All language subtitles for Hitchcock s03e13 Where The Woodbine Twineth

Good evening.

As you can see, I'm in training for a
pie -eating contest.

I take all athletic matches seriously.
I've been practicing for some weeks now

and have myself honed to a razor -sharp
edge.

Furthermore... I do not expect to have
any trouble making the weight.

This evening, in addition to a pie
-eating contest, we are presenting a

entitled Where the Woodbine Twined, or,
as our network insists on calling it,

WT2. Where the Woodbine Twined is about
a little girl who had some

imaginary playmate.

This would not seem to be a very serious
problem, but it was.

It was.

We now have a different kind of
competition, an endurance contest. The

is, how many of you can endure the next
60 seconds?

Almost 400 years ago.

And a time to every purpose under the
heaven.

A time to be born.

And a time to die.

A time to plant.

And a time to pluck up that which is
planted.

A time to kill.

And a time to heal.

A time to break down and a time to build
up.

A time to weep.

And a time to laugh.

A time to mourn.

And a time to dance.

time to get.

Want to see your room, either?

Come on, honey.

I'll show you.

Jesse, give me a bag.

I'll carry it, Miss Miller. I'll carry
it.

Poor baby.

Fix me a cup of coffee, Suze.

Yes, Captain.

I'm awfully sorry, Captain King.

I sure admired Amos. Thank you, Jesse.
Thank you.

My room's through there.

Right next door.

This used to be your daddy's room.

Once upon a time.

Do you have me, Eva?

Yes, Aunt Nell.

He's never coming back, is he?

Even if I pretend he'll never come back.

Even if we all pretend.

Look at all the bumblebees out in the
garden.

Do bumblebees die?

Yes.

Am I an orphan?

Who told you that?

I heard someone at the church say I was
an orphan.

But they didn't know what was going to
become of me.

can come with me.

Am I going to die?

Not for a long time. You're going to
live here with me and we're going to

very nice life.

Is it dark where Daddy is?

I hope not.

I don't know.

Mingo knows.

Mingo says it's brighter than day.

They have bumblebees there, too.

Well, who's Mingo, honey?

A friend of mine.

Zeus will make his son.

But I want to put the sugars in myself.

$71. $25 to burn off the back lot.

The funeral will be at least $7 .50.

You just make out the checks. I'll sign
them.

They're all made out.

I'm just bringing it up one more time.

And I'll never mention it again.

Now you just listen.

Absolutely sure you want to keep Eva
here?

I could take her with me in the morning
and leave her with the mother's people.

She's Amos' child.

I know you'd have wanted me to take care
of her.

Big job taking care of a six -year -old.

Things aren't going to be as quiet
around here.

I'm aware of that.

I'm even looking forward to it.

I've been too quiet around here for a
long time.

You're not doing this out of a sense of
duty, are you?

I don't know.

I never thought about it like that.

But it'd make no difference if it was.

And I think... Well, I suppose... We do
a lot of things out of a sense of duty.

I never asked you to stay here and
manage this house.

Never kept you here for one minute. I
never said you did.

But someone had to stay with Mum until
she died.

And Amos was so busy.

Going to school, getting married.

Nell. I'm sorry, Father.

I haven't been able to cry about Amos
yet.

And I need a good cry.

I'll be fine.

What time will you be leaving in the
morning? Nell.

I have to tell Suze what time to pick up
breakfast.

What time?

What time?

Here we are.

All washed and ready for bed.

Come, give your old grandpa a big hug
goodnight.

Because he'll be way down river before
you wake up in the morning.

Want to come go to New Orleans with
grandpa on the boat?

I want to stay here with Aunt Nell.

You'd better get to bed.

Aunt Nell won't want a cranky little
girl on her hands. You'll be cranky if

don't get to bed.

I'm afraid of the dark.

Will you stay in my room?

Yes, tonight I will.

Yes.

I'll be glad when Mingo comes so you can
meet her.

I'd like to meet her very much.

Of course.

