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ah. I wonder if he [silver man] can. xxx [strange sound]! like a circus. [laughs]. oops. whoa. [laughs]. whoa. I wonder if this [purple star] would knock it [tower of magnets] over. [puts the purple star next to a tower of silver men and nuts and other things, and the star falls down away from the tower] nope it [purpl...
[picks up the yellow wand and holds it over the towers of magnets] watch. that [yellow wand] will stick. ah! [the yellow wand makes a silver man move a little] what [laughs]. nope it's [yellow wand] not doing it [making the silver man move] any more. this [yellow wand] is this [yellow wand] is a magnet too. I know. ah!...
[could be referring to the magnetic force which is going through the magnet tower into the base magnet] nope. it's [referent unclear] too xxx. [could be referring to the magnetic force] [laughs]. [laughs]. [laughs]. this [referent unclear] what? %int: $=3 raspy voice [$=3 tries to pull a nut off the base] ow. why is th...
[the yellow wand makes the red ball with a paper clip on it spin around a little] oh wow. oh. [the red ball fell off the tower it was sitting on top of] it [red it went for it [yellow wand]. yeah. it le... it's [referent unclear] like striking. [it is unclear what Chi means by the term striking] [aft the tower fell ove...
I know what this [purple star] is Mom. I know what it's [purple star] for. what? you try to take them [magnets in the pile] all off without dropping it [pile of magnets]. [holds the purple star over the pile of magnets] you mean you put them [magnets in the pile] all on top of each other? hm? no you try to take them [m...
the power is going out of it [purple star]. okay who's going first? who's going first? whoa. whoa. this one [purple star] repels. th nothing will go on that star. yeah. xxx [strange sound]! %int: high pitched ah! get on here. [puts a silver man on the red ball] ah! %int: high pitched now can you remember this [magnets ...
I will teach you. whoa. watch. it [paper clip] goes flying. [refers to a paper clip which he put on one magnet and then fell onto the base because the base magnet attracted it] mhm. ah! okay I'll stack 'em [magnets]. okay we'll play the game stack 'em. [starts to pull everything off the base magnet] who's going first? ...
uh xxx. [laughs]. [laughs]. okay get up there. [Chi is able to make a silver man stand up on the base using the wand] okay. oh. [laughs]. whatever way it [washers] hits it [washers] stays that way. [Chi pulls some washers that had stuck to the wand off the wand and drops them onto the base magnet] I thought you weren't...
mhm. everything. stack everything. now try to take them [silver men] down without knocking the tower down. [MOT loops washers around the men's arms] what are they [silver men] holding the Olympic circles or something? yeah. [laughs]. oh say... %int: sings hm. I think that [nut] might knock it [tower of silver men] even...
[puts a red ball on top of one silver stick] oh. hm. xxx the ball balance ball xxx. [tries to get the red and yellow balls to stay on top of the sticks, but they both fall] xxx get 'em [silver sticks] close to it [referent unclear]. hm like this. [puts two washers on their edges on the base next to each other] balance ...
%int: whispered how did you know? hm. I know everything. is there any other guys [silver men]? hm nope. okay wait. okay. he [silver man] holds an Olympic. [$=4 Chi and Mot loop washers around the arms of the silver men] hm? hm. hm. oh! [the tower of men fell down] [laughs]. oh now it's [tower of magnets]... get everyth...
this xxx with me. if this [configuration of silver men and sticks] could happen in real life this would be the most amazing thing in the whole world. [keeps stacking silver men and sticks] oh time for bed. ah. [the tower of men fell] just stack 'em [magnets] in a tower and then we'll. okay. no. just don't make the peop...
oh. let's see. if we can get this one [silver man] off. wrong way. uh. oh! [laughs]. and then? the ball in the middle? where that [referent unclear] goes? oh know what I was wondering what could happen? the ball would just float in the air? whoops it's [red ball] not going to go on there. %int: laughing [tries to put t...
oh that [green triangle] willn't work. %int: whispered [tries to fit in the green triangle, but it doesn't stay] what the... that [yellow ball] willn't work. [tries to fit in the yellow ball, but it won't stay] nope. I was hoping it would. um look at the xxx up. it [referent unclear] just likes... it [referent unclear]...
