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01:19The Depression years were hard ones for just about everybody in the country.
01:23Our family had little money and few luxuries,
01:26but we did have food on the table and clean clothes to wear,
01:30even if they were mostly hand-me-downs,
01:33and a bountiful supply of love to sustain our household.
01:37Other families were not as fortunate as we were,
01:40and I remember how my mother and father
01:42occasionally invited a child from the Jefferson County Orphanage
01:45to share our life on Walton's Mountain.
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01:55They're here!
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02:04They're here!
02:06Yeah, they're out there.
02:10Hey, everybody!
02:13Well, now, what do we got here?
02:16Come on, Stevie, we're here.
02:18Stevie, say hello to Grandpa, Grandma, John-boy,
02:22Elizabeth, Jason.
02:25You'll learn to rest later.
02:27Powerful lot of people to remember, isn't it?
02:29What's the matter, boy? The cat got your tongue?
02:32Now, adjust it.
02:34Come on out here, young man.
02:36Got a lot of things around here to show you.
02:38Can I show him the treehouse?
02:39I want to show him Chance.
02:41What a seen old cow. Let's go to the swimming hole.
02:44I don't want to.
02:45Don't want to what?
02:47I don't think Stevie wants to do anything right now.
02:49The first thing we got to do is get him settled.
02:51John-boy, will you take his bag up to the boys' room, please?
02:53Here we are.
02:54Come on, Stevie, let's go.
02:55No, it's mine!
02:56Well, all right, then, you take it if you want it.
02:58Come on, fellas, let's show him upstairs,
03:00make him feel at home.
03:02Right here.
03:07Right up these stairs.
03:10There you go.
03:13Now, Stevie, here's your room and there's your bed.
03:17Stevie, if you'd like, I'll clear some room in the closet for your clothes.
03:21Here, I'll clear half of my drawer for your stuff.
03:24Don't want my stuff safer here.
03:27What all you got in there anyway?
03:29None of your business.
03:31Look, fellas, why don't you just go on downstairs?
03:33We'll meet you down there in a minute, okay?
03:35See you around, Stevie.
03:38See you, fellas.
03:39Yes, sir.
03:44Stevie, I know how you feel, I think.
03:46You probably feel kind of lonely and strange and new,
03:49but I'll bet you're gonna like it here once you get used to it.
03:52I've never stayed in a place long enough to get used to it.
03:58Well...
04:01Stevie, while you're here, I want you to feel at home.
04:07I don't want to be here with all of them.
04:09They're just kids.
04:11Yeah, that's true, they are, but you are too,
04:13so why don't you just try to get along with them?
04:15They're next to nothing to me.
04:18Look, they really do want to be your friends.
04:20Why don't you just give them a chance?
04:22Yeah, sure.
04:29Look, I've got to do some work down at the sawmill.
04:31You want to come with me?
04:32Do I have to?
04:33No.
04:34Oh, well.
04:35Okay, see you later.
04:45Hey.
04:46Hiya.
04:48Stevie okay?
04:49Well, he'll be okay as soon as he figures out where he is.
04:55He ought to get along real fine, take a little time to adjust.
04:58Must be hard to get along with all that gaggly geese in there.
05:01I reckon.
05:03Listen, Daddy, I'm a little behind.
05:05Can I borrow the truck to go up to the Norton's?
05:07Where's Curtis?
05:08He's not too well, his hand's still bothering him.
05:10Doctor says the bandages have to be on for another week or two.
05:13Must have burned his hand real bad.
05:14Yeah, second degree, the doctor said.
05:16What about the truck?
05:18All right.
05:20I'll see you later.
05:21Hey, drive careful.
05:27Sorry I can't give you more of a hand, John boy.
05:29Oh, that's all right.
05:31That's right when the shoe starts to change shape.
05:51Well, I'm back.
05:53I can see that, honey.
05:55You wearing them clothes this morning?
05:57No, isn't that beautiful?
05:59It's a genuine copy of a dress Janet Gaynor wore in her latest picture.
06:03I'll take those.
06:04Oh, Curtis, don't leave the driver waiting.
06:07How much is he?
06:08Uh, $2.25, but give him three because he's been real nice.
06:12We just chatted the whole way out.
06:14Taxi all the way from Charlottesville?
06:16I mean, couldn't you take a bus to Hickory Creek?
06:18With all my bundles?
06:19Yeah, that's another thing.
06:20And that dress, now we can't afford to...
06:22Curtis, please.
