:03:04
ROYAL:
Hold it, Chassie.
:03:06
Hold it right there.
:03:07
What areyou doing?
You"re on my team.
:03:09
( chuckles)
:03:11
There are no teams.
:03:13
( groans)
:03:15
(laughing )
:03:17
NARRATOR:
The BB wasstilllodged
between two knuckles
:03:21
in Chas"slefthand.
:03:23
Margot Tenenbaum was adopted
atage two.
:03:26
Herfatherhad always noted
this when introducing her.
:03:30
This is my adopted daughter
MargotTenenbaum.
:03:32
NARRATOR:
She was aplaywright, and won
a Braverman Grantof$50,000
:03:37
in the ninth grade.
:03:44
She and herbrotherRichie
ran awayfrom home one winter
:03:48
and camped out
:03:49
in theAfrican wing
ofthepublic archives.
:03:53
( camerashutterclicking )
:03:55
Hi, Eli.
:03:57
You said Icould run away, too.
:03:59
No, l didn"t, and don"t
tell anyoneyou saw us.
:04:02
NARRATOR:
Theyshared asleeping bag
:04:04
andsurvived on crackers
and rootbeer.
:04:06
Fouryearslater
:04:08
Margotdisappeared alone
fortwo weeks
:04:11
and came back
with halfa fingermissing.
:04:19
Richie Tenenbaum had been
a champion tennisplayer
:04:23
since the third grade.
:04:24
Do you copy, Anonymous?
:04:31
NARRATOR:
He turnedpro at 17
:04:33
and won the U.S. Nationals
threeyearsin a row.
:04:36
He keptastudio
in the cornerofthe ballroom
:04:40
buthad failed to develop
as apainter.
:04:43
Up... up...
:04:46
right...
:04:47
perfect.
:04:48
Pagoda?
:04:49
NARRATOR:
On weekends
:04:51
Royal tookhim on outings
around the city.
:04:53
(yelling )
:04:54
( dogs barking )
:04:56
Put it out there.
:04:58
NARRATOR:
Theseinvitations
:04:59
were neverextended
to anyone else.