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not like this? like this? this kind of boat? yeah? we can put it in the bathtub after. supper, if you want. I'll make a bathtub. %add: to gwyn [laugh] put it in bathtub after supper. well at least you got your hat. what? what? what? you were going to say something. hm? hm. the monkey wants to try on the hat. yeah. m monkey want a hat. your monkey wants a hat? yeah. okay. that's your hat, right? so I can make a hat for monkey. alright. a hat for your lmonkey. m ma mama mommy. he make. mama.
harvery make a hat for monkey. that's nice of Harvey. tell Harvey, that if he doesn't wanna use all his good paper, we can give him some old paper. this is fine. we've got some scrap paper if you... Harvey, you can givy us all your paper. mommy give y you some old paper. thank you. this paper's good. don't you like yellow hats? yeah. okay, so we'll have yellow hats. mommy. Harvey he wants to use his yellow paper. okay, yellow paper's prettier. okay. have your been playing outside in the. pretty weather. yeah. yeah? what do you do? what do you do outside? who that hat? [laugh] what mommy? [more laugh] what'd Harvey made? what's Harvey made? ahhah [delight]. and you can use this hat on all.
your animals. can you say thank you to Harvey? thank you Harvey. you're welcome. anytime you need a hat or your. husband www. %add: mumble to g mommy. hold this to me. okay. uhoh, you're in trouble. %add: to Harvey tomorrow. a hat for him too? let's see... where we going to wear the hat? hey Nat. maybe, maybe monkey can share the hat with the other animals. well, we'll wait a sec we'll make a hat for this animal. [g and h say something he'll still want this, he'll still want the boat] no, I don't know what he'll want. %add: mumble off camera maybe it would be better if monkey shared the hat with the other animals then Harvey won't hafta make more. momma. h Harvey wanna make the other one. I'll tell you, I'll make you pick out you're favorite animal other than monkey. I'll make you... this is number two here? you like him. I can...
how bout Snoopy? make a Snoopy hat? I can make little hats for little dogs. make a little hat for Snoopy. yeah. okay. I'll make a little hat for Snoopy. just one more hat, cause he cause he can't make hats for everybody he'd use up all his paper. he hasta save some. and I wouldn't be able to make hats for anybody else. make Snoopy a hat. hey, did you put your belt on? what? your belt. want me to do it up? no I. where the hole? how bout try this one? don't do that. what's this? me. [laugh] Nath that's Nathaniel. what? Nathaniel, what's in your fat tummy? baby. [laugh] noooo. mommy. can I have a baby?
[goes into bath+room, laughing] yeah? he's trying to go to the bathroom. no. he's putting a baby in there. what? putting a toy in there. this is the first time he's ever done this. usually he tells you lunch, or what he's eaten. [more talk, g, s, h] whatcha got in there, silly come on out and show us. uhoh. what do you have in there? Mama. leave your pants on. Mama. please put the baby in my tummy. okay, I'll put it under your t-shirt. what do you have in there? you're going to lose it. ah. maybe he'll come out the bottom. what? look under there. anatomy course. will he come out the bottom. no. no? what's under here? what's that?
looking. try the other one. what? over there. what. where's the baby. here. okay see him there. let's try this one. okay wait. shake around. jump up and down and see if he'll fall out. jump up and down. there. fall out? where's the baby, Nat. where did he go. you hid him. I think you're stuck with that baby. there he is. [laugh] [everyone also says there he is] oh, look Nathaniel. what. look, look at the little hat on Snoopy. [laugh] how bout that. thank you Harvey. welcome. whoops, it fell down.
look it. look it Harvey. and you hold this up. whoops. ha. mommy broke the hat. what's the big thing on your shirt? what's on your t-shirt? lion. where do lions usually live? mommy lion. and baby lion. and more and baby lion. look. mommy put it back on Snoopy. okay. oh. [n falls] ah, Mr Bump. you okay? oh. oh. yeah. where's fire hat? it's... who's a fireman, Nathani? oh. who do you know who's a fireman. what's this? that's a...
I can make a boat. I look. yeah. pretty boat. mommy. what's on Snoopy? hat? haha. look. my boat come out. uh oh. look what happened. look at my boat. where's my hat? what happened to your hat. it's still a hat. different kind. mm. I'll be able to fix it a couple times but not all day. you fix it, mommy. yes. Harvey, i i i. you say you're gonna make a boat? yes. good job. hm. what are you doing? making. what? that's not bad Nat.
pretty good. what I making? you did a pretty good job on that. is is a. [mumbles in background from adults] I know what this is. what is it. it's a check. a check. a what? a check. a sack. oh. a check. what do you do with a check, Nat? go to the bank and then the lady get it. [g mutters explanation] you'll hafta go outside sometime and play, aren't you. it's so pretty outside, right? right. right. where all your coats? we don't need any. we left them in the car. do you like to drive in the car? what are those? that's my coat and mommy's coat. where's you guy's coat. we didn't need any. we left them in the car.
where's your car? in the driveway. what color is it, honey? blue. what's that over there? what's that big wire thing? he doesn't know. never brought it to his attention cause some of the kids in the neighborhood climb it. oh. momma. w what that big thing over there? which thing. which thing. wh which thing. it's the electric wire thing. what would you call that? wh which thing. the big thing in Clarence's house. electrical. electric wires like telephone lines and stuff. those are wires all over the pole. what that big thing over there? um. those are electric wires. what is my street light. what's that? what? that blue thing? what blue thing? what are telephone wires for, Nat?
big man climb up there. [soft background, adults] what? blow ove' here. you can make a picture. blow on the window. [blow, blow] here [blow] like you're blowing out candles. can you blow out candles. what are candles? like one a birthday cake. like fire. like mommy and daddy have on the table. oh. you trying to clean the window? yeah. can I have a rag to clean the window? you can have a piece of paper towel if you want. like to clean windows. yeah. you can you can see thru the windows better if they're clean, can't you. picture with that. is it clean yet? what do you hafta do to clean it? picture all of of that. picture? Nat. what. do you know any stories? do you know any stories you can tell?
