A Clean House

so [Music] so [Music] so susan what did i do now well it isn't what you've done dear it's what you haven't done look at these things i'm sorry mom dear you and johnny seem to feel that all you have to say is i'm sorry and that makes everything all right can't you understand aren't you ever gonna learn to put your things away hey mom did you see my scalp knife i know i put it there on the table well if you had it should still be there if you look to your room yeah and i can't find it there i don't wonder the mess that room's in i'm surprised you can find your bed has anyone seen my sewing shears i didn't see them today but i saw them a couple of days ago where i borrowed them well where are they now she left them on her bed how do you know uh cause i saw them there and i borrowed them too but i put them back right where i found them you couldn't have because i didn't see them there huh i'll bet i can find them well i can't cut out your dress without my shoes then would i wear alice's birthday party your pink organ day i guess that old thing i can't wear that mom everybody's seen it i'm sorry dear but i can't mom i just gotta have that dress i'm sorry susan i can't make the dress without the scissors but mom i if you wanted you'll just have to find those scissors did you find him no wait a minute before you look for the shears anymore clean up your rooms grandma will be here any minute sure mom [Music] so [Music] what's that our stuff my final when she was cleaning up how's downstairs ever gonna sleep in this bed with all this job like get it cleaned off if you just stop bothering me [Music] [Applause] [Music] did you hear the doorbell it's probably grandma come on get [Music] my how you grown he keeps it up he'll be taller than his father granny darling [Music] granny can we go back to the farm with you give granny a chance to catch your breath will you take granny's suitcase up to susan's room sure mom thank you i'll take grandma and i'll fix lunch i didn't have time to finish cleaning it up before you came you go right ahead dear don't let me stop you oh i'll play away for you grandma no dear thank you you just keep right on with what you're doing oh mercy safe susan when did you clean this closet last well i've been awful busy john is your closet like this ah wanna see yes i certainly can't unpack here come on i'll show you see well it's neater than susan's i see you're still collecting rocks oh collecting dust too shucks i forgot all about the shelves i'll clean them up right away john yes grandma [Music] you know mother i'm really quite gay it's been a long time since i've been out to dinner red's away so much of the time and well besides i'm usually so tired at night i haven't the energy to get dressed up and go out i'm glad you're here with you here why i'm already mom how do i look you look fine dear let me fix your ribbon honey okay oh susan have you seen my pearl necklace huh my necklace oh well i borrowed it what else and i were playing yesterday and i suppose you lost it no ma'am it got broken oh susan your father gave me that for my birthday but mom the pearls are all right it's just the string that broke what'd you do with the loose pearls honey they're in my room suppose you get them maybe we can restring them thank you well we'll see what we can do after all there are things in life more important than pearls but mom if grandma wants us to go back to the farm with her no susan i said you couldn't go but why mom because grandma has enough to do on the farm without having to pick up after you two for a whole week we pick up our own things honest mom we promised couldn't you let them no mother they've simply got to learn not to be so untidy and thoughtless and careless of other people's things i don't mean to be that way mom neither do i well i'm sure you don't but you are and maybe it isn't entirely your fault i should have helped you understand this a long time ago i should have talked to you the way my mother talked to me when i was your age grandma pointed out how careless and untidy i was and then she asked me if i didn't think it was time i started doing something about it and that's what i'm asking you children now [Music] you see god has put us together in one family and a family is the best place to learn how to love one another when we're responsible for our own things and respect other peoples well that's part of loving each other don't you see when we make each other happy we make god happy too the bible says a great deal about this and remember no one's ever too young to do the right thing the thing god wants us to do one of the things he wants us to do is to help one another and when we help one another we show our parents how much we love them and we show our love for god how would you feel if your dad and i kept misplacing your things and every time that you wanted to play with something you couldn't find it i don't think you'd like it if all day long you had to go around the house picking up my things would you i wouldn't of course you wouldn't your dad and mom do a great many things for you and they do them because they love you now if you love them you'll try to do some of these things for yourselves hello hi mom how you still have a good time at the park oh super she did is grandma coming i expect her any minute we better put our things away and wash up yeah we better hurry come on i saw you coming oh good mom i feel marvelous susan johnny grandma's here i declare i've been away six weeks and each of you has grown an inch well i'm sure susan has the way i've been letting down hands i'll take grandma's bag what thank you john i'll say grandma well and i'll take me i can't wait to see that new party dress what time is it oh what pretty flowers am i in the right room it's so neat and clean it's like this all the time now grandma so is mine see what you can do if you try [Music] you think that when i go back to the farm susan and johnny could go with me well um i wouldn't be a bit surprised you