a little bit. working. it's [silver stick] a big xxx. [Chi was able to remove almost all of the pieces one by one, and now tries to remove a stick lying across the arms of two men] yeah that's [silver stick] gonna be hard. yep. [laughs]. [taps the yellow wand onto the silver stick repeatedly, trying unsuccessfully to m...
the last thing we have you guys do together is... [MOT and EXP discuss videotaping and whether or not Mot is photogenic for :25] we brought these stuff [magnets] to you about four years ago when we came to visit. and... oh! I xxx remember. we were hopin' to get you guys to work with them [magnets] again for about ten m...
watch what your... 't us see if we can make things move. [clears throat]. xxx these. thanks Sis. [videotape starts at this point] [SIS returns Very Hungry Caterpillar book to EXP; Chi has the large magnet directly in front of her; she is currently arranging the three colored magnetic balls on the black base magnet] her...
uhoh! [rearranges magnetic balls to try to form a face] sit in back. no no no [exasperated sigh]. no. [chuckles]. sit in back of me. there you go! I did it! [Chi has arranged three magnetic balls such that two make the eyes and the other makes the mouth] or you're gonna sit in my lap. no. just use that [magnetic ball] ...
%int: whispered [bef the first ball falls off the figure] [picks up the purple star and reaches as if touch the magnetic figure with it, but does not do so] ah. [picks up the yellow wand] go ahead. [reaches towards metal figure with yellow wand] no no. I want... [moves yellow wand close to metal figure, which causes fi...
oh cool! [removes wand from black base] I'm gettin' this guy [silver man]. [takes metal figure off wand and places wand on table next to magnet] here's a dime. [picks a dime up off of the table and offers it to EXP] oh that's part of it [collection of toys]. [puts dime on black base] that's... you can play with the dim...
[Chi notices that there are more of the silver men in the plastic tray.] uhoh. here's a guy. [SIS hands Chi a plastic orange man] three more guys [silver men]. oh thanks. that [referent unclear] looks pretty interesting. he [plastic orange man] doesn't do that. I want the guys [silver men]. I want these guys [silver me...
[whines]! %int: rising intensity mommy! %int: agitated [laughs]. gimme it [silver man]. %int: whining alright alright alright alright. %int: rapid [brings wand down to within Chi's reach] [laughs]. [puts her hand on Mot's, pushing her hand and the wand down against the table] hey hey hey hey. [removes silver man from w...
no! that's a good way to do acrobatics. [MOT means holding the wand near the figures causes them to move acrobatically on their own] [takes figure and stilts off of black base] you can make them [metal figures on stilts] walk right across the stage [black base] there. [reaches for wand but does not take it from Sis; Mo...
[leans back away from her construction and shakes her hands in anticipation] I know it's gonna fall! [places a third metal figure on top of the second (which is on the stilts) and tried to get it to stay up without falling] only if someone was to come across with another magnet and go like this. %int: slowly [picks up ...
she wants to play with the toys. uhoh I don't think real acrobats can do that. [aft the construction falls over] oh. [aft Bro enters room] he's comin' to pick us up at a quarter of four. that's cool. [pulls construction apart, leaving just one figure on the black base] who? Richard. what time does the movie start? whoa...
'cause it's PG thirteen. [picks up one of the metal rods] [laughs]. PG thirteens are nothing. [takes the second, upside down figure off of the first] [places the silver stick onto the black base next to the silver man] hey! [grabs the silver stick and tears it from the black base] I wanna xxx... [reaches for the black ...
yes Bro. what's that? [places two silver men upside down and facing each other on the black base] it's a magnet Chi's um playing with. [another of Chi's brothers appears in the background behind Bro] hm. [walks around the table to the side of the table to which Chi had moved the metal figures] and you boys hafta go ahe...
