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hafta play with it. what d' you mean about play with it? look dinner. I'm hungry. who's hungry? I ate so much dinner I'm still hungry. well you hafta ask her first. can I have dis? yes and maybe you can share them with other people. yum so sweet. why don't you close the box and put the box up because you can't eat all of them. you can only have two. you may give Paul and Diandra another one. don't use all of them. no one for Paul and one for Diandra and then put them up. a sailboat. Mommy mine's a sailboat. alright. well close the box and put the box back in. that's my favorite. Diandra. put the box back in the bag. he might spill them. no he won't spill them. wait Adam don't break it now. [a toy adding machine] one seven zero. let's see what happens. it's on plus. that means it's going to add.
you're going to add the numbers together? one two three. no that's not right. what are those numbers? I'm not doing those. I'm doing one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve twelve sixteen eighteen nineteen seventeen one hundred sixteen blast off. one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen eighteen nineteen. oh my I forgot my xxx. dis one is a design. [takes out play dough and cookie cutters] don't leave them spread out over the floor the little boys might get them. and swallow them? alright. get over on the floor. alright. what is dis a church? it's like a church. where's my favorite? Mommy where's my favorite? your favorite what? where? no wonder I couldn't find my favorite. oh yeah feather brain. happy valentine to you. [singing] valentine valentine I put some bubbles. [singing] they said to stop. stars are so xxx. I'm gonna make xxx.
a valentine. I love valentines. Diandra what you making? I show you how to make something. Diandra wait a minute. Diandros tear it now. it looks like a window. here here Diandros. I wan' 'a keep a sponge. Momma. it's so easy to pick up isn't it? dat clay doesn't look like it's sticky but it is sticky to me. my own window. my own own sponge since Mommy's not gonna let xxx Mommy's not gonna what? xxx his sponge. my little sponge. what is dis? I'm gonna put dem back in de can. every time I see everything gonna put dem back in de can. you just took them out. I hafta because I hafta. every time I see everything... no no Adam now that's not the way you got them. pick that up. I told you it's so easy to pick up. yes it is very easy to pick up. that's why there should be none of it left. I hope I put my sponge in here. there it is under the chair. I don't see how you could be finished so soon.
?[finds box of crayons in bag] see if there's a pad of paper in my bag. [rummages in bag] Adam Smith. she told me to look for a pad of paper. alright. in her bag. maybe there isn't one. you can use this. what is it for? I'm a marvelous. what did you say? what marvelous means? what does marvelous look like? I don't know. I wasn't talking to you. oh I'm sorry. marvelous. [scribbles on the paper] marvelous. [scribbles on the paper] dis how I write. marvelous means dat. oh that means marvelous. marvelous means that? I been dreaming about um about talking. because if talking goes out dere I wonder what I could say. I wish I had Ursula. I dreamed about Ursula too. you did.
what did you dream? you can't tell. no Diandra you're not to play with the crayons. yeah he wipes all over the wall. you have dirty walls. dirty walls. I want do some color down here. maybe you could draw something Adam. d' you suppose you could draw some flowers? yeah. spring flowers? okay baby. [draws a flower] look what I can make. [draws a flower] dis and since it's springtime. [draws a flower] I made one. [draws a flower] oh it's very nice. d' you have some scissors? I once had some scissors. I think I put them up on the mantle there. oh there they are. Ursula. [cuts out flower] do you know my mommy teach? yes I heard about that. first grade just like Robin is in. now he changed schools?
what? he useta be in mommy's school? no but he's in the first grade in a different school. oh yeah feather brain. oh that's not nice to say. what does feather brain mean? you know Indians. oh. [Paul is acting sleepy] because Indians have feathers around their brains? [Paul is acting sleepy] hello you didn't have enough rest today did you? you didn't have enough of a nap. someone stole his nap. is that what happened? %add: Paul I stole his nap. now I'm so sleepy. what you laughing 'bout laughing lady? dat's de circle. oh yeah feather brain. Mommy you know why he's [? he] crying? Mommy because wicked witch were on television on Mighty Mouse and on Lion the Lionheart. oh? well you should not have watched it. smell. you need a stem to de flower? why don't you use that other paper on the back for a stem. dis is my writing. oh what did you write?
[laughs]. could you read it to me? I told you marvelous. oh marvelous. I'm sorry. you forgot? yes I did forget. a hook and ladder. I did it. oh what is that? a stem. give it to Adam. %add: Diandra I cut dis one. [coloring and cutting flowers] what else? [coloring and cutting flowers] dere my paper mixed up. [coloring and cutting flowers] no no that's Adam's. now whoever had dat glue? I got a good idea. what? can you give me some piece of paper? what're you going to do? no Diandra that's his flower. I wan' 'a make three flowers. one for Paul and one for not Diandra. if you want crayon... I'm gonna use it on de back.
I'm gonna write Paul's name on it. dis is Paul's name. dat's what I write. dat's Paul's name. stem down here. Paul yours won't be easy. mines will be easy. that's a wizzy line. what? I said the wizzy line. the wizzy lion I don't know what that is. who is that? the wizzy line. the yyy line? the what? the yyy line. you know that boy that's here at school? his name is Reggie. oh Reggie. I think Paul's gonna be done. I'm not gonna make Diandros. I'm cutting the stem. oh did you draw the stem on that one? dis one I'm cutting on de other side. [talks almost without stopping] here you are Paul. can you say thank you? %add: Paul thank you. Paul you can color it too.
give me my colors. %add: Diandra what color do you think he should color it? dat color. alright. he said you may color it. here whyn't you pick colors? you can have two. I want which color I want. I want my favorite color. what is your favorite color? what color is that? Mommy I'm too busy working. Mommy where's my flower? I'm gonna make me another flower. I want another flower. oh Adam. dis time mine's gonna be so big. thank you. you're welcome. draw a round round head. Adam you knocked your crayons across the floor. dey jumped out my box. whoever heard of jumping crayons? isn't that funny? I wan' 'a make different kinds a colors. [continues talking] isn't this the prettiest flower in the whole wide world? that is pretty. mixed up flowers.
Diandra do you wanna take a breath? [continues talking] oh dis is no much color. and I draw a stem on it. you didn't draw a stem. I want another one. why don't you cut a stem? I want another one. I want a stem. I don't have a stem on it. here's a piece of paper. use the side of this for a stem. I don't want a hole in it. what will she hafta write on? I don't want this Mommy. ?[gets large sheets of colored paper] did you bring it for me? what do you want? Mommy. I don't want. [whining] what? I want de little paper. it's too big for me. well give that to me and I'll give that to Paul. isn't dis de... isn't dis pretty Mom? cutting on de lines. [talking nonstop] [works quietly].
you wanna give me some yellow paper for de other children to make some? be quiet now. %add: Diandra draw on your paper. %add: Diandra you want me to put dis in back? if you let me share your paper I'll let you share my paper. that's nice. why you coloring Paul's paper? Mommy where's mine? what did you say Adam? d' you have mine? is this yours? why you coloring mines? is this yours? yeah. I don't want it dat color. oh I'm sorry. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy color it dis color. dat. how xxx? Mommy he said [It did sound something like that] " how will you yyy you can't see." how what? how will you freesof you can't see. how would you what Adam? freesof.
what's freesof? freesof you can't see. what's freesof? it means you can't see. [continues asking unintelligible "How" questions] [makes string of nonsense sounds] oh Adam he hasta be saying something. Diandra you just color for a few minutes. Mommy Ursula letting me share her paper I'm gonna let her share my paper. Mommy. Mommy. what're you making Adam? flowers and leaves. it's de stem. de stem has one... [interprets Diandra's speech] what happens when we go to sleep? what happens when we go sleep? have a piece of paper you take... are you going to give me a lesson in making flowers? yes. here's de next flower. what is that Adam? does it look like a snake? where's my scissors? now... dis looks like a lollipop. oh my head. where's my scissors? look under your paper.
