Children Of A Lesser God Page #4

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teacher, though.

You...

You should let me

help you.

What is that?

Lydia does not

talk like that.

Don't you want to be able to

get along in the world?

No one

wants my help?

That's your opinion.

That's fine.

You don't do anything

you can't do well?

I don't want

to stop now

Oh

Oh, oh

I've been loving you

A little too long

I don't want to stop...

Well, I would like

to walk with you.

It's...

my pleasure.

Mrs. Norman?

I'm James Leeds.

I didn't call again...

because I would've

hung up again.

It's 60 miles

here and back.

Please,

just five minutes.

I just got home

from work.

This is my time

to relax.

Discussing Sarah

is hardly relaxing.

Five minutes.

Well.

Well. Uh... let's see.

You haven't seen Sarah

in eight years?

Let's get this straight.

Sarah doesn't want

to see me.

Has she said why?

We don't communicate

very well.

Did you ever learn

to sign?

Some of the parents...

I'm really sick

of you people

coming here

every few years

asking the same

questions,

blaming me.

God. No one's

blaming you.

Of course they are.

They can't blame themselves.

So, it's all

my fault.

Fine. I don't

give a damn anymore.

I really just came

to ask one question.

What happened when

Sarah tried to speak?

What happened?

She looked awful.

She sounded awful.

People made fun of her.

What do you think?

Who made fun of her?

Other kids.

Her sister's friends.

Then she stopped

trying to talk.

She's very pretty,

you know.

Her sister Ruth had

a bunch of boys hanging around,

and they started

asking Sarah out

when she came home

on weekends.

It was wonderful

for her.

The boys really

liked her.

They treated her

just like they treated Ruth...

with respect.

If you didn't know

there was a problem,

you would've thought

she's perfectly normal.

Hi.

It's true.

I'm early today.

No. Don't go.

I wanted to talk

to you, anyway.

No. I want to hel...

work with you.

I understand

that you're scared.

I understand nothing.

Sarah! Come back here.

Sarah.

Yelling at the back

of a deaf person.

Very good, James.

He's been at

all the best schools.

Why did you stop

going home?

Did your sister's

friends,

those boys that you

were going out with,

did they have anything

to do with it?

Yes. I talked

to your mother.

Please, let me

help you, damn it!

How?

By showing you

the joys of sex

with a hearing man?

I think that's

one language you don't speak.

Yeah, O.K. I'm so...

Come on.

I can take it.

You have more than enough

communication skills.

I don't.

They never did?

O.K.

[Stamps Floor]

Hey!

Who is they?

Hearing boys?

They could never be bothered

to learn my language.

I was always expected

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