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it's gonna be big too. huh? it's gonna be pretty big too. whose gumdrop is this? that's my gumdrop. that is the gumdrop I have been saving for a long time. oh. you wanna see uh Daddy. yeah. I'll show you how it's gonna be okay? [tower] okay. I'm gonna build it again. so it'll be more safer this way see? wow that is pretty impressive. well Daddy. uhhuh. I'm building a gate now. what's that going to be for? to get tickets you know movie tickets or any tickets. oh it's going to be a box office. yeah. aw your ticket place fell down. of course it fell down. I needta build it back up. why do you think it fell down? I think a bomb hit it. is that the real reason? yeah the real reason. because a bomb hit it.
I forgot you hafta put some little ones right there and right there. [4U not imperative; description] how come? 'cause that way it won't fall down again. look Dad. wow! that's a tall one. do you think it would stand up very much? very long? uhhuh. what do you think? I think so Daddy. uhhuh. do you wanna help me build this kind? what? well it's gonna be a biggie. oh. this is how much blocks you need. this much Dad. wow let me finish combing my hair. what? I'm still brushing my hair. you said " combing." I know it was a mistake. do you know what I'm gonna make? and you could help me a ramp. a ramp? you know a thing where a car goes up and then comes down? I know.
I'll help you. I might hafta have this much. I do hafta have this much Dad. yeah 'cept don't break that one down. I won't. I hope nobody hits it and knocks it down " thanks a lot I needed that." Daddy a bomb just come in and said " thanks a lot I needed that." who said " thanks a lot?" I was just pretending these said " thanks a lot I needed that." the bombs said that? yeah. I didn't know bombs could talk. me either. bombs can't talk. what are these kind of bombs? [4U5 car] do you know what kind I'm gonna use on this? what kind? do you know the one I got from Joey's party? Joey gotted me that kind that was red too xxx those too Daddy. uhhuh. I don't know where that red truck is. I'll just use the jeep the big old jeep. that would work fine Daddy. what? well Daddy can I show you how it is?
how what is? how the ramp I want is okay? okay. like this. you just hafta take those down. that's how I didn't want it. watch. this is the kind like this. like that part xxx mobile part and that part. and that part is gonna be there. what did you want my help for? you're doing it all yourself. I wanted you to show me. but you already know. and this one goes right here and like this. I don't know where to put this one. you could put it right here. yeah then it would work. I will let you try it. that's how I want it to go just like that one. did you could try it out now okay? okay aw. that's okay first. I'm gonna try this one. did you see it? I shouldn't have done it like that. now you try it out. and then we'll try this one out and that one out and that one. okay watch this. that was neat.
and now we're gonna try this one out. this one is gonna be very smushed in Daddy. I thought you said Mommy's gonna come home soon. she is. oh Daddy now do you wanna try it? just a second. let's try this one out. aw. that's what I builded that for. hey Daddy look how I landed. [1U to jump cars over, 3U I refers to car] right side up? yeah. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/050011.cha = = = Daddy here you can sit here while you put it together. okay. I'm sitting over here. okay let's see what all we hafta do. why are you so far back? because I wanna. wouldn't it be nice to have a big house Abe? with a... with what? you could have your own room with a big chalkboard to draw on. Abe put this up. where should I put it? I don't know. I'm gonna keep it where I keep my guys. that's a good idea.
do you need some more chalk? do you have some? yeah. okay give it to me. look at this Mommy. I really like it. it's shiny. I didn't know Chinese people made things this shiny. they must be lucky. it was made in Japan not China. oh. Abe do you remember what all you did yesterday? see if you can tell me what all you did yesterday. we played the new games. we fixed the wagon. and we opened gifts. [this is opposite order of what really happened] uhhuh anything else? oh yeah we played with Evel Knievel. uhhuh. that's all that I remember. what about our dinner? oh yeah we ate dinner turkey and stuff. Dad put this on. the saddle goes on first. okay give me the stuff. Mom the Jack Dempsey ate good. today he was going real slow. but he did eat. good.
which one was the Jack Dempsey? I forgot. he was the one that wasn't eating very much. oh. Dad here's the other stirrup over here in the bag. you've got the Lone Ranger's boots on right? right. do you know what this is? I don't know what that is. me either. Mom I can't see my crayon box. it's on the shelf. you get it. I can't see it. look right on that shelf. where? which part? where this container was. not crayons. that white box. that has crayons in? yeah. here's the Lone Ranger. hey his eyes could be blue. I didn't see his eyes are blue. [2U means didn't see before that his eves are blue] [they are blue] Abe. what? I think we need another stirrup.
I'll look for it. I think it's over here. is this a stirrup? uhhuh. is this a stirrup? no Mommy is there a stirrup over there? I don't see it. Mommy remember that nose that I made? it was beautiful. man this is really hard. I can't find that stirrup? why don't we put these seashells with our other ones? okay. can you get the jar down? or is it too high up. it's not too high up. but I'm waiting for Silver to get ready. you can get it while Dad's fixing Silver. here's the stirrup. good. here catch. okay I got it. it was under here. that's why it didn't take long to find. oh. Abe could you bring me the shells? okay Daddy if you need the stirrups. here are the stirrups. okay. Daddy can I move this first?
[6w move mobile so can get sea shells jar] sure. you almost hafta don't you? uhhuh. thanks Abe. we have guite a shell collection don't we? uhhuh Mom the Indian on this book is the Indian on Mac Murphy. [16w movie] he looks just exactly like it doesn't he? uhhuh Mommy can I have something for the eye? did you poke your eyeball? uhhuh Daddy here's the stirrup. how'd you poke your eye? with the mobile? no that didn't poke it. this did. oh. can you see? not too good. I guess that we can't go see Snow White then. we could too. you can't see. I could see. I'm just doing this so my eye'll get better. oh. this is probably for Silver. who is it for Daddy? Silver. Mommy can I have a hankie too? Daddy see?
I can see where the hankies are. I mean the kleenexes. here you go. I already got one. and I already blew my nose. Dad I'm already better see? thank goodness. see? so we could go see Snow White. okay you've convinced me. why don't we let Mommy tie it? tie what? tie the things for Silver. why? I'm doing a good job. I think that knot's too loose. oh yeah okay Mommy can do that one then. Mom can tie knots better tighter. now we need the stirrups. where are they? here's one. and here's the other. let me see. oh boy you dropped it again. Dad what's that for? what is that for? hey! where is the Lone Ranger? oh here he is blue eyes. xxx hey Momma!
the Lone Ranger's hands are plastic. and he still has kungfu grip. wow! what kind of hands does G I Joe have? kungfu grip. what are they made of? some of them are rubber for G I Joe with kungfu grip. and some of them are plastic for the G I Joe kungfu grip. oh. hey Momma they are pretending. they're stuck. they really are stuck. that's why. oh. look. they're little snaps? did you break something? yeah. what did you break? nothing really. hi oh Silver. no not yet. he's not ready. Mom would you turn this back on? what? this, I wanna put this record on. okay. hey that's the silver. where did you find this? on the floor.
they go on Silver's saddle. yeah 'cause they're diamonds. hey they also have bullets hey Momma. what? his tail is rubber. yeah he can move it back and forth. some of these designs match the designs on his saddle see? yeah. does this have a story without Tonto? I don't think so. what if we don't let them be friends yet? it's up to you. let's pretend they didn't become friends yet. I wanna pretend they didn't even meet. where's his horse? hey! you could see his teeth. somebody knocked the Lone Ranger unconscious. why would they do that? because they're having a war see? they're having a fight. and the Lone Ranger winned. oh even though he was knocked unconscious. uhhuh. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/030524.cha = = = I'm gonna go outside. nope I'm going to cut your bangs first. and then we can ride our bikes to Tom Thumb together. and you can use your little flag okay?
yeah aw we should go now. let me cut your bangs first. if you use your flag then you'll be safe from cars right? yeah when a car sees my flag they will say " aw we don't needta go." right? right. they'll know that that flag's a warning. what else will they say? they will say " whoops we better not go that way." " there's a bike on the sidewalk." yeah and maybe they would say " I wonder if that flag is brand new?" what would you say? I would say " oh yes." when did you get it? now. uhhuh today. you needta cut your hair. what part of it? this part. my bangs? yeah who useta cut it when you were a little kid? Ninny, she useta take care of my hair. and she told you all about hawks right? no she didn't know about them. we could use this to make a silo for horses. out of hair?
yeah. I don't see how that would work really. some hair fell on the floor. I met a lady today who had read The Hobbit. she knew all about Bilbo and Frodo. who is Frodo? it's a story about little short people. I'll hafta read it to you sometime. and Daddy could read the red books. he got me the red books I have. okay we're done. I'll get some powder to put on your legs. so the hair won't make them itch. I could just get 'em off. I know that's baby powder. I use it. 'cept you don't put it on mine a lot. because you don't ask me to. you could put some on my back when I go to sleep. that's a good idea. that way you won't get a rash. Mommy this is a real neat thing I... what is? what do you call that? scrubbing. you're scrubbing my leg with your foot? yeah Daddy I could scrub with my foot. good deal. would you scrub the floor for me if I got you some soap and water? if I can.
