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Emily. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Weist/Emily/030012.cha = = = not very chewy. they're not? no, they're not. I thought Gummy Bears were really chewy. no, they're not. they're not very chewy. oh. Mom said. oh. Mom said they're not very chewy. okay. what are you doing right now? Mommy said Gummy Bears are not very chewy. okay. uhuh. Gummy Bears are not very chewy but they bug me up. but they do what? they bug people up. they bump? no, they bug people up. bud? no, they bug people up. oh. xxx, xxx was on. [Emily is talking about some television show.] what was on? it's over now.
what was? I watched it. what? it's over now I watched it. what were you watching? come here, stay by the recorder. I spilled juice on that. on what? this. [Emily pointed to the tape recorder and said she spilled juice on it. She didn't really spill juice on it, but I think she wants to pretend to clean it.] you spilled juice on what? [laughs] that. I spilled juice on that. oh, on the recorder? yeah. I better wipe it. [Emily wipes the tape recorder with a napkin.] I spilled juice right there. oh, thank you. I spilled it, I spilled it right there. what are you eating? I spilled right there again. you didn't spill. yes I did. I spilled. you know better than that huh, to spill on this purposefully. yeah, you spill on that too. you're funny. you are. hey, you gat on your shirt.
what is that? how do you get that on your shirt? I don't remember. how you get that on your shirt? a long time ago I got a stain on it. how do you do that? I spilled something on it. water or somethin'? I don't know what it is, I think it's hair dye. hair dye? yeah. oh. who do you have on your shirt? how come James...? I got snow bears on it. yeah, were they xxx? I didn't spill on it. no, you don't have any stains. you do that? no. this is just a sweatshirt of mine, that's why I have stains. an old sweatshirt. this is a bigger piece than that. [Emily is eating food and talking about her pickles.] a bigger piece? it's a bigger piece than that. what are you eating? pickles. pickles, mm. Aunt Carey loves pickles.
you do? yeah. you're not hung'? I gave you your first pickle, remember? you did? I did, when you were little. I gave the necklace to you when it was your birthday. [Emily did not give me a necklace for my birthday.] whose birthday? your birthday. my birthday? [my birthday was on November eleventh.] yeah, I gave that ne'lace to you when it was your birthday, yeah. oh, a necklace? yeah. yeah? just for your cake. I send you one o' those. a cake? yeah, I send we made a cake for you. [we didn't make the cake, but Emily remembers that I had a cake, and what kind it was.] mm hm. and we comed over, and then it was your birthday, and we make the cake. yeah? and we ate it all up. what kind of cake did I have, do you remember? Care Bear. yep, I had a Care Bear cake. I had the one with the rainbow. [Emily is talking about the specific piece of cake she had.]
you had what? I had one with the rainbow. uhhuh. what did we do at your birthday party? dance. what else? what did Aunt Carey give you? hm. Grandma and my, Grandma and my Poppa gave me Playdoh. mm hm. what else, did I give you? no, what did I give you? you gave me Playdoh, and then Grandpa and Grand' Grandma gave me Playdoh. did I give you Dora? [Dora the Explorer is a cartoon character.] yeah. yeah. what was that Dora? Santa gave me a Dora spinnin' toothbrush. it's really tool. he did? yeah, what do you do with it? it's really tool, really tool. it is? really tool. Spider's really tool toy, too. what is, Spider? yeah, Spi'. Spiderman? yeah, Santa bring me that.
xxx Spiderman xxx. what did we do with your Dora that I gave you for your birthday? you gave me Bath Busy Dora, then my mommy and daddy gave me Pooh ones. oh, I didn't give you Bath Bubble Dora. I gave you the pinata. remember? yeah. what did we do to that pinata? brea' her open. uhhuh, what did we break her open with? a yard stick. yeah! and it was my turn. who helped you? anybody didn't help me. no one helped you? no, even not Mom. I think Mommy helped you a few times. no she didn't. but you did so good. what'd you do with the yard stick? hit the backpack. yep. we didn't hi' her eyes open. yeah. who was else...? we didn't xxx. who else was hitting her? Connor, and Ni', and Taylor. Connor, and Nate, and Taylor?
no, Ni' is the other boy. Ni' is the other boy. Nate is who? Ni' is the other boy. yeah, he likes to spend times with his daddy. he likes to spend times with daddy. oh he does? yeah, yeah. and then, what happened when you hit it, and it broke open? what happened? you hit it too. yeah, but what happened when it broke open? candy went flyin' and toys went flyin'. yeah, and what was in it? I gave Tiki little spinny tops. [Tiki is her cat, and she gave her some toy spinny tops that came out of the pinata.] uhhuh. I gave Tik' little spinny tops. yeah, the cats never had these. [Emily is now talking about her Grandma's cats.] no? they never had these. I should send the cats green. green? then they will... a green spinny top? yeah. then they will what? love it! they will love that green.
spinny top. yeah, it's a spinny top. so, what do you do with spinny tops? spin, spin, spin. mm hm, with your hand, you spin it. and it goes round and round. but what else was in there, what other kinds of toys? hm. do you remember? very juicy. yeah, your pickles are juicy. [Emily is eating a pickle.] yeah. were there little frogs in there? yeah. in the pinata? Dave I got xxx balloon, then die. [Emily is talking about the birthday balloons her Uncle Dave gave her. when they deflated, she thought they died.] huh? it died and the air came out it died and the air. oh, it died and the air came out? yeah. you mean the balloon? no, my teddy balloon. it died, then the air comed out. oh. yeah, that'll happen with balloons, huh? yeah, it happen. oh well. what'd you do today with Grandma?
it was just hadta do it. what? hey, where's James? James is at work. well will he come home soon? he'll be here in a little bit. yeah? yeah. what? [Emily is laughing.] Bailey's layin' down li' a idiot. [Bailey is my cat.] like what? he's layin' down li' a idiot. like an idiot? yeah. where'd you learn that word from? not anybody. not anybody? he's layin' down like a lump. like a lump he is. yeah, he's a lump too. we laugh at Tiki when she's a lump. she was so important, she layed, and layed, and worked until she was lump. Tik''s a lump! Grandma and Tiki are lumps! you're funny. Bailey and Tiki are lumps! 'cause they lay there, they're lumps? you're a lump.
yeah. me, and Tik', and Bailey are lumps. yeah, all of you are lumps. all of us are lumps? mm hm. all of us people are lumps? all of us people are lumps. even Tiki and Bailey. yeah. what'd you do this weekend? I didn't get to see you. the monster had big, round eyes. what monster? on Dave the Brave. [Dave the Brave is a cartoon.] it had big, round eyes. and it had the tail, and it's flyin'. Dave the Brave? yeah. what's that? a monster's flyin', it have a tail. what are you doing right now? [Emily is pretending to fly with her arms out.] and it's flyin'. what's this? the monster flies in Dave the Brave. oh, how does he fly? like this, he flies like this. well, what is that? he flies like this.
what is he moving? he moves like a monster. oh. it's a monster. does he fly with wings? yeah. or arms? arms. arms not wings? no. oh. it flies only with, he flies with this little arm. oh, okay. he flies with this, with arms. cool. is he a scary monster? no, I like monsters. you do? yeah. there's a robot monster. where? on Halloween. oh there was? where at? at Halloween. at the Rod n Gun? [the Rod n Gun is a members club that hosts a halloween party every year for children.] Tiki and Bailey are lumps. you're so funny. you laughin' more?
