Avengers Assemble in the Playroom Page #2

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wash them anyway.

OK.

Dinner is ready.

Hello, Christian.

Hi, Dad.

You been reading?

Uh huh.

Sam go tell your sister

to come to supper.

Maggie, dinner.

Bacon and eggs.

I always liked having bacon

and eggs for dinner.

Feels kind of special.

Like we're getting up early

and going somewhere.

Yes, we could be

eating breakfast

in the middle of the night

before starting out on a trip.

To Tahiti.

No, the South Pole.

Outerspace.

Maggie, where would

you choose to go?

Anywhere.

Well, I saw they

caught Patty Hearst.

She said she wouldn't let

herself be taken alive.

She knew if she was dead,

everyone would just say

she was crazy instead of

having to face the truth.

The truth is, she's a terrorist.

She's a resistance fighter.

You have to be occupied

to put up a resistance.

She is occupied...

by the system.

The system.

Well, there is a

system of sorts.

A social and political system

that exerts a

measure of control...

You're brainwashed, Dad.

- over our our actions...

- Dad, you're brainwashed.

... and our thoughts.

Sam, you shouldn't say

that to someone's face.

You say it behind

their backs.

I need another drink.

Let's have a spelling bee.

Spelling bee?

With all my good spellers?

Yeah.

Well, OK. Let's see.

Janie, can you spell familiar?

Familiar.

F-A-M-I...

- L-I-A-R

- Good.

Now, Christian. Can you

spell sanctuary?

What's a sanctuary?

It's a special place,

a protected place.

Like a hiding place...

Sanctuary.

S-A-N-C-T-U-A-R-Y

Right.

You see, spelling is a skill.

You don't have to know

what a word means

to be able to spell it.

OK, Maggie. How about ...

... Habeas Corpus.

That's Latin.

Well, it's a legal term.

H-A-B-E-U-S

C-O-R-P-U-S.

Not quite. It's H-A-B-E-A-S.

I said it was Latin.

It's fair. It's in the

English language.

Sam, it's your turn.

Can you spell soap?

Why don't you give

Mom a word?

Soap. S-O-A-P.

Good, Son.

I got an A in spelling.

Why don't you give

Mom a word to spell?

Did you get a report

card today, Sam?

Sam.

Yeah.

Where is it.

Let's see

if she can spell.

Your mother isn't in

the spelling bee.

- Why not?

- For God's sake, Martin.

Do something.

Donna, can you spell...

Matrimonial?

As in "matrimonial law?"

I did marry a lawyer, didn't I?

Yes.

M-A-T-R-I-M-O-N-I-A-L

Good.

Sammie, give me

your report card.

He made all A's

And one C.

I want to see it.

All A's.

And one C.

That's excellent, Sam.

It is. Don't you

worry about the C.

You can probably still

get into college.

That must be the Knotts.

I'll get it.

Janie, can you

spell damnation?

Is that two words?

Maggie.

Hello.

Hey. Come on in.

Can I fix you a drink, Clark?

Yes, please. I'll have

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