are you sitting on them? I don't see them. [sound of car horns outside.] I don't see them. [sound of car horns outside.] car. cars yes. I think she said cars. this is a little bigger paper. car truck. car truck. you can put dis on anything. you can put dis on a piece of paper. you can paste it on anything. that's a nice color. first I do de edge. you 'posed to cut along de line. that's hard isn't it? no it isn't. you can draw a stem. or a very long stem like dis. oh isn't this nice Adam. hey I show you how to make some. I need a piece of paper. you need a piece of scissors. where can I find a piece of scissors? and den little crayons. first you draw de flower. that looks like... will you two please stop?
see boys you make me start dat too. come on. what a nice lot of flowers you've got. you can put dem out where de rain is. den maybe de paper grow. who ever heard of a growing paper? truck. in case you need it here's a long stem. d' you have a long stem on there? we got so much paper Ursula. maybe Urs'la can understand what he's saying because he has a piece of paper. how would that help? you know all about talking don't you? no I think you do. look it. Diandra no no. get away from the taperecorder dear before you knock it over. and den it breaks and den Ursula can't understand what dat means. that's right. I don't understand how she understands anything anyway. I think perhaps we're going to hafta take Paul and Diandra outside next time. you won't take my sweet baby outside. because my baby didn't do nothing. I want my baby. Adam these are really very nice flowers. [looks out of the window with Paul] how many cars do you have? Paul's got too much. it's raining out there. you better put on your scarf or your hair get wet or your hair get sneezy.
sneezy. how could your hair get sneezy? you hafta give your hair medicine. d' you make flowers like that at school? no. you know dat lady dat came and sleeped with us? I got some where dey make some dose are so easy. that lady that sleeped... maybe that's a babysitter who went to sleep. Mrs Daisy. oh she stayed when I was sick. [making noise]. Mommy if you xxx still. I'm making a flower. you hafta color it. it does make a flower. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Adam/040309.cha = = = what're you looking at Adam? I... dat's gonna be locked outa your house. oh really. strong and healthy. okay. come on. put yours on. Mommy mine just bump in your building. dat's gonna be your building. okay okay airplane. dump de people out.
maybe we should set this. dose on top. where shall we put that? I never played with dat. everytime I go to nursery school I see it. do you? do they have one there? yeah. get in my way. Paul get in my way? let him play it too. [balance scale for numbers, for example two 2's on one side are equal in weight to a 4 on the other] okay. Mom I have... does that balance? yeah. can't hardly believe my eyes. I love channel four all de time Mom. you what? I love channel four. you love Colorform? I love channel nine. oh channel nine. see Mommy dis number. what's sposta happen to it? it goes up and down and up and down and up up up up. it's failing off. what is this? I'm going to get me the big thing. the big thing?
I wan' 'a get me the big thing. channel none is going on first. channel nine is going on first? channel none. it's gonna have no numbers on it. dat's funny Mom. channel none. Mommy two channels. d' you have one like this at school Adam? yeah I don't have none of dese. you don't have any of those? but dat's a airplane. dis is a airplane port. dat's a airplane port. may I see it a minute please. dey lost the airplanes to it. dat's a airplane port. Mommy you have dat side I have dis side. you put yours on. seesaw. okay Adam what happened? I finished playing with it. why don't you try it again. I finished. you've finished. yeah I don't wan' 'a play with it now. I wan' 'a play with it later. have you finished playing with this right now? yeah. alright.
put it back. dere. I putting six in dere. Mommy are you putting eight in dere? put eight in dere. I'm putting nine. I'm putting this in there. what's that? that's nine. I'm putting dis one in. what is that? channel four. dey don't match. no they don't match. now I think I play with de fire truck. alright. you can take the fire truck out. look at dis. what is dis amazing? it is! what's so funny about it? Mommy dere comes a big big one. here comes a big fancy one Mom. dis is a big fancy one. dingdong. [drives fire truck] knife spoon fork. you mean Paul says that. knife spoon fork. hey Paul I get you one.
here Paul. now my fancy engine goes. no more what? now my fancy engine goes. now your fancy engine goes? hey Momma I rolling the letters on the back. you love what? I rolling the letters on the back. you mind? [putting numbers on fire engine] I going a hang it. you're going to hide what? we have it. hang what? hang dese letters. these letters? yeah. those aren't letters those are numbers. Mommy look at the fancy engine truck. I never heard of a fancy engine truck. Paul... [plays harmonica and then puts it to Paul's mouth] don't do that. I gotta cut his mouth bigger. %add: Paul blow. Mommy lights open. oh Mom. take off Paul. I hang it on my truck.
Mom lights are on. see how fast? Mommy. yes dear. I see a big wheel dere. I see a wheel. a whale? a wheel. a wheel? yeah right dere. maybe de bell useta ring. Mommy dere are lots of kinds of toys you could buy. what? underneath go... it does? yeah. what d' you want me to do? move out de way. now don't move again. I have enough space to go. thank you. now it's just the tricycle. move the tricycle over here out of the way. okay. Mommy you could sit here. oh thank you. I going driving in my spancy wheel. awoh my spancy wheel almost came off. your what? my span'...
Mommy why d' you wanna hear what I say? because you're talking and I couldn't understand you. Mommy dere a fire. where's the fire? I can't show you it's a long way. hey Paul Joe. dere a fire. oh oh here we are. dingdong. oh Paul you going dat way? okay Joe. oh Joe you going dere? how we going get out de fire way? let's push dis. careful Adam don't get on his fingers. you better move 'cause it's gonna lock. how we gonna get out de fire way? okay let's go 'long. dis fancy truck... your shirt and pants don't meet. tie on de back my truck. I don't know. I don't own dis store Ma. you don't own this store? yeah. what store? store down near our house. no you don't do you? no because I know to own but I don't know how to do de store. awoh.
what's happening to Paul Mom huh? give me one too. Mom what does dis do? Mommy what does he want? he wants what's inside. [whimpers]. look at that little boy in the mirror crying. %add: Paul what's de big boy doing? looking at the little boy. oh how could the big boy do dat? Mom looking at the little boy. Mommy de engine... d' you see Adam? %add: Paul who is looking in the mirror you see Adam in de window? in the mirror. why you don't see me in de window? hm? you don't see me in de mirror. I see you out de window. Paul he's looking out the window. what d' you see? fancy cars. I see a fancy car Mom. I see a fancy car. oh Paul wasn't quick. [sing song] Mom Paul wasn't the winner I was. oh Paul wasn't quick?
no. beep beep! what did dis useta do. on de side? you should not have hurt your little hand. I'm finished with playing with dis. let me see what else I would want. oh Paul where is Rin tin tin? [finds flashlight in Ursula's bag] what is that? Mom you want me to show you some pictures? can you show pictures with that? don't see nothing on de wall Mom. dis is a car. it's goes on and off. [flashing red light on flashlight] oh that's a car? what d' you think you use that for Adam? I think I keep it for myself. I don't have enough lights. I don't have no lights to see. oh you don't have any lights? no. what happens at night then? I needta see at night. oh Paul you're a little character. let me see what happens when I turn de light off. watch Urs'la. look. [turns light on and off]
off and on. it's not nighttime. I think I keep it until it's nighttime. switch it off. I came to pick some dirt up. gonna turn my little light on. turn dat light off. ["drives" flashlight] Mommy look dat's a truck. it's nighttime. now I push de more. now it's all done Mom. I dumped it in de backyard. please don't. I like a nice clean backyard. okay. okay ready? dump it in 'e dirt. Mommy you want me to dump it at dis truck? which light shall I turn off? why you tell me to turn off my police car? do police cars keep dere lights on? do police cars keep deir light on? no I don't think they have their lights on all the time. Mommy dat's why... I don't think it blinks all the time does it? do dey keep dis one on? the white light? at night? yes they do.
perhaps they leave the blinking light on too I don't know. Mommy I leave my light on in de morning time and in de nighttime everywhere. Mommy how we get up? Mom I put my brake up. Mommy you know where de noise makes it? where makes de noise? [siren noise from Adam] Mommy d' you wan' 'a watch? dis up. dis down. Mommy you wanna write? is Paul getting some blocks? what are my slides doing in there? I put some in. shame on you. Mommy can I see who it is? you take that one I'll keep this one. can I look at em? can I have some? why don't you use the other light? what light? that light. no. Paul Adam already has them. dere are any more huh? no. I'm finished with dis. alright what d' you do when you're finished with something? you put it back in the... dog.
dog. dog cat ranned Adam. [lists some of Paul's "words"] what else does Paul say Adam? basket. box he says. block. block. car. car. truck. Paul can you say truck and basket? will you read me a story about that? can you read me a story? read me it Mom. [book of things to make] these are things you can make. what is that? [reads] Mommy what does dis say? do you see any writing? where's the writing? no. is there any on that page? no. what does... I wan' 'a make dis. this is how to grow a goofy garden. okay I make a goofy garden. I want a goofy garden.
