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you read it. me read it [laughs]. okay. George promised to be good but it is easy for little monkeys to forget. theyrr on that boat. yeah. he wants that [loudly]. yeah. see e e? oh oh. he fell off. eh. he fall off in water. play in water. yup. [turn page] can he swim? can't swim. where is George? in the porthole. and he gets xxx. [unintelligible word at end of gets] an pull him oouut. an put back in water. okay. an pull George out. yeah. he swallowed a lot of water didn't he? what? he swallowed a lot of water didn't he?
swallowed der water? let's see. what's happening? got off the boat. after a good meal and a good pipe, George felt very happy very tired. [turn page] yup. he went to sleep. what is this heah. I don't know. what do you think that is? bananas an peach's. yeah. [turn page] okay. do you notice those birds? those birds. you notice those? birds? he doesn't know what notice means. oh [laughed]. do you see them? see the birds. yeah. alright. [turn page] he wanna talk on teon tefelone. who's on the telephone? the fireman. you tell jack about the fireman.
the fireman. have you ever seen a fireman? who's that? this guy? you know a fireman is. Ma. who's jack? who's jack? that boy's name is... that man's name is jack. you're name jack? [looks up at jack] yeah. what's your name? what's that lady's name? Kim. Kim? what's that other man's name? Elliot. elyut? oh. what's your name? me. [emphasizes it] me. what's your name? me. [points to himself] you know what your name is. okay me.
me read it. you. [points to himself] you [laughs]. me. now wait a minute. wait a minute. you can't be me and you at the same time. I you. yeah. and you're you and I'm me. right. there's a firetruck. have you ever seen a firetruck? yeah. at fire station. e [imitating siren]. the firetrucks make. that's right. that's what firetrucks do. eeerh. who took you to the fire station. me. [emphasizes] no. who went with you? Susie. [gwen nods yes] and err they gots in the fire engine. an into the monkey's house.
um ha. [turn page] but there was no fire there. no fier. so what are they doing to the monkey? they sace him. where'd they put him. in zail. looks like he's trying to get out. what? looks like he's trying to get out. umhumhum. trying to get out. there's a telephone pole. a telefee pole. um hum. what's tefle... telephhone wires. tefelone wire. yeah. those are the wires. there tefelone pole. that's the pole. that is the pool. do you know what these things are? know what these things are? I don't know. [all laugh] what are these? transformers?
no. the little glass things that are on the side. we useta collect them. [Nat rubs his eyes] Nat, do your eyes hurt honey? what? do your eyes hurt? no. [Nat rubs his eyes] do your fingers hurt? are you very sleepy? yeah. do you wanna go to sleep? no. ah. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/kim.cha = = = [nat gets a book and sits on couch next to Kim.] oh. what book do you have here? do you know the name of this book? wha' name that book. no. that's a new book. is this a new book? yeah. yeah? tell Kim where we got it. the liberry. you went to the library?
who coat is this? [pointing to jack's coat] that's Jack's coat. jack coax? uh ha. do you know what the name of this book is? [shakes his head no] it's Benjamin's three hundred sixty five birthdays. yeah. do you know when your birthday is? when I birthday is? do you know? uh, I know? it's in May. may. may? will you be three years old... yeah. on your next birthday? yeah. I have a three year old sister, a little girl. [Kim takes out pictures] look. wha'? [looks at pictures] that's my little sister. she looks a little bit like you. her name is Cricket. her name is Cricke? cricket.
cricket? ah hum. oh. um. see. and this was Christmas. and she got some new toys. oh. [nat looks at some pictures] whats that? that's a spin wheel. you sit on it and you spin around on it. do you think you'd like a toy like that? yeah. yeah. tell Kim what you got. what did you get? a lot of nice things? yeah. [goes around to the other side of Kim to see the other pictures] I ga... be careful with that picture. who's who's that wa... [pointing to picture] more pictures. [nat goes back to the other side to sit down] do you know who that is? who? see. that's the little girl, Cricket.
who's that? [looking at another picture] cricket. cricket? oh. [looks at pictures again] what's tha that boy's name there? that is Keith. keif? yes. oh. that's my brother. yeah? do you have any brothers? yeah. eee that's sister. that's my sister. very good! do you have any sisters? [nat ignores her and looks at other pictures] whats that? yer brudder? that's my brother. oh www [starts to mumble to himself]. now, what is this? that? do you know what that is? that's a Christmas tree. a Christmas trees? do you have a Christmas tree on Christmas?
yeah. did you help put on all the pretty ornaments? yeah. yeah? look! [goes to look at pictures again] what color was your Christmas tree? [nat ignores question and looks through pictures] see look. I have lots of brothers and sisters. do you know how many brothers and sisters I have? how many are there? [goes over to sit on couch again] [unintelligible] look! look this one! yes. who's that? he yar brudder and your sister again. right! do you know what my sister's name is? what is your sister's name is? do you remember? cricket. cricket! right. what's yer brudder's name? do you remember that one? ye 'member that? Keith.
keif. yes. [nat goes backove to look at pictures again] what is this ones. this is my grandpa. yeah. do you have a grandpa? yeah. what's your grandpa's name? [nat looks at pictures again] where's Andy? there's Andy. who's that? what's that girl's name? cricket. where's Emily? cricket. Emily isn't here. [goes on to explain who emily is and that Nat is talking about his cousin Andy. most of the words are drowned out by others laughing and talking] [Nat starts to mumble again about the pictures] this is my grandma. does your grandma look like this? yeah. she does? [laughs] whats that? oh. who's this again? you know these people, Nat. this is my daddy.
tha''s your daddy? where's your daddy? at work. at work? an whats this one? whats... oh who dat? that's keif. that's keif! an that's Cricket. yes. and this one is another brother, Andy. that 'nother... Andy. whats name is this? do you know an Andy? you know is Andy? [laughs] know is Andy. you have it upside down. wha'? that's it. see. and our Christmas tree. yeah. do you know what these are here? what those are there? stockings. stockings! whats in a stockings?
presents. did you have a stocking? yeah! what did you get in your stocking? nooby! Snoopy! oh! did you get some books for Christmas? yeah! how many? one, two, free, four, fi', ex... [gets off couch] be careful. don't bend the picture. I wone. [looks through pictures again] can I... I think you saw all of them. what? [picks out picture] these are my sisters. sisters? they're twins. twins look are two girls that look alike. you saw some twins last summer. whats that? that's my grandma. whats that? you know who that is. tha''s Cricket.
no. this is Cricket. whats that? what's my other brothers name? oh dat keif. Keith! whats that? do you remember what his name is? Andy! Andy. very good. tha''s Cricket. yes. [pointing to Keith] and look what he got for Christmas. do you see what that is? wha' dat is? da boo da ball. a ball. yes. a red ball. red book. [comes to kneel next to couch] but you but you can see disj one. [hand one to GGG] oh. thank you. do you know who this is [picture of Kim]? that is? who does that look like?
