06x26 - The Storyteller

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Denise?

Guess What?

Kai Is Going
To The Zoo Tomorrow.

Her Parents Invited Me.

Can I Go?

Sure.

Sweetheart, I'm Sorry.

You Can't Go.

But You Said Sure.

I Said That Before I Realized
Why You Can't.

My Great-Great Aunt Gramtee
Is Coming.

It's Her Birthday.

We're Having Dinner.

We Have A Cake For Her.

We'll Spend The Day Together
And Go To Church.

Can I Have Cake
And Go To The Zoo?

We Promised Gramtee
We'd All Go To Church Together.

But I Didn't Promise Her.

I Sort Of Promised For You.

Why?

Because I Know

You'll Love Gramtee
And She'll Love You.

Besides, You Love
Going To Church.

You Hear Stories About God
And See Your Friends, Right?

Right.

So We're Going To Church.

But God Wants Me
To Go To The Zoo.

I Think God Would Be Happier
If You Went To Church.

God Made The Animals.

That's Why I Should Go
To The Zoo.

God Made Me Your Step-Mom.

I Say Since Gramtee's
Coming From Virginia

We'll Spend The Day Together
And Go To Church.

Okay, But Next Time,
I Hope God Talks To Me First.

Rudy:
Gramtee's Here!

Let's Go See.

I Tried To Take Her
Around The Back

Where There Are No Stairs.

Are Your Legs Tired?

My Legs Aren't Tired.

Gramtee!

Oh, Hi There.

Did You Get All The Letters
I Sent You?

Every One.

Hello, Gramtee.

(Loudly:) Mom Says The Last Time
You Saw Me

I Was Only Ten Years Old.

You Sure Grew Into
A Beautiful Woman.

And Loud, Too.

I Know Rudy.

Hi, Gramtee.

And My Denise.

But Who Is This?

I'm Olivia And I Just Want To Go
To The Zoo.

This Is My Step-Daughter
That I Wrote You About.

Oh...

So This Is Olivia.

You're Even Prettier

Than Denise Described.

Give Me A Hug.

My, My.

Well, You Just Go Ahead
And Ignore Me.

Now Who Would Ignore
A Face Like That?

Hello, Heathcliff.

Come On And Sit Down.

Let Me Take
Your Shawl.

I Would Like To Sit Down.

Now You're Sure

Once You Get Into
This Thing

You'll Be Able To Get Back Up?

Well, Now, Why Don't
We Just Try And See?

There.

Was That Enough
To Close Your Mouth?

She Told You, Dad.

How Was Your Stay
With Anna And Russell?

I Was Teasing Russell

About When I Used To Hold Him
On My Knee

And He Was A Little Fellow.

You Knew Grandpa
When He Was A Baby?

She Changed
Your Grandfather's Diapers.

You Used To Change
Grandpa's Diapers?

Yes, Baby, And I Changed
Your Father's Diapers, Too.

What Was Dad Like?

He Was A Mess.

It Was Nice Of You
To Come Over, Gram.

Sorry You Can't Stay.

Denise:
No, No, No, Dad.

We Want To Hear More Stories.

No, No.

Because These Stories Are Dumb.

Heathcliff, Did You Ever
Tell The Kids

The Story About You And Sampson?

No, Gramtee,
It's A Dumb Story.

Sampson Was A Duck
Who Lived On My Brother's Farm

Down In South Carolina.

Shouldn't You Take A Nap?

Hush Up, Cliff.

One Summer,
When He Was Four Years Old

Your Father Came For A Visit.

Now, Sampson,
Every Time

He Would See Your Father,
He'd Run Up And Peck Him

On His Shinbone.

Your Daddy
Was Scared Of That Duck

And Every Time That Duck
Came Near Him

He Would Start Crying
And Just Run Away.

Quack, Quack!

Gramtee, Do You Have
Any Nice, Young Suitors?

I Thought About

Marrying Again

But I Don't Want To Be Competing
With These -Year-Old Women.

They Don't Have
Any Sense Of Pride.

They Push And Shove

And Show Their Legs.

I've Got To Check
The Oven.

I Got A Roast
In Here.

Pot Roast?

Yeah.

Gramtee Can't Chew That Stuff.

Heathcliff, Hush Up.

For What?

Keep It Up

And I'll Get That Duck
To Come And Get You.

Gramtee Is Amazing,
Isn't She, Mom?

She Thinks Clearly,
She's Focused.

I Hope I'm Like That
When I'm .

Sweetheart, I'd Be Happy
If You Were Like That At .

Gramtee Changed Her Mind.

She'd Like Apple Juice
With No Ice.

Okay.

(Phone Ringing)

Hello?

Hi, Kai.

How Are You?

She's Right Here.

It's Kai.

Hello, Doll.

Listen, I Can't Go
To The Zoo Tomorrow.

Really?

I'll Ask.

Guess What?

What?

Remember Kai

Was Going To The Zoo?

