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INVright [=! laughs] .
CHIwhat's that ?
INV*INV: I don't know .
INVdo you know ?
CHIit's a, it's a animal [% pronounced amimal] .
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CHI(ze)bra [% finishes INV's word, pronouncing it ba] ?
INVyeah [=! laughs] .
INV*INV: that one I bet you don't know .
CHIxxx .
INVit's pretty funny .
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INVor for looking at .
INVit has lots of pictures in it .
INV*INV: why don't you show your mommy ?
INVshow her the book and see if she knows what the pictures are .
MOTshall I read the book .
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CHIxxx .
MOTok, what've we got ?
MOT*MOT: you like those toys, don't you ?
MOTwow [=! laughs with inv] .
MOTlook what we got .
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MOTthey do go round and round .
CHIthey go round and round now .
MOT*MOT: I don't know if this'll work .
MOTyeah, these go round and round .
MOTsee ?
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MOTit's a porcupine .
CHIwhat's his name ?
INV*INV: I don't know .
INVwhat should we name him ?
INVwhat about Arnie ?
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MOTChild, stand up .
MOTand upside down [% as inv turns Child over] .
INV*INV: you don't have any gravity .
INVyou're just flying around in space .
INVboom .
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CHIyou do more [% inv and CHI laugh] .
INV[- pause with inv and CHI laughing] are your feet getting tired ?
INV*INV: don't they need to stand on the ground ?
MOTChild would spend his life upside down .
INVshould get you some gravity boots .
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INVshould get you some gravity boots .
CHIwhat happened to your hair [% referring to INV's ponytail] ?
INV*INV: I don't know .
INVyou mean this thing ?
CHIyeah .
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CHIit is, it's my +...
CHIwanna [=? Can I] watch Mary Poppins .
MOT*MOT: we don't wanna watch Mary Poppins now .
CHIwe have company .
MOTwe can't watch tv when we have company, right ?
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INVo:h, boy !
CHIstep in time !
MOT*MOT: you like to dance don't you [% CHI begins to dance again] ?
INVboy, that's great !
INVthat hat is wonderful .
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CHIyeah, marmite .
INVvery good .
MOT*MOT: that's great, but we don't know what it is, do we ?
INVyeah, I don't know either .
MOTat least it's not a porcupine coat .
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INVvery good .
MOTthat's great, but we don't know what it is, do we ?
INV*INV: yeah, I don't know either .
MOTat least it's not a porcupine coat .
INVno, that would hurt !
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CHIwhat's it make ?
MOTsidewalks, remember ?
MOT*MOT: you don't remember, do ya ?
MOTthe cement mixer made the sidewalk outside [% trying to make CHI remember] ?
CHIlet me see, Mommy .
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MOTwe'll let em in in a little bit, ok ?
CHI[- sound of CHI running away] xxx .
MOT*MOT: I don't think you can see out there, hon .
CHII wanna see Howard, Mommy .
MOToh, he's all right .
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MOTI wish you wouldn't do that .
CHII go down on my feet [% preparing to slide again] ?
MOT*MOT: don't go down on your feet .
CHIwhy ?
MOTall right, go ahead [% inv laughs] .
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CHIwhere was I [% as though he had been interrupted] ?
MOTwhere were you ?
MOT*MOT: I don't know .
MOTwhere were you ?
MOTyou were on the piano .
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MOTyou were on the piano .
CHIwhere was me ?
MOT*MOT: I don't know where you were .
INV[- to MOT, trying to be sure of CHI's last utt] where was me ?
INVwhat's me ?
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CHIstep in time, step in time [% inv laughs] .
CHIstep in time, step in time [% CHI continues singing] .
MOT*MOT: hey, Child, Child, why don't you show Biddy ?
MOTwho's this over here ?
MOTwho is that ?
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CHIno, it's not yours .
INVno, no, I know it's not .
MOT*MOT: [- CHI puts pacifier in mouth] don't put the nookie [: pacifier] in your mouth, hon .
MOTwe can't hear you talk .
MOTwe can't understand you with the nookie [: pacifier] in your mouth, Child .
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INVyeah, now it's on .
INVI turned it off for a minute when nobody was here talking .
MOT*MOT: [- CHI plays with mic] please don't touch that .
MOTthat's not for playing with .
MOTthat's like your brother's radio .
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CHIshow her my radio ?
CHIxxx radio .
MOT*MOT: don't tell me you can't see it, boy .
CHII gonna show her my radio .
MOTwell, go show it to her .
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MOTwhere is it ?
CHIwhere's my radio ?
MOT*MOT: I don't know .
MOTcall it .
CHIradio [% pretending to call it] .
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CHIwhere the toys are [% imitating MOT's last utt] ?
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: you don't see it ?
MOTwell, it's over here .
INVI see it .
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MOTmhm .
CHI[- to inv] you got some ?
INV*INV: I don't .
CHIyou got some ?
MOT[- CHI begins to touch INV's tape recorder] no, no, no, hey .
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MOT[- CHI begins to touch INV's tape recorder] no, no, no, hey .
MOTright .
MOT*MOT: those buttons we don't push .
MOTyour buttons we can push .
CHIthose buttons +...
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INVyeah, I can push em, but you can't push em, ok ?
INVcause that's my radio .
INV*INV: I don't push the buttons on your radio .
CHII push my buttons on my radio ?
INVright .
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MOTwhat happened to your tape, Child ?
CHIwhat happened ?
MOT*MOT: I don't know ?
MOTI think it's over .
MOThey, that's not the way you open it .
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MOThey, that's not the way you open it .
MOTpush the button, honey, please ?
MOT*MOT: I don't want you to break it .
MOTpush .
MOTcan you push hard ?
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CHIChild ?
MOTand, who else ?
MOT*MOT: don't touch those buttons .
MOTChild .
MOTwho cut down your Christmas tree ?
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INVoh, ok .
INVthat's my purse .
INV*INV: I don't think there's anything interesting in it .
INVI'm gonna stick it over there .
MOTmhm [% indicating the wisdom of INV's act] .
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CHIwhere's &e Mommy's &e purse ?
CHImy Mommy's purse ?
INV*INV: I don't know .
MOT+< it's in the dining room .
CHIdining room ?
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MOTyeah .
INVmy tape's almost done .
INV*INV: yup, I don't have much more tape in mine .
MOTis he gonna yell at him again [% referring to the Chipmunk tape] ?
CHIyeah, he hit em again .