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01:20As close-knit and self-sufficient as our family was,
01:24still, neighbors were very important in those days when we were growing up on Walton's Mountain.
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01:46Harold!
01:48Hey, Harold!
01:51What does Harold think he's doing?
01:54He's walking Aaron to school.
01:56Come on, boy.
01:57He wants to walk Aaron to school.
01:59Why does he stay way over there?
02:01I guess that's just Harold's way.
02:03Seems silly to me.
02:04I guess it seems silly to everybody except for Harold and Aaron.
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02:11Don't laugh!
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02:14Come on, come on.
02:17There were families like ourselves struggling to keep the land we owned,
02:22and there were tenant farmers at the mercy of the weather, crop prices, and absentee landlords.
02:29Hi, Beth Ann.
02:31Hi.
02:32Hi.
02:33What are you doing?
02:34We're moving.
02:35You're moving?
02:36Why?
02:37Daddy says the place doesn't belong to us anymore.
02:39Beth Ann?
02:40Who does it belong to?
02:41All I know is it's something about taxes.
02:43Beth Ann?
02:45Well, where will you be going?
02:47Some other place.
02:51I've got to help Mama.
02:53Bye.
02:55Bye.
03:00Bye, Saramay.
03:01Bye, Saramay.
03:02Bye, Saramay.
03:03You can always live here.
03:05Bye-bye.
03:06This would be awful.
03:07We'd just have to package everything we own and build some strange place.
03:10Is he with me?
03:11Come on.
03:42Help!
03:53Harold, I made you something.
03:55What is it?
03:57See for yourself.
04:01Aren't you going to open it?
04:05Hey.
04:06Come on, Charlie.
04:09Charlie, you give it back.
04:10Harold, do something.
04:15Hey, look what you gave to Harold.
04:18A fancy hanky with his initials on it.
04:21Harold, don't just sit there.
04:22Do something.
04:24Ow, my back.
04:25Ow.
04:26And there's a note.
04:27Don't you dare read that note.
04:29Give it back to me.
04:31Give it back.
04:32Give it back to me.
04:33Give it to me.
04:34Do something.
04:41To my brave knight from his lady fair.
04:45Here, sir knight, blow your brave nose.
04:48Give it to me.
04:55Come on, Aaron.
04:56Don't let it bother you.
05:11I think she's still in love with Harold Beasley.
05:14I think Beasley's a goop.
05:17I'm going to order us some of these newfangled soybeans.
05:20The problem with Aaron is that she just thinks
05:22Harold Beasley's something out of King Arthur's court.
05:26Today she found out he's just plain old Harold Beasley.
05:28That's right.
05:29I think I'll go up and talk to her.
05:31Don't anybody eat my pie.
05:34What's this I hear about Harold Beasley?
05:36I don't know.
05:37Here's my pie.
05:39What's this I hear about the Littlefields losing their farm?
05:42That's right, Grandma.
05:43They moved out this morning.
05:44Oh, good Lord.
05:46Daddy, the Littlefields have lived here
05:48just about as long as we have, haven't they?
05:50What's going to happen to the farm?
05:51Graham Foster paid the taxes.
05:53He's taking it over.
05:54Graham Foster.
05:55If this depression lasts any longer,
05:57he'll own half the country.
05:58Oh, that's right, honey.
06:01Yes, sir.
06:03Excuse me.
06:04Here you go.
06:05Get some more pie.
06:06He's going to get up tomorrow
06:07and get himself a rent collector right here.
06:09How much does a job like that pay?
06:11Five percent of what you collect,
06:13if you can believe that.
06:17Can we go out and play?
06:18After you finish the pie there.
06:20Everybody got a piece?
06:22Let's go up in the tree.
06:23Let's go.
06:24Have you finished?
06:25Yeah, we're finished.
06:26All right.
06:27How do you hear?
06:37Hey, boy!
06:43You better shake a leg.
06:44I figure Brannigan's Hill
06:45is going to be about the best place.
06:46You can go to Brannigan's Hill if you want to.
06:48I'm headed for John Boy's Meadow.
06:50If I'd have said John Boy's Meadow,
06:51you'd have said Brannigan's Hill.
06:53Ellen, you may not have all my pots.
06:56All right, here.
06:57Sorry, Mama.
