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I am! who should get the cake. I asked first. he's the first one who asked. I asked. yeah. ow it's hot! Mommy? yes? can I have some skin. isn't funny Sis. oh. oh oh ah. Mom you said you give me a big leg! no I didn't. I really can't have it. with this? Mom? I'm going to give myself my chicken. come on. you want me to just give it to you xxx? you hid that from me? yes. he's weird. [laughs]. yeah he is. he is weird. Bro what've you been doing all day? watching television. when...
I haven't seen... when I came upstairs... when you came home. I was watchin' television... mhm? and I went with you. so when you was home? after a while um a dog did shit [? shed] on the floor. I cleaned it up. okay? dog did a mess on the floor? yep. what? why were you in the house? in the dish. for me? in case the dog xxx. I was hopin' that was for me. %int: whining and dissapointed [could be a letter] well it's not. Chi where are you goin'? oh Chi. %int: sing-song Chi! yeah. what are you doin'? my name's Bro. I don't like that. I was thinking that.
my middle name's Mark. and my mom... my sister is Sis an Chi's name is Chi. and xxx. and my mother's name is fat and my daddy's name is... here Sis. sauce. thank you Mom. so why were you downstairs when [? if] I wasn't here? mm does Chi know? that I was in the house. Mom? what? yes. so I could watch xxx. they're all hot. Momma? these things are so hot. they're not hot. they're just warm. these chickens are. mhm. it's not that hot now. not hot. I don't wanna eat 'em yet. oh. [sighs]. Ma? why do I hafta eat it all xxx? of course you hafta eat what?
how was your day Sis? good fine. what'd you do? first go um I went shopping. Mommy do I hafta eat it all? no bowling today? no. Chi you hafta eat something. %int: annoyed xxx along fine. I eat this this. you didn't eat anything. watch! I don't wanna watch you take one bite. I want you to eat at least half of what you got. I am! so you wanna xxx. Mommy! and xxx when asked. what? could I have some more meat? yeah I'm tryin' to cut it. me too please. the other half still xxx. and some skin. Mom! %int: yelling and some skin. come on xxx. Mama!
what? can I have the skin Mom. there's no more xxx. xxx tomorrow night maybe. xxx two pieces so far. of skin. xxx could get sleep before... anybody's going to eat mine. and... can you do this Sis? [grunt] do you know what? I'm not playing of this game. [MOT coughs] [various noises] could anyone here this xxx xxx? one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven xxx fifteen eighteen nineteen. %int: quickly sixteen eighteen xxx. [babbling] I'll xxx that! %int: yelling I'll count to a hundred Mom. [noises] one two three xxx six seven. oh oh I'm in trouble! %int: play voice what did you say? I said I'd count to a hundred. I'm in trouble!
help help! one two three four five six seven xxx. Mommy. help! %int: screaming xxx yummy. [not entirely sure this is Bro] %int: sing-song help. %int: wailing mommy mommy yummy yummy. %int: sing-song what caused that? help I'm in trouble! %int: screaming mommy yum yum yummy! fine. whoo whoo! mommy yummy! yummy yum yummy. what did Andrea want last night? huh? yummy yum yummy! what did Andrea want last night? xxx... [BRO still making noise] what's her name? Amanda. Amanda. how's Amanda?
Mommy wh xxx. can I xxx. quit asking quit asking me how Amanda's doing. xxx I asked you to get some more meat. mommy. %int: singing mommy. %int: singing did you tell um. %int: singing oh shit. [in kitchen] this leg broke. Mommy can I xxx. it needs a new elastic? hm? oh. Mom see the elastic I broke? yeah but it doesn't take long to eat. I ate my coins [potato coins?]. and I'll eat my meat up. Mom! [nonsense syllables] %int: singing see what I ate? what? nothing. now I eat my meat. [grunt] really?
Gumby it gets me out of xxx. %int: singing Gumby isn't xxx. his? you hadta tell me what? what? what? I said Gumby. %int: singing I'd like you to sit up. Gummy the dummy? fundy. fun. f u n fun. %int: quickly %int: singing Gumby they go on your head. right here. fun. what a fundy. Mom see what I ate? it looks... I xxx again. so don't I. so don't I. Chi would you sit up please. [grunts]. can I some cake now? you didn't eat very much. do you want some corn?
yeah. %int: whining pour me some corn right down here. would you sit down please. sit down! please. I don't wanna. %int: mumbled I just heard. [high-pitched noises] Mommy we have this teacher. same one as the last time. www yes! [noises] %int: singing do they? yes. y t m! %int: singing how do you know? I don't remember! s y q. %int: singing I remember. I want corn! Mommy. can I have some beer. did you buy rootbeer? no. oh.
I bought Pepsi. well I want root beer. %int: pouting why didn't you buy rootbeer 'cause you don't like it Pepsi you should... no. because I had a coupon for Pepsi. yes. here. rootbeer xxx at you. ha! %int: deep [laughs]. [laughs]. I didn't hear you say excuse me. Mom you needed another plate. for what? for the corn. can I say something? you can say anything you want. 'cept for naughty words. I'll think of words. I'll think... Chi. will you please sit down. wait a minute. [singsong] I'm gettin' another plate. xxx they eat lettuce. [singsong] then get four of them please.
Georgie Porgie. okay... Georgie Porgie pudding pie! %int: singing pudding pie. kissed the girls and made 'em cry. %int: singing kissed the girls and made 'em cry. %int: singing Mom xxx. I'm looking for something. %add: Chi when the boys came out to play. %int: singing [mumbling words of the song after Sis] Georgie Porgie ran away! %int: singing Georgie Porgie. %int: sing-song are you gonna leave the rest of them on? yeah! where? kissed the girls and made 'em cry! %int: sing-song, very high-pitched voice when the boys came out to play. over her Chi over here. %int: sing-song, high-pitched the plate? Georgie Porgie ran away. %int: sing-song, high-pitched
xxx ran away. three. Georgie Porgie kiss I mean Chi xxx. %int: sing-song one two three four. Chi. [MOT helping Chi get plates in the other room] take the plates. I'm going to count up on that tape [recorder]. one two three. [counting along as the counter on the tape recorder move] three. where should I... please just go around this way. four. four. Chi. five six seven eight nine ten. put the cup in. now please? come on! I didn't do nothing. eight. no eight nine ten! I counted to ten! and that's all of them xxx! [singing] and that's all of 'em xxx! [singing, playing with others] [children seem to be moving something noisy, and singing but I really can't make out words]
and we do the little thing! the xxx. [singing the tune sounds slightly like we're off to see the wizard] [singing along with Bro] and we xxx. see Bro said this one's his. and this one's... and this is Wom. this is for Lis. Chi cool off. and Mom's. are they coming down? yeah. after work. mhm. why'd they hafta come down? why not? why not? why not. I mean like every two days or something. so what? Chi want the pink one or the blue one? %int: shouting, high-pitched voice what kind of thing was that to say? the pink one. %int: loud whisper why xxx be upset? [people moving things around] [I have no idea if there's any eating going on] there's a pinker one.
