FirstLoveMovies

I made no attempt to decipher the parents shouting and arguing in the background.

I alternate pillowbaker's text with my own ideas.

GUIDE TO CHANGES:

^^^ For the parts where I agree totally with the above text.
[ ] For the parts with any kind of change, even just a typo.
{???} For the parts where I still am bewildered or unsure.

DIALOG:

So I was standing on the corner...
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... cross me...
[Waiting for someone to cross me.]

... I'm not allowed to cross by myself, and this lady comes by. And she says,
['Cause I'm not allowed to cross by myself, and this lady comes by. And she says,]

"Well hello there young lady. Would you like to try a new bubblegum sample? Do you choose/chew this brand?"
["Well hello there young lady. Would you like to try a new bubblegum sample? Do you chew this brand?"]

And I says, I don't LIKE bubblegum.
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"Don't like bubblegum."
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So she gets out this pen with a string on the end. And she's copying everything I say.
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"Doesn't like bubblegum."
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Is that a test? (or It's not a test!)
[Is that a test?]

And then she says,
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"Any why don't you like it?
["And why don't you like it?]

Is it the color?"
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"Is it the smell?"
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"Is it the design on the wrapper?"
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And I says, "No."
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"No."
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Cuz you can't blow bubbles.
['Cause I can't blow bubbles.]

"Can't blow bubbles. Very interesting. Very."
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So she writes that down, too. But I must'a got the wrong answer AGAIN.
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(Is so fussy. or She's still crossing. <-- ???)
[She's still crossing.]

And then, she says,
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"Well, young lady, how would you like a bubblegum which
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would guarantee to blow bubbles? Hmmm?"
[was guaranteed to blow bubbles? Hmmm?"]

"Don't know.
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Can't with these things, either. (????)
{Can't whist(le) (with) fing(ers), either.} {!!???!!}

OR cross the road by myself.
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??? likes Sange better and THAT'S cuz she pretty.
[Julie likes Sanjay better than ducks 'cause she's pretty.]
{???}

And my ??? say I don't TRY!
[And my teacher say I don't TRY!]

And mummy plays (or and when we play) what Carl?? wants.
[And when we play 'What's the time, Mr. Crocodile?', I'm always "It"!]

and I'm never allowed to watch what I want to watch.
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And my DAD keeps calling me Taina??
[And my DAD keeps calling me "Tina".]

And Taina's not MY name, it's my big sister's name.
[And Tina's not MY name, it's my big sister's name.]

And still??? pinching me when they're not looking.
[And she's always pinching me when they're not looking.]

And, and, Dad doesn't like my Mum ...
[And, and, Dad don't like Mum no more]

and THAT's because I peed in ... pool ... and all summer.
[and THAT's 'cause I peed in the paddling pool last summer]

and Mum's done ... cuz
{???}

I don't NEED a bedtime story ...
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But I can't read cuz I was held MONTHS??? cuz... handwriting.
[But I can't read 'cause I was ill with the mumps
when they just started handwriting.]

And I didn't ... what I gone on about, really.
[And I didn't know what they're going on about, really.]

She just keeps doing crosses like this!
[But she keeps doing crosses like this!]

And somehow I got mad??? (And I'm shoutin and crying like mad???)
[And all the sudden I was cryin' like mad.]

And I said to the lady,
[And I says to the lady,]

"So look. It's got NOTHING to do with your bubblegum. It's me, it's all me!"
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So I'm shoutin and cryin away, the lady's scribblin on her pad.
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And then some .... (squish???)
[And then somethin' goes squish.]

And this nice man says, "Is this lady bothering you, girly?"
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"Is this lady bothering you, girly"
"[Is this lady bothering you, girly?"]

The lady gets very nervous and she starts (handing out??) that bubblegum to everybody???
[So the lady gets very nervous and she starts handing out bubblegum to everybody.]

And she's like,
[And she's going,]

"Here! Here! Sir. Madam."
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"Here! Here! Sir. Madam."
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"How would YOU like bubblegum that, ehh.
["How would YOU like a bubblegum that, ehh. Sir?]

But THIS young lady, who, who... only just now, really.
[But THIS young lady, who, whom I've only just met, only just now, really.]

We haven't been introduced. What is your name? I'm Patricia, but everyone calls me Pat-- Patty!
^^^ {although I can't hear her actually say "name"}

Sheep??
[She's a little... Anyway,]

She says she can't, but our new brand-- brand new brand-- is absolutely guaranteed to ehh,
[She says she can't, but our new brand-- brand new brand-- is absolutely guaranteed to ehh, to ... sir?]

I don't know what. Sir! Do help yourselves. Don't be shy. Madam!"
[I don't know what I... Sir! Do help yourselves. Don't be shy. No? Madam!"]

It's not me. It's HER they're lookin at.
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"It really is very-- I mean, I, normally myself ... I'm a chewing gum girl myself. But even I. No?"
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Maybe they don't like he bubblegum, either."
[Maybe they don't like the bubblegum, either."]

"Sir? You don't. Why don't you like it? Why? Is it the color?
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Is it the smell?
[Is it the, the smell?]

Is it the design on the wrapper?"
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And nobody knows what's she's talking about.
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So, then I went home.
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