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[nods] look out for that apple juice. I am. push it back. Gail like if somebody asks a question and there's a nod or something like that put that down too. %add: GAI I swing my arm out. 'cause it shows that she understands. I swing my arm out Mommy. uhhuh I haven't been. see like I know I'd forget too but Dr Brown thin...
milk. [laughs] where do eggs come from? huh? where do eggs come from? from uh water. no hens. hens. yeah. I wonder what Dickie did with the chickens. he must 'a' put em somewhere. probably left em xxx. maybe he left em up the sky and he didn't come down no more. ?[continues eating egg] honeycomb honeycomb. honeycomb. y...
she just had a big bowl of Cream o wheat. I'm now hungry. it seems like I've been makin' breakfast since I got up. I had oatmeal. no you had Cream o wheat. Danny Thomas is a long name. mhm. what do you want coffee? does he have a nickname? huh? does he have a nickname? nickname? d' you know what a nickname is? [shakes ...
a little big puppy no xxx puppy and a bear and the baby in the crib. I don't stand up in this chair. [makes noises] there's dirt in the car. you put your hand on there. [laughs] xxx get all greasy. that's dirty greasy. that ain't dirty greasy that's that's clean greasy. what's the difference? you like dirty greasy huh?...
fathers. fathers? that's right fathers. when do I get dirty greasy? [talks unintelligibly with toast in mouth] [laughs--imitates D's noises]. he walked. walked up to here with me. are you up to me? what? are you up to me? uhhuh. no you ain't. I think you're up to about here on me. what? you're up to about here on me. y...
yeah. now you stand up. see? you come right to here. here? here. oh. I'm this tall. uhhuh. [makes noises with toast in her mouth] oh Sarah. [sighs] you eat all your supper? [nods] I do too uhhuh Daddy? yup that's how Melissa got tall. she eats all her supper. I eat all my supper all the time. are you sure? all the time...
what? the bubbles. yeah looks like a boat. [shouts]? what happened? that blue thing. that blue thing came off? blue? I think you're dreamin'. Mommy. what? where's that thing on? huh? [leaves]. oh it's on top of your bureau. you can't get it Sarah. it's too high up. find it? [enters with toy cosmetic case]. I know how t...
mhm that makes you look beautiful. d' you have the coffee Carol? yeah xxx. want some on you? [puts powder on Gail's face] does that make me look beautiful too? yeah. I'll go. [hold up orange stick]. this is a real one? what is it for? oh. this is a real one. mhm. a brush. a brush? can you brush your hair? [brushes hair...
le' me see. does it come right off Carol? [nods "yes"] yeah. she's got it xxx now. Sarah and Ann Marie made up like clowns the other day. clowns. the other lipstick. here's the one that's broken. is it broke or is it worn out? I don't know. she loves that stuff. xxx till about eleven years old. eight. it's gonna be Mom...
for it's achin'. [shouts] what's that mean? achin'. oh a tummy achin' oh. what does the cotton do? does it help? yep. there's a xxx. ah a lovely comb. can you comb your hair? [combs hair]. snarls? [sighs]. Mommy open it this way? [box of cotton] what have you got in there? two cottons. it's not cotton is it? [nods "yes...
I'll show ya. this. Grampy gave it to you? no xxx. what? le' me see. xxx see? that can go on my bike too y' know. [shows Father toy] this one has a bobby pin on it. xxx the other one. the other one. I know how to snap. mhm. Sarah I think that's the biggest accomplishment she's made in such such a long time. now she's t...
yeah. fireman's house. want some on Daddy huh? no. it can come off. I don't want it. [laughs]. boys don't put that on. lipstick doesn't comes off here. Sarah come and tell me about the firehouse. I can fix this little thing. did you see the pole that men slide down? does it have one? [nods "yes"] did you see anybody sl...