[the magnetic ball has caused the sticks to move so they're no longer parallel] oh that's kind of cool. [puts the ball back on the track and rolls it back and forth] they [silver men] look like the guys at the circus. [MOT walks off camera to settle Sis down for a minute] [picks up two more magnetic balls and puts them...
what? where's your mother? right there. [gets men to stay one on top of the other] [aft Chi raises her arms in a triumphant pose] tadah! [MOT returns to room] [puts wand and some bolts on table] thanks. can I come through this room? hm? [repeatedly pulls the top silver man off the bottom man, and then puts them back to...
yeah. right there. one two three. [picks up the other silver man and holds it in her fist, leaving one on the black base] there was four or five. there was four? there was five. there was five? [opens Chi's fist to examine men] mhm. and you only have three? [there are three men in Chi's fist] no. [one more man is on th...
oh yeah yeah. she knows what she's doin'. [picks up yellow wand and begins picking up bolts and washers with it] smart move. [puts a second man on the black base and straightens the men with her hands so they are facing each other] [holds wand over a large number of bolts, then lifts up the wand] [the mass of bolts and...
[picks a washer off the black base and moves it towards Mot's yellow wand] [drops washer onto table] hm [chuckles]. [continues picking up objects with yellow wand] [continues clearing objects off the black base until only the two men are left] these [silver sticks]... [picks up a silver stick] right here like that [ont...
[begins to move the two silver men farther apart] no we're not. yes we are. ready? put one guy down here. [moves one silver man to the edge of the black base] the other guy all the way down here. [moves second man to opposite edge of black base] they're carrying these [silver sticks] on their shoulders right? [straight...
[laughs]. boy. [one of the metal sticks is sticking straight up off one of the figures] ugh. [removes stick from silver man with effort and places it on the shoulders of the men] 'cuse me but I needta use this [pieces]. [picks up some objects over on the table close to her] whoa! [one of the sticks flips around the man...
[Chi leans forward and has apparently bumped her nose against Mot's] that hurt. [tries for a moment to take pieces out of Mot's hand] well I have a hard nose so... [sighs]. okay now I can move it anymore. [rubs along top of black base, perhaps trying to spin it] put them [silver men] all in a circle. [begins to arrange...
no a ball! [picks up a magnetic ball] [Chi wants to try putting a magnetic ball on top of the silver stick] a ball! you 'tupid... excuse me? a ball. put a ball on. [puts washer down after being unsuccessful at making it stick to the silver stick] [attempts to put a magnetic ball on top of the silver stick] [aft the bal...
awesome! [laughs]. [laughs]. cool. cool. [begins putting washers on the heads of each of the silver men] very nice. uhoh. [a washer won't stick straight up on one of the men, instead connecting at a 9 degree angle] uhoh. willn't float. [talks about a washer] got a problem with this guy. [takes washer off and puts it on...
wanna see if this [coin] willn't go. [reaches over, picks up a coin, and tries to stick it to the black base unsuccessfully] see if you can put [silver stick through the washer]... [tries again to put the silver stick through the washer] no you can't. I told you. I think you can. [succeeds in getting silver stick throu...
yep. [holds a silver stick near one of the men] see by this you can control it. [apparently moves a washer around using the magnetic pull between the silver stick and the washer, but Mot's hand blocks view] whoa. yeah. 'kay. k k I just want it [silver stick] like that. [puts one silver stick so that it spans the magnet...
[Home Visit 7] and I'm just gonna tape your hands on this. let's see if I can get this thing. what do you want her to do with that? take it apart and... the two of you can play with it. make stuff? whatever you want. oh dear. is that a regular camera? oh. I thought it was a xxx. it's it is a little tiny camcorder. with...
[laughs]. they willn't know about you. they might know a lot about the magnets though. god this comes out too. [MOT may be referring to the flat silver circle] where you wanna put this? xxx stand it up. kinda neat. [video tape begins here] can I see that [black base]? where are you gonna put this [referent unclear]? th...
okay. [moves a silver stick toward one of the silver men Chi has stood on the black base and it falls over] no. no. it's fun to work with magnets. that's one thing I never got her. whole bunch of magnets. that one should come. this [plastic turtle] sticks? no that [plastic turtle] doesn't stick. %int: whispered [laughs...
