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look at de sailboat. I can hang it on my wall. you can hang it up on your wall? I wish I can keep it for writing on. you can keep it. that's for you. I can put it on my horsie backie. can I keep dat? yes that's part of it. can I keep everything I wanna be? what is that? if you look down at the bottom of the bag there's something there for Paul. [a teddy-bear] I better keep it for my baby. this is for Paul she said. we all have toys. [opens another present] hey! dose are terrific. I didn't hear you ask her if you could open that. can I open dis? %add: Ursula yes. how how you open dis? [milk trucks, bottles, eggs, butter and horses in a set of toys] open dese. goodness what d' you think those are? wheels. wheels? oh what do they go on?
they go on the truck? and everything they go on tick tock. I wish I can keep dat so I can tick it. so you can tick it? yes. I don't hear it ticking. tick tell de minute. it's got a ticktock. are these for trucks? what are these? huh? I don't know. you'll hafta figure it all out by yourself. isn't that fun? yeah. does it go on dese? dis. open dat. well why don't you see what you need for it first. hey look at dat. who lives in dose houses? milkmans? that's a dairy. huh? that's the dairy. dairy what? what is a dairy? dis? no that. what is that?
what is that? dis. what de directions say? huh? I can't read them right now. xxx holes. I can do everything I wanna do. oh why dey fall off? could I see it? you needta put the wheels under both holes. on the other side too. dis one? the other side now. dere. on dat side? yes. put it in the hole. does dat go under dis hole? Paul drop dat doggie. this isn't a doggie. what is it? a bear just like mine? mhm. is it cute? she a funny Urs'la. d' you know that? your a funny Urs'la for giving Paul a dog. why? because you may do anything you like to do. do you know that?
it's going to be morning time. there's another truck. where? did I miss? yes you missed it. does it go just like de other way? yes just like the other ones. what are dese? now you hafta lead the trucks. on what? all those little things there. where? what are dese? huh? what are dese? well I don't know. what d' you think they might be? what? box? hm? boxes? boxes of what? boxes of milk. eggs. boxes of eggs. what is this? does dey go on dere? they seem to don't they? do dese go in here? do dey?
where should put the clock. well that's not really a clock is it? what is it? just the dairy products around here. see the eggs the milk the butter. de eggs and the milk. where we put next to... I guess you could read that and it will tell you what those things are. what are dese? where? oh yeah. I know I know. I know dere dey go. dey go next... the man are carrying milk. dey carrying food for de people. [makes some noises]. what Paul said? he said I want that. want what? I don't know. he sees something back there that he would like to have. what d' you want... what cha like to have? dey goin' to get some milk. dey goin' to put it in my truck. you don't have any milk on that truck. what? milk on what truck? the truck you're driving.
do dese go on the truck? do dese? yes they seem to don't they? where they go? I don't know. you find out. dese are de eggs. dose are two milk tricks. outside in 'e street. outside. that's right. now why don't you put some butter on the truck? what? what about some milk? is dis milk? yes that's milk. [truck has places for the milk, butter and eggs to stand on but Adam hasn't discovered this yet. he lays them down in the back of the truck] come from a dairy. I'd like four quarts of milk. now how're you going to put it on there like that? four quart. four quarts of milk and two pounds of butter. for your breakfast. we pretend the milk is coming. we pretend it. okay Mr Milkman. I'm waiting for my four quarts of milk and my two pounds of butter and my two dozen eggs. and if you can't bring it I'll just hafta get another milkman. I bringing it. no you don't have what I ordered.
what I 'posed to have? I said four quarts of milk. where's the milk? dere de milk. do you have four of those? nope. no you don't do you? how d' you think they go on the truck so they won't tip over. dey go right dere. they might spill like that. they will not spill like that. and two pounds of butter. yes I think I'm going to hafta get another milkman. I don't want any butter that might fall off the truck. dis won't fall off. but you don't have what I asked for. you've got the two dozen eggs on properly. take these off? no those are eggs. they're on properly. they won't fall off and break. why you need two pounds of butter? I like to bake cakes and cookies and I need butter. and I like to have toast and butter for breakfast. dese are toast. well you don't needta bring me any toast Mr Milkman. just my two pounds of butter. dat is butter. dat is bread. I don't know Mr Milkman.
I might hafta get another milkman. oh. [the things fall off] yes see. you lost my butter on the street. two milks. [finally stands milk boxes in appropriate place on truck] shame on you. you xxx. what did you say Adam? I putting milk on the truck. where're you going to put my butter? back of the truck. perhaps it would stand up too. the other way. over? I think over. do you need two pounds of butter? yes. now what about loading the other truck? for Ursula? yes. dis is Paul's and dis is yours. xxx going hit you on the head. %add: Paul oh that's not nice. I need lots of milk Adam. I need one milk too. are you going hafta get another milkman. no I think that milkman might be alright now.
I guess he was new at the job. what Paul said? I need a go to the toilet. you say you hafta get another mailman? no. [exits and returns.]. would you close the door please? freedom. freedom. dey goin' bringing butter. for you and Paul. dat is butter. two pounds of butter. dey carry two pounds of butter. oh now I know where this goes. does this go here? Paul Paul. I goin' stick you through the head. oh why would you do that? why don't you put the extra butter and eggs on here. and we goin' get some more? well why don't you pick those up off the floor first and put those in the dairy. does dese go in the dairy? there a milkman goes. you're sitting on a quart of milk. did I didn't mean to? [nota benne] oh I don't think you meant to. a pound of butter and a dozen eggs over there. what dozen eggs?
up here? mhm. now d' you know what these are? what are these? these are houses. people who want milk and butter and eggs. and the man said who dere? who is dere? I'd like one quart of milk. %int: disguising her voice one quart of milk. and a dozen eggs. %int: disguising her voice are dese dozen eggs? one dozen eggs. %int: disguising her voice okay. alright thank you Mr Milkman. %int: disguising her voice goodbye. %int: disguising her voice hello. I'd like three quarts of milk please. three quarts of milk? mhm. quarts of milk all. do you quarts of three ticks milk? [dialog] oh yeah I would three quarts of two... [dialog]
does he have it? [dialog] ticktock. and three quarts of eggs. he thinks it. see what he doing? there's a quart of milk. where? did he lose some? mhm. milkman. and three quarts of butter. he use xxx. so he use dis trucks. and dat truck going. he going have. Paul is billy hilly. do you know that? what? two pounds of butter. yeah. what about two pounds of butter? xxx butter. what is this? huh? guess. what is that? that's where you keep your milk. I'd like two quarts of milk please. she gone at my house.
two quarts of milk. just what? two quarts of milk. I just want one quart of milk. he goin' use his all. two quarts of milk. he need. hm? he puts hisself. he got a cold just like I have a cold? perhaps so. say what? two milk butter. who said that? what is dat a sailboat? no I don't think that's a sailboat. it's looks like it. where's the boat and where's the sail? dat is a milk truck. dat is de boat. dere a ship on the sailboat? what? does it ship? does it ship? yeah. what d' you mean? beep beep. he had a accident. what say ouch for? did he hurt you?