is there a reason you said it? no. ow. wait I don't xxx why she always has to xxx say she already xxx. here's yours. here's yours? you want any corn holders? so what 'cause I happen to like them. you. hey! those are my corn holders! you've invited them? I don't hafta invite them. Mom! %int: whining those are my corn holders! %int: whining Bro please put them down. I'm not ready to do that now. these are mine! %int: whining mine! no these are mine. Chi there's more right here. these are mine here. give 'em to me. hm. here Mot. give mine to me! you said you didn't want 'em!
gimme my plate! %int: screeching Chi would you please give him his plate. and Bro knock off the whining! give my plate! he's going to ask me nice! he did ask you. ask her nice please. please give me my stupid plate. that was not nice! xxx I have it. no it wasn't. but give me the plate. I had it. is there another tape in here? mhm. a different tape. and so you're taping over the other tape. I'm not taping over. Mommy! can I still get a snack? nanoo nanoo! %int: sing-song Mommy can I still... but Bro may not be here for the rest of the tape if he doesn't knock it off. is Wom and Lis gonna be in this too? no. Mommy! what? um can I still get a snack?
compared to what? Wom xxx Lis. did you eat? xxx Wom or s something. see? now they're on there too! [making noises in the background] now I put them in there too. [BRO making a lot of noise while Chi talks] don't listen to my brother! please don't listen to him. and... lot of people are upset. who me? your brother. I'm always saying xxx. but they willn't shut up. I love it for you [singing]. well... I have a little story about Wom and Lis. and my brother. come here sweetheart. my whole family actually. your whole xxx? and a couple cousins. guess who's buying new toys for xxx? yeah. oh that's nice. and the puppies and Colby [dog]. and me.
when's his birthday? July? you know... July something. that's my plate! yeah? %int: sing yeah! well can I use it for a minute? Mama. Mommy. ah. you can give me another plate if you want. Mommy xxx Mommy. I'll give you... what? Mommy I'm allowed to come but Bro's not. [banging silverware or something] Bro's not allowed to come. who used that. %int: screaming that's okay I'll use this one. Mom this one's hot www. [noises] Chi! how hot is this one now. actually actually um xxx liked me best of all. it's easier. [BRO still making noise a lot of noise] oh oh oh.
he didn't invite anybody else. yeah? if you made up a list we'd invite people. it has something xxx. shh. %add: BRO yeah and xxx and I only xxx. www xxx. [noises, then speaks] uhoh they're here! xxx oh gosh. now xxx... they're not here. yes they are! how dare they get here? yeah they are! %int: excited yes yes! %int: shrieking [runs out] get back here please! they are here! they are here. get back here! %int: snaps [all the children have run away angrily] Bro! Chi! Sis! come back here!
I'm xxx... now please! now please! can I go get 'em? you better go get them [Chi and Sis]. and get them right now. if you don't come inside she's not gonna rollerskate. and she willn't tell us how to xxx. Mom said. didn't you say that! %add: MOT? [other children come back] you're early. about an hour and a half? right [laughs]. I just want xxx. xxx what? why can't xxx? well we're taping this over now. where is it [tape player]? right there. we're doing the kind of thing that xxx. Wom [squeals]. I just put the chicken in. what's in there? you did? Chi I xxx twice! I just wanna xxx. huh. xxx get out early?
no I got out at five. I thought... xxx you were there? it's halfway between my house and your house. you wanna miss the traffic going to Framingham now? yeah. oh but you got time to go now. no. now is when the traffic's really bad. wanna go see the puppies? I'm gonna wait before I go. xxx see them? here Bro. wanna see them again? Bro please. can I have some cake for supper. I'm ready. you can't do that while people are eating. you hafta eat supper first. shh shh shh shh shh. %int: sing-song [children making shh noises] yes maam! I'm sorry! but you hafta eat supper first. I'm twenty five years old. [not really sure who is talking] give me the corn holders. you are not twenty. am not!
I'm twenty one years old. sit down Sis please. twenty... how was work. did you look at the catalogues yet? uh yeah. I need butter! %int: yelling did you pick out the one you want? oh yeah. I'm going to get it. 'cause I'm um... I gotta... getting the same one. never mind. Mom! this is hot! yes it is. that's why you have corn holders. xxx I burn my tongue xxx. you hafta pay like before they put your order in right? no. what? no. you hafta pay by July tenth. oh. but I'm thinking of maybe not even sending it 'til the nineteenth if people are having a hard time paying it. oh that's cool. because you don't need at least until July fifteenth. was there anything else in here?
%int: whining stuff from the dryer. hm? I'm going xxx. would you please sit down little people! well you're the boss xxx. xxx! don't leave again until you're done eating. %int: threatening one time... is there any pizza left? yep. so if we have a piece of pizza can we have some cake? you still hafta eat your chicken. come on. %int: whining it's in the oven! it willn't be done 'til six thirty! I told you xxx. xxx till six thirty. alright. well go ahead I'll xxx. where's your pocket book? you can sit here and just talk. or you can have a piece of pizza. then you can have cake when you come back from Framingham. and you guys hafta eat your chicken after the cake. I don't know Wom. [referring to the pocket book] xxx here!
I just need a pen! I'm leaving. okay wait a minute. I have. yeah. yeah. Wom you wanna split a piece with me? you hafta have something healthy to eat xxx. forget we should just finish it? quick! good eat some xxx! wanna heat it up? but that piece is cold! would you like to put it in the microwave? I'm going to put mine in the microwave. you're weird. you're weird. Lis you're weird! no I'm not! yes you are. yes you are. here's your xxx. how long thirty three? you don't want it too hot right? so just do it xxx. thirty three. or three three. whatever. I can help you. I know.
%int: sing-song I'll do it for you. [puts something in microwave oven] you do it xxx. Mommy! [whining] or you can have snack! xxx leave yet? hm? no [squealing]. no. called him yesterday. it's too hot. %int: whining Mommy xxx. Sunday I believe. she has xxx... I can. xxx cut it. you wanna cut it? xxx spread it like that. she has some orders over there. people offering her a job. if she still has xxx. um can you set the tables and may I have corn after she's done with it? yes I am. thank you maam. hey can I come? nope. why not?
then Wom's staying. Wom has to go. she needs to go. did you bring um bank statement? my bank statement. what? bank statement. oh good I forgot it. it's one of the reasons she came down. I know. I figured out the Zayres thing. mine's thirty one something. will you guys be quiet on this tape? xxx hadta figure it out. how come? can we watch Pee Wee Herman's Play House? you did. no we didn't. we watched Pee Wee Herman's xxx. didn't we? yeah. can you go in there and tell Chi that we needta eat? Chi! Chi be quiet! 'til we get a new xxx put in this house! other than... we'll be eating in a minute. I don't know xxx? mhm. I xxx.
hand me the sauce please. Mom weared a new shirt in the pool yesterday. they were spraying me with the hose and I xxx I jumped in. I almost drowning. what happened? they sprayed me with a hose and I couldn't breathe. she drowned. and I was getting all wet so I jumped into xxx. xxx away. you know I think they did more damage to me. did they? I know. and I was the one who was helping. and I went in this pool this year. by myself. me too! really? so did I. really. standing on my tippie toes. wow! and I went in my underpants. [giggles]. we made it whirl pool twice. I'll show you. hey have you eaten Chi? no. my corn is hot. alright. it's not that hot!
not if you use your corn holders. Mom. it's hard to eat. do you think this is easy? what? [mumbling whine] hey you! two! what happened to your refrigerator? we threw it out! I called the xxx. and they xxx the refrigerator. and you'll hafta come and get it. I got some calls from there. and I called all the social services the day before for somebody to come and take it. yeah! [far away] 'cause people always need refrigerators. and nobody started calling back 'til yesterday. the guy from some social place took it. did you hafta pay for this one? no. Mommy? what? you're sposta sell it not give it away for free. why Sis? how'd you get that sticker on there? it peels right off. that's when xxx complained about you know all the stickers xxx. hey Bro!