know any stories? any good stories like the one about Otto? know any other stories? know any other stories? or you can read another book. okay. you know any. but do you know ay just you know any just could you tell us right now any stories. what? you know any stories right now like Goldilocks and Big Bird and The Count. or The Big Bird. mom mommy read Big Bird and The Count. will you tell them about big bird and the count? yeah. okay, tell me about it. oh, you don't hafta get the book. just tell them about it. just tell me about the book. tell me about the book. what did the count do, Nat? one two three four three pigs! I not tell the story if you keep counting. [laugh]. is that the story? is that the whole story? [Nat leaves] rambunctious. yes. [original transcription not clear if speaker says anything or not.] thank you.
want me to read Otto again. why don't you read curious George. okay. [adult mumble] where's my blue one? it's probably in the box. no. on the floor? y'ah. well, you shouldn't have it on the floor. [growly noise] I knew that couch was good for s'mething. you a monster? yeah. [growls] tell us about curious George. I useta read curious George. [mumble to adult] and boy's named bill. the boy's name bill. wait, wait. hey hey let's go back. I wanna see. who is that? George. and what does he do? play with the ball. he say byebye man. where did he go. where did he go?
the man went to he went and the man will come back home. that's right. and. can I stand on my head like that? you can? w wait, let me see what. you can? what is curious George doing there? can I stand up with my head? right, and he's standing on a ball. he stands up on a ball. what's he doing here? run down. and he can look out the window. unhunh. he looked out. who can live in a house so little. he saw a big house. what else did he see? look. he saw a lot of things. he saw a big house. what's this? bike. he saw... what's that? what what what's on a bike. who's on the bike? da bill. bill.
the boy named bill. and. he can climb up that wall. and. where was the door. here's the door. what was in the cage. what's in the cage? the house. the bunnies. he... look. what is he doing? what's he doing? he can take a bunny out of there. uh uh. what happens to the bunny? he run away. uhoh. what's wrong? he looks... why is why is he sad? is he sad or happy? [Nat knows the difference but dows not like anyone to be sad or naughty and will deny that they are] happy. it's too little to live in a hole in the tree. he went to the tree? too little. the bunny is hiding in the tree. lets go back.
look. the rabbit sees the little tail, right? yeah. and they find the little bunny. curious George is looking for the little bunny, right? he got a mother bunny. mother bunny. he got a mother bunny. right. curios George is smart, isn't he? he want a go to fishing. where where was the hook? there was a big h big big big big hook on there. he tried to get if off. and what did. how did he go fishing? how did he did he go fishing? oh. look. what happened. what happened. he falled in the water. yeah. can monkies swim? he he got out of the water. that's right. cause monkies don't like water. anad there's a bridge. what's he doing there? flying kite.
have you ever flown a kite before. uhoh. it went in a tree. George climb up it and got it. oh really. yeah. that's a good monkey. I wish I had a monkey who could do that for me. oh. what happened to George. look. what. Nat, look. what happened to him? hm? he's flying away. oh there he is. here da the an with a helicoptter. an an an he pull him in the helicoptor. there he is. yeah. he's in the helicoptor. man pullin' and he flies next to. and there's George bring bill's kite back. and his bike next to house. right. and want me to read another story? do you know some other stories? that was a good story. he loves to read, www.
he'll read to his animals if noone's around. look at this one. what's that one? he's never read that one before. we just went to the library yesterday. th that a boy got a funny hat on. has a lot of birthdays. no. we've gotta start from the beginning. here we go. this is there's the front. and this is the boy with the funny funny hat. the some lot a. today he's nine years old. right. how old are you? today he nine year old. and how old are you? and he has a birthday. Nathaniel, how old are you? what? and. how old are you? I have. how old are you? no. no? hi. hi. are you older?
are you older than him or are you younger than him? are you older or younger? he doesn't understand. look. look at that bed he sleep in. yes. is it like your bed. yes. my big bed. now he got a big bed. right there. where are the little bed. baby bed. for for that little baby. and he went in the boat. that big one and and he. want me me read another story? okay. I useta like people to read to me. mumble. does he go to school too. no, he plays with kids in the neighborhood. what's that? oh. this is another one about George. do you like George? this is another one about George. and there's George swinging on the swing and eating banana. I be... what did he find?
what did he find. look. he's got a... hat on. what color hat. a yellow hat just like yours. uh oh. what happened. he put him pug him in the bag. he took him out of the bag. uh huh. what happened to George? look where is he. can you tell where he is. where is George? look. there in a boat. unh mm. what happened that big boat. that's where they're going. what! that's a little boat. and that's a big boat. mom. th that a big boat. Ma. this is. well. that's a good point, well? that's a big boat.
they're real far away fr'm this boat here and so it looks like its smaller cause they're so far away from them. have you ever seen how things get smaller when you go far away from them. yeah. yeah sure. me too. look what he's doing. what does he look like there. look dere. he looks like a bird. no. what. he's going in the water. he's going to be a fish. he can't fly. what's he doing Nat. what happened? he swimming. momma he won't get wet. yes he will. if he's in the water. you get wet when you take a bath don't you? yeah. yeah. so do monkeys. uh oh. where is he now? there's the firemen. remember the hat tha' Harvey made you? what? that's what it looked like.
fireman's hat. that's a firemen's hat. looked. boy. member. Harvey made me a hat. yeah. you got a hat. and I and I look like a fireman. um hm. where's your fireman's hat. at Nanny's house. who took you to see the fireman. and there was no fire. that's good. um. there was. there wasn't a fire. they went to... driven them. house. and there was no fire. and he and he the fell over and trying to get one red loon. he didn't get one loone. he took all the loones. oh. all the loons? all the balloons. look where he's going. he's flying over the city.
this is a balloon, right. balloon. loon. balloon. belloon. balloons. balloons. yeah. he took all the balloons. yeah. and what happened hm? he took all the balloons. right. he went on the flashlight. [s and h laugh] traffic light. what's traffic light. you know what a flashlight is. who has a flashlight. daddy light fafficc. traffic light. frafic light. what color is it? red and blue. what red's for stop. yellow stop. green goo! that's right. and he gave the money to the balloon man. he can give those to all the mans.
all the animals. he can give the green one, the red one to the monkey. he give all the animal to lue. balloon. balloon. isn't that nice of him. yeah. unh mm. what's this down here? what kind of animal is that? cookie. a kicky? laughs. oh. a kicky isn't in the water. what is that? cookie in the water. what is that. [more laughing] that's that's. do you know what it is? what is it? I think it's like in the book you got daddy. what book. turtle. isn't it a turtle? um hum. remember you got daddy the book of turtles? member I got daddy. want me read the book about seals?
