Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series)
1528: Work (1984)
Betty Aberlin: Lady Aberlin
Quotes
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Bob Dog : [They're digging a hole for a swimming pool] The water's already here, your highness, and we're not finished digging.
King Friday XIII : Why... It's too soon! It's too soon!
Ana Platypus : Is it time to go swimming already?
Lady Aberlin : Oh no, dear, this water is coming unexpectedly.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Oh, are we going to drown?
King Friday XIII : Of course not, Daniel, but we must not waste this water.
Lady Aberlin : What?
King Friday XIII : Not a single drop. This is Neighborhood water. It must be saved.
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[the neighbors are digging the hole for the swimming pool]
Daniel Striped Tiger : You know, things surely look different down here, King Friday.
King Friday XIII : Indeed they do. I never dreamed our work would change things so.
Lady Aberlin : So for the better. Don't you think, Uncle Friday?
King Friday XIII : Yes, that was my desire, Niece Aberlin. All work should change things for the better.
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Lady Aberlin : Is something bothering you, Daniel?
Daniel Striped Tiger : I guess so.
Lady Aberlin : We can talk about it if you want.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Everybody is all excited about digging this hole, Lady Aberlin, but I'm *not*.
Lady Aberlin : That's okay, Daniel. Work doesn't always have to be fun and exciting. Sometimes it's just plain hard and tiresome, and that's that.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Do you think it's going to be fun?
Lady Aberlin : Well, it's going to be very different for me. I think I'm going to like it a lot.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Well, I'll do it, but I think it's just going to be hard, and what was the other word you said?
Lady Aberlin : Tiresome.
Daniel Striped Tiger : Hard and tiresome... and dark.
Lady Aberlin : Oh. Oh, well it can get dark down in that hole, but that's why we're going to be wearing hats with... flashlights on them. See?
[turns on the flashlight on her hat]
Daniel Striped Tiger : Oh.
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[the neighbors are trying to save water coming from a broken pipe as they were digging the hole for the swimming pool]
Ana Platypus : Boy, everything went wrong.
Daniel Striped Tiger : And we were trying to do things right.
Lady Aberlin : Even when you do your very best, sometimes things seem to go wrong.
Ana Platypus : I wish I could make everything all dry again.
Lady Aberlin : So do I, Ana. So do I.