[not in room] that one and that one. get in here and eat! I'm xxx! [from the other room] I'm all done! I'm all done. shut your. would you please tell her to come in here until she's done eating all [? what] she's going to have. okay. it's important that she's here... she has got headphones on. shh! Chi go eat! both of you. go eat. [moving out of room] go eat. I already ate. go eat. hi Mom. [running in] I don't want you to leave again until you're done eating. Mom it's hot! %int: whining is there anything cold in here [fridge]? it's not hot. Coke is cold I think. Pepsi's cold. now I have a place to eat.
is it on? alright. we're going to Gram's. you're not going nowhere now. why? because! it's almost five thirty. so? you're gonna go to Gram's and come back? no I'm going to Gram's then I'll go to Framingham and then I'll come back. but supper will be ready around quarter past five. quarter past six. what? we'll be back. Mom! by quarter past six? say please say please! please. okay. sure. if she eats anything xxx. Mom! Mommy! what. will you wipe this off please? I don't want this. I don't want it! Mommy. well leave it there! Mommy xxx...
get out of that cake Lis. Mommy. don't go! 'cause you have eat first. Mommy. hafta eat first xxx. Mommy. yes! me and Sis are gonna... are you done Chi? xxx will you put a little butter on it? yes I am done! [running toward or away from Mot and tape] [not only do I not know who's talking, I don't even know who is present!] will you put butter on it? [lots of noise] please. on my plate. put butter on it. xxx on it. would you um press stop? alright. [most of the children certainly Chi seem to be out of earshot] she's going? [turns off tape recorder] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV1/MT/zenmt1.cha = = = [SAT and Mot preparing food] why do you want cereal? huh? 'cause I do.
%int: sotto voce [television is on, baby cooing in background] huh? I do. %int: almost inaudible I can't hear you. I do. %int: almost exaggerated distinctness why? 'cause I want some. %int: quietly you do want some? mhm. how come you don't want no steak and rice? %int: 6 lengthened 'cause I don't like steak. %int: quietly you don't like steak? no. why? you have never eaten it how can you say you don't like it? 'cause I don't. %int: 3 stressed how 'bout some shrimp? no. you don't want no shrimp neither? fried shrimp? why got that [taperecorder] on? huh? why got that on?
%int: very quietly why do I have it on? 'cause she wants to hear you talk. okay? you don't want no shrimp? all you eat is cereal. [five second pause] well you know if you eat cereal you can't have dessert right? mhm. alright? if you have cereal you can't have dessert. I could eat cereal. but you can't have dessert. I could have dessert too. no you gotta eat meat and stuff to have dessert. I want lobster. know why? you want lobster? no I want a hot dog. hot dog? you want a hot dog? hot dog and beans? okay we'll have hot dog and beans. want hot dog and beans. hot dogs. want a hot dog bun. hot dog. want a hot dog bun. I think we got... hot dog I want one.
I think we only got one hot dog bun you're in luck! we have one hot dog bun left. one and only one! %int: 1 3 lengthened who eat all up the hot dog bun? you and me. who else? I'll cook. no don't put it in there are no hot dog buns. oh. um my class'll need a lot. we have a lot of kids. yeah I know Chi thanks. I have twenty nine. you have twenty nine kids? I'm finished Mom. no eat over your plate xxx. I'll ask my teacher tomorrow. no you'll probably be gettin' it soon. 'cause your party's probably crowded. I already have one valentine card in my bag. hm. from who? my friend Corey. ah. that Corey's is that old house? no. no it's a different Corey. I have another friend named Corey. mhm.
he isn't in my class though. now that Corey xxx? no [laughs]. he only brought some valentine's cards today because uh um... he only did some of them. and he did me um Melissa Nicole his two teachers. hm. 'cause he goes in... what kind xxx? I don't know. %add: BR2 and he has two teachers because when we eat lunch he goes to Mrs Simpson's. how come? I don't know. that's it. I don't know. send them some of mine. what? send them some of mine. oh really? you could send them to kids in your classroom too? home room. ah. Ma? why do xxx? I don't get any cards huh? Mama? yes? for all those years I never hadta go to another class. only for reading.
mm. I mean um I stayed in my same home room that I am in. Mama? mhm? when did they come in was it fall or xxx the spring? who? the people. uh spring. the spring. eat over your plate Bro right now. Bro move your plate back. who next month? the beginning of spring? sometime in March I think. sit down Bro. Bro! sit! don't do that. you win. like the twentieth of March. I win too. what about those xxx we had last night? xxx just brought those to um school with him today. Nicki brought what? he has the some kind of n notebook I have. for tomorrow I have hamburgers. you have any juice? hunhunh. okay. I bet you'll never guess what we've done today!
xxx pizza. pizza? on a Monday? yeah. it's weird. don't give us pizza on any day. mm. I thought it was usually Friday. no. we want xxx cheese... I'm gonna see if I can buy chicken McNuggets too guys. oh yes. I'm gonna start buying stuff like that. can you buy the um dessert plates and they have all fruit in them. then you hafta... xxx put it in. you only hafta put 'em in the um... xxx if they have them xxx dessert like you don't even hafta buy. 'cause xxx dessert. yeah they have crackers and cheese to go in it. oh no that's for the lunch. for the supper they like have spaghetti chicken McNuggets a hamburger. why is that what you want me to start buying? yeah. yeah. desserts. they're called k Kid Packs I think. are they expensive? no. hm?
yeah... what does your father buy them? no. hm. how were yous at Tony's the other day? we were... we were good. yeah. I watched the whole movie of Batman Returns. we watched Honey we Blewed up the Kid. oh yeah? yeah it was a good movie. but you didn't see all of it. I know. I was... how come? I was with Bobby and he hadta babysit and... no one saw the all of it 'cause we didn't wanna watch it [laughs]. oh. how come he just took you? because his um... he never takes her anywhere. oh. and he said xxx you can come. did you ask to go or... I asked. and your daddy picked yous guys up over Tony's? no. no? he dropped yous off?
