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| Homer tucks Bart into bed with a smile. He then steps back... | |||
| Homer: | [mildly annoyed] Now, good night, son. | ||
| Bart: | Uh, Dad? | ||
| Homer: | What. | ||
| Bart: | What is the mind? | ||
| Is it just a system of impulses? | |||
| Or is it something tangible? | |||
| Homer: | Relax. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind! | ||
| Homer laughs one of his weird laughs you only get to see on the Tracey | |||
| Ullman show. | |||
| Bart: | [not entirely convinced] Thanks, Dad. | ||
| Homer: | Good night, son. | ||
| (*click*) The lights go off, but Bart's eyes remain wide open. | |||
| (They also do weird things.) | |||
| Marge tucks Lisa into bed. | |||
| Marge: | [sweetly] Good night, Lisa. | ||
| Lisa: | [sweetly] Good night, Mom. | ||
| Marge: | Sweet dreams. | ||
| Lisa: | Thanks, Mom. | ||
| Marge: | Sleep tight. | ||
| Lisa: | I will, Mom. | ||
| Marge: | Don't let the bedbugs bite. | ||
| (*click*) The lights go off, but Lisa's eyes remain wide open. | |||
| Lisa: | Bedbugs? | ||
| Marge tucks Maggie into her crib. | |||
| Marge: | [singing] Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop... | ||
| Maggie imagines herself in a cradle balanced on a tree bough. | |||
| Marge: | When the wind blows, the cradle will rock... | ||
| The wind blows Maggie's bow off, rustles her hair, and starts rocking | |||
| the cradle. | |||
| Marge: | When the bough breaks... | ||
| The bough breaks... | |||
| Marge: | ... the cradle will fall... | ||
| It does. Maggie screams (silently) as the cradle plummets to earth. | |||
| Her pacifier also falls on a parallel course. | |||
| Marge: | And down will come baby, cradle and all. | ||
| Zoom in on Maggie's open mouth, whishing back to reality. Maggie lies | |||
| in her crib, sucking on her pacifier. | |||
| Marge: | Sweet dreams. | ||
| (*click*) The lights go off, but Maggie's eyes remain wide open. | |||
| Marge and Homer lie in bed. | |||
| Homer: | We may be the best parents in the world. | ||
| Marge: | [sweetly] Mmm... Good night, dear. | ||
| Homer: | Good night. | ||
| They kiss. | |||
| The three kids suddenly appear in the doorway, waving their arms | |||
| frantically and talking simultaneously. | |||
| Bart: | Dad, what you were saying about mind over matter? Could you be | ||
| more specific? | |||
| Lisa: | Mom, are those bedbugs... [unintelligible] I can't sleep... | ||
| Marge and Homer react. | |||
| Marge: | [sigh] All right, climb in. | ||
| The kids zip in. Bart next to Marge, Lisa next to Homer, and Maggie | |||
| between her parents. All three shiver. | |||
| Homer: | There's nothing to worry about. Now, everyone go to sleep. | ||
| Good night. | |||
| (*click*) The lights go off, and one by one, the family members close | |||
| their eyes. Maggie's is last. | |||
| Maggie: | Goo' nigh', Da'. | ||
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