I laugh at you. yeah. you're funny. I laugh at you. what'd you just do to me? I laugh at you. are you pointing at me? yeah. you're so pretty. yeah. [kisses] I love you. he's sleepin' with the chocolate milk. what about the chocolate milk? sleepin' with that chocolate milk. sleeping with it? no, he's xxx. oh, careful. yeah, I moved it a little closer. [Emily is talking about the tape recorder.] okay, good. 'cause we hafta stay right by it huh? oh, he spilled juice on it again. you did? [Emily likes to pretend to spill juice on the recorder so she can clean it.] yeah. are you sure? I got juice everywhere. you just like to clean it huh? yeah, I clean it. I clean all the buttons.
what are you cleaning it with? cleaning with, I'm cleaning all the buttons. get those up. [she wants me to push the play and record buttons, so they pop up.] I hafta wash 'em. oh we can't, 'cause then it wouldn't be recording you. you can wash them down, there. good girl. have you made anything with your kitchen lately? uh yeah, hotdogs! really? yeah, and balloons. how did you make hotdogs? there was a frog on the kitchen center in Sams Club. [Sam's Club is a store. I am not sure what she is talking about with the frog. I think she is making the story up.] whoa, there was? yeah, he was a small one. oh. he was sad. why? he was lost. he was? yeah. where was his mommy and daddy? way over there. oh yeah. his mommy and daddy was way over there. mm hm. his mommy and daddy was way over there, xxx Sams Club. what were you doing at Sams Club?
his mommy was at hot froggy lake! hot froggy lake? yeah, he wants his mommy and daddy. he probably did didn't he? yeah. he hopped away there, then he saw his mommy and daddy way over there. he did? yeah. and he was so happy I bet. yeah, he was so happy to see them. yeah, he loves his mommy and daddy probably. yeah. do you love your mommy and daddy? he, yeah. he missed his mommy and daddy froggy so much. mm hm. he got home faster, and faster. mm hm. hey, did Daddy start a new job? yeah. what is it, do you know? it's a new bicycle job. a new bicycle job? [Emily is wrong about what kind of job her father just started.] yeah. is that what Daddy does? [gasps] what's that? the boo boo's gettin' better. and what's it from? it's from Tik'.
uhhuh. it was bleedin'. what'd you do this time? I scratched myself on my leg. you did? yeah. but what did you do to Tiki? that one wasn't bleedin'. what'd you do to Tiki to get that? I spanked Tiki, Tiki tried to lick me on the hand, and I spanked her on the lip. [Emily seems to have misconstrued "spanking" to mean slapping generally.] you spanked her? yeah, right on the lip. that's not very nice. that's not nice to hit Tiki. she tried to lick, and I spanked her right on the lip like that. why don't you want kisses from her? she loves you. her tongue tastes, her tongue tastes, her tongue tasteses like sandpaper. it tastes like sandpaper? yeah. or does it feel like sandpaper? it feels like sandpaper. yeah, there you go. you're silly. yeah. what'd you and Grammy do today? uh, play. play? with what?
xxx I spilled juice on my shirt. you did? I spilled juice on that, all over. what kind of juice? uh, pi'le juice. xxx spilt xxx all over. next to... did you go to hockey yesterday? yeah. what happened? don't drop those. ow. what'd you do at hockey? ow. ow what? I just bumped myself on that. oh, here I'll kiss it. it will get. there. it will get better. it will. can you tell me what you did at hockey? I bumped Tik' on the head. oh. and she cried until I kissed it. aw. Tiki loves you. yeah. you needta be more nice to her though. I love you too.
aw, thank you. I love you. you're such a good girl, huh? how old are you now? three. three years old. yeah. you're so big. three. even I got a scratch on that one too. yeah, on that what? what is that? that's my finger. mm hm. I got a scratch on it. I need a bandaid. you do? there's three of them. oh, so you need one now, or you did need one? I was playin' cherry. you were playing cherry? yeah. what's that? it's not a tomato, it's cherry. what's that? it's tomato, it's not cherry. oh, it's tomato, not cherry? it's not tomato, it's. it's cherry, not tomato, right. what's cherry?
I love cherry. I love cherries! you do? they're not very chewy either. no. apples are not very chewy either. apples aren't very chewy. here, sit up. they're very chewy, we crunch 'em. crunch. they're very chewy, we crunch 'em. hey. I remember. what did you get um... I remember when I first got that pack. [I think Emily is talking about her microphone pack, and I confuse it for the backpack on her birthday pinata.] you do? I remember when I first got that pack. and, what's a backpack? it's that pack you gave me. so Dora's backpack you mean? you remember? you mean, you gave me a backpack inside the Dora pinyalla? pinyalla? pinata, pinata. can you say that? no. pin, say pin. I don't say that. pinata.
I don't say that. that's okay. there's a pen inside Dora. yeah? yeah. hey, who gave you um something with Cat in the Hat on it? a suitcase! [Emily got a suitcase for her birthday.] yeah. I go to school! [Emily pretends to go to school in her room. She usually does this with her friends, and takes her suitcase.] uhhuh? where do you go to school? spilled on me again. wash it off. there you go. I hafta put juice on it to xxx. [Emily wants to put some pickle juice on the recorder to clean it off.] no. no, no, no, ish, ish. we only eat pickles honey. um, where do you go to school at? Care'. tell me the story. upstairs. in where? in my room silly. and what do you do at school? we do. [Emily pretends to eat and drink.]
mm hm. we eat lots of stuff. mm hm. and we drink lots of stuff. you do? what kinds of things do you eat and drink? hm? Care'! you can't do that. sure I can. you don't do that. I raspberried you. you don't do that. I'm just getting the boogies out. what? I'm just getting the boogies out. getting the boogies out? picking your nose is what you're doing. ew. I'm getting the boogies out. can you blow your nose instead of pick your nose? no. why? never lock this door as a little kid. [Emily is pretending to talk like an adult. She tries to lock herself in rooms all the time, and we tell her that little kids cannot play with locks.] hey, I need you right by here, remember? what uh, Bailey needs his toy. I gotta go downstairs a minute. [the tape was stopped briefly because Emily left the room.] ah eating stuff, and the juice.
I packed juice for you, and I packed lunch for you. you packed juice and lunch for me? yeah, and I packed juice and lunch for me. do it over here. here, I'll help you. there, what are you doing? now we both have a picnic. yeah. now we both have a picnic. you're 'posed to stay by it. you are too. will you tell me about these books? what book is this? Clifford book. mm hm. what does he do in this book? he gets worried. use your napkin. he gets worried. he gets worried? yeah. about what? he gets worried xxx. tell me the story please. he gets worried and he stickers don't come off that great. [the Clifford book has reusable stickers.] those are reusable stickers huh? yeah. he holds a green, blue shirt. uhhuh.
he holds a green, blue shirt. what's he holding it from, or by? his mouth. yeah. I xxx. silly Clifford. so what's happening in this page? they're they're yellin' and their pants, and their shirts go awayed. from what? from the wind. yeah. the leaves! what are the leaves doing? where are 'ey? hm? where are they, where are they? right there, are the leaves. I better get 'em. where are they, where is the sticker leaves? oh the sticker leaves? they're probably on another page. why don't you check? no. not on that page. what's that though? snowman, you love snowman? I do. well you wanna see it? sure, thank you. have you made another snowman lately?