the seals? yeah. tell me about seals. I don't know about seals. I got a book about seals. [adult talk indisting] here the book about seals. tell me about seals. I don't know anything about seals. here's a seal. what. here's a seal. oh. is that waht they look like? yeah. hey look. show them to me. hm. they're aren't too many seals around Atlanta, are there? these are seals. they where do they like to live? there's the seals. do they have whiskers on them. n no. no? y y y um. that looks like a fish. is he a fish? yes. that's a seal.
there he goes. see em. there seal. seal. [Harvey and sue mumble about book, oil slick. seal and the slick] what? hey, Nat. maybe they'd like to talk to you or see your toys. okay. [h, g, s talk, n in bed+room] hey Nat. whatcha doing? I finding the the the... [n is in other room adults mumble again] doing? oh, oh, oh. [Nat brings blocks out and dumps them] oh, I see. you gonna you gonna make something? m m m what Harvey doing? oh yeah. don't let them stay on the heater. that's right. over there. you can build something. what are you going to dow with these things? make bridges. can can you make bridge? make what? make buildings?
bridge. bridge. can you make one? you you you you you Susie. you make one. why don't you help me make one. oh okay. okay. what is this? like that. no. like this. we'll put that between them. what? I make big bridge. put this on here. and this on top of there. whoops. whoops. what's what's. oh. ah. look what happened. my bridge broke. okay. let's make a new one. we're making a different kind of bridge. yeah. that looks good. can I put this on top?
yeah. how bout that? what d' ye. wow. we got a big bridge. look at that, Nathaniel. what? look at that. and. ah um good job. this goes under. um hum. and this goes right. I like to put animal on it. we gotta get all these blocks. put em right here. we gotta get all these. we put 'em get that kind. how bout these right here. no. no what? no? yeah. you don't like that, huh? what next? what? what next? what are you going to do with the car. where does the car go. right there.
car goes right here. let's let's make a boat. a boat? yeah. alright. good job. let's make a boat. how do you make a boat? let's make a boat on top of this car. okay. this car. ah gotta zoom zoom zoom. is that the boat? zoom zoom. is that the boat? yeah. we can make a better boat than that. what? here this is the bottom of the boat. and the boat needs sides, right? this. what. boat needs sides? yeah. so goatta have a back. and let's make a front. we need a high front. we need now. we need a front. here.
front. one of these. is that what kind of front you want. yeah. okay. how bout a smoke stack. what. a smoke stack. smoke? oh, that's a good idea. I'm making on this. how bout a sail? sail. doesn't a sailboat need a sail? well. yeah if that's a sailboat. [mutter] need a sail. about a sail? ready. you can even put a car on the boat. haven't you ever seen a car on a boat? if the boat's big enuf. what kind of boat do cars go on, Nat. the ferry boat. right. we better make some seats. some seats? for who. some seats for some other boats.
let's make some people. um hum. let's make some people. here here's a let's make some people from these old ones. okay. what are you making now? people. some people on boat. let's make a people on some people on boat. this is a tall person. that a people. he's riding on the boat. where the car? here's a car and here's a car. one car. one car on the boat. what? this on the boat. we don't need that on the boat. we don't. no. what else is on the boat. what. what else is on the boat. what's that? some people is there on. that looks like a smoke stack. what. a smoke stack. where the smoke comes out.
yeah. it was in your book. did you see the picture of the boat in your book and smoke coming out of these things. you remember? you remember? where's the smoke. smoke is something with the fire. member in my book? remember in the one where curious George goes on the boat. smoke comes out of the fire. [indist] ah. look at that. that's good. that's a pretty good boat. looks like a train. what. that's right. like a train. what can you use this for? wh what's h... this is a tightrope. did you ever see a horse walk on a tightrope? think he'll make it? what. oh. hold. did you ever go to the circus? what. hm?
what? have you ever been to the circus. did you go to the circus, Nat? yeah. did you see the tightrope? no. no. it's a thin wire. tell Susan what you saw at the circus. monkeys and some clowns, and zebra. did you see elephants. yeah. and some lion. like the one on like this? yeah. horsie do this. wow. what happened. haha. he break. haha. that was karate. [mutter] what? what happens to a boat when the boat sinks. the boat goes under water. hm? do you know? please put this on. hm?
it's hold what? what are you now? uh oh. this. it will fall down. please, please fix it. okay. do I have both of these? know what he's doing? ever see a man tightrope walk on a tightrope? that's pretty dangerous. no. just a is thinking about. let go. whoops. doesn't stay on. whoops. please put it back on. it doesn't stay. there. how many horses do you have. how many horses do you have? please put it back on. that that's falled. please put it back on. I don't know if it will stay. it won't stay on, monkey. what? look at this big... what's that?
oh oh. how did the horse get up there? what? how did the horse get all the way up there? uhoh. fall down. yep. oh. whoops. [laughing] try it again. let's make a real high one. uh oh. that's enough. fall. [everyone oh] what happened to the boat? the boat sank. let's make another one. [laugh] [laugh] let's make another one. boat broke. okay. you go ahead and make a boat. boat needs some. [tape ran out] = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Nat/stephani.cha = = = you wanna play with Stephanie for a while?
can I play with you, Nat? yep. [continues building with blocks] okay. can you show me some things, too? I wanna see what you were doing with Elliot. what were you making? [Angela suggests Stephanie removes her bracelets because they are making a lot of noise] be careful or our friend will walk off with every one. [laughter] here, I'll hold them for you. I'm gonna show you how to build a helicopter. okay. show me how to do that. that's pretty good already. can I see how to do that too [act=Nat puts pieces together]? yeah. we got another... got another red piece? okay. let's see... am I doing it right? yeah. you're doing it right. where do you put the green piece? this is the green piece. where do you stick it on to this? like this [act=tries to fit piece]? yeah. like that.
is this right? that's not right. show me how to do it. um [act=Nat puts green piece on]. oh. I see. want me to make it like that? yeah. I see. ah, thank you [act=Nat hands Stephanie the helicopter]. this is a pretty good helicopter. want them to fly together? yeah. can you make them fly together? [Nat continues to handle helicopters] can you put people in it? yeah. where do they go? one of 'em's missing. I have four. you just have two [indicating pieces]. what on earth... now they're twins. they look just alike. suppose they hadta go make a landing on that truck. could that truck pick em up? what? could they. like, if they were coming through the air. like this.
then then they hadta make a landing. what would happen then? what? I was wondering if the truck could. like... if the truck could take them to the helicopter airport. you know... will they both fit in there [act=Nat trying to fit the helicopters into the toy truck]? oh mine broke. it broke? let's see if we can put it back. mine. did mine break too? they all broke, huh? let's make something else and put it in the truck, and let the truck. take it to the, uh, to the yard or something. what can we make? we can make a boat. a boat? and then take it to the boat yard? yeah. okay. gonna let Snoopy ride? yeah. put Snoopy here [indicating front of truck]. oh, he's gonna drive? yeah. okay. boat. what kind of boat is this going to be?
