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MOTI think Chuck's falling out of his digger Child .
CHIoh .
MOT*MOT: looks like he's falling out .
CHIem put him back in .
MOTcan you put him back in ?
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CHIno .
MOT&=laugh .
MOT*MOT: it was the first and last time he's ever colored .
CHI+< xx .
MOThey, Child, come around here, that way Observer can see the top of the book too .
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CHIthey're for xx go down and up .
MOTthat's right, they go down and up .
MOT*MOT: that's so the digger won't tip over while he's digging .
MOTmakes them nice and strong .
CHIhey [=? here] smoke .
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INVoh, yeah .
CHIhe a hippopotamus in this digger .
MOT*MOT: and he's a little too big for the digger, isn't he Child ?
MOThe's a little bit too big .
CHIhe scares us .
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CHIhe a hippopotamus in this digger .
MOTand he's a little too big for the digger, isn't he Child ?
MOT*MOT: he's a little bit too big .
CHIhe scares us .
INVhe does ?
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MOThe's a little bit too big .
CHIhe scares us .
INV*INV: he does ?
CHIyes, because he's big, and strong .
INVa hah .
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MOTdo you know that story, Mike Mulligan and Maryanne ?
INVno .
MOT*MOT: that's, Maryanne is the name of a steamshovel in another book he has .
INVI see .
MOTthat looks just like Maryanne .
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CHIhe's got smoke too .
MOTturn around this book so Observer can see him .
MOT*MOT: what does he have coming out of here ?
CHIsmoke .
MOTthat's right .
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CHIsmoke .
MOTthat's right .
MOT*MOT: what's he doing ?
INVoh, those are all the different parts of the, uh +...
CHIxx .
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MOTsave that one til later ?
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: +< this is funny, this was one of my little brother's very, very favorite books when he was a kid, and he loves it .
CHI+< I got chapstick, too .
INVyou have chapstick too ?
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INVo:h .
INVwell, it has wonderful animals on it, doesn't it .
MOT*MOT: someone gave him that when he was born xx for him to crawl around on and it's been his favorite blanket since he was born .
CHII got xx .
INVoh, you have a lawnmower .
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INVuhhuh .
INVhave you tried ?
MOT*MOT: &=laugh he'd love to, wouldn't you ?
MOTyou'd just love to wouldn't you ?
CHIxx .
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MOTdo you know <who used to li> [/] who used to work on submarines ?
MOTGrandaddy did .
MOT*MOT: he used to be a navigator on a submarine .
MOTMommy's been on a submarine .
MOTit's really neat .
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MOTit's really neat .
INVhmm .
MOT*MOT: my father was, he was in the Navy .
INVhmm .
CHIxxx [=? is I'm gonna go on this kind of it] ?
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MOTwell, that's what it was .
MOThis job was to be a navigator .
MOT*MOT: that means he was driving around +...
CHItomorrow, tomorrow can I go on dis ?
MOTwell, someday maybe we can go on one .
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MOTI think the street's over there, but I think we can't see it .
CHIwha(t) they can't go across .
MOT*MOT: he can go over here .
MOTthat's his car, and he's gonna drive over .
CHIgood .
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CHIwha(t) they can't go across .
MOThe can go over here .
MOT*MOT: that's his car, and he's gonna drive over .
CHIgood .
MOTyeah .
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CHIgood .
MOTyeah .
MOT*MOT: why can't he drive over it ?
CHI(be)cause xx he's not driving it .
MOToh, he's not driving it ?
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MOTwhy can't he drive over it ?
CHI(be)cause xx he's not driving it .
MOT*MOT: oh, he's not driving it ?
CHIno .
MOTI see smoke behind that school bus, you see it all ?
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INVreally ?
CHIyes .
MOT*MOT: we've got an old nineteen sixty Mercedes and it starts up xxx and he love the smoke that comes out of it, ha ?
MOTbut you can't ride in that car, can you ?
MOTwhy not ?
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INVwhich car do you like more, the Mercedes or the Subaru ?
CHIxxx I like the Mercedes .
MOT*MOT: he's always liked the Mercedes .
MOTexpensive taste for a baby, huh ?
MOTha, Child ?
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MOTexpensive taste for a baby, huh ?
MOTha, Child ?
MOT*MOT: he, the, you know the symbol in the front, we're driving down the road, now the Mercedes truck has a big one in the front, spots them miles away, Mercedes truck, Mommy, Mercedes car, you know .
CHI[- says this while mother says the above] Mommy, where's my other jeep ?
CHIwhere's my other jeep, Mommy ?
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INVthis is wonderful .
INVthis is a great tiger .
MOT*MOT: isn't he neat ?
MOTit's so realistic .
CHIxxx [% unintell, says this while MOT is talking] come out .
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CHIsaw .
MOTyeah .
MOT*MOT: and what did he do with the saw ?
CHIsawed .
MOTwhat did he saw ?
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MOTand what did he do with the saw ?
CHIsawed .
MOT*MOT: what did he saw ?
CHIsawed the wood .
MOTyeah .
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CHIGrandaddy .
MOTGrandaddy has an ax ?
MOT*MOT: yes, he does .
CHIwhy ?
MOThe chops wood with his ax .
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MOTyes, he does .
CHIwhy ?
MOT*MOT: he chops wood with his ax .
MOTfirewood, for the fireplace .
MOTdo you have a fireplace ?
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CHImommy go show you my paint .
MOTyou get the paint off the counter .
MOT*MOT: run down and show Observer, that's okay you [=? he] can reach it .
CHIwhere ?
MOTit's right up there .
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INVa big long one ?
CHIyeah .
MOT*MOT: that's (be)cause he has another one that's this long .
MOTso this one's much bigger, huh ?
INVI see .
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CHIrewind it .
MOTrewinding ?
MOT*MOT: this is so great (be)cause now he can get back to the songs he likes .
CHIxxx do this .
MOTlet me see if I can find the tape that has that part .
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MOTwhy I didn't mean too .
MOTI was bringing the wood in, and then the mouse had to run away .
MOT*MOT: but I'm sure he's back in there now .
MOT(be)cause it's a nice warm place for him .
MOTisn't it ?
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CHIdog food .
INV[- MOT and inv laugh] dog food, right .
MOT*MOT: +< his baby+sitter gave him a piece of dog food the other day; he carried it around for three days .
MOTha, Child ?
MOTChild, I bet you don't know what this is called, over here .
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MOTmy mother came in, and we just had, it was just the biggest mess in the whole world, but that, for some reason that day I didn't care about it .
MOTso we had so much fun .
MOT*MOT: oh, and he ate tons and tons a dough, ha Child ?
MOTit was great .
INVhe must have been a very little baby then .
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MOToh, and he ate tons and tons a dough, ha Child ?
MOTit was great .
INV*INV: he must have been a very little baby then .
MOTxx he was big enough to make a good mess .
MOTwasn't it ?
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MOTit was great .
INVhe must have been a very little baby then .
MOT*MOT: xx he was big enough to make a good mess .
MOTwasn't it ?
MOT<what else is in this pic> [//] Child, &y you have to be really gentle with this .