Emma Wilder : Yuck! They *killed* it!
Noah Wilder : How else would you eat it?
Emma Wilder : Mommy, I don't understand. Why did they have to kill it? He didn't do anything to anyone.
Noah Wilder : What about that chopped-up cow you're eating?
Emma Wilder : What chopped-up cow?
Noah Wilder : What do you think hamburger is?
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Noah Wilder : This stuff could be dangerous.
Emma Wilder : Maybe we should tell someone.
Noah Wilder : I showed the green glass thing to mom. She thought it was a paperweight. Maybe other people don't see what we see.
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Emma Wilder : It's about Alice, going through the looking glass. I think it explains what the machine is.
Noah Wilder : Wait a minute. That looks like Mimzy. How could she have Mimzy? That was 100 years ago!
Emma Wilder : Maybe she had Spinners too, Noah. Maybe she didn't get what she was supposed to do. Maybe she needed a brother like you.
Noah Wilder : Like me? What for?
Emma Wilder : Because you're my Engineer.
Noah Wilder : [stares at her]  What do you mean, "your Engineer?"
Emma Wilder : I mean, I can't do it all alone, Noah.
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Emma Wilder : [about Mimzy]  I think Mimzy's sick. Can you tell? Something's wrong. She's getting weaker. I'm afraid she's going to die.
David Wilder : She's a *stuffed animal,* Emma! Now you've got to stop it with this "Mimzy" stuff.
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Emma Wilder : Do you want to see a magic trick I can do with my hands?

Emma Wilder : How did you do that Noah?