I don't know. its cool [? cold] huh? [Chi and Mot are building a tower of nuts and washers on the black base by stacking one on top of another] put this [silver stick?] down. in there. [points to tower] in there? [points to tower] one of these [silver stick]. [picks up silver stick and puts it down through the hole in ...
make a lot of different designs. look like gumballs. [places ball on construction; it knocks over several silver men who then stick to different parts of the tower; Mot is refferring to one who is stuck to the side of the tower] 'kay. [clears everything off the platform] I like these [silver men]. I like those [referen...
whoop'. doesn't come after me. [holds yellow wand which is full of magnets and metal toys] doesn't it? [picks up black base and moves it toward Mot and the yellow wand] 'kay. get the long one [referent unclear]. here's one. do what? [puts yellow wand on black base and slides everything that is stuck to the wand onto th...
then put the sticks in. put another stick in that one [washer]. [follows Mot's instructions] then put the men on top of the stick. he's [silver man] been squashed. [pulls silver man from underneath wand] call her [cat] and she'll go meow! cry baby. what's the matter? she says I like all those things. I could play with ...
[laughs]. is that your timer over there? [timer has just beeped] yeah. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/melet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] you can take those out Chi. this is actually um just ah what the thing looked like... the essay. [talks about looking at the essay] [MOT and EXP talk about where it is easier for...
alright. %int: sing song looks like something you'd see at the science museum. huh? I don't feel like making this. oh. [laughs]. wow. feel how strong that is. [has picked up horseshoe magnet and is holding it over a silver stick] [vocalization]. [laughs]. wanna make it [silver ball] move? [moves horseshoe magnet toward...
hey I want that [horseshoe magnet]. [takes horseshoe magnet from Mot's hands] okay. whoa. did you feel how strong it is? [points to black base] [moves horseshoe magnet over black base] when it [black base] pulls... yeah. mhm. [laughs]. does it [horseshoe magnet] pick up the money? [moves horseshoe magnet over nickel] n...
[vocalization]. oh he's [silver man] hangin' on the bolt. momma. yeah honey? ugh. wait. [vocalization]. momma. watch this. [picks up a washer and slides it slowly across the table toward the black base; as it gets closer, the washer is pulled from Chi's hands into the black base] hm. just think. if you could pick up al...
doesn't it [blue arrow magnet] feel like it would be a magnet and it [arrow magnet] would stick? [hands arrow to Chi to touch] [takes blue arrow and attempts to stick it to black base; it slides down the base and lands on the table] whoops! hm! there. [picks up arrow and places it on black base] it sticks. Brian would ...
[laughs]. yep. my ball sticks. I like the balls. these don't stick. all of those [plastic items] don't stick. [sweeps the money, plastic checkered magnets, and the plastic toys all into a pile on the table] [vocalization]. momma! [holds horseshoe magnet underneath the glass table and uses it to push the magnet ball acr...
[puts horseshoe magnet under table and tries to use it to move the silver ball across the table] hm it willn't work. look at that [red plastic ball]! [places red ball back on table where it rolls around in circles and then sticks to the black base] it's just movin' crazy. [laughs]. watch. [places red ball back on table...
he's [Goofy] not tryin' to pick up the sandwich is he? yes. he's [Goofy] tryin' to pick up the sandwich. does it [book] tell you how they [magnets] work? or why they [magnets] work? oh look they [book characters] have a paper clip too. hm. up here. hold your magnet several inches away from the paper clip. slowly move i...
almost. oh here it goes... a magnet will pick up something made of iron or steel. oh. get that. [paper clip stuck to black base instead of the yellow wand] it ran away from me. went to the bigger magnet? where's the little horseshoe one? [moves black base and looks] I don't have it. okay. let's see like which one it'll...
so... = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/catet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] I'm gonna videotape what you do so we can see what you're doing while you're playing with these. and just for about ten minutes okay? yeah. [talks about how camera will be focused] [laughs]. oh a turtle! okay. [tells Chi to get magnets out] go...
and see if that works. I'm gonna take this stuff off here so we can... 'oops! put... oh my goodness! xxx it willn't come off? oh Ma! oh there's another one here that's hard. oh. well, isn't this like a fountain? go away Bro. its a video camera. %add: BRO [EXP tells Bro that it is a video camera; Bro says he'll stand ba...