[climbing on mother] not really he's just trying to use me for a ladder. oh. don't put your tongue out like a snake. %add: Paul put your little tongue down. yes that's what Paul did. d' you remember what Paul calls you? what? what does he call you? a snake? no. a snail? no what does he call you? a policeman? no what does he call you? what? doesn't he call you his brother? yeah. he can't read brother. shame on you. you a mess boy d' you know that? %add: Paul and two pounds of... where other one with the butter? hm? where another with the butter dat goes dere? three quarters of milk. two quarters of milk. here's a three quarters of the milk.
how many quarts? oh milk truck. be careful. did I have a accident? you almost did. Mama. my nose. your nose what? blown. blown? alright go get a Kleenex. what else? yyy too. [word play] shake. wait. [goes out with baby] dey gonna get accident. an' one is not gonna be in the street. who close the door? your Mother did. Adam can I order some milk? here's de milk de truck. here... I need three quarts. you only need one quart. oh no I need three quarts. here three quarts. that's not three. you can't have three because...
why can't I? you can't have three. you only can have three butter. I need another milk thank you. I going turn dat. I'm finished with this one. yeah we having supper. [returns]? de supper milkman is bringing supper. is that Paul's? dey have accident. oh. dey have accident. dey all fall down the street. they all what? dey all park. no they have not. %add: Ursula have not what? heard something. he have accident. where should put dis? where de two pounds of butter? dat's gonna be next here. next to de street. oh he had another accident. [toy eggs fell from the truck] oh those poor eggs. must be broken. dose eggs will be broken.
must be broken because they fell from the truck. can I get some more? yes I guess so. dey broken. dese are good ones. dey won't fall off my truck. dose must be broken. he got some more. dey fell in 'e street. oops. what say oops? dey are not fall in the street. they're not? no. very good. he missed de wrong house. he missed de wrong one again. oh well he must be a new milkman. does the man give them to them? oo it's nighttime. beep beep. no no don't write on the floor. he... dese are not... dese are not broken. no those are not broken. where're you going to put those? put them on this brush? where dis goes? where does what go?
where dis goes? what is it? a dozen eggs? yeah. put them in the dairy. dose are de dozen eggs. are you de dozen? %add: Paul said no he said that he's Paul. I broke Paul's hand. he's just a little baby. he doesn't understand that big brothers don't always like for little babies to play with them. why not? what you play? %add: Paul pat a cake. can you do pat a cake Paul? dey took de scrambled eggs? do they sell scrambled eggs? yes. oh my goodness. they sell ham not scrambled eggs. oh they sell ham. what kind of ham? swordfish ham. dey are not broken now. very good. dey just took the string off. dey buy some more scrambled eggs. three what?
three scrambled eggs. dere only one in dis house. %add: himself oh I like... %add: himself oh get de milk. %add: himself three scrambled eggs. %add: himself well that's de dozen. %add: himself you took me three scrambled eggs. %add: himself what dey... I want one of dose for my truck. okay? yeah. oh my goodness. dey had a accident. dey di'n't mean to. I finished with this. I goin' to play with another truck. why don't you put all of those from one truck into the dairy farm? too? I put dose on de dairy farm? and what else on de dairy farm? here's a quart of milk over there. quarter. and some butter. dere de truck is going.
dey go right down to another. gone... he going way down dere. and he gonna come back. thank you. [calls] he gave us some more more gas. I want dozen egg. I don't have... %int: low voice what? dey goin' to put streets light on de street. [building with blocks] dey goin' to put street lights on de street. streets light. two streets lights. and some more streets. and two streets lights. and some more. more. you may play with me. okay. you have a street light. you hafta stop Mr truck driver. can he go? okay green light. can he go? yes. now say stop. stop.
dere a green light? a red light. green light. you may go. it said click? he got empty bottle. anybody drink dem. two quarters of two milk. see turns. so de milk can go in. oh Mr Milkman. would you please give me one quart of milk and one pound of butter? after I put it some milk in here. I will be busy again. okay. shame on you! three what? three of what? no I said one quart of milk and one pound of butter? I'm waiting Mr Milkman. three dozen eggs? no. okay. thank you. he goin' get some more. gon' get some more. what... does de lady need dozen eggs? yes. an' I goin' get some more.
two of them? two dozen yes. two? see if you can put it on top of there. gon' get some more. [spilled off the truck] they have the milk in the tr'... [spilled off the truck] oh he had a accident. [spilled off the truck] what's that attached to your belt Adam? a holster. does it have a snap on it? does it have a snap? %add: Mother yes that's a snap. so you don't hafta buy one? no. do the people have milk? dey have... Paul can play with it? no he can't play with it. oops. dey have accident. did the eggs broke? yes. he hafta get some more eggs. they fell out on the street. did dis broke? yes.
he better get some more. the milk broke too. it's not broken now. it's not broken now? okay. dey just have a accident. just an accident. they just have a accident. they goin' to... can you get into trouble? %add: Ursula trouble trouble? I can. I can do it too. Paul can do it too. Robin can do it too. and everybody can do it too. did the milk broke? no it's alright now. shame on you. for being a big big big big big big big... %int: 9 louder, 1 louder I am bigger. bit bit bit bit bit. oh oh. dey just had a accident. you don't think it broke. and you can't broke it. oh Paul has his foot sticking out. yes he has his foot sticking out.
he kicked his sock off. he don't need it? yes he needs it. he just doesn't like socks. why doesn't like socks? do I like socks? I think you do. do I like Mommy? do I like myself? do you like yourself? my delf. I like mydelf. do you like yourself? I don't like my delf. no? I would like mydelf. I would not like myself. your what? I would not like myself. I would not like my delf. do you know what delf means? no I don't know what delf means. what does it mean? means don't cha. don't cha make a bed. he parked it in 'e garage. see. he parked in the garage. oh very good. he made it.
dere a garage. [comes in]? hi. look. what's that? a milk truck. a milk truck. yes. and I goin' park it in the garage. what? you parked it in the garage? what're you smiling about? you smiling back. [leaves] the truck is getting out. oh he wants de three dozen milk. three dozen milk? yeah. he has three dozen milk and three dozen eggs. oh and how many quarts of butter? just two. two and one and one half. two and one half. two and one half what? two and one half milk. oh? what is one half milk? two one half. how d' you get one half milk? from de store.
de milkman dos from de store. [3 do+s] how can I have half a quart of milk? dat won't fall off. would you give me one half quart of milk? okay. one half. are you giving me one half? putting in on the truck. oh dey had a accident. put you together. oh dey have a accident again. where some more 'round here? Mr Milkman. please I'd like one half quart of milk. I putting dis on de truck. I don't think you wanna serve me. can I have one half quart of milk please? one? one one half quart. one? one half. dat one half? you said that was one. now how can you give me one half? dat is one half. oh is that one half? thank you. and some dozen eggs? yes and one dozen eggs.
look at Paul he has gone to sleep. go put him in bed. he's alright. old boy. I'm saying oh Paulee. oh Paulee. oh Paul. I got a runny nose. I goin' jump. I goin' jump all dose... [blows Adam's nose]. can you tell Urs'la some of the things that you did in nursery school? I can't. I playing with the dozen eggs truck. oh I'm sorry. did you made a mistake? I guess so. are these things to ride on at the nursery school? yep. what kind of things? wagons. wagons? do they have wagons? %add: Ursula do they? nope. how do you ride on them then? do they have wagons? %add: Mother you go to nursery school.
do they have wagons for me? yes I think they do have wagons but I think they're stored because they can't take them outside. why? because there's too much snow. I can put dem in de wagon. we should all play. where are my dozen me? don't know where my dozen me? you don't know where your dozen be? no. your dozen what? oh one fell off. do you paint at school? huh? do you paint? no. do I paint? %add: Mother I don't know. I don't go to nursery school. you go to nursery school. do I paint? you told me you painted and you told me you did what else with your hand? make hands with Christmas. for Christmas. didn't you paint those things that you made in clay? no. no? did I. I don't know.
