Lionel, I need pictures of me when I was a baby.
Yeah, I bet we have one or two... gazillion.
Oh, look at me! I was so cute and cuddly! And so playful. And so smart.
And so curious. Like the time you got stuck in the tree? Or the time you got stuck--
Alright, enough pictures of me.
That's the day I brought you home from the pet store.
That was the best day of my life.
I felt the same way. And when you winked at me, you cinched it.
You're a great kid, Stanley.
And you're a great fish, Dennis.
Stanley, you were a magnificent baby. You were very cute, very cuddly, and your favorite food was mashed corn. [a photo shows baby Stanley with a bowl of mashed corn on his head]
MMark
It was also your favorite hat.
Oh, I remember how much I loved to feed you, to bathe you, to rock you to sleep in my arms...
MMark
And boy, did you love animals, Stanley. As soon as you started crawling, you were always making friends with cats, dogs, fish, you name it.
And then when you started walking and talking, it was always, "Take me to the zoo, take me to the zoo!"
MMark
Now, look how much you've grown. You can ride a two-wheeler, you go to school, you can even read.
You're not my little baby anymore [hugs Stanley] You've grown into a wonderful child, who will someday be a wonderful grown-up.
A... a grown-up?
MMark
Sure, Stanley. Before you know it, you and your brother will be all grown up and living on your own.
I'm not sure I want to be a grown-up, Dennis. I sure don't want to move out of the house. I think I want to be a baby. As a matter of fact, I know I'd rather be a baby again.
But Stanley, then you couldn't ride your scooter, and you couldn't go to school, and you couldn't play soccer with Mimi and Marci.
Who's gonna help me with my homework? Who's gonna tuck me in at night? I'm not ready to be a grown-up!
These quotes come from Wikiquote's Stanley pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.