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>> ALL PARENTS KNOW IF YOU
BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TREE HOUSES.
THEY PROVIDE A REFUGE FOR KIDS
AND PARENTS BUT IT'S BECOMING
QUITE LAUGHIC.
REMEMBER THE NEIGHBORHOOD TREE
HOUSE?
MAYBE IT WAS DOWN YOUR STREET
OR IF YOU'RE LUCKY, RIGHT IN
YOUR OWN BACK YARD.
BUT THE LOWLY HOME SPUN TREE
HOUSE LIKE THE ONES THAT WE
GREW UP WITH■■ ARE BECOMING BIG
BUSINESS.
JUST HOW BIG OF A BUSINESS, YOU
ASK?
TAKE A LOOK.
AT SWINGS N THINGS, IN MISSION
VIEJO, THE SHOW ROOM IS FILLED.
TREE HOUSES CAN COST THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS.
GUESS WHAT?
OWNER■■ORDY GORDON SAYS THEY
ARE ALL HOT SELLERS.
>> THE PRODUCTS ARE POPULAR
WITH PARENTS BECAUSE OF THE
CONVENIENCE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT
HAVE TO PACK UP EVERYTHING THEY
HAVE, GO DOWN TO THE PARK AND
THEY HAVE SOMETHING SAFE BUT
THEY CAN HAVE THEIR KIDS PLAY
IN THEIR OWN BACK YARD.
THIS MODEL IS THE OLYMPIAN TREE
HOUSE, OUR MOST POPULAR BIG
MODEL.
MAIN REASON, THIS ENCLOSED TREE
HOUSE, EVERY KID'S DREAM,
BOYSES OR GIRLS.
THEY WANT TO GO UP THERE, PLAY,
SECRETLY, HIDING FROM MOM AND
DAD AND THEN OF COURSE JUMP
DOWN THE SPIRAL SLIDE.
UNDER HERE THEY CAN PLAY BOARD
GAMES, THERE'S A PICNIC TABLE
SO THEY PLAY BOARD GAMES, EAT
LUNCH, HAVE A FUN TIME.
THERE'S ALSO A BUILT-IN SAND
BOX.
THEN OF COURSE THE PRE-POSITION
MONKEY BAR SWINGSET.
THEY DEVELOP MUSCLES, EYE-HAND
COORDINATION.
UP WE'RE WE HAVE A STEERING
WHEEL, WE CAN PUT A TELESCOPE
THERE, SMART SMALL, BUILD UP.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR CHRISTMAS
AND BIRTHDAYS.
KIDS WILL USE THEM UP TO 1, 12,
13 YEARS OLD.
>> MOST OF THE CLIENTS OPT TO
HAVE TREE HOUSES PROFESSIONALLY
ASSEMBLE■■ BUT DOESN'T THAT TAKE
THE FUN OUT OF IT?
I WAS ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
THAT'S■■ ANTHONY, I■■ CONVINCED
■■E. AND HIS W■■E■■ TO LET ME PT
THEIR NEW SWINGS N THINGS TREE
HAAS TOGETHER.
>> I COULD USE YOUR HELP HERE.
>> NO, ONE MORE TIME, OKAY?
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!■■
I'M SO TIRED.
IS THAT HEAVY YET?
I NEED TO SIT DOWN.
>> I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR HELP,
IF YOU COULD HE@■■ ME THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
>> LET ME GET■■ MY GEAR.
HE HAD GOT AN HEAD START BUT
THERE WAS TIME TO MAKE SURE
THINGS WERE DONE RIGHT.■■■■
RIGHT, BOSS, READY FOR DUTY.
>> WELL, THIS WAS THE LAST
SCREW.
THE BENCH IS DONE.
■■>> YOU'RE SAYING THE BENCH IS
DONE?
>> ALL FINISHED.
>> PERFECT.
I'M HUNGRY.
GOT ANYTHING TO EAT?
>> YOU HAVE FIVE KIDS.
I HAVE A FEELING SOMEHOW THIS
IS GOING■■ TO ATTRACT MORE KIDS
TO YOUR HOUSE.
>> A LOT OF KIDS AROUND THE
STREET COME HERE ANYWAYS.
>> IT SEEMS KIDS ARE SPENDING
SO MUCH TIME IN MOVIE THEATERS,
VIDEO GAMES.
IT MUST BE NICE TO GET YOUR
KIDS BACK OUTSIDE.
>> IT'S AWESOME, TERRIFIC.
EVER SINCE I BUILT■■ THIS TREE
HOUSE A COUPLE DAYS AGO, IT
TOOK FIVE TO SIX HOURS, AND
AFTER IT WAS BUILT THAT'S IT.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.
THE HOUSE IS QUIET.
>> THE TREE HOUSE IS FILLED
WITH SQU■■LS, GIGGLES AND
BESTEL AFTER YOU, A LOT OF JOY.■
THAT'S MY NEW FRIEND.
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>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> DID YOU HAVE ONE?
>> WE HAD A PLATFORM IN THE
TREE LIKE THIS.
>> WE USED TO PITCH A TENT.
>> THERE'S GREAT PARK EQUIPMENT
AT PUBLIC PARKS NOW TOO.
BUT THAT'S REALLY NICE.
>> CAN YOU GET CABLE IN THOSE?
>> YOU PROBABLY COULD, A BIG
OLD BIG SCREEN, THAT DEFEATS