hold on. don't... whoop. no. I wanna get it. I wanna... okay. I got it all... [video starts here] [MOT is holding black base which does not have anything sticking to it] [passes black base toward Chi; as it passes over objects on table, they stick to it] oh! maybe I didn't. come 're mister! [holds black base in one han...
here. here are the people hon'. [moves horseshoe magnet toward Chi] [Chi has put the black base down and is now holding out the yellow wand] okay here's your other people. [moves horseshoe magnet to pick up another silver man from table then moves it to the yellow wand in Chi's hand] anything else? [points to another s...
not you! %add: silver stick and washer [pulls off a silver stick and a washer that had stuck to the yellow wand while she was picking up silver men] hey! get it! he [silver man] got stuck mommy. [transfers silver men from the yellow wand to the black base] yeah. I'll pick up... [picks up a silver stick and puts it on y...
[Chi had been attempting to stand the silver man up on the yellow wand and to balence a silver stick on him] shut up Bro. you need anything else? oh oh oh! ugh ugh! %int: disgust Chi! tryin' to make my people stand up. [attempts to stand up two silver men on the yellow wand] okay. do you needta deliver some more stuff ...
[puts yellow wand onto the objects that Mot has just picked up; they stick to the wand] ping pong! [sings]. [pushes plastic turtle across the table toward Chi] hello mister turtle. [taps the turtle on the back with the yellow wand] hey. [picks up turtle and shakes it] there should be... somethin' metal in here [plastic...
googly eyes. whoops! lost my googly eye. is this metal? [taps the yellow and white checked triangle magnet with the horseshoe magnet; it doesn't stick] it willn't work. nope. try it again. doesn't work? [taps a magnet ball with the horseshoe magnet; the ball doesn't stick] hey. how come it doesn't work? mom I'm hungry....
[picks up blue plastic magnet arrow and sticks it to the yellow wand] where's the house? fix it again. [points to the checked magnet construction] now. [picks up the blue plastic teddy bear and moves it in front of the yellow wand with the arrow stuck to it] which way is home? %int: whiny, voice of plastic bear, probab...
now you can build somethin' on that [black base]. yeah. [puts yellow wand on top of the objects that are on the black base and pulls some of them off] want some help? [holds yellow wand full of objects in front of Mot] do you want some help? no? it's not easy to take 'em off Chi. [clears objects off the yellow wand] ho...
you may needta organize your stuff. and then you can build something. what do you think? okay. [sticks silver circle on one edge of the black base so that it sticks up from the side] okay. what are we gonna build? you needta put the other man over there. [other voices and the t.v. are audible in the background] [the si...
all I need is three seats. I bet those poor guys get started on the left. they can stay there. not on the people? take all the marbles off the marble holders. [picks up all the magnet balls and hands them to Mot] whoops. Chi. [the magnet balls are in a line on the table and Mot is attempting to pull them with the horse...
hey. we're not connecting here. I'm not done with it. well we're not connecting the way we wanna connect here. you know what? oh. but that's great. it's been about ten minutes so I'm gonna... gotta stick my colorful things on. [takes paper clips from Mot and places them on the front of the construction] okay. hey! it [...
thank you. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET/aimet7.cha = = = [Home Visit 7] I wanna look at the [? another] picture. what you gonna do with any o' this? this like um you know men [silver little men. [MOT and Chi sit on one side of a coffee table with the magnets spread out on the coffee table in front of them; Mo...
what is inside of here [box which contained the silver men]. hm. [places a silver man on the black base; it stands] that's [standing silver man] kind of cute. you think you're hold' a basketball. [places the orange ball on top of the standing silver man] yeah. the hoop [basketball hoop]. [places a nut, the basketball h...