it's just the shoes they shouldn't wear. the shoes are all over the place. Daddy. what? that goes to your thumbnail. [shows emery board to Father] yeah that goes to your hangnail. don't hurt your cut. what cut? that cut. oh yeah. xxx slow. tell Melissa where Betty went. where's Betty today? to the hospital. what for? '...
my Daddy fixed it. uhuh. fixed it. he my own Daddy. think Sarah will have hers out? I never did either. I never did either. they don't do that so much anymore as they useta. hers were terrible. the poor thing downstairs. she had... well you could see them on here. huge things in her throat. they were xxx. did she get c...
ah. [opens mouth to show tonsils] Joan and I went the same time. they're teeny tonsils. huh? they're teeny tonsils. wanna see my other ones? how many do you have? my mother and uncle they're twins see? ah. my uncle had his cut twice. uhhuh. my mother never had any. uhhuh. isn't that funny. she never had em before? yeah...
but he got stuck. put his head back and float. he didn't move his legs. huh? he didn't move his legs. he didn't move his legs? uhuh. he moved his arms. he moved his arms? not his legs. not his legs? no. the water made his uh hands float. like this. 'cause she xxx in the water. Mommy. she doesn't forget does she? yeah s...
she just saw it from the window y' know put her in the ambulance. she kept saying " she's gonna die." she xxx. mhm. she got killed. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/030103.cha = = = [this recording was made by Mrs Barnes while only she and Sarah were present] Sarah. [calling] what? what cha doing? making bed. mak...
I want three. xxx boxes. Mommy. what? xxx boxes. last week. last week? yeah. put em back. what? put em back. put them back? now what are you doing? how many you going to have? three. three? looks more like you got come over here and play. c'me 'ere I wanna tell you a story. Sarah. c'me 'ere I wanna tell you a story. wh...
we're gonna go if you sit up here and be a good girl. where's your coloring book? huh? where's your coloring book? I don't know. what? I don't know. well c'me on over here. I can't hear you in there. huh? you want the ice cream? huh? Mommy I want ice cream. want ice cream? alright sit up here in the chair. come over he...
you see Mummy knows how to work it uhhuh. here you go. don't do that. why don't you let me help you? Sarah? huh? no. aw c'me on. let Mama help. you can't get that out by yourself. yeah. c'me on let me do it. that's gonna be all melted before you get the top off. no. yes it will. shut the window. hm? shut the window. wh...
you got a real smart Mama. huh? mm. taste good? what's 'e matter? you're awful quiet. huh? why don't you tell me a story? huh? wanna eat your ice cream? now I tell you story. 'kay? what are you gonna tell me a story about? three. three bears? oh all over your leg huh? whose girl are you? your. my girl? you gonna have a...
Mommy girl. how about Daddy? aw you got ice cream all over your face. you know that? no. yes you have. you're not talking very much. why don't you talk to me? huh? I thought you were going to tell me a story. hey it's going up. up. hey it's going up. is it? yeah. I wan' wash the spoon now. whyn't you put it in the sink...
huh? I wan' have more right here. you can have some more in a few minutes. I want you to tell me a story first. once upon a time the three bears went up the stairs. climb up the stairs. xxx the big bear. I want xxx my bed. [spoken in high voice Sarah uses when she's pretending to be be someone else] yeah. so the three ...
Blitzen. Blitzen. that's Rudolph. Goldilocks! huh? Goldilocks. Goldilock? yeah. xxx where Goldilocks? Goldilocks is in the Three Bears' story. I wan' go see her. three bears? yeah. huh? they bite me. no they won't bite you. what are you doing now? [sneezes] God bless you. hey get out of there. get out. what are you loo...