06:58Here you go.
06:59Give me some of the big one.
07:00All right, I'll leave you to it.
07:02Oh!
07:06Wait a minute, Karen.
07:07Where's your hand?
07:12Did you ask Karen if she wants to go
07:13berry picking with you?
07:14She'd rather stay home and mope
07:15about dumb old Harold Beasley.
07:17Well, ask her.
07:19Mama.
07:20Nicely.
07:27Come and go berry picking, Karen.
07:29No, thanks.
07:32You think if you hang around here,
07:33Harold Beasley's going to come and apologize?
07:35Maybe he will.
07:37He'll say it a lot sooner
07:38if he gets the notion that you don't give it to him.
07:40That doesn't make sense.
07:44Stop worrying about Harold.
07:45Let him worry about you.
07:47Come on.
08:02Grandma!
08:03The bear went up the mountain.
08:05The bear went up the mountain.
08:07The bear went up the mountain.
08:09What do you think he saw?
08:11He saw another mountain.
08:13He saw another mountain.
08:15He saw another mountain.
08:17What do you think he did?
08:19He climbed the other mountain.
08:21He climbed the other mountain.
08:23Climbed the other mountain.
08:25What do you think he did?
08:27What?
08:28You sure I'm not proud of you?
08:29You're not either.
08:30He saw another mountain.
08:32What do you think he did?
08:34He climbed the other mountain.
08:36Don't look now.
08:37The girl's right over there.
08:38What?
08:39What did I tell you?
08:40He climbed the other mountain.
08:42He climbed the other mountain.
09:01Excuse me, sir.
09:03Good morning.
09:04What can I do for you?
09:05I'm looking for Mr. Graham Foster.
09:07Well, you found him.
09:08Who are you?
09:09John Walton.
09:10John Walton's son.
09:16Well, what was it you wanted to see me about, John Walton?
09:21Well, sir, I'd like to be considered for the job of being your rent collector.
09:27Two or three are already after the job.
09:29Well...
09:32You must still be in school.
09:35Yes, sir, I am, but I think I could do a good job for you,
09:37and I'd appreciate the chance to earn some money just now.
09:40Did your daddy know you were after this job?
09:42No, sir.
09:45Do you understand what's involved?
09:47Well...
09:48Collecting the rents from 18 tenants the first of every month.
09:52Checking my properties to see that none are being damaged.
09:56And finding new tenants for farms.
09:59Such as this.
10:02Well, I think I could do that.
10:04And if you need, I can get you recommendations from Ike Godsey and Sheriff Bridges and Reverend Fordwick and...
10:09Well, I don't know.
10:11If it doesn't work out, you could always fire me.
10:15Tell you what.
10:17I'm going to put you on trial.
10:19And I'm going to speak to Ike and the sheriff.
10:23They better give you a good report.
10:25Thank you, sir.
10:26Ordinarily, I wouldn't be considering anybody as young as you.
10:30But John Walton's son...
10:32That's something different.
10:36Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.
10:37You're welcome, son.
10:45Ben, you're eating more than you're putting in your bucket.
10:47I have to check and make sure they're right.
10:49Mom is counting on some of these berries to make jelly.
10:51It would be nice if we had some we could sell.
10:53This is fun.
10:56Yeah.
11:07Walt, we better get going.
11:09Where's Erin?
11:10She went mooning off over there.
11:12Erin?
11:18I'm coming.
11:22Erin?
11:24Erin?
11:25Erin?
11:26Erin?
11:31Erin?
11:35Erin?
11:36Erin?
11:37Erin?
11:42Erin?
11:48Don't be afraid.
11:50I won't hurt you.
11:53Don't be afraid.
11:58Hi.
11:59Where's your mama?
12:03Don't worry.
12:05I'll take care of you.
12:09I'll take care of you.
12:23I got a job!
12:24Hold it, son!
12:30I got me a job!
12:32What did you say?
12:33I got it! I got it!
12:35I got a job.
12:37I've been trying to figure out a new way to get this encyclopedia down at Ike's.
12:40Now I know how I can do it.
12:42What kind of a job is it, son?
12:44You're looking at the new rent collector for Mr. Grant.
12:46He's got a job.
12:48He's got a job.
12:50He's got a job.
12:52Rent collector for Mr. Graham Foster.