I'm gonna make a... a... a farmer... farmer. I'm make a boat that the captain can ride. what're you getting. the people? yeah. okay. to ride. they're gonna ride? yeah. okay. put them over here. I'm making a kind of boat the captain can drive. that's a wild boat. you you make a wild boat. I'll make a wild boat, too. let's see... wild boat. I need a blue one for my wild, my wild boat. okay. we're gonna make one like this. hey Nat. you know what a wild boat is? what what a wild boat is mommy? what do you think it is? it's a ferryboat. ferryboat? it's like saying it's a neat boat or something.
yeah. tha tha that's a neat boat. right. it's just a word that means it's good. how's this? this alright? yeah. I can make one. that's two boats. now we're gonna take them to the boat yard. let let me make two two wild three wild boats. okay. we'll make three wild boats. we can even make four wild boats. what? we can even make four. see? I got enough. I'm gon'... and then you make one. we'll have four wild boats to take to the boat yard. wa wa one. like yours? uhhuh. okay. make a I, I need a green one. you need a green one? yeah. we don't have any more green ones. maybe we can just use blue and yellow.
can we use blue and yellow? yeah. I need your red one. oh, don't we have any more red ones? no. oh, fiddlesticks. well. maybe we could just use blue. or, else we could just let it be like this, and drive it over to. the boat yard. let's put this book in there, too. cause they might wanna read, on the way. oh. okay. now. you show me how to go to the boat yard. oh. my... hm? I needta take. do you have any more blocks? no. you don't. those are all the blocks we have. I need them. you wanna take some of those off? what? you can take some of those off if you wanna. okay. now.
let's drive the truck to the boat yard [Nat muttering]. which way is it. is it that way or is it this way? that way. [heading towards the hall] oh. it's that way. well. it's way, it's down there. hey Nat. come on back in here. this way. [persisting in his direction] it's back there? Douglas is crying, so it better be in here. no, no, not crying. it's in here. well. who's crying back there? what? isn't somebody crying? yeah. who is that? no. nobody's crying back there. oh. well. where are they crying? back there? back there.
[indicates a different room] oh. so that's why the boat yard maybe should be in here. huh? yeah. make the boat yard be in the living room. okay? no. [still heading towards the bed+room] they the boat yard. in here. well. they can't. well. see. then we'll wake up Douglas. bring the boat yard in here, Nat. and see. we've gotta pick up these other trains and stuff. yeah. and get the other cars... yeah. you've got a whole bunch of stuff to take to the boat yard. we gotta build some docks, too. gon' build some docks... yes hafta. gotta go in there. okay. let's make this the. the the boat yard's that way.
oh. that way? okay. gotta make some docks to unload 'em on. okay? where are my docks? I make this dock. okay. you make the first dock. after I make them, you make them. alright. we'll do it that way. dock... that's a good dock. that's a very good dock. oh. that's pretty good. huh? there's a boat you want. see that's where we hafta take the boats. so I'm gonna make one, too. yeah. how how you make one? I'm gonna make one like yours, sort of. I'm gonna make one like yours sort of. I, I, I need another one. I need this [indicating a block]. okay. now we're gonna put. now, I need that.
[indicating a block that Stephanie was using] alright. go ahead. and I need that. [similar indication] okay. share, now. okay. [laughter] I'll share. put this one on mine. okay? now, we're going to hafta bring the boats in. we're gonna close it so they can't escape. let's put em together. okay. that way we'll only have one opening. no. you're gonna leave that on? uh. let's take em off. okay. whatever you want. we have. now they're coming into the harbor [makes boat noises]. now they gotta unload what they got. put this in all the way. [pushes boat into dock] all the way in? yeah.
here goes [makes boat noises]. that was. go [noises]. now the''re all back in. okay. now we hafta find a way so they can get their cargo off. where's a cargo off? uh, let's see. I think it's in the back... right here. yes. let's move the truck around. load the cars up. load the cars. what's this? a truck? a train. a train. oh. I see. watch. that's right. where does the train go? maybe we can get the train to go somewhere. well. we need some another train. need another train? yeah. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Bax/judy.cha = = =
[at BAX house] what is this? [points to a truck] is this a truck? truck. what does the truck do? no. um, and what is this you've got? [points to a sucker] is that a sucker? do you like suckers? we wanna play. what is this? [points to airplane] no! um, does the airplane fly? turn over. I can't get it. [trys to turn his toy box] do you want me to help you? me to help. do you want this down? [the lid of the toy box] uhhuh. down. uhuh. no? you want it up? uhhuh. what is this?
[points to a train] is this a train? no. here's a ball. no. do you want this out? [the toy box moved away from the wall] he wants you to turn it over. oh! [turns toy box on side, toys fall on the floor] okay! like this? what did we do? is this okay? yeah, fine. do you want the toys out? xxx toys out. you want all the toys out? okay. is this okay? sure. you want all the toys out. [turns the toy box upside down, all the toys fall on the floor] okay. now what is that on the floor? is this okay? what is that, Bax? [pointing to Mickey Mouse] Mickey Mouse. is that Mickey Mouse?
take this off. [take the toy box off some toys] here I'll get it. and what is that? what is that? [points to a whistle] no. no! is that a whistle? can you say whistle? [hands JUD the whistle] thank you. uh. [indicates that wants his shoes off] do you wanna take your shoes off? what is this? is this a shoe? you wanna take your shoes off? knot! um, is that a brush? what is that? [points to a brush] what is that? off. take it off. [wants his socks off] okay. that off. okay. mommy go?
no. oh no. is this it? le' me see de biretwuck. where de biretwuck? um, is this it? look, here's a truck. what is that? [points to a ball] it's a ball. can you say ball? what is this? fire truck go. and who uses this? yeah, his sister. can you play ball? do you wanna play ball? I go football game. go. okay. [they throw the ball] can you sing? I wire fooball. what's that? [points to a car] cars go. what is the car doing? uhoh! what happened to the car? airplane.
what is that, Bax? [points out of the window] do you wanna see outside? I wan' see outside. okay. do you see the trees? see the trees? uhuh. you don't see the trees? and the sky? no. what is this? [points to a race car] 'ace car. how does that go? no. what is that? [points to a watch] my watch. put it down there. uhhuh, you put it on like this. my name is Judy. can you say Judy? and this is Michelle. are you sleepy? do you like to play with that? [a watch] what was that? [a noise] what is this, Bax?