Yes.

After That

They're Going To Playland.

Olivia, I Know You Want To Go,
But We'll Do It Some Other Time.

I Want To Go With Kai.

We'll Take Her When We Go.

I Want To Go Tomorrow.

Olivia, What
Did I Say To You

A Half Hour Ago?

I Don't Remember.

Yes, You Do.

You're Not Going To The Zoo
Or To Playland.

You're Going To Church
With Us Tomorrow.

Say Good-Bye To Kai.

Sorry, Kai.

Denise Says I Can't Go.

Good-Bye.

It Was Fun Living Here
Until Now.

What Is This?

A Little Strife
In The Kendall Family?

Oh, Yes,
I Am Afraid So

But I'm Really Proud

Of The Way I'm Handling It.

She Has To Understand,
What I Say Goes.

I Drove That Point Home.

Don't Count That Victory Yet.

You Are Up Against
The Ultimate Opponent--

A Determined Child.

She'll Spend The Day

Trying To Figure Out
How To Get What She Wants.

She'll Say She's Too Sick
To Go To Church

She Has Nothing To Wear.

When You Don't Give In,
Olivia Will Have A Tantrum.

No Way.

The Doors Will Slam,
Screaming Will Commence

And Tears Will Flow.

Forget It.

Olivia's Never
Reacted Like That.

Then I'd Be Ready If I Were You,
Because She's Been

Saving It Up.

Now, Gramtee,
This Is The Picture Of Me

At The High School
Graduation.

Oh, Gramtee...

You Were A Schoolteacher,
Weren't You?

Yes.

I Taught
Grades One Through Eight

In One Room.

One Room?

That's Right.

You Know, During sl*very,
In Some States

It Was Illegal To Teach A sl*ve
To Read.

Illegal To Learn How To Read?

Now Your
Great-Great-Great Aunt Lucinda

Grew Up In sl*very

But She Was Determined
To Learn To Read.

She Used To Play

With The Owner's Daughters,
The Hawthorne Girls.

They Had Tutors.

The Hawthorne Girls
Began To Feel Bad

Because They Were
Learning To Read

And Lucinda Couldn't.

So After Their Class

They Would Sneak Her
Down To The Creek

And Teach Lucinda
Everything They Had Learned.

Could Lucinda
Have Gotten In Trouble?

Oh, Yes.

She Could Have Been
Severely Punished

But That Didn't Scare Her.

She Was Determined
To Learn To Read

And After sl*very,
She Became A Teacher.

Is That What Inspired You
To Teach?

I Guess We Could Say
She Was An Inspiration.

There Must Be A Lot
Of Lucinda In Me

Because I'm Going
To Be A Schoolteacher.

Denise, Oh, You Couldn't
Have Given Me Better News.

Oh, Wait A Minute, Now.

Haven't You
Dropped Out Of School

Once Already?

Yeah.

Well, You'd Better Not
Do That Again.

She Told You, Denise.

And You, Rudy--

I've Heard
That Your Performance

In School Is Slipping.

Now You Straighten Up
And Fly Right.

Yes, Ma'am.

Gramtee, I'm Doing
The Best I Can.

Now, Remember,
I Have A Learning Disability.

Well, You Still
Got To Work Hard.

I Will, I Promise.

Okay.

Denise?

Denise?

Yes.

Guess What?

What?

I Have A Stomachache.

Let Me Feel Your Forehead.

You Don't Feel Warm.

I Bet It's Going
To Hurt Sunday, Too.

That's Why I Can't Go To Church.

I Think It's The Zoo Flu.

I Think You'll Be Fine.

No, I Won't.

Yes, You Will.

You Ought To Go
To Bed Right Now

And Stay There
Until We Go To Church.

Wait... I Feel Better.

But I Still Can't Go To Church.

Why Not?

Because I Don't Have
Anything Nice To Wear.

You'll Be Wearing
Your Pink And Blue Dress

And I Don't Want To Hear
Another Thing About It.

But...

Not Another Word.

Cliff:
Don't Go In There.

Gramtee's Taking A Nap.

(Stomping Feet)

And No Stomping.

Denise, I'm Impressed.

You Held Firm.

I Feel Terrible.

I Don't Want Her
To Be Angry With Me.

Just Make It So They're Not
Angry With You Their Whole Life.

When They Get Older,
They'll Get Angry

Because You Didn't Get Them
Angry When They Were Young...

Then They're Going

To Put You In A Home.

Well...

What A Pleasant Way
To Wake Up...

Unless I'm Looking
At An Angel In Heaven.

No, It's Me, Olivia.

Come Over Here, Olivia,
And Talk To Your Gramtee.

You Look Like
You're Worried About Something.

Denise Says You Want Me
To Go To Church.

Yes, I Do.

But Kai Invited Me
To The Zoo And Playland.

They Have Ponies There.

Well, I Suppose It Wouldn't Hurt

For You To Miss
One Sunday In Church.