I know it's ice cream. I'll open it. you open it. Mommy xxx. le' me see. a little one. a little one? oh strawberry. oh strawberry? yeah. too. yeah put that in the basket. yeah do that. put that in the basket. let's go in there. huh? sit right here and eat it. strawberry. strawberry. you my girl? huh? it's hard. I know ...
huh? xxx cold Mommy. yeah I know it's cold. it always is. oops be careful. you'll fall. don't do that. here wipe it up here. Sarah! Uncle Pat's looking for his pigeons see? come here see Uncle Pat up there on the roof? I see him. yeah. I wan' go up there. my Daddy go up there too. yeah. xxx the pigeons. xxx I xxx up th...
hello you. you you little sawkie. you what? hey! mess all my crib up. I didn't mess your crib up. hey. you're going to get fat. all you're doing is eating. eat huh? oop. break it off. xxx Mommy. huh? what do you want me to do? feed you? you baby doll. aw can I have some? can I have some? it's cold. mm it's good isn't i...
I have a more. no. xxx more. no not today. why? later tonight. oh. what's the matter? want anymore? no? why don't you finish this? that's my girl c'me 'ere. here put this away. throw that away in the bucket. put this in the sink. I wan' have it. no more. c'me 'ere. get one. no. get out of there. that's enough. no you c...
it's on the floor. whoops! where is it Mommy? I can't find em. look in the box there. just give me the cow. give me the cow. on the other side of the piano. over there by the horsie. give me the monkey. give me the monkey in the... right there. yeah. alright give me the bunny. c'me on. c'me on. Mommy c'me on. where's t...
Melisandy yeah. Mommy xxx. well c'me 'ere. out here. right here. here it is! sit down here on the floor and do it. that's it. what are you doing? I wipe my feet off. right here yellow in my xxx. yeah. do you know how to put your slippers on now? huh? yellow it's right dere. yeah. here why don't you wipe your nose? your...
over there see the dirt on your leg? yes. xxx can't get off. what? I can't get it off. you can't get it off? wipe that off your leg. put your leg out straight. there. yeah nice and clean huh? xxx I hold dat. no I'll hold it. wipe your leg off. up further. yes right there. that's it. oh do it nice. oh what a good girl y...
over here. yeah. xxx em. I wiped it off. yeah you did good. Mommy you wipe off. wipe what off? wipe my boo boo off. let me see. see? uh'. don't a scratch it. 'cause is hurts. no I won't scratch it. is hurts. it hurts? how did you do that? um xxx the street. out in the street? yeah. what street? this street in the middl...
it's gone. what's gone? my boo boo gone. yeah. my boo boo gone. it's getting better. yeah. its hurts like that. xxx my Daddy painting any more. 'kay? your Daddy what? xxx painting any more. Daddy isn't painting any more? yeah. oh. I wan' wash my baby feets. okay. they're nice and clean. xxx go brush her. gonna brush hi...
xxx wash her. you gonna wash his hands? he got bang dere. he's got a bang? how'd he get the bang? right here. how'd he do it? on the floor. on the floor? yeah. oh. xxx he cried. he cried? do you cry when you get a boo boo? when you fell down? do you cry? he xxx. no? yes. oh he does? yeah. oh. he knock on a door. he kno...
what did you do with it? did you have the brush? oh let me see your hand. c'me 'ere. what happened there? I got a cut. huh? I got a cut. how'd ya get the cut? um on the swing. xxx xxx pushing dat. [end of episode] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/030117.cha = = = [Gloria Cooper and Kent Hughes arrived shortly befo...
can you tell me the story. who is that? fraidy cat. that's fraidy cat that's right. and who is that? a mouse. a mouse? a mouse. and what is the mouse doing? my mousie. he eating. what is he eating? what? you're turning the page. now what happens here? who's that? fraidy cat. what is fraidy cat doing? yyy Sarah catch. [...
does the cow talk? [pressed cow, making it moo] [enters, returning from store] hi honey ya didn't even miss me. she was looking for you. I want my doll blanket. you got your other one... we just brought it from the beach. I want two of dem ri' here. yeah you'll have two a them right here... it's all dirty. it all ya go...
no. c'me 'ere. oh look who's over the corner. c'me 'ere. [had left for living room, responds to Mother's enticement and returns to kitchen] who's that over there? wha'? who tha'? oh gone now. I bought you somethin' here yyy. what is it? huh? um. mhm. what is it? here. no what did I buy you yesterday? when we went down ...
