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CHIit's for reading ?
INVmhm .
INV*INV: or for looking at .
INVit has lots of pictures in it .
INVwhy don't you show your mommy ?
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MOTwhat's it got on it ?
CHIit's got a candle .
MOT*MOT: what's that for ?
CHIit's &f +...
CHIthose are big candles [% looking at a picture of chalk] .
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MOTbut you know what that is ?
CHIwhat is ? [+ V]
MOT*MOT: that's chalk for a chalk+board .
MOTyou really like this guy .
MOTlet's see what else is in this book .
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INVyeah, I think it has a hole in it .
MOTit's a good thing Howard knows the difference between Howard's toys and Child's toys .
MOT*MOT: that's what we do for Howard .
MOTHoward's not here .
MOTHoward's outside .
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MOTok .
MOTI'll build stairs .
MOT*MOT: you got all the pieces for me ?
MOTgive me the pieces for the stairs .
MOTput em in my hand .
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MOTI'll build stairs .
MOTyou got all the pieces for me ?
MOT*MOT: give me the pieces for the stairs .
MOTput em in my hand .
CHIxxx [% in a singsong voice, as though stair building is a ritual between CHI and MOT] .
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CHI[- seeing INV's activity with tape recorder] is this on ?
INVyeah, now it's on .
INV*INV: I turned it off for a minute when nobody was here talking .
MOT[- CHI plays with mic] please don't touch that .
MOTthat's not for playing with .
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INVI turned it off for a minute when nobody was here talking .
MOT[- CHI plays with mic] please don't touch that .
MOT*MOT: that's not for playing with .
MOTthat's like your brother's radio .
MOTit's not for playing with .
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MOTthat's not for playing with .
MOTthat's like your brother's radio .
MOT*MOT: it's not for playing with .
CHIxxx .
INV+< you have a brother ?
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CHIyou can't push mine, cause mine xxx .
CHIyour is little little .
MOT*MOT: [- interpreting for CHI] yours is little little .
MOThis is +...
INVyeah, I know .
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MOTyou've got two buttons down at once .
MOTok, it'll come on any minute .
MOT*MOT: did you have a Christmas tree in your house for Christmas ?
CHIgot a Christmas tree in my house [= past tense] .
MOTwho cut it down ?
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CHIhe dos hard .
CHIdos hard .
MOT*MOT: [- interpreting for inv] he does it hard .
INVoh, ok .
INVthat's my purse .