Madeline

Narrator: IN AN OLD HOUSE IN PARIS

THAT WAS COVERED WITH VINES...

LIVED 12 LITTLE GIRLS

IN 2 STRAIGHT LINES.

THEY LEFT THE HOUSE

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IN 2 STRAIGHT LINES

IN RAIN OR SHINE.

HEE HEE HEE!

THE SMALLEST ONE WAS MADELINE.

FRESH SNOW HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE NIGHT.

ALL OF PARIS WAS UNDER WHITE.

THE GIRLS WAITED, SHIVERING, AT THE GATE.

IT WASN'T LIKE MISS CLAVEL TO BE LATE.

AH-CHOO!

NOW WHAT IS THAT SOUND THEY HEAR?

OHHH!

SOMETHING IS AMISS, I FEAR.

MISS CLAVEL, IT SEEMS, HAS CAUGHT A COLD.

NOW, LET THIS NARRATIVE...

UNFOLD.

YOU ARE UNWELL, MISS CLAVEL?

DO NOT WORRY, LITTLE GIRLS.

I WILL BE BETTER TOUT DE SUITE.

AH-AH-AH-CHOO!

ALLO?DR. COHN?

C'EST TRAGIQUE!

COME AT ONCE, S'IL VOUS PLAIT.

MERCI, MRS. MURPHY.

BE CAREFUL.

HMM.

MERCI,GIRLS.

WHATEVER WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU?

OH, THIS IS NOT GOOD.

YOU MUST STAY IN BED.

BUT MY GIRLS...

Dr. Cohn: THEY WILL LOOK AFTER YOU.

OHH!

MY HEAD!

IT ALREADY ACHES SO BADLY!

Narrator: THE DISTURBANCE, IT SEEMS,

CAME FROM NEXT DOOR

AT THE HOUSE OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR,

WHERE PEPITO WAS, SO TO SPEAK,

SETTLING A SCORE.

PEPITO!

HUH?

HOLA,MADELINE!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

MAMA INSISTS I LEARN TO PLAY THE VIOLIN.

PEPITO,

MISS CLAVEL IS NOT WELL.

YOUR MUSIC IS HURTING HER HEAD.

OH.

!¡PERFECTO!

I WILL TELL MAMA NO VIOLIN

TILL MISS CLAVEL IS BETTER.

TILL TOMORROW!

AH-CHOO!

KEEP HER WARM AND GIVE HER LOVE.

SHE WILL RECOVER SOON ENOUGH.

Girls: MERCI, DR. COHN!

THERE. ALL TUCKED IN.

MISS CLAVEL, YOU MAY PLAY WITH MY MARBLES.

THEY WILL CHEER YOU UP!

THANK YOU, MA PETITE,

BUT YOU KEEP THEM.

I KNOW HOW YOU TREASURE THEM.

DO NOT WORRY, MES ENFANTS.

YOU MAKE ME HAPPY.

TOMORROW, I WILL BE BETTER.

AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

Narrator: MISS CLAVEL WENT TO SLEEP

AS THE GIRLS TIPTOED OUT.

SHH! DON'T WAKE HER! QUIET NOW!

Narrator: BUT THAT EVENING AT BEDTIME,

THEY STILL HAD SOME DOUBTS.

All, sadly: OHH!

WHAT MORE CAN WE DO FOR MISS CLAVEL?

PAPA READS BOOKS TO ME WHEN I AM SICK.

IL ETAIT UNE FOIS.

HEE HEE HEE!

GRANDMAMA MAKES ME HER SPECIAL ONION SOUP.

OHH, C'EST BON!

MAMA COMES HOME LATE FROM HER PERFORMANCES,

BUT WE STILL PLAY WITH MY DOLLS.

HEE HEE HEE!

OHH, I REMEMBER,

MAMA WOULD LET ME STAY IN HER BED

AND BRUSH MY HAIR.

SHE LET ME WEAR THE NECKLACE PAPA GAVE HER

WHEN THEY FIRST MET.

BUT NOT ANYMORE.

OHH.

AT LEAST YOU STILL HAVE YOUR FAMILIES.

I HAVE NO ONE NOW.

PAUVRE MADELINE!

NO FAMILY!

HOW SAD!

SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT!

SOMETHING IS QUITE WRONG!

LITTLE GIRLS,

WHAT IS WRONG?!

WE ARE SORRY, MISS CLAVEL.

WE ARE FEELING SAD

BECAUSE-- --

POOR MADELINE HAS NO FAMILY!

Miss Clavel: MES ENFANTS, DO NOT FORGET.

WE ARE NOT ONLY BORN INTO FAMILIES,

WE CAN ALSO FIND THEM,

JUST AS WE HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER.

FAMILIES COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

IS IT THE SAME, MISS CLAVEL?

I DO NOT THINK SO.

WHAT DO WE SAY AT EACH MEAL?

WE LOVE OUR BREAD,

Girls: WE LOVE OUR BUTTER,

BUT MOST OF ALL,

WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

PERHAPS IT IS SO.

I KNOWIT IS!

BUT, MISS CLAVEL,

YOU MUST GO BACK TO BED.

YOU WILL GET MORE SICK.

AND THEN WHERE WILL WE BE?

All: OH, PLEASE, MISS CLAVEL! YOU MUST STAY WARM!

GO BACK TO BED, MISS CLAVEL!

I WILL GO TO BED

IF YOUWILL GO TO BED.

I WILL GO TO SLEEP...

IF YOUWILL GO TO SLEEP.

WILL YOU HAVE SWEET DREAMS

IF WE HAVE SWEET DREAMS?

OUI, MA CHERIE.

Narrator: THE MORNING ARRIVED

AND THE POSTMAN AS WELL...

WITH A LETTER ADDRESSED,

"CARE OF MISS CLAVEL."

BONJOUR,MISS CLAVEL.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

MUCH BETTER, MA PETITE. MERCI.

BON,GENEVIEVE!

OOH, LA LA!

AN ANNOUNCEMENT?

AN INVITATION?

A BIRTHDAY CARD?

All: FOR WHOM?

MADELINE.

OUI,MISS CLAVEL?

"MITLOVE,

FROM YOUR LONG-LOST UNCLE HORST."

I AM PART OF A FAMILY!

I HAVE AN UNCLE!

FROM VIENNA!

AND HE IS COMING HERE!

TO SEE ME!

All: C'EST MERVEILLEUX! HOW WONDERFUL!

Miss Clavel: GIRLS, GIRLS!

WE MUST PREPARE!

EVERYTHING MUST BE READY

FOR MADELINE'S UNCLE HORST!

HE IS HER FAMILY!