[exits and returns with coloring book] [gives Sarah crayons] [quizzes Sarah on colors by pulling one crayon out of the box at once and asking Sarah to identify it. This goes on while both sit at the kitchen table] xxx Mommy. what? there's one crayon. no I have the crayon you just get the book. %add: GLO she's gettin' x...
here. le' me ha' my. what color is this? brown. what color is this? pink. Mommy yyy. I wan' this. don't break em. I'm not. my doggie's chewing. [chewing] xxx yyy oh Annie. I have a by here. [right here] what color is that? pink. oh. Mommy may oh make. Mummy... 'ea' dese here. dose are mine. 'kay. what color have you go...
[comes and sits down with Sarah at her request] move over. [colors with Sarah] what's Mummy doing? crayon doing crayons. do I hafta color? I color dis. yellow? yeah. it's yellow you know. see my color. that's pretty. you're sposta stay inside the lines you know. do you know that? I'll stay in the lines. hm? see Mummy. ...
I look how a shoes. yellow. she got yellow legs? you got yellow legs? no. what color are your legs? pink. pink. [laughing] I thought you said she wasn't color blind. um uh. blue teeth and pink legs boy you'd be quite a sight goin' down the street. I go get pink teeth. pink teeth. see Mommy. oh you do beautiful. oh. we ...
colorin'. coloring what? xxx hm. oh. ?[begins to quiz Sarah on colors. In the process of the quiz, Sarah picks up red for blue and brown red] blue. that's orange. that's orange too. this is red. yeah xxx. 'n' that's orange. 'n' that's brown. [picking up the crayons and pointing out their colors to Sarah] g' me the red ...
yellow. that's blue. blue. that's red. red. that's orange. o'ange. now gi' me the blue one. where's the blue one? the blue one. there's a yellow one. yellow. here's the red one? what color's that? o'ange. yay for victory. what color's that? brown. [long careful enunciation] no that's brown. that's black. yeah black. I'...
[takes Sarah's hand and shows her how to stay inside the lines] Mommy you he'p do this... how do dis. stay inside the lines huh. I can't? [as if repeating what Sarah had said] mhm. at home wi' a boy. [seems to resent the color quiz and the increasing supervision of Mother] color it nice. stay in like this. oh. easy now...
mhm. what color is the water? what color is water? pink. pink? well why don't you color the water the right color then? pick out the crayon that's the color of water? oh. [turns page in coloring book]? what color is the animal? a brown. well what are ya colorin' him yellow for? [coloring a picture of a goat yellow] whe...
ri' here. show his feet to me. oh very now. does he wear shoes? no. uhuh. can you tell me a story about the animal? not now. what are those? I no' go' ruin it. you're not goin' ta ruin it? up and down. [refers to the coloring movement] up and down. oh that's much better. I go color him. mhm. [makes a settling noise] no...
come on. I ha' lots a plants. I wonder where my brother's goin'. [looking out window] he goin' in in a gas station? I don't know. they may be goin' in a gas station. dere Donna right dere. yeah with 'er Mother. see. de Sandra. hi Sandra. she went dere yyy. I know. that's not Ann Marie. color the or call her xxx. too yy...
I wan' ge' Daddy. hey go she. she up there. oh she. no I co'in'. how much? don't touch. dese are an'mals. I know it. oh. dis mine 'kay. those are mine. I need oh orange. this tha' orange? that's right. oh. ri' dere. me nex' page. another page. ah. what is that you're coloring? oh I make an apple. [colors a small yellow...
hey oh my gir'. I got two o' em. oh you did so good I'm goin' to have a present for ya when you get all done. okay? this yyy green. oh Sarah. you don't have any green. did cha? xxx call this green? oh we forgot. [takes the green crayon out of the box] here's green. that's green. yeah. [laughs toward end] I go' two gree...