no. how'd you get there? Bobby took us to Daddy's. oh. 'cause you didn't walk did you? it was cold outside. hunhunh. no we walked in the morning. it was cold huh? yeah. I'm like Dad. I'm thinking we shoulda called a taxi cab [laughs]. hm. you should see his place. he got a new shower curtain. oh that's good. we picked it out. you did? I picked it out. you did? you should see. it's nice. it's nice huh? yeah it's green and beige for the flowers. is it [taperecorder] on? mhm. Mama? after when we're done eating can I hear what I said and stuff? xxx table right? xxx camera.
it's a recorder. xxx hear what she say. no. they do it. school. how? they have another one of these? th that was a wonderful meal Mom. no they come pick this up. they rewind it and listen to it. Mom that was a wonderful meal. I mean not that I'm xxx tape of it. mm. all you need is one um or two of 'em. mhm. watch what you're doin' Bro. xxx her toes. can I watch some tv? do you have anything Mom? to eat Christmas. Mom can you make puddin' and put in the... how do you make it again xxx? yell at me. she forgot because she didn't feel good. feel good. I'll make it yous guys we'll have it tomorrow night. I promise. after hamburgers. xxx washing some dishes. with you.
then you couldn't have some today. because it... it willn't be ready today. it'd be ready tomorrow. tonight. can I have some more please? yep. so good. I was kinda good but I'm kinda full. I need a napkin. can I have more? you want more too? how's that? yeah. my fork. two scoops of spinach. two scoops xxx. two scoops of raisins. [burps]. Bro! 'cuse me. it's gonna be a bad video xxx. what for? we didn't buy xxx. who put hair on this? xxx I have more Pepsi? no. see? you had a whole glass. [laughs].
that's probably your hair Chi. no I don't put my hair like that. doesn't matter. wait a minute Chi xxx. aunt Tracy was funny last... xxx this morning? yeah. mm. you guys like that song? yeah. that was a good movie xxx. oh. you want sauce? Mom? no. no thank you. xxx sauce hot. [various eating/serving sounds heard] guess what I'm making? pasghetti xxx. xxx do with the fork? all done? [BR2 unintelligible] see? I like it like that. xxx over? yep. no Who's the Boss. well honey xxx. [laughs].
xxx Mom. Mom tell me how to... ask me if I know how to spell bank. you know howta spell bank? yeah. you want me to spell it? mhm. b a n k. very good. how do you spell milk? milk. what? m ilk. m ilk. ask me to spell another word. how do you spell... how do you spell fridge. fridge [chuckles]. oh. how do you spell doodoodoo... how do you spell xxx? maybe you could put like um... give me one of the words in my words in my word card study. how do you spell but? b e e. n no. but. but. not that but. [laughs].
b a. u. ah. b u. but. %int: whispered t. that's right! don't make a mess xxx. aks me another one. I know how to spell gets. excuse me. um. g. mhm. it's not o. try xxx something else. et. a t. no. e t. e t aw. a t. hello? [speaks into tape recorder] [laughs]. hello? [speaks into tape recorder] I like xxx a a a [singing]. can I have some more?
I like to do the a a xxx [singing]. can I have some more Mom? you want more? yeah. I deserve it. I can from my book. xxx my book my book my book xxx. %int: sing-song now Chi. [sighs]. xxx Chi. look it. xxx you. wanna do the dishes? and then I want to clean your room up and clean your room up Chi. my room is clean. www [disapproving noise] your room's clean? yeah. looks like a cyclone hit it Sam. Sam I am. huh? xxx xxx. yes. I know. um he was xxx. oh yeah. you know what um... you know um Star Trek the Next Generation? mhm here's your medicine. yeah.
did you sleep with a long sleeve shirt on last night? yeah. you did? yeah. for now I want you in a long sleeve shirt. I had that big the xxx thingie. I was too cold. xxx xxx. but I had um short pants. 'cause those are really thick enough. where are the other ones xxx? the blues. yeah. ate like a pig. xxx xxx. xxx xxx. pig pig pig pig. that xxx was good. Chi? you have xxx today? I got xxx. somebody xxx. this is Chi www [last name] saying thank you Mom for the good meal! [laughs]. we had spaghetti and sauce. and bread and tonic and butter. [giggles]. [coughs]. hello. %int: croaking voice
[there is talking in the background but it can't be made out clearly.] Chi? six thirty? this medicine hasta work. but you hafta sleep xxx it. boom boom. how 'bout just give me the uh cough medicine. but I don't have it. what's that xxx? Chi go finish that spaghetti. I just finished. no! xxx my napkin! where my napkin? oh I got it on [laughs]. Mommy you... you all done? yeah. can I have some Nyquil? no. those in... xxx it's only one. yep. no it xxx told xxx like to? mhm. I don't like tuna too much? = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/MT/davmt5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] it's a taperecorder.
don't touch it okay? hm? I'm very hungry xxx. here you go sweetie. okay. eat. mhm. anything for anybody else? please. hm? no thank you. no thank you. xxx now. we'll see what they xxx here. aw man! I didn't know that. what? oh. one o'clock's xxx is for um... all gone! ow! [long scream] get off of my toe. can I have one? I xxx want. well Bro Chi is looking at it right now. okay. well I want that. no no you aren't gonna get it. wait till he's done.
ah. the xxx is sixty dollars for one. and for two it's one hundred... xxx them xxx. shut up. no. please don't say that to him. I want... two comics are xxx. it's xxx. for one hundred and ten dollars. wow let's... Santa please give it to me [laughing]. huh? xxx Santa Claus. did the car come buy it for me? no. I want that. okay! why you xxx every single thing. [laughs]. it's not funny. they're not xxx. %int: whining Bro sit down and eat. and read your own book. and then when he's done you can look at it okay? it's gonna be fun. stupid. %add: BRO
thank you. that was very nice of you to sit down like a good boy. like me! yes that's right. here Bro. mine! see. thanks Chi. ah. I don't collect charges for it. I only collect toys for it. you don't want any them trucks? oh yeah? no. okay. how come? w you didn't xxx. how come? because. that's not shiny. %add: aft moves something I want that that xxx. [murmuring] [screams]. [screams]. hey I'm hungry. %int: yelling [humming] Mommy. so what do you wanna do to uh go to Gabe's party?
xxx maybe play something fast. what. I might do that. after I'm done reading the paper for a little while. mhm. um Mommy um... the party's not till one. come here. one to three xxx yeah. can I watch some tv? not right now. no. www [scowls] what? they're talking like sound downs. so no sounds. because it... no because we're sort of sposta be having a conversation. your attention should sort of be on what we're doing instead of on the tv. oh. [laughs]. okay honey? %int: sing-song mhm. okay you? %add: BRO [noise] oh! you know xxx and our like one of those wrestling buddies for twenty six or xxx twenty five dollars. no no no! save up.
