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alright guys but there's not that much left. oh. so? so? but Mommy I didn't get one piece yet. so we gotta some for Nana xxx. I didn't get any either. so I didn't even get... I know. who's cutting it? I don't like this. I want pie crust. you didn't. there give it to the dog. Sis you eat more of that. %int: agitated no....
thank you. [laughs]. [laughs]. no more salt! if you put m... don't. [laughs]. Chi. %int: reproving [laughs]. mhm right. do you want the Christmas light gonna be tomorrow. I want it. [mouth full of food] fine. [sarcastic] if you want high blood pressure and a heart attack by the time you're nineteen you keep puttin' sal...
hey! that's mine! yeah! that's mine [babbles in funny voice]. Heather! [sighs and laughs]. sit down! [slowly and angrily] and eat when you're sittin' down. get off my chair! %add: probably to Sis one. [may be that Sis is supposed to be in her seat before Mot reaches five, or she'll be punished] one. two. two. three. fo...
[laughs]. do you [Sis] needta go spend this rest of dinnertime in your bed? no. hey! Mom! no. looks like I do but I don't. alright. put your food down. get in your room. %int: irritated no. one! oh [exasperated]. two! move out Christine. three! I'm going! %int: very emphatic I... move over! five! you're dead! %int: pla...
[chuckles]. I dunno what's with you two today. [laughs]. you're very silly. thank you. [cries]. [SIS can be heard in distant background] Mom can I eat now [whining]? [SIS wants to come back to table] if you come back out sit down and leave your sister alone. oh come here my puppy wuppy. %int: singsong, making fun of Si...
ow. [laughs]. xxx me. ow. I didn't do anything. yeah you are. [laughs]. don't lie. [chuckles]. [yells]! Mama this chair's tall. do you have enough room Sis? no. no. %int: mimicking Sis [aft a buzzer sounds, it may be the dryer buzzer as indicated by the letter writing tape] thank you. you're welcome. sit. [laughs]. [go...
grab my pinkie. uhoh. I guess we're not havin' apple pie uh... [followed by unidentified noise, maybe a cup being slammed down on the table.] [shouts of protest]. [shouts of protest]. you didn't finish eating. [whines]. have apple pie. %int: whining guys I hafta go to work. so? I hafta take a shower. so? %int: challeng...
[laughs]. [pause of : follows as children eat] [screams]! [reason for scream not clear; may have something to do with the family dog] [screams]! [imitating Sis] [laughs]. hunhunh. no I don't care how she [dog] looks at you. you don't give her any food. sorry Ginger! oh too bad Ginger xxx. %add: to the dog %int: baby ta...
she's an old lady. unlike you. she's an old lady. um you're [Mot] an old lady. oh [gasps]! Chi! %int: scandalized what [laughing]? listen. you gotta watch it! [laughs]. well Sis said you're an old lady though. alright so tell me about your trip to the moon today. how was it? good. wrong! %int: shouting what did you see...
you only got a what? bump on my head! who ate this? a little bump on your head from a big crater? wow. yes. a little bump on my head from a big crater. did you see the purple people? no. hm. but I saw orange people. you did? I seen xxx. the orangites? mhm. no the purplites. [laughs]. can you po please pour more some wa...
mhm. you did. [chomping sound effect]. oh I hate green cheese. I never woulda. I have. I didn't though. ugh! well Ginge' I don't like the way you're looking at me. get outta here. [laughs]. come here Ginger! %int: shouted very emphatically [aft the dog whines] [laughs]. don't call the dog like that if you don't have fo...
nope. finish eating. [cries]. Mommy [crying]... I got more. there's plenty more that I can cook. if you finish eatin'. right [laughs]. I like that. but you don't eat you don't get any. um what's the xxx please. the what? what're those veins? duh nothin'. [laughs]. Mom. put... eat that the right way! [laughs]. I'm start...