I was teasing. now are we going to Tom Thumb? yep we need some milk. and look around at Tom Thumb okay? we're not going to buy any toys okay? okay yesterday we goed to Tom Thumb. and I got some binoculars. so I could get something now right? wrong. Abe here's two pennies. you can put these in your piggybank until you get a whole bunch of pennies. and then you can go to Tom Thumb. and buy something right? right so go ahead and put these in your penny bank. okay Mommy I can't open this. I can't open this. Mom I can't open this my penny bank. I'll come help you. I never had these many pennies. you're getting a lot. alright is it cold out now? do you think we oughta put on pants? I don't think so. it was not very cold when I went out. do you need your shoes on Abe? I don't think so. come let's go. do I have a pocket? uhhuh in the back. I'm thirsty.
I want a drink of water. okay. look what I found. Mommy did you find this when you were clearing the house? I sure did Abe. 'cept where was it? it was under the table. I think I'll just walk beside you while you ride your bike okay? how 'bout you could ride your bike? you want me to ride my bike? yeah. okay I will. I needta write my name on it. on your flag? yeah Daddy smells like butter popcorn. huh? what? Mommy that yeast smells like butter popcorn. the yeast? yeah. it might be the molasses. is that all the bread you could do? yeah I just made half of a batch. if we have any ants in our house let's dig 'em off. any what? if we have any ants in our house let's dig 'em off. how are we going to dig 'em off? with my shovel. dig 'em up or dig 'em up? dig 'em out with my shovel.
[next morning; getting ready to pick up Ninny.] Abe I hafta brush your hair and brush your teeth. and take my suitcase. yeah you can't forget your suitcase. Ninny will like my suitcase. that hurts. you're brushing too hard. I like the hawk meat. I like the hawk meat of a chicken. Ninny rhymes with penny. uhhuh did you listen to the weather Stan? no. it's going to be a nice day. it is? yeah this is a new way to wash my hands. how? you could take a bath then get out. and then you could wash them with a rag. gee that sounds a lot like a sponge bath. now are we going to go? in just a few minutes. let's go now okay? I wanna go now. it's probably cold for going in your bare feet. so we should wear shoes. Mommy look what I found. what? your Robin Hood book! Ninny will be glad to see that. you can show her how you colored all the pictures.
'cept I didn't color this one very good. I just know I colored the snake good. I colored him good. yeah. Sir Hiss Sir Hiss. you remembered his name. Sir Hiss. who did that? I don't like it. who did what? who did hit me? I don't know. who did? you did. I saw you did. you know Big John fired the king's palace? yeah. why did Big John fire the king's palace? [fire means set fire to] because he was trying to help his friend Robin Hood. Mommy I wanna go now. it's not time to go yet. I wanna go outside and play until we go. okay. I wanna play hunter. okay that's a good idea. I'm gonna play hunter. I'm thirsty. get me some milk. there's some milk on the table.
no get me some more milk in case I get real thirsty. isn't that enough? I want bigger than this. I want much than this part. what? I want much than this part. you want more? yeah more than that part. okay here you go. did you tell Daddy about your new trick? the one on the table? I already showed him a few days ago. what trick? where he jumps from the hassock to the table. oh yeah he's already shown me that. you dingdong. what? you dingdong. I'm going to ding you in the dong buddy. because the king was gone. and Sir Hiss was gone. and so when xxx saw a fire. and Sir Hiss came back. and their palace was all burnt up right? I don't remember that part. that's how the xxx fired it. Mommy where's my gun? I don't know. I showed it to you outside. I don't know if you brought it in or not.
I did too. Daddy do you know where my gun is? what's this? it's a gun. only it isn't my gun. where did you put your gun? outside. 'cept Mommy found it. 'cept I don't know where it is. I want you to look for my gun. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/040016.cha = = = [Telling dreams for Mother to write down to tell Karen.] do you want me to tell you the poisonous dragon? [7w about] yeah. okay the poisonous dragon was outside playing baseball. and a lot of baseball players come. and then a leaping dragon come and frightened them away. so the baseball players ran away from the dragon. and then what? and then the dragon said " don't be scared." I'm your friend. and then they were all friends together. fantastic do you have another dream you wanna tell me about? yeah how about two dreams tonight? okay. and I'll tell you the other dreams tomorrow. okay.
okay now the other one is. uh there was this boy who talked to his mother and said " wow can't I do something about my flying?" and and the mommy said " no he can't." and the boy said " no why can't I?" so the bird said " I can." so the next morning he washed out his wings. and he went " pow wow I'm ready to fly." he said " pow wow?" yeah. could he fly? yep he went as far as we went to Texas. he went a thousand miles? where is that little baby? are you writing my dream? uhhuh. did you write what the mother said? can you tell me again? she said " where's that baby bird?" she flew to Texas. and she found him. and know what? they both were eagles. and you know what?
that baby eagle growed up. and he bought another bunny. wow. Mommy wait until Karen sees what all the dreams I did. do you think she'll be surprised? yeah she'll say " whoever did this?" Mommy something's in here. it's Gramdma's. leave it there. do you have one more dream to tell me? okay how about three dreams? and tomorrow I will do two more dreams? okay. okay this one is gonna be about a lot of dragons that make friends with the knight. okay. the knight found a lot of dragons. and then you know what? he played with the dragons. and the dragons saw him playing baseball and not trying to kill them. and so the dragons played baseball. and the knight was so good to the dragons. the knight decided to make friends with the dragons. was it easy? yeah he got 'em food and everything. what kind of food? they liked to eat meat. so he got 'em meat. wow. Mommy I'll draw the line okay?
okay and then you wanna continue tomorrow? to do the rest of 'em. uhhuh. Mommy I bet Karen is going to be so surprised. let's do it on the pillow. and tomorrow we'll say " Karen we did it." and then let's do the rest of 'em before we give it to Karen. [2U tomorrow] do you wanna write Karen's name on here? yeah. k a r e n. okay is that a good k? yep. now what? a? uhhuh then r. then what? yeah is that it? now a r. okay there it's all done. tomorrow I'll do my eleven dreams. okay we'll finish it tomorrow. I bet Karen will like this. I'll wake up earlier than Karen. know what? how fast will Karen be here? I don't know. what's going to happen tomorrow Abe? it's Karen's birthday.
uhhuh. that's her present. write from Abe on it. you write Abe. and I'll write from. okay. okay are you ready for bed? yeah. [next morning.] Grandma why did you leave that candy there? I saved it for you. okay you like me right Grandma? what? you like me right? right. I sure do like you. Mom she was saving it for me. how nice. I like her too. do you wanna tell me another dream? yeah the first one is " how can I fly without any wings?" this guy said " how can I fly if I don't have any wings." and the next morning he growed wings. so he could fly. he was just a person. and his wings kept growing. so the next morning he flied forever. and he couldn't stop.
and know what? what? the next morning the mommy people said " kid I'm going." and the kid knowed that. because the Mommy telled him before. did you know that? that's the end. that's the end of that one? yeah wasn't that one short? yeah do you have another one? yeah remember the one I told you last night? uhhuh. I'm gonna tell you a different one. the night that had poisonous. what? the night that had poisonous. the night that had poisonous what? poisonous medicine. one time there was a dog and a cow and a man that had poisonous medicine. and the dog was sick. and the man got his poisonous medicine. 'cept the dog didn't get killed. and he told the queen " why shouldn't I keep a nice dragon?" and know what? the prince said " why?" " why should you?" " because the dragon was nice."
and that's the end. wasn't that a nice story? uhhuh. now we're gonna put these ones together. okay. and then hang 'em up. with what? with fabric that was made out of a coat. know what? this morning somebody got me up. and this fabric that was made out of coat it talked and talked and talked all night. and know what? what? the next morning the fabric still talked. was everyone surprised? uhhuh and that's it. that's the end of that story? uhhuh a dragon that was this little. is this another one? uhhuh. what's the name of it? the prince that gotted a dragon. that was this little xxx behind a dragon. and he decided to catch the dragon. that's the end for that one. that's the end? uhhuh did you hear all the parts? yep. did you wanna hear another one? yeah.
now do you wanna hear about the kid that went flying at the jail? a kid that went flying at a jail? uhhuh there was this kid that went flying. he was crazy. 'cause kids can't fly. they're people. know what? do you wanna hear how far he flied? he flied at some mountains. and then you know what? and he was scared. and that's it for that one Mom. how many is that one? that's number eight. do you wanna do some more? not right now. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/020523.cha = = = see the hippopotamus. uhhuh! how does the hippopotamus feel? hippopotamus is growing! he's growing? he's growing. oh is he happy? he's funny. he's funny huh Abe? the hippopotamus looks happy but... he's funny. uhhuh he's funny.