12:54Uh-oh.
12:57Didn't really expect to get that kind of a job.
13:02Of course, it's just a trial, really.
13:05I don't think he would have given me the job if it wasn't for the fact that I was your son.
13:10Uh-huh.
13:14What's wrong?
13:16I wish you'd asked me about it first, son.
13:19I do believe he has a grudge against our family.
13:22I keep an eye on him if I were you, son.
13:25Why?
13:26Well, your daddy and I had to testify in court against that clan.
13:30Foster clan's been in on one sharp land deal after another, son, ever since they come into this county.
13:35It had most of it by now if we hadn't stopped their trickery.
13:39Suppose I do a good job at it.
13:41Your idea and his idea might be different about what a good job is, son.
13:46Look, Daddy, if you're telling me not to take this job, then I won't take the job.
13:51No, I'm not telling you that. I just want to warn you what you're in for.
13:54Hey, well, then, if it's all the same to you, I think I'll try and see what happens.
14:00Keep going, Pa.
14:08I reckon if you behave yourself, you might scare her.
14:11I think it's Mama left her over there just so he'd be safe from dogs.
14:14How old do you think he is, Grandpa?
14:16Well, it's hard to tell. Still got his baby spots. I don't believe it's hardly been weaned for long.
14:21Yeah, a fawn that size usually stays pretty close to its mother, doesn't it?
14:25Maybe he ran away from home.
14:26Yeah, for its own protection, you know.
14:28We did see the game warden up there.
14:30Game warden?
14:31Yeah, said he was looking for poachers.
14:33Heard some guns, too.
14:34Is this about guns?
14:35A fawn.
14:36We thought maybe the mama could have been shot.
14:38Poor little thing.
14:39Oh, for heaven's sake.
14:41They just lie in there shivering.
14:43Well, if he's an orphan, he could do with a name.
14:45How about Skeezix?
14:46No, orphanin'.
14:48He's a boy.
14:49How about Greedy?
14:50Lancelot.
14:51What kind of a name is that for a deer?
14:53I think that's a pretty good name for a deer.
14:55He's mine, and his name is Lancelot.
14:57He's not yours, Erin. He's not anybody's.
15:00Well, if I'm gonna collect any rent, I better be on the move.
15:03Well, good luck on that job, John boy.
15:05See you later.
15:06Bye.
15:07You found him and you fed him, but as soon as he's strong enough, he has to go back where he belongs.
15:10No.
15:11No.
15:12He's a wild animal.
15:13No, he's not. See how gentle he is?
15:15You'll find out how gentle he is as soon as his strength gets back in them hind legs.
15:19There are a lot of things this place needs, but a deer is not one of them.
15:22Once you start interfering with nature, you find yourself in a mess of trouble.
15:26Get those in the house before you eat them all.
15:28Come on.
15:29Erin, did you hear what your grandpa said?
15:30What?
15:31We are not gonna be able to keep him.
15:33But, mama, he's begging to stay.
15:37Well, it's too late to do anything about it now.
15:39We'll give him a day or two, but don't you get too attached to him.
15:42He's got to go.
15:49Where's he gonna sleep?
15:51On either my bed.
15:52Oh, no. In the barn.
15:54But, mama, he'll be miserable out there all by himself in the dark.
15:57Deer like the dark.
15:58He stays in the barn or he doesn't stay.
16:09I don't know.
16:39Guess what, Lance. I'm gonna sleep with you here all night.
17:10Bye-bye, daddy.
17:11Bye, daddy.
17:12Bye-bye, son.
17:13Bye, daddy.
17:14Bye, daddy.
17:15Bye, daddy.
17:16Jim, Bobby, study hard, you hear?
17:18Sure.
17:20Erin, you're not to take that deer to school.
17:23But, daddy, I want to show him to everybody.
17:25It's not a toy to be paraded around.
17:28Oh, but he'll be so lonely here.
17:30You put him back in the barn.
17:36Hey, Dan, how's the truck doing?
17:38Just take her with it, son. It's fine.
17:40Well, I'd like to borrow it after school if I can.
17:42I gotta collect some more rents over on the other side of the mountain.
17:46All right, son. Good luck.
17:52Now, honey, that deer's gonna be just as happy to see you when you get home.
17:57Okay.
