The System Page #3

Don't they though. I'll give you

milk and evaporated, half and half.

If that's the milkman,

I give you the cream.

No, I like the evaporated!

Oh, Mr. Merrick, come in.

- Thank you.

I thought it'd be the milkman.

He didn't come around this morning,

I ran out of cream.

I'll send you over a prize cow,

gives nothing but the finest cream.

You would too, I betcha.

And come on back to the kitchen,

I'm fixing breakfast.

I haven't seen you in some time.

You're looking mighty good. - Thank you.

You don't mind the kitchen, do you?

- Mind?

When I was kid all we had was a kitchen.

At night, the table used to sleep

two of us, me and my big brother.

He always used to say,

"I guess they're finally going

to have to get me a bed of my own."

"My feet are beginning to

hang over into the sink."

My father, he fooled him.

You know what he did?

Put another leaf in the table.

There's a moral in there some place.

Sit down.

Thank you. Yeah, I guess there is.

You never know when somebody's

going to put a new leaf under your..

pull one up.

A little breakfast. - No, thanks.

I will have some black coffee.

Jerry'll be right down. He's shaving.

He slept late this morning,

he was up half the night.

I know, I stopped by for him at the office

and they told me he was working at home.

Is that about right?

- Just fine.

Careful, it's hot!

You worry about everybody, don't you?

Like everybody was one of your family.

- Oh, really..

I just like to be bossy, I guess.

Jerry's really lucky.

Liz, was that the..

Morning, Jerry.

- Morning.

Sure you won't have an egg, Mr. Merrick?

- No, thank you, Mrs. Allen.

How's your son, Mr. Merrick?

Oh, he's just fine, I had

a letter from him this morning.

He says that he and Jerry Jr

see a lot of each other at school.

Really? - Says he's a fine student.

- Oh!

He wants to be a writer like his dad.

Rex tells me he has already done some

work on the school paper. - That's nice.

He's a lot like his dad in a lot of ways.

Good and bad.

I don't think there's

much bad in either of them.

Depends on your point of view.

Well, I'm going to run to the store now.

If you want any more coffee,

it's over here on the table. - Thank you.

Goodbye, Mr. Merrick.

And come back again when you're

real hungry. - I'll remember that.

Bye!

Fine woman.

- Yes.

Wonderful wife, nice kids, fine house..

What does a man want out of life?

I ask you Jerry, what more does a man

want out of life. - What can you suggest?

What?

You asked me what more can

a man want out of life.

I asked you what can you suggest.

You open for suggestions?

- I listen to everybody.

Part of my job.

I'll tell you something, Jerry,

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