I wasn't there. you go dere sometimes. yes I take you there but I don't stay. you stay just a little. just a little while. she stay just a little while. %add: Ursula d' you sing songs Adam? yeah. we say God dat great. God dat good. we goin' sing everything we like to. d' you know what? we sing it every morning. you do? yep we sing every morning. you mean when you're having your lunch? yes. what else d' you sing? d' you have lunch there Adam? yeah. that's very nice. I goin' have lunch today. [phone rings] oh dey have... [phone rings] [answers phone] poor Urs'la she can't get it. Paul. I need some milk for the little children at my school.
I goin' get some more. you'd better get two trucks for all the milk at the school. are you the nursery school teacher? yes. [returns from phone] who dat? the man who called this morning. can I have five quarts of milk for the school children? she a nursery school teacher. what? she a nursery school teacher. oh she's a nursery school teacher. I can't go through dere. you can't. is the road blocked? huh? is the road blocked? dey had... whoa dere dey falled. dey just had a accident. you can't have that. %add: Paul have what? the cord. why he can't? because he doesn't need it. two dozen eggs. dere some more milk. and two dozen eggs. did Paul wake up?
yes. why Paul waked up? I thought he was sleeping. oh he just took a little nap. can I close his mouth? no. he might get sick? wait til we might make him sick. okay. how much butter d' you think the children might need? one quarter. only one butter. that won't be enough. dey need only one. one for the children. two. I think I still need more milk. you just hafta have some three. one half. I need more than that for twenty children. I won't have some more. don't you have another truck? yes. thank you. that's still not enough. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Adam/030529.cha = = = [Adam has a cold] Adam will you say one two three four? [to test recording apparatus]
you say it. you say it. I don't wanna say it. that is sticking out. [a piece of the tape] oh yes. that's alright. something sticking out. on the taperecorder. %add: Mother something's sticking out on the taperecorder? yeah. what d' you think it is? I don't know. do you have a Harvard shirt on? no no. my head hurting. [rubbing his head against dresser] what? my head's hurting. the dresser hurting my head. oh the dresser is hurting your head. yeah. why are you putting your head on the dresser? xxx hurt. does it still hurt you? it still hurt me. it what? tickles me. [long pause follows this utterance]
[coloring] when I put my ear on it. [long pause follows this utterance] [coloring] Adam maybe you can use these [crayons]. I have some. you have some? where? right dere. what colors d' you have? red blue. red and blue? anything else? what color dese? red. hm? how d' you take them off? [box is attached to coloring book] well it'd be nicer to leave the box there and just take them out of the box. take the box out. if you leave the box there then we'll know where it is. blow my nose. alright. would you get your handkerchief please? what did you see on television last night? I know what I saw. did it have a lion in it? nope. did it have a scarecrow in it? yep.
did it have a wizard in it? yep. Wizard of Oz. that's right. can I take the box off? I will put it back on. can you? I don't think so. it's glued on there isn't it? d' you know why those people wanted to go see the wizard? why? you don't know? I don't know. you don't know why? why? they each wanted the wizard to do something. d' you know what the lion wanted? I don't know. I doing different colors on her. [coloring Pinocchio] [hands Adam a Skydart] what's in dis? handle it very gently. how dey come out? you can open one end. dis end? I can't do it. yes you open it. better get my scissors. how d' you put dem together?
airplane. now let's see. [assembling Skydart] the stick... [assembling Skydart] where do you put the stick? how the propeller turns? turns. attach rubber. attach rubber! what is this? we hafta attach it to this little hook. hook. I can say hook. this is a jet. what cha doing? I'm taking out the tail part. I can say tail part. tail part. I can take it out. I think you can take this piece out too. where? what cows have on the bottom. [pointing to rudder of plane!] really? really. alright Adam. take this piece off very carefully. where you think you put that? these we put into here.
what cha call those? these are wings and we're putting them into the clip. clip. these are propellers? mhm. that's a nice one. I don't break it. no. what cha call this? this is the wing. and another wing. what cha take it off? I'm taking the end off. why d' you left them in? then they can attach by themselves. what was that? we're putting this clip onto the stick so it will go like an airplane. it's not easy. it's what? it's not so easy? no it's not so easy. look at my shovel. [making a "shovel" from two pieces of wood] it fell apart. my shovel fell apart. oh I see it did. I don't have any more shovel. now you turn the propeller many times. and how goes by itself? okay let's try it.
[Sky Dart flies] it goes oh. isn't it... you try it. now hold it up in the air and let go. this is a funny jet. [flies Sky Dart] this is moving. I never seen this jet. I better show this to Daddy when he comes home. I throw it up again. I never seen this jet. it's a Sky Dart. yes. how do you take it apart? the same way you put it together. you put it back on? oh no. why don't you leave it together? I have to take it off so Daddy can see it. is that all? [winding up propeller] oh a bit more. what cha call this? a Sky Dart. I never seen a Sky Dart. Paul watch this airplane. Paul watch. watch. watch Paul.
Paul watch. Paul Adam's talking to you. watch Paul. watch. is dat 'nough? do it more until it's tight. I never seen this before. it's don't have wheels. no it doesn't have wheels. airplanes don't have wheels. do they turn over like this... sometimes? sometimes. dis tryin' a turn. oh you stop dat. dese wings are in the wrong way. dat why dey be straight. I want them be straight like that. [wings are tilted up] I don't like them be straight like that. airplanes don't be straight like that. well it's not a regular airplane. it's what you call a Sky Dart. that's why the wings aren't straight. why the wings never fly up in the air? the wings... hm? see Paul. is this Pinocchio? [in coloring book]
mhm. that my friend. thank you. %add: Paul what he give you? he didn't give me anything. I took some paper from him. how does the paper get from him? I took it from him. what cha call this? the tail. what is dis? the rudder. this doesn't be straight. no? I don't like it like that. dis part. which part don't you like? dis part. I don't like that way. like this way. [tail piece was slanted] alright. you can have it straight. I like this way. wind it many times. why you put rubber bands on it? that makes it fly. oh its [? it's] turn again. that's right.
Paul watch! watch it go up so high. Paul watch. well don't hold the rubber band. why? because then you keep it from turning. you shoot it way up in the air. shoot the gun. no. see? no no don't let Paul get it. he may tear it up. that's right. he's [? he] don't like this. well he likes it but he doesn't know how to handle it carefully. you aren't holding the rubber band are you? huh? no I not. where rubber band when you turn it go huh? it turns too. see how the band is being twisted? why the wing turns? huh? why the wing turns? the wings don't turn do they? dese things. [propellers] what are those? yeah. I thought you said that was a propeller.
it's turns over. dis is wrong. [the tail came off] dat come off. this were wrong. no it was right but it fell on its tail. on a caboose. on a caboose? what kind of caboose? why it turns fast? you needta hold it up like this. why it turns fast? I saw Paul something in the air. Paul look. thank you. why it keep falling off? [the tail] I guess when it hits the floor it hits so hard that it falls off. why it hits the floor and it falls off? the tail can't... did it turn? mhm. I heard it. what is dis? huh? that's the place to attach the dart to the propeller. it's di'n't turn. no? hello rascal. why?
[the plane landed in Adam's arm] it thought my arm were a tree. it thought your arm was a tree. yes. why did it think that? why it turns... you didn't hold it up high enough. first you wind it many times... and what happens? then you hold it here and here and let go. it's turn over. I threw airplane one 'e ground. [grunts]. Paul say he wants a airplane. Paul wouldn't know what to do with an airplane. will you take it off and put it on again? I don't think I would Adam because it's not very strong. it's not very strong is it? I try. I don't cut my finger on rubber band. you won't cut your finger what? in dat rubber band. rubber bands don't cut me. rubber bands hurt me last night. and hurts me like dis. like dat. [snapping imaginary rubber band] oh yes when it snaps. it snaps me. it hurt me.
rubber bands break. that's a strong rubber band. oh dis. dis fell apart again. [the tail] oh did it break? I fell down and broke myself. I put it on so. can I fly in it? [in the Sky Dart] does the people get in it? not in that but people get in real airplanes don't they? why it's flies all by itself? it doesn't fly all by itself. you help it by turning the propeller. Paul right dere. it's getting ready to take off. I just don't think that Paul is interested. I goin' let it fly. Paul watch! watch. I went to somebody house. %add: Ursula where? next to us. are there any children? yeah. I have a bow and arrow. %add: Ursula oh.
that I made for Christmas. you made it? yeah. who made it? I made a bow an' arrow for Christmas. oh you made one. did we went to somebody house? mhm. who? a little boy named George. George. and he had a sister named what? Tony. no Tony was the little baby. his sister's name was what? what sister? the little girl. I don't know. her name is Sheila. Sheila. Sheila. what it turn so fast? somebody airplane is on you. jet jet. careful Adam you may break your airplane. I may break my airplane? mhm. your Sky Dart. I rolling around here. I rolling...
the tail is 'ginning to break. the what? why de tail is goin' to break huh? I don't want it to break. you don't? well are you being very very careful with it? yeah. I being careful with de other one. and dis not breaking. why is dat breaking? it fell on that on that part Adam. I goin' run. I... it fell like dat part? what kind are dese? [looking at box of crayons] those are bright tone crayons. [3 reading from package] dey black. look. careful. pick the one you dropped on the floor up. dey are black. what's [? what] dis color? what d' you think that is? black. what's dis color? black too. they're all black? are they all black?
I'm asking you. I don't know. no they aren't all black. is dis black? this. yes I think that's black. is dis [paper wrapper on the crayon] black? no the paper is. some of the paper is black. but that's yellow. the paper black. dat yellow. why have the yellow black thing? the yellow black thing. I don't know why the black should be on the yellow. all the others have their own color. I gotta fell. [bumps against Paul] maybe they made a mis'... oh honey. did they make a mistake? yes you made a mistake. one two three four. no Adam. careful honey. de airplane man went over you. fell went over you. what are you going to do with it? oh Adam. what I did?
an airplane fell on your little brother. Adam. [kicks Paul] Adam. [nudges Paul] did you make another mistake? what I did? you're pushing Paul. will you take those and put them back in the crayon box so they won't get broken. so Ursula won't break them. yes. dey your. I wanna break them. why would you wanna break them? I don't like crayons. you don't like crayons? no. close de box and spill them out. sugar sugar. I think this is meat. you think that is meat? yes. what kind of meat? meat dat salad meat. tweet tweet. I made two of them. you made two of that Adam? mix it up. why dere two banders out? [looking at crayon box]
hm? why dere two? because you took them out. and I made two? that has two ends and evidently you opened both of them now where are the other crayons? I magic dem. you magicked them? yeah. where did you magic them to? I don't see them. you mean you made them disappear? huh? made disappear. the airplane hasta leave and get them. who hasta leave and get them? the airplane. oh the airplane does. haha. it's fell so hard. will you build a tower? [a tower of blocks] will you build a tower build it for me? alright. I don't want it to fall. you don't want it to fall. no. I better pour dis pail of junk. well I need my bricks if I hafta build my building. I can't get any. I can't.
my hands are hard. your hands are what? dere dey are. [the crayons] yes. you weren't such a magician after all were you? yes. no don't make a... make a small one with it. I don't want my building knock down. I don't want Paul to knock my building down. no. well these are Paul's. I'm giving these to Paul. no no. [takes them from Paul]. he has blocks too you know. here Paul. let him have one block while you build your building. I don't wanna build my building. and I wanna make a small one. thank you. look what I make across. [puts crayon across two piles of blocks] wan' 'a make a building for you? mhm. this is my building over here. this is my building over here. mines is over here and yours over dere. mines over here.
haha. I didn't knock mine down. I knocked [? knock] mine down. so I see. no no Paul. you'll cut your little fingers there. Paul I goin' cut you up. he's just a little baby. he can't play well yet. watch dis propeller. watch the propeller Paul. watch watch watch. watch Paul. I say Paul can't you say airplane? Paul can you say airplane. watch. Paul Adam wants to know if you can say airplane. I want you to know can you say airplane? I want a house for dat. alright. this is your house. I wanna make a street light too. I di'n't mean to... oh dis fell apart again. [the tail of the Skydart] it fell apart again. oh dat fell apart too. oh. dis airplane is gonna fall apart. it's going to fall apart?
why? why it's fall apart? huh? well because it's just a little Sky Dart. take it apart. no why would you take it apart? I mean make another airplane. what? what de airplane. it's gonna knock your street light down. oh? airplane. Mommy where you put your men in your house? my what? your... de men are gonna keep dis in 'e airplane. I put the men in my house? you put your men in de airplane. in the airplane. alright. go in the airplane. put dese men in de airplane. [a block] well he's too fat. I don't think he can go in the airplane. oh Paul. what he knocked down? [gurgles]. I wouldn't laugh about that. %add: Paul
dese men xxx. they're too heavy. oh the men fell. I can't turn... one. are you ready Adam? yeah. ready go. take off. it's broke de pencil. no it didn't break. will you put some in de air and dey will break it? what? I going turn... I gonna turn it fast. I broke it. I break it airplane. de blocks. now how can you fly the Sky Dart? huh. dis is... dis is de garage for the airplane. well don't break the airplane. it's taking off. watch. seven up nine two three four five six. no I goin' say I. I going in it too. it's your turn. okay.
you fly it. your turn. you can't sit on Paul dear. he's not quite big enough yet. it's your turn. now what do I do? you say one two three four. one two three four. what? it's my turn. one two three four five six. it Paul's turn. Paul Adam say it's your turn. turn it. you take Paul's turn because he can't do that. watch Ursula. [means watch the Sky Dart] I'm watching. why it turns fast? why d' you think it does? I don't know. let me turn faster now. I can't turn it. will you hold it? I will turn it fast. Paul can scream. I showed [? show] him how to scream. he my xxx. he what? he nothing.
[throwing blocks] no be careful Adam. I hit you. no you didn't. you hit the side of the chair. you don't throw blocks you know. yes I throw. no you don't. alright. you may make them ski just two at a time. dey hit two... oh one broke heads. bang. it's broke. it hits dat. dat time it hits dis. no no Paul. poor Paul. where's your handkerchief? one two three four five. dese are wheels. dat's make it fly. one in the back. dese are... oh dis fell apart. oh yes. everything fell apart. what was that? [listening to tape] I want...
[listening to tape] I wanna play with toys. [listening to tape] wait a minute. [closing her bag] why you roll it like that? close it up. so nobody will look in it? that's right. I can open it. you can. clown. where could you put him so he can move? oh shall I show you? yeah. yes please. please. you hold him down here and squeeze and it makes him jump. this is hard. you squeeze and then let go. he's a exercise man. can he exercise? is that what he's doing? yes. his feet are caught. how does he get his. why he can exercise it? and why is that? why he hanging? because he's holding on by his hands.
you show me how. what do I do? you push it and it goes up. oh I see. oh he's clever isn't he? yep. let's call Clever the Clown. let's call him Clever the Clown? I want some more to play with. well you didn't finish playing with this yet. I play with dis. xxx play exercises. what is that? pull it out and see. what is it? oh careful. a lion? [costume with embroidered dragon] you look like a Chinese princess. what cha call it? what is this? a blonde wig. what is this? it's a wig. what you call... why are you backing away? I don't like it. look at this Adam. I like this. I like dis.
[a leopard costume] what d' you suppose this is? a lion. a lion! d' you think that's a lion? look at it again. what is he? huh? what is he Momma? what d' you think he is? I don't know. a lion? no that doesn't look like a lion. a leopard? yes it looks like a leopard. why he put sharp things on him? that's the way he fights. that's the way he hasta get his food. can I get near to him? if he's in a cage. not on the ground? no I don't think so. he may eat me. yes he may try. I will have a hard time getting out. dis is my animal book. I want something more to play with. what cha writing? what cha call it? you goin' put dat on.
it wouldn't fit me. I'm a little too big. what cha call that? [the Chinese costume] you've seen people wear those haven't you? what is it a uniform? a what? a uniform. uniform? yeah. what kind of uniform? is a uniform I telling you. no you're asking me. yeah. no. what is it? well that's part of the dress that some people wear. remember in your book. who is that? I think it's Chinese. he [Paul] turned it. that was an accident. shut up Paul. shut up Casper. oh come on. put it on. I don't like it Momma. I don't like it. let me find a mirror so you can look at yourself. I see.
I want Mommy to buy a dress like that. oh you'd like me to buy a dress like that? yes. that's pretty isn't it? and be a Chinese. who's... what is dat? a dragon. can I get near a dragon? I don't think so. he may do what to me? no I can't hit. [refers to ring toss set] why you got that? what? that other one. there were two other ones. for what? so two people can play. so two can go on there? yes. do two of em go on there? does this on go on there? I finished with this. oh. is that all? yes that's almost all. how do you open it? how xxx you turn it? a clock.
Mommy I have a clock in my hand. you do. what time is it? six o'clock. Momma. well you're right. can you tell time? yes. I better keep dis so I can tell time. you come over here and let me see if you can tell time. you say that's six o'clock. yes. what time is it now? eight o'clock. oh that's three thirty five. o'clock. I goin' find... what number you do. six o'clock. no that's six thirty. I goin' turn it eight o'thirty. eight thirty one. that's five minutes after five. does that mean for breakfast? no that's dinner time. late? this is eight. it's time for lunch. and the morning comes on six o'clock. so I gotta keep dis.
I don't think you can get it in your pocket. [clock slipped] you hafta put it back in the bag. [clock slipped] be careful. it almost broke. yes it did. why clocks break? what is dis? what is dat? it's a recorder. [blows]. what you call dis? recorder. it's blowing cars. is it? blowing cars? yes. what d' you mean? look it with dese holes on it. what d' you mean? look it with dese holes on it. I calling a train. [it does sound like a train whistle] what about dis hole? how d' you wipe your lips? I don't like dat. how does that go? [flexible toy] you can move it anywhere you want.
you can change the shape. like dis? you could wear it for a bracelet. dis look like a can. what? I better put things in it. you better put things in it? what kind of things would you put in it? it's a can. what dat inside? did you show Ursula your car? let's [? let] play car run away. it will turn. watch. what it did huh? it's jump through the hole. why? watch Ursula. watch it jump through the hole. it's a net. a net? yes. what are you catching? a fish. what kind of fish did you catch? fish. I drop it in your hand. thank you. do you like fish? yes I like fish.
better drop a a fish fork. thank you. fish too. what kind of fish is this? swordfish. thank you. for tonight. now I goin' to make a fish. I found a xxx. thank you. why you opened the door? I think I have enough fish now. thank you. what cha call this? why you put dem on the floor? well they hafta be clean. okay. fish don't roll. they don't roll? why not? do they roll? why d' you think they don't? dat means dey clean by dey selves. they all clean Momma. they all clean. alright. you cook dem tonight. alright. I'll cook them tonight. you cook them tonight.
where shall I put my fish? I better put dem... don't put it in there Adam. you may forget it. she hasta take them back home. I just goin' to give it to her. why don't you put it some place so that you won't forget it. would you like some meat? what? some meat. some meat? yes. no thank you. we're going to have fish. what else shall we have for supper? beans. beans? peas beans. peas? yeah. and what else? and macaroni. and macaroni? yeah. anything else? what cha want from the store? what would I like from the store? yeah. some soup and some juice. and what else huh?
and some hamburger. okay. goodbye. goodbye. I goin' go the other way. I thought that was the store over near the window. no store is over here. no? fish and meat. I gotta get some macaroni. some macaroni. and fish. and macaroni. thank you. put dem in 'e 'frigerator right here Momma. this is my refrigerator. which? right here. [some blocks] I put my fish catcher. to catch some fish... so I won't forget it. is dat all? you can look. Adam why don't you show Ursula what you did yesterday? the pig. the dese... I di'n't put dese on wrong. I show you what I put on wrong. where's the other one that I did on wrong?
I think it's on the other page on the back. there? there. I put these on wrong. yes. I put these on wrong. did I didn't mean to do that? I guess not. did I make mistake? yes. what is it? it's a poodle. how does it walk? it works like a puppet Adam. you put your hand in it. how does he work? that's right. you were getting it right. I will call somebody back. call somebody back? what cha want? I forgot to buy some soup. oh? alright. where's it? in 'e refrigerator. I don't usually keep soup in my refrigerator. I keep it in the cabinet. where's my cabinet? oh the shelf right there.
where? up here? no the one down here with the bus. what kind of soup did you buy for me? Campbell vegetable. oh thank you. that's what I bought today. [dropped something]. yes that was a loud noise. what was it? Paul said what was it? Paul what? Paul said what was it? oh did Paul say what was it? no I said what was it. Paul said what was it? nope. no anything not better. not better what? better food. no food is better. no food is better than what? better than hair. than hair? yeah. what hair? my hair. no those are Bandaids. I got something on my neck. what d' you have on your neck?
absolutely nothing. would you like a Bandaid? I have a Bandaid in my hand. I think I needta find your suspenders don't you think so? why? you look like you're about to lose your pants. I put something on my finger. [a piece of string] put it on my finger. how're you going to get it off if I put it on? it's comes off. put it on my finger. which finger? that finger. I forgot something. [has string on finger] what did you forget? Captain Kangaroo he said he put a a string on 'e finger he forgot something. is that what he did? yeah. did he ever remember what he forgot? no. so he forget. what cha want from the store xxx. no thank you. I don't think I need anything else from the store today. what cha need? what do I hafta do right now? I hafta do something. what d' you hafta do?
cook supper. what're you going to cook for supper tonight? macaroni and beans. macaroni and beans. and fish. and fish. yeah. where you wanna be a stove? where? where you want me to cook? why don't you use the other part of the shelf there for a stove? dis is the part? no the other part. dis part? yes. I brought macaroni home. dis is macaroni. how d' you cook macaroni? xxx fish. how d' you cook it? my pants are goin' 'a lose. my pants is are going to lose. you mean you're going to lose your pants. yes. why you have a Bandaid on my finger? I don't know. because you wanted me to put it on your finger. put one on dis finger. no just one. we hafta keep those in case we have a real emergency.
will get my finger in the door. I will catch your finger in de door. d' you know why put de Bandaid on my finger? I get dirt on my finger. you have dirt on your finger? yes. well you needta put soap and water on it not a Bandaid. I got Bandaid. can I put my Bandaid on? [on Paul] no no. Paul like that? %add: Paul I don't think so. d' you like that? I don't like that either. you don't like it either? oh dese are my sunglasses. why d' you call those sunglasses? are they sunglasses? why do you call those sunglasses. I can see you. can you? yeah. Daddy don't wear dese glasses. those are Ursula's glasses. I don't have glasses. you do too have glasses. you have sunglasses that she gave you. will you try it?
yes. I tried [? try it]. I like it. [Mother puts on Ursula's glasses] you look like Ursula. oh with the glasses? yes. you look like a raccoon. [puts glasses on Ursula] I don't like raccoons. why d' you think she looks like a raccoon with the glasses on? raccoons have something around their mouth. look like a squirrel. around their eyes? yes. raccoons do that. puppies don't have that. some puppies do. we saw a puppy in the pet shop that had spots around his eyes. why? some puppies don't. yes some puppies don't. some puppies don't? and some puppies do. yes. some puppies do. why Momma. no more. no puppies go no. no puppies what?
no puppies... dey almost scratch my arm. you... I leaning on your foot. oh Adam don't lean on my foot. oh his eye almost fell off. [hand puppet] did someone almost took it off? no. was all like dat. huh? well he's probably played with so much that it's just about to come out that's all. fell. I get beads clock. Adam. huh? did you tell Ursula why you call a scarecrow a scarecrow? do I know why he called the scarecrow a scarecrow? because he can scare the crows. that's right. why your hand is out like that? [hand puppet] because my hand is too large to go any further. my hand is too large too. no it's not. your hand fits in there further than mine. hello. what he say hello. hello. %int: high pitch
is he talking with you not talking? what? is he talking with you... I getting ready to fly Momma. you're getting ready to fly? yeah. [tries to fly!] I can't fly any further. why you won't let me fly? I'm not keeping you from flying. what is dis? what is dis from? an extension cord. blast. is... did it blast off in the air? not very far in the air did it? blast. it's went very far up in the air. yes well that's far enough because that's not the part that goes up in the air anyway. where's the other part? does the other one go up? why dat leaves this? why what? why dat leaves it? why does the other part leave? yeah. that's the way a rocket blasts off. like we say astronaut... what was his name?
I don't... what was his name? I was knocking thing over. don't do that please. why not? then what will I keep my food in? on the shelf. on the shelf. well if I keep butter on the shelf it will melt won't it? you could... do you put bread on the shelf? no. where do you put bread? in the bread box. I put cake in the bread box so Daddy... hide? so we'll hide it from Daddy and have a surprise? yeah. except you always tell Daddy about the surprises don't you? yeah. I can't reach. reach what? what cha getting? what is dat? a sailboat. how do you take it out? a patchet for me. oops you lost something. what is dis? huh?
let's see that's part of the motor. the motor? motor. how d' you put dis in? huh? yes it stays. I want some water to put a finger in. I wan' 'a put some water in it. the motor is coming out. the motor... I wanna put it in some water. alright. where? where you want me to put it in some water? huh? well later perhaps. no. I don't have anything to put water in right now. this fell out. can you put it back? why it falls out? the man tipped over in the water Momma. oh goodness. I hope he can swim. you hope he... hit. what? hope he tipped again. he didn't fall out of the boot. the boat just tipped over.
he did not. it did. no he didn't. why de motor's back dere? it's hard to do. how you take a man out. why you leave him in 'ere? do you take the man out too? I think you can. I told you. everything is out. dis gonna be a space boat alright? a space boat? yeah. what's a space boat? a space. do we watch a... when we lived in Pembroke? no what was that that we watched? when we get frightened. I don't remember. I do remember. how'd [? how] you put the man in? and dere dey go? and where are they going? home. oh what is he doing out in the sailboat anyway? here dey are. dey hafta walk across home. dat not where dey live.
that's not where they live? no. they live somewhere. oh I'm glad. do they go out in the street with the car carrying them? maybe so. but I don't think he rides in the boat. he probably rides in the car. I goin' get a car for him. can I carry the boat? huh? can I carry the boat Momma? can my train go in the water? well perhaps just to the water's edge. no. is dis part of it? where? right here. part of what? part of dis. no in water? oh that's the water? is it? no. how does the man get on the boats? do man get on the boat? I guess he hasta let this down... perhaps he uses his oar to push out from the shore. where's the oar? where's de oar?
