- Pearl Sinclair: Now wouldn't that be a hoot? If I got married and settled down here. Wouldn't that put a knot in Earl's britches?
- Charlene Sinclair: Yep, all the more reason to do it.
- Robbie Sinclair: Dad's been a real jerk lately.
- Baby Sinclair: He's no fun. I want YOU to be my daddy.
- Pearl Sinclair: Oh, I know you mean that in a sweet way.
- Baby Sinclair: No I don't.
- Pearl Sinclair: I wish he wasn't so mad at me.
- Baby Sinclair: Get him a toy!
- Pearl Sinclair: Oh, I think it'll take more than that, sugar.
- Baby Sinclair: More than a toy? Wow.
- Pearl Sinclair: I'm your Aunt Pearl.
- [Robbie and Charlene show no recognition]
- Pearl Sinclair: Your dad's sister. He DID tell you about me, didn't he?
- Charlene Sinclair: Aunt Pearl... Aunt Pearl... oh! When did you get out of prison?
- Pearl Sinclair: He told you I was in jail?
- Charlene Sinclair: Well he said you were either dead or in prison so...
- Pearl Sinclair: Oh that daddy of yours has got some sense of humor.
- Charlene Sinclair, Robbie Sinclair: Not really.
- Pearl Sinclair: [singing] Some of us are trees, rooted in the ground. Some of us are leaves that the breeze blows all around. I've always been a leaf. Traveling fast and free. But how I've wished, I were meant to be a tree.
- Earl Sinclair: I was born an oak, the mightiest of trees. But I envied every leaf, floating gently on the breeze. And then a leaf explained...
- Pearl Sinclair: We're really just the same.
- Earl Sinclair, Pearl Sinclair: We share a single life, but we go by different names. So, if the wind gets too strong and we can't stay together, I hope you won't forget you're part of me forever.
- Earl Sinclair: You hear that? You've corrupted them. Now I want you out of my house and out of our lives.
- Pearl Sinclair: Oh, why don't you lighten up?
- Charlene Sinclair: Yeah.
- Earl Sinclair: Lighten up? Oh. You kids would like that, wouldn't you? You'd like it if I acted like Pearl. Sashay into town, sing a few songs, give everyone a good time. You'd all just love that.
- Charlene Sinclair: It'd be a big improvement.
- Robbie Sinclair: Yeah. We'd like you better.
- Fran Sinclair: Sounds exciting.
- Pearl Sinclair: Yeah.
- Earl Sinclair: Well, Pearl. I hope you're satisfied. You've successfully turned my family against me.
- Charlene Sinclair: Huh?
- Earl Sinclair: Your work here is done.
- Pearl Sinclair: I'm not turning anybody against you, Earl. You've done that all by yourself. Huh.
- [Pearl Sinclair leaves]
- Fran Sinclair: Earl, all they were doing is listening to a little music.
- Pearl Sinclair: Yeah.
- Earl Sinclair: Tonight! But next they'll want to join a band and live on the road like gypsies. Traveling from town to town, always staying one step ahead of the law. Meeting colorful rogues and scallywags and getting into all kinds of scrapes.
- Robbie Sinclair: Gee, I was thinking about college but this sounds better.
- Charlene Sinclair: Would any of those scallywags be like, cute boys?
- [Fran and Pearl laugh]
- Earl Sinclair: See what you've done? You've corrupted them!
- Pearl Sinclair: Oh why don't you hush up?