Nanny McPhee

There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I will stay. If you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go. It's rather sad really, but there it is. Then I will never go.

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Mr. Wheen: (on the concept of his unruly children) We always told you, Mr. Brown... Mr. Jowls: It's not funerals you should be in the business of. Cedric: (nodding, miming along) Both: It's christenings! (uproarious laughter) Cedric: (sighs, before laughing along with them)

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Mr. Brown: Nanny McPhee! Now she can't take the donkey, so what have you done? Nanny McPhee: I have done nothing, sir. The children have decided amongst themselves. Mr. Brown: Decided what? Great Aunt Adelaide: (off in distance) There you are, my dear. Mr. Brown: Not little Chrissy. (runs from the house) Chrissy! Great Aunt Adelaide: (in the carriage) Now, then, you'd better tell me your name, little girl. Mr. Brown: (bolts down the road) Chrissy! Great Aunt Adelaide: Don't be shy, my dear. What is your name?. Mr. Brown: (in the forest) Chrissy! Great Aunt Adelaide: Sit up straight, and tell me your name. Mr. Brown: (the carriage fades in the distance) NO! Christianna! Christianna: Papa! Papa! Mr. Brown: Oh, thank... (the other children run up to him) Oh... Then who is...? Evangeline: (raises head for Aunt Adelaide to see) Evangeline. My name is Evangeline. Great Aunt Adelaide: (chuckles) And what a pretty name it is too. Mr. Brown: (disbelief) Evangeline... Oh...

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Mr. Brown: Nanny McPhee... Nanny McPhee: Yes, Mr. Brown? Mr. Brown: She will be all right, won't she?, Evangeline, I mean. Nanny McPhee: I can't help being concerned. Mr. Brown: Aunt Adelaide can be so, um... Well, you saw. Nanny McPhee: She will certainly be all right. Mr. Brown: Good, I suppose she volunteered to go, did she?, couldn't wait to be shot of us, I imagine. Nanny McPhee: Not quite. It was Simon's idea. He knew Evangeline might like to educate herself and that her going would save Christianna.

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Evangeline: Oh, Nanny McPhee, I'm so nervous. Nanny McPhee: Deep breaths. Evangeline: I don't look much like a bride, do I? Nanny McPhee: You will. Nanny McPhee: How's the reading coming along? Evangeline: It's much better. But I still haven't got to the end of the story. Nanny McPhee: No need. You are the end of the story. Nanny McPhee: (narrating) There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go.

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