Episode 14: Aunt Fran
TRANSCRIPT
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Montreal 📞 Montreal, QC, Canada
FRAN
Let me see if she’s home, because I’ll probably get through to her as long as she’s got electricity. Do you need electricity for this? Let’s see. Hello, Stephanie.
STEPHANIE
Hi, Fran.
FRAN
Hi, are you home? Did you get home?
STEPHANIE
Yes.
FRAN
Ah okay. So you’re…
JAMES (child voice)
Hi Fran!
FRAN
Hello? Hi there. Yeah.
JAMES
Hi Fran!
FRAN
Is that …? Hello, James.
STEPHANIE
James.
JAMES
I’m fine.
FRAN
Hello, James. How are you?
STEPHANIE
James and Jacob.
FRAN
Have you got home from day care?
STEPHANIE
Yep.
FRAN
So, what are you doing, James?
STEPHANIE
James?
JAMES
What?
STEPHANIE
She asked you.
JAMES
Hello?
FRAN
Hello, hello!
JAMES
I’m going to daycare.
FRAN
Ah okay. And were you busy?
JAMES
I was playing with friends.
FRAN
Yeah. You’re talking to Aunt Fran.
STEPHANIE
He said that he played with friends… at the daycare. Right?
JAMES
Hi! Hi!
FRAN
Hello, hello!
JAMES
Hi!
FRAN
Are you saying goodbye?
STEPHANIE
No, no, he is saying hello. He said he was playing with friends at daycare.
FRAN
Ah okay. That’s wonderful.
JAMES
I was playing with Sophia. I played with Sophia.
STEPHANIE
You played with Sophia?
JAMES
Yeah.
FRAN
Ah! She’s your special friend?
STEPHANIE
Is she your best friend? Sophia?
JAMES
No.
STEPHANIE
No?
JAMES
[Inaudible name].
STEPHANIE
[…] is his best friend. Yeah.
FRAN
Aha. Well, you know who you like!
STEPHANIE
Who else is your best friend? [Inaudible]. Hello?
FRAN
Hello, hello!
STEPHANIE
Can you hear what he’s saying?
FRAN
I can hear him loud and clear, but I’m finding it very hard to know what he’s saying. Could you translate a bit?
STEPHANIE
Yeah, he said that he was playing guitar.
FRAN
He was playing in the car?
STEPHANIE
No! Guitar. Guitar…
FRAN
Oh the guitar!
STEPHANIE
Yes, he loves playing the guitar. Right, James?. Now Jacob has the guitar. It’s okay, we are talking to Auntie Fran. Come here.
FRAN
Hello, Jacob!
STEPHANIE
Jacob! Wanna speak to Auntie Fran?
FRAN
Hello?
STEPHANIE
Come here. Come, Jacob. Tell her about your day. Jake! Tell her about your day. What did you do today?
JACOB
The storm was coming!
STEPHANIE
Oh, the storm was coming, yeah!
FRAN
Okay. you’re right.
JACOB
Then the sun came.
STEPHANIE
Yeah, then the sun came.
FRAN
Did you get home before the storm?
STEPHANIE
No, right? You got stuck.
FRAN
Oh, you got stuck. Where did you get stuck, James?
JAMES
In the storm.
STEPHANIE
In the storm.
FRAN
Well, at least you were sheltered.
STEPHANIE
Where were you? At the day care or home?
JAMES
At the daycare.
STEPHANIE
Yeah, you were at the daycare when the storm started. Right?
JAMES
Yeah. Yeah.[Inaudible].
STEPHANIE
Stop, stop, stop…
FRAN
Who’s playing the music?
STEPHANIE
Jacob.
FRAN
Jacob? What are you playing on?
STEPHANIE
Jacob. It sounds like… He’s playing… something, but he’s playing.
JACOB
Yeah, yeah, it’s going down.
STEPHANIE
Yeah. it’s going down? Yeah. The sun is going down.
JACOB
The sun is going down.
STEPHANIE
Yeah. It’s getting dark now. You’re right.
JACOB
The sun is going down.
STEPHANIE
Yeah, because it’s getting dark. It’s getting night.
JACOB
Yeah.
STEPHANIE
Papa just got home.
FRAN
Now you’ve got the dogs involved.
STEPHANIE
Yeah. Cause Chris just got home.
DOG (barking)
Ouf ouf ouf…
CHRIS
Hello?
FRAN
Hello… Okay this… Is that Chris?
STEPHANIE
Yeah. He’s just got home, has he? He just got home and you are on speaker.
JAMES
Hi, Dad!
CHRIS
Hi James.
STEPHANIE
Well it’s a noisy home. When the dog stops, James starts playing guitar.
FRAN
Ah, it’s one noise after another, right?
STEPHANIE
Yeah.
FRAN
Yeah. Stephanie I think they did a wonderful job. They’re all being recorded here.
STEPHANIE
Okay!
FRAN
So sometime we will be hearing the results of this.
STEPHANIE
Okay, perfect, let me know. Okay.
FRAN
Thank you so much, Stephanie, for being open to this.
STEPHANIE
My pleasure!
FRAN
So all the very best and I will talk to you soon.
STEPHANIE
Okay! Love you, Fran.
FRAN
Love you.
STEPHANIE
Bye bye.
STEPHANIE
Bye Bye.
