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INVthere, that book [% hands CHI the book] ?
CHIyeah .
INV*INV: [- to MOT] yeah .
INVI had such a good time transcribing the tape from last time .
INVhe's such a conversationalist .
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MOTthe one on the basket ?
CHIwant the basket .
MOT*MOT: I think she wants you to draw a picture for her .
MOTmaybe you can draw a circle for Investigator .
CHI[- to inv] I gonna draw you a circle .
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MOThmm .
CHIyou can't talk to me .
INV*INV: I can't talk to you ?
CHIno .
INVwhy ?
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MOTlet's find [/] find me an orange (one) [% sound of CHI looking for a crayon] .
MOTcan you tell Investigator why none of your crayons have papers on em ?
MOT*MOT: what happens to all the papers on your crayons ?
CHImouth .
MOTwhat ?
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MOTgee, we haven't made a pumpkin in a long time .
CHIare you makin(g) him eyes ?
MOT*MOT: do you want me to make him eyes ?
CHIyeah .
CHIMommy's making him eyes .
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CHIwhat's that ?
MOTI don't know; I think it's purple .
MOT*MOT: it's hard to tell .
CHIthat's purple .
MOTsee the teeth marks on em ?
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INVthis is very interesting .
MOTdoes she sound like the lady on a record ?
MOT*MOT: was she talking to you ?
CHIno, she wasn't .
MOToh [=! laughs] .
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MOTyou bein(g) silly .
CHIbecka@p [% attacks MOT] .
MOT*MOT: to what do I owe this affection ?
INVthe attack [% MOT and inv laugh] .
MOTwe have this problem in our house, right ?
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CHIyeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah .
MOTno, no, no, no, no .
MOT*MOT: I don't want to .
CHIyeah, yeah, yeah .
INVwould you show me your shoes ?
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INVwould you show me your shoes ?
CHIno .
MOT*MOT: who did you go to the store with yesterday to buy your shoes ?
CHIuh .
MOTwho went with you ?
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CHIuh .
CHIwe go out to breakfast .
MOT*MOT: we went out to what ?
CHIwe went out to breakfast .
MOTbreakfast .
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MOTbreakfast .
MOTbreakwist [: breakfast] [% imitating CHI's pronunciation] .
MOT*MOT: we went out to breakfast .
MOTand who was with us ?
CHIKathryn and Joe .
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MOThe's really into this Mary Poppins thing .
MOTthe other day he told me +"/.
MOT*MOT: +" Mary Poppins and Jane and Child are going to come and play with me .
MOTChild, are you lost [=! laughs] ?
INVthat's great [% referring to CHI's imagination] .
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MOT+" Mary Poppins and Jane and Child are going to come and play with me .
MOTChild, are you lost [=! laughs] ?
INV*INV: that's great [% referring to CHI's imagination] .
MOTyou comin(g) back ?
MOTI'm so glad .
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CHIwhere's the dark picture ?
INVdark picture ?
MOT*MOT: find it in here [% referring to CHI's drawing book] .
MOTlook through there .
CHIdark picture [% locates picture] !
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CHIxxx .
CHII wanna do painting .
MOT*MOT: you do want to do painting [% sympathetically] .
MOTyou can do painting when Investigator goes home, ok ?
CHIxxx [% hugs inv] .
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INVyou know what you told me when I came here before, Child ?
INVChild, psst .
MOT*MOT: Child [% tries to get CHI's attention] .
INV[- laughs] he's looking at himself in the tv .
MOTxxx .
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INVyou're heavy .
INVyou know that ?
INV*INV: you could just fall down, just like that [% pretends to let C fall] .
CHIyeah [% MOT and inv laugh] .
CHII'm gonna jump the xx .
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CHIyeah, jumping boy .
CHII'm the jumping boy [% jumps on inv] .
INV*INV: whoa, I thought you wanted to get by .
CHIroar .
MOTChild, those sneakers are real good for jumping, aren't they .
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MOTtoo bad you don't have a video camera .
INVI know .
MOT*MOT: [- CHI pretends to give inv something] oh, what is that ?
INVo:h, thank you .
MOTcan I have some ?
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INVa magic nothing .
MOTwhat is this ?
MOT*MOT: are we supposed to eat it ?
MOTwhat are we supposed to do ?
CHIxxx .
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MOTwhat is this ?
MOTare we supposed to eat it ?
MOT*MOT: what are we supposed to do ?
CHIxxx .
MOTmmm .
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MOTyou were saving it for us, weren't you ?
CHIthere's some more in my bucket .
MOT*MOT: are you gonna give it to Investigator and, and Mommy ?
CHIxxx .
CHIhere [% gives some to inv] .
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CHIha, ha, ha [% villainously] .
INVha, ha, ha, ha [% imitates CHI's tone] .
MOT*MOT: Child, you've got to be easy with your friends .
CHIdon't have xxx .
MOThmm ?
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INVare you my friend ?
CHIno, I didn't go to school .
INV*INV: you go to school ?
CHIyeah .
CHIand I didn't talk to xx in the school .
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CHItickle, tickle, tickle .
INVthere's a bug in my hair .
INV*INV: o:h, o:h, o:h [% pretends to try to get bug out of hair] .
CHIthere's, there's xxx .
MOTxxx [=! laughs] .
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CHIbuzz [% prentends to be a bug in INV's hair, inv and MOT laugh] .
