If i waited for dad to get that ax sharpened. audience laughter you know, that wood is pretty green too. Actually to be logical about this, a fella would be smart to let that wood dry out for a few weeks. Dont you think mom . I mean to be perfectly logical. audience laughter dont you think so mom . Margaret oh hello, mrs. Watkins . Oh this is margaret anderson. Oh, well fine. Say, is that fella you were talking about still over at your place . Well the one who was cutting up all your firewood. Well if hes as good a worker as you say he his, id like to hire him. Would you do that . audience laughter thank you mrs. Watkins. Goodbye. Bud say mom, i was going to cut up that firewood. Margaret but when . Its been two weeks since weve had our trees topped. And how much firewood have you chopped . One skinny little branch. Bud it wasnt so skinny. Margaret you just stall around, never finish anything. Well how do you expect to win if you wont even write a speech . Bud well, my pencil broke. au
All those mouths to feed. How are they . Theyre all teething. Oh. Well, bye, mrs. Mitchell. Goodbye, margaret. [music] there she goes, tommy. Yeah, dumb old margaret. She cant help it if shes a girl. Can i use your bathroom . Sure. Come on. Hey, mom. Im home. So i hear. Hello, tommy. Hes polite, mom. Hes just in a hurry. Okay. Do you know who was just here . Sure. It was margaret. But i was hiding in the bushes. Mrs. Mitchell why were you doing that . cause girls are no fun. em because theyre a girl. First thing you know, you end up playing house. True, true. No tv for you tonight. [phone ringing] ill get it. Im not complaining. I became interested in playing house when you stopped dennis hello. Making mud pies and began making apple pies. Guess what weve got out there on the phone, a longdistance call for you. Long distance . Hello. Daddy. Grandpa . How are you . Where are you calling from . Im at home. But if you can put me up for a few days, ill come for a visit. Of course, we can p
Kathy is my dress too short in the back . Thy you know what i ought to have, mother . A string of pearls. Margaret im sure you should. bus horn theres the school bus, run kathy bye. Margaret one down, two to go. Wheres betty . Bud oh shes so fascinated with her gorgeousness she cant pull herself away from the mirror. Jim now what is all this fussing with clothes . Some special occasion at school . Shes dressed like shes going to the coronation. Margaret this is the day she meets that football player. Jim huh . Margaret the one shes tutoring. Betty you never listen when i tell you things, father. Im one of a group of five students who have reasonably good grades to coach members of the Football Team who need help in their studies. I explained the whole thing to you last week. Jim who remembers last week . Bud are you going to coach one of the varsity guys . Betty yes, dear. Bud which one did you get . Betty i dont know, ill find out today. Jim are you hoping for anyone in particular . B
Margaret now just wait a minute. Dont get your hopes up too high. How do you know youll be one of the winners . Kathy oh, i have to be. Shes my very, very most favorite. Im going to work on my essay day and night every evening. Margaret well, i still say dont build your hopes up too high. Kathy did you ever hear of belle boyd . Margaret who . Kathy belle boyd. She was a beautiful civil war spy, and thats who greer garson plays in the movie, and thats what the essay has to be about. Margaret about the spy . Kathy i think so, or the civil war, margaret well, hadnt you better find out . Kathy havent got time. I have all i can do just writing the essay. Margaret well, now, kathy. Kathy please, mommy, dont bother me now. Kathy oh, hi, daddy. Say, will you type something for me . All i do is make mistakes. Kathy supposed to be. Jim the civil war, by Kathy Anderson. The civil war was where they fought between the north and the south. Abraham lincolns gettysburg address is from it. One famous
An ambulance if you dont pipe down audience laughing [jim] how about you writing out the rough draft after all youre the one who is going to school, not me daddy, watch how far i can go without missing. Mother, mother. kathy keeps singing the rhyme over bud [bud] kathy dont you know its impolite to interrupt people when they are discussing . [margaret] kathy i told you, no ropejumping in the house. Yes, in comes the doctor. [margaret] kathy, did you hear me kathy and margaret drown each other out kathy, kathy your mother was talking to you, now take your rope outside. Ok, but i was hurting the house any. Fellow might as well be in jail audience laughing what has come over that child lately . She doesnt seem to hear anything we say to her no, and i can tell you why. Ive been meaning to discuss this with you, youre not raising that kid right. Oh . audience laughing well youve let her get away with murder. Now you just lost your grip on her. audience laughing i see. You have to be firm wi