[points to a toy television] telebision. television. airplane. is this your bear? no. [all laugh] [bear starts making a noise] what was that, Bax? what was that? what was the bear doing? tweet tweet. cookie monster. is that the cookie monster on the shelf? cookie monster. where is the... [blows the whistle] where is the cookie monster? do you know where the cookie monster is? look. [points to a toy saw] what is this? appul. ball. I wanna get appul. [takes toy saw and goes to kitchen] knife. yeah, it sure is. knife. what are you looking for?
cut it appul. you wanna cut an apple? you wanna cut an apple. appul. okay. appul. no cut it. knife. is that a knife? [points to toy saw] appul go? um, I don't know. we'll ask your daddy. you wanna ask your daddy? what are you doing? [BAX saws on refrigerator with toy saw] no. [runs back to his room] I heard you coming. huh? what are you doing? is that a ball? I cut appul. what's that? [points to truck] twactor. look Bax! this is a big truck. is this a big truck? my tractor.
this is a tractor? and what is this? [points to a little man] Mr Worky. does he get in the tractor? in tractor. yes, or can I play with the tractor? no. okay. well, what can I play with? what is this? [points to a train] no. toot toot toot toot toot. how does the plane go? watch! what does the plane do? boo. [puts pail on his head upside down] ah! what have you got on your head? what is that? what is this? [points to an airplane] [humming, immitating a plane] is that how the plane goes? what's this? plane. yeah! look.
[points to a game] what's that? play a game? play a game? let's play. okay. what are you going to do? is that a ball? football. go. go up. go go go go. do you wanna play with Michelle? catch. what is that? is that a football? do you play football? I got it. [falls over] uhoh. are you okay? okay. okay. here we go. patty patty patty patty patty patty patty patty patty patty cake. airpwane airplane. open that. I wanna cut a appul. cut a appul. is than an ax or a saw?
appul go. appul go! do you see any apples? appul go. I don't know. appul go. what is this? [points to a cup] popseekul, popseekul. [popsicle] well, I think we better wait. and you'll hafta ask your daddy. okay? do you wanna play ball some more and play with your toys? [goes into hall] where daddy go? do you wanna play with your toys? huh? no. where di' daddy go. I don't know. come here, let's play some more with your toys. open dat. open the freezer. open dat. popseekul. [gives BAX a popsicle] what is that? [points to the popsicle] [moans]
play. okay. what is that, Bax? [points to popsicle] motorcycle go? look. is this a table? here it is. what is this? [points to motorcycle] open. [tries to open door] do you wanna come in here and play? uh uh. where daddy go? here's the cat. the kitty cat. what is this? [points to cat] come here. mommy go. what is this, Bax? [points to cat] whoa my popseekul go. what is this? [points to cat] cut appul. no. [tries to cut popsicle with toy saw] let's not cut it, okay?
can I have some? no. what is this, Bax? no. here's the kitty cat. is this your chair? is this Bax's chair? is this your chair, huh? le' go. you wanna saw? oh yeah, what are you doing? that's a pretty kitty. what's your kitty's name? are you sleepy, huh? is that a good popsicle? uhhuh. where mamma go? she's at the library. uhuh. do you want your mommy? want your mommy. yeah. do you want your mommy? huh? no. where are you going? [goes back to his room] toys. do you wanna play some more with the toys? three.
[plays with a toy cash register] oh good! red one go. [there are different colored coins] red one? red one. what is that? red. red. is that red? can you say yellow? red. is this blue? red. good! [a coin] what was that? where's the red one? good, what is that? [a yellow coin] xxx yewow one. yellow. can you say blue? blue. that's good Bax. that's good. what is that? can you say yellow? what is this? [more coins]
my... turn over it, turn over. turn it over? oh what is that? red one go. I wi' find it. red. can you read? [points to books] here read. [picks up book and hands it to JUD] here. can you sing? turtle. here, do you wanna sit in my lap? turtle. turtle go. turtle. turtle go. turtle. turtle, turtle, turtle. go. turtle. go. turtle go. turtle. butterfy. butterfly. turtle. what is this?
go. what is this? turtle. here. here's a turtle. is that a turtle? turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle. here's a turtle. butterfy right there. butterfy, butterfy. can you sing? brrrmmmm, brrrmmm. where are we going? what is that? look! [a toy garage and circus] can I play with this? motorcycle go? is this it? what is this, Bax? do you wanna play with this? what is this? what's that? is this a clown? clown? can you say clown? clown go. here's the clown. is this a clown? clown right here.
yeah. is that a clown? is this an airplane? what is this? is this a monkey, Bax? is this a monkey? how does the monkey go? eee eee! eee eee. eee eee. is that the way the monkey goes? monkey. can you say monkey? this is a seal. seal. seal. right here. right dere. dere. right dere. uh oh. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Bax/thad.cha = = = [patio/balcony and inside Bax's house] what's your name? is your name Baxter? [pushes toy car at Thad] do you want your car back? [playing with carpet] hey Bax, what are you doing over there?
