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20-3 ACT III |
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Good morning. |
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What a wonderful morning! |
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Don't the flowers smell wonderful? |
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Good morning, Ellen. |
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Yes, they do. |
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That's why I'm reading my paper and having my coffee |
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on the patio this morning. |
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Ah, it does smell sweet. |
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How was your school-board meeting last night? |
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You must've come home very late. |
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Did you find the sandwich I made for you? |
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Thanks, dear. |
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I was so tired |
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I didn't even finish it. |
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Philip, I've been working on this special project |
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with the school board, |
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and I'd like your opinion about it. |
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What is it? |
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I've been trying to find |
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a way to encourage reading. |
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Good luck! |
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Well, I think I may have found a way to do it. |
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Tell me about it. |
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I work with families every day, Ellen. |
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I see how people spend their leisure time-- |
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young and old. |
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Mostly watching television. |
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Well, that would be OK |
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if, and I repeat, |
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if people took the time to read. |
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I couldn't agree with you more. |
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The question is, |
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how do we get them to read more? |
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I think |
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you're going to give me the answer to that question. |
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You have that look in your eye. |
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I do have an answer, Philip. |
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Or at least I think I do. |
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Well, tell me about it. |
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The plan is a simple one. |
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Involve the entire family in a reading project. |
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In the home? |
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Yes, in the home. |
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But first in the school-rooms. |
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Hmm, interesting. |
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But how do you plan to do that? |
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By arranging with the public schools |
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to schedule one hour a week--to start with. |
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During that time |
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parents are invited to attend-- |
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and to read along with the children--their children. |
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It can go beyond the school system, Ellen. |
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Really? |
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I guarantee you it would go very well in the hospitals. |
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My patients--mostly kids-- |
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would love to read and be read to. |
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You think so? |
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I know so. |
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Maybe we can experiment with your patients |
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and see how the plan works. |
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I love the idea. |
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Would you work with me on it? |
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I would love to, Philip. |
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And that way, |
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we'll spend more time together, Ellen. |
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We just don't see each other anymore. |
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You and I are very busy these days. |
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This is true. |
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We need to find time to be together more, |
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to do things together more--you and I. |
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This would be a wonderful way to accomplish that. |
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I have a question. |
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Yes? |
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What do we read? |
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To the patients in the ward? |
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Yes. |
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Well, |
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let you and I talk about it. |
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What would you like to read to them? |
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Mrs. Stewart and I |
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will read a poem by Robert Frost. |
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It's called |
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." |
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Would you begin, Ellen? |
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All right. |
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" |
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by Robert Frost. |
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Whose woods these are I think I know. |
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His house is in the village though; |
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He will not see me stopping here |
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To watch his woods fill up with snow. |
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My little horse must think it queer |
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To stop without a farmhouse near |
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Between the woods and frozen lake |
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The darkest evening of the year. |
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He gives his harness bells a shake |
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To ask if there is some mistake. |
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The only other sound's the sweep |
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Of easy wind and downy flake. |
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, |
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But I have promises to keep, |
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And miles to go before I sleep, |
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And miles to go before I sleep. |
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You two belong on stage! That was wonderful! |
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Grandpa! |
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Dad ... Robbie. When did you come? |
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We've been listening to you both. |
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These are lucky kids. |
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Do you enjoy reading together? |
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Well, we may read together aloud at home. |
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You were right, Robbie. |
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I know. |