I'm savin' up for a Nintendo game or a xxx. really [laughs]? I want the dumptruck! what Nintendo game? I want that! million two million xxx game. Game Genie baseball s xxx baseball... [sneezes]. Bro! one zero zero zero. www! [rrah!] wait wait wait. wait. www! [whap] excuse me just a second. I'm xxx. %add: BRO [MOT leaves the table, calling to Fat; can hear Chi eating something crunchy.] so maybe um... [about 35 seconds since last transcribed utterance] taste. alright. are you still talking your Christmas list? 'cause I thought it was something else. mhm. n no! %int: screaming hm yeah.
it's mine! n no it's mine. n no! gimme! no see mine has the white on it. yours doesn't. see yours are all the xxx. no I want www. [screams and begins to cry] oh look you guys. [screaming] I'm sorry. what is that! %int: screaming, high-pitched voice I'm sorry! xxx that was mine. hunhunh bad boy! [tape turned off then back on? maybe not] [clears throat]. [laughs]. when's the opening statement? d Daddy read this! xxx his supper today. hey. eat this. what? alright anyway. do you wanna spell Christmas right? or do you wanna just continue? [BRO in background]
hey Dad. Daddy. bigger than dump truck? %add: BRO I'm not gonna xxx today. yeah here here have. %int: yelling here! I'm not gonna xxx today. here here! %int: screaming Mommy! Mommy is gonna spell Christmas... this is the... like this. no you're gonna spell it chr. I want those. %add: FAT you want those? you better ask Santa Claus then. but... but Daddy willn't let me use it. okay. you ask Santa Claus if you want. it's too fine. xxx you don't needta use it. [sounds far away] I'm not copying over. let me see. %add: Chi
under [response to over] you. not this one. there's another one over there. come on. hey! he xxx. oh. what did you do? did you just get yourself some more paper? not that. oh [growls] look. [far away] yeah I know. yeah put it on a plate please. %add: MOT oh why? train. no where... there was um... train. no there was another one like this. train. I had two of these in here. yeah you did. but I don't know where it is now. gee. did you take it? [frustrated noise] no? y you xxx that I used both the pencil xxx.
and your pen is missin' too isn't it? no. mine's right here. n no I mean uh these extra fine point. I have extra fine points? 'member the one the one I gave you? oh yeah. that's on your bureau. I mean on that little table. well y you can't you can't use that one Chi. one. [counting?] are you sure those are xxx? you hafta either find yours or there's another one around like this. uh I hafta get mine. hold on Mom. and you! what are you doin' up here little monkey? %int: baby voice uh! I was on here. y you what? I was on here www! [here becomes a mock scream] ah! I wanna get that. watch. that come on! hold on Bro! [seems to be having fun]
[FAT is twirling Bro around?] hold on! hold on Bro www! [whooo] [returns to room?] come here. [noises by Bro] show me what else you're gonna ask Santa Claus for over here Bro. how do you spell Christmas? %int: yelling that www [pain noises]. [hit himself on something] ow ow ow ow ow! www [laughs] here. ow ow ow. I forgot what I was doing and I cut it up for you. ow ow ow. oh that's alright. wh xxx don't do that! %int: screams what's the matter? Chi. what happened? %int: calm now [cries]. Chi? [not near tape] oh look at these. yeah? Chi.
golden pancakes. what? you got c? yeah. I want that pancake! h. you want those? c h. yep! I'll share them with you. okay. I want that! %int: screaming I'm xxx we have enough xxx. I'm lickin' this... you can't... syrup off. it's [Christmas] not gonna fit here. it's a long word. oh! try that. okay! hm. hey Chi look. huh? come on just begin down here. [taps on paper] don't start a new page. don't waste a whole sheet of paper for one xxx. I'm not goin' up xxx!
%int: screaming you want another one? oh okay. hm. you can't do it! %int: screaming and Daddy says... will you try them with me? %add: BRO he has a a another one of those razor tips [type of pen]. okay. uh for me. yeah? s I wanna see you laugh. do you know where it is Mom? come here. %add: BRO no. no wait here. the black one that you were playin' with last night? whee! yeah the black razor tip. well I don't know what you did with that! I didn't do n anything with it. wow! %int: scream you have two of them um somewhere the same. oh no you found that one? okay. anyway r.
good. here! c h r. mm. yeah. i s t. I'll share with you! oh what! mhm. what? why am I using this pen for? gee. will you stop saying that? it looks so sloppy. here! mm. plenty of xxx. good? oh. no. that looks nice. [laughs]. make sure that's back where it belongs. here! [bef scribbles something on paper] c. yeah. h. yeah. r.
yeah. i. yeah. s t. yeah. m a s. [clears throat]. m a s. now... another way to make it [Christmas] is to make x. capital x. where? well it would be another word. it's a different way of writing Christmas. that's all. oh. mm. okay? you make it oops. you make a capital m. are you sure? a capital x. what what... m a s yeah! haven't you ever seen it spelled like that? Daddy. yes. um Grandpa has the same one as this. yeah well? you took [? take] Grandpa's.
a lot of people like to write with them I guess. huh? oh I xxx. okay. stupid. there's a woman that works where I work that got a job... remember the job at Planned Parenthood I was tryin' for? k xxx Christmas. and Glenda knew the director. here. yeah. and she called and Sue called. mhm. [raspberry]. you know 'cause she knew her. she wrote her a letter and she went and uh... well this woman that works at where I work xxx. I xxx here. she um... thank you. got the job [laughs]. she loves it. she says it's great. I was like oh you got the job I wanted! %int: high-pitched voice for quote [laughs]. came. but you know she had different experience than I do. she had a lot of experience actually. how do you spell genie?
right. you know whereas mine was only in a... how do you spell genie? g e n i e. was she older or younger than you were? um probably a little bit younger. g e... probably in her late twenties. g e n... i e. xxx genie. I don't want my bagel. xxx have it. what else Chi? so she had like... too. a lot more experience in the field or... mm. base. well she had well she had all this volunteer stuff and the... www I'm a hyper xxx [? hyperspace]. [gasping noises, like steam] what does that say? too? oh okay. yeah two is base... well a lot of times I make lists of things. instead of makin' it in a you know like that. you're sposta do it like this. %add: Chi
like you did your spelling thing. hey hey Bro. yesterday. and do it in a row like this. here's your xxx. that way it's easier to check things off and to get it organized. I washed it. oh yeah. %add: BRO? %int: sarcastic? you know like you get 'em separate in your mind. you do? mhm. yeah okay. alright? yep. two. how do you spell baseball? b a... sound it out. yeah. b a s e? yeah. mhm. that's base. ball. baseball's one word. yeah right. mhm. baseball.
h how do you spell somerthee? [he may mean simulator] what? is it baseball xxx or word? [goes to check] symphony? no. spell it. no no no no no. I don't xxx that. I don't care if and then I did anything. um baseball is um xxx someone... one point zero zero zero because it's a xxx when you pitch it um xxx. and that's a xxx... is that a Nintendo game? yeah a a um that's like a challenge it's fun right? [laughs]. like a xxx bat. baseball symphony? I gotta find out xxx. symmetry maybe? baseball I don't think so. [clears throat]. where's my Nintendo power? %int: yelling [far away from tape recorder] can't xxx any xxx. I think they're on the um shelf of your... [calling to Chi] oh you could...