17:59Bye-bye.
18:00Bye, honey.
18:08Bye-bye.
18:17Hey, Mr. Roswell.
18:18Hi, boy.
18:20How are you, sir?
18:21Dan?
18:22Fine.
18:23Good.
18:24How's your folks?
18:26Oh, everyone's fine.
18:27Is Granddad catching any fish?
18:30Yeah, he caught a carp the other day, last week.
18:33Got away from it, though.
18:35Says it's the biggest fish he'd ever seen.
18:37Says it was the size of a young calf.
18:41Takes a heavy line to catch a carp.
18:46It's not the best eating fish, in my opinion.
18:49I could eat a catfish about every day.
18:52Don't think I'd walk near that door for carp.
18:58How's everybody around here?
19:00Well, wife's laid up with pleurisy.
19:04She's been doctoring herself with them mutton tallow poultices.
19:07I'd rather have the pleurisy than be doctored with that mutton tallow.
19:17Something I can do for you, son?
19:21Uh...
19:24Mr. Roswell, I got me a new job.
19:26Well, my hat's off to you.
19:28Anybody can find a job these days, John.
19:34I'm collecting the rent for Mr. Graham Foster.
19:40I don't have any kind of experience at this line of work.
19:54Nine dollars.
19:56Now, I know he ordered you to get fifteen dollars,
19:59but I don't have fifteen dollars.
20:01And I wouldn't give it to you if I did have it.
20:03Now, the barley prices are cut in half,
20:05the egg prices are dropping every day,
20:07everything's down except the rent he charges.
20:10Mr. Roswell, I...
20:11You take it, nine dollars, right here.
20:13And if Mr. Foster wants to put us out, he can.
20:17Look, I'm certain that if you'd just explain to him...
20:20You explain to him.
20:22It's your job, ain't it?
20:24Well, if you'd just try to make him understand.
20:26Well, if you'd just try to make him understand.
20:49Stop that, you four-legged imp!
20:52Now, look what you've done!
20:54Oh, my! Stop it!
20:56Stop! Go on!
20:58Oh, look at this!
21:00What happened?
21:02That deer, he pulled down the line,
21:04now everything has to be done over again.
21:06Come on, animal.
21:07They call that a deer? It's a goat!
21:25I don't suppose he said anything about fixing the roof.
21:29No, ma'am.
21:31Two years now, we've been asking.
21:34I swear, it isn't so bad, in winter and when it rains.
21:38You mean your roof leaks?
21:40That's what put the mister in bed.
21:42We were both soaked that last heavy storm,
21:45trying to move things.
21:47No, ma'am.
21:48No, ma'am.
21:49No, ma'am.
21:51No, ma'am.
21:52No, ma'am.
21:54I'm going to speak to Mr. Foster about this,
21:57and I'm sure we'll fix your roof up right away.
21:59Are you sure of that?
22:03Yes, ma'am.
22:07You are young.
22:15He ate two whole rows of peas,
22:16cropped them right to the ground.
22:18Well, how do you know it wasn't rabbits?
22:19Zeb caught him in the act.
22:20Mama, he'll be good from now on, I promise.
22:22How can you promise that?
22:23He's a wild thing.
22:24He just does what nature tells him.
22:26Well, I've trained him to behave.
22:27He'll learn.
22:29You're so hotbed on having a pet.
22:30Why don't you get yourself a nice little kitten?
22:31Mama, I don't want a kitten.
22:32I want Lance.
22:34I'll do anything to make up for the harm he's done.
22:35Just anything.
22:36But don't take Lance away from me.
22:37I'll tie him up.
22:39How are we going to make that child understand
22:40that she's got to let him go?
22:42Come on.
22:43Pour.
22:44And then use the spoon on the scrapings.
22:46Want to hang him on grass, son?
22:48No, no, no, no.
22:49You better clean up one mess before she starts another.
22:51Come on.
22:53I'm not mad at you, Lance.
22:55But you've got to be good.
22:56Really good.
22:57Are you listening to me?
22:58Because if you're not good, I'm going to lose you for sure.
23:03Hi, Aaron.
23:04Hi, Grandpa.
23:05Nice to see you.
23:07Oh, he's a beauty.
23:09Mm-hmm.
23:10Found him up on the mountain.
