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"The Kid" 131
her maternal instinct. As a substitute satisfaction she dispenses charity in the slums. She gives a toy to the Kid without recognizing him as her child. "The world welcomes fame." At a reception the opera singer meets the Man again. Emotionally upset, she leaves friends and admirers. Alone, on a balcony outside, the Man joins her. A symbolic book entitled "The Past" opens on the page "Regrets." There is no reconciliation.
Back in the slum garret the Kid is making pancakes while the Tramp, smoking, takes his ease in bed. The bov orders him to get up. Stretching, he registers surprise as his foot appears through a hole in the blanket. Sticking his head through the hole the Tramp conjures a lounging robe out of the ragged blanket in which he rises, inserts his feet into his shoes and proceeds to the table in state. Dividing the cakes evenly the two say Grace and dive in. Lessons in the most advantageous uses of a knife enliven the meal.
Out in the street a tough boy grabs the Kid's toy. Between "rounds" of the ensuing fight the Tramp coaches the Kid where to hit and kick. The Bully, brother of the tough kid, struts in cuffing an onlooker out of his way. The Tramp backs out but the Bully warns: "If your kid beats mine, I'll beat you." The Tramp declares the other boy, who is taking a beating, "the winner." The Bully goes after the protesting Tramp, stopping to knock a hole in a brick wall and bend a lamppost to display his strength. Finally he pulls the tramp out of the window he has taken refuge in. Just then the opera star enters and pleads with the men to stop fighting. They shake hands before the woman. But the Tramp, taking advantage of the intercession, slyly bats the Bully over the head with a brick. He contrives to duck and hit the Bully until the tough is reeling.
The Woman, carrying the Kid in her arms, meets the "father" and tells him he must call a doctor. The