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MOTHowie's the dog .
MOThe's in the backyard .
CHI*CHI: Howie's the dog .
INVuhhuh .
CHIHowie's the dog .
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CHIHowie's the dog .
INVuhhuh .
CHI*CHI: Howie's the dog .
CHIhe eat this one all up .
MOTyes .
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CHIHowie eat this one all up too .
INV+< I betcha [: bet you] Howie would eat that one too .
CHI*CHI: he's got, what he's got on [% the porcupine] ?
MOTwhat's he got on ?
MOTI think he's got prickles on him .
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MOTlookit, cowboy boots, Child .
MOTties, like Daddy's ties .
CHI*CHI: look at the cowboy boots [% command] .
MOTyeah .
CHIwe got some .
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MOTlook at all these toys .
MOTthese are toy words .
CHI*CHI: where's the other one ?
MOTwhere's the other one ?
MOTwanna turn the page ?
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MOTwanna turn the page ?
MOTwhat's this ?
CHI*CHI: uh, a xxx down the slide .
MOTmhm .
MOTyou like goin(g) down the slide ?
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MOTall right .
MOTthat's good .
CHI*CHI: what's this, Mommy [% showing her the porcupine] ?
MOTit's a porcupine .
CHIwhat's his name ?
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CHIwhat is that ?
INVit's called a ponytail .
CHI*CHI: [- delighted with the word] a ponytail ?
INVhi [% as CHI gives inv a hug] .
MOThe's friendly .
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MOTwhat do you wanna read in the book ?
MOTshall we turn the page ?
CHI*CHI: I turn the page .
MOTall right .
MOTwoo .
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CHIyeah .
INVoh, that's a good one .
CHI*CHI: get the lights all off [% commanding MOT to turn out the lights] .
MOTwe can't honey, not in the daytime .
CHII want, I want the lights dark .
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CHIget the lights all off [% commanding MOT to turn out the lights] .
MOTwe can't honey, not in the daytime .
CHI*CHI: I want, I want the lights dark .
MOTI can't make the lights dark .
MOTthe sun's out .
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MOTcan you show Investigator what color it turns to ?
CHIyeah .
CHI*CHI: it's my flashlight [% excited about all the attention on his toy] .
MOTit is .
MOToh, what's this ?
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CHIHoward ?
CHIxxx .
CHI*CHI: do, do this [% asking inv to touch the porcupine quills] .
INVshould I do it ?
INVo:h, o:h, ow .
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CHIxxx [% mic noise] .
CHIthis making a xxx .
CHI*CHI: the wheel is going round and round .
MOTmhm .
CHIxxx mixing .
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CHIlet me see, Mommy .
MOTyeah, well we can't see now, cause there's snow on the sidewalk .
CHI*CHI: there's snow on the sidewalk ?
MOTyeah, there is !
MOT(re)member we went outside this morning and it was so cold ?
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MOTyeah, there is !
MOT(re)member we went outside this morning and it was so cold ?
CHI*CHI: what's that, over there [% pointing out the window] ?
MOTwhat's what, honey ?
CHIthat .
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INVyeah, I think your car's in the driveway .
CHIxxx back .
CHI*CHI: this is my car, on the, in the back .
INVmhm .
CHIthis is Howard's toy .
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MOTyou wanna show her your toys ?
INVoh, yeah, I'd love to see your toys .
CHI*CHI: [- inv and CHI go to the play area] xxx .
INVwhere are they ?
INVall those .
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MOTunless you want the elephant to go up the stairs .
MOTyou could do that .
CHI*CHI: not the elephant .
MOTum, how (a)bout the porcupine ?
INV[- whispers] what about the porcupine ?
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MOTI'm gonna go answer the phone, ok ?
MOTI'll be right back .
CHI*CHI: Mommy's gonna answer the phone .
INVok .
CHII don't want +...
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MOTover here .
MOTit's on the shelf, Child, where the toys are .
CHI*CHI: on the shelf ?
MOTyeah .
CHIwhere the toys are [% imitating MOT's last utt] ?
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CHIon the shelf ?
MOTyeah .
CHI*CHI: where the toys are [% imitating MOT's last utt] ?
CHIxxx .
MOTyou don't see it ?
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INVI see it .
MOTit's the wrong &sh [/] wrong shelf, bud .
CHI*CHI: it's the wrong shelf ?
MOTyeah, it's over on this one .
CHInot this one .
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INVyup, that's the Chipmunks' Christmas .
MOTyup .
CHI*CHI: here comes [% the music is starting] .
CHImommy, make em stairs .
CHImake big stairs .
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MOTyou wanna put somebody +/?
MOTwhere's your little guys ?
CHI*CHI: the guys .
MOTyeah .
CHImy Mommy guys and my daddy guys and my policeman guys .
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INVyeah, I know .
INVyours is better .
CHI*CHI: and yours is not the same .
INVno, not the same .
INVmine's black .
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MOTwho cut down your Christmas tree ?
INV[- P, E, and CHI listen to Chipmunk tape. inv mocks Alvin] ok .
CHI*CHI: no, no, no, he loves him [% perhaps referring to Dave yelling at Alvin on the tape] .
CHI<he &lo> [/] he loves him .
INVwho does ?
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CHIhim [% nods toward tape] .
INVoh .
CHI*CHI: the little guy .
INVoh, the little guy [% pretending to understand what CHI is talking about] .
CHIand he do the hard .
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CHIthe little guy .
INVoh, the little guy [% pretending to understand what CHI is talking about] .
CHI*CHI: and he do the hard .
CHIhe do the hard .
CHIhe dos hard .
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INVoh, the little guy [% pretending to understand what CHI is talking about] .
CHIand he do the hard .
CHI*CHI: he do the hard .
CHIhe dos hard .
CHIdos hard .