Spanglish Page #4

This little hip-hop girl, what's her name?

Grammys.

She's famous. You kids know her. Oh, darn.

God bless the language barrier.

It keeps you from being bored with me.

Anyway, she said:

- "Aren't you Evelyn Wright?"

- Oh, my God!

First of all, that she remembered me

from the old covers.

- Yeah.

- And then she...

- Oh, please. Her name.

- Stop it.

- It makes the story so much better.

- It's still a good story.

She said:

"Whenever I think everything's"...

Pardon my French, pardon her French.

"A mother-hm-hm...

"I put on one of your records."

Oh, my God.

That is so sweet.

Well, you think your life is embarrassing,

and then...

somebody finds encouragement in it.

- You understand?

- I think I do.

Mum, it's not even noon.

- This is going to work.

- I don't know anything.

Free your mind.

"The president whose policies...

"many consider responsible

for the Great Depression."

I don't know.

- Name a vacuum cleaner.

- What?

- Okay, I got it.

- Hoover.

- I said I had it. You don't trust me?

- Okay.

I no longer know nothing.

And Hoover was followed in office by...

I'm just drawing blanks. I'm embarrassed.

It's my own fault.

I spent all my time on math,

which I'm lucky if I don't flunk, anyway.

Stop it.

The man you're looking for is not a ruse.

- What does "ruse" mean?

- Phony.

Roosevelt!

If I'd ever heard of that word before,

that would lock it in.

- Surprise! New clothes.

- What?

- What did I do right?

- It was a warehouse sale.

I went nuts. I got so much stuff.

Great! She needed a boost.

That came together.

I wouldn't wear it together, it's a little much.

Eight?

What?

- Eight.

- What?

- Bernie, come on. Listen.

- What's going on?

You're gonna do it,

and you're gonna look beautiful.

Honey, I just...

You are going to lose that weight, and...

You know...

I'm glad you didn't get here earlier,

because...

then I wouldn't be able to tell you that...

your gift to me...

is a ruse.

- Honey, I...

- Please, just excuse me.

- Hey, Bernie...

- I just...

I just need to be alone right now, okay?

I'm sorry. It's okay.

We have to be able to endure this, John,

if we're gonna help her.

I'll just gonna hang out here

and wait for you, okay?

Her paediatrician intervened on

his own daughter's weight, and she is an 8.

Dad, don't.

Didn't you ever just need a minute?

Yes.

This is the same page

that I'm talking about, John.

We gotta be on the same page.

That's the most important thing.

I don't know why it has to be so hard.

I need a minute.

She's right between the two sizes.

I thought about it.

What am I supposed to do?

Encourage her denial...

or motivate her to get herself in shape?

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