"Mama, you should have seen what we saw." "Daddy, you never saw anything like it." "Stop eating that spun sugar." "You'll spoil your dinner." "Papa, we saw the Galveston Flood." "Big waves came up and flooded the whole city." "when the water went back, it was muddy and horrible." "Full of dead bodies." "oh, Tootie." "oh, isn't it breathtaking, John!" "I never dreamed anything could be so beautiful." "I liked it better when it was a swamp and there was just the two of us." "Esther!" "John!" "I forgot about it too." "Hurry up, you two. we're starving." "l'm so sorry. we didn't mean to keep you." "we're all here." "where is the French restaurant?" "lt's over there." "No, it's across from Machinery Hall." "Now, now, let's not lose our heads!" "I know exactly where it is." "Just follow me." "oh, look." "The lights!" "oh, how beautiful!" "There's never been anything like it in the whole world." "we don't have to come here on a train or stay in a hotel." "It's right in our own hometown." "Grandpa, they'll never tear it down, will they?" "well, they'd better not." "I can't believe it." "Right here where we live." "Right here in St. Louis." "[english]"