oh dere it is over here. how does the wheels? see? where is it? I hafta get in the water Momma. the boat's going tip over in one minute. the store going to tip over Momma. why dis comes out? oh hurry up. he lost his sail. d' you know why the boat has a sail on it? why? what d' you think? I want the wheel. dis comes off. why don't you try putting in... where? put it in dere. I want you to put it in like dat. no don't put it like dat. no? the other way. okay. it's tipped over. why it tipped over? why boats tip over. perhaps the wind blows the boat over. why... is this wind blowing my boat over... dat wind outside blowing my boat over.
oh is that what's happening? is that what happening? how does he drive it in the boat? the sail fell out. do you close... man will drive the boat home alright? alright. dis is a street. it's won't get in the water. here dey are. Momma dey are home. oh hello. %add: imaginary people did you have a ride on your boat today. %add: imaginary people yeah. his boy went. oh his boy went too. is the man going in there? is he going down in there? yeah. is he? I don't know. take him out. is he way up in there? I don't want it to leave it. Momma why it leave? because you didn't have it down in there properly I guess. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Adam/040902.cha = = =
I'm sleepy. are you sleepy Adam? uhuh. yes. I can knock the ball down. [bowling set with pins of different colors] yeah yeah. I thought dis was one of mine. I got one of mine with dose xxx with dose melt things in dere. how d' you get dem off? I guess I can knock all dese bowls off with one ball. Mommy I just... three strikes! two more are standing. it looks like... Mommy now de bowling. de yellow where's de yellow? what color is that? yellow. what color is that? white. what color is that? I can't you need red. two red. are those two red? no. green to green. green with green. no moving it. green with green.
red with red. yellow with yellow. white is white. dere now. I hope I can knock dese pretty bowling balls down with only one strike. with only one stripe? alright. on your mark set push. two more are standing up aren't they? dis is bigger. I don't need it. is Robin going to have a turn? two of dem are red. what? one mixed up with red. you wanna mix it up? any way you wish dear. where my friend? I just don't know. dis time I'm gonna knock three down. if dere two balls I did one for Robin. how you like dat? two. Mommy which one you want? I don't think I'd like either one thank you. if you don't mind I get another bowling ball. so much bowling balls. Mommy one two three four. one eight one two three four. wait I got three.
I don't think that's exactly right. yes it is right. one two three six. thank you that's exactly right. if you don't mind it is right. the other children are asleep? oh a strike. knock three down. how many did you knock down? I can knock anything down Mommy. Ursula I'm finished. well that was fast. maybe you'd like to build with Robin. I wanna blow a balloon up. oh it's just easy. I don't needta help just with a derrick. here's the ball. huh? where's the other bowling ball? one stripe. four stripes. this is better. this look like a arrow. I can't blow dis up... [a balloon that is attached to a plastic tube that is self-sealing] oh yes you can. how can it blow? it's hard. I can't. oh yes.
I can't. I can't even blow it up. just blow very hard. I don't have enough air to get in dere. see what I can make? I think you could blow it Adam. can't blow it it's too hard. oh no I'm sure that's not hard to do at all dear. try it. can't. no I can't. just like you blew up the duck. I don't have enough air. I can't. you watch and see how Robin does it. I can't do it. there it comes see? I can't. there it is. I want it big. it will take time it hasta grow. [laughs] take your time. alright. it looks like an old-fashioned light bulb. dat look like old funny thing. smoking a peace pipe. it's getting bigger. [blows up a balloon] [struggles to blow balloon too]
that's right. but you're losing too much air. try to get the air down through the hole. you blow and let me go get Paul and Diandra. what dat looks like? now it looks like a street light. a street light. what d' you think it looks like? a street light. yours looks like a dirigible the kind of balloon people useta fly inside of. dis is a round dirigible. is it made of marble? no probably something like rubber. is it sharp? no it's just very big. bigger than this room. bigger dan dis room. can a balloon be strong? yes that balloon is strong. d' you wanna make a little bigger? bigger. [blows up balloon for Adam] it's getting so big. enough? yeah. what d' you think that is? I'm going to take a little air out of mine. it's smaller. he's going to make his smaller. he maked his smaller.
how did he do it? squeezed it. I don't think that's how. try it. I can't blow it back up. I think you could. it's easier the second time. [tries]. keep your mouth tight around the pipe. it's not a pipe. this long stem. what d' you call it? call it a tree with the stem. [Adam has a red balloon on a green tube] dat's de apple on de tree. [Adam has a red balloon on a green tube] [laughs]. is dis made out of metal? no. what is it? it's plastic. plastic. what d' you think the balloon is made of? balloon balloon. made out of a balloon. made of what? made out of a balloon. I think they get it inside of certain trees in South America. get what from de inside? rubber.
rubber. to make tires and balloons and rubber bands. how could dey make dat? rubber bands aren't plastic. no they're rubber. you know what I play? what? hide and seek in the house. you could play it with Robin. yeah. but it's a different kind of game. how d' you play it? you hide. if you see someone you hafta hit the balloon. if you see what? you hafta hit de balloon see who breaks de balloon. dat's de game. you just made that up. I made that up. what are things that go on envelopes made up of? stamps? no. no he means paper clips. yeah paper clips. paper clips. those are made out of metal. metal. no it isn't made out of metal. balloons are made out of metal. no balloons are made out of rubber.
rubber. xxx are made out of wood. and what does wood come from? a tree. uhhuh. metal comes from under the ground. ground. under the ground. under the ground. if you have a quarter you can change it into two dimes. [talking about a money machine] dimes. I don't have no... I have a quarter change it for a dime. how d' you think they make dollars? I don't know. out of paper. out of paper. they draw on it. yeah draw on it de money. paint on it. money can't draw Pete on it. can't draw what? can't draw Pete on it. Pete? yeah what is Pete? I don't know. I don't know. a name. a name?
of somebody. who? I don't know. I don't know either. do you know? I know a boy named Peter is that what you mean? yeah. did you have a different Adam at school today? uhuh. you told me about one last time. last time when? I don't remember it. no? no I don't have two Adams at school. only one Adam. never? no I never have two Adams. dese are big balloons. each one have big balloons. can I play around now hide and seek? sure. where should David hide? that's Robin. Robin. you tell him where. he's so big I call him David. [hides] I can hide anywhere. no one can't even find me. it hasta be in this room though.