yer sister. is that my sister? yeah. where's my book? her's you book. do you wanna read your book? le let's put them all back togedder. okay. that a boy. very good. who's this? [laughs] you know who that is. oh yeah. a new toy. a new toy... yeah. an ya get on it an whir aroun'. right. an ye you look at this one... [gives one to GGG] thank you. an I look at this one. that's you Christmas tree. oh. what are these? presents. presents. are there are so many. [mumbles]
you put it that one over dere. [some unintelligible mumblings by Kim and Nat while they were looking at the pictures] that's your keif. [many times Nat would pronounce certain words correctly but when he was excited or in a hurry he would off lectures or mispronounce the word.] dat yer brudder. an that's Cricket. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/dan.cha = = = what are you making? I'm making a ferris wheel. have you ever ridden on a ferris wheel? no. mom. I'm making a ferris wheel. oh. would you like to go on one? mom. can I go on a ferris wheel? sometime. where did you see a ferris wheel? was it at a park somewhere? looks to me like the ferris wheel goes round and round. [Nat's drawing was a series of circles] does it? here's your picture. [gives it to Angela] so what's this? is it another ferris wheel? here's a picture for you. [tears off picture]
that's one for me. yeah. oh. well. thank you. Nat, can you draw a picture of Daddy and Mommy? daddy and Mommy and Douglas and Nathaniel. is that your daddy? uhuh. well. what is it? I just draw. I just drew her. it looks like you just like to make circles. do you like to make circles? look. draw on the back here. draw a picture of something else. yeah. draw a picture of me. can you draw Dan? this one is you. you can take this home. what is that? is that Daddy? [car noise outside] no. he won't be home for a long time. what's this? [pointing at moustache]
a beard. that's pretty close. it's a moustache. can you put my moustache in there? what about my ears? those are your ears. how many ears do I have? one two. that must be my nose. those are your ears. [mumbling] [drawing] do I have wheels? what? do I have wheels? wheels like a car. you didn't put any wheels on me. I'm putting wheels on this car. [new picture] oh. you're going to draw a car now. huh? cars have wheels, huh? huh? Nat, draw me a car here. would you? I wanna take a car home. there's your car. that's my car. I won't be able to go anyplace in a car like that.
that's a better car, Nat. [after Nat redraws car] thank you. where do you sit in that car? who's going to drive it? Angela? yeah. is this another car? yes. I'm going to make your car. my car. is my car fast? or is it slow? your car is fast. it's a fast one. do your car go fast. sometimes. when I make it go fast. where do you think we should go in a car. to a picnic right here. make the car go to Stone Mountain. could we go to Stone Mountain in the car? yeah. what happens at Stone Mountain? what do we do at Stone Mountain? fall into a hole? what do we do when we get to Stone Mountain, Nat? we go boating, and there's Stone Mountain. [points to new drawing] there it is.
where's the lake, though? what? is that the lake or is it the mountain? and you can take this home. oh. really. that whole thing is a picture of Stone Mountain. thank you, thank you. what is this? you can xxx. what are you making now? you're making holes in the paper. can you count how many holes there are? one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, four. how many holes are there? count them again for Dan. let me hear you count them again. [inaudible section--something about where his dad is, etc., at Stone Mountain, etc. between Mother and Nat] do you think your dad would go to Stone Mountain and leave you? what does your dad do at work? what does Daddy do at work? hey, Nat. have you ever been there? yeah. what did you do at work with Daddy? did you see some animals there? was some animals there? [Nat redirects question to Mother] yup. did you like the rats?
did you pick up a rat while you were there? no. how close did you get? [Nat continues to punch holes in paper] well, tell me what it is. [after Nat shows paper to Dan] holes. can you make a picture with holes? no. you can't make a picture with holes? can you? yes. punch holes in this part. can you draw a picture of a rat? Nat? [after receiving no response from Nat] what? can you draw a picture of a rat? draw a rat for Dan. here's one for you. is that the rat's hole? yes. is the rat going to live in that hole? is that a rat? [after Nat draws another picture without responding to Dan's last question] no. put it with that one. I'll put it over here. I was just wondering, is it a picture of a rat? no.
well. what is it then, actually? is it a picture of an octopus? yeah. [punches holes in paper] are you making a picture of something? mommy? here. let me draw you a picture with holes. [punches holes so that they make a happy face] what is that? a bunny rabbit. a what? a bunny rabbit. you're right. it's a bunny rabbit. good guess. actually, that's a picture of my uncle. the rabbit. the rabbit needs some ears, Nat. let's see you put some ears on the rabbit. [Nat doesn't do it] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/bob.cha = = = Bob's the one with the glasses. yeah. I'm Bob. you, you, you you're Bob. I'm Bob. what's your book about?
Benjamin. he's got three hundred sixty five birthdays? yeah. that's what it says? there's Benjamin. anybody bought the p'esents and. what kind of presents did he get? Ma Mommy. what what did he is his name? uh, Tom? that's Tom. that's Tom? uhhuh. and that's Noel. that's Tom. that's Noel? you you you're Noel? right. and that's you name? which one is Benjamin? is this Benjamin? yeah. did did... who are all these people? those are Benjamin's... are those his friends? yeah. an' a dog. what is this? what has he got there?
a ball and puzzle. a puzzle? yeah. what's he got there? the bookstand xxx the bookstyand. he's got what here. an airplane? yeah. can you tell me what those are? pants. pants. that's right. what's this? that's a bird and its in a cage. yeah xxx. that's right. and all his friends going home. all going home. huh? yeah. look at all those presents he's got there! got that plane we saw before. plane! and he's got the pants. yeah. got his puzzle. yeah. and he's even got a... [Nat talking simultaneously] and he's got his birdcage.
birdie bird bird in it. an' an' and he's got a plane and puzzle and plane an' an' and puzzle and his birdcage and his birdcage with the bird in it. yeah he looks sad. why would he look sad? he he sits over here! uhhuh. what's this? birdcage with birdie. do you know why? why he's sad? why Benjamin is sad? know why Benjamin sad. he's sad because his birthday's not going to come again for another year. oh. uhhuh. yeah. looks like he knows his book. that's the garbage truck. [garbage truck is heard coming down the street] garbage truck. where's the garbage truck? well that's what the noise is. in a other street. [Nat runs to the window] no. where is the garbage truck? that's what the noise is honey. I don't know where it is. they'll come in a few minutes. there it is!
oh yeah. okay. there's a man. sorry [laugh]. better go look at this. where's the man? the man in the orange. look toward Mrs Sanford's house. standing by over there. [referring to delay caused by garbage truck] you know what a garbage truck does? mommy there the garbage truck! where. right over there. there's a garbage truck! [too far from microphone to pick up] come on. why don't you show me more of your book? book? gonna tell me more about Benjamin? he got a puzzle and pants and birdcage and he xxx. no do do don't. [Bob tries to turn page] oh. okay! and his airplane and he lotsa people there. he lives in. and he he he... it's a bird. a bird.