06:23Not in front of strangers.
06:29Annie. Annie.
06:31If you have anything more you want to discuss with me, Curtis Norton,
06:34please, do so in the privacy of our home.
06:37Annie.
06:39Ann.
06:41I want you to be happy.
06:43I mean, I'd be purely willing to give you anything your heart desires.
06:47But at the same time, money doesn't exactly grow on trees.
06:50Oh, I thought it did.
07:00Curtis, what's the matter?
07:08I'm real worried, John boy.
07:11It's the same kind of feeling I had when Annie first came here.
07:14It looked like she wasn't going to stay.
07:17Things are different now.
07:19Yeah, I thought so too.
07:22But here lately, she's...
07:25She's moody all the time, you know what I mean?
07:28Taking to reading them movie magazines again,
07:30talking about how she's going to fix herself up to look like Claudine Colbert.
07:33Claudette Colbert.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Buying all kinds of foolishness for the house.
07:39Tell you something's bothering her, I just know it.
07:42Well, maybe she spends too much time alone.
07:47That's the truth of that, I guess.
07:50The only people she sees is me and my dog Earl.
07:54We don't get along too well with him.
07:56Women.
07:58Mysterious creatures.
08:00It's the truth.
08:08Stevie's had at least eight helpings.
08:11Well, he can have eight.
08:12He can have eight more if he wants.
08:14Stevie, would you like a little more?
08:16No.
08:17Well, I'm going to have some more.
08:19These are the best beans I've had in a long time.
08:21There's a little bit left here.
08:22You sure you won't want the rest of it?
08:24Well, okay.
08:26Aaron, you and Mary Ellen clear while Grandma and I get the dessert.
08:29Why does it always have to be us?
08:31Because you are misused and mistreated.
08:33Now clear.
08:34How are things up at Curtis's?
08:36Well, we didn't get too much work done.
08:38Is Ann still hurting him?
08:40That's no help.
08:41I think his wife is bothering him more than his hand.
08:44Is she all right?
08:46No, she's not.
08:47She's running off to Charlottesville and buying expensive clothes,
08:50and she's coming all the way home in a taxi.
08:53The thing that's worrying him the most is that she started talking about those movie shows all over again.
08:57Little pictures have big ears.
09:00Don't be piggy.
09:02All right, now.
09:03No strong-arm stuff there, Stevie.
09:05She started it.
09:07She didn't mean anything by it.
09:08Now, everybody eat your dessert.
09:10Is that Ann Norton you were talking about?
09:12Yeah, that's right.
09:13Oh, remind me to take that salve of Grandma's over there.
09:16Best thing there is for Burns.
09:18Stop it!
09:19Now, what is going on?
09:21Now, what is going on?
09:23Stevie was taking my dessert.
09:25I am not.
09:26You are, too.
09:27Your hand was moving toward her plate 90 miles an hour.
09:29All right, Jimbo.
09:30All right, listen, you two.
09:31That's enough.
09:32Jimbo.
09:33Stevie, stop it, you two.
09:35Finish your dessert and don't say a word to the excuse from the table.
09:40Go ahead.
09:42Eat.
09:52Stevie, come back.
09:53Come here.
09:54I'll go.
10:04Go away.
10:10Why don't you come back downstairs and finish your supper?
10:12They don't like me.
10:17Stevie, you haven't given much of a chance.
10:20Why should I?
10:23Because they're pretty nice people when you get to know them.
10:26I don't want to know them.
10:32What's that for?
10:34Just brushing the chip off your shoulder.
10:36Just leave me alone.
10:39No, Stevie, I'm not going to leave you alone.
10:44Look at me.
10:46Now, while you're here, I'm going to treat you and talk to you like you're one of my own.
10:52I want you to march back down those stairs and finish your supper.
10:57And I want you to mind your manners.
11:00No more stealing anyone's dessert.
11:03And no more fighting.
11:06You understand?
11:08Yes, sir.
11:11Let's go.
11:33I can't believe it's only nine. It feels like four in the morning.
11:37It's been a long day, Liv.
11:39And I've been on my feet every minute of it.
11:42I'm glad those children are in bed.
11:45Jason.
11:48If Jason feels it because he's the second oldest, he should go to bed at a different time than the rest.
11:53Mama, I just feel that I should get to stay up a little longer.
11:57Sounds reasonable to me.
11:59Really?
12:00All right, son.
12:02Oh, well.
12:04Well.
12:18I think I'll get me a glass of water.
12:35Grandpa?
