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THEO
She gon' get married to some konkhead out on the Avenue, and then she gon' throw us out the door.

BOBBY
She wouldn't do that. 

THEO
She wouldn't, huh? Put yourself in her place. She's busting thirty wide open. Thirty years old--that's a lot of years for a broad that's not married. 

BOBBY
I never thought of it that way...

THEO
(In half confidence.) And you know something else, Pop? I sneaked and peeped her bank book, and you know what she got saved?

MR. PARKER and BOBBY
(Simultaneously turning their heads.) How much!?

THEO
Two thousand two hundred and sixty-five dollars!

BOBBY
WHAT!!!

MR. PARKER
I don't believe it!

THEO
You better--and don't let her hand you that stuff about how she's been sacrificing all these years for the house. The only way she could've saved up that kind of money was by staying right here!

MR. PARKER
Well, I'll be damned- two thousand dollars!

THEO
She better watch out is all I gotta say, 'cause I know some guys out there on that Avenue who don't do nothing but sit around all day figuring out ways to beat working girls out of their savings.

MR.PARKER
You oughta know, 'cause you're one of them yourself. The way I figure it. Theo, anybody that can handle you the way she did a few minutes ago can very well take care of themselves (He occupies himself putting checkers and board away and cleaning up.)

THEO
That's mighty big talk coming from you, after the way she treated you.

MR. PARKER
Lay off me, boy.

THEO
You going out to look for a job?

MR. PARKER
I'm giving it some serious thought

THEO
Well, I'm not. I ain't wasting myself on no low, dirty, dead-end job. I got my paintings to think about.

BOBBY
Do you really think you're some painter or something?

THEO
You've seen them.

BOBBY
Yeah, but how would I know.

THEO
(Rushes into the back room, takes paintings from behind the refrigerator.) All right, look at 'em.

BOBBY
Don't bring that stuff in here to me--show it to Pop!

(THEO holds up two ghastly, inept paintings to his brother. MR. PARKER, sweeping the floor, pays no attention.)

THEO
Look at it! Now tell me what you see.

Transcription Notes:
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