[laughs]. [laughs]. she [Nana] didn't get it. I gave her [Ginger the dog] all the skin to the turkey but... hey Ginge'. [calls dog]. here Ginge'. right here. come on. right here. [frustrated]. [laughs]. what's with you two? she ate 'em. course she did. she'll eat anything. no I don't have any more food for you. %add: G...
the dog? yeah. xxx well it must have been a dog rabbit. she did 'em two at a time. did 'em two at a time. and this dog chomps carrots. xxx well xxx. and then the other one... more butter! and then every night at eight o clock exactly they get Hoodsies. the both of them! she lifts up the cover and gives them a dish of i...
oh! we see her at Purity a lot? oh yeah. hey! s'posed to go [sound effect] out of it... unfortunately I don't think she wants two little girls. why not? what did she say that... hm. said she'd give you a Hoodsie and send you home. [laughs]. I told her forget it then. if you're gonna send 'em home I'll just keep 'em. He...
no she knows. she knows you have five kids? of course she knows. of course she knows. %int: $=1 sarcastic yeah right. yep! don't you remember the secretary at Prudential? no I don't know. %int: low pitched caustic voice [laughs]. whose desk was right at the front door when you walk in? Heather do you remember her? I do...
John Cunningham... [gasps]. I forget his name. [sharp intake of breath]. uh oh! %int: taunting Mot Michael. Michael McCannon. oh yeah. hm. I forgot. no wonder why he drinks soda cans. [sighs]. oh... and uh... [laughs]. he's so odd. [laughs]. who? Michael? mhm. no. who Michael? he's a cutie. him? ugh [expression of disg...
you married him. alright. tell Daddy first. [expression of disgust]. okay. Daddy! [calling him] never mind! you know Daddy went to the store for me. oh [laughs]. excuse me I hafta burp. don't push yourself too far. I just burped. are you um all done? hey! 'cause I gotta hop in the shower. whoa! two minutes. yeah. I'm a...
the food's all gone. I'm all done eating. I don't have anything else for you. uhhuh. [meaning 'I have something for her'] I do! she doesn't eat cranberry sauce. you [Sis] hafta eat your own cranberry sauce. does she eat potatoes? yep! with xxx lumps. [laughs]. a slither? %int: whispers yes Ginger lay down. %int: cooes ...
Mama. I'm all done. alright. let the dog lick your plate. the poor thing's starving. okay Ginger xxx. oh here. Ginger. she can lick your plate too. f u n... [Chi is spelling the word fun using butter pats] I'm writin' fun outta butter. is that very cool? no. %int: $=1 emphatic that's not gonna be cool. can I have an ap...
yes! %int: emphatically yes! that's even worse than your brothers. [giggles]. which by the way I know I told Brian to be home at five thirty and it's past five thirty. [belches]. [laughs]. look butter. five! [$=2 Sis may be mimicking the way Mot counts down when she's threatening punishment] four! three! sorry. [for th...
[laughs]. but you're not sorry so don't bother. I burped again. I went baug. [demonstrating how she burped] hm. burped again. but on the other hand I can make you sorry. I can make you sorry too. oh yeah? I'd beat you up. you already make me sorry. Mama? could I have another... I have xxx. I'm gonna tell... [tape loses...
but um it's comin' out of the uh ICU [intensive care unit] pretty soon. what's the ICU [intensive care unit]? oh. well where it was. when babies are very very very sick that's where they put them. I um... and um he was there for a week and now he's coming out. Mommy! whoa! what? could I have a big piece of apple pie? I...
[laughs]. you're making... [laughs]. isn't it cool? [laughs]. f u n. fun. fun. good. that's cute. [laughs]. [laughs]. that's really adorable but... [gasps]. [coughs]. [Chi continues coughing for several more seconds] sorry [laughing]. but I don't want you playing with your food like that. [giggles]. I'm sorry. %int: sa...
because I have so much food to throw around and waste right? %int: sarcarstic f u n is fun. you're not puttin' it back in there now. funnel. gimme this butter. [gasps]. don't touch it. it's all over your hands and everything. [laughs]. [laughs]. put it in the trash and if Daddy sees you I'm sure he'll be... I know. no ...
[laughs]. Ginger. [calls dog]. ugh [laughing]. [laughs]. oh [sighs]. I only want the apples. anybody wants more spring water before I put it away? me. me! no Sis you had plenty. [laughs]. in fact we've all had plenty. no sir. I don't have any. yes sir. anymore. I drank it all. I drank it all! %int: yells I... hey! lady...