I think we might wanna try another animal. you don't seem to get the idea with the hippo. this is try another animal! [holds up rooster] this is try another animal! okay I'll try the rooster. Abe the rooster doesn't look happy. but he's happy. okay Abe look. the rooster fell off the barn. is he happy now? uhhuh! he's not? how come? he cry. he's happy. [picks him up and puts him back on top of the barn] okay Abe here's a turtle! turtle's happy. the turtle's happy? uhhuh! now look here's a bunny! the bunny looks sad. bunny's happy. he's happy? but he looks sad. [bends down and looks very closely at bunny]. okay I can't argue with that. oh one fell down! oh the rooster fell down.
is he happy now that he fell down? no. what is he? he's a cock a doodle doo. I knocked the bunny down. you sure did. they are two [? too] sad. and he's happy. [pointing to bunny and rooster on floor, then points to turtle on barn roof] okay Daddy wants to try something else. [picks up goose] this a mother goose is happy. okay Abe here's a bunny. the bunny's happy. but he does not look happy. uhhuh. Abe here's a cow. he's happy! the cow's happy too? uhhuh he's got a tail. the bunny's got a tail? uhhuh. okay here's a little cat! the cat. eat food! the cat looks happy. but he's really sad. here comes a turtle. who does he think is happy? he's a funniest.
[turtle] he's the funniest? uhhuh. okay who does the turtle think is happy? he's happy. he's funny and talking to the cat. the turtle's talking to the cat? uhhuh. give me the one that the turtle thinks is happy. he's a bunny. who's happy? he's happy! the cat's happy? uhhuh he needs food! he needs food? uhhuh this is cat food. that's cat food? uhhuh. okay. I'm Abe. you're Abe? uhhuh. I know that. I know who you are. I'm Abe. I know that silly. do you wanna play a different game? uhhuh. okay pal wants you to say what he says okay? uhhuh.
okay say this the dog went home. dog went home. okay here's another one. a cow ate the carrot. cow ate the carrot. okay now do this one. the boy fell down the stairs. boy fell down the stairs. okay how about this one? dinner was eaten by the boy. dinner eaten by the boy. okay here's another one. a alligator kissed the donkey. alligator kissed the donkey. from here on I just list sentences to be imitated usually say " here's another." or " do you wanna play another game?" the turtle went home. turtle went home. Mommy can borrow Daddy's bike. Mommy xxx Daddy's bike. the cow ate a carrot. cow ate a carrot. the little boy is happy. happy. the little boy is happy. little boy's happy. the red wagon is fun. red wagon is fun.
a alligator kissed donkey the. alligator kissed the donkey. a cow ate carrot the. a cow ate carrot the. the boy fell down stairs the. boy fell down stairs the. the dog went to see mother! dog see mother! cat the ate cat food! cat the ate cat food. cat the ate cat food. the cat chased the dog. cat chased the dog. the donkey kissed alligator. donkey kissed the alligator. do you wanna try some more. uhhuh poo poo gas. can you say this? uhhuh. the turtle will go home. turtle will go home. the elephant can dance. elephant can dance. it may rain tonight. uhhuh rain tonight. the goat did eat his cake. goat eat cake. the fire will burn the tree. fire will burn the tree. the car can take three people.
car can take three people. the donkey may go outside. donkey can go outside. the mouse did go to the country. mouse go to the country. the cow did not eat his dinner. cow didn't eat his dinner. he can't get snacks. that's right no dinner, no snacks. here's another game. the elephant cannot go home. elephant can't go home. nobody hit me. nobody hit me. the boy did not eat any cookies. boy can't eat any cookies. the cow cannot eat grass. cow can't eat grass. the mouse did not eat cheese. mouse can't eat cheese. the boy did not sleep. boy can't not sleep. he did not do that. he did not do that. the turtle go will home. will go home. it rain may tonight. rain tonight. the fire burn will the tree. fire burn the tree.
the goat eat did his dinner. goat didn't eat his dinner. the boy not did eat any cookies. boy can't eat any cookies. everybody not hit me. everybody can't hit me. the elephant not can go home. elephant can't go home. the farmer not milk the cow. milk the cow. farmer can't milk the cow. the boy drank not his milk. huh. can you say " the boy drank not his milk?" boy drink not his milk. the cow like didn't the grass. didn't eat the grass. that's all. did you like those games? uhhuh wanna play another one. we can play some more tomorrow too okay? tomorrow too. boy can't eat his carrots. do you wanna go outside for awhile Abe? play outside. boy can't eat his carrots. you like to say that don't you Abe? Abe where are your shorts? in the drawer!
okay let's go get them on and go outside. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/021007.cha = = = they are scary. [while looking at a Halloween picture] they sure are. what are they? that's a witch and that's a ghost and that's a ghost and that's a ghost. uhhuh what else do you see? a goblin goblins will scare you. they will? uhhuh and witches scare you. and ghosts scare you. these all scare you I hope. you hope that they'll all scare me? uhhuh. why? huh? why do you hope that witches and ghosts and goblins will scare me? I'm a good boy. you are a daddy. you are not a boy. you are a daddy. and these will scare you. they sure would if I ever saw any. are they going to scare you too? yeah I am a daddy too. so them scare me too. would Mommy be scared if she saw a ghost? yeah mommies uh be scared like daddies.
both mommies and daddies are scared of ghosts and witches and goblins? uhhuh we all be scared on Halloween. we all be scared. why? 'cause the ghosts will chase us. they will? uhhuh. what will they do if they catch us? uh uh I don't know. we better run fast if we see any ghosts huh? yeah we run very fast. then a ghost can't chase us. oh well we'll all go trick-or-treating together. so no ghosts or goblins will bother us okay? why you said " we go trick treating?" I just thought that we'd all go trick-or-treating together on Halloween. I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go trick-or-treating. you don't? hunhunh I wanna get candy. I wanna get candy on Halloween Daddy. oh well Abe trick-or-treating is the name for getting candy on Halloween. when you knock on people's doors they open the door. and you say trick-or-treat. and then they give you candy see? trick-or-treat is just a name for getting candy. why's trick treat a name for candy? why's trick and treat a name for candy? well it's just a name.