12:37Hey, Jason. That old catfish tore everything apart.
12:43What'd you say?
12:45Oh, nothing.
12:47What are you doing up so late?
12:49Jason, will you quit thundering around out here and go on to bed?
12:54I guess I'll go back in the house.
13:05Where's John-Boy?
13:07What's that, son?
13:08Is John-Boy around?
13:10He's upstairs in his room.
13:12Oh.
13:21Well.
13:23I guess I'll go back to bed.
13:25I guess I'll go back to bed.
13:27I guess I'll go back to bed.
13:29I guess I'll go back to bed.
13:31I guess I'll go back to bed.
13:34Good night, everybody.
13:36Good night, son.
13:38Good night, Jason.
13:39Good night, Jason.
13:41Yeah.
13:57Hey, Mama.
13:58John-Boy, Curtis.
13:59Vivian.
14:00Here's a salve over for your burn.
14:01Grandma made it, and it does wonders.
14:03I appreciate that, Olivia.
14:04You tell old Miss Walton I appreciate it, too.
14:07Olivia, how nice to see you.
14:09Hello, Ann.
14:11Brought some salve for Curtis' burn.
14:13And some peach preserves that Verdi, Grant, and I made last summer.
14:18Oh, gosh, it's good to see you, Olivia.
14:20Come in, please.
14:21Children, you want some refreshments?
14:22No, that's okay.
14:23We want to watch Curtis make horseshoes.
14:24Don't get in his way now.
14:31Oh, wait.
14:41Well.
14:43I wonder we never see you.
14:45You must have been working night and day to get so much done in such a short time.
14:48Do you like it?
14:50Beautiful.
14:51Did you see a movie where Mary Astor goes to the country?
14:55Well, she has this living room.
15:01What an unusual lamp.
15:03It's just like the one in the movie.
15:05And so are the curtains.
15:07And, uh, oh.
15:10That clock.
15:12It's an Ormond Louvre.
15:16Mary Astor.
15:18She was a, uh, a concert pianist in the movie.
15:21Oh, I'm afraid I don't get to the movies much.
15:24Seems whenever there's the time, there isn't the money.
15:26And whenever there's the money, there isn't the time.
15:28I know.
15:30I don't, uh, I don't get to go very much myself lately.
15:34We miss you at church.
15:36Oh, I sort of got out of the habit of going.
15:41Sunday seems such a family day, and I feel out of place.
15:54Wait a minute, let me go.
15:58All of you have, uh, so much in common.
16:01Children, school.
16:04I've only got Curtis and this house and, uh, oh, that dog.
16:10Ann, you've only been married a short while.
16:12Give yourself time.
16:16Ann?
16:19What is it?
16:22I've been going to a doctor in Charlottesville.
16:26He took some tests, and...
16:30Olivia, he told me that I can't have any children.
16:41I'm just running.
16:43Okay, you're it.
16:461-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47-48-49-50.
17:04I think I spy Elizabeth climbing up the tree.
17:08You count too fast.
17:10I also spy Jim, Bob, and Ben. You can come down now.
17:16You, Elizabeth, you gave us away.
17:19You can't follow wherever me and Jim Bob go.
17:22Children, quit picking on Elizabeth.
17:24I'm not going to play this anymore.
17:26Just because you're it.
17:27Well, no, I'm not it.
17:29Phoebe, why aren't you playing?
17:31It's a kid's game.
17:34Looks like fun to me.
17:36I wouldn't mind playing myself.
17:38No, not me.
17:41All right, Phoebe, what would you like?
17:43I don't want to play those damn games.
17:46Stevie, we told you we'd treat you like one of our own children, and we meant it.
17:51If you use that word again, I'm going to do what I'd do to Jim, Bob, and Elizabeth, and that's turn you over my knee.
18:13Stevie?
18:31Stevie?
18:33Stevie!
18:38Stevie!
18:44Hey.
18:46You lost?
18:47None of your business.
18:49Want a ride?
18:50I can take care of myself.
18:52Okay, here.
18:56Hey, mister!
19:00Hop in.
19:02Thanks.
19:12You live around here?
19:13Uh-huh.
19:15Where you headed for?
19:17Just traveling.
19:19What's that?
19:21It's a horseshoe. I'm a blacksmith.
19:24What's that?
19:26I make shoes for horses.
19:28Horses don't need shoes.
19:31They do.
19:33You're lying.
19:52Where is this place?
19:54Well, uh, this here's my house, and that's the horseshoe factory.