[laughs]. oh yes. you're funny. you're hilarious. [laughs]. [laughs]. Heather! that's right. %int: calling from another room it's almost medicine time. uh uh [yelling]. xxx girls. [MOT is speaking from another room] [laughs]. [laughs]. [laughs]. yep. I'll be laughing then. [laughs]. I'll be laughing at your crying. rig...
[laughs]. and each of you when we get done go make your bed. yep. [FAT is returning home] hm [disapproving]. hi Fat. hi. did you get batteries or something? Daddy! I... too expensive. they only sell them in eights. five sumpin. that's okay. uh can I talk to you for a minute honey? yeah. oh and you left the tv [televisi...
[screams]. what's the show gonna be called? what's the show gonna... it's gonna called [screams]. [Chi is pretending the scream is the title of their show] [giggles]. [screams]. [Chi is deliberately screaming into the microphone] [screams]. [inaudible segment follows for :; tape recorder may have been put into Sis's co...
[$=6 Sis continues laughing throughout most of the following exchange] is that the right way to drink? yeah. what are you a dog? no! cut it out! %int: forcefully I'm not. I'm drinking like a kitty. do not drink like any animal. except a child animal. [laughs]. I am drinkin' like a child animal. but how would this Pink ...
they've been giggling all night. I don't know why. [laughs]. [laughs]. [coughs]. they're sillies. [laughs]. [coughs]. did you catch their puppet show? Dad? yeah. [Chi can be heard slurping her drink again in the background] you did? it was cute. [laughs]. I'm a child animal. [referring to the way she's drinking the wat...
I thought it was the season to be jolly and gay. why is there xxx in the thing? damn you. you two were fighting. boys. what's wrong? Eric said that... no no don't you dare put it on my plate! %int: shouts Sis sit down. look at that. so? see it comes out now. it does that. 'cause there's no air in it. that's ice! %int: ...
she doesn't celebrate anything not even her own birthday. she's probably... her name's Natalla. who is she? hm? her name's Natalla. I'm gettin' her a Christmas present this year. what? nothing. Mom. mhm. if we were Jewish would we be celebratin' Christmas too? I don't know. I can't say that. some Jewish people do. I wo...
%int: shouts I know you guys are up to something. [chuckles]. it's not me. trust me we wish we were. I'm not goin'. I'm not lookin'. don't [? no no you're not]. 'cause Amanda lives up there. just go up and knock. 'cause I thought you said why not. [laughs]. Ma? mhm. someday will she move? someday. what's... yep! when A...
that would be xxx if you hadn't eaten by your hands. not in my school. I know. the Christmas tree is here! %int: falsetto huh. yes. yep. three? what grade you in? fifth. and you're in third huh? [burps]. three plus two is five [whispers]. duh! [sighs]. John's right this is stubborn. what? how we always sh... Mom if we ...
[laughs]. [laughs]. you guys are all freaked out. no she says when we get a big enough house with a big enough... we're not. we'll get a yard. you think Coco and Rascal... well I gotta get a little miniature dog so... they don't have enough paycheck. and so um Coco could play with the dog and the dog would be dead in a...
guess what? [sounds of silverware banging on plate] when I brought him believe it or not... do you wanna sit down? %add: to Chi we had nose to nose and xxx. you wanna sit down? I'm going to get another fork for my um snuffies... you don't need a fork for that Chi! %int: yells you're a baby. yeah I do. I'm not mixin' th...
know what he should do? what I would do is xxx I'd buy him a [? go buy my own] fork. buy him two spoons. I'd buy him two spoons I'd buy him two plates I'd buy him two cups. what do you think? whether you challenge him. but how would they know the difference? they're mine? put your name on it. nuhhuh. engraved. nuhhuh. ...
%int: warning yeah. yeah but then I'll hafta watch you and then I'll like then we're watching to see what you're like. maybe it's xxx. [someone is banging with silverware on their plate.] Momma save the best coke for me. look at you! %int: mocking so look at you! yeah lick that spit all off your lips. so when you drink...
[giggles]. I guess I'm gonna hafta stop this! 'cause there's no way I'm giving this... = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/acelw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] there we go. ready guys? I'll get it [book]. %int: very quietly oh. hm [sighs]. [EXP probably brought out The Very Hungry Caterpillar book for Chi and is getting ...
