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D.W. Read: Just a minute, Mom!

(she measures two pieces of chocolate cake)

D.W.: Okay....

Arthur Read: If there's anything D.W. can't stand, it's if things aren't equal.

D.W.: Oh, wait, wait, wait!

Arthur: This is nothing. The time she got really crazy was with her best friend Emily!

(Scene changes)

D.W.: (pointing at Emily's toys) I've got that one, I've got that one, I've got that—(winds music box) Aw, mine just plays "Mairzy Doats".

Emily: I love "Mairzy Doats"!

D.W.: Oh, yeah? Then I guess mine's better.

Emily: Can we play now?

D.W.: Uh huh.

Marie-Hélène: Mademoiselle Emily, ??????? milk and cookies! Oh, this room is a mess! I will clean it later! (she brushes Emily's hair) Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques, dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?

(Title Card)

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Written by: Dietrich Smith—Storyboard by: Patricia Atchison and Elie Klimos

Binky Barnes: (V.O.) More!

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D.W.: Okay. Read it back to me.

Nadine: „Why I need a French Nanny like Emily by D.W. Read. Number one: sometimes you and Dad are too busy with work to pay attention to me.“

D.W.: No, no, we changed that.

Nadine: Oh, right. „Sometimes you and Dad have a lot of important work to do and need a break. Number two: it's always good to learn foreign languages.“

D.W.: They'll like that.

Nadine: „Number three: I'm very dainty and need someone to protect me from Arthur when he becomes crazy and mean, which is often.“

D.W.: How can they argue with that? Okay. Wish me luck.

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In D.W.'s fantasy, Emily and the Tibbles are sitting in a bank safe and coloring in books.

D.W.: Hi, guys, can I color with you?

Emily: Do you have a bank account book?

D.W.: No, but...

Emily: Then what is there for you to color?

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D.W.: Hi, grandma, it's D.W. I'm calling on behalf of the D.W. allowance fund.

Mrs. Read: D.W.!