Orphan Page #2

- Yes.

Hey. I want to introduce you.

This is my wife, Kate.

Kate, this is Esther.

Hello.

How are you? Nice to meet you.

She painted all these.

- Really?

- Yeah.

These are fantastic.

These are really wonderful.

- Thank you.

- Where did you learn how to do this?

I've just had lots of time to practice,

I guess.

It's really boring here.

It's boring here?

If you're so bored,

why aren't you down at the party?

I've never really seen the point of it.

Nobody's ever talked to me before.

I guess I'm different.

There's nothing wrong

with being different.

JOHN:

Well, you two have a lot in common.

[ LAUGHING ]

ESTHER:

I think people should always...

...try to take the bad things

that happen to them...

...and turn them into something good.

- Don't you?

- Yeah.

Absolutely.

ABIGAIL:
She's originally from Russia, but

it's amazing how strong her English is.

She's only been in the country

a few years.

You get children from other countries?

It's rare. But when we do,

it's sometimes difficult to place them.

The family that brought her to America

died in a house fire.

In a fire?

My God.

Esther barely got out.

She's been through a lot,

but this is an extraordinary little girl.

She's very bright.

She's very mature for her age.

And she's very well-mannered.

She's a bit of a princess, actually.

She wears those ribbons on her wrists

and her neck all the time.

Mine too.

We had trouble with her

when we tried to take them off.

How does she get along

with other kids?

Oh, when she has to interact,

she's great.

Babe?

- She really did seem to open up with us.

- Yeah.

ABIGAIL:
I thought she more

than opened up with you.

You seem to have made

quite a connection.

I could get the paperwork together

and see you back here in three weeks.

All right.

Okey-dokey.

ABIGAIL:

Call me if you need anything.

Bye. Okay, thank you.

Oh, that's T-H.

T-H. Yeah.

And "Max" is like this?

KATE:

Yeah.

Good.

- Is this your house?

JOHN:
Now it's your house too.

KATE:

Hi, sweetie. Hi. Look who's here.

Hello, Max. My name is Esther.

She's been practicing the whole way.

- Can she hear?

KATE:
A little.

She was born almost completely deaf.

That just allows her to hear enough

to read lips.

JOHN:

That's all right, I got it.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

JOHN:
I'd like to introduce you

to Grandma Barbara.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

That's precious.

It's a pleasure to meet you too.

Danny.

This is Esther.

Hello, Daniel.

Hey.

[ WHISPERS ]

Why does she dress like that?

- Come on. Stop it.

- I'm just asking a question.

Oh!

- You have a piano?

- Yeah.

- Would you like to learn how to play?

- I would love to.

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