.
food?
how about a cookie?
cookie?
milk.
yeah.
[whin... |
[continues to whine].
Mommy.
over here the peanut butter.
what?
show me.
show me now what do you want?
dip.
what?
dip.
di' Mommy.
dip.
[either Sarah or Mother pick up a toy rattle from the shelf]
it's not a dip it's a rattle.
ra'le?
yeah.
a Bobo?
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[Mother washes Sar... |
what's the matter?
I can't touch it from over here.
why?
'cause.
want me to move over closer?
[moves]
closer this far.
that far.
closer which way?
this far.
huh?
this far.
what?
this far.
this far?
[picks up Sarah so she can reach the light cord]
put me way up.
I touched it.
Daddy.
what?
who's that?
Spike.
[exits]
[mak... |
you know all the songs?
yep.
do you?
nope.
califragislisticixialidocious.
I can't say that.
you're one up on me.
sing...
what other songs are on the record?
chimchim chimchim xxx.
in the spoon the sugar.
[chants]
are you singing or saying a song?
[exits to return the record].
?[exits to return the record]
[bef makes a ... |
she's almost.
she is older.
she's older than you.
and...
lots older?
little bit older?
a yyy older.
what's the sister's name?
I don't know.
do you?
no.
baby though isn't she?
yeah.
she a baby?
can she talk?
babies don't talk.
?[exits]
no I don't want it on there.
I'm not puttin' it on xxx right here.
hey c'me 'ere.
don... |
[enters]
what for?
because I can't carry the piggie bank.
why?
'cause.
must be pretty full.
did you have your Wheaties this mornin'?
Wheaties.
[exits]
it's um...
[goes to help her and carries it in then they enter]
it's heavy.
what's it say?
Sarah.
you put it on huh?
ye yep.
Sarah's what?
uh Barnes.
no it doesn't say S... |
I'll look through it.
I never seen my name so xxx.
would you like to spend all those pennies?
yeah.
where?
down at Phil's xxx?
no.
you wouldn't like to spend them all down at Phil's?
yeah.
think how many candy bars you could buy.
we...
you'd probably buy a whole boxful.
yeah.
can't look through that hole.
huh?
you can'... |
oh my gosh.
?[Father talks to Melissa about the contents of the bank]
you're goin' to be a very rich little child.
[exits]
they're for a bond.
huh?
they're for a big bond.
you got bonds?
[makes noises]?
what dollar?
my dollar.
that's not a dollar that's a bond.
bond I mean.
they're put away.
let me see em.
oh they're p... |
mhm.
is it as full as the doggie one?
no no.
that's your second one huh?
but you can carry it.
oh I see.
[makes a noise].
he's a yyy one.
[makes a noise]
[enters with the bond]
I go get it.
you see?
I see.
United States Savings Bond huh?
how 'bout that?
Miss Sarah Marie Barnes.
is Marie your name?
yeah.
xxx right now..... |
what from?
from you.
from...
so isn't your Mother.
[makes a noise].
what?
I ain't comb my hair when I get out.
right there.
you hungry?
yeah didn't have my breakfast.
I did.
want some tunafish?
yeah.
hm?
yeah.
little while?
now.
oh in a little while.
no my bangs are sticking up.
yeah.
my bangs are stickin' down up.
do ... |
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