♪ ♪ There's a world ♪ somewhere near ♪ ♪ A world we've come to know ♪ ♪ Your family and you ♪ can search for it too ♪ ♪ A place that will help us ♪ to grow ♪ ♪ There's a world ♪ somewhere near ♪ ♪ under beautiful skies ♪ ♪ You can find it and say ♪ on a bright, sunny day ♪ ♪ Under the Yellow Balloon ♪ ♪ Yes, ♪ Under the Yellow Balloon ♪ ♪ >> Cathy.

Hey Cathy!

Wait for me.

I missed the bus.

Can I go home with you and your dad?

Cathy> We'll have to ask daddy.

Hi, daddy.

Dad> Hi, Cathy.

Jane.

Did you have a nice day?

Cathy> It was okay.

I guess.

Jane> She forgot about the spelling test today.

Cathy> Yeah, and I didn't do so good on it.

Dad> Well, it's up to you to remember things that are important to you.

Maybe you should write your assignments down.

Cathy> I will, from now on.

Is it okay if Jane rides home with us?

Dad> Sure.

Jane's house is right on the way home.

Jane, we'll have to stop and pick Paul up on the way to the nursery.

Jane> That's okay, Mr. O'Neill I'm not in a hurry.

Dad> I have one more thing to finish in the office before I leave.

Well, why don't you go out to the car and I'll be right there?

Cathy> Okay.

Dad> This place is a mess.

Where does all this stuff come from?

Sue> Hi, Daddy, Cathy, Paul.

Cathy> See where it comes from?

Dad> I guess we're all guilty of leaving things where they shouldn't be, but we just don't have enough places to put everything.

Change your clothes, Cathy.

Cathy> May I go play with Jane?

Dad> Do you have much homework?

Cathy> No, sir Just a little bit of arithmetic.

Dad> Are you sure you haven't forgotten anything?

Cathy> Not today.

Sue> I'm going to the library.

I have a report that's due tomorrow.

Dad> Well, Sue be home early.

Sue> Oh, I will, Dad.

Dad> Well, Paul, I guess that leaves us to clean up.

You try not to mess up anything else while I start a fire.

Paul> Okay.

(fire crackles) Cathy> Mom make Paul stop.

Mom> Paul!

Stop that!

It's almost your bedtime.

Why don't you start picking up your toys?

Dad> I think we've done that once already today.

You know, I wish Paul had a room of his own where his toys could be left out.

Sue> I'd like a room of my own, too.

I'm too old to share a room with a little sister.

Cathy> I want a room too.

Sue's always on the phone talking to boys.

Sue> I am not.

Mom> That's enough, girls.

Sue, why don't you take Paul to bed?

I need to speak to your father.

Sue> Oh, why do I always have to do everything?

Mom> Sue!

Cathy> Good night, Paul.

Mom> Good night.

Paul.

Dad> Good night.

Paul.

Mom> I talked to Mr. Davidson today about my new job.

He says it's going to be a lot of extra work and extra time.

Dad> I know, Alice but it will mean extra money.

And we sure can use that.

Mom> I know, the money certainly would come in handy.

You know, we really do need a larger house.

Paul needs to have his own room.

Cathy and Sue can share a room, but it would be nice if it was larger.

And, Tom, another thing we need to consider.

And that's my mother.

Dad> I know your mother shouldn't be living by herself.

I'd like to have her come stay with us.

She'd be great with the children, but we just don't have enough room for her.

Mom> You know, with my new job, we'd have more money.

And with mother taking care of Paul, we might be able to afford a bigger house.

Sue> Are we going to get a new house?

Dad> Well, we'll have to see about that.

So don't get excited yet.

You know, Alice, we might be able to swing it.

If we could find the right house.

Well, let's talk about it and see what we want in the new house.

Mom> Well, it would have to have a large kitchen.

And with a dishwasher.

Sue> Well, I'd like a room of my own.

Cathy> Me too.

Dad> Well, it would have to have a fireplace.

And I don't want one if it doesn't have a fireplace Mom> And a nice large den.

Dad> Yeah.

Alice, I'm going to see about teaching a night school.

That'll mean more money.

You know, we really need four bedrooms if grandma comes to live with us.

Sue> But Dad, can't we get a house with five bedrooms?

Then Cathy and I won't have to share a room.

Dad> A four bedroom house is really more than we can afford.

I think a five bedroom house is out of the question, but we'll see.

Mom> Girls, with my new job, I'm going to be working late.

And if daddy teaches a night school, you'll be alone more.

You'll have to accept more responsibility around the house.

Sue> Sure, mom.

Mom> We're all going to have to do our part.

♪ Working together.

♪ Makes the work more fun.

♪ ♪ Working together, ♪ we can get the job done.

♪ ♪ Helping with the housework ♪ is a brand new chore.

♪ ♪ There seems to be more work ♪ than there was before.

♪ ♪ Like mom's new job.

♪ ♪ Or Dad working late.

♪ ♪ We're as busy as can be.

♪ ♪ ♪ But when everyone helps ♪ ♪ it's easy ♪ to share the responsibility.

♪ ♪ ♪ Working together ♪ ♪ makes the work more fun.

♪ ♪ Working together, ♪ we can get the job done.

♪ ♪ And it won't be long ♪ before that new house ♪ ♪ is ours.

♪ ♪ Dad> Hello, Mrs. Hudson.

