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| '''Arthur:''' I can't unwrap it. It might get scratched or something. | | '''Arthur:''' I can't unwrap it. It might get scratched or something. |
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| '''Buster:''' Mm, okay. I'm going to go find the Caravan popcorn stand. I'll be watching for you on the TV screens. Good luck. ''He runs off. Arthur waves.'' | | '''Buster:''' Mm, okay. I'm going to go find the Caravan popcorn stand. I'll be watching for you on the TV screens. Good luck. ''He runs off. Arthur waves.'' |
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| ''It is the Reads’ turn. Mr. and Mrs. Read, Grandma Thora, Arthur, D.W. and Kate are gathered around the chair. The evaluator examines it.''
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| '''Evaluator:''' Oh, my! This is uncanny.
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| '''Arthur:''' Thirty thousand dollars. Thirty thousand dollars.
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| '''Evaluator:''' The overall design, the shape of the legs and the seat. ''She sits in the chair.'' It's remarkable.
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| '''Mr. Read:''' It is?
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| '''Grandma Thora:''' Really?
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| '''Evaluator:''' I see a lot of chairs, but this one is exactly like a chair my grandmother used to have. I have fond memories of sitting in a chair like this at her house.
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| '''Grandma Thora:''' How nice.
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| '''Arthur:''' But what's it worth?
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| '''Evaluator:''' Maybe twenty-five dollars.
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| '''Arthur:''' Twenty-five dollars?! But it looks exactly like the chair that was worth thirty thousand dollars.
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| '''Evaluator:''' Oh, no. This was made in the 1970s, not the 1790s. No comparison, really. Now, that looks like something special. ''Kate is asleep in her stroller. She is holding the Indian blanket. Arthur takes the blanket and give it to the evaluator.''
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| '''Arthur:''' This?
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| '''Evaluator:''' This is an original dance apron made by a Native American tribe from the Pacific Northwest called the Chilkat.
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| '''Arthur:''' How would something like that end up in your attic?
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| '''Grandma Thora:''' My mother said it was passed down to her from her great-uncle. He was a prospector who went to British Columbia to seek his fortune.
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| '''Evaluator:''' A dance apron like this was a common gift at potlatches among the native people there.
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| '''Arthur:''' What's a potlatch?
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| ''Flashback: An Indian chief gives the dance apron to a man in European clothing.''
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| '''Evaluator:''' It's a ceremony in which you give away as many gifts as possible to your guests. Maybe your great-great-uncle was a guest at once. ''The uncle bows and admires the apron. The flashback ends.''
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| '''Arthur:''' Wow! I wish we could find out for sure.
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| '''Evaluator:''' Do you know if he ever wrote letters home or kept a diary?
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| '''Grandma Thora:''' My mother said he used to write home occasionally.
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| '''Arthur:''' We should find those letters.
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| '''Evaluator:''' It's so wonderful that you care about your family history.
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| '''Kate:''' (cries) ''The Evaluator gives her the blanket. She stops crying and sneezes.''
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| '''Arthur:''' Wait, how much is that dance apron worth?
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| '''Evaluator:''' Well, this one's really worn. But I'd say… about five thousand dollars.
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| '''Audience:''' (gasps)
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| '''Arthur:''' We can't let her have a five thousand dollars! ''He pulls at the blanket.''
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| '''Kate:''' (cries) ''The evaluator looks shocked. D.W. shakes her head.''
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| '''D.W.:''' See what I have to put up with?
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| '''Audience:''' (gasps) ''Buster and Muffy are watching Arthur on a screen in another part of the studio.''
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| '''Buster:''' I never knew Arthur liked aprons so much.
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| '''Muffy:''' Oh, it's so sad when money gets in the way of family.
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| '''Kate:''' (cries)
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| '''Arthur:''' (sighs) Here you go. ''He gives Kate the blanket.''
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| '''Audience:''' Aw. ''Clapping.''
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| '''Evaluator:''' Now, that's the real meaning of family treasure.
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| '''D.W.:''' He'd never be that nice if we weren't on TV. ''She hands the evaluator her box.''
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| [[Category:Season 10 transcripts]] | | [[Category:Season 10 transcripts]] |