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Aren't you coming in to
breakfast, Mrs. Davis?

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In a minute, Connie.

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Are your eggs hard enough?

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One of them is.

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Stop hammering, Connie.

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I'm coming right in.

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I was just heating some water.

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Is Walter Denton picking
you up this morning?

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Yes, he is, Mrs. Davis,
and I hope he's on time.

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Our beloved principal is designated
today as Board of Education Day.

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Oh?

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What sort of ceremony
is Mr. Conklin planning?

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Oh, quite a large one.

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Mr. Stone, the head of
the board, will be there

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to get his annual
oiling from Mr. Conklin.

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Mr. Conklin certainly
likes to butter up that board.

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He'll probably have us all
lined up on the campus and then

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have several of the students
march by carrying the flag.

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Oh, well, that
wouldn't be so bad.

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The board might decide
to get you teachers a raise.

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I hope so.

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Then maybe next year we'll be
strong enough to carry the flag.

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Well, I'd better see
about that water.

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Why, Connie, you
haven't touched your eggs.

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Shall I bring in a
little cup for them?

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No, just bring
in a little hatchet.

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Oh, don't worry, Mrs. Davis.

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Come in, Walter.

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Uh-oh.

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I better start mixing
some waffle batter.

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Not too much, Mrs. Davis.

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We're pretty late.

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Good morning, Miss Brooks.

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Morning, Walter.

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Sit down.

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Oh, thanks.

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Mrs. Davis is fixing you some waffles,
but you might like to start with these.

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Oh, well, I'm not too hungry,
but I'll take a crack at them.

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You better make it
a pretty good crack.

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I see what you mean.

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What are you folks
building in there?

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Oh, it's nothing, Mrs. Davis.

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They don't make
hens like they used to.

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Oh, that's all
right, Miss Brooks.

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I'm too tired to eat anyway.

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I was up half the night typing an
editorial for the Madison Monitor.

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Oh?

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Yeah, I was acting under
orders from Mr. Conklin.

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He insisted I write one called, What
the Board of Education Means to Me.

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How'd it turn out?

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Well, you know what a
tyrant old marblehead can be

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when... I mean, Mr. Conklin
can be when you cross him.

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But as a firm believer
in freedom of the

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press, I really gave
that board both barrels.

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But, Walter, today is
Board of Education Day.

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Don't you think one barrel
would have been enough?

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Well, as editor of the paper, I
got to call them the way I see them.

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Yes, I know, but... I've
blasted them on several counts.

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It's all in the editorial.

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Oh, by the way, I told
Mr. Conklin that you'd

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proofread it and bring it
into his office this morning.

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Me?

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Well, sure.

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Well, you're the faculty
advisor to the paper, aren't you?

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Don't be nervous, Miss Brooks.

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Just toss it on his desk, and if he questions the
content at all, just tell him that I, Walter Denton,

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as a crusading editorialist, can do no less than
protest the tyranny of the Board of Education.

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I can only do that, Walter, if
you'll do something for me.

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What's that, Miss Brooks?

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Notify my next of kin.

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Look, Walter, Mr. Conklin won't
stand for any crusades today.

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I think you'd better destroy
this literary Frankenstein.

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Oh, never.

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However, I will think about
it on our way to school, and

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maybe I can amend some of
the more scathing indictments.

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Good.

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Then after you've had a bite
to eat, we'd better get going.

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Oh, there's one more thing I'd like
you to help me out with, Miss Brooks.

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My pal Bones has been
pretty brought down lately.

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Bones Snodgrass?

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Yeah.

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What's the matter with him?

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Right now, he's nervous about
the exams that are coming up.

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He's afraid he'll forget
everything he learned all term.

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You know what I mean?

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I know exactly what you mean.

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The alphabet.

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Well, I'll do the
best I can, Walter.

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Good morning, Walter.

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Oh, hiya, Mrs. Davis.

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Here you are, dear.

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Here's a nice waffle for you.

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And some juice.

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Here's the water.

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And here's the little
hat, should you ask for it.

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Hiya, boss.

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Oh, hi, Walter.

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Miss Brooks.

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Hello, Bowen.

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Boy, you gotta figure this out.

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Watch.

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One, two... Bones, please.

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I got 79 yesterday.

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What's passing?

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We still got a few
minutes before class starts.

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Why don't you tell Miss
Brooks what's bothering you?