[giggles]. what's the top line for? if you like you can put xxx put the xxx there. however you want. however you want it. it's the greeting. that's it. okay. [clears throat]. the title here. [whistles]. whoa! you wrote a nice long letter. whadja say? okay. well just read it! I was just writing. whadja write? the book i...
from Talitha G. great! that was a good letter. nice job. thanks. thank you. I didn't need the extra lines. no. you don't need the extra lines. well you crammed a lot in in a short space. [giggles]. um thanks. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/aprlw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] [instructs to spend about 1 minutes on l...
and I wanna hear that beautiful voice of yours. [Chi is an extremely quiet child] [clears throat]. okay. in the light of the moon a little egg laid [lay] on a leaf. on [one] Sunday morning the warm sun came up and popped [pop] out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. he started to look for some food. on ...
him... himself. he s:tayed. mhm. in:side for more than two weeks. then he... nibbled. nibbled a hole in the cocoon pushed h his way out and... he was a beautiful butterfly! the end of the story. okay. that was very good. okay so when we're gonna write xxx a letter. the first thing we do is write dear. mister. capital m...
you put the name of it. this is the name of the book. [perhaps holds up book so Chi can copy title] oh. you gotta erase that. [not sure what she's referring to] I really like your book Mister Eric Carle. okay. okay that can stay. now the name. [tv on in background; perhaps Chi's cousin is watching] c a t. t. e r p... p...
that a beautiful butterfly. butter b u. [can hear page turn; perhaps Chi is copying spelling from text] began b e. g i n begin. as. the word as. a s. begin as a not. a n o t. so beautiful look at the word. [definitely seems like is copying some spelling from the book] we're gonna say not so beautiful caterpillar. beaut...
we never knew that that. that a caterpillar. could c o u l d. eat so much. m u c h. u. and then I think we can just say thank you. t h a n k. thank you for a lovely story. you for a lovely. l y. story. [aft sound of erasing, perhaps in story] s t o. o r y period. now you can say Chi [full name]. and then you can read t...
thank you very much. from whom? from Chi [full name]. there you go! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/bralw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] do you have a pencil eraser? Dear Eric Carle. I would like to thank you for your writing The Very Hungry Caterpiller. The reason for this is because you have made lots of children v...
Mama! [MOT continues to talk (probably with EXP) and Chi tries to get her attention] look what I got! two. don't you know what it means? [MOT still talking with EXP] Mama. [coughs]. Mama don't you know two pencils to me means? okay. here take two. alright. so silly! [talks with Mot] [recorder is perhaps turned off and ...
mhm. [talks with Mot; can hear dishes being moved, and Chi sniffles; see BREHV7EX.TXT for discussion of schools and college] oh shoot! hold on I'll be right back. I forgot the tape dub. [tape recorder is turned off and on again] alright. why don't you read me what you wrote then? dear Eric Carle I would like to thank y...
[MOT tells the other children in the room to leave.] good bye. [the children still haven't left and are being quite noisy] xxx go on inside. go ahead. you can go look at that one honey okay? %add: one of the other children thank you. [EXP has given one of the kids something else to do] now whaddya hafta write about? th...
yup. this [the magnets?] is for later. huh? do you want. it was fun and I never seen nobody eat so much. [MOT tells kids to leave again] you're sposta be writin' not running your mouth. I was just telling you what I was gonna write. well you did. now why'd you like the book? because it was fun and I never seen nobody e...
[MOT tells the other children to leave again] put a period? yup. and what else? I don't know. did you learn something? I don't know. yes so you learned that caterpillars turn into cocoons right? I mean make a cocoon right? and turn into butterflies. I already knew that. but you read this book before you l learned it in...
alright. xxx [? out] a butterfly. that's only xxx and when he comes xxx butterfly. [giggles]. he's a butterfly. [MOT talks to another child] and then put will you write me back? hm? huh? you know what to write. and then will you write me back 'cause I never got a note from an author. oh. will you write me back 'cause I...