23:11He was alone and scared.
23:12But he's okay now.
23:14Aaron, I'm sorry.
23:15The warden tells me it's illegal
23:16for a private person to keep a deer.
23:19Illegal?
23:21I'm afraid that's right, Aaron.
23:22You'll have to turn him loose.
23:25You just wait till my daddy gets home.
23:27It's the law, Aaron.
23:29Your daddy and nobody else can interfere.
23:44When did you get home?
23:46Just a little while ago.
23:50Okay.
23:54Mama.
23:55Mama, this is terrible.
23:57Lots of people don't have the money.
23:58Everybody gets upset like it's my fault
24:00that the rent's too high
24:01and the places need fixing up.
24:03It makes me feel like some kind of a criminal.
24:05You have to be kind of callous to do that job.
24:07I'm just not cut out for it.
24:08I'm going to quit tomorrow.
24:09That's what I'm going to do.
24:11That's probably a good idea.
24:12Of course, I hate to quit, you know.
24:14I mean, those tenants need somebody
24:15who can speak up for them.
24:17I think maybe I could do that kind of thing.
24:19That's good.
24:21Maybe I ought to just give it another try.
24:24Good.
24:27Thanks, Mama.
24:28You're welcome.
24:44I thought you might need this.
24:46Why can't I keep them, Mama?
24:49We have been over and over that.
24:52You knew he had to leave in a few days
24:53and tomorrow's the day.
24:55But why?
24:57Because that's the way things are.
24:59No, Lance is different.
25:01He needs somebody to take care of him.
25:03He hasn't got anybody else, Mama.
25:05What'll happen to him?
25:07Just fine.
25:08I know he won't.
25:09I'd just like to take Lance and run away from home.
25:12What good would that do him?
25:15We'd be together
25:16and I could take care of him.
25:17Who'd take care of you?
25:19I don't care.
25:21Mama, I know he'll die out in the woods all by himself.
25:26Aaron, the reason you are so upset
25:29is because you need Lance much, much more
25:32than he needs you.
25:34Now, he has got to go back where he belongs
25:37and you have got to get rid of the notion
25:39that he can't manage without you.
25:41He can and he will.
25:42He can and he will.
25:48Aaron.
26:07Good night, Aaron.
26:12Good night.
26:28Poor Aaron.
26:29She's so unhappy.
26:31Lance acts like he knows something's going on.
26:34We can have dogs and cats and cows and chickens.
26:37Why can't we have a deer?
26:39Don't ask me. I didn't make up the dumb law.
26:40What time is Mr. Hennessey coming?
26:42He said sometime this afternoon.
26:44Is Aaron going to stay in the barn all day?
26:46I'll see if I can get her to come out.
26:51Aaron, come on out.
26:53No, I want to stay with Lance.
26:58Come on, Elizabeth. I've got an idea.
27:01I think I'll go talk to Mama.
27:10Hey, I've got two cents.
27:12Let's go to Ike's and get Aaron some of that liquor she likes.
27:14Yeah. Come on.
27:22And on time, too.
27:25Hard to find a punctual man in these parts.
27:30So, how'd you do with the job?
27:35Well, sir.
27:38Here, I'll let you be the judge of that.
27:41Well, what have we here?
27:44A handwritten report.
27:47I'm impressed.
27:50Rents due, rents collected.
27:55Agent's commission.
27:57Mustn't forget that.
28:01Recommendation.
28:03All right.
28:05I've read the figures.
28:07Now, where's my cash?
28:11Here it is.
28:14There's $190 there.
28:18$190?
28:20Yes, sir.
28:21Where's the rest of it?
28:24That's all of it.
28:25Where's the rest of it?
28:28That's all of it.
28:32That is not all of it.
28:35There's $208 due me.
28:38You're $18 short.
28:40Sir, this is all itemized in the list here.
28:43The point is, you're $18 short in your collections.
28:47Well, Mr. Roswell says that the rents are too high compared with other prices.
28:51And Mrs. Crawford wouldn't even give me a penny till I had the roof fixed.
28:53I'm not interested in excuses.
28:57I contracted with you to collect all my rents, not part of them.
29:03And how come you haven't found a new tenant for this place?
29:06Sir, I've shown this to several people, but no one's going to rent it until it gets fixed up some.