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Yes, what's your
immediate problem, Bones?

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Everything.

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Oh good, well now that you've got
it localized, I'm sure I can help you.

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I mean everything at
school, Miss Brooks.

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I just gotta stay eligible
for the ball team, and

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Mr. Boynton says I gotta
take a biology test pretty soon.

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I forgot so much during
practice that I'm afraid

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I'm just not no good
at no biology no more.

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Bones, it is incorrect to use a
double negative in a sentence.

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You just used four of them.

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Oh, then what I
said was okay, huh?

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Gee, I'm glad I didn't forget none of my
English like I did my animals in biology.

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I used to know my animals like I know my
A, B... Try C. I forgot about the alphabet.

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Go on, Bones, tell her
some more about the test.

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Well, I think it's
gonna be mostly about

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birds and monkeys
and things like that there.

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What?

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Where?

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I gotta know the names of
the different kinds of baboons.

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I used to know them
real good, but I forgot.

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Don't let it get
you down, Bones.

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No, Bones, I'll be
glad to meet you after

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school today and help
you review your lesson.

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Gee, I would be
keen, Miss Brooks.

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Gosh, I bet even the baboons know
the names of all the other baboons.

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Well, don't worry
about that either.

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If you study hard for a couple of years,
you'll be as smart as any other baboon.

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I have summoned you to
my office to brief you on the

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arrangements I've made to
celebrate Board of Education Day.

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Oh, I'll be happy
to hear them, sir.

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How very considerate of you.

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Mr. Stone is due to arrive at
one o'clock, so promptly at 1255,

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the welcoming committee will
proceed to the front of the school.

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To help color the ceremonies,
I'm having the old cannon back

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of the gym hauled around, and
we'll take our places beside it.

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Then I will greet Mr. Stone
and read aloud the editorial

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which is to appear in the next
issue of the Madison Monitor.

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I haven't finished, Miss Brooks.

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The editorial is entitled,
What the Board of Education

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Means to Me, and was
written by Walter Denton.

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Now, as you know, I'm not overly
fond of Walter Denton, but as my

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daughter Harriet pointed out, he
does get off some good editorials.

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He gets off some pips, sir.

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He said you'd deliver this
one to me after proofreading it.

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Miss Brooks, may
I have it, please?

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Have it, please.

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Well, I don't happen
to have it, Mr. Conklin.

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And Walter Denton
doesn't have it either, sir.

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He told me he lost it on the
way to school this morning.

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Lost it?

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That's out of the question.

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He's simply trying to get out...
But sir, if you're thinking of using

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an editorial as a welcoming
speech, you should write it yourself.

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Me?

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Why, of course, sir.

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You're a master
of the editorial form.

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Why, your interoffice
communications are sheer poetry.

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They are?

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Oh, they certainly
are, Mr. Conklin.

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Now, you just sit there,
Mr. Conklin, and create, sir.

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Well, I do have a way
with words, I suppose.

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Yes, yes, I'll draft a speech
this morning and send it

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over to you at lunchtime for
proofreading, Miss Brooks.

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Not that you'll find
any grammatical errors.

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Of course not, sir.

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However, everyone you
do find, please correct it.

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Oh, and one more
thing before you go.

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I'd like some exciting conclusion
to the ceremonies on the campus.

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Something that will wind it
up in a spectacular manner.

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Any suggestions, Miss Brooks?

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Well, now let's see, sir.

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You say we're all to be
lined up next to the cannon?

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That is correct.

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Oh, then I think I have just
the idea for you, Mr. Conklin.

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What is it, Miss Brooks?

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Let's fire Walter Denton
out of the cannon.

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Hello, Mr. Boyden.

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Oh, hello, Miss Brooks.

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Come in.

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I've been trying to
correct this biology theme.

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Oh?

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I can't seem to make
the name out, though.

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The writing's so illegible.

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Let's see, could
it be Snodgrass?

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What's the title of the theme?

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A man's best
friend is his animals.

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That's Snodgrass, all right.

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By the way, I've asked him
to leave Mr. Conklin's speech

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in here when it's ready,
if that's all right with you.

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Oh, of course it's all right.

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Sit down, Miss Brooks.

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Oh, thanks.

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Listen to this.

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Lovebirds make very nice
pets, as they don't never bother

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nobody hardly, but is all
the time busy making love.

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Isn't that terrible?

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Can't knock it to me.

