Beatrice Leep Quotes in Hoot (2006)

Beatrice Leep: Hey, cowgirl.

Roy Eberhardt: Yeah?

Beatrice Leep: I'm really glad that... You know what, I'm just gonna call you "Roy" from now on. If that's all right with you.

Roy Eberhardt: And what's wrong with Ling Ho?

[She laughs and hits him with a pillow]

Beatrice Leep: [talking on the phone with the mayor's secretary] Mother Paula can do a lot of things, but she can't change the weather. That would be Mother Nature.

[Roy sits at Beatrice's table]

Beatrice Leep: What is your problem?

Roy Eberhardt: I think you're the one with the problem. Beatrice, I've got no idea why you're mad about what happened on the bus. You're not the one who got choked, and you're not the one who got punched in the nose. So I'm only going to say this once. If I did something to upset you, I'm sorry. It wasn't on purpose. Next time you've got a problem, just tell me, and then we'll sit down and talk about it like civilized human beings.

Beatrice Leep: Civilized.

Roy Eberhardt: Are we straight on this?

[Beatrice just glares]

Roy Eberhardt: Good. I'm glad we had this chance to get to know each other just a little bit better.

[He takes his lunch tray and leaves]

Soccer Pal #2: He's kind of cute, don't you think?

[Beatrice glares]

Soccer Pal #2: In a way that's not cute *at all.*

[Beatrice has run away from home, and revealed herself hiding under Roy's bed]

Roy Eberhardt: How long have you been here?

Beatrice Leep: Oh, don't worry. I kept my eyes closed while you put on your very colorful jammies.