is it xxx and what is these Mommy? suspenders. and and these bbbspenders? that's right! do you know what they do? what they do? they hold up his pants so they don't fall down. oh yeah! can you tell me what that says? that? ah. come on! [laughing at the ridiculous question just asked] mommy can I I I I I read? you see he wrapped up everything in the house so he could have three hundred sixty five presents. mommy can I I I I I read words? uh probably when you're a little bit bigger you can. you can try. and that's Benjamin and I can read. xxx birthday. xxx and some pants and. xxx yes I I I I I can. what's that? it says here. so every night Benjamin wrapped up something in his house. every night Benjamin wrapped something in his house. [more and more quietly as the sentence progresses] okay look at this. he even wrapped up his drapes and his washing machine and everything. and his stove.
uhhuh. and and his telephone. and what's that? that's a big chair. that's a chair. see this chair. [pointing to chair in book] that he's sitting in here? that's what that is only all wrapped up. and he couldn't take a bath because bathtub is all wrapped up. that's right. he even wrapped his table and is eating on top of wrapping paper. wanted some bread and had some bread and his clock, and his picture and his stove and his refrigerator. so he's got three hundred fifty six birthdays? yeah. and all he friends came back and they brought him some presents present. uhhuh. and, and they know where Benjamin is on top of the roof. and l l lets and he wrap of his house house. and that end of story of Benjamin. [leaves the room to get another book--and returns with book to show to Tom] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/ruth.cha = = = can you tell me about the terrible terrier? [looking at a book] oh. he can read that book. will you read that book to me? let's look at this book. [Nat does not respond, but continues playing with blocks]
oh you're not done building? na uh. okay. what are you building now? building... airplane. another airplane? boy. you must like airplanes. do you like airplanes? what kind of airplanes do you like best? um. these. that kind? and you're building another just like that? no. no? what kind are you building now? [inaudible response] [note interaction with g, d, and r inaudible] what. mommy? I was just telling Douglas not to talk so much. you can talk. Nat, will you read this book to me? can you tell me about it? oh. I'm not finished building. oh. okay.
well. I'm finished building. okay. let's read this book. I'm curious. that looks like a pretty mean dog. who's this? turn it this way so I can see too. [Nat turning pages of book] mommy. what's the man's name? uncle somebody. I forgot. Ruth can get it. I can't see. uncle Jim. uncle Jim. mom. man's name uncle Jim. thank you. why is he uncle Jim? is that what you wanna know? y'ah. cause that's his name, I guess. uncle Jim. he gave the dog... he gave the dog to Christopher. oh. by the looks of that dog, it wasn't a very good gift. and he didn't like the garbageman...
he didn't? no. why not? and he didn't like the paperboy... [Nat ignores question] that's not a very friendly dog. and he didn't like the mailman... and... what? look at what the dog's doing. what's the dog doing? boom. [Nat ignores question; shuts book] he's doing something that most dogs don't do, right? what is Christopher doing? [Nat ignores question] let's see... he's talking with dr. bell, I guess. let's see what the dog would say. Dr Bell. [Nat shuts book] what happened in the end? we didn't read the end. where is the end at? [Nat and Ruth's comments inaudible] that's the end. [Nat closes book] except that's the back of the book. that's not the end of the story.
and he didn't like the garbageman and he didn't like the paperboy and he. [Nat turning pages] he didn't like the mailman. he looks like all he likes to do is just to be mean. he likes to be mean. wh what is he doing? what's Christopher doing? oh, he's talking to dr. bell and dr. bell said " I'm not a vet, and he isn't sick." and everybody slammed the door. oh, my goodness. the end. [Nat shuts book then Ruth comments] what happened to all your... don't you have a toy named, a a dog. named Snoopy? mm. y'ah. I got him for christmas. for christmas? who gave him to you for christmas? Santa. Santa. Santa. [singing] Santa is coming to town. is that a song? y'ah.
that's a song. what's a song? is is Santa coming to town is a is a song? y'ah. do you know any more songs? y'ah. okay. sing another song, if you want. you better watch. [Nat falls on floor] down. you're being silly. do you have any other toys you wanna show Ruth? y'ah. [Nat leaves room] Nat, what are you doing? [calls to Nat] are you going to get something to ride in it? [Nat comes in with wheelbarrow] I can ride in this. you're getting kind of big to ride in it. you can put blocks in here. you can put your airplanes in there. give your airplanes a ride for a change. they always give people a ride. w w we c c could put the blocks in it. mhm. [Ruth hands him blocks] where's Snoopy and rat? where'd they go?
why don't you give them a ride? they haven't had a ride in awhile. what? Ruth wondered where rat is. Snoopy? [Nat leaves room] where's Snoopy? [calls] I don't know. I'll see if I can find him for you. he's probably under the blankets. rat. [Nat runs into room] and curious George. who's that? Snoopy. Snoopy. who's this? rat. squeek, squeek, squeek, squeek [points rat at Nat]. ah. [Nat leaves room] Nat. hey buddy. come back in here. listen, Nat. [Nat goes outside] these people really came all the way out here to talk to you. don't go outside. I know it's a neat day out.
[inauidible] you can show them your camper. do you have a camper? [after Nat doesn't respond to previous question; taking up toys] do these guys like to play together? are they friends? no. keep them [as Ruth hands animal toys to Nat]. if they're not friends, how come they like to be together [after Nat finally puts animals in wheelbarrow]? hm [after no response from Nat]? are they friends [after no response from Nat]? back and forth. [no response to Ruth's question; wheeling barrow] up and forth... back and forth. I'll betcha they're getting dizzy. up and forth. hey, Nat. do you wanna read another book? what book? get the book " I am a bunny." and read it to Ruth. okay? I'd like that. you can read that really well and you can show her the flowers. remember? you want me to get it? no. I don't wanna read that.
okay. is that a new book? I've never seen that book. do you wanna draw a picture? y'ah. I'm draw a picture of things that... now you can draw. [gives paper to Nat] here look Nat. put it down on the book so it will be hard. and draw a picture of Nathaniel. no. [inaudible comment] what are you drawing a picture of? you can draw a picture of me. okay. okay. you forgot something. what did you forget? nose. [Nat draws more] is that my neck? no. I'll make your neck. there's your neck. okay. what's this? make sure I have long arms so I can reach. th there's your long arms. my long arms?
what's at the end of my arm? what's this right here? an elbow. an elbow. [holds up her elbow] okay. I must be going like this. right? the elbow's at the end of the arm. [points to picture] can you give my any hands? y'ah. where are the hands? what about my legs and my feet? there you go [as Nat draws appendages on picture]. there's one foot and there's the other foot. oh. what a lovely portrait. I'm goint to get another paper. okay. you know where it is. take this home. [Nat give picture to Ruth] thank you. I'd love to. I'll put it up on my wall. what? I'll put it up on my wall so I can look at it. okay [no response from Nat]? what's this?
now what are you drawing? Ma can I have this? [as gwen enters room, refering to paper] ya. [gwen laughing] I guess. where did you find it? what is this a picture of [after no response to previous question]? that's really nice. on this I'm gonna draw Otto. Otto. who's Otto? mm? Nat, who's Otto? dog. oh. a dog in one of your books? y'ah. look. is that Otto? where's the ears, and the eyes, and the nose? the foot. the foot. [Nat talking to himself as he draws; eg., here's the nose] dogs have four feet? right? do dogs have four feet? Ma. do d dogs have four feet? this dog xxx...