[reads] oh Mom I wan' 'a make something else. dat's too hard. Mommy how can you make dis? how can you make dis? where's your shoe Paul? Mom you gonna make a curtain. see all dose things. you're going to make what? a curtain. see all dose things? a curtain? that's hard. Mommy what does this say? how to make dingdong music. what'd you think you do? I don't wan' 'a make... Mommy can you make dis? dat's a clown Mommy. what d' you hafta use? scissors and crayon. and what is that? paper. and scissors. Mommy is somebody in dere? in where? in dere? no. in dere? Momma...
Mommy are people in 'n 'ere? no put those are what? do people make them with dat? oh Mom I wan' 'a make dese. I don't wan' 'a make dat. I think I make a car. Mom what is dis you call it? what did you say? what is dis you call it? that's a Creepy Willy. what's a yyy? Creepy Willy. what Creepy Willy is? why d' you call dat dat? because his name is Willy and he creeps. I'm tryin' a find... wouldn't you like to make that? oh I'm gonna make dis. camera. camera. Mom somebody said camera. dis is fun to make. oh Mom I wan' 'a save my page. now let me see what I wan' 'a do again next. hey Paul you wan' 'a write with dis? you wan' 'a write? show me what color you want. I'm going to tell you. I'd like brown. brown.
thank you. here Paul which one? Paul would like red. black. which one I would like huh? which one myself would like huh? Ursula can have dis color. what color is the one you gave Ursula? dat blue. I don't want dis one. what color's dis one everybody? I'm gonna get me my other one. isn't this yours on the floor? no de next. where's the paper? Mom you can have some. which one you want? whyn't you draw me a whale? show Urs'la how you drew the whale at school. dis how I drew it. dat's how I did it. oh I see. I started here. de spout way up. wan' 'a see something else? let's make a long... see dat Mom. no don't draw in your book honey. oh Mom could you buy me dat. oh no you can make it.
I wan' 'a make it uh. okay Mom I cut out dat. alright. what d' you need? look here. you always begin with number one. no Paul I wan' 'a make dat. that's all you need a pair of scissors. go over and under. over and under. now I don't want de piece. it's two pieces. hey Paul. what is this? [phone rings] what does Mommy have in her hand? [phone rings] Paul... dat's a whale's box. I gonna have a pocket full. pocket book full as can be. I wan' 'a see what my taxi cabs are gonna like. what's in it d' you think? maybe I could put it on de firetruck. and de man's gonna say. he is gonna look. I can't start dis. it's too heavy for me. what time is it? I think I keep dis for my clock.
and I think I keep dis for my light. magic four magic four magic four. magic what Adam? magic four make dis go up. magic four magic four magic four. for... oh my head hurts [? hurt]. does it Adam where? I'm too heavy to get up. I guess dat's why my head hurts. where? let's see Adam. I'm too heavy because I be heavy to get up. I can't start my noisy... can't start it? Mom I can't start my noisy engine. what? can't start my noisy engine. what is dat for? Mommy I wan' 'a have dis. I think Paul had this Adam. no I wanna play with it. what's dis for? what's dat for huh? alright that's enough. here. Mommy you could have a police... [has a roll of masking tape] hey Paul you stop getting in my way. so I could follow de lines...
Mom I'm gonna follow de lines. I don't want no fire engine. what is that Paul? move out de way sir. I'm moving. Mommy I making so I can follow dese lines. don't use all the tape dear. I make a long line of tape. what a xxx line. dat's so my truck can stay on de line. what a what? dat's what my bicycle stay on de line. now that's enough. can you tear it off? no. you can't? no. my bike hasta have a long time because... now I wonder how... that's a compass. %add: Paul hey Mom you keep Paul from... oh alright. Paul he would not like for you to do this. Mommy you sitting on it. it's going to end up like flypaper. [begins to get tape] d' you need a scissors Adam? yeah. you think you brought some scissors?
I think I have a scissors. here it is. I think I use all of dis. Momma I think. I keep it for my next road line. you think you'll keep it for your next road line? now I start... [riding his tricycle along line] oh. [riding his tricycle along line] Grace. [riding his tricycle along line] oh myself. [riding his tricycle along line] now myself hasta park. [riding his tricycle along line] now I wan' 'a see where I can put some more. [riding his tricycle along line] now myself hasta park. [riding his tricycle along line] now I wan' 'a see where I can put some more. [riding his tricycle along line] you have ten. [riding his tricycle along line] hey I will keep dem. [riding his tricycle along line] what did he say? [riding his tricycle along line] what did de man say? [riding his tricycle along line]
Mr Grant. Mom I don't have no place to put dis. you don't have any place to put what? I don't have any place to put my fingers. [Note correction and reversal] I don't have no place to put my fingers. [Note correction and reversal] your fingers. oh you mean to start it. I'm making a road. I'm making a road dis way. now I need my other scissors again. I'm about have a 'gestion [? digestion]. what? Dad see how strong I am? ?[goes out] wan' 'a see how strong I am Mom? yes my goodness you must have been eating your egg for breakfast. just like Popeye? just like Popeye? and Mighty Mouse? and Mighty Mouse? yes. hey let me see what you have today. yeah Joe. oh no! why we can't get dis? I'm rolling down de hill. haha you don't know. you thought.
it's was the water coming but de water was coming. where is the water? what did we do with Ursula's clock? my clock keeps stopping dere and I keep turning stopping stopping. d' you have the same trouble Adam? yeah we have the same trouble too. I'm gonna punch you in de nose. why would you do that? are you a boxer? I'm strong. you're strong. I strong to put bow and arrow in bad people's stomach. ow. how would that be? oh I don't know that I'd like that at all. look Mom look. Mommy you put some dirt in back of my car. alright. here I go. where can I dump it sir? here's some more. here're your glasses. got sunglasses. hey dis where I put my sunglasses. [asks Mrs Smith what kind of sentences Paul responds appropriately to] don't sit down dog dog barks. and he says paper. a cat says meow car truck. car truck. lady.
what else does he understand? Daddy Adam Mommy Celia. what else does he understand? everytime he hears someone say Adam. he understands not to touch the stove because it's hot and he understands that his food is hot sometimes. and sometimes he don't? oh no I mean that he understands that sometimes his food is hot and sometimes it's not hot. let me see what you have dere. he understands the way in which I feed the dog because he's tried to give the dog food. oh Mom I sorry sir. I'm gonna dump it on 'e road. oh this isn't a road. that's the road over there. I can't hardly drive like a... careful. I fell off. Mr Truck you almost had an accident. I di'n't. I didn't have a accident. you almost did. what did I almost ran in? huh to? I'm a cowboy driver. I mean I'm a police driver. he can follow the direction to wash his hands. beep beep beep. you better move your legs before I run over your legs. well this is a house this isn't a highway. he understands go to bed. I keep...