Mrs. Hudson> Mr. O'Neill, Mrs. O'Neill.

It's certainly a beautiful day to look at houses.

Dad> It certainly is.

But, Mrs. Hudson, these are our children.

Our daughter, Sue.

Cathy.

And this is Paul.

Mrs. Hudson> Well, I can certainly see why you need a larger place.

Mr. O'Neill, before we start looking at the house, I have some papers I want you to look at.

Dad> All right.

Mom> Girls, you both have been so much help to us lately.

I don't know what we would have done without you.

It'll be a lot easier on you when Grandma comes to live with us.

She can help in many different ways.

Cathy> We'll help her too, Mama.

Mom> I know you will, honey.

And grandma will be so much happier living with us.

She's been alone now for nearly two years, and she needs us just about as much as we need her.

Sue> Well, it'll be fun having grandma with us.

Mom> I hope so.

It'll be a little different.

There'll be three adults to listen to at home instead of just two.

And grandma may want to do something her way, which is different than the way we do them.

Dad> We'll work out any problems when and if they happen.

Now, remember, this is just one of the houses that mom and I liked and are thinking about buying.

We'll have to look at all of them before we decide.

Mrs. Hudson> Well, we'll start here, and then we'll go on to the other houses that you're interested in.

Have you thought about the house over on Wilmot Street?

That's under construction?

It has good possibilities for a family like yours.

Dad> Well, what do you think, Alice?

Mom> Let's take another look at it.

Dad> Okay.

Mrs. Hudson> Okay.

Now for this house.

It has four bedrooms and this large den.

Sue> Well, this bedroom is not very big, Mom> No, it isn't.

Cathy> All the rooms are small.

Mom> You're right.

They are kind of small.

Let's go look some more.

Mom> Girls.

Come look at the kitchen.

Cathy> Mom.

It has a dishwasher.

Sue> Look at all the counter space and the cabinets.

Cathy> I like the color of the appliances.

Mom> I do too, but there are more important things to consider when buying a house than the color of the appliances.

Dad> Alice.

Mom> Coming.

Mom> The rooms are smaller than I remember them.

Mrs. Hudson> Well, the den's rather large, and I imaging you'll be spending most of your time in there.

Dad> Yes, Mrs. Hudson, but, well, I'm not sure about this house.

All the rooms except for the den are small, and well I have so far to go to work.

Mrs. Hudson> Well, you want to go out and look at the other houses?

Dad> I believe so.

This house just isn't right for us.

Mrs. Hudson> Right.

Mrs. Hudson> The best thing about buying a house that's being built is that you can select the colors for the paint, carpeting, bathroom tile, and fixtures.

The house will be like you want it to be.

Sue> Well, since the house would be new and no one else would have lived in it before.

Well, it would be very clean and easy to keep.

Cathy> I can't tell anything about how the house looks.

Where are the walls?

Dad> They're not finished yet.

Mrs. Hudson, may I see the plans?

Yes.

Thank you.

Come here Cathy.

This is a blueprint.

It's the plans for this house.

The workers who are building this house use it to show them where to put what.

See, this is the living room.

Oh, and here's the dining room.

Mom> Mrs. Hudson, I like the house plan, and I like being able to pick everything out.

But how long is it going to be before the house is finished?

Mrs. Hudson> Well, we'd have to give the builders at least 3 or 4 months to complete it.

Dad> Four months?

Well, I know we've waited a long time to get the house we really want, but we need it now.

Let's look at the other house before we decide.

Alice, I liked this next house, the first time I saw it.

Mom> I did too.

Mrs. Hudson> Now, this is a new house, Cathy> but it already has furniture in it.

Dad> That's because it's a model home.

The real estate company put furniture in here to show how it would look.

with furniture in it.

Cathy> Would we get to keep the furniture?

Mom> No.

Cathy, it's just for display.

Try to imagine what it would look like with our own furniture in it.

Cathy> We could put our chairs here by the fireplace.

Sue> Where does this go?

Mrs. Hudson> They goes upstairs.

Cathy> Really?

Sue> Be careful.

Cathy> Okay.

Cathy> It isn't finished?

Dad> No it isn't.

But that may be to our advantage.

I could finish this area, myself.

Mom> Tom, if you could make two rooms up here, then Cathy and Sue could each have their own bedroom.

Dad> But it would take a while to finish these rooms.

The girls would have to share a room downstairs until I get it done.

Mrs. Hudson> If you can do some of the work yourself, it would certainly cut down on the cost.

You'd save a lot of money.

Dad> I'm sure it would.

I know I could do this myself.

Sue> Really, Dad?

Cathy>We can have our own rooms?

Dad> Eventually.

Cathy> Let's get this house.

Mom> Wait.

Let's look at the rest of the house first.

Cathy> Okay.

Dad> Well, Alice, what do you think?

Mom> I like it.

Dad> So do I.

Sue?

Sue> I like the idea of having my own room.

Cathy> I like everything about it, Dad.

Paul> Me too.

Dad> Well, Mrs. Hudson, I think we all agree this is the house for us.

♪ We looked around, ♪ and now we all agree ♪ ♪ this is the right house ♪ for our family.

♪ ♪ And it's just ♪ the beginning you know.

♪ ♪ Because together ♪ we'll continue to grow.

♪ ♪ to make this new house, ♪ ♪ a home.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (music ends)