[inaudible utterance follows "this dogs"] does it have a tail, too? d d d does it have a tail? look, mommy. y'ah. it's a good dog, Nat. it sure is. and there's its tail. it's very good. it's even got a tail. it's Otto. what's Otto doing? in this picture? what's he doing? see... he's... [inaudible comment follows] now I'm going to do another picture. how bout if I get you a paper. no. Nat, can you tell me what Otto's doing in the picture? running around. oh. I thought so. I'm gonna get a paper. this one's gonna be a bunny rabbit and bunny hat. the easter bunny? no. did you tell Ruth what the easter bunny's going to do? bring candy.
what's the easter bunny going to do with the candy? gonna hide it. who's going to find it? me. and Douglas? no... [inaudible comment] is this one his feet? [as Nat starts drawing] no. that's a hand. he has a long arm, doesn't he? Nat, where's the easter bunny going to hide the candy? in the house. here in the house? y'ah. Nat's house. where do bunny rabbits live? live in hokes in trees. this is a hole [as Nat draws]. how do bunny rabbits get around? is this one his feet? [Nat starts drawing] no. that's a hand. he has a long arm, doesn't he? [Nat and Ruth inaudible conversation about picture of bunny] Nat, where's the easter bunny going to hide the candy? in the house. here in the house?
y'ah. Nat's house. where do bunny rabbits live? live in holes in trees. this is a hole [draws]. how do bunny rabbits get around? = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/claire.cha = = = look. [showed Claire stick blocks] oh. that's great. that's a helicopter? do you want those? [other blocks] look. oh. that's wonderful. that's very pretty. does it fly? yeah. [made motions like it was flying] [makes motion likes it's flying] it's flying now? when did you learn to make helicopters. hum? did you just think it up? it's flying. [waves it in the air] it's flying.
it sure is. can you put these on too? [picks up some blocks and Nat takes them from her] no. doesn't a helicopter have a thing that goes like this? [sticks up in the back] like... doesn't a helicopter have a thing that goes out the back? yeah. are there any more of those? [referring to blocks] oh. that's very nice. can I hold it? I'm gonna hold it. okay. it's flying. [waving it in the air] it certainly is. that's very nice. can you make it land? Nat, can you make it land? is it do you have an airport for the helicopter? yeah. where is it? show me the airport. I'm gonna make one. did you ever make any other airplanes? I bet you could make another airplane with some of these. [blocks]
hum? oh. I don't have another squ 'gain. you don't have another squ... [doesn't recognize word] you mean like this. [shows block] no. I'm gonna make one. that. hum. who's crying outside? see. [shows Claire the airplane] oh. I see that. that's very nice. oh. sounds like a kitten. [laughter] [gwynn comes in with coffee and serves it to Claire, Angela, Ruth, Dan, and herself. a little adult conversation ensues that Nat doesn't participate in. he sits on the floor and plays with blocks] what do you think that is? [the coffee] do grownups drink coffee all the time? [after Nat doesn't answer] I like tea. tea? yeah. what do you like to put in your tea? hum?
put? do you put anything in your tea? I put sugar in my tea. what else? anything else? no. no cream? [Nat still playing with helicopter, shakes his head] you don't like cream? my son, Brian, I told you his name. he likes to drink tea with cream and sugar. oh. lots of cream? no? does your boy, like xxx put. xxx put. cream. he loves it. cream. cream and sugar in his tea? [claire's last remark and Nat's last two remarks spoken at the same time.] yes, he does. does he he like put lots of... no. [misunderstands] cream. yeah. more cream than tea, really. when do you drink your tea? hum?
when do you drink your tea? [Nat doesn't answer] that, you gonna hold that one. [after Claire picks up other block formation--the airplane] okay. I'll hold that one. what is that? which is this one called? that one's called. that one's called an airplane. that one's called... what's this one? helicopter. [Nat took the blades off the helicopte and put them on in a different way] that's a helicopter. that's very nice. how 'bout that? can you put it this way? [pointing to part of the block formation] hum. [doubtfully] hum? I never saw an airplane that looked like that... I saw a helicopter that looked like that. what? I've seen a helicopter that looked like that, but I never saw an airplane that looked like this. [her block formation] I d d d see ah I saw an airplane. where? where?
at the airport. was it very big? was it xxx big, Mommy? [looks at his mother] you went on it. don't you remember? yeah. where'd you go? we went to my gramma's house. [spoken very low] oh. was that a long time ago? hum? no. was that before your little brother was born? no. was that since then? [laughter] Phila'elphia is where I was born. I went to 'ila'elphia, when I was born. what. [not understanding] I went to Philadelphia, when I was born. was very what? I went to Philadelphia. Philadelphia. [triumphantly] is that right? yeah. oh.
when I when I was born. you lived in Philadelphia when you were born? yeah. [still playing with blocks] that's very nice. did you like Philadelphia? yeah. is Philadelphia warm like Atlanta? is Philadelphia warm, Mom? [imitating Claire's pronunciation of the word] it was hotter in the summer time. you were very little when you came here. do you know how old you were when you came here? he was about four months. I don't think you remember Philadelphia. [laughs] I'm making a bridge. [puts blocks into a square formation, making a bridge] a bridge. good. oh, that's okay. I was just wondering if he was getting tired. what is the bridge going over? it's going. the bridge is is. the bridge is... the car, the car. right. what does the bridge go over? the reason we have a bridge is cause there's something that the car can't get over.
what the car can't get over. yeah. [demonstrates with hands on the rug] like maybe you have a stream of water. the road comes up and the stream is there and the car can't get over. so you have a bridge. yeah. what does your bridge go over? my bridge goes over. my bridge goes over a boat. a boat. many boats or just one boat? what? are there a lot of boats or just one boat? lots. what color are they? green and... [remainder of utterance folowing and inaudible] need a stick. [a block, Nat looks for more blocks] hum. need another stick. you need some more. I don't think there are any more. [Nat takes the bridge formation apart.] [crying]. [several adult voices in the room, indistinguishable] I need another stick. you need another stick. [looks around]
are there any more sticks? there don't seem to be any more sticks. [conversation in room among adults, about cream, sugar, coffee table, and location of possible sticks] are there anymore sticks in your room, Nat? y'ah. do you have any more sticks anywhere? what? are there any more of these? y'ah. are they in your room? no. I looked in my room. they're not in my room. they're not in your room. ah can you tell me what. there are six of them. here's one. [gets him a stick from another room] here is the last one. want that? [pause while Nat plays with the blocks] do you have a dog? what? do you have any dogs? no. the dog lives next door. the dog next door. [imitating dog's name--to mother] the dog next door? yeah.
he is next door. what's the other dog's name. how big is he? as big as you? yeah. what's the name of the dog on the other side? which dog? Mrs Lastname's dog. what's his name? puppy. [loudly] the dog's name is puppy? yeah. I think, I think. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/lauren.cha = = = what do you see? Otto. you see Otto? yeah. what else? [unintelligible] what's that? the moon sun. sun, sun. that's right! look at that! that's a house. uhuh. would you guys like some coffee?
