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Uncle Bill, will you take my rod apart? It's stuck.

Here you are. Thanks, Uncle Bill.

I bet us guys will catch a lot of fish.

Us guys are sure going to try, I'll tell you that.

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Davis. I'm packing provisions for your camping expedition.

Oh, that's good.

Are you sure you put in plenty of everything? Because us fishermen here,

pretty hungry. Right, Jody?

copied down one of our favorite recipes, sir.

Recipe? Yes, sir. Trout sauté Mozambique.

I've packed the necessary seasoning.

I can fry stuff and I can boil stuff, and that's it.

I like fried stuff. And boiled stuff, too.

Well, I think we're going to be too busy fishing to have much time for a lot of

cooking.

Unless, uh...

Why don't you come along and you could cook that trout sauté, whatever you call

it, huh?

Me, sir?

Come on, Mr.

French. You'll like it. Then it'll be all us three guys.

Well, it sounds very interesting, sir, but... Well, I fear we've overlooked one

thing, sir. Miss Sissy and Buffy, we can't very well leave them here alone,

Why don't we take the girls along with us?

See, then we'll have the whole family and we'll have a real family outing.

But I thought this trip was just going to be guys.

Do we have to take girls?

Well, we don't have to, but it's going to be a lot of fun and I don't think it

would be fair to leave them out, do you?

Do we have to be fair?

Well, let's put it this way now.

Sissy and Buffy are part of the family, huh?

Same as we are?

And I just think it's kind of nice if a family can do things together.

Okay.

Do you think they'll want to fish with us all the time?

Nah, I don't think so. I think just us guys will be doing all the fishing.

Okay, Uncle Bill.

Then it's okay to be fair.

I'll go tell them.

And then tomorrow afternoon, we girls can go to a movie.

A nice love story.

And on the way home, a double fudge, marshmallow sundae, and maybe... Guess

what? Uncle Bill and I talked it over, and you guys get to go camping with us.

Camping? You mean out in the woods?

Really? Do we have to? Yeah.

Uncle Bill's real happy because the whole family's going together.

It's a family outing.

We have to.

Well, here we are, kids. Doesn't it look great?

Yeah. Man, this is needle fossil.

Oh, this is magnificent countryside.

And the fresh air, well, it's profoundly invigorating.

Nothing like it, French.

Nothing like it.

Uncle Bill, we're going to have lots of fun.

Buffy, take a deep breath.

The air smells nice, Uncle Bill.

Hey, look, Buffy.

There's the lake we're going to fish.

I don't like fishing. That's for boys.

Okay, let's get unpacked.

Me and Buffy can go down to the lake.

Jordan's going to teach me how to skip rocks.

Okay, don't get out of sight now. Stay around where I can see you.

Okay. Don't worry, Uncle Bill. I'll take care of us.

Come on, Buffy.

Hey, Uncle Bill, this is a great place.

You couldn't have picked a better spot.

I'm glad you like it.

comes in just great.

No, that's not how you do it.

Here, I'll show you how to make it skip.

See, you have to go like this.

Treasure. Golden diamonds and all kinds of stuff.

Do you think there's sunken treasure in this lake?

Sure. I bet a lot of pirate ships sunk around here.

Let's go look.

How's it going, French?

Oh, fine, sir. Last one. A little caught, but you'd do well.

Well, don't worry about it, French. I'll put it up.

Oh, no, sir. I don't wish to be an encumbrance.

French, look, everybody's got their specialty. Now, mine is putting up

Yours is cooking, so go start the fire, huh?

Well, if you insist, sir, I must admit I feel a little more at ease in my, uh,

kitchen.

One of the dangers of camping. You got nothing to worry about now.

Come on.

Come on.

This is a blanket, will you, son? Yes.

Buffy, what happened?

Well, I had a little accident.

I fell in that dirty lake.

Well, we've got some clean clothes in the tent.

Oh, no.

What's the matter?

I broke my fingernail. Look, my very best one.

Well, it's kind of hardships us pioneers got to put up with, sissy.

I don't mind, Uncle Bill.

It's great out here.

Buffy and I just love it.

Well, come on, Jody. Let's go on down to the lake and catch our dinner.

Oh, boy.

Just us guys at last.

We shall have everything ready but the trout, sir.

This sure looks like a swell day for fishing.

It's always a swell day for fishing.

Yeah, for us two guys like us.

Fish don't seem to like worms very much today.

I don't like them either.

Maybe we ought to try salmon eggs.

I bet they'll start biting any minute now.

Okay,

cast it way out now.

Don't you think we ought to cut that bush down?

That's the third time it caught my hook.

That's way out now.

Uncle Peel, look what I caught this time.

It smells great, Mr. French.

Well, I think I can safely say that our trout sauté Mozambique will be a

culinary triumph.

All we need now is the trout.

I'll cast out for you.

See how we do.

Now, you sit down there.

Feel one nibble.

Give it a yank.

is to hook him and then reel him in.

Uncle Bill! Uncle Bill, I got something!

It's a real fish!

It's a real fish!

I think

you

snagged a log.

Well, it sure gave me a swell fight for a log.

Buffy, Sissy, we're home.

Boy, could we have fun. Where's the fish?

We didn't do too well.

Buff, I hooked the biggest log you ever saw.

No trout, sir?

Not exactly.

Well, sir, in that case, we shall have steak sautéed mozambique.

We shall put them on immediately.