29:11Like the Tennyson's chimney and the Crawford's roof?
29:14Yes, sir.
29:16You do a better job telling me how to spend my money than you do collecting it.
29:18Mr. Foster, as your agent, I felt I had some responsibility to the tenants.
29:22I'm not operating a charity.
29:29I'm disappointed in you, son.
29:33Sir, I did my best.
29:35That's not good enough.
29:37Not nearly.
29:39I hoped you might be different.
29:41It's plain you're your daddy's son.
29:44Yes, sir, I am.
29:45I'm proud of that fact, too.
29:48The Walton pride.
29:51Very poor collateral, if you ask me.
29:56I'll have to find someone else.
29:59I'd like my wages, sir.
30:02You didn't earn any wages.
30:05I collected $190, sir.
30:085% of $190 is $9.50.
30:12I'd like my wages.
30:13You were short $18.
30:16Now take away the $9.50 you claim.
30:19By my calculations, you still owe me $8.50.
30:23I want my wages, sir.
30:26You didn't fulfill the contract.
30:29So, I don't owe you a cent.
30:35I should have listened.
30:39To your father?
30:41To your father?
30:44Go right on listening to John Walton,
30:47and you'll end up just like him.
30:55Keep your wages.
31:00Aaron?
31:02Aaron?
31:05Aaron?
31:08Aaron?
31:10Aaron?
31:18Aaron.
31:21Are you feeling sorry for that deer or for yourself?
31:25Please leave me alone, Gran. I'm not bothering anyone.
31:28You're bothering me.
31:30Feeling sorry for yourself is just a waste of time.
31:34And believe me, time's too precious to waste.
31:38Well, if you're just going to sit there and do nothing,
31:41at least I'm going to help you keep busy. Come on.
31:45Come on.
31:47I just can't stop thinking about him going away, Grandma.
31:50And if he'll be alright.
31:52Just give yourself a chance, child.
31:56Now you keep busy.
32:08Aaron?
32:11Aaron?
32:13Aaron?
32:15I'd just like to be alone with Lance.
32:17Okay, but we've got something for you.
32:19It's for you.
32:21Makeup for Lance?
32:23We'll take it up and put it in your room for you.
32:25He'll like it. You can do anything you want.
32:28Thanks, Elizabeth.
32:30See you later.
32:38Hi, kids.
32:40Go away.
32:42Treat your frog instead. It's a throw bread.
32:45I don't have my frog cage.
32:47We're going to get reckless to eat you up.
32:50I'll get him, Mr. Hennessey.
32:52How do, Miss Walton?
32:54Aaron, Mr. Hennessey's here.
32:56No, Mama. He can't have Lance.
32:58Aaron, you bring that deer out here right now, please.
33:02She's very upset.
33:04She's very upset.
33:26You do understand.
33:28If we don't get this animal back where he belongs,
33:30he'll soon forget where he came from.
33:31Come on.
33:33Yeah, but she's just a little girl,
33:35and she can't quite let herself believe that.
33:37Easy, boy.
34:01Come on.
34:26What a night.
34:28Aaron won't come out of her room,
34:29unless the kids won't eat.
34:31You haven't said a word since you got home.
34:35I'm sorry. I just got a lot on my mind.
34:38You certainly were right about Graham Foster.
34:41Was it bad, son?
34:44It was terrible.
34:47You still working for him?
34:49Nope. He fired me.
34:52Did he pay you?
34:54Nope. He never intended to.
34:56You know, Daddy, when you're right, you're right.
34:59And right in this case doesn't give me any pleasure, son.
35:03You want me to have a talk with him?
35:09No.
35:11Well, you don't have to do anything.
35:14I made a fool out of myself today, and I know that now.
35:18Graham Foster's real good at making people feel foolish, son.
35:21Well, he taught me a lot.
35:25I want to see if I can't take some of what I learned
35:28and use it to get what's due me.
35:33If you need my help, you just let me know.
35:51Mom!
36:22Mama! Daddy!
36:24Mama, Daddy, something terrible's happened to Lance.
36:26What's wrong, honey?
36:28Something's happened to Lance.
36:30Sweetheart, he'll be fine.
36:32No, I know something awful's happened to him.
36:34It'll take him a while to get used to the woods, but he's going to be all right.
