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Where's Mom?
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She went to a school-board meeting.
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I don't know how she does it.
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She sure keeps busy.
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It's important to her.
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There are lots of places to go,
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lots of things to do.
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She can't sit around and do nothing.
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Philip works late.
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I guess you're right.
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I wish I had her energy.
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Anybody home?
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We're in here, Dad.
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Oh. Hi, gang.
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Hello, Philip.
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How was your day?
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My day was just fine.
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So was my night.
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It's almost ten o'clock.
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Mmm. I'm starving.
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Um ... where's Mom?
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She went to a school-board meeting.
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There's a note for you on the refrigerator.
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Oh?
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Did you have dinner, Robbie?
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Yeah.
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Mike and I had a hamburger at the diner.
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I came home a little while ago.
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You've been working late
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almost every night this week, Dad.
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Aren't you exhausted?
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I don't have time to be exhausted.
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You and Mom haven't had dinner together with us
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in almost a full week.
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Yeah,
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I feel bad
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about us not having dinner with the family,
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but our schedules are so different.
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Either I'm at the hospital doing paperwork,
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or Mom is at a committee meeting.
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I frankly don't know what to do about it.
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I'm worried about you and Mom.
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You really have been working too hard.
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Well,
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I think I've had enough of that sandwich.
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You didn't finish it.
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It's not good to eat before going to bed.
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A cookie can't hurt, though.
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Well,
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I'm heading off for bed
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and a good night's sleep.
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Well, good night.
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Good night, Son.
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Good night, Dad.
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I'm going to bed.
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Good night, Philip.
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Haven't you finished balancing that checkbook?
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I found another mistake.
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I'll be off to bed myself in a minute.
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OK. Good night.
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I'm really concerned about them,
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Grandpa.
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Concerned about whom?
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About Mom and Dad.
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They hardly ever see each other.
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Dad often works late,
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and Mom has all these committees she's on.
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What do you propose to do about it?
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You have that look in your eye.
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I don't know,
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but there must be a way
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of getting them to spend more time together.
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Quality time.
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Hello there, Robbie.
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What are you doing up this late?
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Reading.
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Reading?
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At this hour?
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Ah, come on, Robbie.
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What are you doing up this late?
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Things on my mind.
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Do you care to talk about them?
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Sure,
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if you don't mind listening.
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Robbie, Robbie, remember me?
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I'm your mother.
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If you have something you want to talk about,
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I'm always prepared to listen.
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You haven't been around much lately.
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So that's it.
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OK, let's talk.
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You and Dad are like ships that pass in the night.
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Dad works hard, and he works late.
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You work hard on all your committees,
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and you work late.
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I thought you were proud of the work I do.
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I am, Mom.
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Real proud.
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You are one fantastic mom,
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but ... but I've been noticing
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how little quality time
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you spend with Dad and me ... and the family.
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It's a real problem, Robbie.
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I know it.
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I'm concerned.
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There must be a way
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that Dad and you can spend more time together.
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Well, we always talk about
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taking a vacation together--with the family.
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I think you ought to
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take a vacation away from the family--alone.
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Kind of a second honeymoon.
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It would be wonderful,
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but our schedules won't allow it.
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I think I have an idea.
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You do?
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Yup.
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I think I have an idea
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that will bring Dad and you
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together in a more scheduled way.
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What is it?
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Well,
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you know how Dad is always talking about
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the kids in the ward
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and how important it is for them to be paid attention to?
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Yes.
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Well ...
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and how hard it is
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because the doctors and nurses are so busy?
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Yes.
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Well, how would it be if you took some time
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to work with Dad towards solving that problem?
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I don't get it.
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Like setting up a regular weekly reading program.
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You and Dad.
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You and Dr. Philip Stewart--
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going to the children's ward once or twice a week
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and reading to them.
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Not bad.
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Not a bad idea, Robbie.
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As a matter of fact,
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it fits right in with something I'm working on right now
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with the school-board committee.
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What's that?
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I've been trying
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to work out a program
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in the public school
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that will bring parents and teachers together once a week
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to read to the students--their own children, really.
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By doing that, it will encourage reading.
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So it might fit in with a program
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for reading to the kids in the hospital.
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You're right.
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We'll do it!
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I'm going to talk to Daddy about it right now.
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But Dad was so exhausted when he came home from work.
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Why don't you talk to him about it tomorrow?
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You are a very smart young man, Robbie.
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I think I'll wait until tomorrow.
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You won't forget, will you?
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Believe me, I won't.
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It is a great idea,
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and I promise you I won't forget.
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Thanks, Mom.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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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.
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