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INV*INV: good morning, this is Mother and Child .
INVwe are taping at their home .
INVand Child's birthday is April ten, nineteen eighty four .
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INVum .
INVlet's see, ok .
INV*INV: I don't want to tell you too much until after we're done, but basically we're looking at mother and child interactions and conversation, language, and stuff like that .
INVum: .
INVok .
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MOTfrom here, or from someplace else ?
MOTdo you wanna read +"/.
MOT*MOT: +" are you my mother ?
CHIyeah .
CHIuh, uh, um, um, um, up, up table .
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MOTok .
CHImo:m my mother .
MOT*MOT: are you my mother .
MOTa mother bird sat on her egg .
MOTthe egg jumped .
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CHImo:m my mother .
MOTare you my mother .
MOT*MOT: a mother bird sat on her egg .
MOTthe egg jumped .
MOToh my, said the baby bird, my baby will be here, he will want to eat, I must get something for my baby bird to eat, I'll be right back .
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CHIum my bay bird [% baby bird] .
MOTthe baby bird .
MOT*MOT: +" where is my mother .
MOThe said .
MOThe looked for her .
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MOTright .
MOThe couldn't fly, but he could walk .
MOT*MOT: now I will go and find my mother he said .
MOThe didn't know what his mother looked like, he went right by her without seeing her .
MOTwhat's she doing ?
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MOThe couldn't fly, but he could walk .
MOTnow I will go and find my mother he said .
MOT*MOT: he didn't know what his mother looked like, he went right by her without seeing her .
MOTwhat's she doing ?
CHIeat it .
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CHIksitten@c [: kitten] .
MOTkitten .
MOT*MOT: +" are you my mother ?
MOThe said to the kitten .
CHIyeah .
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CHIyeah .
MOTthe kitten just looked and looked, he didn't say anything .
MOT*MOT: so the kitten wasn't his mother .
MOTthen he came to a [% MOT stops and waits for CHI to answer] +...
CHIhicken [: chicken] .
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CHI&ch +...
MOTchicken, right .
MOT*MOT: +" are you my mother ?
MOThe said to the hen .
MOTno ["] said the hen .
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MOTno ["] said the hen .
CHIcat not mother .
MOT*MOT: the kitten wasn't his mother, the hen wasn't his mother so the baby bird went on .
MOT+" I have to find my mother .
MOThe said .
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CHIcat not mother .
MOTthe kitten wasn't his mother, the hen wasn't his mother so the baby bird went on .
MOT*MOT: +" I have to find my mother .
MOThe said .
MOTthen he came to a +...
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CHIgog@c [: dog] .
MOTdog .
MOT*MOT: +" are you my mother .
MOThe said to the dog .
MOTis that his mother ?
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MOT+" are you my mother .
MOThe said to the dog .
MOT*MOT: is that his mother ?
CHIno .
MOT+" no, I'm not your mother, I'm a dog .
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MOTis that his mother ?
CHIno .
MOT*MOT: +" no, I'm not your mother, I'm a dog .
MOTsaid the dog .
MOTthe kitten wasn't his mother, the hen wasn't his mother, the dog wasn't his mother, so he went on .
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MOT+" no, I'm not your mother, I'm a dog .
MOTsaid the dog .
MOT*MOT: the kitten wasn't his mother, the hen wasn't his mother, the dog wasn't his mother, so he went on .
MOTnow he came to a +...
CHIcow .
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CHImoo [% CHI continues mooing a few times through MOT's next sentence] .
MOTmoo .
MOT*MOT: +" are you my mother .
MOThe said to the cow ?
MOT+" how could I be your mother .
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MOT+" are you my mother .
MOThe said to the cow ?
MOT*MOT: +" how could I be your mother .
MOTsaid the cow, +"/.
MOT+" I'm a cow .
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MOTsaid the cow, +"/.
MOT+" I'm a cow .
MOT*MOT: the kitten and the hen weren't his mother, the dog and the cow weren't his mother, did he have a mother ?
MOTdid he have a mother ?
CHIno .
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MOT+" I'm a cow .
MOTthe kitten and the hen weren't his mother, the dog and the cow weren't his mother, did he have a mother ?
MOT*MOT: did he have a mother ?
CHIno .
MOTno ?
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MOTno ?
CHII have a moth(er) [% end of word not pronounced, but he wasn't interupted] .
MOT*MOT: you have a mother, that's right .
CHII xx ma ma ma mommy .
MOT<now the baby bird> [//] right your mommy is your mother .
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MOTyou have a mother, that's right .
CHII xx ma ma ma mommy .
MOT*MOT: <now the baby bird> [//] right your mommy is your mother .
MOTthen the baby bird didn't walk, he ran .
MOThe saw a car .
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MOTthen the baby bird didn't walk, he ran .
MOThe saw a car .
MOT*MOT: is that his mother ?
MOTno .
MOTthen he looked way down, what did he see ?
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CHIairplane .
MOTairplane .
MOT*MOT: here I am mother, he said, but the plane didn't stop .
MOTthen the baby bird saw a big thing, this must be his mother .
CHIno .
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MOTairplane .
MOThere I am mother, he said, but the plane didn't stop .
MOT*MOT: then the baby bird saw a big thing, this must be his mother .
CHIno .
MOTno ?
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CHIno .
MOTno ?
MOT*MOT: there she is, he said, there's my mother .
CHIsnornort [: snort] [*] . [+ V]
MOTsnort, right .
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CHIsnornort [: snort] [*] . [+ V]
MOTsnort, right .
MOT*MOT: he ran right up to it and said mother, mother .
MOTbut the big thing just said +...
CHIgort [: snort] [*] .
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CHIgort [: snort] [*] .
MOT+" snort .
MOT*MOT: oh you're not my mother, the bird said, you're a snort, I have to get out of here .
MOTbut the baby bird couldn't get away, the snort went up it went way up +...
CHIhigh . [+ V]
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CHIoh no .
MOTwhere am I said the baby bird, I wanna go home .
MOT*MOT: I want my mother .
MOTthen something happened .
MOTthe snort put that baby bird right back in the tree, the baby bird was home .
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MOTthen something happened .
MOTthe snort put that baby bird right back in the tree, the baby bird was home .
MOT*MOT: just then the mother bird came back to the tree .
MOT+" do you know who I am .
MOTshe said to her baby .
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MOTsaid the baby bird .
MOT+" you are not a kitten, you are not a hen, you are not a dog or a cow or a boat or a plane or a snort .
MOT*MOT: +" you are a bird and you are my mother .
CHII read it .
MOTyou're gonna read it now ?
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CHII xx .
CHIMa bir(d) uh xxx egg .
MOT*MOT: Mother bird is sitting on the egg .
MOTthat is right .
CHIxx .