Old Nick: What is that? !s that a birthday cake?Ma: Mm.Old Nick: You should have told me. I'd have gotten him a present. So how old is he, anyway? Four?Jack: Five.
Ma: Ssh. Go back to sleep.Jack: Once upon a time, before I came, you cried and cried and watched TV all day, until you were a zombie. But then I zoomed down from heaven, through skylight, into Room. Whoosh-pshew! And I was kicking you from the inside. Boom, boom! And then I shot out onto Rug with my eyes wide open, and you cutt-ed the cord and said, "Hello, Jack!"
Ma: He's on the other side of this wall.Jack: What other side?Ma: Jack, there's two sides to everything.Jack: Not on an octagon.Ma: Yeah, but...Jack: An octagon has eight sidesMa: But a wall, okay, a wall's like this, see? And we're on the inside and mouse is on the outside.Jack: In outer space?Ma: No, in the world. It's much closer than outer space.Jack: I can't see the outside-side.Ma: Listen, I know that I told you something else before, but you were much younger. I didn't think that you could understand, but now you're so old, you're so smart. I know that you can get this. Where do you think that old Nick gets our food?Jack: From TV by magic!
Jack: It can't really be Room if door's open.Ma: Do you want me to close it?Jack: Nah.Ma: Jack, can we go?Jack: Bye, plant. Bye, chair number one. Bye, chair number two. Bye, table. Bye, wardrobe. Bye, sink. Bye-bye, skylight. Ma, say bye-bye to room.