Uncle Bill, do you think we can go fishing real early tomorrow morning?

Well, sure, why not?

How would you girls like some nice crisp trout for breakfast, huh?

That'd be nice, Uncle Bill.

Uncle Bill, what time is it?

Um, five after seven.

Why, getting sleepy?

Oh, no, I just wondered.

I think her favorite television program is on at about this time, sir.

Yeah, Captain Hippopotamus goes on at seven.

Yeah, if I were home, I'd be watching it right now.

Boy, if I were home, I'd be soaking in a big hot...

Oh,

I could do that anytime, though, Uncle Bill.

It's really nice out here.

It's so... so quiet.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, it's real different from the city, all right.

Shh, now listen.

Let's everybody be quiet for a minute. I bet we can't hear one sound.

Oh, uh, sorry, sir. A mosquito.

Yeah, they've been biting me, too.

Well, perhaps if I build up the fire, sir.

Yeah, that ought to do it. Gee, I forgot all about them sweeties.

Oh, I must say, sir, I've never had such respect and admiration for the American

pioneers tonight.

Well, they were a pretty hardy breed, all right.

Chopped down trees all day and then sit around a campfire and sing all night.

Let's sing like the pioneers.

Yeah, how about There's a Long, Long Trail?

Yeah, even Mr. French knows that.

Okay.

There's a long...

A nasty old bus.

Well, I'm kind of tired myself.

Yeah. Well, let's all hit the sack, huh?

Yeah. Us guys are going to have a busy day tomorrow catching fish.

Right. Then go on, get in bed.

Good night, Uncle Bill. Good night.

I'll be in a minute. Good night. Good night, Uncle Bill. Good night.

You think the girls are having any fun?

Oh, of course.

Oh, I admit the wilderness is a bit strange to them, but, you know, it's a

wonderful thing for the entire family to be engaged in a joint project.

I hope so.

You know, it's not so bad in here.

Yeah, I like sleeping in tents.

This part is fun.

Do you hear something?

No.

What?

Something's walking around out there.

Maybe it's a lion.

Oh, hi, Uncle Bill. Hi, Uncle Bill. Hi. I just came to say goodnight.

Goodnight. Goodnight. Goodnight, Uncle Bill.

I think we'll sleep with Sissy.

Oh.

Okay. You tell Mrs. Beasley there's nothing around here but little tiny

chipmunks and squirrels.

I'll zip your tent up good.

See?

We'll go get you some more firewood. Thank you, Jody.

Very nice breakfast, French.

So then we didn't get any fish again.

Thank you, sir.

Well, what happened to the breakfast music? Where's your radio?

The battery went out right in the middle of the velvet vultures.

Ladies, I think I made a mistake, and I'm sorry.

Now, I should have figured out something for a family outing that everybody

could enjoy.

Oh, no. This is fun.

Yeah. Dragging you girls out here in the middle of nowhere was ridiculous.

I should have known better, too.

Well, we like to go places with you.

I know you do, honey.

But this is no place for girls.

How'd you like to go home right now, huh?

Uncle Bill, could we?

just got here.

No, no, not you, pal. We're going to stay here and fish all day long. We'll

Mr. French to just take the girls home.

Yes, but how will you get home, sir?

Well, you can stop by the general store and just have him send a car out for us

later.

Of course. In that case, sir, I shall be delighted.

I'll be ready in five minutes, Mr. French.

Any action?

Not yet.

They sure aren't biting much, are they?

No.

Well, that's one of the things about fishing, though, Jody.

You never know when they're going to start rising, see?

Could be any minute now.

I'm going up to get a sandwich.

I'm hungry.

Can I bring you one, Uncle Bill?

You sure can.

Us guys get hungry, huh?

Yeah, us guys get real hungry.

If I get a bite, just hold him. Okay.

the first fish of the whole trip and I gotta catch it.

Now, why couldn't Jody have caught that one?

Quick, you got one on your line. Come on, Jody, hurry up.

Really, Uncle Bill? I bet it's a big one. Don't lose him now. He's a whopper.

Bet he goes two pounds easy.

We can have him mounted and I'll take him to school and I can show Buffy and

French and Sissy. Jody, you're going to remember this all your life.

Boy, I sure will.

And I caught it all by myself on my own hook. That's the most fun I ever had in

my whole life.

There's really a big important thing for you, isn't there?

It sure is. I can hardly wait to show Bob.

Jody, I think I made a mistake.

I'm going to have to tell you now.

You didn't catch him.

Sure I did.

You saw me pull it in.

No, he went for the bait on my line while you were gone.

You're fooling, Uncle Bill.

He was on my rod.

You saw it yourself.

You yelled for me.

No, Jody.

I pulled him in here and landed him, then I took him off of my hook and put

on yours so you'd think you caught him.

Why did you do that, Uncle Bill?

I thought we were pals.

Well, Jody, I was wrong. I just wanted you to have fun.

But I shouldn't have fooled you like that.

Catching your first fish, that's a big important moment in your life.

It shouldn't be a trick, see?

No, Uncle Bill.

I... I guess not.

I'm sorry, Jody. It looks like I made a mess out of the whole outing.

Uncle Bill?

You didn't make a mess.

I'm glad you told me the truth.

Really?

Yeah. This way, you and me aren't just a little kid and a big man.

We're really a couple of guys.

That's exactly what we are.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Maybe the next big one will be yours.

Yeah.