[touches a red crayon] this blue. I think you been makin' good mistakes. wai'. look what color's that? yellow. [indicates a green crayon] if this is yellow how can this be yellow? [holds up green and yellow crayons] now which one is the yellow one? which one's the yellow one? this yellow. where? you're sure? are you su...
%add: KEN not you. [1 very soft, the others louder] are they plants. uhoh little plants. a li' plan's. what are ya doin'? don't throw them on the floor. uh' uh' uh' that's it. si' down here. a yyy. ah uh yyy yyy yyy. [panting noises] yyy yyy yyy. [starts to color] I go co'in'. oh goo bur ow. shikaburds. shika burds. Ke...
[seems to quote Sarah] she has a friend name Kenny down at the beach 'cause she xxx callin' you Kenny. Kenny. that was my daddy's name. no. yes. no he my 'ien'. what's your Daddy's name? I don('t) know. huh? I don't know. oh. [very base quality] he's Donald. where's Daddy? working. oh where's Daddy work? I don't know. ...
[starts to play with plastic lollipop container] yes it's Courtney. hi Sarah. hi. what have you got? a thing. what kind of a thing? say oopsie. come on sit down Kent you don't hafta stand up for me. what is that Sarah? I've never seen that before. it had lollipops in it. what's in it? it doesn't open it just a whosejig...
c'me 'ere. look what I got. shut the door. [goes to freezer and gets lime popsicle] oh... shut the door and c'me 'ere and I'll show ya what I got in the bag. Sarah look what I got. put the popsicle back. no. [whines] oh those popsicles. [identifies the color of the lime popsicle] what color? orange. it's not an orange ...
Mommy. what color's this? green. which color stick? light brown... beige. beige? yeah. that's a fancy one. beige. she can hardly get red from blue yet. much less beige. Sarah cat what color's that? [plays with a horrendous looking purple cow that moos when tipped] I just realized that that's a purple cow... purple cow....
is that a good cowboy? I think so Sarah. is that a good cowboy? mhm. is that a good cowboy? yup. let's see let's see. oh yeah. that's fine. I like his mouth. where's his horse? he don't have no horse. a cowboy without a horse? no just him. [exits] just like your father without a fire engine. he's what? do you wanna dra...
'cause you got a black skirt. oh and that's why you're putting black all over me? scribbled on it. awful. like this. I put... does that look like my skirt now? yeah. I will draw the lines. see? that? oh it's snowin'. want me all scribble on it? [continues scribbling] what was that? I think she'll have it in for me toda...
[gives Gail tea] thank you. %add: MOT I don't know what it is. look here it is. [small, S-shaped piece of metal] what? what is it? what do you think? Ann Marie what's this? [serves Melissa tea] thank you. %add: MOT somethin' like a screw. is it? somethin' like it. it has a point on it. [runs around room with metal piec...
Sarah! I don't xxx of that. you wouldn't want a spanking would you? you're goin' to bed early tonight. right after supper. Mommy? [referring to scribbled picture] want me rip this? [referring to scribbled picture] if you want. [rips picture and laughs] now you hafta throw it away. haha. so what? so what? so what? Sarah...
yeah. alright let's fight. now what are you gonna do? [has mock fight with Sarah] now what are you gonna do? don't really fight. you don't wanna really fight? no I'm just... what? I'm gonna go like this. what? show me. alright don't bang your feet. there's people downstairs. don't bang your feet. [continues whimpering]...