[laughs]. I have my um conference with his teacher on Tuesday. oh this is so... Daddy I wish I xxx. what time? oh! I don't know. I've written it on the calendar. okay. baseball xxx. guess I'm xxx till they xxx. www! %int: scream is Monday a full day at school Chi? Monday? no it's a half a day. mm. they're all... I think there's only four half days. why don't you come back to that one later Chi. no already. I gotta find out. I'm gonna ask Linda. hey! baseball xxx. xxx blades of steel. here it is. no. xxx that. I'm not even sure if this is the right Nintendo power xxx.
and I'm not gonna... if it's not this one I think I know which one it is. not this one. then it hasta be in... here it is. www [clears throat] hey. take that off the floor Bro. [grunts]. no! you want some? um yeah please. okay. yum lots of syrup on it. want this? a golden brown... pancake! come here xxx. [sighs]. you should read the um ingredients list in that pancake mix. [burps]. 'cuse me! yuck. have you ever? excuse me one moment. [chuckles]. here? here! which one could it be? mm. I knew it could be.
[screams]. your basic flour and eggs and um... well go on and um... yeah. is that what xxx? yeah. [probably not responding to Fat] [exasperated sigh]. go on on your list Chi. okay don't get too xxx. we'll figure it out. [BRO making noises] oh here it is now. okay. and I know it's in this one. here it's this xxx. this little rebate xxx. xxx let me? no way. quick search through uh your research um material there Chi? it's not material either. I wanna find out what's in them. here we go. oh yes it is xxx. okay we went to this place yesterday. this Christmas store thing. it was sposta be... no we didn't! you didn't go. Mary and I went.
but it was really like arts collaborative league and... oh. where in Lexington? no no no no. that was that like some quilt thing that we xxx sort of. yeah right. no it was this like store that this artists's co-op... right. runs like every Christmas time and they sell their crafts and stuff. [screams]. anybody if they wanna. but then we went into this other place. which was... oh the Children's Gallery. and it had like things for children like accessories and you know. mirrors and chairs and they have jewelry and all that stuff that xxx xxx. [screams]. and Mary said do you get much quilts in here and then he said no no really but the last time that they had had quilts in there they became too big to xxx. [screams]. they didn't really sell them. this place was kind of wild off the wall xxx. [screams]. yeah yeah. so Mary said... xxx why do you do quilts. and Mary said... well actually yeah I'm just you know and... [screams]. so maybe she might do some baby quilts and bring 'em in. she should!
that would be really good. 'cause it wouldn't take her eight months to do it. [screaming]. you know xxx it took her so long to do these quilts that the money... [screams]. well [laughs]. well... xxx a thousand dollars for six months's time is not all that great. yeah right. [just assume that Bro is screaming throughout] and at this Christmas store we saw this quilt that they were asking twelve fifty for it. it was a wall hanging. it wasn't even for a bed or anything. right. and it was ugly and it was not even as well done as the ones that she's making. no I... well she hasta um... right she's gotta get xxx. set aside more time. get organized yeah. get xxx. I'm gonna tell her. you know actually I think she's on welfare. I'm gonna tell her that she really oughta think about making baby quilts [? clothes]. okay I think it's in this one. 'cause if you know she could get 'em done in a week. you know and sell them for five hundred bucks that's not bad. I want more pancakes. no. I want more pancakes.
you do? yeah. alright. Star Trek. [still working on letter] Star Trek... [probably writing out] Da' Da' Da' Da' [screaming]! [perhaps counting something to himself] can I help you? [BRO and Fat are making pancakes, far away from tape recorder] can I help you? can I help? uh well I just gotta pour it in there. there's not much you can do. I wanna do it all by myself. can xxx do that? I wanna do it. you wanna... xxx it's really dangerous to put your little arm over this hot pan. well go on you know just continue with your list. %add: Chi [can't hear Fat and Bro any more] okay. I mean you're spending so much time on uh... okay. how 'bout you help with it. oh come on. %int: complaining I'm...
you! you can xxx help. I don't... [something happens] thanks a lot... %int: sarcastic oh now you're in big trouble. you see? that's what I'm talking about. taking responsibility for the things you did. how do you figure that had anything to do with me? 'cause you distracted me. Chi. you were handing me something that I didn't want. and that I made it clear that I didn't want. that's exactly what I mean about taking responsibility for things that happen. wow! %int: sarcastic [this kid seems to act like a teenager; now is that more or less mature than your average 7 year old?] isn't that xxx. well... you know it just doesn't make sense for you to blame me for everything [laughing] that happens to you. I was putting my hand out to take it. you know you're unbelievable. I'm not xxx. why can't you just continue on your list? %int: impatient [tape turned off] okay. sum sumerti.
simulator. %int: sounding out simulator. xxx what's that? summer thing. [laughs]. [noise of tape player being knocked around] sorry. sIm. spell it out. you don't hafta look at it again do you? how... how do you spell that? you can spell simulator. how do you spell xxx that? s i m. u. u. sIm u. yeah. l a. yeah. t o r. [laughs]. okay. xxx baseball sim... what else? hey I'm not done writing. okay. there's another one in xxx...
you know I forgot to send back that thing that I got for jury duty. wonder if I'm gonna get in trouble [laughing]. I think that since it was my first one they'll send me another one and I have five days to answer it. no [screams]! wait a minute. let's go check that pancake. [this is why I felt the transcript could continue despite that the tape had been turned off and they were doing a non-meal-like writing activity] I wanna do it but... that Johnny hotcake. I don't know how I can. I catch you Johnny cake. get back here! [FAT and Bro run away from the tape recorder] Johnny cake [laughs]. you remember the Johnny cake? when we read that story? yeah. oh. I'm sorry. what? well it's kind of brown. oh brown? what? okay. let me xxx. [aft runs back toward tape recorder, screaming] Bro. give it xxx. %int: screaming okay.
go find your book Johnny Cake. %add: BRO um oh no... do you know where it is? is this two of them xxx? [BRO runs, falls down, screams] what xxx? you okay Bro? [BRO screaming medium far from the tape player] now well I have asked xxx to xxx. come here come here. you poor boy. %add: BRO come here let me see. okay so I have one. wait. [BRO howling, Chi oblivious] on the other hand I don't know how Bro could trip over a xxx rug. you cannot step on things on the floor Bro. alright you know you were sposta help pick that stuff up before. I know. breakfast. oh man. I gotta write this stuff with all my favorite games. okay. number four. well you know the thing is is you've got all these games that you don't even play. you should just rent those games. number four. xxx xxx.
xxx get to five I guess I'll stop. hey. four five xxx. oh. [sighs]. oh gee I just found it. %int: to self here it is. what this doesn't... okay bring that one in here. %add: BRO [from kitchen] I hafta b check out that pancake again. take that with you. what. %int: high-pitched %int: talking to self [singing to self] you take that pancake? [close and loud] okay. yup. [in kitchen] 'kay. okay. [not talking to Bro] ready? get set. uh I want nine more... I like baseball game stuff.
go! okay. and it's so real like it... uh first I like hard xxx like like... like Mario games. and now I like baseball games. yeah. they're fun. yeah. oh I'm not gonna get those. I was gonna write um rbi one rbi two rbi three. what's in your ear? [noise] you're so xxx. r b i one... you can ask for it but you know just don't expect it [laughing]. [BRO screaming in background] r b i. [writing] rb r b i. %int: whispering r b xxx. %int: whispering [writing] Bro still makes that little noise when he goes www [noise]. I know. [laughs]. he also makes his van noise. yeah. [kids going nuts]
aw the Punisher. nah. what's the Punisher? it's a video game. [laughs]. it's what? it's a video game the Punisher. alright we'll get it. you just want all the Nintendo games. I get under xxx! no. you're gonna go under me huh? yeah. well okay. the... [writing] I get under you xxx. wait. you're gonna have some of these cakes? these Johnny cakes? yeah. okay. they're not Johnny cakes! %int: screaming yes they are. pancakes Bro are Johnny cakes. no! I can catch you Johnny cake! Johnny cake [laughs]. oh no you can't.