CHIhere's another one [% referring to a cement mixer] .
INV*INV: what are those [% referring to cement mixers] ?
CHIwhat's those xxx ?
CHIthey're riding on that .
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CHIwhat ?
CHIwhat ?
INV*INV: remember that [% referring to porcupine] ?
INVwhat's that called ?
CHIxx .
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MOTget the blanket on you ?
CHIget the blanket on me [% command] .
MOT*MOT: well, if we do that now, we can't talk to you .
MOTyou'll be under your, in your house and we won't be able to talk .
MOTxxx .
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CHIget the blanket on me [% command] .
MOTwell, if we do that now, we can't talk to you .
MOT*MOT: you'll be under your, in your house and we won't be able to talk .
MOTxxx .
CHII talking now .
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MOTxxx .
CHII talking now .
MOT*MOT: yeah, you are talking, but we won't be able to see you .
CHIah [% has difficulty emerging from the coffee table] .
INVah, o:h, ah .
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INVare you a little baby ?
CHIno, I'm not [% CHI stands up, MOT laughs] .
MOT*MOT: if you want him to get up, that'll do it quick .
CHII'm a big boy .
MOTyou're what ?
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INVI know you are .
CHII gonna go to sleep .
MOT*MOT: no, you're not supposed to go to sleep .
MOTplease get out from behind the tv .
MOTI don't want you back there .
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MOTno, I don't think so .
CHIyeah .
MOT*MOT: no, remember what happened to those curtains the other day ?
MOTMommy's gotta fix those .
MOTthe rod fell down .
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CHIno .
MOTno .
MOT*MOT: can I have this please [% referring to pacifier] ?
MOTplease ?
CHIno .
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CHIno .
MOTI think so .
INV*INV: [- to MOT] it was so funny last time .
INVI had my hair in a pony tail, and he asked what it was .
INVand on the tape it was hysterical when I told him it was a pony tail, he just went +"/.
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MOThe gets a charge out of a lot of things .
MOThe really laughs a lot .
INV*INV: [- to CHI in a squeaky voice] yup, all day Sunday I was sitting there laughing at you, and you weren't even there [% CHI giggles] .
MOTChild, maybe when we're all done playing with Investigator, maybe she'll let you listen to yourself for a minute or two .
INVwould you like to listen ?
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MOThe really laughs a lot .
INV[- to CHI in a squeaky voice] yup, all day Sunday I was sitting there laughing at you, and you weren't even there [% CHI giggles] .
MOT*MOT: Child, maybe when we're all done playing with Investigator, maybe she'll let you listen to yourself for a minute or two .
INVwould you like to listen ?
MOTwould you like to hear what you sound like on the tape recorder, on the radio ?
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INV[- to CHI in a squeaky voice] yup, all day Sunday I was sitting there laughing at you, and you weren't even there [% CHI giggles] .
MOTChild, maybe when we're all done playing with Investigator, maybe she'll let you listen to yourself for a minute or two .
INV*INV: would you like to listen ?
MOTwould you like to hear what you sound like on the tape recorder, on the radio ?
CHIyeah .
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MOTChild, maybe when we're all done playing with Investigator, maybe she'll let you listen to yourself for a minute or two .
INVwould you like to listen ?
MOT*MOT: would you like to hear what you sound like on the tape recorder, on the radio ?
CHIyeah .
MOTyeah ?
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CHIyeah .
MOTyeah ?
MOT*MOT: that might be a fun thing to do, huh ?
CHIxxx tape recorder .
MOTnot now .
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MOTnot now .
MOTwhen we're all done, she can do it, ok ?
MOT*MOT: we've got a little bit longer to talk .
MOTcould you take your nookie [: pacifier] out of your mouth, please ?
INVit makes you look like Bozo .
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MOTplease, can I have it ?
CHIno .
INV*INV: why don't you give it to Biddy ?
INVI think Biddy needs it .
INVshe's gonna start crying in a minute .
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MOTwanna do happy [% CHI makes a happy face, MOT and inv laugh] ?
MOTcan you do sad ?
INV*INV: oh, no [% pretends to feel sad for CHI] .
MOTand crying [% CHI pretends to cry, inv laughs] ?
CHIboohoo .
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MOTcan you do sad ?
INVoh, no [% pretends to feel sad for CHI] .
MOT*MOT: and crying [% CHI pretends to cry, inv laughs] ?
CHIboohoo .
MOTwhat's that ?
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CHII listen to music .
MOTit doesn't have music honey .
INV*INV: +< you can listen to yourself in just a minute .
INVI'll let you hear some .
CHIok .
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CHIok .
CHIwhat's that ?
INV*INV: that's the blinking light that shows us that we're talking to it .
CHIxxx .
MOTno no .
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MOTno no .
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: you know what son [% tries to get CHI's attention] ?
CHIxxx .
INVit's just going round and round .
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INVoh look, it's gonna stop and [% tape ends] .
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: no, no hey, I'm talking to you .
INV+< would you stop pushing my buttons ?
MOTChild, I know it's hard to keep your fingers off, but I don't want you to touch the buttons .
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MOTno, no hey, I'm talking to you .
INV+< would you stop pushing my buttons ?
MOT*MOT: Child, I know it's hard to keep your fingers off, but I don't want you to touch the buttons .
MOTok ?
CHIturn this on, Daddy .