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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. don t you think mom? i mean to be perfectly logical. (audience laughter) don t 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 he s as good a worker as you say he his, i d 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? it s been two weeks since we ve had our trees topped. and how much firewood have you chopped? one skinny little branch. bud: it wasn t so skinny. margaret: you just stall around, never finish anything. well how do you expect to win if you won t even write a speech? bu ....
all those mouths to feed. how are they? they re all teething. oh. well, bye, mrs. mitchell. goodbye, margaret. [music] there she goes, tommy. yeah, dumb old margaret. she can t help it if she s a girl. can i use your bathroom? sure. come on. hey, mom. i m home. so i hear. hello, tommy. he s polite, mom. he s 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 they re a girl. first thing you know, you end up playing house. true, true. no tv for you tonight. [phone ringing] i ll get it. i m not complaining. i became interested in playing house when you stopped dennis: hello. making mud pies and began making apple pies. guess what we ve got out there on the phone, a long-distance call for you. long distance? hello. daddy. grandpa? how are you? where are you calling from? i m at home. but if you can put me up for a few days, i ll come for a ....
kathy: is my dress too short in the back? thy: you know what i ought to have, mother? a string of pearls. margaret: i m sure you should. (bus horn) there s the school bus, run! kathy: bye. margaret: one down, two to go. where s betty? bud: oh she s so fascinated with her gorgeousness she can t pull herself away from the mirror. jim: now what is all this fussing with clothes? some special occasion at school? she s dressed like she s going to the coronation. margaret: this is the day she meets that football player. jim: huh? margaret: the one she s tutoring. betty: you never listen when i tell you things, father. i m 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 don t know, i ll find out today. jim: are ....
margaret: now just wait a minute. don t get your hopes up too high. how do you know you ll be one of the winners? kathy: oh, i have to be. she s my very, very most favorite. i m going to work on my essay day and night every evening. margaret: well, i still say don t 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 that s who greer garson plays in the movie, and that s what the essay has to be about. margaret: about the spy? kathy: i think so, or the civil war, margaret: well, hadn t you better find out? kathy: haven t got time. i have all i can do just writing the essay. margaret: well, now, kathy. kathy: please, mommy, don t 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 lincoln s gett ....
an ambulance if you don t pipe down! (audience laughing) - [jim] how about you writing out the rough draft after all you re 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 don t you know it s impolite to interrupt people when they are discussing? - [margaret] kathy i told you, no rope-jumping 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 doesn t seem to hear anything we say to her! - no, and i can tell you why. i ve been meaning to discuss this with you, you re not raising that kid right. - oh?! (audience laughing) - well you ve let her get away with murder. now you just lost yo ....