[sets the orange ball in front of a silver man and knocks the silver man over] [picks up two silver men from the black base and stands one up on the base] this [referent unclear] is fun for these [referent unclear] xxx. [stacks up two silver men on the base] you could play hockey. like this. [removes a silver man from ...
that's like xxx. [removes the turtle, the flat red lego pieces, and the orange man from the box] xxx what will [? would] you play with this [magnet set]? %add: man on the couch oh I know. [stands a silver man on the flat red lego piece] well that [red lego piece] does not magnetic. that [red lego piece] is not magnetic...
so we make people [silver men] stand up like this. [stands a silver man on the black base, and places a second silver man upside-down on top of the first silver man] hm. here's uh... and stand up like that. [stands a third silver man on the shoulders of the second silver man] [stands a silver stick on the head of the t...
no. it's [nut's] too heavy. too heavy. that's [silver man and stick structure] a nice thing that we made right here. wonder what this [flat red lego pieces stuck together] is for. I know you could take it out [take it apart]. [separates the two flat lego pieces] yeah? I can make... [places a nut on the black base and t...
[arranges three nuts in a straight line with the silver stick on top of them, like a bench] [places the purple star magnet on the black base] that [flat round checkerboard magnet] doesn't do nothing. [places the flat round magnet on top of the purple star; it doesn't stick, so she removes it] hm. what this [referent un...
then you can put it [yellow wand] on. [touches the yellow wand to a nut on the black base several times] yeah? see? [the wand sticks briefly to the nut and is hard to pull off; Chi can feel the force of the yellow wand magnet] it's xxx? is that enough? %add: EXP sure. that's fine. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV7/ET...
oh with the little guys [silver men] too. so like what's our motive? just to play with it [magnet set]? that's it. okay. [talks about camera] wrong way. [laughs]. this [referent unclear] is the way it's [magnet set] sposta be. and I didn't think xxx. attachable. don't tell me where it's [referent unclear] sposta be. [a...
it was years ago and at least the bright color has faded. I'm sorry mom. this one [a washer] xxx. I'm gonna hafta put this [taperecorder] way over here [away from the magnets]. I'll just put it [taperecorder] over here [away from the magnets]. no I don't think it's... as long as you don't put it [taperecorder] up to it...
nice mom. [the stick falls out of Mot's hands] trying. [puts the silver stick through the hole in the washer and nut] no. you know. [laughs]. [two of the silver men on the base fell as a result of Mot's actions] I know what I'm tryin' to do! now in California major earthquakes are still occurring... %int: newscaster vo...
[camera moves as EXP finds a better position from which to watch] that way I can see this [Chi working with the magnets]. 'cause I'm very interested in what you're doing here [on the table with the magnets]. like this. [places a silver man upside down on the parallel bars] this. [refers to the act described above] want...
[picks up the yellow wand] 'n't do it. [laughs]. don't do it! ah! [the stack of three silver men falls because Mot put the yellow wand close to them] [laughs]. fine mom. [takes the yellow wand from Mot] mom. oh! [puts the yellow wand close to the red ball; the red ball rolls over the silver stick and falls down onto th...
I hate magnets. [laughs]. [turns to face the couch, which is behind Chi, and burries his face in the pillow] having troubles? ugh. I am too [laughs]! [tries to get a washer to stand on its side on the black base] [laughs]. I guess you're having a bit more fun than I am even. [turns around to face coffee table again] wh...
why do you need this [flat silver circle]? 'cause. it [perhaps the magnetic force of the black base] can only relate... see! [tries to stand a silver man up on the base] it [silver man] wants to be like that [standing up maybe]. but on this [black base, without the flat circle]... yeah but why? why? why does having thi...
watch. okay. watch. [re-positions the fallen silver man to standing] but why? does it [flat silver circle] disperse the um... yeah. field? 'cause I never tried it without that metal thing [flat silver circle] before. it's because I didn't detach mine [flat circle]. they're [flat silver circle] like sort of crazy glued ...
[places the red ball on top of the thin round magnet] may I take your... [Chi was going to put something other than the red ball on top of the thin round magnet, but Mot put the ball there first before Chi could put an object on the thin magnet] [laughs]. fine. [removes the red ball] watch! [places a silver man on top ...
[growling sound]. [places another man in a handstand on the silver sticks] I've got a lot of these men [silver men] in my room. really works. [places another silver man on top of the two which are doing handstands] %int: whispered you're not restricted to what's there [on the table]. you wanna get more men [silver men]...