36:37I've got to go find him.
36:39Aaron, a deer is where he belongs.
36:41Daddy, please, I can let Lance go as soon as I know he's okay.
36:47Mama, sometimes don't you have feelings for the people you care for?
36:49And don't you have to do what those feelings tell you?
36:52We can't go thrashing around in the middle of the night, honey.
36:54We don't even know where Hennessy put the deer.
36:56Couldn't you ask him, Daddy? Please?
37:06All right, first thing in the morning.
37:08Thank you, Daddy.
37:11Now get some sleep, honey.
37:13Stop worrying.
37:19Good night.
37:42It's only a fawn.
37:44Eat his meat, Lester.
37:46I hiked in about a mile and set him loose up by a creek up here,
37:50where I saw some deer tracks.
37:52Of course, he could be on the other side of the mountain by now.
37:55Give it a try.
37:59Lance!
38:05Lance, where are you?
38:15Lance!
38:19Lance!
38:28Lance!
38:32Lance!
38:38Police! Police!
38:40I have a feeling it's the police!
38:42Police!
38:46Daddy, it's hurt!
38:51I think it's just grazed.
38:53Come on. Come on.
38:56Now you boys just bring those guns on up here to me.
38:59You won't be using them for a while.
39:01Come on! Get up here!
39:08I'm ashamed of you boys.
39:10He's going to be fine in a couple of days, honey.
39:13Mr. Hennis, he might not have caught those poachers if it wasn't for Lance.
39:17That's right. Lance is a hero.
39:20Right now, he needs plenty of peace and quiet.
39:28I'm glad I was there when you needed me, Lance.
39:34Come in soon, honey. Get cleaned up.
39:36Come in soon, honey. Get cleaned up.
39:38Patty?
39:41What?
39:43I think I got an idea how I can get what's due me.
39:46Is it a good idea?
39:48Jason seems to think so.
39:52If it's all right with you, I'd like to borrow him and the truck for a couple of hours.
39:56Got it.
40:00Jason!
40:03No, I'm glad we're doing this.
40:04Kind of makes me feel better about the little feels having to leave.
40:07Yeah, I know what you mean, Jason.
40:10I don't believe it. I just don't believe it.
40:15I thought if we were ever going to have a roof over our heads, we'd have to find money for it ourselves.
40:21Well, Jason and I are going to do it for you right now.
40:24However did you persuade Graham Foster to do this?
40:28Excuse me.
40:30Well, if you're going to be a good landlord, you've got to be able to give as well as take, I reckon.
40:33Excuse me.
40:34Graham Foster said that?
40:36Well, not exactly those words, but the important thing is that you're going to have a new roof over your head.
40:40Yes, I was wrong about you, young boy.
40:43How do you mean?
40:45You're not as young as you look.
40:47Well, ma'am.
40:49Excuse me.
40:50Sure.
40:53Yes, well, ma'am, you realize now I'm going to be obliged to ask you for the rent you owe.
40:57And I'll be obliged to pay it to you.
41:00Excuse me.
41:03Come on, Jason, let's get to work.
41:05Erin, I've been thinking about you and your friend here.
41:08It's a special case, but there's just no way under the law I can let you keep that deer.
41:14Are you sure?
41:16I'm afraid not.
41:18But as a compromise, we could turn Lance loose in the state game park.
41:22Oh, well.
41:24Well, of course he would be protected off and sin.
41:27Maybe I could go see him sometime.
41:29That's the idea.
41:30Of course, it's up to you.
41:32I'll tell you what, I'll give you a couple of days to think about it.
41:36You make up your mind, then I'll come and pick him up.
41:39You'd be safe, Lance, and I wouldn't really be losing you.
41:42Well, I've got to get back to work.
41:46I'll see you in a couple of days.
41:48Come on, Lance.
41:49Thanks.
42:00Come on, son, I'm in a hurry.
42:02I'd like to talk to you for just a minute, sir.
42:04Well, if you're back to ask for money, don't waste your time.
42:10I did a pretty foolish thing the other day, I know that.
42:13If you're going to get ahead in the world, you're going to have to find a better way to turn the tables on someone.
42:18Well, I think I may have found a way, sir.
42:22I've got a little something for you here.
42:24What's that?
42:26One dollar and 83 cents.