hey Mommy you better ride your horse before. de policeman runs over your horse. alright. thank you. here's a horsie. Ma I fell off my horse. see Mommy see what my horse told me to do? okay horse. ow. he knows about books. you were sitting on him. shame on you! %add: Paul I'm not strong enough Paul. I'm not strong enough for the bike and you Paul. careful. you thought it was real didn't you? it's is real Paul. gonna knock you down. careful. he better know where he going. hey Paul you say everything don't you? oh that was an accident. okay horse. okay here comes de wagon. here horse. Mommy why don't you have a barn alright? a what? a barn. a barn?
yeah. Mommy dis car moves too fast in de water. I think he could follow an instruction if the objects weren't in the room if he wanted to. no. how for my baby dog. hey Mommy you goin' hafta drive. oh I am. yeah. why can't you drive? drive dat truck because I'm I'm too heavy to drive. oh Mom how I'm gonna get out? hey Mom tell me how to get out. I can't. turn your wheels to the right. I got flat tire. oh you have a flat tire. well first you hafta change your tire. Mommy now I got out look. dog. hey Paul here's a dog. Adam has a doggie. %add: Paul where's the cat? %add: Paul can you get the cat for Mommy? %add: Paul it's upstairs. can you go way way fast upstairs? can you get the cat for Mommy? Mommy de cat's out de window so he knows where de cat is.
look get off my chair. %add: Paul Mommy he's... I didn't know he's a big boy. oh yes he likes to do that but that's very naughty isn't it? Mommy I can't fall because I'm strong. I'm stuck Mom again. I'm stuck. stay out of trouble! %add: Paul want me ride over you? please don't ride over me. hey Mom I can't get loose. Mom I'm parking my car in de barn. Momma I park my car in de barn. you don't have a garage. yes I do. de barn is my garage. hey Mom Paul's de policeman Mom. Paul's de policeman. you have two police mans. why do you think he's silly? Paul's gonna shoot me. I'm gonna get my gun out quick and shot him right down to death. Mommy I'm gonna shoot... I don't think it's time to play this. why? I'm playing cowboy. I'm playing policeman. no let's not play dat.
let's play policeman. alright. you're going to play policemen? pow I shot you Paul I shot you. you didn't get your gun quick and fast. [sing song] awoh your house fell over. hey Mom can you get dis here for me Mom? it's in. hey Mom I can't do dis. hey Mom I can't get dis in. look Mommy where's de holster? it must be in your room in the drawer. Mommy I can't... can you put it together? %add: Paul alright. %add: Paul can you build a house? %add: Paul dis is my holster. will you close the door? [closes the door] he really understands a deal. when it's time to get Adam he gets his coat on and goes to the door. you forgot all about your belt didn't you? I can't find it. you can't find it? Mommy I'm gonna eat dinner. you wanna have dinner with us?
yes I'd like to. what're you going to have today? sugar. we gonna save some. now here's some. no Adam. what are dese for? Mom I'm goin' cut your head off. oh Adam. I don't think that's very nice. who does anything like that? do what? who would cut somebody's head off? somebody would. Mommy dis cake's gonna be all together. he just has a few of them. no no now Paul took those out Adam. de old one Paul. here Mom I'm goin' cut some which way you would like? show me. oh I'd like some turtle pie. oh thank you. which one would Ursula like Mom? I don't know you'll hafta ask her. which one you would like? oh I would like a... a boat pie or a bird pie or the turtle pie. I'd like a boat pie. oh Mom somebody wants the boat pie. [note alternation of definite and indefinite article]
I'm going get me dis pie de bird pie. no you can't carry your load on you. what does that mean? stop it. which one who'd like? [means who would like another piece of which one?] Mom you know what dis says? Mommy here's your aspirin. thank you. now I feel all better. Paul can you find the block that goes in here the long block? dat fit. see Paul knows where it is doesn't he? thank you. Mommy what would you want now? I don't think I'd want anything now. you must leave the table then. I must leave the table? alright. would you excuse me please? Mom I can't keep dis on here. can you help me? Mom I'm closing de top of de aspirin. oh is that aspirin? in case you get sick. now we must put the things away. now you want your dessert? oh I've left the table. you excused me from the table. excuse me...
I'm excused from the table too. I can't find dat belt. look in the drawer where you keep your shirt. we playing policeman today. hafta play cowboys. got two guns don't I? dat's why I'm gonna play cowboy. dis de police gun and dis de police gun. got dem on backwards. pow pow. ["shoots" Paul who goes on "reading"] he doesn't seem to be very concerned. I didn't know where dose guns were coming from. no I don't think he did. he thought those guns where coming from outside him. Mom Paul's going to bed. he's de baby. yes night night baby. night night policeman. Mommy he's a policeman. I'm gonna sleep. Mommy you call me de baby and I... night night baby. I'm a policeman. oh you're a policeman? night night policeman. waa. [imitates crying sound] no let's not do dat. I couldn't believe my eyes.
watch dis. my gun fell down too. yes it did. I got two guns. pow pow pow pow. Paul you don't know where dese guns... Paul didn't have none. Mom I better get in my police car. I'm scared of dat. see if your car is stuck. Mom I can't get dis car in de garage. I came by and got my dog. oh thank you for letting your dog visit with me. dat's what I do every morning. Adam or dog? Adam and dog. I have a flat tire Momma. Paul would you open the door for Mommy please? open what door? could you open the door please? %add: Paul open what door? that door. why? [runs to open the door] you didn't hafta did you? Paul didn't get there. %add: Paul [sing song] thank you Adam.
now would you close the door please? why? well Paul would you go close the door please? Paul missed Mom. [gets there before Paul] he shoulda have holded his horses. [gets there before Paul] he shouldn't have holded his horses? yeah. no I guess not. no me. I'm the winner Mom. you're the winner? yeah. is that right Paul? is Adam the winner? Paul isn't the winner. [sing song] [goes to window] oh no he didn't say anything about window. he said winner. he thought I said something 'bout window. I got a flat tire Mom. [Paul is "talking"] want me shoot you Paul? Mommy why should you buy me a big flat bicycle so Perro could stay on the back? [flat] how would dat be? a tricycle has a back doesn't it? a tricycle has a back yes.
just like a car. a bike has a back like that. Mommy let me see what she has now. oh I forgot. hey I think I cut out this. [cut-out book from the bag] Mom do you have any scissors? [cut-out book from the bag] oh that's the kind you just push Adam. Mommy I have the basket out. oh do you know what that story's about? no. Adam? he's calling you. what are these lines for? that's for somebody to put their fingers through so they can hold the basket. what d' you think the name of that story is? I'm not going to tell you. you're not going to tell me? no. why don't you whisper in my ear. dat's a secret. yes. about the big bad wolf. [whispers] yes. who else? what's dis Mom? de page came out. the what came out?
de page come out. the page? yeah. I'm giving the man to Paul. Paul don't you tear your man up or I'll make you another man. yes Adam is talking to you. [laughs]. do you understand what he's saying? here Paul here's de man. say thank you Adam. %add: Paul the man isn't dere again. Mommy I wonder who took the man out. Mom de tock is for me. the what? dis knock thing is for me. I don't like man. now I'm gonna push de bird out. Adam told you not to tear it up. %add: Paul Paul you want me make you another one? dere a tail. I'm gonna hafta love de birds. you're going to hafta love the birds? yeah. two birds. why are you going to hafta love the birds? 'cause I love birds. why? because I don't wan' 'a kill birds dat are nice.