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Oh, you mean the grammar.

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Yes, it is pretty bad.

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Here's another paragraph.

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Baboons is pretty big, but the
mandrill is the biggest baboon of all.

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They make very nice pets,
as they don't never bother

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nobody hardly, but is all
the time busy making love.

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You can finish that
later, Mr. Boyne.

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Let's go to lunch.

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All right, Miss Brooks.

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Oh, I hope we run into
Walter Denton in the cafeteria.

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These papers must have dropped
out of his notebook this morning.

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I want to return them.

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It seems to be an editorial
for the school paper.

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Oh, let me see that.

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Oh, What the Board of Education
Means to Me by Walter Desmond.

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I'm glad I found this in time.

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As faculty advisor to the paper,
Mr. Conflin would hold me responsible

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for one of the most embarrassing
incidents to ever happen in Madison.

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Really, Miss Brooks?

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What's in the editorial?

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Just a pint or two
of Walter's spleen.

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It's a blast at the board, which
I'm going to tear up right now.

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Just a minute.

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Look what you've done!

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You've torn a bone seam
along with the editorial.

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Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Boynton.

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What were you going to do to it?

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Give it to the
Congressional Library?

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Such deathless prose.

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Baboons don't never bother nobody
hardly, but is always busy making love.

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What am I laughing at?

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It should happen to both of us.

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Boynton?

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Brooks?

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I guess they went to lunch.

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Oh, I'll just leave Mr. Conklin's
speech on the desk.

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Oh, hiya, boss.

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Hi, Walter.

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Heard about the ceremonies
we're going to have?

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Yeah, Mr. Stone's coming down.

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We have to line up
outside and greet him.

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00:11:13,214 --> 00:11:15,508
And boy, what a
greeting he's going to get.

247
00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:17,010
I'm mixing some of
this powder down in the

248
00:11:17,135 --> 00:11:18,928
basement, and I'm going
to put it in the old cannon.

249
00:11:19,053 --> 00:11:21,264
Then when Mr. Stone gets
here, we'll give him a salute.

250
00:11:21,389 --> 00:11:23,892
He'll hear till he's 90.

251
00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,102
You think Mr. Confident
will like that?

252
00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:28,771
Oh, he doesn't
know about it yet.

253
00:11:28,897 --> 00:11:29,355
Hey, wait a minute.

254
00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:30,523
What's this?

255
00:11:30,648 --> 00:11:33,067
What the Board of
Education means to me?

256
00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:36,362
Say, I thought I lost this editorial
while I was in here this morning.

257
00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:37,363
What editorial?

258
00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:37,864
This one.

259
00:11:37,989 --> 00:11:38,823
Oh, I'm glad I found it.

260
00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:39,490
Miss Brooks was right.

261
00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:40,992
This could get me
in a lot of trouble.

262
00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:44,495
But Walter... Oh,
this thing is dynamite.

263
00:11:44,621 --> 00:11:44,954
You shouldn't.

264
00:11:45,079 --> 00:11:46,331
There's something
I gotta tell you.

265
00:11:46,456 --> 00:11:47,248
There, that's done.

266
00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:48,124
What is it, Bones?

267
00:11:48,249 --> 00:11:50,501
That wasn't your
editorial you just tore up.

268
00:11:50,627 --> 00:11:51,252
It wasn't?

269
00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:55,924
No, it was a speech Mr. Conklin's
been sweating out all morning.

270
00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:56,716
Huh!

271
00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,635
Yeah, he told me to
give it to Miss Brooks.

272
00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,303
But don't worry, Walter.

273
00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:02,221
I'm very good at jigsaw puzzles.

274
00:12:02,347 --> 00:12:04,641
I'll just pick up the pieces
and paste them together again.

275
00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:07,226
Oh, this is murder!

276
00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:08,353
I better help you.

277
00:12:08,478 --> 00:12:09,187
But wait a minute.

278
00:12:09,312 --> 00:12:10,021
The basement.

279
00:12:10,146 --> 00:12:11,105
I got some chemicals cooking.

280
00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:12,148
Oh, yeah, you
better get down there.

281
00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:13,775
Honest, this will be
easy for me to do.

282
00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:14,943
Well, I guess I better.

283
00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:17,987
Whatever you do, get that
speech pasted together fast.

284
00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:20,531
Will you quit worrying or go on?

285
00:12:20,657 --> 00:12:22,283
Well, all right.

