Episode 21:

Quiet Please

Rick and Tracy are at the library, in the children's section.

"Look, Pop!", Tracy announces excitedly. "I 'habe' 'dis' book."

"I know you do.", Rick says, in a whisper, as he puts his finger to his lips.

Tracy takes a book out of his hand.

"What book is 'dis'?", she asks as she skims through it.

"I know why the Caged Bird Sings. Pop's gonna do a report on it for English class."

"Read me a 'sapter'?", Tracy asks as she holds the book out to him.

"I don't want to read you a chapter.", Rick tells her.

"Why?"

"You wouldn't like it anyway. It's too grown up for you."

"Yes I would. I like it.", Tracy replies in a whiny voice.

"No you wouldn't. Now give me the book and you need to be quiet."

Tracy gives him back the book.

"Why I gotta be 'kiet', Pop?", she asks a bit too loudly.

"Because, for one thing, that sign over there says, Quiet Please.", he tells her. "But, most important reason of all, because I said so and you need to obey Pop when he tells you to do something."

Just then, Rick sees a sign that says, Story Time for kids ages 1-4.

"Do you want'a go hear a story in that room?", he asks her.

"Are 'utter' people in 'dare' too?"

"Yes, but Pop will go in there with you. I'll even stay the whole time."

"OK.", Tracy says enthusiastically.

She and Rick go to hear the story and leave, after I know why the Caged Bird Sings is checked out.

Ozzie and Harriet are watching the late night movie on TV.

"I thought you had to get up early for your fishing trip with Joe in the morning.", Harriet says.

"I do.", Ozzie tells her. "I just want'a see one more scene of this movie."

"That's what you said fifteen minutes ago.", she reminds him.

"Shh!", Ozzie says as he waves his hand at her. "I got'ta know what's happening."

"Fine, suit yourself. I'm going to bed though."

"OK, good night and sleep movie."

"What was that?"

"Well, I mean sleep well.", Ozzie corrects himself.

With that, Harriet leaves the room to go to bed.

Although it wasn't planned, Ozzie concluded the movie before joining her.

Ozzie and Joe are fishing on the beach at dawn, when Ozzie falls asleep.

"Hey Oz, look I got one!", Joe announces excitedly as he reels it in.

"Yes, this is a lot of fun.", Ozzie replies half asleep.

"No Oz, I said, I've got one.", Joe tells him.

"Of course, I want my hamburger on a bun.", Ozzie says, still half asleep.

"That's it. I'm done.", Joe says exasperatingly as he starts walking.

Although he was sleepy, Ozzie followed after him, trying to explain.

Dave and Danny come into the malt shop.

"One scoop of ice cream is a quarter.", Dave tells Danny as he picks him up. "Do you want'a get that?"

"No, I want'a banana split."

"Well, that's gonna be more than a quarter.", Dave lets him know. "But, Pop's got money too. We can share a banana split."

"No, I want my own.", Danny replies in a whiny voice.

Dave whispers in his ear, which causes him to say, with a sigh, "OK, we can share it."

"Jack? Can we have a banana split, please?", Dave asks him.

"Coming right up.", Jack replies.

After it's prepared, Dave tells Danny, "Give Jack your quarter and Pop will pay for the rest of it."

"Do you have a quarter for me?", Jack asks with a smile on his face, as he holds out his hand to take it.

"Yes, he found it in the couch and was so excited about spending it.", Dave lets him know.

Dave puts Danny down so he can take the banana split and bring it over to a booth.

Tracy was wearing two braids in her hair. Kris had just finished making the second one when Wally knocks on the back door and she answers it.

"Hi, Kris.", Wally greets her. "Is Rick here?"

"No, he just left.", Kris tells him. "He, Fred, and Lynn went to go catch the new show that's playing. You know, you have dirt on your face?", she asks confused.

"I know I do. It's part of my trick.", Wally tells her.

"Your trick?", she asks, still confused.

