| [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. |
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