[laughs]. [laughs]. dear god that girl got a long name. [Chi's last name is hyphenated] no he willn't. %int: quietly great. all set? will you read it for me Chi? can I hear... Dear Eric. I like your book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. it was fun. I never seen something so small eat so much. I learned that a caterpillar m...
and we have his home address and what we're gonna do is send him your letter along with all the other kids's letters from the study? she's not doing this right this second. is she? huh? you wanted to write her a note right now? or just like... yeah. we have paper and everything. alright, okay. and um here's the paper. ...
she also has a sister which is new. %add: EXP okay. w we haven't seen you since she has had a sister. right. you should know this by now... and her name is Meg? yep. read it to me so I can xxx. okay. you don't need your finger to read though. on Saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake one icecream cone one ...
the author's name is what Chi? um that one. Eric. Eric? Carle? yeah. alright. okay. do I write dear first? dear yes that's how you write a letter. [MOT is starting to sound tired] what're you gonna write to him about? cursive or print? it doesn't matter cursive or print. [MOT sounds tired and a little impatient] she di...
it starts off the same the middle's the same and it still ends exactly the same way. [laughs]. you can recommend it to all your fellow readers Chi. young readers. [6 43 Mot, INV, and Chi discuss Mot's cabinets which she is planning to stain, and one of which is stained already. Chi asks if Mot knows they are being reco...
yeah [sighs heavily]. we're [? you're] doin' this instead. [chuckles]. [laughs]. and when you read it outl [outloud]... I want you to read it to me when you're done. does he have any more books out? [MOT seems to be making conversation as Chi writes the letter independently] oh... that we're familiar with? or is this h...
also I've been reading your book for nine years and I'd recommend it to almost everybody. but listen because it had very... [Chi read has instead of had] you didn't read it right. nice pictures. okay. there you go. thank you! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/jamlw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] do you wanna write it? ...
[could be EXP?] I [laughs] love this book. Chi seriously you should check out the video [of the Very Hungry Caterpillar] because it's it's like the same kind of artwork. oh really [? oh yeah]? it really is. course. well no I mean you know sometimes they make even kids books into movies and they're different. mhm. [Chi ...
I know the greeting. yeah the greeting. I'll help you. dear Mr Carle... or I could do dear Eric. yeah. or dear Eric Carle... okay. did we just uh give them [pet snakes] fresh water? mhm. just checking. [laughs]. it's a monthly period xxx interested in some things. I don't remember that. xxx sea water. okay. I have no i...
now it's your turn to think of a sentence. %add: to Mot [chuckles]. [Chi erases something on the paper] what was your sentence? I think you should write more books that involve the caterpillar. much more books. well the caterpillar turned into a butterfly so I really think his caterpillar days are over. not necessarily...
[laughs]. your shirt. %add: to Fat no one's disturbing you. what did you do? I scratched my back. [laughs]. a caterpillar that takes a journey. mhm. what is it? I'm [laughs] writing this down. [erases the paper] your turn. your turn. %add: to Mot mhm. could you please write me back and let me know? [MOT is dictating to...
you can spell sincerely? yes. %int: insulted do you wanna put your address on the back? why don't you this time I've been writing. is sincerely a third grade word? I learned it in fourth grade. dunno. hm. from my second student teacher. mhm. but I mean is it like a vocabulary word from fourth grade? um it was since um ...
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/jerlw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] you wanna have us start the letter right? dear Eric Carle. how are you doing? I like your caterpillar book. and I wanna know if you are going to make any more children books? I like your art work you're a good artist. My address is [child's address]...
dear Eric... Carle... 'kay then you do a comma. oh I messed up here? yeah you don't need the comma there. y it's after the uh... heading. very good. no don't play with that. go in your room. go to your room. %int: gently you liked the book huh? you thought it was cute. mhm. so maybe you can... ask how he's doing or... ...
here? yeah that's good. you don't need it too big because then you're gonna break it. [the lead?] I won't. oh... is that one not working? you can use the pen if you want. or a... yeah I'll use uh [? a] pencil. do you have a pencil? yeah. want me to sharpen that real quick? no I have a sharpener. well... where's the... ...
that's why they tell you to practice when you leave school. hm... [Chi is writing] uh xxx. okay. that's a question. right? oh! they'll getcha in English every time. [laughs]. [laughs]. you can write we're all fine or I'm fine... I'm okay... ask him if he's gonna write any more books. oh. I'll write um... I like... okay...
this is how I do it. oh yeah. hm. mhm. this? no that's a q. oh. okay. just fix the tail [laughs]. this alright? yeah. that's good. cate... [Chi whispers to himself as he writes.] now the p right? now p i l l... okay. oops. [MOT sounds out the end of caterpillar to help with spelling] Budweiser. [laughs]. [laughs]. [lau...
look at that. you messed up [laughs]. caterpillar... book. book. ask him if he's gonna write any more. or if he has any more books already. hm I'll ask 'im... ugh. oops. oh. [Chi says something to another member of the family? then silence as he goes back to work] a little bigger than the last was. [laughs]. [aft Chi c...