[everybody says No, no thanks.] what else about the house? look, look? look. look childwa. ummm? children. childre'. [sans 'n'] children. okay. see the people. poople right there. little people. little kids. what's that? flag. uhhuh. great. an Ameican [sans 'r'] flag. it's an American flag. that's a French flag. felench flag. right. at least the colors were right. okay. what's up there? house. a house. dere's big people in 'e.
there is a big person. his name was Duke. his name is Duke. uhhuh. look. that's a key. he's throwen it to the kids. what about this one? look! that's big puppy name [sans 'd'] Otto. uhhuh. you're right. great. what are the children doing? putting ladders on Otto. putting, Why are they putting ladders on Otto? they were climb on Otto's head. great. surprise ya. ugh? %add: said to Gwen I didn't know he know he knew that. it's a new book, and this is a new phase he has juxt gotten into being able to pick out things. an xxx dat bask ket ket ball [that's basketball]. a basketball? basket you throw balls in. um. okay. well it's got a basket down there. but it's got a big balloon.
and it flies and I mean floats in the sky. where sky? sky's up there somewhere. uhuh. up, always look for the sky up. never can fail. sky up. what color's the sky? blue. that's right. is this Otto, too? yeah. Ga, he can do a lot of things. ugh? he won [run]. he won? runs. oh. [laughter] he runs? [Nat runs.] safe. [laughter] he runs like dat [that]. okay. super. oh. we'll go back. okay [softly]. what is that?
choosoo train. shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo, shooo, shooo, shooo. back and for. back and for okay. look at this. he's wagging his tail. everything. what else do you see? dere. banners. yeah. look at this. what's that blue? water. good. water. right. what's that gween and, and [two ands] grey, and red? okay. the green part right here and that part and the little... that's part of the boat. that's all part of the boat. just different colors on the boat. what's that? that's another part of the boat. but that's, that's the part where people can stand. and they drive a boat. you know. like you drive a car. you gotta drive a boat, too.
and then, that's all part of it. when n get bigga I can drive di boke. and see. they're pulling Otto. why? I don't know why. let's see. the pulli'g Otto. okay. they're taking him for a ride. right. they're taking him for a ride. they're gonna take him to some place else. cause he was a big dog. was a big dog. uhhuh um. look at that! th th they pullin' him foe d xxx. [unintelligible] um. he a big dog. uh! he's s big dog. really. he really is. have you ever seen a dog that big? yeah. have ya? what did he look like? okay.
where? like dat [that] one! yeah. where'd you see it? where I see it? in the other book. you've seen some other dogs, but I think the biggest dog you've seen is Friskie. what's Friskie like? dog food. huh? dog f'od. dog food. you said what does Friskie like? where's Friskie, Nat? I bet he does. de Karen's pupupy. is it next door? yes. ah. [all talk unintelligible] okay. black and white dog. uh huh. black and white. yeah. black and white. is he nice? yeah. he is! that's great!
do you get to play with him? uhhuh. uhhuh. [breathy like a whisper] uhhuh. uh huh. [all laughter] let's see. oh. look at this. he doesn't look very happy. does he? get his head down. when you're unhappy, don't you kind of have your head down. when you're sad? what do you do when you're sad? [smiles.] no. that's not it [laughter] xxx Ruth I guess he's not sad today! no. that look like. what is that? what does that mean? where'd you get your zoo shirt? zoo! who gave you that shirt, Nat? Nanny. grandma. grandma. he was fantastic.
I bet you really like it. huh? nannnny. Nanny didn't give you that. Nanny gave you the sweater. did you get this for Christmas? yeahhhhh. oh. [unintelligible] that's nice. put's that? Nanny gave you this sweater. huh? dis sweater! that sweater. okay. that's great. dat de sun [that's the sun]. that's the sun. okay. yeah [breathy, as a whisper]. whe''s de Duke? where's the Duke? let's see. he's way down at the bottom of the page. in the blue coat! yeah. look way down there. right there. du' dat de [that's the].
and Otto's running again. yeahhahh. yeah. let's turn the page. let's look at what's there? oh dear. let's look. what do ya see? otto. yeah. but what's he doing? he's wondi awound. right. exactly. where de Duke? he ran around so fast that it, that it made like just really big winds, and it knocked all the people over and the camels. look at this camel. you know what a camel is? what camel is [ah the camel sans 'l']. do, do you know? know what camel is? you saw a camel at the circus. he's a camel uh [at] the circus. it's got that big hump! do you remember that? huh huh? no. uhuhmm. member I saw camel at circus [very soft]. saw a camel in the other book.
uhhuh. dere's dis one i a otto book. [k is said very softly] yeah. there's a camel in that. oh. look at that picture. look a [at] dat [that] pictur' [sans 'e']. uhhuh. isn't that neat? you wanna look at the Otto book some more? yeah. okay Nat. you know what you should read. whai. is go get the Curious George one about the fire engine. okay. cause you can read that one to them. cause you know that one really well. oh. go get that one for us. okay. [all talk unintelligible] [Nat runs into room.] oh, okay. I think I read Curious George. are you going to read it to us? yeah. okay. come on.
ah George walkin' on de teephow. uhhuh. yeah. uhhuh. he took 'im in a bag. he took 'em out a de bag [of the]. then what happened? what happened there? he fly an [and] fall in water. he falled in de [the] water. I see. cause he tried to fly ugh? he we' swimming. oh. he dat [that] one go so he don't get wet. oh. I see. look. what coming out of his mouth? look at those little green things. what are they? fissh. yeah. that's right. where do they live? in water. exactly right. what's he doing there. look. he's sleeping der.
oh. he's got some bananas. an peaches. and peaches. right! and firemen. called de fiamen on telephone an' got in there. fire monkeys and I were no fire. and he put him in jail. an then [men] standing on a bed. an that's I fall off. and what? and it fell over. oh. and it fell over. okay. and it fireman get a monkey down. oh. and monkey run hufalow wire. and he got monkey. monkey want get one red lone. he didn't get one loon [balloon]. he got all de loonaawoons. really. but look what the balloons are doing! he the wind blow up an de air. right. was [what's] here? what he's. what's he doing.
is the balloons are taking him higher and higher up in the sky. and all the people are down below. and he got scared. he was frightened. he' a stweet light, light. um. street right! wait one second. can we go back here a second? yeah. what's that? flas' light. [Chuckle] close. but it's it's on a street. and it's called a stop light. and it's got three different colors. yeah. what does the red light mean? stop. and the green light? go. great. an' the' lellow light. what does the yellow light mean? stop, too All [laughter]. e green ligh' [sans 't'] waaaa goooo. go. yeah. you're right. look at that little doggie.