Sarah why don't you come here and draw a picture of Gail now? yeah draw a picture of Gail. I don't wanna. I don't wanna draw nothin'. look what Ann Marie did. who's that? you. uhhuh. [whimpering] I don't wanna. [whimpering] I don't want you to make me. [whimpering] oh Ann Marie. hurry up. hurry up Ann Marie. you'll get...
never mind. you'll tv see later. when Bozo comes on you can see tv. Bozo's not on yet. it's on... he isn't. the little hand's on five and the big hand's on only on ten. the big hand hasta get on twelve before it's five o'clock. is it five o'clock? no. does she 'posed to go home at... quarter of five she hasta go home. ...
does that look more like you that way? hope. why didn't you want her to make you? 'cause. I don't like myself in the pictures. why? because I don't like my... [whiny] stop it. ow. are you cranky? now if you're gonna be cranky you'll hafta go to bed early. you don't like yourself? why not? did you give me this [pad of p...
how you shut it off? [points to button on microphone] is that how you shut it off? no don't shut it off now. is that? Sarah. no that's not how you shut it off. how you shut it off? huh? it's a secret. y' mean put that up? no. leave it alone. like that? no. huh? no don't play with that. why do you wanna shut if off? [pu...
you want it that way? it must have been half past twelve twelve before she fell asleep last night and she was up at seven this mornin'. she's been a bear all day. mornin'. did she have school today? yeah. huh? I don't want school no more. she doesn't want school anymore. why not? she doesn't want it? oh she doesn't... ...
you don't like to eat cookies? tell em what you told Miss White this mornin'. what? when I was late pickin' you up. what'd you tell Miss White? she was drunk. your teacher was drunk? no my mommy. I was late pickin' her up and the teacher said " Sarah I wonder where your Mother is." she said oh she's out drunk. " she's...
I'll give you a spankin'. when I grow up I'm goin' still write on everything. really? you're gonna run away too? yeah. she was gonna run away before you people came. Betty 'n' Ann Marie. oh you 'n' Betty 'n' Ann Marie are gonna run away huh? okay. where will you run? mm we'll find some place. what will you do there? be...
would you like somethin' special for supper? what would you like? candy. candy! is candy supper food? [nods "yes"] special supper food. you want chicken pie? no. I know you'd stick your nose up. [goes to refrigerator and opens it] d' you want ravioli? you want noodles and butter? or you want ravioli? ravioli. ravioli r...
no. Mommy how come you got everything out of here [the freezer]? get out of there. how come you get everything out there? out of what? not a thing. Daddy took the ice out. if you don't get out of there we'll have no more ice in there. c'me on. I want ice cream cone. you can have ice cream cone after you have your dinne...
all the ravioli. [climbs on chair and watches Mother at stove] all the ravioli xxx. alright now get down so I can put the fire on. xxx get down. I wanna see how you put the fire on. oh. which one you put? Mother said there'd be days like this. this one? no. I was right. you were right. you're always right. oh I wanted ...
you can't... alright now it's my turn. remember what Daddy said. you can't get three in a row. a zero. where you gonna put it? uhoh. what? I win. I got three in a row. I don't... [whines] stop. now you go first. how come? what do you want x or zero? x. mm. zero. x. uh you won. but nobody did that block. [one space is e...
wanna do it again? what happened? I winned. first I go. I'm goin' get x all the time. x. here. x. that's a big one. a zero. [pants] x. mhm. alright. you don't want me to get three in a row. uhoh. what? I won. oh. [whines and hits table] haha. I only got one two three. alright I'll go first. I will get... what is that? ...
what? I got one there 'n' I got one there. now next time you're gonna put one there 'n' I'll win. um. uh. what? [mock indignation] you took my circle. now I can't win. [laughs]? I know. watch it. I bet I can win again. I bet I win. uhoh. what? guess what? what? what do you see? one two three four. I got three in a row....
you make the circle this time. oh I bet I can win now. oh ya think so? oh I wanted a x. no. don't put it right there. yeah yeah. is that the top? the hop? %add: makes a rhyme down the river hoppy. um zero. I bet I can win this time. there's another one. here's one 'n' there's one. so I put one in here. you won! I got t...
here mom. I bet I could win this t time. put it in this block. why didn't you put it over here so you could win? mm 'rase dat off. oh you're zero huh? huh? yeah. erase that off. you're a zero. now where you gonna put it so you can have three in a row? that's okay. whoop. where you gonna put it so you can have three in ...
just count the ones that you got in a row. one two three four. do I got em in row? two three four. [indicates yes] do I got em in row? [indicates yes] all of them? no you don't get all of em. just three. that's all you hafta get is three in a row. three? let's make another one. xxx out here so you can put your x-s on t...