are there any birds that are not nice? yep. what kind? I can't tell you it's a secret again. Mom can somebody keep my basket and things? boy? %add: Paul oh bird you're saying I guess. %add: Paul Mommy what's dis for? it's moves. what is this sposta be? a log. a log yes. how do you get a log? by chopping. oh perhaps an ax goes in. where's de ax? I'm going to chop down de trees. see where it goes? where does it go? huh Mommy? see the man? where is he coming to chop? in the forest. he's coming to chop the wolf's head off? yes maybe. who is this d' you suppose? a lady I don know. [telephone rings]
Mommy you cut out your lady. [telephone rings] I think I work Mommy's lady out. I gonna take dese off. I hafta take things off. what's dis for? Paul why do you step on dose things? here Momma. Mom de lady's out. oh thank you Adam that was very kind of you. where's the thing that you chop? did you put it in your pocket Adam? I put de birds and the things. I'm putting de ax and de tree in my pocket. Mom I don't want nobody to wear my glasses. Mom he doesn't want dem on. want me put dem on you? %add: Paul see he doesn't want them on. yes he'd like to do it himself. no let me do it my own self. what was dat noise? that noise was a big truck outside. here Mom. here's things. don't you let Paul mess up dose things alright? Paul he says for you not to mess up my things. Mom I take care of it. before I knock you through the bushes and you would be scared and you wouldn't find where your home. so Mom d' you have a pocket?
yes I do have a pocket. no nobody won't see it. it's for a lady not a boy. a boy isn't a lady. how you know that? yes how do you know that? a boy isn't a lady. here's your other thing. I gotta take care of my things. okay now. what shall we do in the nursery Mom? are we in the nursery? yep. what shall we do? in kindergarten. d' you go to kindergarten? yeah. you do? yeah. I thought you went to nursery school. I'm gonna first go in kindergarten. later on. dis too hard for me. Adam what's the difference between a nursery school and kindergarten? if dey have de same things just like nursery school does. what's the difference? why do you call one kindergarten and one nursery school? it's doesn't have de same name. yes they don't have the same name. Mommy can you do dis?
dis too hard for me to do. you have yours. you better not bother mine. since you're a young lady. I'm a young boy. Mommy how can I put my trees. what did we do on these dotted lines? folded them. what are dey for stand up? that's right. what tree is to stand up in de bushes? is dat what dey for? is that what what is for? de trees. what huh? you're not sposta jump out of your chair! %add: Paul Mom. I think perhaps it might do better on the floor. yeah. dis is de bushes. dis doesn't do on the rug see? no it doesn't. the rug is... what? why doesn't it stand on the rug? the rug has lots of dese on it. yes. dat's why it can't stand. %add: Paul
are you reading a story? we fight. no Paul let him share. he said not one at a time. Paul that was a very nice story. okay let me see it. he can't get out. you're stuck. hey Paul my foot's hard. you can't step on my foot. my foot is harder. Paul I'm gonna... can somebody do it for me? oh Paul can't you share your story with Adam? my xxx is glad. I love my story. Mommy Paul's the teacher. oh Paul you're the teacher. you read a story to the class now. alright. Adam Smith now it's your turn to read a story to the class. I'm the teacher? yes you're the teacher. I'm no teacher. I'm... my goody goody xxx. oh no this is Adam's. Mommy dere a hole through dere. poor little bird. he wants...
Momma I'm being bird's friend. but dat's not little bird. any bird in my pocket. I must have a full pocket don't I? you too. no no no no no. tree go like dis? I wanna have me a ice cream cone. I know how to do dat. these are tea cakes. tea cakes. I got me a tea cake. what's a tea cake? Mommy dis is my tea cake. alright. what is it? no teacher. [tries to eat cake] no that's just part of a book. that's not a real tea cake. Paul why you think it's a real tea cake? I must have a full pocket don't I? Mommy you be the teacher. turn it right side out. I'm in your class too. let me see. let me see the story about Jesus loves me. dat's a Jesus dat's God dat's true. dis is my musketeer. oh is there a difference in Jesus and god?
dat's another story not dat story. oh another story. I can't get dis... hey Mom what happened to the thing that I went to... see? I made it stand up. I'm a magician. hey you know what? I make my ice cream disappear with no holes in it. you did? yeah. Mommy dis gonna be in de bushes. dis in de bushes. Momma how can you stand dis tree up? how can you stand dese trees and the difference? how can you stand these trees and the difference? what does that mean? dat means I want it to stand up like dis one. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Adam/041002.cha = = = Mommy could I have some? [coloring with magic markers] [Mother is in other room with Diandra and Paul] you could see what else is in the bag. there's one other thing. where is it? under your sweater. remember we made these beautiful flowers? dat's a worm. it's a worm?
uhhuh. no I think it's a cloud. what is Adam? are you finished? I'm gonna draw my own man. that's not big enough... here. let's do it on top of the newspaper. why how come is that? how? because it's inky? yes because it's inky. remember to put de cover on. how come is dat? because it get dry. ![laughs] that's very pretty. oh it's got in through here. yes. how come is dat? what d' you think? make it pretty. flowers. [in growly voice] baseball and flowers. hm? baseball and a flower. baseball? mhm. yellow.
put the cover back on Adam. oh I forgot again. dis kind of color is easy. what kind of color is that? I don't know. what d' you think? does it have a brush on it? [looking closely at the marker] it has a tip. a tip. mhm. dat makes a pretty color. oh oh oh get dry. made lots a names. what are you writing? mhm xxx. put the cover back on. oh I forgot again. which color? I want... I can't take it off. twist it. may I try? here Adam. oh dat's... [comes in with bananas]. you may give Robin a banana and Ursula a banana if you like to. could I have a banana Mommy? yes. you forgot to say I could have a banana.
what? you forgot to say I could have a banana didn't you? what? you said I couldn't... you forgot to say I couldn't have a banana. I forgot to say that you could have a banana? yeah. I didn't. I said Adam you could have a banana and offer Robin and Ursula one would you? dis think was so tight on. now. I'm gonna try de rocket one. it's a umbrella. I want a stripe. don't forget the cover Adam over under the chair. under de chair. I can't see can I Mommy? not very well. yellow. I know color dat is. I think I mix de other up. I think I mix it up. dat's a mixed up umbrella. [goes out] I'm gonna make me... I want another piece of paper. Robin would you give him a few pieces of paper. what happened? I forgot to take the top off. it's too tight.
oh is dat de doctor case? [the case for the magic markers] why it has little handles doesn't it? in case you wanna go someplace? sure. in case you wanna carry it with you. my I got a lot of yellow papers. boy a lot of yellow papers. now dis get. that's a lot of colors orange yellow. you didn't put the top back on the yellow. yellow where's de top? almost forget to put the top on. oh dat's yellow. I'm gonna make my own picture. oh boy I did it. dese crayons can write. oh crayons I love you! the teeth the skin. I think I try yellow. what's dat for? what's dat bike for? you hold this down. he thinks to take a test. take a test. what kind of test? a crayon test. oh. black teeth or black eyes. I think I'll take black eyes.
dere. a picture. will you make a picture of me too? not for 'specially but I make one for you to take home. alright. I love dese crayons. I'm waiting for a banana. [singing] I love bananas. I love to be a bananas monkeys. you'd love to be a banana monkey? I don't wanna be a monkey. I wan' 'a be my own self. what's up doc? xxx sugar. what? here comes Mommy. big old mouth. I'm gonna color on my airplane. I don't need some... I love you yeah yeah yeah. [sing song] it's yellow is comin' in. d' you wanna use another color? another color. dat's a good idea. I think I use... don't forget the top. dat was a blast off top. see if dis is a blast off top.
dat's brown. a babe whale is brown. got brown eyes. what color you have a eyes? look. [laughs]. [bef looks closely] [looks closely] it's behind the crayons. behind de crayons. top blast. oh boy. red red. I think I can find red. here's the red. I know it. can't write. I'll blast it off for you. blast it off. it's too tight. got a funny nose. oh that's the baby fish. what happened? is that the baby fish. swims by his father. what did I say wrong? what's up doc? dere. spread a pair eat you because you a mare. xxx got a coat on.
black. what you got all de black for? he keeps on using black draw on my paper. what's your favorite color? red. what you think this is? a spider. a spider web's round. a rainbow. is it? hunm. guess again. a snail. guess again. a shell. uhhuh. it is? [nods]. whoever heard of falling in de bottom of the sea? you find shells in the bottom of the sea. but they get... wha''s gonna plant dem? that's a good idea. you could. I don't wan' 'a go under the bottom of the sea. and I don't wanna. I don't wan' 'a practice no more. too scared. I don't want a fish biting me. you don't want a fish what?