"Yeah, it's a trick in this book of magic tricks I got today.", he explains as he holds it up for her to see. "I'll show you how it works. Dirt, dirt. Dirt be gone, for having you on my face is wrong." He then snaps his fingers. "There. It's gone now. Right, Tracy?", Wally asks her.

"No."

"What do you mean no?"

"I still see it."

"Kris? Please tell me she's making that up?"

"Well, I would, but it wouldn't be true, because she's not."

"I didn't do this trick right either.", Wally says exasperatingly. "I didn't even do the ice cream one right."

"What's the ice cream one?", Kris wonders.

"I'll show you." Wally goes to the freezer for some ice to put in a cup. "Ice, ice. Turn to cream, for when you do, you'll taste like a dream." He then snaps his fingers, only to have nothing happen. "See? I told you, I can't do it right.", he says, exasperatingly. "I'm gonna do a trick I know for sure I know how to do."

"What's that?", Kris wonders.

"Disappear.", Wally tells her. "That one is easy for me."

"Why's that?"

"Because, all I have to do is leave.", he explains.

That being said, he walks out the door.

The phone rings and Harriet answers it.

"Hello?", she says. "Oh, hi Joe. Yeah, just a minute, he's right here. No Joe, he isn't sleeping.", Harriet tells him with a roll of her eyes.

"Hello?", Ozzie says, once Harriet gives him the phone.

"Hi, Sleepy Head.", Joe greets him on the other line. "OK, I forgive you.", he tells him.

"So soon? Why the change of attitude, all of the sudden?", Ozzie wonders.

"Because", Joe explains on the other line, "I can hear Clara, from the other room, telling me to just let it go already. Did you hear that?", he asks him.

"I sure did.", Ozzie says, "So I better let you go now."

He then hangs up the phone.

What Ozzie heard was Clara telling Joe to also let go of the phone and hang up, so she could use it next.

June and Danny are at the Emporium. They were shopping for a new bank for Danny, because he found some more quarters in the couch.

"OK, Danny. Which one do you want?", June asks him as she points to them. "The doggy or the kitty?"

"The piggy.", Danny tells her.

"No, don't get the piggy. The piggy's glass. At least the doggy and the kitty are plastic."

"I'll be careful with it.", he tells her.

"You're not getting it.", June tells him firmly.

"You can have either the doggy or the kitty. Otherwise, you're not getting anything."

With a pouty expression on his face, Danny chooses the doggy. He and June then go up to the counter to have it checked out.

Kris and Tracy come home from the library.

"Why we come home, Mommy?", Tracy asks.

"Because.", Kris answers firmly. "You want'a tell Pop what you did?", she asks.

"It sounds like it was something naughty. Pop's not sure he wants to hear it.", Rick says. "But go ahead and tell me anyway."

"Well, we were at the library.", Kris begins. "Tracy was talking a bit too loudly about a book she wanted to get. When I told her to be quiet, she asked me if today was story day. When I answered no, she said at the top of her lungs. 'Then I be loud'. Everyone turned to stare. It was so embarrassing.", Kris says as she puts her hand over her face in frustration.

"Mommy told you to be quiet and you weren't?", Rick asks her. "Pop talked to you last time about obeying. Didn't I?", he asks firmly.

"But, I 'bay' 'las' week.", Tracy lets him know. "I don't got'ta 'bay aw da' time."

Rick and Kris had no idea what specific time Tracy was talking about. So they really didn't know whether she obeyed last week or not.

"Yes you do.", Rick tells her. "You have to obey Mommy and Pop all the time."

"I do?", Tracy asks confused.

"You do, unless you want'a be in some really big trouble.", Kris replies.

"Why I got'ta be 'kiet'? It not dory day."

"It doesn't matter whether today is story day or not.", Kris tells her. "The library is just naturally a place where you're supposed to be quiet."

"Yes, that's why they have that sign there that says, Quiet Please.", Rick concludes. "Come on, you little blond beauty.", Rick says as he picks Tracy up. "You need to be changed and it's Pop's turn to do it."

That being said, Rick and Tracy leave the room.