19:58I gotta go.
19:59Hold on. Don't you want to have a look, see around before you head off?
20:02Well...
20:03Come on.
20:04Okay, sure.
20:13Hey, Stevie, what's happening?
20:14Whoa! Hey, wait. Hold, hold. Hey, hold.
20:17Hey, you know each other?
20:18No.
20:19Easy, easy.
20:20Well, we sure do, Stevie. Stay in with us.
20:22Hey, now, calm down. Come on, now. Here.
20:24Here, I'll tell you what. You wear my favorite hat. That'll help calm you down.
20:27Gee, what'd I tell you? Huh?
20:29What's the matter, Stevie?
20:30I didn't mean to drop it.
20:33Something happen up at the house?
20:35I didn't do it on purpose.
20:36Do they know you're gone from there?
20:39Who cares?
20:40Who cares? They're probably worried sick about you. Come on, I'm taking you home.
20:42No!
20:43Hey, wait a minute, now. You're staying at the Walden's. You best get on back there.
20:46You take me. I don't want to go with him.
20:49All right. I'll tell you what. I'll take any truck.
20:53I don't really live there.
20:54Oh, yeah, well, anyway.
20:56Let's go, huh?
20:57Okay.
20:58See you later, young boy.
21:04In you go.
21:20Oh, there you are.
21:22Don't let him get away, then.
21:23Hey, what's going on out here?
21:24Let's bring him here.
21:28Come on, now.
21:29You, you.
21:30Stop, you.
21:34Gotcha!
21:35You gonna let that old woman kill me?
21:37Esther, is that what you had in mind?
21:39You just give me that boy. Come on.
21:41Now.
21:42Oh.
21:43Right away.
21:44Oh, dear.
21:45Now, you sit.
21:46Sit.
21:47We'll see if he doesn't get away.
21:48Esther, what crime has this young man committed?
21:53Dish of my freshly peeled apples.
21:56Here.
21:57Go through the proverbs.
22:04Now, you start reading.
22:06And don't you stop until I say so.
22:09Salem, X, C, X, L, I.
22:13Conducts have made trial.
22:15Lord, I cry unto thee.
22:18Make haste unto me.
22:21Give ear unto my voice.
22:24When I cry unto thee.
22:27Can't thank you enough, Curtis.
22:29Lord knows what would have happened to him if you hadn't run into him.
22:32Sure is cute, little fella.
22:34He looks mighty good in my hat, too.
22:36You know, the thing wrong with that boy.
22:37He's had a hard life.
22:38Finds it difficult to trust anyone.
22:40Well, where'd you all get him?
22:42From the orphanage at Jefferson County.
22:44Hobie Shank sent him to us for a week or so like we used to do for him.
22:47Hobie thought it might be good for him to spend a little time away from home.
22:51What, is he sick?
22:52No, nothing like that.
22:53Just thought he could use a taste of family life.
22:56He's a funky little kid.
22:58I like him.
22:59See you around.
23:00All right, Curtis.
23:04Let the righteous spit me.
23:08It shall be a kindness.
23:12Let them let him.
23:16Keep reading.
23:18Reprove me.
23:20It shall be.
23:23It's Clint Orr.
23:26Which shall not break.
23:37Goodbye, Reverend.
23:38Goodbye, Reverend.
23:41Hey, Stevie.
23:44How are your hat?
23:45Well, I don't have it with me today.
23:47This here is my Sunday hat.
23:48I like the other one better.
23:50Me too.
23:51And who is this little man?
23:53Stevie's staying with us for a while.
23:55Oh, hey, Stevie, this is my wife, Ann.
23:58How do you do?
23:59Fine, I reckon.
24:01How come you've met Stevie and I haven't?
24:03Oh, well, you come by one day.
24:05I think you must have been in Charlottesville.
24:07Ann, why don't you and Curtis come over and have Sunday dinner with us?
24:10Oh, I wouldn't want to inconvenience you, Olivia.
24:13I'm cooking for so many now, two more ain't gonna make that much difference.
24:16That's real nice of you, Olivia.
24:18Well, then I guess we accept your kind invitation.
24:21Hey, can I go with you?
24:23Is it all right, Curtis?
24:25Well, you bet you can come with me.
24:27Might even let you drive the truck.
24:32Is this your first time driving a truck, Stevie?
24:34Yes, sir.
24:35Well, you're good at it.
24:38Let's go faster.
24:40Well, it's about as fast as this old girl will go.