I don't want a fish biting me. my hair wet. you could wear a suit to cover you all up. I don't want dat suit. to go under the water. not dat kind. that's what divers do. divers. I don't wan' 'a do it. I saw a movie about it. movie about what? about men who lived under the sea for three months. three months. how could they? how could they? they didn't have enough air. they didn't have enough air. they took their air along with them in tanks they made there own air out of the water. and den dey could get bigger out of the water taller. and den dey might live on the bottom. they went down and explored the bottom. I love you yeah yeah yeah. I could show you some pictures of that movie. I could draw my own pictures. I want some more paper. I could draw my own pictures. I want some more paper. I could draw my own. okay. I could draw de man under the sea.
alright. Robin would you give him some more? I think I use yellow. dis kind of colors. see which one is tight. dis one is tight. d' you want me to do it? from de bike. where you put de paints? Adam let's take off one cover at a time alright? too [? two]. no one at a time. one okay. two pages of paper. now. base. you know they have down their back? it that the air tank? mhm. dat's a base. they're all covered in suits. covered in suits. so they don't get wet and they have a plastic thing so even the head doesn't get wet. what is it? it's round and you can see through it like a... a helmet. like a helmet but it covers the face so you wouldn't get wet. oh it has holes in it. no. dat's de kind of thing dat I see in the stores.
for going under water it doesn't have holes in it so you don't get wet. de man's xxx and base. de whole suit up. so he won't get wet. dat's some kind of suit. the brakes of it. I wonder when de dinner is coming down. de dinner is coming down. dat's de man. [drawing a deep sea diver] people don't have big eyes. base. close it all wet. you're making him all wet. I making him so he won't get wet. good. dere part of de other basicle. I think which color xxx we didn't use? here's a color. oh boy boy boy. where's de cover? dat doesn't dare matter. dis is de man's basicles. what's base? dat dey put on their backs. oh. 'cause they can't get some air. his hands. what cover his hands? something like gloves.
and what covers his feet? something like boots but like a suit that covers him everywhere. dinner is coming. marbelons. I like dat kind of thing. I wonder when the bananas are coming. they're already here. already here. yes. I don't hear them coming in here. they're up there by my purse. by your purse. good for you for putting all the tops on Adam. [eats banana] my you're hungry. when you gonna eat your bananas? I might just save mine. save yours? mhm. why you gonna save yours? I'm not hungry just now. I'm still hungry. are you? when I eat dinner I be still hungry. really? I'm never gonna stop eating. what d' you think this is with the basicle box? can you make some fish under the water? fish? I haven't thought of dat.
already caught fish. now his letting the fish out so dey can swim. and up the door goes. brakes. I think I'm finished. where's de top? here it is right under your knee. under your knee. it's still under your knee. try again. dat way. take my test away. is that a test. mhm. that's not a test. for de crayons it is. you can take that [bendable mirror] out to play with. you can surprise your Mother. surprise my Mother? she won't know what's in there. here she comes now. here she comes now after us. would you like some more banana Adam? open it up and take half. I'll show you how much is half. I can show my own self. what's dat burned stuff? [a brown spot on the banana] somebody's been cooking. I don't think so.
oh someone's been cooking it. you really think so. I'm gonna surprise my Mommy. let's see what else is in my bag. you wanna look at the little book. a book. I'm gonna surprise my mommy. oh where did dose flowers get over from? where did dose flowers come from? did you buy dem? no didn't you see them before? no I didn't see dem. surprise our Mother. dat's better. oh de crayons. oh knocking de crayons. you didn't finish making your colors. are you going to finish making yours? yes I want some more paper. alright. teacher Mommy. who's the teacher? my Mommy is. she teaches every boys and girls. d' you know you can bend that mirror? bend dat. what can you bend it for? how do you look bent? I look fat. oh it's bent.
it's ugly. no no. don't you like the mirror? let me see if it needs cleaning. cleaning. it does. needs cleaning doesn't it? so I can bend de top better. I love my colors. making my own color. which color I will use? blue to make my own fish. green. see what I made? big fat top. he got three legs. three legs? oh you cleanin' it? wow are you clean it? yes you brought some clean stuff with you? no I'm just using a handkerchief. my goodness. it's brown I better make it another color before it turns into black. [looking into mirror] it looks like two Adams and two Robins. elf. [comes in with Diandra and Paul] Mommy I'm gonna surprise you. oh isn't that pretty. what is that?
guess. [shows her bendable mirror with cover on it] is it an apple? no. is it something you eat? hunm. is it a hat? hunm. it's too flat for a hat. do I know anything like it? say you give up. alright. I give up. it's a mirror. isn't that pretty. oh. isn't it nice. how d' you like yourself bent? I don't like myself very much. how d' you like yourself? can I have another banana? I can see my own self. e i e i o. what's that? my self. and I got carry box. see which color I want. green? is there green? open it up.
it's too tight. how did you open it when I wasn't in here? Mrs Ursula open it. Mrs Ursula opened it? Mr. Mr come on Adam. I was going to say Mr Ursula. Diandra see yourself in there? write a story for us. a story. I'm the one that's making up a story. Adam why don't you write your name. I know how to make my name. what d' you think I am? I'm not a little baby. you're not a little what? I'm not a little baby. now I think I take a piece of paper. I can draw my own name. she'll be surprised. own name. my name. dere it is. d' you wanna use the newspaper? dat's de bottom of de sea. dis is my name. I've never seen your name written like that. where's the a? look at my name. I only see your name one time.
all the other times your name is all wrong. I see my name right. my name is wrong. Adam put your paper on the newspaper. I want more paper. just use one piece at a time. and you didn't tear it off properly. Mommy. [shouting] Mommy. [shouting] where are are you going? %add: Paul he's going someplace else. Paul. hey wait wait. I'm going someplace. I'm taking it with me. I'm going. I'm not gonna come back until everyone goes away. then you'll be here all by yourself. no. would you give him a little piece? David doesn't need it. you can do it. that not David. that Robin. I know. what're you making Adam? a piece of paper.
de piece of paper man. Paul. have you finished with this one? Mommy did you make the cages for the lions? oh no not yet. I didn't have enough boxes. it's a dollar sing. one dollar nothing. but I can xxx. this will work. Adam what're you making? I hafta pull it out. no! dat's my piece of paper. no! could you give us a piece of paper please? [whining]. [whining]. oh dis making fire. oh boy dis can make hot fire. no! it could be the result of a fire but... oh I want dat. oh boy you forgot to color his pants. keep coloring on the back. that's very nice. I don't like it. she made it on the other side. that very nice. did Robin make that?
I don't know. I don't want that piece of paper. why not? oh he stated to draw there. oh is that Adam's name? my name is not on it. [a knock on the door] oh I forgot again. [a knock on the door] fixed it. [a knock on the door] dat's how. [a knock on the door] it's still broken. [a knock on the door] who is it? Mr Grant or Mrs Grant. [goes out] [whimpers and cries]. [takes boys out] I'm not your dark black. good idea. I don't know. here's the top. let's bring everything over here. what happened to all the crayons? dey invisible aren't they? invisible! I don't think so. I can see them if they are visible.
wait till I wash my hands. www and I'll take Paul and Diandra. [1 tells Ursula that later in the hour she may have to leave for a few minutes] I don't wanna be staying here. I wanna go too. we talked about it and you said that Mommy could go. I don't want you to go... I wan' 'a go with you. I'll be back shortly. then leave Paul here. leave Paul here? that's a good idea. well Paul will probably cry and then Ursula couldn't hear the taperecorder. what is dis? [Ursula brought a set of Lincoln bags] [whimpering]. alright Paul here's one for you. look at dose long things so you can build. Adam you wanna first look here to see all the different kinds of thing you can make? hey dey show a you how to make dem. it won't stand up. no that's the top. that's the part. these are the things that you build with see because they rest on one another. what about de top? what about dese top? dese are for de red top. I got a sword. bang. no no.