uh yeah! did you? we made one. when? since it was Christmas. yeah? we made a little one like that. oh. we just made a little one like that. I made a snowman like that. yes you did. I made one like that. I made one like that! have you been sledding yet? but no. no. I went sledding down the hill. what hill? the snow hill. last year? yeah. mm hm. last Christmas huh? last time it was winter. you haven't gone this year yet though, have you? there hasn't been much snow. I have a boo boo, so you should put this bandaid on that. that's not a bandaid silly. yes it is. it's a snowman sticker.
you're funny. what's this girl doing? do you know? skatin'. what'd she do though? she skates very longly. very what? very longly. longly? yeah, with the other guys. did she fall down? no, she falled down. yeah, she did. right on her butt, huh? she got a boo boo. what are these people doing? sayin' hi to them Clifford, and little Clifford, and her. mm hm. and that, and that, and that. what is that? a rain cloud. because it's? rain there. mm hm. it rains there. mm hm. xxx sprinkles. the snowman! I gotta get him back home, he's freezin'! gotta get him back home.
he's gonna melt huh? there he lives, right there. put him in the snow. I can't forget, you melt him, he's freezin'. [mumbles] xxx snowman. he wants his mommy and daddy. he doesn't have one on this page. there's his mommy and daddy. the dogs? yeah, there's his mommy and daddy. I put him in. there... there's... there you go. there's his mommy and daddy. he loves his mommy and daddy. mm hm. what's in this page? they peel the s, stickers come off, see? what is that? stickers come off. what sticker is that? the only page. hm? you like this? you wanna hold it? sure, thank you. you hold it, you love rainbows too. I do. you love suns too?
mm hm. what makes a rainbow? whe' you mix colors up, there's a rainbow. oh, okay. when you mix colors up, it's a rainbow. I could get you another color. there. yay! they want their mommy and daddy too. the sun and the tree do? yeah. look at these, they want their mommy and daddy. let's put those back in the book, and then talk about this book. okay? they want their mommy and daddies. there's their mommy and daddies, right there! oh boy. what are their mommy and daddy wearing? work clothes. what kind of clothes? work clothes. work clothes? yeah. okay. he's gonna miss them so much. mm hm. xxx there's the mommy and daddy. there's the mommy and daddy. did you go swimming last week? yeah.
he wants his mommy and daddy! hey, talk to me. where do you go swimming? aw, here's his mommy and daddy. okay, thank you. [Emily showed me the snowman's parents.] right over the sun. wait, Emily, you needta talk to me, there. Clifford wears a hat in the rain. okay. what do you do at swimming now? I swim all by myself. I heard. I'm so proud of you. I can't talk about this book. how do you swim all by, all by yourself now? I want the sun, I love suns. I'm so proud of you. how do you swim all by yourself? I got juice for you in my pack, and I got lunch for you in my pack and I got lunch for me, and I got juice for me. yeah. I don't have juice! but I really I have some. yummy. this is a good picnic you're having. thank you. [Emily gave me some pretend juice.] thanks. just take it from my hand. thank you.
got more juice for you. can you tell me what you do at swimming? I got it in your cup, and I got that in a cup, that balloons right there, and that I got ones right there. two hands. [Emily wants me to hold the pretend cup with two hands so I don't spill.] did someone give you a pizza for Christmas? two two hands on the cup. did somebody give you a pizza for Christmas? two hands on the cup. a or, a toy pizza? two hands on the cup. okay, thank you. what do you do with your toy pizza? I thought that was a good picnic, xxx xxx. no, come here, I need you by here remember? don't play with Bailey. Emily. he needs his cat toy. okay, but come here. this is a good picnic I had. what do you do with that pizza that you got for Christmas, or for your birthday? thank you. do you love plates? I do love plates. you're really hungry? no, not that hungry. you're very I'm hungry, are you hungry? I just ate before I came. you're not gonna tell me about that pizza are you? no.
= = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/jim.cha = = = my turn to play with him. is that what your house looks like? you play with me? I'm going to play with you. what are you doing now? build building a door. [mumble.] look woo woo do do need dis dis one. we don't need this one. no. what are you doing now? those the boat sails? yeah. why don't you and Jim make a boat? would you like to make a boat? yeah. how do you make a boat? [Nat destroys house] dis way. you can teach Jim how to make a boat. wo woo bedder make some sides. let's make some sides. is this the bottom of the boat? wha'? the bottom. yeah. what what where's ah I can make dis one. do dat ones the bottom.
let's make. let's make a big. let's. what whergs oneundo these? do you need another one of these? yeah. here. you make another one of these. look! see. like that. wha'? wada wa wone I need one of these. you can put that in there. okay go. here's one of tha doose. yeah. what about the sail? what? what about the sail? one of these? yeah. we need one sail. we'll save this for another boat. where sail go? right there. you don't. one boat needs only one sail? let's put some cars on it. do you wanna put some cars on it?
yeah. how are you going to load the cars on it. dis one. dese ones. come out... where da cars go? on that big one there. where does we put da sail? right on that little one. and where we put this one? right dere. wo wo don't need this one. okay? no. where's dis one go? what is that? is that a chimney? wha'? he doesn't know what a chimney is. what's that? a horsie. does I ah need one da these. just like that? yeah. do you wanna put it next to it? yeah. wha' here's oner horsie? here's the horsie. da dis one. we're almost finished.
where these goes? uh oh. wo wo need wo woy gonna make somebody to sat. woo woo gonna make somebody else to sit. woo gonna put dis right here. wo woo gonna put this one here? wo woo don't don't need these. we don't need those? no. what about people? shouldn't there be people on the boat? yeah. here's one people. is that a person? yeah. na no. dis is person. that's a person. is that a girl or a boy? girl! a girl! are they both girls? yeah. dis one is a boy. that's a boy. do you have a girlfriend Nat? yeah [smiles]. what's her name? what's your girlfriend's name? wo we better put dis one here.
right here. wish he'd said. I'd like to know. what's your girlfriend's name? put dis in a car. wa wa where other horsie? under your shoe. you're sitting on the horse. where's dis one go? it seems sorta crowded. couldn't we make the boat larger? wha'? could we make the boat bigger? yeah. people fall down. dere is. who will be driving the boat. the boy or the girls? the boy. don't girls know how to drive boats? no. Oh God Jim [laughing]! what do girls know how to do? boys can. boy. where dis one go? do you need this one? yeah. the big boat. wo woo need dis one too.
do you need this? yeah. where's that one go? in there? dat one goes in dere. that one goes on side. yeah. what about those other pieces? what? do you need them? no. wo you don't need them. look. there's one over there. oh. can you make it higher? n no. we can't. da boy's driving it. the boy's driving it. what are the girls doing? widing on it. riding on it. have you ridden on a motorbike before? mm. my 'lue one. do you have a blue motorbike? yeah. do you have a blue motorbike? an motorbike.
I uh got a brickcase back da. a briefcase and a motorbike. those sound like fun things. wa where's your car? ober deere. that's my car. your car. where's your car? daddy took it. why didn't Daddy take the motorbike? and went ober da lelloe, and 'lue, and red, and lellow, 'lue and red and lellow. [Nat is talking about his motorbike] that's an awful pretty motorbike! do you think I could come back and play with you and ride it when it gets warm outside? yeah. I can? wait till get warm outside. okay. does your motorbike make noise? umumummmmmmmmmm. [motorbike sounds!] yes. what are you going to do with the book? here take your foot off. whoops. what are you doing with the box? [Nat is playing with a box] you are going to play with the box? I won around and jump on it. jump run around.
run around. fall down like this. and trip on the blanket. why are you doing that? ah huh! that's a good one! that ones faster. is that fun? you look like an airplane. are you pretending to be an airplane? you driving? it? [airplane noises as he flies around the room] look the airplane go. where are you going in your airplane? in Granma's house. grandma's! where does Grandma live? do you have a good time when you go? yeah. what do you do? I... go... far far far far far far far away. is it fun to go far away? yeah. then then we looked out and see da moon and clouds. looked out of the airplane? wha'? you looked out of the airplane and saw the moons and clouds.
oh he he he he www. [just singing sounds] tell Jim and Debbie who else we see when we're at Grandma's? who else? Toozie. Andy. enimy. Kevin. Zacky. who was at Grandma's house? are they fun to play with? doose are my husbands. those are your husbands? yeah. are they older than you? [g says he doesn't know older] what's this? Snoopy. do you watch the Snoopy cartoons on television? yeah. what happens on the cartoons? he doesn't now what you're talking about. what do you watch on tv. Nat? uh huh. [laugh] Nathaniel. what? tell me what you watch on tv. going in this park.
[climbing on couch] haha. I going going going go go. why don't you go get one of your monkey books? mama wh which monkey book? which ever on you want. what about the fireman? fireman. [Nat goes to get book] he's getting sillier and sillier as the day progresses. read the book to Jim. wha'? read the book to Jim. is that your book? Yee yee yee zzzz. [Nat falls off couch] Jim's up there. come on up here. where did you get that book? what kind of book is that? monkey. read the book to Jim. no I wanna weed to you. oh. [noises] I'll watch while you read it to Jim. okay? okay. what's wrong Nat? [the book is upside down]
sit up here. look at the book and see what's wrong with it. is that upside down? no. [as Nat turns it right side up] eee it's not. is. that's not up upside down. that's right. wha'? that's right. is not. what's this? a seagull. that's right. I I useta have a glass like that [R's glassess]. you did? no noj no I don't. I useta have one when I big. aren't you going to read it to Jim? yeah and you. okay. you read it to the both of us. I skipped a page. and. bed fell over. what is this? bed fell over and he tryin' to get a monkey. and he walkin' on the tetalone wires. he didn't got one balloon.
he got alllll do doose lones. and wind blowin' and way up in the air. and little people. and the beelones. those are balloons. yeah. that's ballon and that's beloones and beloones. tell Jim the colors of the balloons. what colors are they? dat a red lone and a green lone and a red loone. that's red? no green. no. 'lue. loone and a red lone. and and a greenj loone and that's a red loone. what color is this one? dis dis one? dat red one. that's red. and that's green and that's lellow and that's and that's red 'lue and some and houses. and traffic light da and lellow and green and red light stop and lellow light stop and green light go. what's this? that's a lellow car. is that a horsie? nonn that's a car. and that's a horse and and gave da money to the 'loon man. and dere all da animals to da da all doose animals. what kind of animal is this? ephanent.
a what? ephanent! an elephant? do you know any of the other animals? what oner animals? what's that? I don't know. what's dat? you know what that is. turtle. yeah. what's that? do you know what that one is? calabin. that's a rhino... nosoranous. heh Nat. you getting tired? Nathaniel? = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/debbie.cha = = = do you wanna read to them or play with them or whatever? can you read? ah. what's that? snoop'. Snoopy. ah. I've got a big Snoopy doll at home. ah.
that big. that big. he's sitting on his airplane. what? he has his airplane with him. what? do you know what an airplane is? what is an airplane? oh. you know what an airplane is. goes in the sky. yeah. yeah. what's the name of your book? dat Curious Deorge. [that's George] okay. you going to read to me? yeah. is this going to be a bedtime story? no. no. it's just going to be a story. um. nou nou 'noop' can read the story. Snoopy can read the story. what's that animals's name? monkey. monkey. and he lived.
and the lellow hat to go away. and. there's a monkey in the book. yeah. yeah. was. he standin' his hed. he's standing on his head? yeah. can you stand on your head? yeah. you can? yeah. can I see you stand on your head? no! no. I have no ball. [monkey in book was standing on his head while on a ball] oh. you don't have a ball. you don't have a ball to stand your head on. you can looka at that window. see big house and a boy named Bill on his bike. [bi-ike is original transcription] see dis... you can see big water and kyacks. that looks like a swimmimg pool! di di dat swimmin' pool? I don't know honey. it's either a swimming pool or some water.
a dat a winning pool. and there's bunnies in there. took one out of he house. and why he put it down and let it go away. did the bunny rabbit run away from him? yeah. oh no. do you think he's going to be able to find it? no. no he can't find it. what's this that keeps popping up in the picture? birdie! a birdie? he must be watching the monkey. what? he must be watching the monkey. oh. what? I see um in little hole. oh. looks like he's hiding. and and put em back in the bunny house. he muda bunny. that the mother bunny? tha' that one. that one right there. that one. okay. that looks like a mother bunny. and a ba' baby bunny.
and. bu' bu' bunny runs away. why does he put him down and goes away. what happened. pages skipped there. what? you're rereading it. you started at the beginning again. what? that's okay. go ahead. go ahead. I'm sorry. looks over wall. he can see somethin' funny. what is that something funny? there it is! what? there's the something funny. um where was the hook? there was big hook oder dare. what's he going to do with that hook? is he going to ah. [as Nat turns page] fell in the wader. fell in the water. he got out of the water. uhhuh. looks like he's wet. what?
he looks like he's all wet. he no' all wet. oh. he's not all wet. okay. that's a kite. uhoh. that was in cree. hyee. he getting kite down from [? for] Ba Byll. is that Bill? that Bill. oh. that's Bill. [turning pages] me ah in a helicopter. and man pull him in hellcopter. an' man pull him in helicop' helicopter. uhhuh. helicopter. that's it. that's right. helicopter. and bringing kite come back to Bill. he's taking the kite back to Bill? bill. bill. and whada whadidee. doures. flowers!
and. and wan' 'a go under that bridge and. and. he took it home and gave it da big big carrot. gave the carrot to the big big rabbit. that was a good story. yead another story? is this your blanket? yeah. that's a nice blanket. I useta have a blanket like this. mine was green. I had a big green blanket that I took everywhere I went with me. I have a big bean [green] one. that's right. you do. you do? can I b'ing it out? he really doesn't carry it around. he was using it to cover up monkey earlier. [Nat leaves room to get blanket then runs back in with it and falls on it] whoops! you've got a big green one too! I think yours is bigger than mine. oh. what's this? rat. a rat. it's not a mouse, but it's a rat? rack [rat].
a rat. who gave it to you? Nanny. grandma. zoosie. Susie gave it to you. does Susie play with you when she comes to visit? [Nat runs and jumps on recorder's lap] hi Nat. you you you got a 'lue shirt on [blue shirt on]. what? do you have a blue shirt on? yeah. I have a blue shirt on. you have a blue shirt, too. and green. yeah. what these? jeans. 'lue jeans. huh? what are these? you luezeans. yeah. I got ueleans too. [runs around and jumps on blanket] udit a over over ranket. [original transcription Udit-a--] I go over la 'lanket. won [run] on my blanket.
why don't you put your blanket back in your room because it's getting dirty. no? uhhuh. tell Debbie what kind of sheets you have. Snoopy s'eets. Snoopy sheets. you must like Snoopy. I have Snoopy sheets. you do? do they have a picture of Snoopy on it? yeah. what is Debbie doing? she's playing with your blocks. I'm playing with your blocks. what? can I play with your blocks? yeah. would you like to play with me? yeah. would you like to build something? yeah. ah. let's see. would you like to build a house? yeah. okay. let's help me build a house. how should we do it. let's build a house. okay.
think we should do it like this? yeah mm yeah. uhoh woo need one right here. okay. can you put one there? which one I can put there. there's one. huh. let's put one on top of there. on top? yeah. okay put one on top. what? can I put one on top? tyee yeah. whe' where's big one ta put on top? big one? turn around. behind you. underneath you. there's one. aye. there's another one. let's put a house. woowoo make woo make wa where where da door? oh. where's the door? let's make a door. okay? let's see.
there can be the door. that's a good idea. what where's dis goes? I don't think we need that one. how about this? where dat one go? let's see. we could put that one on the top. what? right there and make it look like a roof the top of the house. here the roof. oh. that's the roof. okay. whe' it this one go? we don't need that one. we need dis one. where does this one go? put it over there. yeah. woo wook can make a road. wanna make a road? doke house. a road to the house. road to the house. look at that. that looks like a castle now. le' this goes on. what where do horsie. here da come.
going to put the horsie on the top too? amazing! look at that one. that's really pretty. wa where does dis one goes? um why don't we put it over here? over dere. horsie fell. the horsie fell off. there. what what we. should we park the car next to the house? yeah. got two cars. what? let's put this. here's a car and here's a car. where's dis one go? you could put one here on this side and we could put the other one over here next to it. how's that? where does that one go? where does that one go? where would you like to put it? right dere in that doorway. in the door? right here. okay. that's a good place for it. we're almost finished. almost.
what are we going to do with this? woo woo don't need dat one. oh. put that one over there. where do dat one go? [where does that one go?] we can put it here. okay. what where's one of dese? I don't see another one. I think we don't have anymore. what woo have one of dese? that'll do. well. that looks nice. do you have another horsie? yeah. where dat one go? look behind you. see if the horsie is behind you. there's the horsie. there it is. that's a neat looking house. we're almost finished. almost finished. what what do we need dis? we don't need this one. don't need dat one. need dat one? can we do something with that one?
where dat one goes? better put it here. what about this one? dis one you can take... dis one. okay. we'll make a place for it. what? where do we wanna put it? right here. can we put this one on top of it? yeah. okay. what what where do we put this one? maybe it'll fit on the side? what no no woo woo woo keep dat one. because dis is sail. okay. woo we keep da sail right here. that's a sail. yeah. is that so you can make a boat? nonn. now we're finished. that's a nice house. would you like to live in that house? now let's make some people. we're gonna make some people. here's a Snoopy. 'noo' 'noop'.
can't go in it. he here's some people to go in it. here's a person. wh where's da udder person? oh! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/noel.cha = = = what do you do with that? [indicating tricycle outside] I ride it. can you ride it well? yes. where did you learn to do that? and went to thej bunny's house and he took ait home and gave it carrot. [Nat ran out of the room and returned with a book] did you go to get another one? yeah! [very loudly] do you like to read books? yep. good. okay. there we go. let's turn it around like this. [Nat had got book upside down] what is this one about? yeah that's the beach. have you read this book before? no. do you know what it's about yet?
[indicating characters in the in the book] who are these people here? no I can do it. what kind of animal is that? seal. [very loudly] have you ever seen a seal? and the mommy, and the daddy. [pointing to pictures of seals] how do you know that's mommy? how do you know? what dat. mommy and Nathaniel going in water and all that black oil. there's black and little seal get out of the water xxx [Nat mispronounces the word oil here]. what is this here? little girl. and this? boy xxx and went down. a look at all the beach. why is he on the beach? ah. th th that's [turns to Ms. Beagley] Mommy. mommy what that [indicating picture of raft]? is that the black oil. that's a raft. th th that's a raft. right. why is he lying on the raft? wh wh do you know? right over here.
what's this? that's the water. what is it? water! [loudly] water. have you ever seen the water like this? he xxx got over in to the water. h h he wa w w w swim back to Mommy and Daddy. he went back to his Mommy and Daddy? were they worried about him do you think? and th that's his daddy. [mrs bagley said Nat didn't understand workds like worried] a a a and here's mommy one and Nathaniel. and th th th Nathaniel's new baby. what's his name [Indicating seal picture]? does he have a name? no. he's just a seal. [g talking in background explaining what Nat just said] huh? and that's his Mommy. and that's his friend. oh. and Nathaniel. is your Mommy about to have a baby? no. [loudly] yes. oh.
she is? yup. [g explained that Nat had singled out the mommy, daddy and baby seal without any prompting from her Nat went over to say something to his mother, and then left the room, returning with another book.] where's firemen? what have you got over there. another one? yep! [loudly.] the fireman one [even louder]. [screech scree] I don't got my hat on. [jumps up and down excitedly.] what is this [indicating book]. the monkey walking on the telephone wires. what is his name? George. [spoken with strong Southern dialect, unlike rest of Nat's speech] what's he eating? banana. do you like bananas? yes! have you had your lunch yet today? no. do you want a banana for lunch? yes. do you want a banana for lunch? [g said they were out of bananas] what do you usually... what do you have... what do you like to eat for lunch?
I don't know. what do you like for lunch Nat? what do yo wanna have for lunch today? p'nut butter san'wich. are you hungry Nat? yes. we're don't have any bananas. we don't have any bananas, Nathaniel. you don't get any. where is your Daddy today, Nat? wa a a a my daddy's w w work. where does he work. do you know? where he work? uh huh. at school. what does he do over there? um do lot a things. such as. do you know? have you ever been over there to see him over there? I went there. [g told interviewer that Nat had gone with doctor beagley to work once] oh really. do you know what he does at school every day? what he does at school. what did Daddy do when you went to work with him? buy me coke. oh. bought you coke.
huh? yuh! what's your Mommy doing over there now? knit making, knitting! doing what? knitting! what is she making. do you know? my, my sweater. for you? yeah. why? are you feeling cold now? no. [Nat goes over to talk to his mother, who gives him two puppets] how about you show Noel your puppets. I don't... I'm a kitty cat. go show Noel your puppets. what? let me see your puppet, Nat. what are their names? who are they? I'm kitty meow. [screech scree.] I'm puppy woof woof [loud and high pitched, and an apparent imitation of the dog+puppet's voice]. I'm kitty cat meow. I'm kitty cat. daddy's puppets huh. let me have one of your puppets.
no. [noel and others laugh] do you have any other puppets. or is that it? I'm kitty cat, meow! [holding up cat+puppet.] I'm puppy woof woof. [screech screech!] I'm puppy woof. you can you can have two puppets [still squeaking]. you you can have this [offering puppet to Noel]. thank you. okay. I have two puppets [Nat screams more]. this is a puppy dog here. did you train him? I'm kitty. I'm puppy. I'm kitty cat. woof woof woof. meow meow meow. I'm puppy dog. woof woof woof. hey Nat. what? tell about who this is [holding out stuffed animal toy]. woo woo. s s sn Snoopy! it's Snoopy. [Nat gives toy to noel.]
where did you get that? where did you get Snoopy? thank you. look at all the toys over her. I'm xxx this is xxx. this is Snoopy? yeah. is he a little dog also? is he a puppy also? a a i i i e e have these. I have em. [Nat runs over to his mother, and screams] tell Noel what that does. Nat. quiet down. nobody can hear you. what is that Nat? who is that [indicating toy rat]? rat. rat. that's a big fat one, isn't he? haha what I doing now? [Nat gathers up his toys] rat, puppets, puppies, puppets. have you ever seen a real puppy? what? have you ever seen a real puppy dog like that? [Nat leaves room] a real one? he's gone to get one.
oh he is. going to get a live one? [says no] I can't find my olden puppy. [returns, however, carrying a toy dog] oh. you've got your puppy. what other animals have you got? anything else, or is this it? you've got a puppy, a rat... where's monkey? [Nat leaves the room, calling "monkey, monkey"] monkey, monkey, monkey monkey. Nathaniel, look under the blanket, honey. where are you monkey? [looking around. then he locates the toy] here's monkey. oh. you've got your monkey now. what's his name? George. [once again, draws out to three syllables like southern dialect] George Tom Curious George. that's right. curious George. let me see your monkey, Nat. here. let me see it a minute. what is this. here [indicating the left hand of the monkey toy]?
the monk. hand. his hand. ogenge hand. and what is this [indicating the tail]? t t th t tail! don't pull it. do you know what a monkey uses his tail for? [Nat starts playing with an extension cord] why does a monkey have a tail? Nathaniel, don't play with the electric cod. that's it. bring it over here for Ruth. tell Noel what we did with the monkey yesterday. [Nat picks up monkey toy] and get it xxx and go fast and hold him like this and go deedee. do you ever take your monkey out for a walk? no woo, woo. do you ever go outside? [Nat bounces up and down for several minutes, breathing heavily and making unintelligible noises] hold like this. I carry like this and hold him. please move. there we go. [Nat jumping] you're going to wear the rug out, Nat. whoo. do you like to jump up and down like that? put your hand a like this. [extending his arm vertically and gesturing for Noel to imitate him]
like this? [imitating Nat] yeah. okay. and get monkey [indicating to noel to hold the monkey toy in his upraised hand]. can you get it this high, Nat? what? can you put your hand up this high? no. do you want me to pick you up there like th' monkey? do you wanna go up there like the monkey? y'ah. [this apparently does not mean yes in all cases] eee, you ah. [giving noel another toy to hold up] okay. [dripping toy from upraised hand into other hand] here we are. let's see if he can jump. watch this. like this monkey. y y you j jump him. do again [noel drops another toy, as before]. Snoopy can jump. amazing. [speaks side] watch this. [drops toy, like noel had been doing] okay. [noel makes toy bounce up and down.]
Snoopy can jump like you too. isn't that what you do all the time? [noel hides monkey behind his back] y y where monkey. here's monkey. here. hiding. he hiding! where's the monkey gone? [Nat laughs, and starts piling all his toys up behind noel's back] [Nat hides it behind his back again] where is he Nat? Snoopy going back. okay. [Nat has run around behind noel to see where all his toys are] you got it figured out. okay. where are they? where's your monkey? where's Snoopy? uh oh. where monkey? and Snoopy? and puppy? and Friskey. how about your puppets. where are they? [end of tape] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/tom.cha = = =
can I see that one? [asking Nat for the book] you gonna show that one to Tom? %add: asks Nat yeah. you remember what my name is don't ya? %add: asks Nat Tom. right. what's this one about [The book]. do you know? Otto. [very loud] Otto? where is Otto? Otto right here. [points] is Otto a dog? yeah. where is he living? is he in this country or somewhere else? do you know that? it says he's in Africa. Africa's a long way away too. yeah. long. let's see what he does in Africa. what's this? [finds a book marker in the pages] what's that?
yeah. don't you remember? we got that from Mrs Thompson. th th the this is wh wh what we got up. [loud, asking where he should put it] ba back is right here. you can put it wherever you want it. let's start [the book]. okay. let's start. is this where it starts? and yeah. de de this starts. okay. what is that. a big ole house? little house. a little house? and in the little house and a man and a dog. dog name Otto. O O Otto. where is Otto? I don't see him in that picture. is he there? [Nat turns the page] there he is. was he hiding in that big ole, that little house? ye yes. yeah. he's big.
yeah. how come he's bigger than all the people? ah ah na and where's a Duke mommy? [duke is the man] %add: turns to mother he's up in the building. momma. momma right over here's the Duke. what's happening there? is he bigger than the trains? no. no? he's running down the next to for supper and he wag his tail and he's. what's that there? an an an an soosoo train. goes soosoo [loud] and um. is it chasing him? no. no? why's he running up there? in and he's runnin'. run. and somebody just fall in the rope. did what? what happened in that picture? how did they get him on that big ole boat? he he he, the the they're pullin' 'im. oh. they're pullin' him. ah and there's the seagull, and Stone Mountain.
stone Mountain? yep. that's the best way to look at it. [being stone mountain] and they're going to Africa. yeah. and let's see where else he goes after he goes to Africa. he's coming across the water. cross. [moves his hand slowly across the page] and now he's in Africa. right? here's Africa. [point] right. oo oo ah ah and what's these? that's a castle. what's that? that the castle? yeah. who lives in the castle. I don't know. all the people? no. what are those? those? mommy what are these? camels. camels. people ride on 'im?
where are the people? where the pee pee people are? yeah. they're all standing around. momma. what ah these are. these are? are those the bad people? no. thoses soldiers? yes. and Otto run around. ah run a way way round. yeah. and he turns everyone around in the air. ah and remember the camels? yeah. he turned all the bad people around in the air. [shows mother a torn page] no. mama. de de this broken? huh? the th this one broken. yeah. what happened there? it broke. I know. let's see if there's some more pages now. [points to next picture]
now everyone likes him for what he did. see? yeah. all the good people like him and they're his friend. and what are these mommy? those are soldiers. soldiers. and these are soldiers. ah and what are these? those are soldiers too. soldier. what's Otto doing with his tail? he he he don't know. you don't know what he's doing? no. what happens when he moves it back and forth like that? I no know. you don't know? no. go get another book? you get another book? yeah. you must have a lot. how many do you have? bunches? what. [holds up new book] how many do you have? this one. [asking who to read it to]
this one to... is that a good one? you like that one? wh wh which I I I read it to? %add: ask mother Tom again? you can read it to me. you can show it to me. you wanna read it to Tom? yeah. okay. when I all finished I get another one an an. you gonna read me another one? yeah. okay. let's see what this one's about. de de one, dis ones about George. oh well. [turns book around] let's turn to the front. that's the back. here's the front. George. oh. curious George. what does he like to do? ah and momma. de de this a little one? a little what honey? le le bridge fruit.