286
00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,827
I can't help feeling
highly dubious.

287
00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:29,457
That's the spirit.

288
00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,583
Yeah.

289
00:12:32,168 --> 00:12:37,924
Gosh, there are more papers
in this basket than I thought.

290
00:12:38,049 --> 00:12:39,092
Oh, well.

291
00:12:41,219 --> 00:12:44,722
Oh, here's two pieces that fits.

292
00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:47,725
No, it don't neither.

293
00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:48,810
Oh, well.

294
00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:50,478
It almost fits.

295
00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:57,610
It'll be good enough.

296
00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:13,459
Have you seen Bone
Snodgrass anywhere, Walter?

297
00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:15,545
I've been looking
all over for him.

298
00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:17,338
What are you doing
to that cannon?

299
00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:18,881
No, we're just
polishing it, Miss Brooks.

300
00:13:19,007 --> 00:13:21,300
We want everything to look spick
and span when Mr. Stone gets here.

301
00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:25,304
Well, he better not get here until I
find bones with Mr. Conklin's speech.

302
00:13:25,430 --> 00:13:26,180
I don't know what I'll do.

303
00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,098
There you are, Miss Brooks.

304
00:13:27,223 --> 00:13:28,683
Have you finished
checking my speech?

305
00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:30,309
Well, not really, Mr. Conklin.

306
00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:31,477
What do you mean, not really?

307
00:13:31,602 --> 00:13:32,729
I haven't really finished.

308
00:13:32,854 --> 00:13:34,564
What do you mean you
haven't really finished?

309
00:13:34,689 --> 00:13:35,690
I haven't begun.

310
00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:39,652
That is, I haven't begun to enjoy a speech as much
as that speech of yours, Mr. Conklin, but I let Bone

311
00:13:39,777 --> 00:13:43,781
Snodgrass carry it for me because it was a little
heavy and I'm not as sturdy... Excuse me, Miss Brooks.

312
00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:50,496
But here's a speech
right in this here folder.

313
00:13:50,621 --> 00:13:52,665
Nice timing, Bones.

314
00:13:52,790 --> 00:13:54,083
Here's your speech, Mr. Conklin.

315
00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:55,334
Oh, not a moment too soon.

316
00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:57,879
I think that's Mr. Stone's
car driving up now.

317
00:13:58,004 --> 00:13:59,130
Attention everyone, attention.

318
00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:00,923
Straighten up there, straighten
up, straighten up, straighten up.

319
00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:01,632
That's right.

320
00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:03,551
Now you stand there
to my left, that's right.

321
00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:05,970
I have my position here.

322
00:14:06,095 --> 00:14:12,518
Why don't you get a little closer
to the cannon, Mr. Conklin?

323
00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:16,105
You look stunning together.

324
00:14:20,526 --> 00:14:22,445
Quiet, Denton.

325
00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:28,826
Now, when Mr. Stone steps out of the car,
I will count three, then we all salute him.

326
00:14:28,951 --> 00:14:36,167
We'll salute him, all right.

327
00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:40,088
One... Two...

328
00:14:53,643 --> 00:14:56,687
Walter Denton!

329
00:14:56,813 --> 00:15:01,776
What did you put in that bin?

330
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:05,655
Oh, it was just sort of a
giant firecracker, Miss Brooks.

331
00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:07,073
Wasn't it keen?

332
00:15:07,198 --> 00:15:08,241
Keen?

333
00:15:08,366 --> 00:15:09,534
It was terrifying.

334
00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:13,788
Mr. Conklin, are
you all right, sir?

335
00:15:15,331 --> 00:15:19,961
I wouldn't be embarrassed, sir, because
that wasn't Mr. Stone's car after all.

336
00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:21,087
How?

337
00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:25,550
I say, that wasn't
Mr. Stone's car.

338
00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:30,972
Don't stand there flapping
your lips, say something.

339
00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:32,098
Boo!

340
00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:35,768
Gosh, Miss Brooks, he
can't hear no good no more.

341
00:15:35,893 --> 00:15:40,690
Oh no, Walter, this is terrible.

342
00:15:40,815 --> 00:15:41,566
What's that?

343
00:15:41,691 --> 00:15:43,067
We'd better take
him to his office.

344
00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:45,027
He seems kind of stunned.

345
00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:47,238
Walter, take his other arm.

346
00:15:47,363 --> 00:15:47,864
What's going on?