I can make it fast. I won. see you should o' put that zero down there so I couldn't win. uh. how 'bout this block? where? [hums] [draws tic-tac-toe] [goes to investigate a noise] don't make em so big. [goes to investigate a noise] do you wanna play with me Sarah? huh? do you wanna play xxx. just the rain. huh? do you w...
want some? %add: MEL uhhuh. ravioli? huh? want some ravioli? oh ravioli. no thank you. it tastes good. I know. it's better 'an coffee. what's your favorite thing to eat? ravioli. cheese pop. [cheese popcorn?] do you like ravioli? cheese what? cheese pop. cheesepop. did you eat all this? cheesepop? yeah. I don't know. w...
you gotta guess. you've gotta guess. is that wavin'? [swings tea bag] xxx a cheese pop. you don't mean a grilled cheese? no. is that a cheese pop? popsicle? oh that's nice to play with. what every little girl plays with wet soggy tea bags. no. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Sarah/030328.cha = = = [learning ABC's with ...
tha''s a q. no that's an r. ah a nowhe'. r. nah. what's this? uh see the one hole. yeah this one's got a line goin' across it. what's the one that has a line goin' across. [holds up an "a"] that's an a. that's right. hey. we're doin' pretty good. what's this one xxx. she's got them. she just got them half an hour ago. ...
this is hard. what's that? that's a t. no. down down 'n' down 'n' one in the middle. tha' one xxx. that's an e. that's an e. you remember now see? yeah. that's got the little one in the middle. tha''s a q. good heavens that's a p. that's a p. tha''s an a. no it's not an a it's a v. wha''s an a? [Sarah puzzled and sligh...
this one that goes that way. yeah. [rasping] yeah. what's this one? [holds a "z"] um uh ten. that's a z. tha''s a z. yeah. can ya spell your name? yeah. come over here you. come here spell your name. yeah go get the letters 'n' spell your name. get the letter pick out the letter. go pick out the letters. what does your...
[laughs] what's it start with... what's it start with your name? what does your name start with? pick out the letter your na'. where's the letter your name starts with? no no a s. s... s pick out Sarah. s. s. pick out Sarah where's the s? hm? that's the Sarah there's the Sarah 'n' where's the a? remember that has a lin...
a... no that's 'n' a. both a-s. both a-s. [laughs] where's the r. [selects the number nine] what's the one with the one hole? with the little hole. with the little hole? no dis one is an uh I xxx. it's an a. oh. where's the r? where's the r? that's got the hole in it. that's the wrong hole. that's a nine or uh six. [sq...
now where's the a? remember what I told ya about the a? oh I know where the a is. where? you've got it. s a r a. where's the h? that's the hard one. the h. that's a w. where's the h? that's an m. [had picked up a "w" and now discards it in favor of an "m"] tha''s m. that's an h yeah. there. there's your name. s a r a h...
[talks to herself] got a d. [talks to herself] what's my name? Kent. huh? what letter does that start with? what letter? [rasping] Kent and Sarah doesn't that sound the same? yeah. what's the first letter? q? no. what letter does your name start with? [picks up a "q"]. there... w? what's this here? uh a. no. now what's...
okay. get a box. oh the box is right here. we'll leave the box there. this spells Nana's name. Nana's got a big name. [just finished spelling Dorothy] what's this? oh I guess I'll have Donna tell me. yeah. no. well you tell me what it is. you know. what is it? I don't know. [shrugs her shoulders] sure you do. yes ya do...