[Chi refers to Mot's arrangement of the magnents on the black base] mhm. modern art [laughing]. I'll give you modern art. [laughs]. she'll give me modern art. tadah! [places his black base on the table] 'kay. this Omni Theatre effect. [the Omni Theater is a special kind of movie theater] I better stop my zooming in and...
that's good. yours have smudges. well yes that's what we're here for. okay. um I'm going to hafta destroy this [Mot's arrangement of magnets]. [touches Mot's arrangement on EXP's black base] fine. [laughs]. [clears Mot's arrangement from the black base] [laughs]. what is it that you're gonna do? you'll see. [stands sev...
fine. I have three poles [silver sticks] of mine. fine. I have two [silver sticks] here. [places the two silver sticks on top of the silver men which stand on the second level] it's [referent unclear] not gonna stand up. watch. what is it you wanna do? well it's [structure] sposta go like... [removes the two silver sti...
[laughs]. jeez. [repositions a silver man that had been moved while he was removing a washer, and knocks another silver man off the second level in the process] ah! you just killed the little magnetic [silver man]... mom! Chi what is your problem? what's your problem? I don't have a problem. I'm just putting the magnet...
I can't make another level can I mom? %int: defeated [laughs]. will you allow me? [stands four silver men on top of the second flat silver circle] yes. thank you mom. [a silver man falls] uh ugh! what? nothing. [laughs]. oh man! [a silver man falls while Chi is repositioning another silver man] [laughs]. why mom? alrig...
that's [Chi's structure] very good. %int: whispered [a silver man falls] maybe I should... he's [silver man which fell] too close to the edge [of flat silver circle]. no. it's [silver man which fell] close to the edge [of flat silver circle]. no he's [silver man]... that why he's [silver man] flipping down. he's [silve...
oh Chi. but I don't think it's [placing the red ball on top] gonna work now with that [top silver man]. [tries to place the red ball on top of the highest silver man, but the silver man falls] ah. we'll hafta give him [top silver man] something else... put 'im [silver man] back up [on top of the tower]. [places silver ...
yeah. sure. uhhuh. boy that was pretty uh... you can fool around for a second. I'm just gonna put on some music. well if we put on music that might cause a little problem with the sound. would it [putting on the music] interfere with your sound system or whatever? [knocks over another level of the tower; only one level...
cmon. %add: an object on the black base which Chi is trying to remove using the wand [reaches hesitantly for the yellow wand and tries to remove an object from the base] there's other things in here [clear plastic box] if you wanna xxx those [objects in the box]. little guys [silver men]. [opens the clear plastic box] ...
Sol no. oh. [tries to lift the tower back up, but it seems to have fallen apart too much] okay. [rebuilds part of the tower] oh. [the tower falls again.] daddy can I do it [hold the yellow wand]? [shakes Fat's arm] no you can't. one. [sets one washer on its side on the base] two. [places a second washer on top of the f...
[the tower of washers falls] yeah. look. the xxx and Thomas Ringling Brothers! [laughs]. where did he [referent unclear] go? [looks for something in her hands and finds it] oh. daddy daddy we need some attracting here. [Chi holds the tower of washers steady and calls for Fat to use the wand to steady the tower instead]...
two. [positions a second washer on top of another] three. [positions a third washer on top of the first two.] uhoh. [the tower leans over] up s up sutlebi. [repositions the tower so that it stands straight up] four. [adds another washer to the stack] [FAT holds the yellow wand steadily over the stack of washers; Chi pl...
[Chi moves the tower to a new area on the black base, more towards the center] I want it [tower] right there [a certain place on the black base]. that will keep 'em [maybe parts of the tower] together... like that. [sets up another washer near the base of the tower, apparently hoping to keep the tower steady] I can kee...
[Chi plays with two nuts and a silver stick, but her hands are under the table for a few seconds; the cause of the whoops cannot be determined] steel willn't attract it [silver man] steel. [Chi holds a silver stick, over which she has placed two nuts; Chi tries to attach a silver man to these objects, but none are magn...