look at dat wittle doggie. l le lest what happens here. gave it da man de bawiib nab abd de all went to de circus. ahhah. der's de nutter cameral. that is a camel. you're right. how can you tell that's a camel? a an' de monkey gave a all de 'loons to de aw awta animals. right. do you like balloons? yeah. I going to get to one bow [about] the blue one. the blue one. yeah. [all say Woops] [runs in the other room.] I be right back. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/angela.cha = = = [Everyone is sitting in the living room.] go over and talk to Angela. what's your name again? Nathaniel. what did you say? Nathaniel. Nathaniel but what do you call yourself? do you call yourself Nathaniel? yeah? how old are you?
hey Nat, listen. do you wanna show Angela some toys or some books? yeah. what's your favorite toy? Nat what's your favorite type of toy? my favorite toy is big truck. what? oh. a big truck. you can bring the big truck out. [it is in the back bed+room] [Nat runs back to get the truck] oh. wow. what do you do with that truck? I... put... you put what now? your animals in there? animals. try and get them all in. [Nat is putting stuffed animals in the truck bed] yeah. and then what do you do? what? try and make it go fast, huh? [Nat pushes the truck around the room] and you turn. do you just go around in circles? yeah.
don't you wanna take your animals someplace? no. no? you how to play and truck go faster ride them too much and. [21 incoherent, Nat is playing with his truck] watch it. you're going to kill me. [nearly crashes the truck into Angela] and... xxx all the... xxx you don't crash into people. okay? what happens when you do that? what's that? all your animals are out now. what are you going to do about it? [the stuffed animals fall out of the truck while Nat is playing] put it back up and put them back in. oh. that's smart. they can. that's smart. one of your animals is falling out. what? look one of your animals is falling out. take a look on the side. see. look. his ears are touching the ground. you don't want that to happen.
do you? do you ever ride on your truck? [Nat fixes the animal in the truck, then sits on the cab of the truck] hm. [pushes the truck backwards] is it harder to push that way? what? is it harder to push when you ride on it? is it harder to push the truck when you're sitting on top of it? he doesn't know harder. I can push backwards. go backwards? I. oh. look. you sure can. you don't crash, Nat? I crash and I get on only outside. only outside I crash. I can go over that big bump. let me see you do that. okay. I going backwards. well. um. you know you know what? you lost something. what? whoops. you lost a couple of them now.
[a couple of stuffed animals have fallen out of the truck] I... lost Frisky and puppy. frisky not not not when Daddy's home. not what when Daddy's home? not when you bring the zoom zoom. [Nat is pushing truck, making zoom-zoom noises] another crash. what do you do when you're through driving them all around? then what do you do with your animals? I and zump them and zump. [Nat makes the animals jump up and down.] jump them. zump them? oh. jump them. puppy's jumping. you jumping them down. he can jump like this. yeah. he sure are jumping. why do you want them to jump? where is Snoopy? I don't know honey. where is Snoopy? he's probably in your room. did he have lunch or is he in the bedroom? [Nat runs into the bed+room for Snoopy.] yeah. see he's in...
oh. make Snoopy jump too. what? would you like to make Snoopy jump too? oh, I... no. where the other puppet? here's a puppet. do you want a puppet? no. why don't you put a puppet on your hand? no, you. do you want me to put one on? yeah. okay. [Angela puts a puppet on] I kitty cat meow. I puppy woof woof. [screams like a puppet in a high-pitched voice] I w wh uh. hey, Nat. you want them. you say please. you can have them. please. okay. you're welcome. what are we going to do with the puppets? I'll tell you what. why don't you tell me a story with the puppets?
put them on and tell me a story. no. [screams like a puppet] why not? whee. don't you know a story to tell me? yeah. I know some. [incoherent] where are your eyebrows? [Nat is asking Angela] my eyebrows are right here. [Angela points them out] oh. [general laugh] eyebrows are right here? yeah. that's my eyebrow. and this is my eyebrow. where's your eyebrows? [Nat points to his own eyebrows] your eyebrows are real light colored. mine are darker. aren't they? my I have eye'rows light color eyebrow. Ma Mommy look Ma Ma Mommy you. my have lighter. you eyebrows have darker. when you get bigger your eyebrows will get darker. yeah.
when I get bigger my eyebrows will get darker. yeah. they sure will. well, are you going to put your puppets on and tell a story? yeah. okay where's your puppet's eyebrow? let me see. no your puppet's eyebrows. does he have eyebrows? show them to me. [Nat points out puppet's brows] yeah. those are his eyebrows. can you get this one on? do you want me to help you put them on? [Angela helps Nat on with puppets] now. what are they doing. puppet. it come down here and it came off. [Nat lets it fall] it came off? why? no no... please put this one on. [Angela helps Nat with puppet] okay. I'll put this one on. [Angela puts it on herself] put this one one me.
oh. okay. what do you say? please. okay. now. hold your hand up. one of them is backwards. if they're backwards you can't have them talk to each other. one of them backwards. why not put them backwards? then they can't look at each other. they... this is... yes they can. they look at each other. make them talk. [Nat uses high puppet's voice] I can't make them talk. okay. you don't hafta. look look at I can talk. meow kitty cat. I puppy, woof, woof. what's the kitty cat's name? what's the cat's name? meow. and the dog's name? woof, woof. woof, woof?
woof, woof, woof. [continues making noise like puppy and cat] hey Nat. whose puppets are those? daddy's. wait a minute. one came off. putting on my hand. put that one back on. putting on my hand. what do you say? please. okay. I kitty meow. I puppy. I kitty meow. I'm a puppy. woof woof. I'm a kitty cat! meow, meow. I puppy woof woof. [Nat continues to make the puppets speak, usingl a high squeaky voice] I'm a kitty cat! woof, woof! kitty cats don't say woof, woof. well. them is. yeah. where are your eyebrows? [Nat's asking Wendy]
where are they? yeah. give me the kitty cat. thanks. kitty cat looks tired. have you been a good kitty cat? yeah. no. no? what did he do wrong? what did he do bad? look it. he... he looks like he's sleeping. all curled up. well. um. he sure does. do you have a kitty cat? a real kitty cat? does someone around your neighborhood have one? no. does someone around here have a kitty cat? Mommy. look... he's doing. yeah. he's sleeping. he's sleeping with the doggie. will you tell Angela who has a kitty cat.
Jagsey. [apparently someone's name, some Nat knows] Jagsey yeah. where does Jagsey live? Nanny's house. do you go play with him a lot? look! = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/lindsey.cha = = = you know Nat when I was a little girl I I useta watch Captain Kangaroo. and he had a kitty cat just like that. just like that. uhhuh. I don't think it's the same one though. does the kitty cat ever get lonely? or is he okay with the other dog? with the Puppy? is he lonely, or is he... they play together a lot? they're kissing. [Nat touches cat to dog as if making them kiss] what? they're kissing. they kissing. um huh. doesn't it look like they're kissing? puppy. [makes dog stand on cat's head] look puppy's doing! ah!
what's he doing? he's he's standing up. kissing. he's standing on his head kissing. wha' is he on his head. standing on kitty's head, isn't he? an an ishe feet up up in the air. ah. what is he doing? are they in love? or are they just good friends? kitty's kissing puppy. does Kitty and the puppy ever ride around on the truck? what? do you ever give the kitty and puppy a ride in the truck? or just the other guys? pup. pup! they're not going to fit. [Nat tries to put all of his animals in the bed of his tru] what? there's too many people in that truck! do you think they'll all fit? yeah. [decides to sit on tol of the truck] I hafta ride on it. where are you taking all your animals, Mr Trucker? driver. I'm a trucker driver. yeah.