Adamy don't do that. dese are lots see I got lots of swords. they aren't swords. I don't know how to build nothing. because I'm not a carpenter. I'm a cowboy. Diandros knows how to build something. [banging with logs] Mommy build my house. what? build my house. let's see you build it. Mommy you tell me what de directions do okay? it seems to me you place these long ones on top of one another. what about the windows and the floors? you got now. [whining]. Paul we might hafta go upstairs hm? no you not. you're not gonna have dem. %add: Paul we are building our own house. now what else? look at de directions. what about the floors and the windows? what's this? those are building blocks. those are building blocks. I'm using all these sticks for new tops you know. what kind o' window's that gonna be?
well this is Paul's. he wants to build. there it is. Diandros here. these things. these little things. I wanna try one out. dey stay up just like magic. Mommy dey look like little beds don't they? they look like beds. Mommy tell me what de directions are. there are no written directions. there's just building there. and you can make your building just like it by just looking at it. I don't have three heads enough. you don't have what? I don't have lots of heads enough to do. we don't needta use de tops. see what else? put dem onto... oh dat looks like little beds. dey have lots of little beds huh? and now we not gonna never see dem again. Diandras dere some beds over dere. I got all de beds I got all de sticks I need. please let him have some dear. no! Adam let him have some please. dere some over dere. look behind you Diandra.
now show me what de directions are. [crying]. I think I better take you out. [exits with Paul] fire bang bang. can you build something on there Adam? no. there's something started. I don't have xxx heads enough for that. can't make it stand up. can you find another piece like this Adam? another piece like dat? are there any more big ones? dese. let him have some of the little ones Adam. no. you can have some too. %add: Diandros you use these. %add: Diandros that's another one. put some little ones in between and then it stays better. now what? keep on going? yes now you can put another long piece on. now give me all the tops I need. tickle. put two on dere? yes. careful it doesn't fall down.
it's gonna be a long... dere we go again. hey I'm finished. now you do the other side. I did some. you naughty thing. %add: blocks why is it naughty? dese things look like little beds. I got a wale lot. I got a wale lot of dese. I'm rich boy. no you're not gonna take! %add: Diandra no! %add: Diandra he can take some. if he takes all of dem I'm gonna beat him up. nothing won't scare me. okay try to scare me. he's trying to scare me. no he's not. he's not gonna scare me. he never won't scare me. I'm not frightened of nothing. no I saw you. here's a flat one. oh dat's a big one. oh you naughty thing! I'm not gonna speak...
get up! %add: building blocks dat looks like a twin's bed. looks like a what? what's dis? that's a rooftop. no! dat's my rooftop. and you gonna use your own rooftop. here Diandra. let's give him a few more. no! %add: Diandra let's see if we can't make it stand up. it looks like it's broken. I guess that one's too small let's put a bigger one on. I want a whole other big one. could he have the little ones? here Diandros. the little ones are only for little boys. here Diandra. I hope they are not in my group. my group has xxx. did you go to school today? no I stayed home with And. with who? And. Mrs Smith little girl? me and And didn't go to school. no.
%add: Diandra dese are my windows and tops and stuff and caps. I'm gonna keep on going. oh I forgot the tops. I forgot de tops caps. [word play] [the building falls] dese got splinters in dem hum? right. dey made out of wood. what about dis one? you wanna put that one on? %add: Diandra what's the matter? %add: Diandra your shoe is untied? %add: Diandra his shoe is untied. [ties Diandra's shoe] Ursula I'm keep on going with these building. good and then you can put a roof on. and den what about de doors and windows and stuff? oh yes. I'm keep on going. I don't need any help in case it falls down. I'm doing it a little carefully huh? what're you doing? I'm doing dis a little carefully. not dose are little dose are big ones. just de little ones.
that looks high enough Adam. that's high enough? are they both the same so you can put a roof on? I think this needs to be one higher. one more higher right? why you take mine? %add: Diandra no! no Diandra you use those. I'm finished. now you think the roof goes on? carefully. very carefully. I got so much. Diandra how you know how to make houses? carpenters know how to make houses. the roof is on I got still more. what're you going to do with them. what about the sides? oh he said %add: Diandra " we not stupid head." no I got still more. %add: Diandra still more. I don't have any more. dey short. what these could be used for? maybe you could make a floor. oh yeah that's a good idea.
dey too long. what can you do with them now? look at your building and see. you could xxx the floors right dere. oh de top fell off. we need de carpenter. call de carpenter. those looks like we have three children to go in dose beds. hey look. dere one more missing. now we all set for de windows. what about de steps? oh we should make some steps. that's a good idea. and what about de windows. how can you make de windows? it wouldn't be so hard to make steps. I got it! what? you can leave a little hole for de windows. oh yes. now I wonder how can you make dose steps. one step. what about de doors? you could have an open house and walk in. then you don't need doors and windows but you do need steps. some bad people might come in. I don't think so. now where we live. where we live.
there bad people where other people live. what? dere bad people where other people live huh? dere some. maybe this house is way out in the country. what about a top of dis? I just have a little. are you going to have any furniture in the house? uhhuh. furniture. furniture. yeah twin beds! I got it. me and Paul gonna sleep up on de top. who's gonna sleep on de beds? that's a good idea isn't it? who is going to sleep in the beds. I don't know. you. me! I'm too big. we gonna pretend you in de bed. alright. Adam d' you know what he's saying? toy. I don't have his toy. I can't make de top all de way up and den it be a door. I can't make it. I think twin beds. see if I can make lots o' beds on de top.
see if I can make beds way way way way on top up dere. not higher than the roof? [nods affirmation] how could you sleep higher than the roof? since you're so big. I thought we're pretending I'm small. I'm gonna get way up to the ceiling. boom way up to de sky. way way way up to space. way into another space. way way way. I was gonna make some twins beds but the twins fell off. what d' you think this kind o' bed this is? it's a bunk bed. a kind o' bunk bed! it needs a tall ladder. I got a stick. oh yeah we're making one floor. Mommy I got a good idea. [looks in for a moment]? Mommy come on. I'm going upstairs because Paul really is very cranky this afternoon alright? I'm gonna make a choo choo train. I'm finished with this yyy. [goes out] you di'n't make a gate. a fence. how can you make a fence? you need two straight pieces. straight pieces.
and a lot of little pieces. I think they hafta be the double kind. double kind. the fat kind. the fat kind. like that. now you got. now you got xxx. look it. dey look like dey marching. no you not gonna... dis sticks together. I know what you can make a boat. that's a good idea. we'll do that next. here's another straight one. xxx right. right on top. oh that looks good. here's another straight one. shall we make a fence all around the house? turn the corner now. okay. and so bad people can't get in. now you'll be safe. some people don't have doors... some people have doors so dat dey... so dey can be nice and safe. and so bad people can't get in. de bad people try to get in but de fence gonna be locked.