I might yeah. I'm almost done with it. great. I'll write four to seven sentences. if you wanna do it xxx. too fast. don't worry about how many sentences you do right now if you can't think of anything. let's see. we have... dear Eric Carle. how are you doing. I like your caterpillar book. and I wanna know if you are go...
oh! I like your a... [Chi talks to himself as he fixes what he wrote] cross the t. okay. xxx and then do I write artist? I like your art work. then you... but an artist is a girl right? uhuh. no I'll tell you how you can use that in a sentence in a minute. you can write okay I like your art work. you can write comma......
is that it? very good artist period. there you go. you're kind of runni running out of room so you might wanna just say one last thing and then... I'll just write my address. yeah. you can write um... you can write back... or please write back... to www or to www... [street address] stop picking your xxx. [MOT telling ...
Clark. write the street number over there. s t? s t period. abbreviation. s t... Malden ma... you know what to do write dash two so he'll know it's the second floor. what? dash right? when you live in an apartment and a house... that and two? yeah dash... two. okay. four two... four yeah. write uh... Mom here read this...
and just write um let's see. sincerely. you can write sincerely... oh. how do you spell it? [MOT gets up and gets the dictionary?] that's what he needs to do [laughs]. [laughs]. okay. comma. well do I put it over here? where you sign it's just... always under the closing. that's how I do it. j. Chi [first name]... you ...
I like your art work you're a good artist. my address is www [full address]. sincerely Chi [first name]. great. I'm very impressed that you got the whole thing done in cursive. that's cool. good job. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/LW/suslw7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] I think your book is fabulous because you describ...
does he? yeah he really does actually. a lot more than you'd think. I don't needta read it 'cause I read that five times. yeah. you want her to read? she can if she wants but it's really up to her. some children just look at the pictures it's really up to you. you wanna read it? hm. show how good you read? she can read...
a little egg on a leaf. you need to read it so you... oh! she does know. [laughs]. wanna read it? no. why? it's just gonna xxx to refresh your memory. I already know it Mom. okay. now you're gonna write him a letter tell him what you think about his book. okay? do I hafta write in cursive? whatever you like. the teache...
mhm. outside activity or school somethin' that they like do whatever and um little comments um about the holidays and then the teacher answers. she retakes them all home I guess over the weekend and she answers them... it's kinda nice. it's like a one to one. and I think sometimes the kids can write stuff that they pro...
stop being a crybaby. %add: to kitten yes. %int: cooes to kitten how do you spell describe? d i s c r i b e. it's nice though and I like reading it. every couple of weeks I'll pick it up to read it to see what she wrote and what the teacher wrote. she always has such nice things to say. she writes a lot. see this is th...
xxx good girl. %add: to kitten good girl if you'd stop crying so much. %add: to kitten stop crying. %add: to kitten Mom. that's e r. c a t e r. just erase that part. see it's right here. [Chi erases something] xxx that's how you spell caterpillar. c a t e r p i l l a r s. yeah. xxx... %int: whispers [chuckles]. we shou...
look at her [kitten]. she's adorable. you gettin' shocks? yeah now I am. you're a baby aren't you? %add: to the kitten %int: quietly in the background huh? hm? it was funny when we had the other cat in the cellar and that one's full grown. it looks so big. and I said well I'll open the door a crack and let them look at...
yeah. maybe you could even write in a book someday huh? in between ballet classes? oh look caterpillar's on there. hm? oh it's cute. what's down there a caterpillar? oh that's nice. skipped this. this is so it looks like I wrote a lot. maybe you can mention that you write books. is this the one [taperecorder] that you'...
for doing that for us. 'cause I know it's a little bit of a hassle. no. usually when we're eating though I always say to her don't talk with food in your mouth just eat quietly. then when we do these it's like and she'll go... [aft chews with her mouth open?] [laughs]. a little bit yeah it's a little much. stop it. [gi...
okay I'm done. [putting down the pencil] oh great! oh nice one. could you read that out loud for me please? while I have xxx. I think your book is fabulous because you described it well. I love caterpillars. I like how you wrote it. and I like your other books too. my name is Chi [first and last name]. I have brown eye...