she don't hear that very often. [laughs] uhhuh. [whine of tiredness] um here's Kent's name. you know like Grampy's cigarettes? huh? wh' Grampy's cigarettes? Grampy and Uncle Tommy. I wanna smoke cigarettes. no you can't smoke cigarettes. what letter is that? what letter? um looks like an zero to me. what color is the l...
he'e's a red one. come on... gi' me a red one. the'e's a red. red... red red oh Sarah. you were doin' good before. what happened? how come you always get one right? he'e's a red one. that's not red. tha''s a red. tha''s a red Mommy. no it isn't. I'm mad. I know my a'phabet. [indignant] yeah but I'm xxx about your color...
that's so poor. wait! [points out a red letter on the alphabet box] here. [points out a red letter on the alphabet box] that's right. that's red. ya can get me a red one out of here. w'ite this. w'ite that wi'. where's the yellow? 'kay. where xxx the yellow one. where? a yellow one. whe'e are you? an she picked them al...
what other name besides yours starts with s? how about my name? what's that? an a. no it does kind of look like an a. xxx an a. [had picked up a four] [laughs]. oh. [very high pitched] a round one or a square one. look at Kent. %add: SARa these two? [holds up the "4" and the "a"] hm. [highly aspirated] can you see the ...
I knew we'd get around to him. Bugs... Bugs is my favorite friend. he... [all laugh] he loves Bugs. can tell Bugs the colors. go get Bugs. yeah go get Bugs. yeah I'd like. and show Bugs the colors. you know how Kent loves to play with Bugs. [laughs] go ahead. [laughs] get Bugs. why don't cha give me your letters before...
if ya ask her for yellow she'll look right at it 'n'... she knows the color. it's almost gotten to be a game I think. when you ask her the colors. an'... she tries to fool you you know. she tries to fool ya that's what she does. 'cause the first letter she took out of the box was a s 'n' she says to me " that's a s." ...
but I never heard her say it. oh maybe on Big Brother. no she don't watch Big Brother. she watches Bozo. I thought I was gonna die right then and there. 's Bozo on Thursday? yeah. oh 'n' xxx. 'n' who else is on Thursday? tryin' to teach her the day of the week. %add: KEN who else is on Thursday? Fred. that's right. he'...
[yells as she hops] seven thirty. can the hopperoo count? %add: SAR uh. [goes to the refrigerator and opens the freezer door] don't go in there now. there. there's nothin' in there. hey how 'bout your puzzle Sarah? I wan'. I wan' a fudgecicle. I wan' a fudgec'. there isn't any. later on. there is. [slightly dismayed] o...
I know your madness. [laughs] here what's that? what letter's that? [as Bugs] ya hafta tell Bugs what it is. oh. [sits at the table, picks up the letter "m" as she starts the instruction] oh. whe'e is it? [drops the letter to the floor and climbs down to retrieve it] oh you give me the zero now. huh? you give it to me....
look at it. mhm yeah. tha''s a m. yep. thank you. [as Bugs] what's this one? yeah ask Bugs. tha''s. now tell Bugs. uh z. [as Bugs] uhuh. you tell him now. do I know any words that start with that letter? [as Bugs] uh oh uh k. [holding a "k"] oh. [as Bugs] Sarah. [as Bugs] yeah. [laughs in praise of Sarah] now how about...
what words start with that letter? uh yyy an x. no that's not an x. isn't that what she said? %add: MOT what's this? what is it? look at it. xxx cross here cross here. [indicates the two cross lines] yeah... that's right. that's right. what is it? 'n' a. [makes sounds of persistent uncertainty] no. p. uhoh. oh dear. ho...
see that's a t. a t. that's a t. a t? [as Bugs] that's not t a t. a t. [as Bugs] oh. [as Bugs] uhuh ask 'im some more. what's that? um. [as Bugs] that's a rooster. [as Bugs] hunm. it's not? [as Bugs] what is it? does a rooster start with that letter? i' go' a hole in it see? [points out the hole in the "R"] yeah well w...