Family Theater: The First Morning

Family Theater presents Robert Ryan and Jane Wyatt. From Hollywood, the Mutual Network in cooperation with Family Theater presents the first morning starring Robert Ryan as Nick. And now, here is your hostess, Jane Wyatt. Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives.

If we are to win Peace for Ourselves, Peace for Our Families, and Peace for the World. Family Theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family. And now to our transcribed drama, the first morning with Robert Ryan as Nick.

It had started very slowly, very naturally. Because when you were waiting after midnight for a son or daughter who was out too late, they never out too late all at once. At first, they're just overdue.

And then after an hour or so, when they really are late, You start making mental lectures to them, until by the time the second hour, and then the third has passed, all very slowly, very naturally.

You discover you stop delivering mental lectures, because you aren't peeved or impatient any longer. You're just scared. Maybe... maybe he decided to spend the night with Walt. Walt? The Wilkins boy. And why didn't he call us?

Well, he might have thought we'd gone to bed. gone to bed. Sure we always go to bed when our 15 year old son stays out till three in the morning. I'm just trying to think of possibilities. I know honey I'm sorry. Rocks. What? Rocks. What a great thing to collect. It couldn't be bottle caps or

postage stamps. It's got to be rocks. Well we encouraged him. We like him to be outdoors. Don't be gentle. I encouraged him. Well you were right to skip isn't it baby. I keep I just didn't want a molly coddle.