truck driver voom, voom. I went over the bump. mhm. [Nat drove hsi truck over the bump in the carpet between the dining room and living room] let's... don't dump them out. [Nat starts to tip the back end of his truck over] lets. [is asking everyone to look at him spilling out his animals] look. look at this. look. looks... can you get them in there? [she is aking him if all his animals will fit inthe back of his truck] yeah. monkey can sit down. puppy can sit down. all myu animals be... these can have a ride. can you get it? [she wants to know if he can make all his animals fit in the truck] mhm. [large portion of conversatiojn between Nat and lindsay is incoherent] I can sit up here. [he's speaking about the truck] no puppy's too big. [she is saying that everything won't fit on the truck] yes. yes I can.
kitty says she wants to ride too, though. why have you left her out? she's all sad. want a ride? yeah. okay. okay that's good. [Nat puts the kitty and puppy puppets in the back of the truck] yeah. now they're happy. that's good. I ready? [Nat tries to roll the truck over the bump in the carpet] uhoh! what have you got a mountain there? to go over? or just a small hill? just a little bump? that a big bump! oh. that's a big bump. yeah. that looks pretty big. what? do you ever knock any animals out when you go over the bump? do your animals fall out when you go over the bump? do they fall out of the truck? yeah. want want. yes.
no. [Nat goes and gets his book and his monkey named George] let's read stories. story? is this Curious George? yes. looks like a monkey to me. he doesn't look like a George. is that George in the truck? the monkey? is his name George? yeah. go over and get him. bring him over here and we can read to him too. that's George. is his name George? yeah. is is this book about him? yeah. cmon George. let's get together there. George has a mouth. is that your mouth? yeah. right there? yeah. is my moth right there? yeah. right there. yeah.
Wendy doesn't have one. [incoherent conversation between Nat and lindsay] yeah. right. Wendy doesn't have one. Wendy doesn't have a mouth. we took it away from her. no. there it is. alright I didn't fool you. we tried though. what's George doing in this book? you. what's he do? you skipped a page. [Nat wants to go back to the beginnig of the book] oh. I'm sorry. George. what are you doing way up there? what's he doing? I thought monkeys were sposta climb on trees, not on telephone wires. does this monkey climb on telephone wires? yeah. a lot? he already on teltphone wire. [Nat dances his monkey around as if it was on a telephone wire] walking on telephone wire. oh. [she turns the page to the next picture]
he's pretty good at that. let's see what else George does. yeah. that looks better. he's eating a banana. he's climbing up the trees. [he makes hismonkey climb too] look at him go! what happens if he falls off? he get hurt! ah. well then don't make him fall off. he, he, does. he he won't fall off again. George is up in the tree. [they put George, the stuffed monkey, on top of the book and lindsay lifts it high in the air] right? what happens when he gets hungry and he wants to come down? wanna come down. he wantj to come down. there we go. [she brings the monkey down] h he came down. is he going to climb up that red tree? does he swing through the branches like Tarzan and all the other monkeys? does he swing around in the trees? or does he just climb up them. climb up the tree? no. he swings arond.
aaah. like that monkey. that monkey swings around the trees. this, this monkey tooing. yeah. [Nat swings his own monkey around; lindsey made the monkey seing first, then Nat imitated her] swing ar'und like that? do youj evr swing around in the tree with him? uhhuh. there he goes. [Nat still swinging monkey] there he, there he goes. an he swimming. he's swimming now. [they are now looking at a picture of George swimming] he got some. look at this. what's that? [they're looking at a picture of George in a boat] is it a boat in the water? what's he doing there? look at that. [he points to picture of boat] yeah. there little boat and there they got near to that big big big boat and near to this one. [a lot of noise on tape so can't hear what he is saying] you tell me about that. [he points to the picture; a lot of noise again] read. [lindsay starts to read the book to him]
tell me? it says " on the big ship things began to happen." " the man took off the bag." " George sat on a little stool and the man said " " George, I going to take you to a big zoo in a big city." do you think George would like that? would you like to be in a zoo with a bunch of other animals? no. how come? don't you like the zoo? yeah. but you don't wanna live there. I do like to live there. do you think George would like to live in the zoo? would your monkey like to live in the zoo? mommy look at him. [Nat raised his monkey up in the air and dripped him down into his pretend water] he fell in the water and got all wet. I get him. he all dry. he can catch cold that way. you wouldn't want George to catch cold. uhoh. I all wet too. are you going to dry yourself off? I all clean. I never met anybody that likes a bath so much. what do you play with in the bath? kayak!
really. a white one. you have a white kayak? yeah. good. da gave it to surprise me. to surprise you? yeah. oh. that sounds like a good surprise. was that for something special or just for a surprise? was it your birthday? yeah. no. no. well. it sounds like... when's your birthday... do you know when you're birthday is? know, know when my birthday is? in May. my bi'thday is May. my's in May, too. you May too? yeah. we're both in May. that's pretty good. okay. this monkey's name is George. what are all those guys names?
do they have names too? all the guys in the truck? puppy and kitty cat. and Snoopy and puppy. uhhuh. what's the big guy's name? the big fuzzy ine. by the cat? why don't you bring the m in here? puppy! what? bring them in here. what's this guy's name? puppy! I thought he was puppy [act=pointing at puppet]. you got two puppies? yeah. okay. and Snoopy puppy. I see, and Snoopy... puppy named Snoopy. an wear the hat. oh. you dropped the kitty. [Nat had gone into dining room to get his truck with all the animals, and they were naming the animals. as he started to roll the truck around, the kitty puppet fell out] kitty cat. you can't roll that truck over me. it just doesn't work. [Nat tried to roll the truck over lindsay] I...
you can roll it back in the bedroom, if you want. no I can roll it right here. well, Nat. I think that Angela and I, and Wendy and I are going to hafta go. I hafta go take some classes at school. but I had a lot of fun playing with kitty and puppy and puppy and Geprge and Snoopy and you. I had a good time. thank you. can you say thank you for coming? please stay her. please stay here. [she imitates Nat while everyone laughes] and read some more book. oh. I tell you. I'd like to. it's a lot more fun than anthropology. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/harvey.cha = = = come here and talk to us. let's turn it on and make music. there's no music in it. it doesn't have any music. it's already turned on. do you like music? a lot? what? you can sing if you want music. okay. you can make your own music.
that's that's a good thing to do. the birds make their own music, don't they? how bout you get a book and read to them. do you wanna do that? yeah. okay, you get one of your books. %add: students. that's sometimes the best way to start. hey Nat, come on over here and read to us. okay books. do you remember my name? member my name? do you remember my name? member my name? what's his name? I remember your name. your name's Nat. what's my name? if you don't remember it, it's okay. tell me you don't remember. do you remember? member? my name is Harvey. Harvey. Harvey. and this is Susie. you know somebody named Susie, don't you. that's Wendy. I'm Wendy. you're Wendy?
