Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)
1529: Work (1984)
Fred Rogers: Mr. Rogers, King Friday XIII, Queen Sara Saturday, Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Daniel Striped Tiger
Quotes
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Lady Elaine Fairchilde : [Holds a sign reading "Hey Sky! Please Rain" skyward] Hey, Sky! Please rain! Come on, can't you read? We need the water! Hey, Sky. Please rain!
Lady Aberlin : What are you doing, Lady Elaine?
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : You can't read either?
Lady Aberlin : [reads the sign] "Hey Sky, please rain."
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : That's what I'm doing. I'm doing that.
Lady Aberlin : Asking the sky for rain.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Yes, where else would we get some water?
Lady Aberlin : From our pipes, if we can get them fixed.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : How much is it going to cost?
Lady Aberlin : Three thousand.
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Ooh! That's a bundle. Wait a minute. I've got a great idea.
Lady Aberlin : You do? What is it?
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : Sell the Castle. Friday and all of them can live someplace else.
Lady Aberlin : I don't think they'd like that, Lady Elaine. What about selling the Museum-Go-Round?
Lady Elaine Fairchilde : I don't think *i'd* like that.
Lady Aberlin : See?
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Mr. Rogers : When I was a little boyand would come to the grocery storewith my parents, I'd say, "I want one of this, and one of this, and one of this, and one of..." I'd want one of everything in the store, and of course I couldn't have it. Nobody can have everything.
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King Friday XIII : No water and not enough money to get new pipes. Sigh, sigh, sigh.
Lady Aberlin : Sigh, sigh is right.
Queen Sara Saturday : No, dear, sighing and sighing is not right. That will not solve our problem.
King Friday XIII : Well, what do you suggest, Sara?
Queen Sara Saturday : I suggest we speak to our neighbors.
Lady Aberlin : Which ones, Aunt Sara?
Queen Sara Saturday : All of them.
King Friday XIII : Even Westwood and Southwood?
Queen Sara Saturday : Yes. And everyone in between.
Lady Aberlin : What about the children at the school?
Queen Sara Saturday : Yes, the children often have excellent ideas.
King Friday XIII : Oh, what is this land coming to?
Queen Sara Saturday : Well, dear, it will come to naught if we continue this drought.
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Queen Sara Saturday : I'll contact Mayor Maggie in Westwood.
King Friday XIII : And I will speak to our allies in Southwood.
Lady Aberlin : And I'll talk to the people in this neighborhood and at Someplace Else.
Queen Sara Saturday : Very good, and we'll meet back here later on.
King Friday XIII : Somehow I feel better.
Lady Aberlin : I do too.
Queen Sara Saturday : Well, we're doing something about our problem, not just sighing about it.
King Friday XIII : Queen Sara the Doer.
Queen Sara Saturday : Well, at least Queen Sara the Trier.
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King Friday XIII : I'm so disappointed about the pool.
Lady Aberlin : I guess not even kings can have everything they want.
King Friday XIII : Nobody can have everything, Niece Aberlin. I learned that a long, long time ago.
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Mr. Rogers : So not even kings can have everything they want. Nobody can. I learned that a long time ago.
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Mr. Rogers : When you go shopping with your mom or dad, do you sometimes want things that they don't get for you? Well, now that I'm a parent, I understand that parents have to be the ones to decide. There are some things that children want that their parents just can't buy for them.
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Daniel Striped Tiger : How much do we need for the pipes?
Lady Aberlin : Three thousand.
Daniel Striped Tiger , Ana Platypus , Prince Tuesday : Three thousand?
Lady Aberlin : Yes, I know that's a lot.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Well, how much money do we have for the swimming pool?
Lady Aberlin : Three thousand.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Well?
Ana Platypus : See what Daniel means?
Prince Tuesday : Give up the swimming pool money to get new pipes?
Charles R. Aber : That would be a way to do it.
Lady Aberlin : It certainly would.
Ana Platypus : But we wouldn't have any swimming pool.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Well, Ana, it wouldn't be any good without water in it anyway.
Ana Platypus : Oh, that's right.
Harriett Elizabeth Cow : Well, class, I think you've come up with a very helpful suggestion.
Lady Aberlin : I do too. Let's go tell the king and queen.
Charles R. Aber : All right.
Lady Aberlin : Thank you all for your help.
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Mr. Rogers : No, no body can have everything. That's why it's important for us to learn to make good choices - learn to choose the things we really need.