[hides behind father's leg] do you go to school? where do you go to school? what cartoons do you like to watch? do you like He Man? I wike He Man. you do like He Man? [nods head yes] what do you think of Skelator? xxx da mountain. what? uh oh. [Bax was referring to grand parents who live on a mountain] there a brut down here. there's a what down there? it's a bwoo car. yeah, there's a blue car and a black pick up truck and a big yellow truck over there. do you see the big yellow one? I see dat bwoo. goin' school. going to school? ow I tore this. what is that? what is dat? stick over dere. [holds up stick] yeah, you found a stick. go which another one. what's that underneath that carpet there Bax? huh?
you was looking over there underneath the carpet. [plays with car] what kind of car is that? a race car? store. go to the store? goy store. what kind of store? the mountain over dere. [break in tape] what kind of door is that? [the screen door to the patio] what's this, right here what's this made of? [inspects screen] get open dat. [screen door already opened] do you want me to close that? let me close that. here you go, let me help you. get hold of it. [steps back from door] here do you wanna help? I wanna help. okay get a hold of it there. [together we close the door] how's that? good. where's your cat Bax? where's your kitty cat? house.
over dere? [both gesture in the same direction] I watch a bird. [sees a bird] yeah there's some right out yonder? d' ya see dem little birds over dere? no, they're flying see em. They're flying see. there's one. yeah, you like birds? [sees the whole flock and becomes exited] where's your car, Bax? [rolls car into Susan's shoe] oops, looks like we wrecked into Susan's shoe. [plays with car] whatcha having for supper? [plays with car] here you go. [hands BAX the car] does Daddy have a car like that? xxx daddy in it. do you ever go riding in the car with Daddy? whoops! [pushes car at THA] whoops, d' you have a wreck? [Thad and Susan decide to move inside] [plays with car] do you wanta go inside? no. do you wanta stay out here?
no. what do you wanna do? watermelon. [sees watermelon pattern on SUS sweater] yeah, that's a watermelon. do you know what these are? seeds. very good you're smart. [laughs]. do you like watermelon? I like watermelon. when was the last time you ate some? mountain ice cream. where did you eat ice cream and watermelon? uh, keys. [sees SUS keys] yeah but don't drop em. keys. what color's that? um, brack. close. do you like playing with keys? I like playing with keys. I wan a key. that's a big key, ain't it? [plays with keys, approaches tape recorder] det mountain. no, that's the tape recorder. taperecorder. uhhuh.
you've seen this before, haven't you? [points to the watermelon slice on SUS sweater] waermewon. yeah, you like watermelon, don'tcha? red car. [points toward a black truck.] you mean the little black truck down there? little black truck down here. yeah, there's a little black truck down there. did you see it? xxx record player. record player in the truck. do you like listening to records? oh! look at that light. look at that light over there. over where? [starts to climb the patio railing] where are you wanting to get to? wanna sit here. I stuck. watch your hand. [we go inside] [tries to open the screen door] are you going back to your room and show them your toys? take them on back there. [we go to BAX room] that's good. look at that airplane. [points to a toy plane]
yeah, that's a nice one. where d' ya get it? oh big co 'copter. [takes toys out of his toy box] what's that? [tosses a toy on the floor] what does this do? [begins playing with a "see and say" toy] the sheep goes " baaaa." the sheep goes xxx right 'ere the a sheep goes. how does the sheep go? wa kitty cat go? the bird says. here's a turkey, " gobble gobble." what's that? a turkey. the sheep goes, " baaaa." [screams with delight]. what's dat? looks like tupperware to me. [screams]. [throws toys, screams] [BAX is out of control and not talking] what else ya got in there? [screams very loudly]. lit'le car. yeah, that's a lit'le ol' car.
uhoh, you've got a pair of pliers now. a tennis ball. what do you do with a tennis ball? whatcha got there? hey Bax, how does a sheep go? do you remember the sheep here? delevisin. yeah, that's a television alright. [picks up a play screwdriver] what's this? that's bottle. a bottle? you sure it ain't a screwdriver? [throws more toys] hey Bax, what's that? what's this in the truck? where's fire car? that's a fire truck? what's that? what is that thing, Bax? what's that one? Unc' Tom Uncle Tom bought to you un shooer. hey Bax, what's this? can you tell me what this is? [holding a toy horse] hibi horse hibi horse. yeah! [saws his toybox with a play saw] I'm gonna naa yit. that's a saw.
that's a saw. yeah, you cut boards with it. [throws the saw then picks up a softball] de po baseball. yeah ya like playing baseball? [throws more toys, picks up a stomper toy car] dis stomper car. yeah, stomper. you wanna play with the stomper? what's in here? [looking in toy box, gets out paintbrush] yeah, you've got a little paintbrush. you ever painted anything? [picks up a toy camera] hey Bax, what is that thing? [scream]. what are those? camera. camera? whadaya see? [looks through his "camera"] whadaya see, Bax? [scream]. give me Blue Cobra! what what's that? you god it. god it. you got a Boa. yeah. yeah, you waddie.
what is that, Bax? [showing a He Man action figure] xxx He Man. He Man. what does he do? [growls]. is that all he does? 'e man xxx. xxx oo look a dat! unh hm. yeah, you've got a ring there. what's on the ring? what's this, Baxter? [points to toy airplane] hey Bax, what's this? airpwan. a ball. yeah, what kind of ball? = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Bax/russ.cha = = = [at BAX's house] well cap'n. you about all played out now, aren't ya? I hit dat chair. do what? I hit. plan on killing a few flies there, little mister? do what? what ya got there, crazy man? kind of a violent little cuss, aren't ya?
what's this? huh? hey, wait a minute, looka there. what the? know what these are? know what deese are? huh? you know who that is, don't you? dat is... make my car go. yeah, those'll make a car go. you know what they are? can you say uh, " nuclear physicist [laughing]?" these are keys. yeah, they sure are. did the cat go in here? what's your kitty cat's name, huh? fluffy? Prissy? Abercrombie? what's your name, anyway? you know, I don't think we've ever found that one out. here, can you put these on there in order? huh? do what? wike it. don wike it. don't like it? why not?
oh, goodness [laughs]! put that yellow ring on there now. there ya go! hey! I useta have one of these things. know how to work this? isn't that funny? not really, huh? there ya go, pull on the string. now don't tear it off. look in here. dat bunny. that bunny? are you sure that's a bunny? is that a bunny rabbit? is that Bugs bunny? it airplane. yeah that is an airplane. isn't it? it fly down. huh? can it fly? I don't know about that. give it a try. I'm sure you can get it off the ground. there it goes. is that your airplane there Baxter? that's what I thought. bring that on back in here. where'd you go today?
huh? whoa! whoa! yeah, you're right. where'd you go today before we got here? hm? I went xxx. did you go to McDonalds? I go McDonowls. you went to McDonalds, huh? what'd you get? did you eat? you eat. uhhuh. what did you eat? did you eat a hamburger? yeah, I did eat hamburger. uhhuh. did you eat french fries? I ate french xxx. uhhuh, I see. um, did you get a milkshake? oh. oh? I makes it at dat xxx. uhhuh, well [coughexcuse] me. ya kinda getting, uh, pretty bored there. huh? aren't ya? kinda getting bored.
here ya go. ya want ya necklace? daddy daddy. what? daddy daddy. airplane. do you know how to play football? you like to play football? you wanna play football? huh? hey hey, what do ya got there? huh? you got a bunch a books. look at this. where my kitty cat go? your what? my kitty cat go? kitty cat? there he is. see there's kitty cat. my kitty cat on da xxx. wanna picture of the kitty cat. well, I don't know if I've got one. let's see what we've got here. uhhuh. okay. come here. ya want me to read to ya? come here then, wild man. here ya go.
hop on up here. come on. well, I mean ya don't hafta. what's this? huh? here we go. what's that? [gives book to Lindy] thank you. what's this? ya wanna get up here with me? [sits on Lindy's lap] okay. um, bird flying awound. huh? here, the bumper book. look, there's some kitty cats, in the basket. what's this, Bax? I go find abc book. oh, this is the abc book. here's the abc book. b is for bird. b equals bird. what does c equal? what's that? dere dey are. oh! there they are. I they were in there. I knew they were in there too.
my goodness. w. you want me to do the w? w? w was once a whale. whaley, scaley, shaley, whaley, tumble tailey, mighty whale. hey, hey, now here's something good. how many little girls are there? one? how far con you count there, Bax? huh? can you count to five? can, I can like xxx. who? Santa Clause? have you ever seen Santa Clause? huh? what's he look like? there's an owl. look. an owl. uhhuh, we love owls, don't we? owl. owls, right. go plane go. uh. man go, man go, man go. uhhuh. I see your toes. you got big feet, son.
okay. let's turn back to the... no. okay. let's name some animals. okay? what's this kind of... xxx monkey. that's not a monkey. what is that? monkey. that's a bird. what's this right here? monkey. no. [laughs] this is a monkey. see that's a monkey. monkey. right, there's a monkey. kite. [points to the kite] kite! that's pretty good pretty good. uh. what is that? kitty cat. ha! yeah! and what's that? dog!
uhhuh [laugh]! let's get some more here. uh. what's that? fish. fish, that's right come on over here, crazy man. okay. what's that? okay. what ya got there? horse. alright! you're jammin', son. what's that? kite. kite. very good. and that? kite. whoa, timeout. what's that? kite! you were saying it a while ago. ball. a monkey. that's a monkey. yes, that's right. pretty good. uh. what's...
xxx turtle. turtle, right! what's that? chicken? good, good. queen? queen! that's right. he must do these a lot. some thing. uh, what's that? waermelwon. yeah, that's a watermelon [laugh]. yeah, I never could say that. look at da p'ano wight dere. the what? da p'ano wight dere. piano! that's close that's close. we'll give ya that one. what's that? zebra. zebra. very good. what's that? turdle. no, that's a turtle. that's close though. they're on the same page. what's that?
squeer. squirrel, that's right. squirrel. squirrel, very good. huh? let's see what we got here. thank you who is that in that picture? a car. no. a car. car. that is a car. that's very good. I know, but who is this? who does that look like? does it look like me? like me? is this me? is this me. is this me? hm, that's good. and who is this right here? lock the door. lock the door. that's what those'll do. you wanna see if those'll lock your door. I'll see a wock da door. huh? I wock da door. you wanna?
I wan to. okay. come on. wan to wock de door. yeah. here we go. here we go. here we go. bye. bye. I gotta go. you gotta go. wait, wait. you gotta unlock it first. I gotta go. you gotta go? okay [laugh]. see if they'll unlock xxx. yeah, go ahead. put the key in and unlock the door. wait a minute. hey. I got a idea. let's go unlock your bedroom door. come on. here we go. that'll work. I can tell already. there's your ball. remember your ball?
okay. who's that? that's mother! here we go. unlock your door. I gotta go. you gotta go where? I gotta go... um a key. here, wanna try and unlock the door? no. you don't? gotta go. gotta go? oh, I gotta go! I understand [laugh]! what do ya mean, you gotta go? I gotta go. do you have an appointment? no. we're gonna stay here. we're gonna stay here for a few minutes. wock da door. the door is locked. no. we're gonna stay inside. yeah, we better do that. it'd be hard to record this out there. I gotta go. huh?
I gotta go. no, we're gonna go later to the playground. why you gotta go? I gotta go. you wanna go to the playground? I gotta... do you hafta go pottie? is that what you mean you hafta go? mama said she'd take you to the play ground after while. as soon as we leave, you'll get to go. yeah. we'll go in about ten minutes. here I'll play with you. come here and we'll read this. come here, show me these letter again. come here. here. here's yours. come here. you wanna draw? look. no? okay. huh? bug? cwickett. oh. my goodness. wook at dat turdle. uhhuh.
that's right. see. who? see wight dere. yeah. you wanna get in there? here we go. let me show you a trick. come out. come over here. no. get in dere, da box. okay. here we go. there, now you're in. okay. now stand up. very good. now isn't that fun. whoa! monkey. here, you wanna play with your zoo, some more. is that what this is? is that your zoo? up the hill! and over the bump! and down the hill. here. uhhuh. here.
dat one. okay. I want ta get in here. okay. you wanna see if you can get in by yourself? all myself. by yourself. ah, close. get away from the table. he made it! whoa! whoa! goodness! wasn't that fun? here we go. up the hill. up. come on. up the hill. there it is. okay. make the hippopotamus open his mouth. see in there? see his teeth? and down the hill. up the hill to see the hippo open his mouth. and down the hill, you guessed it. now... uhoh. uhoh?
now what do ya do? here. up the hill. oh goodness! a monkey. yeah. you landed on a monkey and Dr Leubecker's tape recorder. here we are! look. oops. turn it on [tape recorder]. I do by self. you do it by yourself? okay. take it away. very good very good. you're a natural. down. down the hill. let it go. there it is. you wanna put the passengers in there? no. okay. good. me neither. no. alright. up the hill. there's the hippo there's mister hippo.