yeah that's a bridge. actually that's a dock. momma he son't fall in the water th th this time? no. not this time. on a different bridge. does he fall in on a different picture? what's that he's playing with? a ball ah and... you got some balls to play with? no. no? what's he doing there. do you know what he's doing there? know what he's doing there? he's picking bananas. and... ah and lellow an in the house. and this one house. you play with little ball. that's what he tells um. you play with the little ball. and he stands on his head. or and throw it. stand on he head. and what else? and hej he he looks out window. what does he see when he looks out the window? no. [avoids the question and tries to turn the page]
no. he doesn't see nothin'? I I and and. oh he goes fishing. does he catch anything? fell in the water. [quickly turns the pages] [laughs] uh oh. what's he gonna do now that he fell in the water? see Bill. he's all wet. he he and Bill take the water out and I glad he. is that Bill over there? this one is Bill. [points] yeah? ah and it I glad not to get cold in water and glad I run with the kite. and it will go up in the air? now I show you fly my kite. [pretends to read] there. you can fly a kite like that. ah and George climbed up. how come he hadta climb up a tree? George climbed up the high tree and he got Bill's? got Bill's kite? yeah. [looks around the room] and and um your you're you're.
what's um? you remember his name? you're you're you're. member his name. that's Noell. Noell? you you're name no Noell. that's right. who's he? you remember his name? member his name? what's his name? [refering to Bob] Bob? right and what's my name? Tom. right. wh wh what's th th that le le lady's name? [refering to Ruth] what honey? Ruth. you know somebody else named Ruth? somebody else name Ruth? you wanna go talk to Noell now? Noell wants to talk with you for a little while. okay? okay. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/elliott.cha = = = where the mail truck?
I don't know where the mail truck is. let me see. maybe it's up further. I don't see a mail truck. I see a garbage truck. what's the name of this puppy. do you know? what's the name of this puppy? rusty. rusty. rusty. rusty. rusty didn't like anybody, did he? no. so what did they do? and they got a cat. yeah. the cat liked somebody. why did the cat like somebody? the puppy didn't. the puppy didn't like anybody. and. there's another dog. who's this? the dentist. the dentist. what what what's th that boy's name? I don't know what the boy's name is. what what what's the boy's name? Christopher.
Christopher. Christopher. that's Christopher. wh' what what's the little yellow dog's name? that's a big dog really. yellow. that's a yellow dog. wh what's the little yellow dog? I don't know. does it say in the book? yeah. it says Mr Murphy's dog. I guess it doesn't have a name. Mr Murphy. is that the ice cream truck? that's what it is. an ice cream truck. did do did you ever see an ice cream truck? I sure did. I was an ice cream man last summer. oh. do you like ice cream Nat? yup. all the kids like the ice cream man. what's that? that's an alligator. an alligator. I caught an alligator. did you see an alligator? yeah.
where did you see him? Okefenokee. Okefenokee. you went to Okefenokee Swamp? yeah. when? whe' when when Linda was there. when did you go? when we went there we got there. did it take a real long time to get there? yeah. yeah. where are you going, honey? to get another book. I got I got I got. another book. what is it? which one's this? what's that book? that's Otto. Otto. who's Otto? Otto is, one day there was a little big dog named Otto. and then he took the... what are you making? I think I'm going to try to make a house. do you wanna try to make a house? yeah. okay. let's try to make a house.
get some longer ones than these. are we gonna try to make a house? a big high house. this is gonna be the the the the people. this is gonna be the doorway. let's the doorway. that's the door. huh? yeah. a red door. yeah a door. what's that. a window? can that be a window? yeah that can be a window. that's right. how about this? yeah. use that and how about this? what's that gonna be? that's gonna be like like that. and we'll need that. what what what are you making? I don't know. what is that. what do you think that is? what does it look like? just a bunch of blocks on top of each other. that's a funny looking house isn't it? let's make a big big house.
let's make some. where's this go? where can that fit? there you go. I think we've used every one. I don't think there's any more to use. yeah here's one. there's one. the red thing is a tunnel. a tunnel. where's the tunnel go to? right there. all the way down. no it doesn't. where does it go to? I guess on top. it goes on top. can you show Elliott how you make a helicopter? you can make a helicopter with these? yeah. let me see. is that a propeller? what? what is that? a propeller on top? no. put it put the the helicopter this is gonna be the [makes a little noise like a helicopter]. that's really good, Nat. that looks like a helicopter alright. who taught you how to make a helicopter?
daddy. he did? where's Daddy now? is he at work? yeah. funny helicopter. sounds like a helicopter doesn't it. that's what a helicopter sounds like. who rides in a helicopter? grandma. grandma rides in a helicopter. from where to where? where does she go in the helicopter? funny helicopter [makes noise, laughs]. that's a funny one. yeah it sure is. you make a funny one. you make a helicopter. you want me to make one. yeah. he can't make it as well as you can. can he? huh, Nat? he can't make it as well can he? no. no. you get another. another one let me see. make make put lots of em on. one more.
hold it in your hand [makes helicopter noises]. can we make another one? nope there's not enough. we can't make another one. what? we can't make another one. what else can you make? can you make a boat with that? out of those things? can you make a boat? that's a boat. that's a boat. make me a boat, Nat. I need another red one. okay. what kind of a boat is that? is that another tug boat? no. which kind is that? uhoh. uhoh what? that's a kayak. a kayak. yes. do you have a real kayak, too? yeah. mommy gave me it. that's a funny kayak. the green thing is the paddle. I see.
that's a man. you know what that looks like now. a tank. no. it isn't a tank. it looks like one. this is the paddle. there goes the paddle. hold on to the green thing. I gonna make another boat. another little yellow one. what kind of a little one do you want? another one. who gave you those blocks, Nat? Santa Claus gave me them. no. who? remember who gave you those blocks? big Douglas. who did? the big Douglas brought them. the big Douglas? that's the little Douglas. what? that's the little Douglas over there. yeah. make this. make a boat. I don't think I can make as good a one as you. you can make a boat.
there. it's a barge. you can put that on top. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/doug.cha = = = [we are trying to start conversation, Nat plays with some toys in the living room and builds with cardboard blocks. Doug is Target Adult] you can show them Snoopy. where Snoopy? under the table. you're sposta talk, not jump, silly. when did you get Snoopy? under Christmas tree. what else. what else did you get for Christmas, Nat? truck, hammer and screwdriver. what do you do with them? hammer! [demonstrates] where are they? did you sit on Santa's lap? he's gone to get you something. [Nat runs and gets screwdriver] screwdriver, huh? tell us what you do with them. what happened when you were hammering on it earlier? [Nat is hammering on his cardboard blocks] who was in it? what are you doing now? can you build something with that [blocks]? can you tell us what you're building?
what are you doing now? play with my. how 'bout build build, build, build bridges. that's a good idea. build a big bridge. ah. that looks like a bridge. what are you going to do with it when you are finished? jump on it? [Nat is jumping on the bridge] if he keeps jumping the house is going to fall down. you can play too. %add: to Sara do you wanna play? tell me what you are building, Nat. I'm building a bridge. a bridge. okay. this high. did you ever see a bridge like this before? yes. where did you see it? at the beach. at the beach. just fell down. it's too hot where I'm sitting. [she was sitting on the radioter] here. let's build something else. what do you wanna build?
a bridge. a big bridge. okay. here. you tell me where to put the blocks and I'll help you build it. okay? put blocks right here. okay. how do you want it? here. you tell me and I'll help you put them there. okay? right here. right here. okay. where do you want this one? right right here. right here. okay. where do you want this one? right here. what's this bridge going to look like? can you tell me what it's going to look like? when you're finished? ah, is, is, ah. a chair. a chair. what kind of chair is it? I I I ah m make, I I I make a table. table!
