[00:00.01]20-2 ACT II
[00:47.16]Hello there, Robbie.
[00:49.44]What are you doing up this late?
[00:51.50]Reading.
[00:52.66]Reading?
[00:53.62]At this hour?
[00:54.70]Ah, come on, Robbie.
[00:55.64]What are you doing up this late?
[00:57.80]Things on my mind.
[01:01.37]Do you care to talk about them?
[01:05.01]Sure,
[01:05.42]if you don't mind listening.
[01:07.90]Robbie, Robbie, remember me?
[01:10.72]I'm your mother.
[01:12.50]If you have something you want to talk about,
[01:14.76]I'm always prepared to listen.
[01:17.89]You haven't been around much lately.
[01:21.93]So that's it.
[01:24.35]OK, let's talk.
[01:25.98]You and Dad are like ships that pass in the night.
[01:29.52]Dad works hard, and he works late.
[01:32.27]You work hard on all your committees,
[01:34.03]and you work late.
[01:35.60]I thought you were proud of the work I do.
[01:37.78]I am, Mom.
[01:39.10]Real proud.
[01:40.98]You are one fantastic mom,
[01:42.81]but ... but I've been noticing
[01:47.45]how little quality time
[01:49.04]you spend with Dad and me ... and the family.
[01:57.62]It's a real problem, Robbie.
[01:59.97]I know it.
[02:04.50]I'm concerned.
[02:07.02]There must be a way
[02:08.38]that Dad and you can spend more time together.
[02:12.74]Well, we always talk about
[02:13.73]taking a vacation together--with the family.
[02:18.22]I think you ought to
[02:19.29]take a vacation away from the family--alone.
[02:22.93]Kind of a second honeymoon.
[02:26.22]It would be wonderful,
[02:27.28]but our schedules won't allow it.
[02:29.91]I think I have an idea.
[02:32.91]You do?
[02:33.60]Yup.
[02:34.65]I think I have an idea
[02:36.22]that will bring Dad and you
[02:37.51]together in a more scheduled way.
[02:40.99]What is it?
[02:42.65]Well,
[02:43.17]you know how Dad is always talking about
[02:44.45]the kids in the ward
[02:45.98]and how important it is for them to be paid attention to?
[02:48.82]Yes.
[02:50.13]Well ...
[02:50.65]and how hard it is
[02:51.56]because the doctors and nurses are so busy?
[02:53.81]Yes.
[02:56.14]Well, how would it be if you took some time
[02:58.80]to work with Dad towards solving that problem?
[03:02.62]I don't get it.
[03:03.83]Like setting up a regular weekly reading program.
[03:07.99]You and Dad.
[03:09.34]You and Dr. Philip Stewart--
[03:11.24]going to the children's ward once or twice a week
[03:14.06]and reading to them.
[03:17.03]Not bad.
[03:18.65]Not a bad idea, Robbie.
[03:20.71]As a matter of fact,
[03:21.86]it fits right in with something I'm working on right now
[03:23.88]with the school-board committee.
[03:25.82]What's that?
[03:27.86]I've been trying
[03:28.79]to work out a program
[03:30.62]in the public school
[03:31.83]that will bring parents and teachers together once a week
[03:35.87]to read to the students--their own children, really.
[03:39.38]By doing that, it will encourage reading.
[03:42.14]So it might fit in with a program
[03:43.59]for reading to the kids in the hospital.
[03:46.98]You're right.
[03:48.27]We'll do it!
[03:49.54]I'm going to talk to Daddy about it right now.
[03:51.81]But Dad was so exhausted when he came home from work.
[03:55.39]Why don't you talk to him about it tomorrow?
[03:58.24]You are a very smart young man, Robbie.
[04:01.69]I think I'll wait until tomorrow.
[04:04.68]You won't forget, will you?
[04:06.22]Believe me, I won't.
[04:07.99]It is a great idea,
[04:09.79]and I promise you I won't forget.
[04:12.39]Thanks, Mom.
[04:13.83]Thank you, Robbie.