Professor Evelyn Ashford (Eileen Atkins): Its Evelyn. Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson): Oh, God…Prof. Ashford?...Oh, God. Evelyn: Im in town visiting my great-grandson...who is celebrating his fifth birthday…I went to see you in your office...and they directed me here…Ive been walking all over town…Id forgotten how early it gets chilly here. Vivian: I feel so bad. Evelyn: Yes, I know you do…I can see…Oh, dear…There, there…There, there…There, there, Vivian…Its a windy day…Dont worry, dear…Lets see…Shall I recite something to you?...Would you like that?...Ill recite something by Donne. Vivian: No. Evelyn: Very well…Lets see...The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown. Pictures by Clement Hurd. Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away...so he said to his mother, Im running away. lf you run away, said his mother...I will run after you. For you are my little bunny. lf you run after me, said the little bunny...I will become a fish in a trout stream...and I will swim away from you. lf you become a fish in a trout stream, said his mother...I will become a fisherman, and I will fish for you. Look at that. A little allegory of the soul. Wherever it hides, God will find it. See, Vivian? . . .
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