Franklin Turtle quotes from Franklin

Franklin

Yuck. Number dust doesn't taste very good.

I know. It tastes like alphabet dust.

I can go faster than a jet.

Franklin

I can go faster than a spaceship.

I'll get some tape.

Franklin

Yeah, that'll hold it together.

Are we going to tell Mr. Owl now?

Franklin

In front of everybody? ... Let's wait until after school.

Then my tummy's going to feel funny all day.

I'm just so clumsy.

Franklin

Do you wanna fly a kite?

No, I'll just get it caught in a tree or something.

Hi, Franklin. I just remembered something I've got to do.

Franklin

Goose isn't with me, Bear.

X O X O X O X O...

Franklin

Those are hugs and kisses.

Franklin

[to Beaver] You've got a giant mailbox.

Snail

Yeah. It's even bigger than my house.

Beaver

I just love Valentine's Day. Don't you?

Hey, Beaver, which one's yours?

Beaver

[annoyed] This one!

Oh yeah.

Franklin

Gee, you guys are being really nice.

Sure we are. We're your friends.

This is from the first car I owned.

Franklin

I think you saved the wrong part, Dad. You should have kept the car.

Franklin

My jam's ready. I'll hear about it later, Dad.

Hmm. That was a very brief father-and-son moment.

Do you know who has that penny whistle now?

Franklin

Who?

Rabbit.

Franklin

[gasps] You mean this one in the picture... and the one I traded...

When Franklin was a baby, his father played that whistle to make him stop crying.

Franklin

He did?

Franklin

Dad, will you play the Meadowlark song for me?

There's a song I haven't heard in a long while.

Yes. How does it start?

Franklin

It starts with me crying.

That's right. Now I remember. [plays song beautifully]

Who's coming first?

Me!

That's what I like in my music students - enthusiasm.