Abe's a name. Stan's a name. Ann's a name. some things are just names. that's all. why? why some things are just names? why do you think Abe is a name? I'm Abe. why do you think that some things are names and other things aren't names? I don't know. I don't either. do we have enough popcorn to make when Mommy comes home? I hope so. I wanna eat popcorn when Mommy comes okay? let me see if we have enough. oh yeah we have plenty of popcorn. we make some now? no we'll wait until Mommy comes home okay? okay I want my Mommy get me something when she comes home Daddy. I want Mommy get me something when she comes home okay? we'll hafta wait and see Abe. I don't know if she's going to bring you anything or not. would you like to paint a picture? no. no? how about playing with your garage? uhhuh I wanna play with my animals also. I wanna play with my animals also. okay go ahead.
you get them for me. you get them for me please. oh okay I will. where are they? they are up there. okay. it's a far way up there. it sure is. you fall down from there. you will get hurt. you fall down from there. you will get hurt. uhhuh I won't fall down. so you don't hafta worry. here are your animals. thank you this is a camel. this is a giraffe. this is a polar bear. this is a lion. this is a tree. this is a buffalo. this is a zebra. this is a daddy. this is another tree. this is a little boy. this is a tiger. hey! [picking them up and then standing them up] why this tiger fall down? Daddy why this tiger fall down?
let me see. I think that he's just a little bit wobbly. why don't you have him lie down and sleep? he will not fall down when he wakes up I hope. well maybe after he wakes up he won't be quite as wobbly. he probably needs a pretty long nap though. this is a mommy. this is another tree. this is a seal. that's all. they are all standing up see? see Daddy? see? uhhuh they sure are. I knock them all down one two three four five six seven five ten five. they are all laying down. they all taking a nap. uhhuh why don't you wake them all up now? no I wanna play a game. you do? uhhuh I wanna play a game with you. what kind of game? I go hide and you get me a surprise! I don't have that kind of game ready. what other kind of game would you like to play? I wanna surprise. why don't we play a acrobatic game? you can do somersault and stuff okay? I played on the monkey bars today. you did?
uhhuh I swinged and swinged and jumped? wow! did you go very high? uhhuh I went high high high highest! and you jumped from that high up? uhhuh when I can't climb down I jump. oh do you ever climb down? no I jump. I climb highest and jump. and I climb highest again. and I jump again. oh do you ever fall? yeah once I swinged and didn't watch. you didn't watch what you were doing and you fell down? yeah. did you hurt yourself? uhhuh I hurt my mouth when I falled on the ground. I gotted dirt in my mouth. and I spitted. you spit to get the dirt out? uhhuh dirt is not edible. that's right. after you spit were you okay? yeah I watch now. so I don't fall again. that's good idea. you should watch when you go to your tumbling class too. if you watch what you're doing then you probably won't get hurt. is it good? uhhuh.
I'm glad that you like it. I want some more. I want some more Daddy. well I don't think that you need any more. if you eat any more your tummy will probably pop. I want some more please. I want some more please Dad please. why don't we play with the chess set instead? wouldn't you like that? uhhuh I wanna play with our chess. what color chess we got? huh? what color chess we got? one set of men are white and another set is black. one's brown and one's black. no that was Elliot's set. our set is black and white. here I'll get it and show you. one's brown and one's black I think. okay here you go. what colors are they? it's black and white. you were right. I wanna play with them. okay you set up the men. and then I'll play a game with you okay? I wanna play by myself first. after I play by myself you can play okay? okay go ahead and call me when you're ready for me to play. are you still playing by yourself?
yeah. are you almost done? yeah I wanna watch tv now. can't I play chess with you now? you play with yourself. and I will watch tv okay? let me see what's on. nothing good 's on right now. do you wanna make a poster? uhhuh you help me okay? sure what do you wanna make? a goblin. do you know how to make a goblin? huh? how do you make a goblin? I don't know. you help me okay? okay what do we needta make first? a head. okay how's this? pretty fine. now what do we need? a mouth. what else? eyes two eyes. what else? arms and legs, goblins got arms and legs. what color should his hair be? white can you make it white? sure I can make it whatever color you like.
there it's all done. how does he look? he needs arms and legs. he needs arms and legs. okay I'll get him some. how's this? pretty fine. what should we do with it? put it on the door. on the door with your other pictures. no on this door. on this door okay? on the inside of the door? yeah. okay, let me get some tape. there how does it look? pretty fine. I'm glad that you like it. come here. huh? come here so I can tickle you. I got you. now I'm gonna get you. no no no stop I stopped you. you did? uhhuh. what did you stop me from? I stopped you from uh... I don't know. from tickling you?
yeah from tickling me. you think that you stopped me huh? I'm gonna tickle you again. no no I run. and you can't tickle me. you're a stinkpot. and I'm gonna get you. no I'm not a stinkpot. yes you did. I don't feel like a stinkpot. you don't? uhuh. I guess that you're not one then. I can tickle you. you can? sure I can. I'm gonna tickle you right now. no don't tickle me. please don't. oh help Abe's tickling me. help help! now I got you. should I tickle you now? n' please no no. okay I won't. but you can't tickle me any more okay? do you wanna look at the mask I'm making. uhhuh. see it's a lion. I hafta put some ears on it.
why you hafta put ears on it? because that's what the instructions say. instructions don't say anything. that's right. but uh they do help me know what to do. and this time help me to know to put ears on a lion mask. you have it upside-down. I know. now it's right-side-up. do you like it? uhhuh that is for you. and we make a raccoon mask for me. and Mommy make a cow mask for her. is Mommy going to get a raccoon mask? no her will get a cow mask for her. a cow mask? uhhuh. does Mommy look like a cow? no mommies don't look like cows. they hafta get a mask. Mommy needs a mask to look like a cow? uhhuh. let's put the chess set up now. uhhuh. let's put the chess set up. now will you help me? yeah which chess goes in here and in there? [means which ones go in here and which ones go in there?] the white ones go in here and the black ones go in here. where this one goes?
it goes right in here. why it can't go in here? it's too big. I wanna watch tv. I wanna watch tv okay? okay I think that we can watch some tv now. do you wanna turn it on? I turn it on. I will turn it on. why don't you go wash your hands now? they sure are dirty. when this show's over I will wash my hands. the show's not even on yet. why don't you go ahead and go now? I will go to wash them after tv show. go ahead and go now. come on I'll help you. come on let's wash your hands. there that wasn't too bad was it? now we can watch the show. I wanna eat some popcorn. let's wait until Mommy gets home okay? do you want a piece of candy right now? yeah. okay okay here it is. yeah. okay okay here it is. thank you this candy keeps getting little and little see? uhhuh the longer that you suck on it the smaller it gets. guess who I hear?
what? what you said? hi. hi Mom. how was your cheese cutting? hi Mom I ate ice cream and candy already. see my candy? I sure do. Daddy sure does feed you a lot of junk. look what I got. what? what you got? some blueberry yogurt. would you like a little bit? uhhuh I wanna hold it. I wanna hold it okay? okay I'll get a little bowl for you. how you get the top off? how you get the top off Mom? I know how to get the top off. Mom see I got the top off. good. now I can put some yogurt in this dish for you. did you tell Mom what we did Abe? what we did Daddy? what we did? what did you do Abe? I'm asking Daddy. oh what did you do Dad? I thought that Abe could tell you.
why don't you... = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/030122.cha = = = [brushing his teeth with Snoopy battery-operated toothbrush.] when you put the toothbrush in it makes a circle. when you take it out it makes a square. yeah that's right. let's get you some water. when Mommy gets home I'm gonna tell her I brushed my teeth. she'll be so happy when you tell her. this is real neat Dad. that's real neat? yeah because when this one goes in all the way that's real funny. oh. I'm getting so hot Daddy. you're getting hot? uhhuh. how come? because when the sun goes down real slowly it makes me hot. when what happens? when the sun goes down real slowly it makes me hot. oh. hey I said after you were through washing dishes we could go outside and play for a little while. well why don't we stay in here for a little while. and then we can go out and play okay? when the sun goes down? maybe. hey I have a good idea. what? uh this is a good idea.
we could go out and play and after we goed out. uh when we started go out and play we could play a game. what kind of game could we play? a animal game. oh you mean when we come back in we could play a game? yeah no now we could. now? where the icicles at? I think they're melting. it's hard to see with all the moisture on the window. just snowflakes. the icicles are gone. since they're gone their big long shadows aren't there. oh. hey hey one have a good idea. why don't we play on your desk? play what? a animal game on your desk. okay get your animals. okay I'm gonna get my barn full of animals first. then we can play a game. here this is soaking wet. we hafta play. I decided we could play on the floor. oh say I have an idea. what? why don't we build something with your blocks instead? would you like that? okay when I have another box full too. two boxes full?
