[speaker001:] State. What's your name?
[speaker002:] Raymond Hyde Borel the third.
[speaker001:] And how old are you?
[speaker002:] Seven.
[speaker001:] And do you know when you were born?
[speaker002:] September the 20th.
[speaker001:] December.
[speaker002:] December the 20th.
[speaker001:] Right. And you were born in Presbyterian Hospital. And you where do you live now?
[speaker002:] Gaston County.
[speaker001:] Gaston. In Belmont.
[speaker002:] In Belmont.
[speaker001:] Right. Do you have any, do you have any sisters or brothers?
[speaker002:] I have two sisters.
[speaker001:] And how old are they?
[speaker002:] My big sister is ten and my little sister is four.
[speaker001:] Four, right. Now you're in, in what grade?
[speaker002:] First.
[speaker001:] First Grade. And what school do you go to?
[speaker002:] Christian Academy.
[speaker001:] Right. And do you read a lot? Do you read yet? Are you reading things?
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] What kind of stories do you read?
[speaker002:] I read. I read my books from K-five and I read my books from first grade.
[speaker001:] What kind of stories?
[speaker002:] Oh no.
[speaker001:] You don't know. Like Dr. Seuss. Do you read Dr. Seuss?
[speaker002:] Uh-hum.
[speaker001:] No. How about does um, your Dad read any stories to you?
[speaker002:] He, he used to.
[speaker001:] When was that?
[speaker002:] When we were in the yellow house.
[speaker001:] In the yellow house?
[speaker002:] Um-huh.
[speaker001:] Um-huh. Do you remember what kind of stories they were?
[speaker002:] There was a big book that has a lot of stories in it.
[speaker001:] Um huh. Now you watch a lot of television don't you?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh!
[speaker001:] Yeah, what's your favorite television shows?
[speaker002:] Batman.
[speaker001:] The cartoon.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Tell me about Batman. What does Batman look like?
[speaker002:] He has horns on his head on his mask and he has a cape and he wears a black suit and a orange belt.
[speaker001:] Is he your favorite superhero?
[speaker002:] Um-huh.
[speaker001:] Do you ever watch Spider Man?
[speaker002:] No, no.
[speaker001:] No. What other kinds of cartoons do you watch?
[speaker002:] Batman Beyond and I don't know.
[speaker001:] Do you watch um, what is that new thing that everyone that all the kids are watching? Pokemon? Do you watch that?
[speaker002:] Sometimes.
[speaker001:] Sometimes. What kind of, do you ever tell stories to your little sister?
[speaker002:] No.
[speaker001:] No. What kind of things do you learn in school?
[speaker002:] Reading, spelling, doing phonics.
[speaker001:] Phonics?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. And counting tens and hundreds to 200.
[speaker001:] Really?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] What, what's phonics? What do you do for that?
[speaker002:] I think we talk. The tea, we read, we do numbers real fast.
[speaker001:] You do numbers real fast?
[speaker002:] Like one, two, three, four.
[speaker001:] OK. How about um, what you do for recess? Do you have a playtime at school?
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] What do you do then?
[speaker002:] We play outside on the equipment. And then when it's story day we bring in all kind of toys.
[speaker001:] Really? What's your favorite toy?
[speaker002:] My football.
[speaker001:] Do you play football a lot?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] With who?
[speaker002:] My daddy or my friends at school.
[speaker001:] How about on your, do you have a playground at school?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] What kind of playground equipment do you have?
[speaker002:] Like slides, monkey bars. On the monkey bars I used to swing up and get on top of it.
[speaker001:] Really?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] You used to?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, and I still do.
[speaker001:] You still do. Yeah, have you ever gotten hurt on the playground before?
[speaker002:] Mmm. Nothing I can remember that I got hurt.
[speaker001:] Mmm. How about do you have a bike?
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] What how often. Do you like riding your bike a lot?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Up and down the street?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Tell me about your bike. What color is it?
[speaker002:] It's red, silver and I got another bike that's all silver.
[speaker001:] That's all silver.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Do you ever, do you have any stories that, do you remember any stories that Daddy used to tell you or that daddy tells you?
[speaker002:] Sometimes I, I remember one story he told me in the yellow house.
[speaker001:] What was that?
[speaker002:] He told me that there was a ghost in it.
[speaker001:] He did? Did you ever see the ghost?
[speaker002:] Ugh-ugh.
[speaker001:] No. Did he ever tell you any other stories?
[speaker002:] A book he said he read. The little pigs, The Three Little Pigs.
[speaker001:] The Three Little Pigs.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Does Daddy do voices when he does Three Little Pigs?