uhhuh. and who are you? I'm me. you're me? [speaker might have been, transcriber was not sure] yes. I'm me. I you. I me. I you. you're you and I'm me. I'm me and you're you. [this is a game we play] you're me. yeah. you're me. [laugh] who am I? that's a good question. go ahead and start reading to us. let's see what's in this book. maybe a big puppy named Otto. named Otto? yeah. a big... he's a puppy? it's upside down, isn't it? is it? no. [turns book]
no? [laugh] i iit isn't upside down anymore. some little people. yeah. well what happens? what's that one? tell them what's in it. king. do you know what they're saying here? do you know what that means? that's the duke. he's the duke? yeah. okay. you know what that is? duke. duke? yeah. who's that? ladder. hm? ladder. ladders. oh oh. they're ladders. yeah. they're ladder. who this looks like it's an an animal, isn't it? who is it?
that's Otto. that's right. that's his name. and choo choo train. and da pullen em. hm? pullen em. and they're pullen him somewhere else. where are they pulling him to? somewhere else. somewhere else? where are they going? what's over here? what is that? looks like a castle. castle? is that what it is? yeah. how bout you know what these are? [laugh] what's this? sea gulls! yeah. that's very good. your father likes sea gulls, I think. doesn't he? ducks. do you know what that is? what that is. stone mountain.
[laugh] have you been to stone mountain before? yeah. have what did you do when you went there? climb up! momma. what's that? that's right. that's stone mountain. that's stone mountain. you climbed up. did you what else did you do? are. there are lots of things to do at stone mountain. what did you do. try to remember. climb up it. [2 %cod is the original tier name] climb. did did you go on the choo choo train? yeah. what did you see on the choo choo train? momma. did I go on choo choo train? you went on the choo choo train a long time ago with Nanny. ah ah. mommy and daddy too. [goes back to book] and. there was the boat again.
there's the boat. yeah. he's never had this one read to him. excuse me. that's why he's not familiar with it. there's the boat again. there's the boat again. and there's the seagulls again. and that the sun. and tha''s the sun. you know what the sun is. duke's way down here. he's way down there. what did Otto do? wait a second. look here. there's Otto right? what's he doing? he's running. run run run run. he run around. he ran around. and there Otto again. and. [4 is original tier name] what's that? Otto. big puppy named Otto. that's right. [4 is original tier name]
and some duke. and he's wagging his tail, right. he's moving it back and forth. right? have you ever seen a dog way its tail? yeah. what does that mean? do you know what it means when a dog wags its tail? you know what it means? it means he's friendly. most friendly dogs... there. there a dog way Otto wag his tail! Otto's a good dog. Otto's a friendly dog. and he he waggin' he waggin' his tail. yeah. that's the end of Otto. what? that's the end of the book. read. want me to read another book? if you'd like to. you can bring out a book. or do you have a favorite toy that you like to play with? yep. over here. a wheelbarrow. he hasta find it. whenever anyone says favorite toy he brings the wheelbarrow out.
it's just a toy. [laughing] I don't know why. I bet you can put all your toys in that wheelbarrow. do you? and you can carry them all around whenever you wanna. tell Harvey what your animals' names are. monkey and rat and Snoopy and frisky. where's puppy? [tape interrupted at this point with man's voice-expletive, probably describing his feelings about transcribing the tape] hi puppy. puppy. oh, you're a mechanic, right? what? you like to work with the hammers? what have you been hammering? did you make your wheelbarrow? what? did you make that with your hammer? you didn't. no. no. who made it? grandma. not grandma. grandpa. where are you going to take it? what? where you gonna take it? to the zoo.
[2 is original tier name] to the zoo? yeah. do you like the zoo? [2 is original tier name] yeah. I bet you've been to the zoo. what kind of animals did you see there? i i i. [Nat has not been to the zoo, only read about it] kangaroo? [Nat shows her toy monkey] I had a monkey. what? I had a monkey. who? I forget what I called it. oh yeah. this looks like my monkey. what's your monkey's name, Nat? George. George? opps. did he try to bite me? what? did the monkey try to bite me? hm? did monkey try to bite you? what? hm?
m m that monkey does not bite you. no? he's a friendly monkey. that's a toy monkey. oh okay. [everyone laugh] you're right. you are right. this monkey will not bit me. but you can pretend. hm? right? right. but it's a nice toy monkey. is this a nice toy monkey? momma. o l look at the wh wh way we're lying. yeah, you're lying like Harvey's lying. [everyone laugh] it's nice down here. this is comfortable, don't you think? I'm gonna, I wanna make Nat a hat. do you want a hat? yeah. what do do you like hats? yeah. alright, I'm going to make you a hat. what kind of hat do you have Nat? what kind of hat do you have already? I make hats out of paper.
what do you do you like hats? yeah. make me a hat. alright. but there's a story that goes with this hat. alright www. [muttering like this, alright, etc, as he folds paper] alright. [2 is original tier name] it's going to be a yellow hat. like yellow? yeah. mommy. look at he's doing! you start off like this. fold the piece of paper in half... okay. m mm m mammy... you need some tape? well, if he needs some tape, he'll ask for it, okay? no, this this hat works without any tape at all. how bout that. momma. we need some tape. Harvey says we don't need any tape. we don't need. no. do you do you what kind of hat do you want? you can have... lellow hat.
what? a little hat? yellow hat. yellow hat. yellow hat. alright. well here's one. try it on. [laugh] but you know what else you can do with this? what do? here you go. you take this one. I'll make another one and show you what else you can do with. I just learned this yesterday. [laugh] I've always wanted to make them, but they always fall apart for me. you ever been on a boat before? look mommy. [2 is original tier name] yeah. tell Susan what kind of boat you go in. what kind of boat do we go in? sailboat. and what else does daddy go in? kyack. where did we go boating. where did we go on our camping trip with the boat? in a sailboat. yeah, but where did we go to see the alligators.
far far away. yes, far far away. we saw one. one what? crocidile. wh wh what's Harvey making? Harvey's making another hat, maybe. I know how to make a lot of hats. here. you know, Nat, what does a fireman do? what does a fireman do? he do hats. [everyone laugh] he's got a fire hat. isn't this a fire hat? what? isn't this the kind of hat a fireman wears? little bit small. that's very good. but you say you like boats, right? there's something interesting about. this hat. there's something about this hat. I can turn this hat into a boat. do you believe me? yeah. you do? [laugh] I don't believe me. alright, watch this.
where am I... I lost half my hat. uhoh. uhoh. uhoh. uhoh. ah. here we go. ah. [mumble, fold] what d' you. what da he. momma. what d' he. no. we got another hat here. here's another hat. then we can put it on. ah there we go. it's got a messed up front end, but. [mumble something to s] [note here. gwyn, and other adults tended to mumble "off camera" conversation among selves. this made it frequently indistinguishable. such conversation will be indicated by parentheses] here's a boat. doesn't this look like a boat to you? yeah. with a messed up front end? [laugh] yeah. have you ever been on a boat? yeah.