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Jane: Father isn't in trouble, we are.
Bert: Oh, sure about that, are you? Look at it this way. You've got your mother and father to look after you, and Mary Poppins, and Constable Jones, and me. Who looks after your father? Tell me that. When something terrible happens, what does he do? Who does he tell about it? No one! Don't blab his troubles, he don't. He just pushes on at his job, uncomplaining, alone and silent.
Michael: He's not very silent.
Jane: Michael, be quiet. Bert, do you think Father really needs our help?
Bert: Well, it's not my place to say. I only observe that a father can always do with a bit of help.
{Father's Day 2011}