Why? Because! [Russian translation]

JG: Yoo-hoo!

FB: Yoo-ho!

JG: Yoo-hoo!

FB: Yoo-ho! Hallo!

JG: What ya doing Snooks?

FB: I’ve been reading books.

JG: Well, put your books away, and let’s go out and play.

FB: Why?

JG: Because.

FB: Why!?

JG: Because!

FB: I don’t wanna.

JG: Well, you oughta. Let’s play cops and crooks.

FB: I wanna read my books.

JG: Don’t be a baby, Snooks.

FB: Aah-ah-aah

JG: Snooks, you mustn’t cry. You’re too big to cry.

FB: Why?

JG: Because.

FB: Why!?

JG: Because! Big girls never cry.

FB: I saw mommy cry.

JG: You did?

FB: Ah-ha. The time my mommy saw my daddy kiss the nurse good-bye. Ha-ha-ha ha!

JG: Snooks …

FB: What?

JG: Can you do a sum?

FB: Nicey1 taught me some.

JG: Snooks, how much is two and two?

FB: Two and two is two and two.

JG: Two and two are four!

FB: Why?

JG: Because.

FB: Why!?

JG: Because! One and one are two, so two and two are more!

FB: Mah!

JG: Snooks, you mustn’t weep. You’re too big to weep.

FB: Why?

JG: Because.

FB: Why!?

JG: Because! Grown-ups never weep.

FB: I saw daddy weep.

JG: You did?

FB: Ah-ha. The night my mammy caught my daddy walking in his sleep. Ah-ha-ha.

FB: Are you a girl or boy?

JG: I’m known as Little Lord Fauntleroy.

FB: Ohhhh. Well, I can be2 Little Lord Fauntleroy.

JG: Little Lord Fauntleroy is a little boy.

FB: Oh! Why?

JG: Because.

FB: Why!?

JG: Because! A girl’s a girl and a boy’s a boy.

FB: What’s a Little Lord Fauntleroy?

JG: I told you twice.

FB: You told me once.

JG: I told you twice!

FB: You told me once!

JG: Oh Snooks, go back and read your books! Coz you’re an awful dunce.

FB: Ah-ah-ah

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• Artist:Fanny Brice