347
00:15:47,989 --> 00:15:48,573
What's the matter?

348
00:15:48,698 --> 00:15:51,200
Mr. Baldwin, we're going
to take you to your office.

349
00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:51,993
What are you doing?

350
00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:52,743
Why don't you say something?

351
00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,204
I don't think the auditorium will
be permanently impaired, do you?

352
00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:56,414
Oh, of course not, Harriet.

353
00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,457
It's just a temporary condition.

354
00:15:58,583 --> 00:16:00,543
Happens to everyone
once in a while.

355
00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:04,547
It's like getting water in your
ear when you go swimming.

356
00:16:04,672 --> 00:16:07,550
Shall I say come in, sir?

357
00:16:08,718 --> 00:16:09,635
Hey, how's that?

358
00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:10,428
Oh, I forgot.

359
00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:12,138
Come in.

360
00:16:12,263 --> 00:16:12,638
Hi, Ms.

361
00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:14,307
Brooks, how's
Mr. Conklin's hearing?

362
00:16:14,432 --> 00:16:15,766
Pretty bad, Walter.

363
00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:17,685
Good, we're going to
shoot off the cannon again.

364
00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:20,813
Walter!

365
00:16:20,938 --> 00:16:22,523
That was young
Denton, wasn't it?

366
00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:24,984
Does he know anything about
that explosion by the cannon?

367
00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:26,402
Oh, I'm sure he doesn't, Daddy.

368
00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:28,196
I say, I'm sure he
doesn't, Daddy.

369
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:29,572
It just exploded, sir.

370
00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:31,282
I say, it just exploded, sir.

371
00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:34,744
Oh, I'll say it was corroded.

372
00:16:35,953 --> 00:16:36,287
Dolly, Ms.

373
00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:40,708
Brooks, do you think Daddy's
hearing is getting any better at all?

374
00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:44,086
Come in.

375
00:16:52,762 --> 00:16:55,306
He's improving by
leaps and bounds.

376
00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:58,351
Harriet, go out and tell Walter
to stop that racket at once.

377
00:16:58,476 --> 00:17:00,978
All right, Miss Brooks, but
you'll stay with Daddy, won't you?

378
00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:02,772
Oh, certainly, Harriet,
and don't worry about him.

379
00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:04,565
He's not in any pain at all.

380
00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:06,817
Well, all right, Miss Brooks.

381
00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:09,946
I'll see you later, Daddy.

382
00:17:14,992 --> 00:17:15,993
Come in?

383
00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:18,162
No, sir.

384
00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:19,372
No.

385
00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:20,206
Oh.

386
00:17:20,331 --> 00:17:20,456
Oh.

387
00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:22,833
Well, when Mr. Stone does
get here, I don't want him to

388
00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:25,378
think anything's wrong with
my hearing or anything else.

389
00:17:25,503 --> 00:17:27,964
If he ever discovered
that a cannon exploded on

390
00:17:28,089 --> 00:17:30,967
school property, he'd go
back to the board in a tizzy.

391
00:17:31,092 --> 00:17:33,427
In view of your condition,
sir, I think it might be

392
00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,846
a good idea if I were to
read your speech to him.

393
00:17:35,972 --> 00:17:38,224
In view of my condition,
I think it would be a

394
00:17:38,349 --> 00:17:40,726
good idea if you were
to read my speech to him.

395
00:17:40,851 --> 00:17:43,604
Quite an echo in here.

396
00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:46,732
In that way, I can
observe his reactions.

397
00:17:46,857 --> 00:17:50,278
Now, read the speech slowly, Miss
Brooks, and when I see that your lips have

398
00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:53,990
stopped moving, I'll throw in some
appropriate comment from time to time.

399
00:17:54,115 --> 00:17:54,907
Yes, sir.

400
00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:56,617
Come in.

401
00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,160
Oh, well, if it
isn't Mr. Stounds.

402
00:17:58,286 --> 00:18:00,121
How do you do, Miss Brooks?

403
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,998
I'm sorry I'm late, Osgood.

404
00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:03,332
It was unavoidable.

405
00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:07,503
I had a flat in the
middle of traffic.

406
00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:11,048
Oh, that's a good one, Miss...

407
00:18:15,303 --> 00:18:16,887
I beg your pardon?

408
00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:19,307
Oh, Mr. Conklin's a
little confused, Mr. Stone.