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah. How about I used to read you stories a lot. Do you remember that?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Do you remember what kind of stories they were?
[speaker002:] Mmm, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I think, I think your favorite was do you remember Maurice Sendak and we would read the about Pierre and the lion.
[speaker002:] Yeah that's one that I like.
[speaker001:] Do you remember little Pierre? What did Pierre always say? Do you remember?
[speaker002:] Ugh-Ugh.
[speaker001:] You don't?
[speaker002:] Pierre.
[speaker001:] Pierre he would always say, "I don't care."
[speaker002:] Pierre, Pierre, "I don't care."
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And the lion ate him.
[speaker001:] Yeah he did, didn't he? And they had to take him to a hospital right.
[speaker002:] Yeah and the lion gave him a ride back home.
[speaker001:] Um-huh. That's right. Um, Christmas is coming up pretty soon huh? I heard that you were writing a Christmas list.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] What kind of things are on your list?
[speaker002:] I don't know.
[speaker001:] You wrote this out all by yourself. Look at this. What? This is in cursive.
[speaker002:] I know.
[speaker001:] Did you write this?
[speaker002:] Um-huh.
[speaker001:] That's really impressive. I don't know if I can really read any of this though. Space, space? What is this?
[speaker002:] Bazooka.
[speaker001:] What is that? What's a space bazooka?
[speaker002:] It's this toy bazooka?
[speaker001:] Is it like a gun?
[speaker002:] Yeah, but it's not real.
[speaker001:] It's not real. Does it shoot things?
[speaker002:] No. It just goes boom, boom.
[speaker001:] Oh, that sounds like fun. What else is on this list here? A snowboard -.
[speaker002:] Um huh.
[speaker001:] For North Carolina?
[speaker002:] They say we're going up in the mountains to find some snow.
[speaker001:] Really?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] When are you going to that?
[speaker002:] I think at Christmas and I'm getting a knife set.
[speaker001:] A knife set?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] That sounds dangerous.
[speaker002:] But I'm never going to take the knives out.
[speaker001:] Oh, OK. That sounds like a good idea.
[speaker002:] There's a survival kit that I'm getting.
[speaker001:] Really.
[speaker002:] Uh huh. And. I got, get me a microscope that goes to the TV and it hooks up to the TV so you can put a bug under there and you can see it and big.
[speaker001:] Um-huh.
[speaker002:] You can put a ladybug and see a ladybug about that big on the television.
[speaker001:] Wow. That sounds like fun. Are you going to get gifts for anyone this year? Are you going to buy any gifts for people or make anything?
[speaker002:] Maybe.
[speaker001:] Maybe.
[speaker002:] But I do got a 100 dollars.
[speaker001:] You do! Are you sure you want to be telling people that?
[speaker002:] No.
[speaker001:] How about does Mommy ever tell you any stories?
[speaker002:] I think so.
[speaker001:] What kind of stories does she tell you?
[speaker002:] Red Riding Hood I think.
[speaker001:] Little Red Riding Hood. How does that story go?
[speaker002:] The big bad wolf ate the grandma then she, then the big bad wolf tried to, eat red riding hood.
[speaker001:] Really. Did the wolf ever eat her?
[speaker002:] Nope.
[speaker001:] No. Any other stories that you can remember?
[speaker002:] Uh-um.
[speaker001:] No. Daddy's, daddy's a builder right?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. A carpenter.
[speaker001:] A carpenter. Have you ever helped your dad?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. That's how I got them hundred dollars.
[speaker001:] Oh really, what kind of jobs do you do for your, your dad?
[speaker002:] I work with him like carry boards and do, and hammer boards-.
[speaker001:] Do you do gopher work? Does he ever let you hammer things in?
[speaker002:] Um-huh.
[speaker001:] Yeah. Does he ever let you drive the car?
[speaker002:] He let me back down the car once.
[speaker001:] Really? Down the driveway?
[speaker002:] Um-huh.
[speaker001:] Did you hit anything?
[speaker002:] The crate.
[speaker001:] Hmm?
[speaker002:] The big crate.
[speaker001:] The big?
[speaker002:] Crate.
[speaker001:] Crate.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. I didn't hit nothing.
[speaker001:] Wow. That's good. What other kind of things do you do for your dad?
[speaker002:] Help him work and I help, help him clean up the big crate inside it.
[speaker001:] Is that the big van?
[speaker002:] Yeah, the one out there.
[speaker001:] Oh, OK. Well thank you so much for letting me interview you. You did a really good job.
[speaker002:] Thank you!