42:28I collected the Crawford's rent.
42:30I spent six dollars and 67 cents for roofing, nails and pitch for their new roof.
42:35You had no right to spend that money.
42:37Then I deducted nine dollars and 50 cents for my work as your agent.
42:41That left a balance of one dollar and 83 cents.
42:58And I had you figured for a woolly lamb.
43:04Well, I think I aged considerable working for you, sir.
43:10I might just give you another chance.
43:15Now that you know the rules.
43:18Well, I'd like to take you up on it, sir, but I wouldn't want to get myself hung.
43:23Thanks all the same.
43:36That's quite a bit of money, son.
43:38It's the hardest 950 I'll ever earn.
43:41How do you feel?
43:43I feel good. Graham Foster doesn't feel so good, though.
43:45He's not used to being taken.
43:47He wanted to give me a second chance, but I've had enough rent collecting to last me the rest of my life.
43:52Someday I'm going to write a story about that man.
43:54Someday you ought to write a story about your poor sister and that deer.
43:58How's she doing?
44:00She's still out in the barn with him, feeling miserable.
44:02I thought Hennessy was supposed to come by and pick him up or something.
44:05He is, sometime today, finally.
44:12Getting him ready for his trip?
44:15I don't think he likes me to brush him anymore.
44:18He's growing up.
44:20He'll probably never be brushed after today.
44:22I'm not too sure about that, honey.
44:24From what I've seen, they sort of pamper their animals up there.
44:28I hope Lance will like it there.
44:32Well, he'll be contented, maybe.
44:35But he won't know what it's all about.
44:38He'll never know the pleasure of running free and picking out a mate.
44:43And grazing in the high, wild pastures.
44:48He'll be safe. That's all I care about.
44:50It is the best thing for him to go to the park, isn't it, Grandpa?
44:54Well, I don't know that I could answer that question, honey.
44:58You know, there's a lot of people that think they know everything about wild animals.
45:02Me, I'm not too sure.
45:05I think sometimes it's best for them to live out their life in their own way.
45:10With all the dangers?
45:12And all the pleasures.
45:21Hiya, hen.
45:23Hi, Mr. Hennessey.
45:25Hi, how are you?
45:27My passenger ready?
45:29Well, Erin has fetched him out.
45:31Taking it all right, is she?
45:33Well...
45:37All set.
45:50Mr. Hennessey,
45:52do you think it would be better for Lance to go to the park,
45:56or to be free in the forest?
45:59I don't know, Erin.
46:01It's hard to say. They do get awful fat and lazy in those parks.
46:07They seem happy enough, though.
46:09If Hennessey lands up in the park,
46:12it would be the best thing for me,
46:14because I know he'd be safe,
46:16well fed,
46:18and maybe I could go see him sometime.
46:20You think that can be arranged?
46:22But I don't think that would be the best thing for Lance.
46:24I want him to go free.
46:29Okay, let's go.
46:31Mr. Hennessey,
46:33I'd like to set Lance free all by myself, please.
46:36All right, Erin.
46:51Go on, Lance. It's the law.
46:53You've got to be free.
47:00Go on.
47:05Lance!
47:09Please go, Lance.
47:20Go on.
47:30My sister Erin gave Lance his freedom,
47:33and he took it gratefully.
47:36Bye, Lance.
47:38We never did see him again,
47:40although two years later we did glimpse a doe and a fawn.
47:44The little one looked so much like Lance,
47:47we told ourselves that this must be his son.
47:51Erin decided to give boys another chance,
47:54and if Harold Beasley wasn't exactly a knight in shining armor,
47:58he was devoted and persistent.
48:16I never regretted my brief fling as a man of business.
48:20When I'm reminded from time to time
48:23of the lessons Graham Foster taught me,
48:25memory carries me back to that depression time
48:28and the voices of my family.
48:31Wish today could just go on and on.
48:33Sounds like you must have had a good time.
48:35Guess this was the best day of my whole life,
48:37and now it's almost over.
48:39Well, tomorrow may be just as good.
48:41That's right, or even better.
48:43Good night, Jim Bob.
48:45By the way, where's that frog?
48:47Gee, Mama, I don't know. It was here a minute ago.
48:48Good night.
48:50Oh, Lord. Good night.
48:52Good night.
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