In the hospital the next day. Now there are four children, including Carl. Molly enters and tries to amuse them.
Molly:	OK. Do you know how to play charades? [Betty and Tim raise their hands.]
Molly:	Frank, you've never played charades?
Frank:	Nope.
Molly:	Carl, you're sure you've never played? [Carl shakes his head no.]
Molly:	OK, Betty, Tim, and Frank. We're going to play charades. Frank, you can learn as we go. And, Carl, you join in at any time. OK, let me think. OK, I've got one. [She writes a title on a piece of paper. She puts the paper on a table so that no one can see the title.] All right. [She makes the charades motion for "movie" by pretending to hold an old-fashioned camera in her left hand and turning the handle with her right hand.]
Betty:	A movie! A movie!
Molly:	[She touches her nose with her index finger. This means "correct" in charades.] Right. A movie. OK. [She counts to six on her fingers because there are six words in the title of the movie. Then she holds up six fingers.]
Tim:	Six words. It has six words.
Frank:	That's easy. I can play.
Molly:	Good. OK. We've got a movie. The title ...
Betty:	Six words.
Molly:	Right. First word ... [She pulls her ear. This means "sounds like" in charades.]
Betty:	Sounds like.
Tim:	Sounds like ...
Molly:	You got that part right. Yes. [pulling her ear] Sounds like like ... [She shakes her head no.] Sounds like what?
Frank:	Sounds like no.
Molly:	[touching her nose.] Absolutely right, Frank. Sounds like no . OK. We've got a movie. Six words. The first word sounds like no .
Frank:	Row. Row.
Tim:	Go.
Molly:	Nope.
Tim:	Show. That's it—show.
Molly:	[laughing] No. ... OK ... [She acts out the word snow with her fingers.]
Betty:	[quickly] Snow.
Molly:	[She touches her nose.] Absolutely right, Betty. Sounds like no—snow . OK, a movie. Six words. The first word is snow.
Frank:	This is fun. [Carl doesn't think so.]
Molly:	Oh, OK. [She holds up five fingers.]
Betty:	The fifth word.
Molly:	Right, fifth word. [She holds up seven fingers.]
Tim:	Seven?
Molly:	[She touches her nose.] Absolutely right. Very good. The fifth word is seven. OK, we've got a movie. The first word is snow. Fifth word, seven.
Betty:	I got it! I got it!
Frank:	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . [Molly shows the piece of paper with the title.]
Betty:	I got it.
Frank:	I got it.
Molly:	Frank, you got it. Betty, you had it, but you didn't say it.
Tim:	I know it.
Molly:	Carl, now you know charades. Why don't you join us?
Carl:	I don't like charades. It's for babies.
Molly:	Oh, I like it.
Carl:	Well, they're babies.
Betty:	You're a sore loser.
Tim:	Yeah.
Molly:	No arguing. Save your voices. Between now and tomorrow you're all going to have your tonsils out. And you won't be able to speak for a while. So save your voices till then. [She points to her throat.]
Philip:	[He enters.] Hi, gang. Hi, everybody. Well, what's going on?
Molly:	I sure am glad to see you, Dr. Stewart. [joking] This is a rough group.
Carl:	I didn't want to play charades, so they're angry at me.
Philip:	Why don't you want to play?
Carl:	Because I don't want to be here. I don't want my tonsils out.
Philip:	Why not?
Carl:	Because my birthday is tomorrow. My mother promised me a birthday party with a clown.
Molly:	But you can have one when you go home, Carl.
Carl:	But my birthday is tomorrow.
Philip:	I'm sorry, Carl.
Molly:	Carl, you'll have your party when you go home.
Carl:	But it won't be on my birthday! [to Molly] And you promised me a surprise.