I I mean I have three instead. that's three and three makes fourteen makes eighteen. okay I got 'em all sort up now. okay. we don't need this anyway. what? this 'frigerator. oh we sure don't. why don't you put it back in the house? I have a good idea. when the sun comes up we could go to the grocery store with you and Mommy and Abe. what are we going to do at the grocery store? we could buy some food. are we out of food? we're almost out. oh almost I don't know what I'm gonna do if we run out of food. I'm gonna be so hungry. Mommy could buy us some ice cream or something. oh is that the kind of food we need? uhhuh. what about sausage? sausage? we're not out of sausage yet. what about potatoes? oh we are out of potatoes. sure I think so. we are out? uhhuh. if we get some will you eat some? when I grow up just like you are.
well you've gotta eat some potatoes before you grow up like me. didn't you know that? no. yeah. no what? who's out there dingle turkey? did you call me a dingle turkey? no my bunny. you called your bunny a dingle turkey? uhhuh because he did something wrong. what did he do wrong? he jumped on the bed with his shoes on. man was Mommy home? yeah and her said " bunny don't hop on your bed with your shoes on!" is that what she said? yeah. and what did lovey say? her said " duh dah duh dah." oh what happened next? some big alligators come. and so bunny got afraid. and he got his gun and went in the stream. and then he went and catched a alligator. now alligators don't crawl on the floor and scare Bunny. oh. uh hey hey Dad numbers. yeah those are number blocks huh? I have a good idea.
we all needta get together and make train. oh put all the numbers together and make a long train? uhhuh can we make a train after you blow your nose? okay why don't I make one train. and you can make another train. and we'll see which one's fastest okay? okay here's your box full. that's my bucket full of blocks? uhhuh. thank you. hey hey Dad someone broke this. someone broke my glasses. who broketed them? I don't know. we'll hafta fix 'em. do you like 'em like that? no I like them with colors in. you'd rather have the lenses in? yeah this is a good. this is not a good idea to do it. I'll make my train first. this is gonna be an engine hey! you're sposta make a big train. what are you doing? [just watching Abe, not making a train] I'm just making a train. it sure is getting long. it's getting longest. where's the caboose? caboose?
the caboose is right here. oh the orange one's the caboose. uhhuh a z! no a n a n. that can be a z or a n right? uhhuh a z. uhhuh. a n. right. my train. whoops I made a train. now I needta make a railroad. will you help me? okay. toot! what a nice train. I'm making noise. I know. hey hey make yourself a train too. I'm gonna make a short train. how come? just because I like short trains sometimes. oh hey hey Dad I think I have a good thing. what? this is gonna be real neat Dad. are you done with your train? no not yet. I'm gonna show you what's the same from that one. oh. just a second.
I'm gonna show you what's the same from that one. oh what's the same as here? yeah. oh. this is the same see. [shows Father one block from each set are the same size] yeah. what is this number though? what number? what does it look like? I don't know. it could be the number one. if you have two of them next to each other it could be the number eleven. eleven you're right. hey let's make a guitar. Dad let's make a guitar. a guitar? uhhuh. how are we going to make a guitar? you hafta get one of these and one of these. no no let's make something different. like what? if you're done with your train you hafta pick it up. are you done with it? yeah. okay pick it up. okay you're going to help me aren't you? okay I'll help you. this is a orange one. it sure is.
hey what's this? I never seen this before. that? that's a leopard or maybe a cheetah isn't it yours? no. maybe it's Greggy's. yeah it might be Greggy's. 'cause Greggy got lots and lots of animals. so does Abe Duncan. Abe Duncan also has lots and lots of blocks. let's pick 'em all up. man let me sit down here for a minute. how come? I got tired. putting up a train is hard work isn't it? [jumps] [aft yells] let's not make too much noise. because Jean might get a headache okay? when the sun comes up I could ride my truck. you can ride it now if you wanna. you just hafta be careful not to make too much noise. do you wanna make something with your blocks? or do you wanna pick your blocks up? I'll pick these up. hey hey hey I'm not through playing yet. I wanna make some thing first. okay. this is gonna be a alligator. 'cept it don't has a mouth.
alligators just have a mouth at the same time. alligators do? yeah 'cept hey hey we hafta draw a mouth on the alligator first. we do? yeah hey I get my pencil okay? go get it. I'm gonna get the pencil I got at school here. go ahead you can do it. don't worry about me. I'm not worried. hey I wouldn't color it all up. that's enough okay? these are just a lot of dots. yeah but that's enough. you can't get those off. hey hey alligators have lots and lots of dots on their backs. that's enough. if you wanna make a real alligator you hafta make it on paper. we don't wanna color the blocks all up. I think it's all finished. it is? uhhuh I think mine is all finished now. well I'm still working on my tower. when you tell me to knock it down I could I knock it down? yeah when I tell you to you can. hey it's gonna fall down. no I think not. I'm gonna knock it down now. I'm not done wait until I'm done. it's gonna fall down.
no it's not. you know why? hunhunh. because I'm not gonna let it fall down I hope. don't do it all the way. I won't. boy it's getting tall. it's getting tall Dad so you better hurry. okay knock it down. [begins picking up blocks] I'm not through yet Dad. okay build something else. don't pick up yours. I won't. I think I'll make another tower. then I can knock it down again? if you wanna. okay a big long alligator still. wow you made his tail. now it's gonna come. now it's gonna come and bite us. who is? this alligator. how come? because he's mean. I don't know why. you don't know why he's mean. but he is? your pencil will keep him from what? from biting stuff like birds how long you will be home Daddy?
how long until I leave? no no how long you will be home from school tonight? oh well I'm gonna leave in a little while. and I'll be home in a few hours. Mommy'll be home before me. but I won't be gone too long. I'm real happy when you are sleeping in my bed. you are happy? uhhuh. do you wanna knock this down? yeah. okay wow! you knocked another tower down. happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Daddy, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. thank you. happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. hey you're not wearing your belt. since I'm wearing my belt Daddy can you wear your belt? sure go get it for me. here. thank you do you want some milk? hunhunh I'm getting cold and hot. cold and hot? uhhuh. why do you think you're getting cold and hot? because I'm getting so so hot I'm gonna make something you can knock down Dad. good. I wanna knock something down. let me knock it down. no no I'm not through setting it up yet.
oh is that what I'm sposta knock down? yeay now it's all finished. it's all finished now Dad. knock it down Dad. okay there. let me see my binoculars. so I can see something. I saw some alligators. where? over there. what were they doing? they were hibernating. and they said they won't bite us any more. they won't? no. that's good. maybe the bears will. the what? maybe the bears will bite us. maybe. maybe they will. I doubt it though. if they're nice they won't bite us. hey I found a book. a zoo book. maybe we could color on it. yeah. we haven't color that in a long long time. we haven't? no see?
why don't we color it then? we could color it with our binoculars. you think you can? yeah you hold it Dad. you hold it. hold what? hold this page. I think I can handle that. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/030308.cha = = = [making a poster.] did you find my scissors? huh? did you find my scissors? no I found my scissors. they were on the table. Mommy I found my scissors. they were on the table. oh I found mine. what do you wanna put on your poster Abe? I think a kite. that's a good idea. is this a kite I made? it looks like one. hey you can't cut on that one. do you wanna try and cut it? yeah. hey that was pretty good. now I wanna cut on these lines. okay what are you trying to make?
a square. do you think it's a square or a rectangle? a square. why do you think it's a square? because they're all the same size. are all the sides equal? yeah equal Mommy make me a poster now. okay what kind of color do you wanna use? pink. do you wanna glue everything onto the pink? no I don't wanna do that. I wanna do it on this, on this. which one? on this. on the pink right? is this pink? yeah okay what do you wanna put on your poster? I think a shape like that. a shape similar to this? yeah 'cept don't do the biggest. you can use your scissors to cut out some stuff. okay with this orange? [orange paper] sure. what is orange? what's orange? oranges are orange. yeah. put it right there. okay.