24:43You all right, Ann?
24:44Oh, fine, thank you.
24:46I was just thinking this is the first time I've ever been driven to Sunday dinner by two gentlemen.
24:59Have you seen the way that boy shines every time he's around Curtis?
25:02So does Curtis.
25:04I wonder if he told Ann that the child didn't have a home of his own.
25:07The three of them make a fine family.
25:11I hope nobody talks about that while they're visiting.
25:14Why not? It's the truth.
25:16If the idea does come up, I hope it comes from them.
25:18I feel guilty enough about Ann in the first place.
25:20How so?
25:22I sort of played matchmaker and talked her into marrying Curtis.
25:26Well, there's nothing wrong with that.
25:28I'm not sure it was any of my business.
25:30Curtis Norton is a fine fellow.
25:32It's not as if he got her married off to Yancey Tucker as much as I appreciate Yancey.
25:36Yancey Tucker. Now there's a man that needs a wife.
25:39Yes, Esther, that would take care of everything.
25:59Hey, everybody, dinner in an hour. Go change your clothes.
26:02Oh, okay.
26:04Come on, kid.
26:12Ann, good to see you.
26:14Oh, thank you. I love you too.
26:16Hey, John, how are you?
26:18Good to see you.
26:20Hey, Curtis, want to play some ball?
26:22Well, now, look here, Steve.
26:24You go on and play with the other kids. I'll play some ball with you later, okay?
26:27Oh, Curtis.
26:29Come on, now. Go change your clothes, huh?
26:31Okay.
26:33He's really taking a shine to you, Curtis.
26:35His mom and papa sure got a boy to be proud of.
26:37He doesn't have a mom and papa, Ann.
26:39Jackie Cooper.
26:41I have been trying for the life of me to remember who that little man reminds me of, Jackie Cooper.
26:45Jackie who?
26:47The actor in the picture.
26:49Oh, no. Stevie's a real boy.
26:51Aren't they always so energetic at that age?
26:53He's quiet compared to Jim Bob and Elizabeth.
26:55Oh, my goodness.
26:57How old is Stevie?
26:59He's eight years old.
27:01Well, he's a little independent.
27:03He has to be, coming from where he is.
27:05I thought he was a member of your family.
27:07I guessed him to be a visiting cousin.
27:09No, he's no kin of ours.
27:11He's from the county home.
27:13Just here for a visit.
27:15You mean he's an orphan.
27:17Yeah. He's just getting comfortable around here, too.
27:19It's a shame he's got to go back so soon.
27:21Go back?
27:23Just here for a while.
27:25The home probably figured that we'd adopt him.
27:28And you're going to?
27:30I wish we could.
27:32But times being what they are,
27:34I just can't afford to.
27:36My dear lady, you mustn't feel too sorry for him.
27:39He's learned how not to get his feet
27:41too firmly planted in one place.
27:43He's used to going from here to there.
27:45Libby, I can use some help.
27:47I'll be right there, Grandma.
27:49Stevie's pretty careful about that.
27:51He stays outside the family
27:53as much as the kids will let him.
27:55I'd better go help Grandma in the kitchen.
27:57Curtis.
27:59Honey, why don't you help out?
28:01I promised Stevie I'd play some ball with him.
28:03Curtis.
28:05What's the matter, honey?
28:07I have a splitting headache.
28:09Okay, some food will fix it right out.
28:11Would you like to rest a while, Ann?
28:13No, I really thank you all,
28:15but I think I'd better go.
28:17Honey, we can't just...
28:19Curtis, please, I feel very weak.
28:21I'm sure sorry, folks.
28:24You gonna play now?
28:26Oh, Stevie, I'm, uh...
28:28I'm sorry, I gotta get on home.
28:30Curtis.
28:32You promised.
28:34I do promise, I do promise.
28:36I'll tell you what.
28:38You, uh, you have John, boy.
28:40Bring you on up to Horseshoe Factory tomorrow, okay?
28:42All right, I'll see you later.
28:54I have a feeling Ann thought
28:56we were trying to arrange something.
28:58John, boy, I asked them here for dinner
29:00because I wanted them.
29:02Arranging something was the last thing on my mind.
29:04Did you know that she can't have any children?
29:07Yes, I did.
29:09Did Curtis tell you?
29:11No.
29:13I guess she keeps insisting that the doctor
29:15and the doctor and the doctor and the doctor
29:17and the doctor and the doctor and the doctor
29:19and the doctor and the doctor and the doctor
29:21I guess she keeps insisting that the doctor's wrong.
