better come in and have breakfast.
We're due at the Garden Club at 9:00.
Today is an important day for me, and
l'm already in a lather because of that kid.
l don't know if l'll even be able
to enjoy my moment of triumph.
Don't get your hopes up.
There are lots of other gardens in town
just as nice as yours.
Please! l'm a shoe-in.
Who else has a night-blooming
mock orchid flowering this year?
lt's an awfully homely looking plant.
Hang the looks of the thing!
lt opens before your eyes
in the light of the full moon.
lt's a marvel, Martha.
Forty years to mature and blossom.
The flower opens and withers
in a matter of moments.
There isn't a gardener in town
with a plant that requires...
a 40-year investment
for 10 seconds of splendor.
How do you feel about me working?
A lot of moms work.
The best l could do finding someone
to watch you is Mrs. Wade.
What about Joey?
Did you think about him?
What if he comes over?
He'll think l moved.
Joey's mother made plans
with Mrs. Wade just like l did.
Joey's at Margaret's house.
Do it!
-l can make you.
-How?
l'll slug you back.
-You can't hit a girl.
-l can too.
Try it. l'll scream
so awfully, bloody, deadly horrible...
my mom'll think you tried to murder me.
l'll say you did and she'll believe it.
Because boys are like that and girls aren't.
That really stinks.
Quit wasting time.
Mush your lips together
and let's get this over with.
Close your eyes!
Kiss me.
All right. Let's go.
Dennis, come on.
Oh, gosh.
Acting like a baby.
Get up!
Right this instant!
Don't you dare embarrass me!
Fine, l'll drag you inside.
You guys are the boring ones.
There's lots to do.
Oh, really? Like what?
We could practice singing songs.
Or put on a play...
or a puppet show.
-We could bury you alive.
-l could pound your face.
lt doesn't matter, anyways, Margaret.
We'll be leaving soon
and we have work to do.
We're going to make a fort.
You can't leave unless l go with you,
or l'll tell on you.
So, tough kitty paws, l'm going.
Climb down from there. l'll get my purse.
This thing's been here our whole life
and we never knew it.
-Do you think anybody lives in it?
-Just squirrels and birds.
lt looks kind of junky.
We'll fix it up.
Good. l'll be the decorator.
We'll put on a special room for the babies
and a powder room for guests.
Forts don't have powder rooms.
Really?
Where do the soldiers' wives go
to freshen up?
Soldiers don't have wives, stupid.
Don't call me stupid, baby rump kisser!
lt won't be a fort. lt'll be a house.
A love nest.
Let's go up and see
what color carpet we should get.
Do forts got carpet?
Nope.
Forts don't got carpet!
They do now, hot lips!
The Selection Committee has informed...
Mrs. Butterwell and l...
that this summer's Floraganza
will be held in the garden of....
Can you read this here?
You take these and l'll take those.
There we go. The garden of...
George Wilson!
One Mississippi,
two Mississippi, three Mississippi...
four Mississippi, five Mississippi.
Six Mississippi...
seven Mississippi, eight Mississippi,
nine Mississippi.
Gunther, are you watching
where everybody goes?
Yep.
Girls. Now....
Let's go!
You know,
l was unbeatable at hide-and-seek.
Hiding or seeking?
Both. l had a nose for hiding places.
l wouldn't think you'd be much good
at hiding.
Why not?
Weren't you a fat boy?
l was husky.
Ready or not, here l come!
l see Joey and Mike!
Run, Mikey!
He's cheating.
What are you doing?
Dennis is cheating.
He's using the Beckman kid as a spy.
Leave them alone, George.
l'll even things up.
Gunther, l'm just talking to your daddy
on the telephone.
He's going to the ice-cream store.
He wants to take you with him.
Hurry up and go home!
Now it's fair.
You lied to a toddler, George.
Think how disappointed he will be
when he gets home.
He better get used to it. Disappointment
will be a big part of his life.
He's a foot short for his age.
And he's cross-eyed.