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- Hi Honey.
- Hi mom. 2
You feeling any better? 3
A little bit. 4
Guess what. 5
What? 6
Grandfather's here. 7
Mom, can't you tell him
that I'm sick? 8
You're sick,
that's why he's here. 9
He'll pinch my cheek.
I hate that. 10
Maybe he won't. 11
Hey! How's the sickie? Heh? 12
I think
I'll leave you two pals alone. 13
- I brought you a special present.
- What is it? 14
Open it up. 15
A book?! 16
That's right. When I was your age,
television was called books. 17
And this is a special book. 18
It was the book my father
used to read to me when I was sick, 19
and I used to read it
to your father. 20
And today,
I'm gonna read it to you. 21
Has it got any sports in it? 22
Are you kidding?
Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. 23
Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. 24
True love.
Miracles. 25
It doesn't sound too bad.
I'll try and stay awake. 26
Oh. Well, thank you very much.
Very nice of you. 27
Your vote of confidence
is overwhelming. All right. 28
"The Princess Bride",
by S. Morgenstern. 29
Chapter One. 30
Buttercup was raised on a small farm
in the country of Florin. 31
Her favorite pastimes were
riding her horse 32
and tormenting the farm boy that worked there. 33
His name was Westley,
but she never called him that. 34
Isn't that a wonderful beginning? 35
Yeah. It's really good. 36
Nothing gave Buttercup as much pleasure
as ordering Westley around. 37
Farm boy.
Polish my horse's saddle. 38
I want to see my face
shining in it by morning. 39
As you wish. 40
"As you wish"
was all he ever said to her. 41
Farm Boy. Fill these with water -- 42
please. 43
As you wish. 44
That day, she was amazed to discover
that when he was saying, "As you wish," 45
what he meant was,
"I love you." 46
And even more amazing was the day
she realized she truly loved him back. 47
Farm Boy, 48
fetch me that pitcher. 49
As you wish. 50
Hold it, hold it.
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