I see a bad guy tryin' a get in. why don't move that over because that might not go over the. %add: Diandros the fence? %add: Diandros not go over the fence. hey I only got one more. look at. thank you. what about de tops. isn't that a pretty fence? don't you really have a pretty fence? now I'm gonna put dese two together. hey we gonna have dose like dat? mhm. oh we better take de floors away. okay. den dey gonna be on dis floor right? take some more floors away. oh poor little house. [one wall collapses] we'll fix that Adam that's not too hard to fix. it's just a little hard? not too hard. just a little hard. I got three swords. here. look at dis is a mouse Ursula. [has a small block] a mouse!
it could eat you up. a mouse can't eat me. I'll eat the mouse. you don't have a big mouth. it's bigger dan you. it is not. no you not! %add: Diandra oh look at him. he's doing the circus. Mommy clown are at de circus huh? %add: Ursula did you see any pictures of the circus. pictures. have you been to the circus? I know all about de circus. what else? I'm not telling. dis is how I do it. I hit my head. very hard. yeah. now we need one more side. yeah and den we gonna be finished. oh boy. what about de doors? de doors are short. den we gonna be finished. and den I gonna be yeah yeah hooray. I can break it again.
I never won't gonna fix it again. I never won't fix it again. hooray. now one more and den we gonna see. I like dat. oh that's so pretty Adam. hooray. that's so pretty. it is so pretty. now you could fix up the house again and put the roof on. uhhuh! put the roof. but the floor. it doesn't need a floor. what does it need a roof? does it need a roof? maybe it doesn't. what dese could be? to make another roof. and make a fence. another fence. and another house? just like dat house? we were gonna make a ship huh? yes that's right and that could be the water. how could it be de water? water isn't straight. you can pretend. pretend. water couldn't be in house.
think dat way it could be outside or in dat. I think I'm gonna play it inside. I think we need a little one. which one I stoled. who stoled my other one? here dis one I need. stick. I can't make de stick. hm what you got? me big shot. whee whee. make another one and we'll have a race. make another boat. I'll make another one smaller dan de bigger one. alright. now how can we make a race? on your mark set go. the one dat has... open de door. ?[the house collapses] the house is on fire. look at it fall. wowie. dis boat knocked it down. the boat knocked down a house. I'm finished and I xxx. let's put everything back first. will you help Diandra? [put blocks back in box] where's de top?
I didn't bring the top. how you gonna keep it from rain? I have my car just outside. how could you come in and den de rain fall on it and den you come in? it doesn't take very long to get from here to the car. it takes very long while you're driving. yes it does. it takes very long from Harvard. I wonder... that's where you useta live. why you live where I live? I live near there. will I moved there. I moved away from dere. how come you moved dere? I'm in the same place. oh I want a apple. is that yours? whoops a daisy. does Diandra have one too? apple Mommy. Diandras ate his apple. did you finish yours already? %add: Diandras mhm. I'm all finished. are they all picked up? I want a windmill. alright. then maybe Diandra can play with it next.
looks like. why don't you let Diandra play with the windmill and we'll put this together? now I'm Diandra's father and Diandra's my Mother. Diandra's your mother! I don't know how to open it. [a glider to be assembled] look at dis. like a army airplane. can't open it. I don't know which way. I got all de pieces. Ursula. show me how to do dis. alright. I know how to put dis through. be very careful. what is... dis looks like a submarine. submarine? dat looks like a airplane. dis looks like a wing of a bird. because dat's gonna look like a bird. oh that's going around. [sneezes]. bless you. bless you God. God. here's de directions. see when you fly it goes right? it should.
it's sposta. I made dis airplane fly watch. alright. watch dis. what about de propeller on it? maybe it's a jet. does jets have motors? yes. [trips over microphone cord] wasn't dat a fly! yes. I made a hot shot. watch dis Ursula. watch dis. wowie watch dis. watch dis. you think people shoot dis airplane? shoot it with guns? no. sometimes dat's what dey do in de army. but this is peace time. peace time. what peace time mean? peace time means there's no war. there's no more shooting? Ursula. it blast. it blast off in de garage. Ursula. yes.
Ursula look at it. dat's de garage. watch dis Ursula. make it go high. I can't make it go high. it'll [? it] fall like dis. let's see if there's something else to do on it. what does it say? Diandra tryin' a blow that. good for you Diandra. now what else you 'posed to do? dis is made out of paper. what dose for? this makes it fly straight I think. oh that's good. dis is good. [flying the glider] wowie. [flying the glider] watch dis. [flying the glider] I wan' 'a see it go higher. [flying the glider] it made a stop. [flying the glider] it made a loop. it made a turn. and away it burn. watch dis. it make a stop landing.
watch. Mommy watch dis. I can make it straight. [comes in with Paul] look it. oh yes. I see. what's that Paul? dat's a army jet. Paul think it's gonna go someplace. doesn't he? oh dat's Mommy's magic xxx. [whines]. look in yourself. see your self. Mommy wants to see it. no let him look at it. what does it say? it says " all controls xxx." all controls. wowie. the tail falled off. de tail fell off. Ursula I can't make the tail. stay on. you see a magic way to do it. I don't think there is one. and a two and a one blast off. oh dose look like army jets.
watch dis. it can stop. watch dis Mommy. oh yes. now see if I can do something else. it goes straight. Ursula is dis something you left? I don't think so. yeah it looks like xxx. watch dis. watch dis Ursula. Adam close the door please. Mommy. will it won't come through... thank you Adam. [whining]. I want someping else. watch dis. I'm a circus actor. no Diandra. see what else I can find. seems you haven't finished playing with that. I'm finished. pick it up doc. hey look it l. hey look it it's pointing. I'm finished with dis airplane. well put it back in the bag. why you telling me? I know what to do.
no in the bag where you got it. it wasn't in the basket. I found it in dere. oh. I wan' 'a make a kite. show me how I'm gonna make a kite. Ursula I wan' 'a make my kite. hey look it you fold dis paper. yes. and dat's how you make a kite? what else? you could draw on it. who wants to have a striped kite? I'm gonna have it striped with colors. alright. Mommy show me how to make a kite out of dis paper. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Brown/Adam/020403.cha = = = shall I help you? yeah. choo choo train. dere water. water right dere. water. Jack Jill come. Jack Jill. Jack and Jill. take suitcase? you wanna take it over to Ursula? here Urler.
oh thank you. don't Adam foot " don't Adam foot." it sounded like. what did you say Adam? I Adam don't sit Adam foot. see what bear? see marching bear go? marching bear? what dat? that's tape. string string. no that's tape. tape. what dat? that's a screw. that screw. Ursula all set? " Ursula's all set?" put top? no. we leave this down here. so it will be out of the way. be out a way? that's not a screw. that's just part of the machine. oh no no xxx screw part 'chine. what dat? well that's a screw. dat a screw.
get back! " get back?" alright. don't you touch then. hot! if it's hot won't it burn you? hot? oh no xxx what dat? not tv not tv. no find penny. find a penny? penny yeah. where did you put it? put it pocket. " put it in your pocket?" what dat? other one. don't touch. touch other one. four four four. four what? what dat? pad. pad. one for you. have a pencil. %add: Ursula do you want a pencil? no no xxx want pencil. read story?
read book? read Catherine? what are you going to write? write Cromer. you're going to write Cromer? write Urler. write Adam. write Perro. you're using your right hand this morning. you right hand. that's very pretty. dat very pretty? very pretty. write Cromer. you're going to write Cromer? red yellow. yellow yellow yellow. screwdriver. Adam right dere. no over. don't knock it over. good morning. hurt knee. oh no hurt... tape 'corder hurt. screwdriver hurt. you didn't hurt yourself with the screwdriver. screwdriver screwdriver screwdriver. [fixing tape recorder with screwdriver. screw ' fix. microphone. screw screw.] fix screwdriver.
[fixing tape recorder with screwdriver. screw ' fix. microphone. screw screw.] you can fix the screws in your firetruck. screw firetruck? screw. huh? put this one here. put this one Mommy. more? did you tell Ursula what kind of train that is? train right dere. did you tell her the color? color? red red. white. red right dere. truck. hurt truck. what kind of truck is it? truck. car broken. truck broken Mommy. " truck broken?" okay? I put truck. you put the truck where? get truck. my busy bulldozer truck. you're a busy bulldozer? busy bulldozer. truck look.