MARTIN:

Alan! Alan!

ALAN:

What?

MARTIN:

Turn off that music. I don't like that music. I'm working.

EILEEN:

Did you call, Martin?

MARTIN:

No, I didn't. I mean I called Alan. I didn't call you.

EILEEN:

Do you want Alan?

MARTIN:

No, I don't want him. I wanted him to turn off the music. I'm working. I'm writing. I didn't want that music.

EILEEN:

You often play music.

MARTIN:

I don't play that music. I don't like that music.

EILEEN:

OK. I'm going to tell him.

MARTIN:

I told him. He turned off the music.

EILEEN:

Oh, yes, he did. I'm going to make some tea. Do you want some?

MARTIN:

No, thanks. May I have some coffee? I don't like tea in the morning.

EILEEN:

I'm going to bring coffee.

MARTIN:

Sue! Sue! Eileen!

EILEEN:

Did you call?

MARTIN:

Is Sue listening to television?

EILEEN:

Yes. She often listens on Saturday morning.

MARTIN:

May I speak to her?

EILEEN:

Of course. I'm going to get her.

SUE:

Did you want me, daddy?

MARTIN:

Yes, I did. What are you doing?

SUE:

I'm watching TV.

MARTIN:

Do you like TV?

SUE:

Of course. Don't you like TV?

MARTIN:

I don't like loud TV. I want to work today. I can't work with loud TV.

SUE:

Do you want me to turn off the TV?

MARTIN:

No, I don't want you to turn it off. Can you turn it down? I can't write with loud TV.

SUE:

What are you writing?

MARTIN:

I'm writing a story about football.

SUE:

You wrote about baseball. You wrote about tennis. Now you're writing about football.

MARTIN:

Don't you like sports?

SUE:

I don't like some sports.

MARTIN:

What sports don't you like?

SUE:

I don't like ball games.

MARTIN:

What sports do you like?

SUE:

I like swimming. What sports don't you like?

MARTIN:

I don't like --- racing.

SUE:

You don't like horses?! Yes, you do.

MARTIN:

I don't like car racing.

SUE:

Oh.

MARTIN:

And I don't like loud TV.

SUE:

TV isn't a sport!

MARTIN:

I don't like it.

SUE:

OK. Is it too loud now?

MARTIN:

No, it isn't. I want to finish this story today.

EILEEN:

Here's the coffee. Do you want some cake?

MARTIN:

No, thanks. Only coffee.

SUE:

Daddy, can we go to the movies today?

MARTIN:

I don't know. I want to write this story today. I don't like to go on Saturday. Can we go tomorrow?

SUE:

No, I can't. I want to go to Jennifer's house tomorrow.

MARTIN:

I don't like to stop my work. Can your mother take you?

SUE:

I didn't ask.

MARTIN:

Please ask her. I don't want to ask now.

SUE:

She's making lunch.

MARTIN:

Now? I don't want to eat now. I don't want to stop my writing. Please tell her.

SUE:

OK.