But I'm Not Going

To Decide For You.

You'll Have To Decide
For Yourself.

Okay.

Olivia...

Yes?

I'm Done With My Nap.

Would You Help Me
Straighten Up A Bit?

Okay.

Here We Go.

(Humming)

♪ Skip, Skip,
Skip To The Barber Shop ♪

♪ I Left My Blanket
At The Barber Shop ♪

♪ And Three Sticks
Of Candy ♪

♪ One For You
And One For Me ♪

♪ One For Sister Sally. ♪

What Are You Singing?

When I Taught School

At The End Of The Day,
I Would Always Sing This Song

And Everybody Skipped
To Put The Things Away.

Can I Try It?

Of Course.

♪ Skip, Skip
To The Barber Shop ♪

♪ I Left My Blanket
At The Barber Shop ♪

♪ And Three Pieces Of Candy ♪

♪ One For You ♪

♪ One For Me ♪

♪ And One For Sister Sally. ♪

That Was Fun!

Oh, Yes, It Was.

Gramtee?

Yes, Baby.

I'll Go To Church With You.

Oh, You Precious.

That Was
A Delicious Dinner.

Thank You.

I Think It's Time
We Cleared The Table.

What's The Rush?

This Is When You Bring In

The Birthday Cake.

I Don't Know Anything
About A Birthday Cake.

I Know You Got Me
A Birthday Cake--

A Chocolate Birthday Cake.

Chocolate Is My Favorite Flavor.

You Were Supposed To Get
This Cake At My Father's.

This Is My Birthday

And You're Supposed
To Have A Cake For Me.

I Don't Want To Argue
With Somebody Your Age

But This Is My House,
And There Is No Cake For You.

I Have A Strong Hand.

Now, I Want My Cake.

I Knew It.

Happy Birthday!

I Knew You Had
A Cake For Me.

Oh!

Minister:
Before We Conclude,
I Have The Special Privilege

Of Introducing
A Lovely Person

A Very Special Guest.

This Lady Has Worked
For Many Years As An Educator.

So Please Join Me
In Wishing A Happy Birthday

To Harriet Mccutcheon,
Otherwise Known As Gramtee

Who Has Come From
Norfolk, Virginia

To Be With Us.

And, Gramtee, We Have
A Very Special Tribute For You.

Welcome.

(Slow, Modern Gospel Music)

♪ Hmmm ♪

♪ Oh, How You Are ♪

♪ Well ♪

♪ Hmmm ♪

♪ Wholy Holy ♪

♪ Come Together ♪

♪ Holy ♪

♪ People, We All Have Got
To Come Together ♪

♪ 'Cause We Need The Strength ♪

♪ The Power ♪

♪ And All, All The... ♪

♪ The Feeling ♪

♪ Sure Enough The Feeling ♪

♪ Wholy Holy ♪

♪ Get Together ♪

♪ One Another ♪

♪ Wholy Holy ♪

♪ We Should Believe ♪

♪ Believe In One Another ♪

♪ Jesus Left A Long Time Ago ♪

♪ Said He Would Return ♪

♪ But He Left Us A Book
To Believe In ♪

♪ He Left Us A Good Book Here ♪

♪ And In It We Got A,
We Got A ♪

♪ A Whole, Whole,
Whole Lot To Learn ♪

♪ Whole Lot To Learn ♪

♪ Holy ♪

♪ Oh, Lord ♪

♪ We Can Conquer ♪

♪ We Can Conquer Hate Forever ♪

♪ Oh, Yeah ♪

♪ Holy ♪

♪ We Can ♪

♪ We Will Have Love ♪

♪ Have Love, Love, Love, Love,
Love, Love ♪

♪ Love To Love ♪

♪ Make Love Our Salvation ♪

♪ If We Come Together ♪

♪ If We Just Love One Another ♪

♪ Love, Love ♪

♪ Love, Love, Love, Love ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Wholy Holy ♪

♪ Wholy, Hey, Oh, Holy ♪

♪ Oh, Yeah, Oh ♪

♪ We Can Conquer ♪

♪ We Will Love ♪

♪ Our Salvation ♪

♪ Yes, We Will ♪

♪ Yes, We Will ♪

♪ Keep On Walking
With The Lord ♪

♪ Walk With Me, Jesus ♪

♪ Talk With Me, Jesus ♪

♪ Move With Me, Jesus ♪

♪ Your Spirit ♪

♪ Send Your Spirit Down
With Me, Lord ♪

♪ Help Me Put My Feet Down ♪

♪ Hey, Walking With The Lord ♪

♪ Talking With The Lord ♪

♪ Can't You See Us Just Singing
And Shouting With The Lord ♪

♪ Wholy Holy ♪

♪ Wholy Holy ♪

♪ Yeah, Yeah, Hey ♪

♪ Holy ♪

♪ Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah ♪

♪ Holy. ♪

Oh, Yeah.

Thank You.