'cept see it comes off. well it only comes off when you pull it off. let the glue dry and it won't come off. what else do you wanna put on your poster? I don't know. hey hey how 'bout a real crocodile? what color is a crocodile? I think they look like green. okay. how long it will be through? huh? how long it will be through? [means how long until it's cut] I still hafta cut out the legs. how many legs does a crocodile have? five. five? yeah. how about four and one long tail? yeah sometimes crocodiles have really short tails. what does this look like? a real crocodile is he climbing up? get a lot of glue on. here you go. hey this come off. well let's put a little more glue on. Mommy sometimes crocodiles have their mouths open. what are they trying to do when their mouths are open? they are trying to bite someone. xxx make you Mommy.
make you Mommy. make me? yeah. okay what color should I be? white because you're white. I know what. I'll make a face. and you can draw the eyes nose and mouth. I can't make eyes. is this a eye? no that's the head. how can I make eyes? here you can use this. Mommy make a circle I can't. make a circle out of what? out of eyes. out of paper? yeah a circle out of paper. is that head on right up here? this crocodile is gonna bite your head. oh no. and then I would come and cut his head. then I would come and cut his head. what do you think he would say? he'd say ouchie and run away. oh and I'd say " Abe you rescued me." know what else? I'd get him in a net. and I tooked him to fishersay.
oh what did the fisherman say? no, no fishersay fishersay fishersay is where mean crocodiles bite your fingers and your heads. and that was where fishersay is. is it a hospital? no it's a animal cage man. and that's where animals come when they're naughty. oh I'm glad that you took the mean alligator there. maybe he'll learn some manners. sometimes he does. will you teach him how to be nice? yeah I'm a zookeeper. is this where your eyes go? yeah. see he bites heads. he's a mean alligator. I'm gonna get him with this hook. fishersay says to get mean alligators with this hook. hey let me see what's on your bottom look this says slugger where did you get this? it was on mine bat. why'd you put it on your bottom? because you're the biggest stinker in the whole world. you think that I'm a stinker! [pretends to cry] oh no. I'm sorry I said that. I was just pretending that I was crying. Daddy you take twenty seven eight when you come out. what? you taked twenty seven eight to come out of the bathroom. I took a long time?
yeah you taked twenty seven eight. I came out shorter than you. sooner than me? yeah I came out before you did. well I had some unfinished business to take care of. did you tell Daddy what we almost got at K Mart today? uhuh. do you remember? a net. uhhuh. 'cept I didn't want it. I wanted a bat and baseballs. hey this needs a body. oh you need a body on that. what color should the body be? is this gonna be a octopus? is that a octopus I made? it sure looks similar to one. huh? I guess it could be a octopus if that's what you want it to be. is that a octopus body? no what kind of body is that? I don't know. I wanna cut it. I wanna make a octopus body. Daddy know what? hm? know what kind of cookies we made today when Greggy and Andy came over? do you mean yesterday? yeah they were crisscross cookies.
crisscross? yeah Mommy said they were. oh they must have been crisscross cookies then. Mommy wouldn't lie. Mommy Peter has a baseball bat. who does? Peter does. have you played with it before? yeah when I goed there. when you were at his house? yeah I'm trying to slide down this. [baseball bat] like a fireman slides down his pole? yeah. Abe what did you do today? huh? what did you do today? I played ball all day. oh. hey this is closed. go ahead and open it. I can't not. what? I can't open it. you open it okay? okay here you go. you know what? last day I sleeped a long time. yesterday? yeah so I didn't hafta go to bed real early last night.
oh you slept a long time yesterday afternoon. so you wouldn't hafta go to bed early last night? yeah. did you take a long nap today? yeah so I won't hafta go to bed early tonight right? right you can stay up if you wanna. how long? I don't know. until you start getting tired how's that? let's play baseball okay? okay here. I'll throw the ball. and you hit it. oh almost. you were catching. what? you were catching not balling. I was catching? yeah. do you mean pitching? yeah pitching. wow! what a hit! they call me slugger. why do they call you slugger? because I slug everything. okay here I'm going to work on the dishes for a while. no I wanna play baseball first okay? I wanna play baseball before you do dishes. here I'll play with you Abe.
no I will. there that was pretty good. let's do it one more time okay? okay whoops. let's do it one more time one more time okay? ask Mom. can we do it Mom? yeah let me get my sewing machine put away. when did you get that baseball bat Abe? I don't know. hey when did I get this baseball bat Mom? when do you think you got it? now I think I got it now. today, this afternoon right? yeah at K Mart. ready? yeah. okay wow! Dad you should have seen that. did you hit it a long way? yeah let's do that again Mom. get your ball Mom. okay here you go whoops! you almost got it. Mommy let's do it one more time. we're going to make ice cream. what sort of ice cream would you like? chocolate I wanna make chocolate. you do? yeah Mommy let's play baseball one more time.
hey get your ball Daddy. get your ball and let's play baseball. hey here's the one you got. okay you ready? yeah. good one. let's do it again. I want some milk. okay here you go. here you hold all the balls you were holding okay Mommy? and Daddy you hold the balls you were holding. these are the balls you were holding. hey I wanna look at that. hey I wanna be a slugger again. okay ready? yeah. every one that you hit back I'll throw to you again okay? yeah every one I don't hit back. are you going to throw it again? no so you better be real careful. aw you missed that one. you should be wearing your baseball hat. oy don't throw it yet okay? okay. here it is. okay I'm ready. okay you missed again. xxx don't you see? Momma let's do it again. I got two balls.
huh? I got two balls. oh. hey Mommy I got three balls. that's right. there were three balls. where's the other one? I don't know. let's look. hey let's go get Yuppy. she's real lonely. I don't know if Renee's home Abe. hey here's my other ball. I wanna look at the dying book okay? I wanna look at the dying book. what? the bible. oh Abe I hafta go to the store now. do you wanna go with me? you can look at that book later. okay I will go with you Daddy. what happens when you wake up after you're dead? I don't know Abe. what do you think happens? you start growing again right? maybe if you wake up after you're dead. I'm just not sure what happens. I'm gonna go now. are you gonna come with me? I guess so.
get your coat. okay Mommy. you're gonna stay here all by yourself. oh I'm gonna be so lonely. no Lovey would be here with you. [means Lovey will be here with you] oh that's good news. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/040605.cha = = = Mommy you don't need shoes look. [at glass] you drank it all! would you like some more? no I told you I was thirsty. uhhuh. Mommy did you know cowboys wear these kind of shirts when they are in the desert? yeah do you know why? yeah 'cause it's so hot in the desert. and these are cool shirts. know what's in the desert at nighttime Mom? what? I don't know. do you? I'm just curious. oh animals snakes plants scorpions. oh yeah like that scorpion with the red star in it. uhhuh is that thunder I hear? yeah I'm not hungry. I'm thirsty. Mommy can I do something?
Mommy I didn't want that. I was gonna get the juice out of this cherry. go ahead. I'll squeeze the juice out. 'cept where is it? I forgot where. I just put it. oh Mommy the juice is dropping on the floor. oh. Mommy can you get this out for me? okay. Mommy I'll do that. Mommy I said I'll do it. okay Abe what's that? I don't know. oh the seed. the seed shouldn't have come out then. do you think any more juice is going to come out? if you keep squeezing. I will. I was gonna stop squeezing. but I'm not now. I'm gonna squeeze until all the juice is out. good. could you put a bandaid on me? lick it. I did. I did Mommy. looking at pictures. do you think that was wintertime?
that was spring. Abe eat the cherries after you squeeze the juice out. otherwise you're just wasting 'em. okay I'll eat 'em. I'll try eating 'em. that fish could have been dead by then. [in picture] uhhuh it almost was dead. yeah. where are you going love? I'm gonna get my bandaid. what? I'm gonna get my bandaid. Daddy did you know that my beetle can move? I just saw it move. it moved. it must be alive. uhhuh. you hafta take a bath this morning. I know hey! you maked it hard for me to jump. and I almost tripped. kaboom! Daddy what can I eat? toast? okay. okay Abe what are you doing? I was fixing my toast. I'll get it. it's too late now.
'cause I already put it in the toaster. okay where are you going? I'm just looking out. okay. it's really hot out. hi Joey! Abe the mailman just came. the mailman! I'll see what we got. Daddy all we got was a book. all we got was this. oh okay. ![cries] what happened? the door smashed my fingers. let me see. I think you're okay. what do you wanna drink? I want water to drink. okay what do you want on your toast? honey and cinnamon. I don't think we have any honey Abe. well why can't you look in the rotating thing? I'll look. okay we have honey. good I want honey and cinnamon if we have cinnamon. okay this is hard honey to get out. I know. 'cause it's way down in the bottom. what do you wanna eat?
toast I already told you. what do you wanna drink? water. how about milk? Daddy I've drinked milk for days. I want water today. okay what have you been doing all this week. huh? what have you been doing all this week. playing, that's what, playing. with who? Joey and all my friends. when you were upstairs and I was downstairs I was playing with Joey. oh. we really played a fun game. when will Mommy be home? in a few hours. oh no my Mom hasn't been here until half an hour. [2U6 since, for] she hasn't been here for longer than half an hour. where are you going to eat this? at the table. are you sure that you want water? I'm sure. I want water. okay I hafta take a shower. do you wanna take a bath after I take a shower. or do you wanna take a shower with me? I'll take the shower with you. okay.