409
00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,225
Sit down, sir.

410
00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:25,354
It isn't every day that we get such
a distinguished visitor in our midst.

411
00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,690
That's very gracious,
Miss Brooks.

412
00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:28,941
The speech, Miss
Brooks, the speech.

413
00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:29,775
Oh, yes.

414
00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:33,654
Mr. Conklin's written a little speech,
Mr. Stone, which I will read to you now.

415
00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:33,779
You?

416
00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:38,159
But why don't you read
it yourself, Osgood?

417
00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:43,289
You see, he's so filled with emotion,
Mr. Stone, that he's speechless.

418
00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:45,249
Oh, it seems to be torn.

419
00:18:45,374 --> 00:18:46,751
Oh well.

420
00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:51,339
It says, What the Board of Education
Means to Me, by Osgood Conklin.

421
00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:54,592
And it reads, Few people
realize the magnificent

422
00:18:54,717 --> 00:18:58,387
efficiency with which our
Board of Education functions.

423
00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:02,058
This august body is composed
of a group of able members,

424
00:19:02,183 --> 00:19:05,478
and these baboons grow
to a height of... Oh, jeez!

425
00:19:09,523 --> 00:19:09,857
What?

426
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:16,864
Believe me, every word
comes right from my heart.

427
00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,199
Now, sit here, Conklin.

428
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:18,866
Read on.

429
00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:19,658
Read on, Miss Brooks.

430
00:19:19,784 --> 00:19:19,867
Read on.

431
00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:22,244
Well, I don't know if
I should, Mr. Conklin.

432
00:19:22,370 --> 00:19:24,288
I certainly think you should.

433
00:19:24,413 --> 00:19:25,915
Yes, sir.

434
00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:32,296
The members of the Board of
Education make very nice pets.

435
00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:39,261
As they don't ever bother nobody hardly,
but is all the time busy making love.

436
00:19:39,387 --> 00:19:42,223
What's the meaning of this?

437
00:19:42,348 --> 00:19:45,935
Right from the
bottom of my heart.

438
00:19:46,060 --> 00:19:47,603
I'll see here, Conklin.

439
00:19:47,728 --> 00:19:50,940
If this is some sort of a
joke, I don't like it, not one bit.

440
00:19:51,065 --> 00:19:54,944
Oh, you're too kind, Mr. Stone.

441
00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:56,320
Hand me that
speech, Miss Brooks.

442
00:19:56,445 --> 00:19:59,365
Uh, Mr. Conklin, I don't
think... Give it here, please.

443
00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:03,244
To sum up, I should like to read
what I've written in this last paragraph.

444
00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:06,664
To wit, having observed Mr. Stone's
educational methods, I am convinced that

445
00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:10,376
his outstanding talent is his ability to
eat bananas while hanging by his tent.

446
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:19,718
Believe me, Mr. Stone,
these sentiments stem from a

447
00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:23,556
sincere and deep... Eat
bananas while hanging by his tail!

448
00:20:27,476 --> 00:20:29,061
A man as obvious as he
can be will be senseless!

449
00:20:29,186 --> 00:20:32,356
Oh, but Mr. Stone, I...
If and when they return,

450
00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:35,443
this matter will be
thoroughly investigated.

451
00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:36,360
Good day, Ms.

452
00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:37,069
Brooks.

453
00:20:37,194 --> 00:20:40,489
Oh, but please, Mr. Stone, I believe
I could explain the whole thing... Ms.

454
00:20:40,614 --> 00:20:40,739
Brooks!

455
00:20:40,865 --> 00:20:40,948
Ms.

456
00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:43,617
Brooks, this speech... This
is not the speech I wrote!

457
00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:46,162
I know that, Mr. Conklin,
but I didn't... I

458
00:20:46,287 --> 00:20:48,789
hold you responsible
for this entire fiasco.

459
00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:49,623
Believe me, Ms.

460
00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:53,544
Brooks, you have no idea how
severe your punishment is going to be.

461
00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:57,798
Oh, yes, I have, Mr. Conklin.

462
00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:58,757
Where are you going, Ms.

463
00:20:58,883 --> 00:20:59,383
Brooks?

464
00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:01,760
Out to get some bananas, sir.

465
00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:08,893
There's nothing like hanging by your tail
from a flagpole to whip up an appetite.

465
00:21:09,305 --> 00:22:09,320
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