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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 What's she doing?
00:04 How do you cheat on a writing test?
00:06 Miss Parton, front and center.
00:10 What'd I do?
00:12 Not you, sweet Stella Mae.
00:14 You.
00:15 Since you were so interested in talking during your essay test,
00:19 you can be the first one to read yours aloud.
00:21 All right, now, Dolly, please tell us
00:26 who your favorite famous person is and why you admire them.
00:30 Why, that's easy, Miss Moody.
00:33 It's Miss Dolly Parton, rising star of the Grand Ole Opry.
00:39 She was born on a cold winter's night
00:41 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee.
00:43 She was single before she could talk.
00:45 Doc Thomas swore she came out screaming in the TV.
00:48 Yeah, I bet.
00:51 Hey, this is my paper, and I can write what I want.
00:54 You can fail me, Miss Moody, but I get to see my piece,
00:57 don't I?
00:58 Tell me more about this star, Miss Dolly Parton.
01:03 Well, she was always surrounded by music,
01:07 not just her people, no, but by the very mountains themselves.
01:12 What do you mean by that?
01:14 I mean, ever since I was a baby, I always heard it.
01:19 The music.
01:20 Mountains make music that sound like angels singing
01:23 or devils fighting.
01:24 Depending on the weather and her mood.
01:27 She's had a heavenly choir owner ever since.
01:30 And then Miss Moody wrote on my paper, Miss Dolly Parton,
01:35 I think you've got some real potent
01:36 tails for expressing yourself and writing.
01:40 And what exactly do you think she means by that?
01:43 I have no idea, but I know it's good.
01:46 I think she meant potential.
01:49 Dolly has potential as a writer.
01:52 I praise coming from Miss Tallulah Moody.
01:54 She's a college girl, you know.
01:55 She's the smartest woman I know.
01:57 Since when?
01:58 Since she's seen my talent.
02:00 Here, Dolly, try this on, baby.
02:01 I need to see if it's long enough.
02:04 Miss Moody told me to keep working on my paper
02:07 and read it to the class next week.
02:10 Can you have my coat done by then, Mama?
02:12 I got to wear it for my reading.
02:15 Well, I'm going to need something
02:18 extra special for the lining.
02:21 I brought this for you coat, Dolly.
02:24 It's for my wedding dress.
02:26 Oh, thank you, Aunt Estelle.
02:29 It matches my eyes.
02:30 I know.
02:32 I got some old dirty drawers you could have, Dolly.
02:34 Nice color brown to match the dirt behind your ears.
02:37 As Mama worked on that coat, you could
02:39 start to feel the light flowing back
02:41 in our little mountain home.
02:42 Something dark had tried to steal our joy.
02:45 But with every color, every stitch
02:48 that Mama sewed on that coat, the darkness receded
02:51 and the light flooded in.
02:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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