don't get your finger in there. here we go. hey, there it is. down da hill. down the hill. okay. I ready go. I hurt. huh? I hurt. what happened? did ya hurt your hand? xxx hand. down da hill. down the hill. here. let's go. up and down your hill. here we go, there it is! you're gettin' pretty good at this, you must've practiced. up the hill, across the hippopotamus. here, put this over here. [whines] is that where that goes? uhhuh? I see. wanna get some other animals in there? what's this? what's this, Baxter? huh?
you getting tired? down the hill. very good. there you are. vewy good. very good. ya wanna put the mountain goat in there? [screams] uhoh, burst of energy. violent energy, I might add. uhoh. whoa! whoa! whoa! whoa! ya trying to swim in your toys? there's enough of them. what'd you drink? you gotta mustache on you lip. know what that's called? huh? you care what that's called? that's a puppet. a pepe. uhhuh. I did wide train engine. where? eh, did wide da train. you went and rode the train engine? where did you do that?
uhhuh. whaddya got there cap'n? well! look here. what is that? huh? huh? what is this? right. can you put these on? put dese on. okay. here. look at me. there! put on. put on? okay. there. there we go. you wanna put them on? I put on. okay. here we go. you look like an air traffic controller now. whoa! come in Houston. there you go. where did you get that blonde hair anyway? huh?
say hello. take it off. take it off. that's right. tell me about the train ride. where'd ya... oh goodness, let's not break that thing. where'd you go ride the train. I wide da trolley car. you rode the trolley car? did you ride down at the choo choo? uh. what? did you ride the trolley car down at the Chattanoga choo choo? yup. who? it down da twacks. dawn the tracks. uhhuh. I've been there. I've ridden it. okay, time for one final rampage here. what? no, don't worry about that. nah, it's okay. I play penny. no, we're not gonna play pennies. how do ya play? my husband has this huge jar of pennies. and he lets him throw em everwhere, but we don't play that.
no? that's daddy's game. here, pick up your penny. get Mr Penny. here it is. he is real sorry he stared that game now. I bet he is. easy there, mister. you're gonna break that thing. now, let's not get these out. yeah, lets not dump those out again. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Bohannon/Bax/karen.cha = = = [at BAX house] what is this? bird. a bird. what color is that bird? blue. blue? do you like blue? is blue a pretty color? what are you doing? are you kicking with your new tennis shoes? are those tennis shoes comfortable? does it feel good? [keeps kicking with shoes] look what is this Baxter? do you know what this is? [turns on night+light]
what did you turn on? what is that? do you know what that is? what is that? is that a nightlight? mommy. Baxter, do you wanna read another book? do you wanna read another book with me? huh? or do you just wanna here and eat? do you wanna eat? do you wanna these in here? [shaped blocks in a toy] can you show me where they go? can you show me where that one goes? oh! look, what is this? dar. is it a star? star. let's see where it goes? can you put it in for me? [laughs]. Baxter, your shoe is untied. do you know how to tie your shoe? do you want me to tie it for you? uhuh. you don't want it tied? I tie it. okay.
Baxter, what is this? xxx my el'phant go? huh? where did your elephant go? I don't know. do you know where it is? I don't know where it is. what is this? is that a lion? where did it go? no. [pushes car over] goes in dere. [puts a different person in the car] oh, okay. [makes noise like a car moving]. what is this? is this a seal? let go my xxx. Baxter, what is this? is this a ball? is this your basketball? no. who's is it? open dat. no! [trying to get people in cars] what are you doing? huh? fall off.
did the man fall off? did he? is he hurt? id he hurt? [pushes car] yeah no go in 'ere. [putting man back in car] what is this? no! is this a table? no! what is it? no ta table. is it a chair? it chair. do they sit in this? sit in it. let go. 'im faaw off. he keeps falling off doesn't he? [noise of car]. no! do you want this monkey? do you wanna hold it? do you want me to give it to you? can you put the people in it for me? people in there. uhhuh. can you put em in here for me? le' go my man.
no! turn it over. turn it over? [the toy box] do you not wanna play with it anymore? [is his zoo toy] no. you don't? what do you wanna play with? no. what's wrong? no. do you wanna read a book? no. show me who they are? who is this? no. you don't wanna? what color are your shoes? blue. blue? is blue your favorite color? huh? is blue your favorite color? are you going to hand that to me? or do you wanna keep it. [a band+aid] no. do you want me to put it on for you? I put on there.
huh? put my finger on. okay, put it on your finger. is your finger hurting? put little one. okay, show me which finger. there. [points at pointer finger] do you want it around this finger? dis finger. is your finger hurtin' you? do you feel better now? huh? does it fell better? what is this? you wanna show hey, what is this? Baxter, what is this? is that a bunny rabbit? do you like to play with bunny rabbits? look does this look like your room? [pointing at picture of a room] that's a bed. isn't it? that's my be'. [pointing at bed in book] is it your bed? that's my bed. [pointing at his bed] that's your bed. this is somebody else's bed.
isn't it? this isn't yours. is it? what is that right there? dat my. huh? it's your light? thank you. what is this? is this a picture? what is it a picture of? flower. flowers. uh. what is that? [whispering] a jacket? what color is that jacket? coat. [whispering] huh? is that a coat? that a coat. what color is this jacket right here? don't read anymo'. okay. do you wanna get another book? do you wanna get your own book? oh, that's a butterfly. that's a pretty butterfly isn't it?
do you want me to turn the page? turn de page. okay. read de book. huh? read the book? okay, this is in the morning. right? morning. it is eight o'clock in the morning. that's early. do you get up at eight o'clock in the morning? eight a clock in de morning. uhhuh. what's this? 'ruck. that's a truck isn't it? that's a cute truck. what color is that truck? green. green. what is your favorite color? okay. do you want me to turn the page? do you know what those are? strawberries. do you like strawberries. xxx mushroom. [pointing at mushroom in book] is that mushroom?
mushroom. what is that? mushroom mushroom. mushrooms. do you like mushrooms? [nods his head] uhhuh. what is that? do you have a dog? a pup my dog. and that's a that's another bird? isn't it? is that a pretty bird? do you like this bird or the blue bird? blue bird. you like the blue bird? what's this little boy doing? what's he doing? wat doing? huh? huh? what's he doing? doing? is he taking a bath? he taking bath? do you take baths every night and brush your teeth? I brush xxx morning. oh, do you? what is that? a butterfwy.