29:23She's determined to have a family of her own
29:25one of these days.
29:27I can understand that.
29:29I guess not being able to have children
29:31makes her feel unwomanly.
29:33She has to keep pretending.
29:35Doesn't seem to be helping anybody, does it?
29:37No, it doesn't.
29:39I guess I better see you by dinner.
29:52Hey!
29:56Well, now, what do we got here?
30:00John, boy, is going to give us a nickel
30:02to shove a coal into the fire.
30:04I need money to buy an airplane.
30:06If that's all right with you, Curtis.
30:08Sure is, John, boy. We could use some extra labor around here.
30:10Well, now, where did you get these two strapping youngsters, John, boy?
30:12They're on loan from the WPA.
30:14Well, we'd best put them to work.
30:16I'll tell you what, if they do a good job,
30:18might even throw in a nickel myself.
30:20You, young fella, can't work without a hat.
30:22Come on, get over here.
30:24Come on, earn your keep. Watch that now.
30:26You crank that around. Jimbo, get the shoes.
30:30John, boy!
30:32John, boy, could you come here a minute, please?
30:34Uh, yeah, sure.
30:36I'll be out in a minute.
30:38Okay.
30:48John, boy, what are you doing bringing that child here?
30:52Oh, Stevie, he just tagged along like Jimbob.
30:56Oh, it's not quite the same as Jimbob.
30:58Are you plotting, huh,
31:00to get me to take that orphan into this house?
31:04Ann, that's not really fair.
31:06Stevie's gonna be here for a few days,
31:08and he's going right back to the county orphanage.
31:10While he's here, he's just here, and that's all there is to it.
31:12I don't believe you.
31:14Well, that's your privilege.
31:16I am convinced
31:18that someday Curtis and I
31:20will have our own natural-born children.
31:22Well, I hope you do, Ann.
31:24I really hope you do.
31:26And Stevie's practically a grown person.
31:28Well...
31:30It's not what Curtis and I want.
31:32It's not what Curtis and I need.
31:34What we need is...
31:38Well, you know what we need.
31:44That's my horse, Max.
31:48Come on.
31:50Come on.
31:52Come on, Max.
31:54Come on.
31:56Let's get him.
31:58Put your horse down.
32:00Come on.
32:06Come on.
32:08Come on.
32:10Get him.
32:12Get him.
32:22Get him off.
32:24Get him off.
32:30Get him off.
32:34Get him off.
32:36Oh, no.
32:38Get him off.
32:40Get him off.
32:42I got him.
32:44I got him.
32:46I got him.
32:48Come on, Curtis.
32:50Come on.
32:52Personally, I'm too old for this game, Curtis.
32:54I'm too old.
32:56Yeah, me too.
32:58I had such a good time.
33:00I don't want to have a heart attack.
33:02I don't want to have a heart...
33:24Sure is quiet around here tonight.
33:26It's just like every other night.
33:28Would you like me to, uh,
33:30put Enrico Caruso on the Victrola?
33:34Oh, today,
33:36that Jim Bob and Stevie just
33:38filled this place up
33:40with fun and sweat.
33:42Oh, I tell you, Ann,
33:44I had me one good time.
33:46You just wait, Curtis.
33:48When we have our baby, there'll be plenty of life around here.
33:50Ann, what's wrong?
33:52And when we do have a child, Curtis,
33:54you're going to have to think seriously
33:56about getting rid of Earl.
33:58I mean, he'd just be so jealous.
34:00He wouldn't know what to do with himself.
34:02Don't sell old Earl short.
34:04Had him a sight long when I had you.
34:06Yeah, and probably I'm more attached to him,
34:08if the truth be told.
34:12Ann.
34:20Ann, when are you gonna stop fooling yourself?
34:22What are you saying, Ann?
34:26Ann, I'm...
34:28I don't want to hurt your feelings.
34:30That doctor at the University of Virginia
34:32hospital knows his business now.
34:34I mean, it's not so bad
34:36not being able to have a child.
34:38I mean, there's other ways to have a family.
34:42I choose to wait
34:44until we have our own baby.
34:46You're lying to yourself, Ann.
34:48That's not true.
34:52Oh, Ann.
34:54Ann, you're acting like
34:56life's a movie again.
34:58Like some movie doctor
35:00is gonna walk in here and say,
35:02Miss Norton, I'm happy to announce
35:04you're gonna have twins.
