[00:00.01]20-3  ACT III
[00:15.78]Good morning.
[00:18.06]What a wonderful morning!
[00:20.02]Don't the flowers smell wonderful?
[00:22.42]Good morning, Ellen.
[00:24.40]Yes, they do.
[00:25.98]That's why I'm reading my paper and having my coffee
[00:29.16]on the patio this morning.
[00:32.64]Ah, it does smell sweet.
[00:36.85]How was your school-board meeting last night?
[00:40.52]You must've come home very late.
[00:41.27]Did you find the sandwich I made for you?
[00:43.67]Thanks, dear.
[00:45.28]I was so tired
[00:47.83]I didn't even finish it.
[00:51.03]Philip, I've been working on this special project
[00:55.32]with the school board,
[00:56.57]and I'd like your opinion about it.
[00:59.85]What is it?
[01:02.09]I've been trying to find
[01:03.07]a way to encourage reading.
[01:07.10]Good luck!
[01:08.88]Well, I think I may have found a way to do it.
[01:11.46]Tell me about it.
[01:12.61]I work with families every day, Ellen.
[01:15.21]I see how people spend their leisure time--
[01:17.86]young and old.
[01:19.59]Mostly watching television.
[01:22.08]Well, that would be OK
[01:23.06]if, and I repeat,
[01:24.65]if people took the time to read.
[01:28.53]I couldn't agree with you more.
[01:30.75]The question is,
[01:31.87]how do we get them to read more?
[01:35.78]I think
[01:36.80]you're going to give me the answer to that question.
[01:38.60]You have that look in your eye.
[01:43.13]I do have an answer, Philip.
[01:44.15]Or at least I think I do.
[01:46.47]Well, tell me about it.
[01:50.35]The plan is a simple one.
[01:52.29]Involve the entire family in a reading project.
[01:57.23]In the home?
[01:58.69]Yes, in the home.
[01:59.57]But first in the school-rooms.
[02:02.42]Hmm, interesting.
[02:06.17]But how do you plan to do that?
[02:09.72]By arranging with the public schools
[02:11.67]to schedule one hour a week--to start with.
[02:15.04]During that time
[02:15.91]parents are invited to attend--
[02:17.59]and to read along with the children--their children.
[02:22.41]It can go beyond the school system, Ellen.
[02:26.52]Really?
[02:28.90]I guarantee you it would go very well in the hospitals.
[02:33.60]My patients--mostly kids--
[02:36.09]would love to read and be read to.
[02:38.82]You think so?
[02:40.22]I know so.
[02:42.02]Maybe we can experiment with your patients
[02:44.63]and see how the plan works.
[02:47.22]I love the idea.
[02:51.42]Would you work with me on it?
[02:56.50]I would love to, Philip.
[03:00.80]And that way,
[03:04.03]we'll spend more time together, Ellen.
[03:06.73]We just don't see each other anymore.
[03:10.83]You and I are very busy these days.
[03:13.34]This is true.
[03:14.72]We need to find time to be together more,
[03:16.60]to do things together more--you and I.
[03:19.94]This would be a wonderful way to accomplish that.
[03:22.04]I have a question.
[03:23.69]Yes?
[03:25.14]What do we read?
[03:27.94]To the patients in the ward?
[03:29.14]Yes.
[03:31.68]Well,
[03:32.68]let you and I talk about it.
[03:34.86]What would you like to read to them?
[03:49.38]Mrs. Stewart and I
[03:50.25]will read a poem by Robert Frost.
[03:54.10]It's called
[03:54.66]"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
[03:58.43]Would you begin, Ellen?
[03:59.89]All right.
[04:03.64]"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
[04:07.36]by Robert Frost.
[04:09.75]Whose woods these are I think I know.
[04:12.34]His house is in the village though;
[04:14.98]He will not see me stopping here
[04:17.20]To watch his woods fill up with snow.
[04:20.71]My little horse must think it queer
[04:22.98]To stop without a farmhouse near
[04:25.80]Between the woods and frozen lake
[04:29.12]The darkest evening of the year.
[04:32.59]He gives his harness bells a shake
[04:34.73]To ask if there is some mistake.
[04:37.08]The only other sound's the sweep
[04:39.63]Of easy wind and downy flake.
[04:43.75]The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
[04:47.25]But I have promises to keep,
[04:49.55]And miles to go before I sleep,
[04:53.08]And miles to go before I sleep.
[05:02.25]You two belong on stage! That was wonderful!
[05:05.42]Grandpa!
[05:06.34]Dad ... Robbie. When did you come?
[05:09.26]We've been listening to you both.
[05:11.57]These are lucky kids.
[05:14.34]Do you enjoy reading together?
[05:16.85]Well, we may read together aloud at home.
[05:20.85]You were right, Robbie.
[05:23.45]I know.