[quoting a book?] Daddy can I use um... look! he lifts me up! watch out for your toes. I'll hafta whoa! I thought they were a pancake. listen Judith said that woman that um... I told you got the job that I had... yeah. applied for. Daddy. Daddy can I use this to say you have xxx markers xxx. [BRO making noise here and for next several utterances] to the um... so xxx. you could ask him. what? can I use it to write Nintendo games. did you hear your mother talking to me Chi? I'm all done. right 'cause I didn't hear a word you said. and what did I just say? um yeah. what. no. you're under an illusion again. we have two of them. I said no. there's two of them.
what? those. aren't those... it's... xxx it just xxx. they're different colors actually and it's not even it's not even a... no they aren't. %int: whining watch this. I bet... a choice that you can select here Chi. oh no Chi come on. Chi Chi. just forget it. alright? aw. well breakfast is over. no no. what do you mean no? as I said you know you can... www xxx. [noises] [mimicks Bro's noises] www yum. yum [mimicking Bro]. here Chi. [someone thumping around] this is Johnny cakes? mhm. oh.
[noises] [thumping noises] I hate this xxx. it's so fat. well why are you using that? because there's no other marker. 'cause he willn't let me use xxx. well maybe we'll get you your own markers to use okay? mm. but you've had markers before and they're all gone. see because they get wrecked. there are these markers that I have. right. and they're so fat. do you want them? no because they're too fat! %int: condescending to write with. all you hafta do is lighten the pressure. don't put so much pressure on the point. really I can do really thin lines with this. well I can't. well that's because you're bearing down on it. you know less pressure on your hand. just let it float real lightly. what do you wanna write? here. I already wrote it. Nintendo games. alright.
well what else? for Nintendo games. I think eight is a good place to stop on Nintendo games. on that xxx p. alright I don't wanna you know dash all your hopes but you probably willn't be getting eight Nintendo games from anybody. %int: impatient Ma I wanna do it. Hypo Puncher. [wails]. chy [laughing] [Chi's first name]. PU. hey hey. [someone making noise] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/MT/carmt5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] you know the guy who was with me? he gave it to us. hi. eat your cereal. it looks like he's xxx. what's the matter honey? he wants to sit over there with him. Mom. why? where you gonna sit? over there with him. Chi's gonna sit there. 'cause she doesn't wanna sit next to me. she wants to sit next to xxx.
well then sit over here next to me alright? xxx right here. here you go honey. alright? so these two don't even like me! [sneezes]. that's because I didn't even get the spoon. man don't sneeze on me. Chi here. here come over here. that's because I didn't get the xxx. xxx on the cereal. he sneezed on my food! [laughs]. you two xxx... achoo! what? [noises] what's the matter? he sneezed in my food! he's try to avoid himself. he should've went like this! aw. I xxx do it like that like this. clear your nose. I don't do it like this! I go like this. right? yes. achoo!
eat all your cereal. Chi would you do this for me xxx... Ma just because I didn't gets his food he doesn't even like me or she doesn't. it's funny the way Bro sneezes. [mimicks Bro's sneeze] achoo! push this table over. get some xxx. [table is pushed] can't we have some sugar in this thing? I saw xxx. thank you please. %int: sarcastically thank you please. xxx one xxx. [grunts]. told you I wouldn't be xxx. sugar! %int: screaming what? the sugar? yep the sugar. no [? look]. don't talk to me. 'cause I don't wanna talk to you xxx. [laughs]. the xxx. look at it. I'm recording. I'm recording you.
why you talking like that? what? if you tell me that I don't know... xxx they wanted me to record you eating lunch or somethin'. Ma. you! the guy told me xxx. Ma. yesterday was um... what did you do. Chi'has gotta talk too. yesterday was pizza Ma. yeah. so um you gotta give us lunch for xxx it yesterday. oh really. 'cause it was pizza. xxx! well today is... yesterday wasn't pizza. today's xxx. baked chicken with barbecue sauce. potato ketchup... Mom what was yesterday's lunch? and a petite banana xxx. what was yesterday's lunch? lunch. not pizza. baked xxx. broccoli and cheese sauce. oh yeah that.
well give me lunch today 'cause I don't like that stuff. chicken you don't like? don't give me that. yeah I don't like that kind of chicken with barbecue on it. yeah... yeah right. you love chicken. I like chicken but I don't like it with barbecue on it! %int: angrily hey hey. excuse me! you deaf? %int: screaming don't... one time all of us went over to xxx house. listen listen. and you xxx barbecue! when I made um... and we all ate it. spare ribs! and put sauce... that's the day a liked it! %int: yelling and you ate 'em. huh? I put sauce on spare ribs and you ate 'em. 'cause it was good. now I hate it! I don't want it. oh yeah.
come on! %int: screaming %add: Chi? okay xxx. stop yelling for I spank you. if you been xxx she'll probably xxx. Mama. and eat 'em. xxx has little red ones. too! yeah? %add: SIS it's thirteen past seven! now hurry up. Chi don't even say nothing. he said something. mm? what? shut up. you gotta talk into. you hafta talk. we gotta get you on taped. stop [yells]. he's hitting me! Bro stop it. alright we're gonna get dressed. Chi will you say something please? so I can shut this off? [nonsense] xxx because I say stop.
talk right xxx. [laughs]. eat it. quick. don't pick with your fingers. just eat it. yuck! alright. xxx it! %int: yelling [noises] they were up. you put them down like that. yeah xxx look at that! I'm dancing! [noises]. you gonna say something else about him? no. you don't wanna shut off xxx. I'm dancing! %int: shouting hurry up. I'm xxx. can I do it? no no! keep her out of here. I gotta go to get dressed. we wanna listen to it. ready? say bye.
bye. bye. bye. [followed by some showing off - singing Jingle Bells] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/HSLLD/HV5/MT/maymt5.cha = = = [Home Visit 5] come on. let's eat. I get to do all the talking? yep. what are you eating Chi? I'm eating s spaghetti. different kind of pisghetti. and what else is in there? sauce. and what else? little onions. well yeah. celery? celery. no. there's no celery in that. onions. %int: slurping something is that... what's it called Chi? onions. green onions. no.
peppers! yeah. there's peppers but what's the dish called? a bowl. no... American chop suey. american what? chop suey? ew. how come I get to do all the talking? because it was your turn this time. okay. do you know what I really like for Christmas? what? Starlite and xxx magic jewels. yeah? because she moves like a real horse. she really does. and she has glowing jewels. really? yeah. xxx if you was a horse and you had a jewel on you. that means you every mother would like to ride on you www [laughs]. oh. what kind of a doll would you like? one with magic jewels because she has there's twenty four jewels. and there're five extra jewels. really? really! six extra jewels!
shh. Mom is my voice gonna be on? yeah. wait a minute. Chi watchu do in school today? I did my work. hm? I did my work. I got you. %int: sing-song you did? hm? what did you do for work? all my math page. I got [? done] it alright. only on my math page. what about your other pages? hooray! my other pages? I only got one... I got a ninety on my hardest one. I got a ninety. you did? that's good! isn't it Mama? got a ninety. what paper was that Chi? [noise]. that was in my math book. wait I got a ninety on one of my xxx papers.