35:06Strapping baby boys
35:08by the name of Franklin Delano
35:10and Cactus Jack Garner Norton.
35:12I do not understand
35:14why your belief in me is so feeble.
35:16Ann, it has nothing
35:18to do with my belief in you.
35:22I love you.
35:24And I do believe in you.
35:26And I know you'd make a good mother.
35:28I mean, that's why I wish
35:30you could see things differently.
35:32Well, I can't.
35:34And I won't.
35:36And now I'm...
35:38I'm going up to bed because my head
35:40is beginning to ache again.
35:46Come on, Blue!
35:48Come on, Blue!
35:50Come on, Blue!
35:52Come on, Blue!
35:54Come on, Blue!
35:56Come on, Blue!
35:58Wait a minute. I don't think he wants to go.
36:00Why don't we just...
36:02Oh, those are fun!
36:04Be careful of that blade there,
36:06Stevie. It's sharp.
36:08I like the blacksmith's shop better.
36:10Well, you've become a good enough smith
36:12that you can help us around here.
36:14Doing what?
36:16Old Blue could use a new pair of shoes, I reckon.
36:18Sure.
36:20That's enough, son.
36:22Come on, Stevie!
36:24You and I guardsies for Mama.
36:26Okay, coming!
36:30Curtis give you that hat?
36:32Not for keeps.
36:34Come on, let's play follow the leader.
36:36I'm the leader!
36:38I'm the leader! I'm Curtis!
36:40Patty?
36:42What'd I say?
36:44He's only got one more day left, son.
36:46I gotta get him back to the home.
36:48Kinda hate to see him go.
36:50Yeah.
36:52You know, if Curtis asked that boy to jump off the church steeple,
36:54he'd do it in a second.
36:56It's a shame it didn't work out.
36:58Anna's just acting so foolish.
37:00When she looks at that child,
37:02you can tell she loves him.
37:04But, uh, she's just sticking to her own notions.
37:06Evening, John's all.
37:08Esther and I is figuring on going for a stroll.
37:10Come along with us?
37:12Oh, Esther, I'm hoping to get you along.
37:14It's sad, but I'm getting more foolish every day.
37:18Let's catch us some fireflies.
37:24You all look so dismal.
37:26We don't want Stevie to go.
37:28We're kinda getting used to him.
37:30Well,
37:32maybe he can visit sometime.
37:38Stevie,
37:40come and have some breakfast.
37:42I'm not hungry.
37:46Do you want to go down to the pond
37:48with me and Jim Bob?
37:50No, thank you.
37:52You know, Jason and I are gonna play catch.
37:54You want it?
37:56No.
37:58I think maybe Stevie has something in mind to do.
38:00What is it, son?
38:02I have to give Curtis back his hat.
38:04I'm going over there about now.
38:06Do you want to come along with me?
38:08Yes, sir, Dumbo.
38:10Let's go.
38:32Dumbo, Stevie?
38:40I came to return your hat.
38:46Oh, well,
38:48that looks a sight better on you, Stevie.
38:50Why don't you keep it?
38:52It doesn't belong to me.
38:54I'm gonna go in the house for a minute.
38:58Hey, you're gaining some weight.
39:00You're getting to be a real big boy, Stevie.
39:04I have to go away.
39:06Yeah, I know, Stevie.
39:24John boy,
39:26I didn't know you were here.
39:28I usually hear your truck.
39:30Well, we came up on Blue.
39:32Wait.
39:34Wait.
39:36Now, we usually suggest more than one person.
39:38All I'm looking at is you.
39:42Well, Stevie came by.
39:44He wanted to give Curtis back his hat and say goodbye.
39:48Oh.
39:50Is Stevie taking leave of us so soon?
39:56Well, I'm sure that
39:58sooner or later they'll find a good home for him.
40:00Well,
40:02I wish I thought that were true myself, Ann.
40:04Well, of course they will.
40:06I mean, who wouldn't want
40:08such a bright, appealing child?
40:12That's what I can't figure out.
40:14You're talking about me and Curtis again.
40:16Understand, John boy,
40:18if we weren't planning on having our own children,
40:20we certainly would think of...
40:24about adopting Stevie.
40:26Ann,
40:30Curtis is just flowing over
40:32with feeling for that child.
40:34And I think you want to be, too.
40:38I mean, if you've got love to give,
40:40you ought to give it.
40:42It's not like money that you can
40:44put in a bank and save it up
40:46and take it out sometime later.
40:50You have to give it when you've got it to give.
