Zenobia Page #4

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Why, Bessie!

Remember?

- Well, maybe if we practiced a little.

- All right!

- Ready?

- Uh-huh.

#I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls...#

- I'm sorry, Darlin'.

- Let's try it again, Dear. Ready?

#I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls...#

- 'scuse me...gentleman...

- Tell him I'll see him in a few minutes.

Ah, Doctor...it's about my baby.

Music, Bessie, music!

Oh, yes, of course. I'll be right back.

- Will you go away?

- But, Doctor!

I've been up all night with her...

just pacing the floor...

pacing, pacing, pacing the floor.

- ...foot bath.

- We're not going to have any more guesswork.

We're going to do this

thing scientifically.

Well, now, listen, the old fashioned

remedy, you know, works pretty good.

If you don't mind, we're going to make a

thorough examination from beginning to end.

- Well, where are you going to start?

- We're going to start at the bottom and work up.

We're going to sub-divide her into zones.

- Zones!?!

- Yes!

Now, this will be zone one!

Mark her!

Now, this is zone two!

Now, the head will be zone three!

Now, zone four...

well, we'll get to that later.

Now, you hold that!

Now, will you have her

raise her pedal extremity?

Her what?

- Hoof!

- Oh! Her foot...sure!

Come on, Baby, raise your tootsie!

Her reflexes are all right.

Hold this, please.

Sounds very much like a bass drum.

Now for the heart.

I really don't think there's

anything wrong with her heart.

- Come on out! Come on!

- Keep quiet! I'm trying to listen to her heart!

Yeah, but you better come out, come out quick!

How can I hear anything when you keep talking?!?

I know! I know! But you don't know!

Will you get out of here

and let me alone, please!

Oh! Oh! You better come out!

You better come out!

She see her..she see...she sees the

M-O-U-S-E

Come ou...No, wait...no,

no..wait...no, no...wait...

No, no, no, Zenobia, Zenobia, don't you...

...up, up, Zenobia, get up...get up,

Zenobia, will you get up outta there...

You're on the Doctor...get up! Get...

There! Now! It's gone!

Will you get up!?! Get up! That's it!

Get...Stay up there!

I told you to come out!

I never had a patient do that to me before!

That's the last straw!

No, no, no! No! You can't go! You can't!

You can't go away and leave a poor,

dumb animal to suffer like that!

Have you no conscience?

Have you no...no feeling?

Have you...no pride?

Well, all right, maybe you're right.

I got myself into it, I'll finish it.

I guarantee she won't sit on you again...

I hope.

- Oh, Doctor, how is her heart?

- Perfect.

Oh, that's good.

Ah, let me have your trunk.

The trunk, Baby, that's it.

- Oh! Oh!

- Well, anyway! That isn't stopped up!

I'm...I'm...I'm sorry, Doctor. I'm sorry.

- Would you mind getting me that ladder?

- Oh, sure! Oh, sure, Doctor, sure.

A ladder...a ladder...

an elephant can't climb a ladder.

- I'm going to climb the ladder.

- Oh! Oh, yeah.

- Stand still!

- I'm doing the best I can!

Oh! I don't mean you, I mean Zenobia.

Back! Back! Back, Zenobia!

Back! Back!

This is a fine state of affairs!

But Zenobia, this is for your own good!

Back! Back! Back! Back, Zenobia! Back!

Oh, I'm sorry, Doctor.

It'll never happen again.

Oh! A touch a alopecia generalis.

- What's that?

- A slight touch of baldness...but it's nothing.

- Maybe she's deaf.

- Say! That's possible.

- Hello!

- Hello, how are you?

I'm fine.

HELLO!!

Well, she's not deaf!

Oh, that's fine, Doctor. Now, you stop

your playing! Do you understand!?!

This thing has got me stumped.

Yes! Me, too!

Say! Has an elephant got a knot in its tail?

- Aw! No! Why?

- Oh, nothing.

Now, I wonder who did that.

Look! She feels better already!

Well, you won't have to

worry with her anymore.

Thanks, Doctor, you did a great job.

- What's that for?

- Oh, don't worry about that, that's nothing.

She always does that when

she wants to pick me up.

Come on, Baby, up we go! Up!

Oh! Oh, no! No, no, no! Stop!

Aw, doctor, that's just her way

of showing gratitude. She like ya!

I like her, too, but I wouldn't do this to her.

Tell her to put me down!

Oh, all right! Zenobia, let him down!

Put him down! Put him down!

Say, Doctor, I don't know how I'll

ever re-pay you for what you've done.

Never mind the pay! I never want to see

you and that elephant again as long as I live.

But she'll always remember.

Remember, an elephant never forgets.

Yes! But I'm NOT an elephant!

No.

Well, not exactly.

Back! Back, back, back, Zenobia! Back!

Zenobia! Zenobia, you come back here,

come back and get to bed!

Zenobia, you know this climate

is not good for you.

Honey, you're gonna be the prettiest

girl at the whole reception tonight.

Thank you, Dehlia, now please hurry.

Hurry! I've been hurryin' for

the last two hours!

- Oh, Zeke! Where are you?

- Here I is!

- Get the boots shined?

- Yep!

Well, that's fine. Let's put 'em on.

Dr. Tibbett, will I ever turn white?

'fraid not, Zeke. Why?

Well, I'm never gonna be nothin' else,

except just what I am...only bigger.

Well, what's wrong with

being just what you are?

Just that all the other little boys

around, they can go to parties.

Like the party tonight, 'cause they're

white, and I can't 'cause I'm not.

Listen, Zeke, you don't

go to white folks parties,

I don't go to colored folks parties.

But that makes no real difference.

- Do you understand?

- No, Sir.

Well, Zeke, it's like this...

you know that medicine kit down in my office?

Ya'Sir!

Well, there's black pills in it

and there's white pills in it.

And there both good kinds of pills.

Some people couldn't do without one

kind and some couldn't do without the other.

- Do you understand?

- No, Sir.

Well, I'll put it another way, then.

You know next to that medicine kit,

what hangs in that big frame over the desk?

- Ya'Sir!

- Well, that isn't just about countries.

That's about people...all kinds.

Like black pills, white pills,

red, yellow...all colors.

What that tells us is that all people

can find life, liberty, and happiness.

- Do you understand now?

- No, Sir, not exactly.

Come here, Zeke.

- Did you ever own a quarter?

- No, Sir!

Well, you go down in that office and

learn a little bit of that every day,

and when you get it all learned by

heart, I'm gonna give you this quarter.

- Do you understand that?

- YES, Sir!

- Henry!

- Coming, Dear!

- Now, don't you forget.

- I sure won't.

All right.

#In the evening by the moonlight,#

#you could hear the...#

- Evenin', Mrs. Carter.

- Good evenin'.

So nice havin' ya'll here. I'm sorry

Jeffrey isn't here to receive ya,

but I asked him to drive

over and pick up Virginia.

He'll be back directly.

Pardon me, Ma'am, the Governor's in the

library and wishes to speak to you.

Oh, yes! Yes! Will you excuse me.

Just make yourselves comfortable.

- Well, I guess we better go inside.

- Yes, Darling...that's what we came for.

Mrs. Randolph, good evenin'.

- Good evenin', Mrs. Martin.

- How do you do.

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