I get it back before xxx tomorrow. and it's great! even eighties are great. even I got a one hundred. and I got a sticker on my phonics book. on your what? on my phonics book! phonics? oh! I know what I want xxx. I got two dinosaur stickers! and on my tenth page www [hoots twice]. I got tw two stars! really? I mean two dinosaur stickers. I'm hungry. whatchu have for lunch? the worsest one I hate. it's steak and cheese. steak and cheese. I only didn't eat the steak. you had vegetable soup? [reading from school lunch menu] shaved steak with peppers onions and... ew! and what did they have for cold lunch? for a sandwich? what is... I got soup and sandwich. you get cheese and a sandwich.
I don't think so. why didn't you get soup? you like vegetable soup. I like it. what's today? the twenty third? is today? yep. [mumbles] vegetable soup! so tell me Chi what else do you want Santa to bring you? I want her to bring me a new Barbie doll. yeah. and her name's gonna be totally hot totally cool totally hip Barbie. and how? be because because... uh. shh shh Sis. be good. wait! don't let her have it! because... it's her voice that's sposta be in there not yours. %int: softly %add: SIS because... Mom I know what I want. [whispers] I know what I want [whispering]. you can tell me afterwards.
she hasta do the talkin'. because it comes with real dip [hair goo]. [whiny noise]. it has dip with it. and you can make awesome things with it. y you can make a braid. you can put a ponytail in her. may I please have some more? a little mo... eat that and I'll give you more. yeah [? yuck]! %int: curt what about um... Mom I don't have any more. can I have dessert please? may I get my dessert? don't tell me you're hungry afterwards. xxx chips! yeah. Chi wanted me to just xxx xxx dessert. yeah. um. it really xxx me out. do you want that x l seven that uh Andy has? t two xxx? yeah I do Mama I do I do! %int: yelling from away from table yeah. I want my My Pal Too. you want what?
My Pal Too. My Pal Too? yeah. My Pal Too. My Pal Too! he walks. h he does the door. he goes xxx and he goes ring ring! [getting hyper] shh. he's totally xxx. [crackling noise, probably potato chips] he xxx... don't crackle that near the thing. don't eat that out here please. no. you'll eat it in there. [crackling noise is heard] don't do that out here. but Mom! I wanna listen to it there. %int: whining no xxx there! I wanna listen to it! well then play it back afterwards. no way! I'm keeping my chips right there. alright. and I am waiting! %int: adamant
and now my voice is gonna go up and the crunch of this [act=crunches chips] is gonna go on there. ha. and what else to do you want? did you go out for recess today Chi? no. I didn't either. we had indoor recess. me too. I hadta put my head down. and so did I! we xxx some um... recess. six minutes of recess but Craig and um Rebecca were being so n... shh shh shh. Craig and Rebecca were being... no! Craig and Reb... ow [screams loudly]! what happened? she said she's xxx make sense 'cause she's talking. no no no! no I see xxx. when it's your turn to talk you don't let Chi talk do you? now you sit here and be quiet. [whispers] be quiet while Chi is talking. Mommy. %int: annoyed uh Chi what did you do for recess today? we stayed in.
well what did you do? [burps]. we did work. I don't feel very good. and we gotta see a Thanksgiving movie! what was it about? it was about Pilgrims. but we hadta have it. not the library in Mrs O'Hara's room. oh. with Lisa! uhoh. and what did you... who's Lisa Chi? shh. what did the Pilgrims do? Alicia Cam. w w wait a minute Mom. uh Alicia Campbell. oh my friend. I need milk. what did the Pilgrims do? they were searching for land. and they met the Indians. yeah? Chi please don't make that... %int: whispers/hisses to Sis and what else? [whining noise]. I don't know what else.
I don't remember. don't remember what else. hm I could... you're gonna get it Sis. %int: whispered no I wanna stay here. I asked you to stop it! alright I'll be quiet. I promise. and what did the Pilgrims do? they try to search for land. and finally they met the Indians. oh uh... who was in charge of them? the mouse. no! the mouse? %int: skeptical wasn't it Christopher something? no. no it was two mouses. a xxx... no! the Pilgrims that came here. yeah. [whines]. wasn't it Christopher Columbus that came with them? no. yes it was! no.
no it wasn't! not with the Indians. get in there! %add: SIS not with the Indians. don't come out again! not... don't come out again. I don't wanna stay out here! %int: crying xxx don't want them to hear you whine on the thing. stay out there Mama please! %int: whining didn't Christopher Columbus come over on the Mayflower? yeah. with the Pinta the Nina and the Sancta Maria? [$=7 Sis whining in background] not the Pinta xxx and the Santa Maria. not them. well what did he come on? only the Mayflower. oh. just the Mayflower. and where did they land? they land on America. well what was the name of the rock? I dunno. America xxx. hunhunh. how 'bout Plymouth Rock?
yeah. Plymouth Rock. oh. what did they have for their first Thanksgiving dinner? a turkey. wait! I gotta tell you something xxx. get in there! [whining] get in! shut your mouth! xxx please let me see my little sister. %int: whining what did they have for their first Thanksgiving dinner. a turkey. yeah was there anything else? yeah. [wailing]. what? we have corn because they were growing food. I wanna listen to Chi xxx! put it [tape player?] in her room. let's put it there. and what else did they have Chi? they had not pork. just all that stuff. they had turkey and stuffin'. cranberry sauce. no! they can't grow cranberry sauce www [laughs].
they grew the cranberries and made the cranberry sauce. I wanna come in. wait. I wanna come in here and listen to my little sister talk. %int: whining and what else? and they... I wanna talk xxx [whining]. stay right there till we finish! %add: SIS why can't you just let me go over [crying]... because you willn't stop it. they xxx hear you whining. I'll stop Mom. I'll stop if you let me go in. [cries]. xxx talk. alright. I want spinach. I don't have spinach. I have squash. do you want squash? Mama what time is it? do you want beets? no thank you. I'll have beets. do you want beets? mhm. they're the kind of beets you like Chi. I don't want any tonight.