what are you going to do with this now? read a book. read a book? yeah. what kind of book is it? oh. I see. you could read it to Doug. [expletive deleted] [worse expletive deleted] we're going to make a better table. uh. chair broke. there table table is. [Nat has built a table and chair with his cardboard blocks] there. there that's good. now what are you doing? reading. reading. are you going to read to us? yes. okay. what color is this Nat? what color car is that? [Nat has a book and he makes up stories about the pictures] blue. right. what is the color of that one? black.
what color is there in that truck? and what color, that one. it's green, right? what is the color of that car? you tell them. green. green. right. what is the color of that car? you say. purple. what color is that car? red. red and black. that's good. what dose. horse, chickens, and pigs. and now children go to school. and now they go to grocery store to get cookies, lemon cookies and carrots and lettuce and apples and oranges. and go. ah and this is to get gas. and this is a telephone truck. and this is a tow truck. and that car is broken and that's a police car and a jeep car. and and. that's the green one is the dump truck. th, th, what's what's that? that's coal. dat, dat, dat, a hole. dump dump dump the coal.
coal in the hole. cowboys and and and and the Indians, and the cowboys and trailer and car. and. what's this? mailbox. and and and this is mail. and got money in his hand and he is giving it to the man and then the man give the boys some ice cream. and this is the bus because I like to go to the grandma's house. that was very good Nat. that's good. that was good. do you got another book? yeah. do you wanna read some more? I got this book. okay. that one looks good. and this. these the little chickens. what are they doing? they break these eggs and come out. oh. okay. yes. you're right. you're right. that's right. and that's a rooster. and that's the baby chickens. that's right.
what are they doing? what does the rooster say? cock a doodle doo. what baby chickens say? what does the little chicken say? peep, peep, peep, peep. and, uh, and mommy bear and baby bear. giraffe runs. [Nat runs around like a giraffe] is that how a giraffe runs? that what they do. oh. okay. that's good. these are the fishies. what do the fish do. go whup whup whup whup whup. what are they doing in this picture. are they talking or what are they doing? Bruce got a red one. that's my one. and that's Mommy's and that's yours. oh. that one's mine. yeah. thank you. and that one's yours. and then that one's yours. %add: Bob and recorder how about Sara?
that one's yours and and and that one's yours. what are those, Nat? monkeys, swinging. there's Mommy and Daddy and Daddy and Nathaniel. and you. that one's me? yeah. oh. okay. what are they doing here? they're swinging and, swing like that and these kanga'oos riding in Mommy's pocket. and these are eagles! you like the eagles. don't you. and these, these are frogs. go ribbet ribbet. is that what frogs do? yeah. oh. and this a sloth. and that's it. that's the end? of the book? yeah. okay. got another one? yeah. [getting book] %add: dou three little bears.
mommy bear, Daddy bear, little boy bear, Mommy bear, baby bear. I got this one to read. why don't you make up a story. about what the bears are doing and tell it to us while you read us the book. okay? mommy bear. and you you you you hold it. okay. you tell us what the bears are doing. they're on a walk, in woods. okay. and that's the bear's house and they're going across bridge. that a bridge? yeah. that's a bridge. and that's a little bed. and we got some big beds. mhm. and that's some bees got honey from a tree. they're going home and cook it. and say bye bye mommy bear. where are they going? they're going out that one and out out out into the woods and make a big bed for little boy bear. what for? why are they going to make him a big bed? he can sleep in it for supper. and Mommy got a baby bear in her tummy. mommy got a baby in her tummy. that's right. just like this one.
and Mommy bear close that door. so it won't be cold. hold this and he's chopping with ax. daddy got one and he chop. what he doing? he chop down trees. what's he chopping down the tree for? he making a big bed. oh. what's he making the bed for? and they making of the bed. and that them walking through the woods. daddy got one like that. and the little one was all gone. that's the big bed. where is the little bed? in a different room. that's the room? that's the little boy's room and the little baby's room. and play with him. and he went to sleep in his nice new bed. he looks happy. and his clothes on a chair. I gotta read. I got another one to 'ead. okay. that's not a very good one. can you read that? yeah. okay.
what is Sara reading? she's reading the other book. is that okay? that's a puppy and a elephant. what's the elephant doing. can you see it? turn it back one Sara. Sara show Nathaniel the elephant. what's he doing? he's stepping on eggs. yeah he is. you see his trunk? yeah. what's he he his trunk? that's what an elephant's the long nose is called. it's not like the trunk in your bedroom. what's? he fall off. [Nat and Sara pull at the same book] if you want that one give Sara this one [book]. Sara. read this one. Nat go on Mommy's desk and get the one about Big Bird and The Count. I go go go and get one about. Big bird and Count. okay. it is the one about the one Big Bird and The Count. oh. I'll hold it. you we we wanna read The Count.
the The Count and and and birdie? tell us who some of the other people are. and and and and they play Sesame Street. where is Sara going going get it? I don't know what Sara is going to get. this is probably another book. probably another book. yeah and that's a count and a birdie. oh. three pigs and what's that that story about. it's about the three pigs. and pig and two pigs and mom look at Sarah's got about two little kittens lost their mittens. it's about the three pigs. Sara's got about two little kittens lost their mittens. that's right. can she read that one? yes. and two pigs and I keep not reading that. what? Sarah didn't read dat to skindents. Sarah didn't read da skin. okay. Sarah didn't read da skind. oh. Sara doesn't read to the skindents. uh students. that's what he keeps saying. she can read if she wants. you can help her. you.
mama I help you? Sara. that's all. that's all. okay. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/john.cha = = = okay. you tell me. what's school. what about school? yeah. okay. what about it? did you go to school? are you ready to go to school? how old are you? [Nat scratching bottom of shoe jack joins in, jack and Nat laughed together] do you like this pair of shoes? he doesn't wanna talk. Nat's so silly. you don't like this pair of shoes? yeah. I do. they're about to fall apart. what? do you think they are about to fall apart? oh. [laughs] no.
look at me. yeah. he's asked is that a new game to play. oh. what's your favorite book? what? why don't you get a book and read it to jack? what is your favorite book? I'll get it. [all laugh and Nat runs out of room to get book. friends who were visiting were leaving and everyone talked at once. Nat brings book back and sits down next to Jack.] how come you like curious George so much. read cur'ous George. you want me to read curious George? [shakes head, yes] okay. [opens book] how many birds are there? [points] two. how come you like curious George so much? he is not real good at answering questions that start with why. read that. [pointed down at book] okay. this is George. [started reading book] what's he eating? banana. banana. [this is read directly from book.]
good. he lives in Africa. he was very happy but he has one fault. he was too curious. an he was on a swing, swing. yup. that's right. and he was eating banana. right. [turn page] and she was swinging. yup. one day George saw a man. he had on a large yellow straw hat. the man saw George too. do you know where Africa is? were Africa is? yeah. do you know where Africa is? where Africa is? yeah. where? [Nat points down at tree on page] oh. [jack continues reading] it's on this page. oh. you know what he's hiding behind? what a nice little monkey he thought. I would like to take him home with me.
he put his hat on the ground and of course George was curious. he came down from the tree to look at the large yellow hat. what's he doing there? can he read this? %add: to gwen he'll tell you about it. oh. tell me about it. he doesn't read. [all laugh] tell me about it. tell me what's happening. tell jack. read the book to jack. he doesn't read it as well as you do. you tell him what's happening. tell me what's going on. what's that? what's happening? bag. yeah. [turn page] okay. and he saw the fish. yeah. he say hi fish. yeah. [turn page] he took him out of bag. yeah.