I want you to write it. no no no no no no [laughs]. %int: quickly [laughs]. we'd like it if you wrote the letter. they especially want the children to write the letter. mhm. [airplane flies overhead] okay oh thanks. okay go ahead. in the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf. %int: quickly one Sunday morning the...
he stayed inside for more than two weeks. then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon pushed his way out and... he was a beautiful butterfly! what a difference! it's nice not hafta read it to ya. [laughs]. when we first started I hadta read it to you. uhhuh. okay... here ya go just in case you need his name. [shows cover of b...
what did you say to me whenever you read it. when you gotta the part where he was eatin' all the food? it sounded like... me. yeah. I know. [MOT points to paper and Chi erases catip because couldn't fit the word caterpillar on the that line.] [laughs]. it's better than writin' a book report huh? she hated doing those. ...
dear Eric Carle. I like your book because it was funny. I thought it was funny when he kept eatin' and eating. the caterpillar sounded like me 'cause I like to eat. mhm okay. and then just finish the letter. sincerely or very truly or... there you go. %int: sing-song that's terrific! thank you Chi. that's wonderful. th...
yeah. you wanna get your erasable pen? whatever will be easiest for you to write with. that's... that's what we want. and I can use the pen. I had a pencil... [talks with mother and step father about the purpose of experiment, transcribed under filename EXTRAREN.LW7] wow! finished? you wrote a lot. could I read it? you...
dear Eric. you have a good book. I like it a lot. some times I get as hungry as the caterpillar. yyy mom likes it a lot. your friend, Chi. take about ten minutes. she doesn't like writing? don't like it huh? can you write it? well you better tell me what you want me to write. okay. we'd really like it if you'd write it...
[laughs]. I want to. go f... you don't wanna? help me think [whines]. [Chi's brother walks in and says something, to which Mot responds] help me think. hm [hums] get your thought waves goin' and let's put on your thinking cap. what do you think? no you think of something. %int: frustrated I can't think for you. yes you...
I wanna go out and play. %int: whining I wanna eat... [Chi's older brother walks in talking to his friends] I wanna eat xxx. %int: quietly but whining stop. I don't know. [Chi's brother is talking in the background] [MOT whispers to Chi but it is inaudible] okay it's a good book. in big letters it's a good book. how do...
hm. this book. 'cause he writes good books. mhm. hm. how can I tell him that it's this one? tell 'im you're talking about this book. yeah but how? you have it right here. read. I already read that part. that's very good. 'kay then here you write it. [MOT says something to Chi's brother] now Chi. that would look kind of...
yeah but I put a capital! [in the background Chi's brother is playing with the dog and being very loud] oh. and it's not sposta be. [laughs]. I guess she knows huh? [MOT talks to Chi's brother and to EXP] is that all I hafta write? well it's fine. if you wanna write any else you can don't hafta. [MOT talks to another m...
you're just gonna do it. mhm. [MOT talks to Chi's brother who is fooling around in the background] oh that's nice. [Chi asks Mot to scratch her back] no reason to write xxx. now do you wanna put something at the bottom? like... what else do you needta put on there? Mommy how do you spell friend? [MOT talks to Chi's bro...
%add: to Mot I read it? I thought you were gonna read it? out loud. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. for my sister Christa. in the light of the moon a little egg laid on a leaf. one Sunday morning the warm sun came up an and pop out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. hm it looks like xxx. oh yeah Mr Sun's ...
one slice of watermelon. that night he had a stomachache. it's about time. [laughs]. [laughs]. the next day [laughs] was Sunday again. the caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf and after that he lef felt much better. now he wasn't hungry anymore and he wasn't a little caterpillar anymore. he was a big fat caterpi...