Daddy when are we going to move? next summer. I thought next winter. nope when would you rather move? next winter we could move to Colorado. maybe. or Texas. maybe. Daddy I would like to move to Texas. what would happen if this got stuck here. I don't know. and what if there was glue there? then what would happen? what do you think would happen? maybe the phone would be stuck forever. maybe are you done eating? I'm almost. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/031003.cha = = = I wanna play a animal game. I'm getting your game ready. are you getting a game ready for me to play? no a game ready for me to play. oh. your game. don't you want a zoo game for me to play? huh? don't you want a zoo game for me to play? a new game? a zoo game.
well I have a sentence game. I wanna play a animal game. okay. hey do I got any animals in here. I think so. I got a hippopotamus. these could be the wild horses. [1U2 means have] oh is that a stockade? no this is the part the animals go in. that's the cage. oh. hey 'cept where is some more animals? some more animals for this game. I don't know. the hippopotamus needta go here. do you wanna get dressed? no I think I won't get dressed now. okay how come Mom cut your hair? because when you comb it you don't comb it good. what? you don't comb it good. is that the reason? or is it because it got tangled all the time? I was all tangled. yeah. hey I don't know where any more of my animals are. you don't? no Chris gots animals with his Indians and cowboys. where are all your animals?
upstairs? hey the barn is upstairs. I'm getting the barn if it's upstairs. what? I found the barn don't say " what." okay. who pushed that guy out of that room? what guy? the guy that was in the commercial. oh I don't know that was a commercial for a detective show. who do you think pushed him? I didn't see. do you think it was one of his enemies? yeah. would a friend push ya out of a room? no not a friend of his. how come a friend wouldn't? because pretend this is the zoo keeper. okay. hey did you get me this from school today? no that must have come with one of your animal packages. oh we don't need this one. hey do they got cats at the zoo? do they have what? do they got cats at the zoo? yeah. how 'bout this? can we use this one? we can.
I've never seen one of those in a zoo though. how come I've never seen one of those in a zoo? 'cause they're not animals. they're dinosaurs. how come they don't have dinosaurs in the zoo Abe? because they're big. oh. because they're bigger than the cages. are there any dinosaurs that are alive? no. do think that might have something to do with it? not any dinosaurs are alive. 'cept know what? what? I'll tell you what. soon I'll tell you what. first I'm gonna fix the cages. this is gonna be a big cage. it sure is. we don't need the hippopotamus. we don't? no I want the cage this big. Abe what are you doing? I'm still making zoo. it's getting pretty big. yep you could get the animals while I finish building this. okay I'll get some of 'em. Daddy do I got any more blocks like this? [4w means have] do you have what?
do I have any more blocks like this? I think so. here, here's one. yeah now I need this kind of block. not this kind. this kind. I'm so fast. so what? I'm so fast. fast? yeah. why did you take those out? I was just measuring. you were using those for measuring sticks? yeah. that was a good idea. know how come I made it so big? 'cause lots of animals are gonna be here. oh. when you say the thing I'll move the animals okay? oh do you wanna play that kind of game? yeah I need some more animals. they have barns in zoos. how 'bout this? okay. he might fight the other animals. we better not put this animal in our zoo. here's a elephant. is this a deer? that's a horse.
where's a other deer? is this a deer? yep. this goes here. oh too much animals are in here. I'm gonna take this flying dinosaur out. good idea. I think we better not use this. how come? because then it will get the other animals. oh. Daddy this is the gate. I needta go poo poo. what? I needta go poo poo. I'll put one more there okay? then I'll go poop. maybe we do need one like that. maybe we do. I got one mommy and two daddy bears. you do? yeah. are you done? yeah hey where's the other buffalo? I don't know. can you look for it? yeah here it is. this is the grandfather elephant. how did this fall down? he just lost his balance.
how come they always have two animals in a zoo instead of just one? because one needta be a mommy. and the other one needs to be a daddy. this is the baby. and this is the mother. and that's the dad? yeah I think we could use a lion. hey! a kangaroo and a giraffe, these could be in our zoo. yeah. nice ones needta be with the nice ones. hey! how did you find the mommy one? I just happened to see it. what are you doing? I said " nice ones needta go with nice ones." so I'm making the nice ones go with nice ones. oh who's a mean one? none of 'em are. now lions are mean ones. but they could go with these. oh did you find the lion? not yet. I'll help you look. that could be mean the lion could go with the others hey! where can this one go? hey! that's the part where the animals get out from nighttime. you let the animals out of the zoo at night?
yeah so they can get exercise. who was on the phone? [2U phone rings] Mommy. Mommy called again? yeah she keeps calling. is the zoo done? the zoo almost is done. 'cept know what? we don't need that. come here. you're gonna be the teller. I'm gonna be the what? you're gonna be the teller. you know the guy that tells you what to do. oh you mean I'll say something and you'll make the animals do it? yeah 'cept what else can I bring in the zoo? whatever you want. hey! I need an alligator. do you have one? you needta help me look for one. I'm not sure I can find one. I'll help you look. do it now. okay. 'cept don't knock over the cage and the animals. I won't. = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/021006.cha = = =
is today my birthday? yes. oh that's so nice. what are we going to do tonight? are we going to do anything tonight? I don't know. what about going to Jack and Karen's? yeah I wanna go to Jack and Karen's house. okay we'll go there tonight. I wanna eat cake when we go at Jack and Karen's house. I think that we might be able to arrange that. let me see what's on your face. it looks like something froze on your face while you were outside. what do you think it was? I don't know. what do you think it was? I think it was probably a chicken. no chickens don't freeze on someone's face. is that right? no. what do they do? eat. oh chicken's eat a lot. yeah chickens eat a lot. they eat worms and bird food. they don't eat that food. what food? people food? chickens don't eat people food? no.
[climbing inside a box] what are you doing? cover this up. are you going inside? you cover this up with a blanket okay? okay I will. is that your cave? no it's not a cave. it's a forest a big forest. cover it up. cover it up please. I will. cover it up please. I am. where's Abe at? don't say " where's Abe." you don't want me to say that? no. okay I won't. I sure do wish that I knew where he was. what? I sure do wish that I knew where Abe was. he's in a box. and you covered him up. oh well I'm glad that I know where he is now. I'm a bear. I'm not a mean bear. I'm a nice bear. you're a nice bear?
uhhuh I'm a nice bear. I'm I'm gonna fly up up to the ceiling. I'm gonna fly up to the ceiling fly. be careful. I wanna make a cake. do you wanna make me a cake? uhhuh me Mommy and I make a birthday cake for you. that sure would be nice. I wanna make a big big big cake. you can as soon as Mommy comes home. I wanna watch tv. you wanna watch some tv? yeah. we will in just a little while. what can we do until then? I don't know. what kind of cake are you going to make? a chocolate frosting cake. really? yeah. that sounds like a good idea to me. hey what are you doing? I wanna climb up here and watch it. [8w the tv] [bef pushing box] what? I wanna climb up and watch it. you're going to stand on top of that box and watch tv? yeah. that's pretty dangerous.
