FlashMX- play and stay movie clip

Ok here’s what i’d like to happen.

animated text to swirl out of mouth of person when you click them. This text/animation then proceeds to fill up the space.what i’ve tried [unsuccessfully] is button method that plays a movie clip animation.

face_btn.onRelease = function() {
anima_mc.play()

that part works fine. the animation swirls out when you click the head, but the movie clip disappears after it plays. how do i get it to play then go settle on the bottom and as the head is clicked repeatedly the text fills the stage.
does that make sense? am i thinking about this the right way?
thanks for any assistance.
apologies for cross posting, i accidentally posted to the flashmX forum i think this actionscript forum is probably more appropriate.
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you don’t have to post in more than one section. Someone will get to your post in a little while. :slight_smile: