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Good evening.

So nice of you to join us.

Good morning, Mrs. Beasley.

Hey, today's the day!

it's today.

I feel like it's still yesterday.

I'll go wake up Jody.

Hey, wait for me!

Hey, wake up!

I'm sleeping.

Can't you hear me?

If it was important, would you wake up?

Tell me first.

Today's the day.

Can't say happy birthday.

Merry Christmas wouldn't sound good either.

I guess the proper thing would be happy anniversary.

Happy anniversary.

Happy anniversary.

Just think, five years ago today we came to live with Uncle Bill.

Let's go wish him a happy anniversary.

Wait a minute.

He may want to surprise us first.

But we already know. It wouldn't be a surprise.

Yes, but sometimes you've got to humor grown -ups.

We have to humor Mr. French, too?

No, we can wish him a happy anniversary.

But we'd better get dressed first and be ready for school. Come on.

Jody, the least you could do is wait until me and Mr. Beasley are out of the

room. Then close your eyes.

I can, but she can't.

Ah, good morning, children. Good morning, Mr. French. Happy anniversary.

Happy anniversary.

I beg your pardon?

It's our anniversary.

Five years ago today, we came here.

So it is.

Hi, Joe. So it is five years ago since you children came to live with your

uncle.

It doesn't seem possible.

Mr. French, tell the truth now.

Do you have any regrets?

Well, I must confess that your uncle and I led an idyllic bachelor existence

before the advent of you children, but...

Well, however, to water under the bridge, I have no cause to be

discontent with my lot. No reason for self -recrimination.

What did he say?

I'm not sure, but I think he's glad we came.

I am.

Now, Mr. French, promise and don't say anything about the anniversary to Uncle

Bill. You know, he'll want to bring it up himself and make a big thing about

You know how he is.

Be sure.

I'll be happy to comply.

Yes, who is it?

It's me, Uncle Bill. And me.

And me.

Come in.

Hi. Hi.

Can I tighten your tie, Uncle Bill? Go right ahead.

Aren't you getting ready for school?

Oh, we still have time. Mr. French didn't go off yet.

He's our armcloth. Oh.

We just wanted to say good morning.

It's a lovely day, isn't it?

Yep, yep. I don't get to see much of it, but I'll take your word for it.

We're happy today, aren't you, Uncle Bill?

Yeah, I'm happy if you are.

Now, I'm going to have my breakfast, and then I'm going to go to work, and we'll

do something this evening, okay?

Okay, Uncle Bill. See you later. Have a good day at the office.

He didn't say anything about it.

Maybe he just forgot.

Oh, he didn't forget?

Well, maybe he did.

But Uncle Bill's really a busy man. He's got lots of things on his mind.

But as soon as he gets to the office and looks at a calendar, well, he'll

remember. You know what I think, Sissy?

What? I think he already remembers.

That's why I said we'll do something this evening.

Johnny probably wants to get us something special, like we got him.

Yeah.

Sheldon! School.

There goes our alarm clock.

The kids are really up this morning.

Try to exhilarate it, sir. Perhaps because of what day it is.

What day is it?

Friday, sir.

With the weekend coming up and the delightful prospect of no school.

Well, I guess that's it.

We ought to be able to read them by now.

Yes, sir.

By now, we should be able to read them.

Hi, Emily.

Hi, kids. Hi.

Going to school today? Great. Not much homework.

Emily, do you know what day it is today?

Mm -hmm. I sure do.

It's waxing the floors and washing the windows day.

Uh -uh.

It's our anniversary.

Your birthday?

Ah, that's great.

Why didn't you warn me? Not our birthday. Our anniversary.

Five years ago today, we came to live with Uncle Bill.

You don't say. Five years, huh?

You know, I never really did know how you got here, but not being a Budinsky,

didn't want to ask.

Well, maybe Jody and I all were living with different relatives, and then Aunt

Fran brought me to live with Uncle Bill.

Sort of dumped you on the doorstep, huh?

Boy, Frenchy must have hit the ceiling.

Especially when I came next. Remember, Buffy?

Yeah. I was kind of used to Mr. French by then. But Jody wasn't. You should

seen his face when you first saw Mr.

French.

Jody!

Buffy!

Mr.

Davis! Two of them!

There are two of them.

Bess, what are you doing in New York?

Well, we saw your picture on the cover of World Magazine.

Bess, you've got any ideas? I must have a word with you. Now, Fran said you

practically adopted Buffy, and now the twins could be together.

Sir, it's absolutely imperative... I haven't got time now, France. The

going to leave at 4 .30, and Mr. Gaynor's waiting downstairs.

And all this will all work itself out when I get back from... Peru, I'll just

leave the essentials to you. Goodbye, kids.

Bye -bye.

Oh, there.

Mr. Davis!

No, not Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis, wait, sir.

You can't leave me like this.

Who's he?

He's the maid.

Does he like kids?

I don't think so.

Could he run fast?

No.

Okay, I'll stay.

Is Mr.

William Davis at home, please?

Whom shall I say called, madam?

Well, I'm Mrs. Grayson, and this is Mr. Davis' niece.

Good heavens.

I am a nanny.

A nanny. That's a good one.

Mr. French isn't a nanny anymore.

He's outgrown it.

He kind of likes kids now.

Only he still can't run too fast.

Listen, a fifth anniversary like this really calls for a wingding, you know?

Wingding?

Yeah, a party.

Yeah. And then when he comes through the door, we can yell, Happy anniversary,

Uncle Bill! And give him his gift.

That's a wonderful idea, Emily.

Yeah.

I think so, too.

Madam, I dislike having to harp on the subject, but if you are ever to finish

your chores... Forget it, French.

I'm knocking off work.

Your what?

We're going to have a wing -ding, Mr. French.

Could there be anything else, Mr. Davis?

No, thanks. I'm going to take off. You do the same. Have a nice weekend.

Thank you.

If that's for me, tell them I'm gone. I left five minutes ago.

Davis Engineering.

Yes. One moment, please.

Mr. Caldwell from Washington.

Hello. Hello, Bill.

It's all set up.

The senator wants to meet with you about that water conservation project of

yours.

Okay, how about next week?

How's about this weekend?

I'll be there tomorrow.

Better come tonight, Bill, for dinner.

You know the old saying, strike while the senator's hot.

Okay, I can get the 615.

Yeah, I always keep a bag in the office.

Now I know what the senator likes about you.

You're a man with foresight.

See you at the airport, Bill.

Goodbye.

Thank you. Shall I call your house for you? No, thanks. I'll call them from

Washington. Give them a little surprise.

How can you erase frosting?

What happened, kids?

We wrote too big, and now we have room for his happy anniv.

Can you make us another piece of cake for the nursery part?

Oh, that won't be necessary, Jody. I'm sure your uncle will understand.

Okay. Let's put five candles on the cake.

Six, one for good measure.

Seven, one for good luck.

Five will be sufficient and most indicative of the occasion.

I've got it.

What do you see?

What? What do you think?

I think it's beautiful.

Oh, a trophy. Most appropriate.

It's a loving cup.

You see? To Uncle Bill. Thanks for loving us. Sissy.

Buffy and Jody.

Now that's what I call a loving cup.

Uncle Bill gets trophies for golf all the time. This will be the first one he

ever got for being an uncle.

It'll sure hold a lot of lemonade, won't it, Mr. French?

It'll hold nothing but treasured memories, Jody.

What time will Uncle Bill be home? Does anybody know?

We expect Mr. Davis at six.

I can hardly wait to see the look on his kisser.

What time is it, sissy?

Hmm, ten after seven.

I guess Uncle Bill's working late.

On our anniversary?

Well, he still has to earn the bread, doesn't he?

I remember when I was cleaning his office, he was always working late.

I guess so.

And he'll be here any minute now.

I think I'll, uh, go see what Frenchie's up to.

What time is it now, Fiffy?

It's Uncle Bill!

Happy anniversary!

Oh, I guess you aren't the Gaithers.

No, two floors up, sir. Thank you.

Oh, have a happy party.

I'll get it, Mr. French.

Hello?

Oh, long distance, Mr. French.

Thank you, Judy.

Davis residence?

Yes, operator.

Oh, French, listen, I'm sorry I didn't call you any sooner.

I'm in Washington. I had to see the senator, you know.

Yeah, how are the kids?

All well, sir.

May we expect you possibly later tonight, sir?

No, I have to stay the whole weekend, so I'll be back Monday.

Oh, just one moment, if you please, sir.

Children, Mr. Davis is in Washington for the weekend and won't be back.

Would you like to wish him a happy anniversary?

No. Don't say anything to him about it, Mr. French.

It's okay.

Have an enjoyable weekend, sir.

Yes, indeed, sir, I will. I'll give the children your love.

Yes.

Goodbye, sir.

We can tell your uncle what he missed when he gets back.

No, let it go, Emily.

It won't be the same.

He just forgot, that's all.

Oh, no, no, it was a very important business trip.

from Washington.

Hi.

Hi. Hello, Uncle Bill.

Want to get a hug or anything here?

Of course.

That's better.

How was Washington?

Oh, fine. I'll tell you all about it later.

We learned already about Washington in school.

Oh, you did.

Something wrong?

No, sir.

There's nothing wrong.

Okay, do your homework. I'll see you later.

I think we ought to say something.

Guess who's home from there.

Oh, hi, Uncle Bill. Hi.

What's been happening? Anything new?

Oh, just the same old stuff.

I missed you guys.

We missed you too, Uncle Bill.

That's good.

I played golf with a senator and I beat him.

Oh, I just have to finish my homework, Uncle Bill. That's all.

Okay.

Well, see you at dinner.

Good morning, Mr. Davis.

Hello, Emily.

It's nice to have you back.

Thank you.

Oh, here, wait a minute.

Wait a minute. Let me dust that off for you.

Oh, Mr. Davis.

You got a minute?

Just about.

Well, I was just wondering, how did you and the kids get together?

What made you think of that?

I don't know. Just sort of popped into my mind.

Well, it's kind of a long story.

I've got plenty of time.

Okay.

Well, you know, the kids lost their parents in an accident, so after that,

were all farmed around with different relatives.

All separated, huh?

Right, all separated. And then they brought Buffy here first, and I didn't

I could... take care of her.

I was thinking about sending her to a school in Switzerland.

Shame on you.

Oh, well, she didn't like it either.

So, uh, she ran away.

And, uh, we looked all over for her and finally French found her.

Mrs. Beasley, where's Mrs.

Beasley?

Here's your friend.

Yes, I'll be close by if you leave me, sir.

I'm awful sorry you felt so unhappy that you wanted to run away.

Yes, sir.

You see, I just don't know very much about children.

I guess meaning well doesn't help either.

No, sir.

I really thought that you'd like to go to school in Switzerland. I really did.

See, I just didn't think that a little girl like you would want to live here in

a place like this with just French and me.

I mean, there's no children to play with and no nice lady to

buy you things, whatever they do.

No, sir.

See, what I'm trying to tell you is that you don't have to go to school in

Switzerland if you don't want to.

You don't have to go back and live with the Higers either.

You stay right here and live with me.

You better go to sleep now.

We can talk about it more in the morning.

Okay?

Go to sleep now.

Donuts always tell you things like that at night to make you go to sleep.

It's all different in the morning.

Mrs. Beasley, that is not true.

It's not going to be different in the morning. It's going to be the same.

So will you please, a special favor, tell Buffy that I mean it?

What?

Oh, yeah.

I forgot.

What's Mrs.

Beasley telling you?

Well, she told me I forgot the magic words.

What magic words?

Welcome home, Buffy.

Yes, sir.

Could you possibly stop saying yes, sir, no, sir?

Yes, sir.

Good night, Buffy.

He did the right thing, Mr. Davis.

Well, then the other two came along, and there you are. Now, I've got to go to

work.

Oh, Mr.

Davis. Yeah.

When did it happen?

What? Well, I mean, with the kids and all.

Oh, it was four or five years ago. Five years ago, I remember, because I just

came back from India.

What month?

It was five years ago this month.

What day?

The 18th.

Yep.

Friday was our

anniversary.

day plus three that means three days after davis day i'm sorry i forgot the

anniversary that's okay could you remember that plus three no no i had to

reminded you know why i forgot business no because i can't remember when you

weren't here seems like you you always were it can't be five years

anyway it has been and it's been great too

And it always will be.

Oh, just a minute.

Happy anniversary.

Plus three.

Thank you.

That kind of gets you right there, doesn't it, Frenchie?

Madam, you just crumbled my cookie.

Franch, put that stuff away and come back and join us.

Yes, sir.

Now, listen, you kids.

From now on, you don't look back any longer, okay? You're just going to look

ahead. Okay, Uncle Bill.

We'll look ahead to next year, when we celebrate our sixth anniversary.

They're good of you to watch.

And we do hope to see you again next week on Family Affair.