I wanna watch tv. we will in just a little while. what can we do until then? I don't know. why don't we talk? what did you do when you went to school with Mommy today? that play thing was closed. Mommy's pottery room was closed? uhuh. what happened after that? we didn't play in it. you didn't? uhuh we didn't. 'cause it was closed. what else happened? I don't know. did you go anywhere? no. didn't you go the Dinkey Town? it was closed. Dinkey Town was closed? yeah. do you remember when Daddy honked at you? uhuh I didn't see you. you didn't? uhuh I didn't see you. you honked when I didn't seed you. oh was I going too fast? uhhuh my panties has a hole right here see? your panties has a hole in it?
right here see? let me see. oh is Mommy going to fix it? is Mommy going to fix that hand? no. oh you want it to stay that way? uhhuh I like it. I wanna watch tv. hey! yeah what is it? I have an idea. what is it? let's look at the pictures. and you tell me what's going on okay? okay and then you tell me okay? okay we'll take turns. what were you doing here? walking. what were you walking to? to a tree. you're walking to a tree? uhhuh. what about this one? I'm walking with a eighteen shirt on to school. uhhuh that's right. who are you going with? Mommy. uhhuh. Mommy's not here now. she's at the store right?
right. she's at the store again. again? uhhuh. what about this picture? it's Abe playing on the monkey bars. are you doing any tricks? yeah. what are you doing there? he's swinging. and he's uh fall down and hurt his face. is that what happened? [actually had happened about 3-4 weeks earlier] uhhuh. and you remembered that? no. do you know if it really happened? I don't know. oh what about this one? that's Abe making a beaver dam. oh what are you making it with? I don't know. look and tell me what's in your beaver dam okay? that's a chair. and that's a chair. and that's a truck. and that's a blanket. uhhuh now tell me what you used all of those things for? a chair is for sitting. and that chair is for sitting.
that's a truck. and I can ride it outside. and that's Greggy's blanket. uhhuh you can also build a beaver dam with all that can't you? uhhuh with this and this and this. I wanna build a beaver damn when you are all done. don't you wanna look at any more pictures? no. okay I'll put 'em up. what do you wanna do? I wanna go to Jack and Karen's house so we can eat ice cream okay? we will later on okay? do you know what? Halloween is coming pretty soon. what are you going to be on Halloween? be Robin! are you going to be Robin? uhhuh and I will be Robin. oh what are you going to do on Halloween? get some candy. is that what Halloween is all about? uhhuh I wanna get some candy after I watch tv. you wanna get candy after you watch tv? uhhuh I wanna watch tv now. get me the schedule and I'll see what's on. are you going to get it? or do you want me to get it? I'm a get it. where is it? it's right over there.
okay. let me see. what's on? I hear Mommy yelling for help. let's go help her. we're coming Mom. we're coming. I want a banana. well the bananas aren't quite ripe yet. I want a banana Daddy. I got some good fish Dad. you should be proud. I wanna see the good fish. I'll show it to you. I wanna see if I want a banana. how about an apple? no. how about a pear? where's a pear? I wanna see a fish you got. I want a peanut butter sandwich. I want a peanut butter sandwich, Mom. please please Mommy please. okay just a second and I'll get you whatever you want. I want a peanut butter sandwich. okay hold on for just a second. let me finish putting the groceries away. I dropped it again. what dropped? that dropped.
oh I think that you did that on purpose. you did didn't you? no I didn't. I didn't Mom. what are you doing? Mom what are you doing? I'm putting the celery away. my Daddy got me a box. oh did you play in it? uhhuh. thanks for picking up some of the junk off of the floor. I sweepted. and my Daddy holded the dust pan. and my Daddy sweepted. and I holded the dustpan. you cooperated? uhhuh. how nice. you get me two parts, one on the top and one on the bottom. uhhuh and one middle full of peanut butter. and jelly. okay. that jelly put it in when you put it there. I'll put it on top of the peanut butter. cut it. eat that. and then we'll go. we going at? we hafta take our turntable back. why we hafta do that?
because it doesn't work right. what you doing? I'm making applesauce for Daddy's birthday cake. that we made at school you know. you made applesauce at school? uhhuh. did you eat some? uhhuh and Sarah did. also what's Daddy doing? it looks like he's getting into the tool box. why he doing that? he probably needs some tools. why? to fix something. oh milkie you get me some milkie? just a moment please. Mommy Mommy... hm? mommies have boobies and daddies just have pimples. are you sure? uhhuh I'm a daddy. and I got pimples. you are a mommy and you got boobies. you've got everything figured out don't you Abe? what? I just said that you have everything figured out. why you said " I have everything figured out?" because you're such a smartie. it's too big for it.
[a bowl] what? it's too big for it. yeah but I couldn't find the small one. why? it's hidden somewhere. are you done eating? I dropped one little pieces. that's okay. one piece of crust isn't very important. you didn't believe me when I dropped little bitty piece of bread crust. no do you want another sandwich? uhhuh peanut butter and jelly sandwich. okay here's the grape jelly. why that's grape jelly? because Grandma got '_lot of grapes and made jelly out of them. oh I like her. and Karen's a good friend. Karen is? uhhuh Karen is. when we go at Texas I give Karen a big kiss. oh I bet that she would really like that. are you about ready to go? I wanna eat my sandwich first. okay I saw a garage sale on the way to the store. would you like to go to that? you seed a garage sale on the way there? uhhuh we can go if you wanna. I get something we go there? we'll hafta wait and see.
why we hafta wait and see? they might not have anything that you'd want. I want something. I get something. and you get something. and and my Daddy get something for him. and then we be happy. that's a good idea. but we'll hafta wait and see what they have at the garage sale. let's go. let's go right now. just a second let me use the bathroom. do you hafta tee tee? no mommies sit down when they tee tee. and daddies hafta stand up. I hafta sit down when I tee tee? uhhuh. couldn't I stand up if I wanted to? no you are a mommy. and mommies sit down. daddies stand up. and you are not a daddy. you are a mommy. tee tee. I will wait outside for you. you tee tee. and then you come get me okay? wait in here instead okay? I'll only be a second. where's Mommy?
her's in the bathroom tee teeing. oh what are you doing? I'm waiting for her. her said " wait here." and you're just going to sit here? uhhuh we going at a garage sale and get me something. oh really? uhhuh. are you... = = = childes/CHILDES_NA/Kuczaj/021012.cha = = = Abe who did you play with today at school. Eric and Grover... you didn't play with Grover. Grover's on Sesame Street. and Cookie Monster... Cookie Monster's on Sesame Street. I don't think he's at school. and poo poo gas... everytime he see you Edna he thinks about poo poo gas. I don't know... and nobody else. and nobody else. a triangle Mickey Mouse. a triangle Mickey Mouse? what you doin'? we're going to have tostados. I guess they're called. I don't know.
I don't want tostados. do you know what they taste like? yeah. Doritos with cheese on 'em. I think you'll like them. I want tacos. we're going to have tacos after we eat these okay? I said nope. no I said nope. I said nope too. you want tacos. not tacos anyway. we're not going to have tacos? yeah tacos ha hi ha ha ha. Abe you're kidding me. you tease me all of time. poo poo gas yyy a piggy a piggy. you're a pig? yeah a piggy poo poo gas piggy poo poo gas. Abe hey buddy what do you mean? take your coat off. it is off. I'm going to wear this shirt okay? okay. thanks for bringing the saw. oh you're welcome. saw? yeah I made a box today. so you can come play a game with me next week okay? do you wanna come to school and play a game with me?
yeah I didn't now. you what? I didn't. oh but you can. hey that mask is a 'prise for you. [9w means surprise] this mask is a surprise for me? yeah we maked it. what is it? it's a mask. I know. but what is it a mask of? a mask for Halloween. oh when I put this on what do I look like? a tiger. oh. I thought it was a lucky lion. a lion a lion. are you going to let Dad wear it? yeah. oh this is mine. Abe wants to be a raccoon. Rocky Raccoon? yeah you want ta be on halloween? oh I'd really like to do something on Halloween. how'd you like to be a jack-o'-lantern? a what? a jack-o'-lantern. oh I think I'd make a good jack-o'-lantern don't you? yeah.
if she wore her orange shirt she could really look like one couldn't she? you have boobies. yep sure do. daddies don't have any boobies. they don't. hunhunh. hey why don't you give that to me okay? thank you. Abe what are you going to be on Halloween? a Mickey Mouse. oh really? that would be neat if you were a Mickey Mouse Abe. maybe we could fix up a Mickey Mouse costume. are you going to go trick-or-treating? no. oh you are too. I wanna go trick Halloween. did you tell Edna that we're probably going to come by her house and expect a lot of candy, '_lot of candy, and a candy apple, and a popcorn ball? I'm hungry. tell Edna we're going to have a Halloween party here in the morning. what you doin'? I'm going to fix this. is that Wenesday morning? uhhuh. oh I think I may stay home for that. what those? those are going to be tostados. why? why Mommy? I wants taste one.
I wants taste one Mom. I want ta taste one Mom. what Stan? just a little one okay? okay I think you'll like it better with cheese on it. Adam? huh? Adam. who's Adam? Adam's a kid in your class isn't he? uhhuh. who is Adam Abe? at school I saw Adam. huh? at school I saw Adam. Adam at school? Sarah. Sarah's your best friend isn't she? that's really neat. 'cause I met Sarah... cryin' Sarah? huh? cryin' Sarah. crying Sarah? yeah. is that why she's your friend? you all are crying partners? no. do you cry on each other's shoulders. no.