[comes into the room] he never find me. well you hafta hide. I'm going to hide in 'ere and he's going to look all around for me but he won't see me. [finds Adam] dat's not me. did he find you or somebody else? he found a dog. dat wasn't me. he couldn't even find me. how come Rinny's so quiet? [Rinny is the family dog] he's outside. tricky. wanna help me with dose things? okay. okay I'll bring my derrick over here. dat's David's. [to Diandra] Robin's. Robin give Diandra his balloon. can you blow it up for Diandra? %add: Robin dat's so big. don't break it now or all de air come out and you gonna be crying. now... %add: Diandra you pull it. here comes de windows after me. dey coming after me.
where you bring dese from? [sings] %add: self what Adam? where you bring dese from? do you remember where you played with them? [blocks from session at Harvard] oh yeah. where dose cities are far far away? where the what? where those cities are far far away? dere gonna be so much windows aren't dey? mhm. windows eight windows. what dis could be? the doorway. doorway. doorway goes... no tops. no what? no tops. [building] wait I think we don't have a top. [building] do the tops 'posed to be xxx on top of de windows? [building] oh dat's too far. [building] de top might get killed. [building]
derrick. [building] dat's gonna slide de tops. [building] dat's gonna slide de tops. [building] dat's gonna slide de tops way on here. [building] here dat's better. [building] Adam could you show us where's the bathroom? right here. dat's de bathroom. Mommy what are we gonna have? what are we gonna have? don't go in the bathroom dear if somebody's in it. I need a use it. de window and de door. that looks pretty Adam. what else? how about de room? the road? no how about de house? no one's in it. I don't know what dis goes to. that's a building block to the house. I don't know where it goes. that can go wherever you want. anywhere. [comes in with Paul]
watch it. can you blow up balloons? [gives Paul balloon] so big. [blows up balloon for Paul] here Paul. I blowed it up. [sheepishly] it's getting to get so big. the thing's going to get so big and so big. dis is de children's bedroom. [still building] don't you think dat's too tall? I hope de house won't be on fire. dis is a strong house. it never get on fire. de house has fire in it to save it. it does. no one hasta take... it gots already fire in it. a door. we forgot de door. where dere a door we hafta cover it. cover it. down fire. turn around fire. de children's bedroom gonna be so big. [finds another toy in the bag] yes we can have dat. and we could put dem in here.
I think we won't open that yet. maybe next time. we could open it today. no I think we have enough things out for now. dis is what I want. [finds toy musical snail] I guess I remember you. %add: snail it turns. oh you have clothes in here? yes. I remember him. I just love him. you are so sweet. %add: snail is dis a nighttime thing? mhm. if I can make something out of dese. I guess I can make something. oh no. dat's de kind o' watch I want. I want de kind o' watch I want. [making things from colored pipe cleaners] put dis on me. dat's gonna be my watch. dat's what I like. I haven't had a watch until a long time. Mommy I want it in front of here. in front of dere. see what else I can make.
what is Robin making a lollipop or something? put dis on. what dis gonna be? guess. guess Mommy guess. an umbrella? oh no. guess again. a pair of glasses? no not again. clock? no I already got a clock. a lollipop. I think I have a lollipop to keep. what else I can make for my own self? Mommy guess what dis is going to be? guess what dis is going to be Mommy? a fishing rod? it is. how do you know a fishing rod. could I put a worm on here? can I give dis toy to de fish and fish and fish and fish? can I do a long one? very long one? hey I'm gonna make a long one fishing pole den I'm gonna fish and fish and fish and den de worm's goin' 'a wiggle and wiggle and it's gonna say " get off!" " I want my sock." get off what? huh? do dey have worms at de pond?
I'm afraid dey don't. did you say " get off I'm at the farm." farm. I said no. the water. a worm. do dey have worms at de... dis is part of it. I don't even know what dat stuff was. Mommy look at it. dis is de rest part of it. dat's a fishing pole. oh isn't that nice. it's not so big. that's a long one Adam. long what? long fishing rod. yeah it's getting so long. what did Robin make Adam? I don't know. is that a horse or a dog? %add: Robin a dog. a dog. what kind o' dog? I don't like dogs like dat. it looks so funny. looks to sunny. xxx I made it so far down.
dis could make it longer. Robin how's your kitty? %add: Robin good. I hope dat kitty's not getting into trouble. it gets into lots of trouble. what d' you do with that kitty? d' you know what that kitty does when I clean house? what does it do? whenever I'm sweeping the kitty lands right in the dirt. what is the kitty doing now? right now? yeah. the kitty's home sleeping. she's waiting for everyone to come home Adam. how come she doesn't go to sleep until you're dere? she goes to sleep all day while we're not there. all day. how come? she's not 'posed to go to sleep all day. she doesn't wanna be tired when they do get home. so big I'm gonna make a long one. making so long. [making fishing rod with pipe cleaners] could I put a worm on de end of it? can I put a worm on de end of it? what kind of fish are you going to get? a wiggle... a poisony snake worm den I have two worms. isn't it pretty?
I got a fish. what kind of fish is that? a worm snake fish remember? I think what I can do. what else I can make? can I make a fish? isn't this a fish tail? I can make a fish. Urs'la can Robin make a fish? ask him. I know how to make a fish. dis is a fish isn't it? a fish. dat's a swordfish. does your father have a truck? no. do he have a car instead of a truck? mhm. car. what kind of car is it? the car that I have now. swordfish. dis is a swordfish. I think that's marvelous. %add: Ursula what's marvelous? what marvelous means? it means I think it's very very very nice. is it a fish? is it a poisony snake fish?
did you know her father is Robin's grandfather? grandfather? he's just my grandfather. see de fish I caught? yes. you are sitting in de water. I'm getting all wet. you are in de water. dat's where de water is. [Before tape was turned on] I think he don't like us no more. why Adam? when my daddy goes away dat means somebody don't like us no more. [when Ursula arrived three other children were in the room. Mother sent them out before session began.] can we look in there? pretty soon but not yet. how come? now can we get in? you can hardly wait. I see you carried the book with you. now can we get it? yes now you can. [giant bubble pipe] Adam for that we need a tray. [giant bubble pipe] Mommy we need a tray because it's wet. it looks like a pipe with a face on it. let's do it right over here Adam. okay. I can open it.
it's already opened. I know we need a little saucer or dish to pour some in. I'm not sure it's wide enough. magic. abra cadabra abra cadabra. make it into a toy now. now I can use it. [goes out] [whimpers]. she's coming back. Paul come here! [whimpering]. maybe he doesn't want... maybe... he doesn't what? maybe he doesn't want me take care of him. he doesn't want me to take care of him? me. you oh. he thought bad people would get him. oh I don't think they would though would they? no they won't. [returns] let me have the cover back. huh? let me have the cover. yeah I got the pipe. now pour it in. turn this upside down dip it in and then blow. I wan' 'a keep it in.
do it very flat so it touches all the way around. I can't blow it. too big. if we push it up what might happen? blow again. it's too big. you hafta blow out and then take it out of your mouth and breathe. I can't pick it up. may I do one? [blows bubble] dat won't break. dat was a giant one. so big so big so big. yeah dat's better. how you do it? blow through it. Diandra dip it in here. no. I'm finished with it. you're finished with it. mhm. already? I'm so quick. yes it seems a little too quick. can I have some more things? well Adam. huh? if you're finished with it you better pour it back into the jar. are you really ready? I'm really finished.
what is dis? blow Adam. [everyone laughs as Adam blows small bubbles] try it again. [everyone laughs as Adam blows small bubbles] this is so fast. it looks like fire. d' you think those are pretty? that's right. good. let's put it back. let's give Paul another try. I'm finished with this. let's put it back. how 'bout pouring it back? that's alright. you have a plate. I know but it's sticky. sticky? mhm. Mommy can I have some more? can I have some more? looks like food. is it a toy? [a box of toy cookies] want me to help you with it? yeah. now if you open it you hafta play with it. you can't just open it and look at it and say " I'm all finished."