Little Man Tate Page #3

I was wonderin', you know that trip you were talking about?

Yes. What about it?

Well, it's just for a couple of weeks, right?

Ms Tate, I'm sorry but I've already selected my students.

Look, um... I don't know how much you know about Fred, but the kid is amazing.

He writes, he paints, he does everything.

You should see this painting he made for me. It's like, incredible, so...

Just a minute here. Why are you suddenly changing your mind? Hm?

Excuse me?

I don't mean to pry but, um...

...do you need time alone or have you made plans that don't include your son?

Look, lady. You wanna make me work for it, that's fine, OK?

But we both know that Fred's a hundred times smarter...

...than the plateheads you got at that school.

Now, you want him or not?

Does he have a suitcase?

Of course, every parent would like to think of their child as gifted.

Yldidnelps!

- Stop it. - Tipots!

Jane, he's talking backwards again.

I got some kinda hellacious booger hangin' out of my nose?

What are you staring at?

You're the mathemagician.

Want an autograph? Go scrounge a pen, I'll sign your forehead.

Hey, Damon. How about a game of magic digit?

Check out this magic digit, Garth.

Now, Damon. You're being hostile. We agreed that you would work on that.

Scusez-moi, Janey-poo. I've been working on a problem all day.

I haven't slept in a week cos of that frog nightmare.

And I'm hungry. I get pissed off when I'm hungry.

Here. Have a fig newton.

Well, it's official, Garth. You've misnavigated and now we're lost.

Sir, uh... perhaps you would take a few moments and show the children...

...how an internal combustion engine works.

It's said that the genius learns without study...

...and knows without learning.

That he is eloquent without preparation...

...exact without calculation and profound without reflection.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls...

...it is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the th annual "Odyssey of the Mind".

Now, you have been captured by Polyphemus...

...and you have seconds to write or draw graffiti...

...pertaining to your situation. Go!

Oh, little boy. Don't touch that.

We're ready for opening remarks.

...it doesn't mean I can waltz on private property and make myself at home.

Now, our crybaby defence may like to turn this into an issue on homelessness...

...but we can't forget the law, and the law states...

...book three, paragraph that what Goldilocks did was against the law.

Well.

It's certainly much quieter out here, isn't it?

Do you mind if I sit down?

Fred?

This is beautiful. Why don't we go show the others?

Nobody's gonna laugh at you.

I'm not gonna let them.

All right, let's begin with another round of questions.

How many minutes are there in years?

minutes.

seconds.

That's very good. Ready for another one?

How many factors are there of ?

Come on, guys!

There are no factors of ! The number's prime.

Yeah. Another correct answer from Damon Wells.

Somebody, for God's sake, challenge me!

OK.

How about giving me a number that, when divided by the product of its digits...

...the quotient is three, and if you were to add to this number...

...the digits would be inverted?

.

- You said . - No, I didn't. I mean, I would have, but...

Open your mouth like that again, I'll put my foot in it.

- It was an accident! - I don't give a damn. Don't do it again.

Damon! Damon, what are you doing?

Fred and I were having a little chat.

I wouldn't call ripping his hair out "chatting".

I was rollin' till the little quark stepped in.

Damon, now contrary to what you might think...

...this is not Caesars Palace and you are not Wayne Newton.

And you're not Freud, so why don't you just give it a rest. Get a life, will ya?

Hey, don't cry, lepton. You can do the math tomorrow. I was bored anyway.

Shotgun!

Fred. Fred, are you all right?

Why is he so mean to you?

Fred, what's the cube root of ?

.

- Correct.

What number has the following peculiarity?

That if its cube were added to five times its square...

...and from the result times the number and is subtracted...

...the remainder is nothing.

- The telescope moves all by itself. - Yeah?

Just like the earth does.

- And you know what else? - What?

- On Friday, we're going to Jane's ranch. - It sounds like you're having lots of fun.

Miss you, though. Miss you big.

- Me too. - Go back to sleep.

- OK. Night, Dede. - Good night.

What are you looking at, lepton?

Jane!

All right, now who has a song?

When I was a girl, we used to sing Liebesliederwalzer on our car trips. Hm?

"Nein, es ist nicht. "

auszukommen mit den Leuten

auszukommen mit den Leuten

auszukommen mit den Leuten

My great-great-grandparents built this house after the Civil War.

Now, who can tell me what style of architecture this is?

Is this Shaker or neoclassical?

Edward Soloman joins "Live Wire" tomorrow to answer that...

...and to talk about his current best seller "Family of One: Today's Career Woman".

I just wanted to put this back.

Tell me, Fred. Why won't your mother let you take any more tests?

That's wrong of her. You must tell her that your intelligence is nothing to hide from.

- Are these your parents? - Mm-hm.

- This is your father? - Mm-hm.

Yes.

Yes, he was a terrific music-lover.

In fact, when I was your age I used to play the violin.

How come you don't play now?

Well, we decided that I would be happier pursuing my academic career.

How come you're not in any of these pictures?

Oh, I'm sure I'm in some of them.

No, you're not.

Well.

Both my parents were very busy people.

They were both physicians.

They both lectured a lot, travelled a lot.

Sometimes they just needed to be alone.

If they travelled a lot, they were alone.

Mm-hm.

Well... it's time for bed.

Good night, Fred.

Bleuh!

Damon?

- What are you doing? - I'm waxing my Buick.

- What the hell does it look like I'm doing? - What are you so mad at?

I noticed you and Jane are getting to be as close as a couple of fingers.

I bet back in the slum you got friends up the ying-yang. Am I right or am I right?

No. I don't have any friends at home.

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