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INVit listens to what we say and then I take it home, and that's how I can remember what we said .
CHIand it sings .
INV*INV: well, sometimes, if I put the right kind of tape in it sings .
INVbut it's not gonna sing today .
CHIno ?
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MOThe'd really eat that one up .
MOTHowie's the dog .
MOT*MOT: he's in the backyard .
CHIHowie's the dog .
INVuhhuh .
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INVmhm .
INVor for looking at .
INV*INV: it has lots of pictures in it .
INVwhy don't you show your mommy ?
INVshow her the book and see if she knows what the pictures are .
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MOTyou know what this is .
MOTwhat's that ?
MOT*MOT: can you hear Howie in the backyard [% noting that CHI's attention is not on the book] ?
MOTwhat's that ?
CHIwhat's that ?
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MOTthat's chalk for a chalk+board .
MOTyou really like this guy .
MOT*MOT: let's see what else is in this book .
MOTall right, who's that ?
CHIuh, xx .
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MOTand upside down [% as inv turns Child over] .
INVyou don't have any gravity .
INV*INV: you're just flying around in space .
INVboom .
CHImore [% excited] ?
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MOTyou wanna look at the book some more ?
CHIyeah .
MOT*MOT: what do you wanna read in the book ?
MOTshall we turn the page ?
CHII turn the page .
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MOTwhere's yours ?
CHIwhere's my flashlight ?
MOT*MOT: I think it's on the bottom shelf in the corner ?
MOTyup .
MOTon the bottom shelf, behind the truck .
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INVoh, that's a good one .
CHIget the lights all off [% commanding MOT to turn out the lights] .
MOT*MOT: we can't honey, not in the daytime .
CHII want, I want the lights dark .
MOTI can't make the lights dark .
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MOTI can't make the lights dark .
MOTthe sun's out .
INV*INV: here, shine it in the bag .
INVcan you see it ?
INVwhat if you shine it in the bag ?
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INVhere, shine it in the bag .
INVcan you see it ?
INV*INV: what if you shine it in the bag ?
INVdoes it make a better light ?
MOToh yeah [% with mock excitement about the light in the bag] .
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INVwhat if you shine it in the bag ?
INVdoes it make a better light ?
MOT*MOT: oh yeah [% with mock excitement about the light in the bag] .
MOTcan you show Investigator what color it turns to ?
CHIyeah .
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CHIwe have company .
MOTwe can't watch tv when we have company, right ?
MOT*MOT: too bad, cause we could show her your step in time hat .
INVoh, is that your step in time hat ?
CHIyeah .
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MOTwe can't watch tv when we have company, right ?
MOTtoo bad, cause we could show her your step in time hat .
INV*INV: oh, is that your step in time hat ?
CHIyeah .
CHII gonna do step in time [% begins to dance and sing] .
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CHIthat would hurt .
MOTit would, huh .
MOT*MOT: all those spokes in you .
MOTit's so soft .
CHIso soft .
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CHIit mixing cement .
MOTyeah .
MOT*MOT: we put dirt in, and water .
MOTright ?
CHIput in some water too .
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MOTI can't tell what you're looking at .
CHI[- to inv] that's your car ?
INV*INV: that's my car, yeah, right out in front .
INVthe brown car .
CHIand this is, this is my car ?
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INVthe brown car .
CHIand this is, this is my car ?
INV*INV: yeah, I think your car's in the driveway .
CHIxxx back .
CHIthis is my car, on the, in the back .
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INVis it broken ?
CHIyes .
INV*INV: yeah, 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 .
MOTthat's what we do for Howard .
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MOTHoward's outside .
CHII want my Howard .
MOT*MOT: well, we can't let em in .
MOThe'll eat all these toys .
MOTwe'll let em in in a little bit, ok ?
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MOTwell, we can't let em in .
MOThe'll eat all these toys .
MOT*MOT: we'll let em in in a little bit, ok ?
CHI[- sound of CHI running away] xxx .
MOTI don't think you can see out there, hon .
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CHII wanna see Howard, Mommy .
MOToh, he's all right .
MOT*MOT: he's right out in the back .
MOThe'll be in in a minute .
MOTChild, you interested in coming to look at this book or not ?
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MOToh, he's all right .
MOThe's right out in the back .
MOT*MOT: he'll be in in a minute .
MOTChild, you interested in coming to look at this book or not ?
CHIno, no, no, no .
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MOThe's right out in the back .
MOThe'll be in in a minute .
MOT*MOT: Child, you interested in coming to look at this book or not ?
CHIno, no, no, no .
MOTno, no, no, no ?
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INV[- to MOT, trying to be sure of CHI's last utt] where was me ?
INVwhat's me ?
INV*INV: step in time .
CHIstep in time, step in time .
MOT[- CHI jumps on inv] oh, Child, easy !
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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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MOT[- CHI puts pacifier in mouth] don't put the nookie [: pacifier] in your mouth, hon .
MOTwe can't hear you talk .
MOT*MOT: we can't understand you with the nookie [: pacifier] in your mouth, Child .
CHImommy .
MOTwhat, Honey ?
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MOTyou got all the pieces for me ?
MOTgive me the pieces for the stairs .
MOT*MOT: put em in my hand .
CHIxxx [% in a singsong voice, as though stair building is a ritual between CHI and MOT] .
MOTyou're pickin(g) all the right pieces, but I haven't got any .
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CHII'm all right .
MOToh, &g [% phone rings] +/.
INV*INV: +< phew [% in mock relief that CHI is ok] .
MOTexcuse me .
MOTI'm gonna go answer the phone, ok ?
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MOT[- laughs] I'm sorry, I love when he does that .
CHIradio .
MOT*MOT: oop, there it is on the shelf, in the middle .
MOTover here .
MOTit's on the shelf, Child, where the toys are .
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MOTno no, now, is that how you open it ?
MOTpush .
MOT*MOT: is it in there ?
INVyup, that's the Chipmunks' Christmas .
MOTyup .
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CHIthis side ?
MOTyeah, that's around .
MOT*MOT: put it back in Child .
MOTChild .
MOTChild's done his share of breaking things, haven't you, bud ?
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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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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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CHIMommy's got something in her purse .
CHImommy [% trying to get her attention] ?
MOT*MOT: yeah, Mommy does have something in her purse .
MOTwhere's Mommy's purse ?
CHIwhere's &e Mommy's &e purse ?
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CHImy Mommy's purse ?
INVI don't know .
MOT*MOT: +< it's in the dining room .
CHIdining room ?
MOTyeah .
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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 .