The Bells of St. Mary's Page #4

Aren't you glad you've got a nose?

And if the dawn is fresh with dew

Aren't you glad you're you?

When a meadowlark appears

Aren't you glad you've got two ears?

And if your heart is singing, too

Aren't you glad you're you?

You can see a summer sky

Or touch a friendly hand

Or taste an apple pie

Pardon the grammar,

but ain't life grand?

And when you wake up each morn

Aren't you glad that you were born?

Think what you've got

the whole day through

Aren't you glad you're you?

Patsy, I'll leave you with those thoughts.

What do you make of them?

Well, if you can't appreciate your five

senses, your life isn't worth five cents.

That's good. Hope you do well tomorrow.

Thank you, Father. I feel much better.

I feel pretty good myself.

Now, children!

It seems I can't leave you for a minute.

"Dear class, it's a holiday."

Now, who did this?

I must ask you again. Who did this?

Children, I am putting you

on your honour. Who did this?

It is your duty to tell me.

We're honoured with your visit.

Be seated, children.

Won't you take my chair?

We'll take this matter up later.

Read what you've written,

so Father O'Malley may hear it.

- Luther.

- Luther? How did he get in here?

We never knew.

"The Five Senses". I like to see

a good movie with Roy Rogers.

I like the taste of ice cream,

especially strawberry.

I like to listen to the Lone Ranger.

Hi-ho, Silver!

I like the smell of hot dogs.

I like to feel... good.

Don't laugh, children. Luther means

he wants to be a good boy.

You want to feel good in here.

No, Sister. What I meant

is like when the bell rings at three

or when it's Easter vacation, better still.

Well, it has

both honesty and imagination.

You can sit down.

And now Patricia.

- "The Six Senses".

- The subject was "The Five Senses".

I chose for my subject six senses.

Go on, Patricia.

The six senses:
To see, to hear,

to taste, to smell, to feel... to be.

The most important is the last.

The sixth sense is to be able

to enjoy the five senses properly.

To be. That's what really matters.

It's up to us what we make of it.

We see others, hear others,

know others with our five senses.

But how do we know ourselves?

Through common sense.

Common sense is an internal sense

whose function is to differentiate

between the senses' reports

or to reduce these reports

to the unity of a common perception.

Two great words:
To be.

Other words grow out of them.

I am, you are, he is, we are, they are.

That takes in everybody.

As Shakespeare said,

"To thine own self be true

"And it shall follow, as the night the day,

"Thou canst not then

be false to any man."

- And he was so right, Sister.

- Yes.

He was just talking

about the sixth sense.

To put it in my own words:

"To be or not to be, that is the question."

Very good, Patricia. Very good.

And one more thing, Sister.

Saved by the bell.

In the name of the Father

and the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

You may go now, children.

I really learned something.

- She shows a lot of promise.

- Definitely.

- What are you gonna give her, a B?

- No, I think an A.

- Good. That's fine.

- I think it should be A-plus. Don't you?

- That might be overdoing it.

- It had a plus quality to it.

A girl like Patsy needs encouragement.

She has such a fine mind.

Remarkable. In fact,

she has the mentality of a man your age.

- There's another sense.

- Don't say.

Sense enough to know when to leave.

- Hey!

- Morning, Sister.

Little Bobby wants to play with you.

Fight!

Sorry I had to do that to you.

If you're a good sport,

we'll shake hands and be friends.

- I'll even buy you an ice cream.

- Two scoops?

- Eddie, how did you learn to fight?

- That's a secret.

Sister.

You missed some excitement here.

- I did?

- Yes, you did...

Yes, you did. There was quite a fight.

- Little Eddie... That is Eddie, isn't it?

- Yes, that's Eddie.

- The boy in that fight a few weeks back?

- Yes.

Quite a change. It's incredible.

He's an improved man.

I wonder.

Does it mean anything, Father?

Does it prove anything

to beat up your fellow man?

Somehow don't you think

it's what we are in here that matters?

I mean... I mean to be.

You're so right.

How do you account

for such a sudden change?

We try to do our best

to raise masculine little men

with our limited knowledge of the world.

- Yes, Sister?

- You're disturbing us.

- Disturbing who?

- We're rehearsing a play.

They're easily distracted.

You mean

we're making too much noise?

To use your own words, yes.

We heard about your play

and prepared a surprise for you.

You can't have a play

without Adeste Fideles.

- Oh, yes.

- There's no room in your play for...

- Not in our play.

- What? I'd like to see a play like that.

- Would you like to see a rehearsal?

- Yes. You kids stay and practise.

- What will you use for music?

- Come and you'll find out.

Bobby?

- Here he is.

- I know Bobby. He's an old pal of mine.

- Are you in the play?

- I made it up.

- I bet you got a good part.

- Yes, it's beautiful.

- Can we see the play now?

- It's a little bit not good.

We're just practising it.

It'll be better at Christmas.

- We won't mind a few mistakes.

- What's it about?

- That's what I tell you at the beginning.

- Why don't we begin? You ready?

The children did this all by themselves.

Every time the dialogue is different.

Every line is a surprise to me.

Heaven knows what it'll be at Christmas.

They'll probably forget everything!

This is Mary and I'm Joseph

and we're going to Bethlehem

to see if we can find someplace to stay.

That's all you have to know, really.

- Knock, knock.

- Hello.

This is Mary and I'm Joseph. We came

to Bethlehem to find a place to stay.

- Do you have any money?

- No.

- You can't stay here tonight.

- That's too bad for us.

We can't stay there

because we don't have any money.

I'll be all right as long as I'm with you.

Well, I think we ought to find a house

because it might rain or snow.

It's winter, you know.

- Why don't you try next door?

- Good idea.

Knock, knock.

- Can't stay here. You've got no money.

- I didn't ask you yet. Start again.

- Knock, knock.

- Hello.

This is Mary and I'm Joseph,

and could we...

...could we stay here for the night,

please?

- Do you have money?

- No, but Mary's tired.

- Could you think it over?

- OK.

What did he say, Joseph?

- He said he'd think it over.

- When will he know?

- I don't know.

- Hey, Joseph.

I thought it over.

You can stay in the stable.

- Well, glory be! Did you hear that?

- Yes, Joseph.

The next scene will be

the Lord Jesus's birthday.

No, Jimmy. Go back.

You're in the play. Don't come here.

He's her baby brother.

Here we all are in the stables.

We're very happy here in Bethlehem.

And there's our star.

Here's our angel.

There are the shepherds.

Here are the Wise Men.

There, there and there.

And the neighbours are coming in

bringing presents

because it's his birthday.

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