40:52You have to give it when you've got it to give.
40:58I'm not sure I'm ready.
41:18What's that?
41:20Don't. That's mine.
41:22Elizabeth wasn't gonna take it.
41:24It's a locket.
41:28Where'd you get it from?
41:30My mama gave it to me.
41:32But you said you never had a mama.
41:34Don't.
41:36If you never had a mama,
41:38then how could she give that to you?
41:40They told me when I got to the home,
41:42they found it in my clothes.
41:46It was pinned to one of my shirts.
41:48That's dumb.
41:50Will you shut up, Jim Bob?
41:52Now you're being dumb.
41:54Everyone's had a mama sometime.
41:56The thing is, Stevie never saw his.
41:58She must have, before she went away,
42:00given him that to remember her by.
42:04She had gold hair.
42:06Yeah.
42:08I gotta pack my clothes.
42:10Stevie?
42:12We can always be friends.
42:14You know, we could be pen pals.
42:16I learned to write, too, yeah?
42:18Me, too. I learned to write better.
42:20We all have too much to do.
42:22Because in my opinion,
42:24I've been saving to buy a stamp.
42:26You know, you'll live with a real nice family
42:28in a beautiful place,
42:30like New York City or Chicago, Illinois.
42:32No.
42:34I'll probably live right here
42:36in Jefferson County, or I'll finish graduate.
42:38Probably.
42:40I know. I've adopted.
42:42People like to adopt babies best.
42:44They hardly ever pick the big guys.
42:46You're not so big.
42:48I gotta go.
42:58Mmm.
43:00Earl, you'll get your food.
43:02But if you just wait,
43:04I'll fix you something special.
43:06All right, Earl, settle down.
43:08You'll get yours when it's time.
43:10Settle down, now.
43:12Curtis, there is no need to raise your voice.
43:14Now you're gonna hurt his feelings.
43:16Oh, for goodness sake, Ann,
43:18you don't even like the dog.
43:20Now, don't treat him like he's our baby.
43:26Oh, honey.
43:28Oh, honey, honey, I'm sorry.
43:30Honey, I'm sorry.
43:32Baby, honey, now, come on.
43:34It's gonna be all right now.
43:36It's gonna be all right.
43:38It's gonna be all right now.
43:40Oh, honey.
43:44Come in here.
43:46There's some of those chocolate cookies you like
43:48and applesauce cake.
43:50Here, put your thing in there.
43:52Mary Ellen made a cake for you.
43:54Applesauce cake.
43:56And there's a shirt in there.
43:58All the children wrote their names on it.
44:00And, uh,
44:02hmm, here.
44:04Uh-huh.
44:10I'm going to miss you, Stevie.
44:25It's time to go, Stevie.
44:32I'd like to come along if it's all right with you.
44:56It's time to go, Stevie.
45:23It's time to go, Stevie.
45:38I got my keys.
45:40I'll get them for you.
45:41And my jacket.
45:42Okay.
46:07Stevie, please, can I talk to you for a moment?
46:11I have to go.
46:15It's all right, Stevie.
46:16We got time.
46:28Curtis, would you mind if I talk to Stevie alone?
46:52Stevie, I made a mistake.
46:58This is going to be difficult to explain.
47:04I want you to have this.
47:07It belongs to Curtis.
47:09I know.
47:11But he and I want you to keep it.
47:15And we want to go with you now to the home
47:19to talk about your coming back to live with us,
47:24to be adopted by us.
47:28We want you to be our son.
47:31Instead of a baby?
47:35Instead of anyone or anything.
47:42If you want us.
48:10The depression lingered on.
48:12Hard times continued.
48:14But somehow the love that was most important to us
48:17on Walton's Mountain extended itself to others.
48:21And love is what the Nortons gave to Stevie
48:23and he to them.
48:26Pretty quiet down now.
48:27Get some sleep.
48:28Good night, everybody.
48:30Good night, Mama.
48:31Good night, Ben.
48:32Good night, everyone.
48:33Good night, Mama.
48:34Good night, Daddy.
48:35Good night, children.
48:36Good night, Daddy.
48:37Good night, Elizabeth.
48:38Good night, John Boy.
48:39Good night, Jim Bob.
48:40Good night, Jim Bob.
48:42Good night, Jim Bob.
48:46What's going on?
48:47I was asleep.
48:48What's everybody doing?
48:50Good night, Jim Bob.
48:51Good night, Jim Bob.
48:52I was asleep.
49:21Good night, Jim Bob.
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