She's not very big.

How big?

She's big enough to live in a bird cage,
but little enough to have a frog for a

horse. I see.

Leave it on a little bit more.

Not the frogs.

Now, by the river.

Croak, croak, croak.

That means that Mingo's coming.

She'll be here sometime tonight.

Good to see you, Peter.

Can I turn out the light now?

No.

Do you believe me about Mingo?

I think you're a very sweet girl with a
wonderful imagination.

That means you don't believe me.

I knew you wouldn't believe me when I
told you.

into bed either.

Why?

My mom had to wash my mouth out with
soap so I'd talk back and forth like

You're not my mama. My mama's dead.

Mingo saw her.

Mingo said her eyes were open.

She said she saw Daddy and Mama dancing
together down in the ground.

You mustn't make up things like that.

It's not made up.

But Mingo says it's so.

Mingo brought her whole family with her.
Because her house caught on fire.

Peppercorn is her father.

He has a beard very much like the way
Grandpa used to wear on his chain.

Except, Mr. Peppercorn's is red.

Same color as his eyes.

Damn it, Popo. Hey, look, Mr.

Peppercorn.

Hmm?

Well, they all live here under the
davenport.

Are you helping, Eva?

Eva?

What?

I said it was nice to see you helping.

Oh, she's lots of help, Miss Nell.

They don't like Aunt Nell.

see her coming.

I keep telling them that she's really
very nice down inside and that they

mustn't be afraid of her.

which we can let some folks say.

talking to either.

Have you heard me?

Tell me the truth.

To my friend, Mingo, Mr.

Peppercorn, Sam.

Oh, Eva.

Yes, ma 'am?

There's no one in this parlor but you
and me.

You never believe me when I tell you
things are real.

They aren't real.

They

It's not the truth.

They are.

They are not.

They are, too. You don't know.

Either. They are, though. They live
under the Davenport.

Oh, either.

They're little.

Well, you just show them to me.

No, they don't like you.

Well, that's just too bad, because I
want to see them.

No. Why not?

You just can't. Because they aren't
there.

We'll see about that.

No! No! Leave them alone! No! Leave!

Leave them alone! Don't do anything bad!
No!

There's nothing. No!

You see, there's nothing there.

Nothing.

They're gone.

They're gone?

Because they were never there.

You did it.

Look away.

They're going.

You did it.

You're an awful, snippy old maid.

I'll rinse your mouth with soaps of hot.
It'll make your head swim.

You...

Not since breakfast.

She better come on.

Have you looked out under the puzzle
tree?

Eva?

Jesse? Yes, ma 'am.

Have you seen Eva?

No, ma 'am. Not since breakfast.

Oh, you better get the car out of the
garage now. I don't want to be late.

Yes, ma 'am.

Well, she kept crying because she didn't
get to see the boat and meet her

grandpa.

It's her own fault.

I'm not playing hide -and -seek with
her.

We're going to have raspberry cobbler
baked ham, corn on the cob, fresh

and spoonbread.

Everything the captain's fond of.

There's Jesse with the car, Miss Nell.

I hear you.

Where'd you put the ham, Jesse?

What ham?

I asked you earlier to get me a ham out
of the snow cow.

You didn't ask me?

Jesse, I told you the first thing this
morning.

Not me. We need anything from town. Just
about out of cornmeal, Miss Nell. You

didn't tell me Dooley Doo bought no ham.

I told you before I poured you your
coffee.

Come on, come on. We'll be late.

The captain'll be waiting on the dock.

I'll remember if you told me, Suze.

Never mind.

I'll get it myself.

Who's in here?

Is that you, Eva?

No.

Your Aunt Nell's been looking high and
low for you.

I know.

You miss going down to the dock and
seeing your grandpa coming on the boat.

I know.

Didn't you want to go?

Why didn't you answer then and make your
wet box known?

I couldn't.

Why not?

Because Mr.

Peppercorn came.

And I couldn't be rude to Mr.

Peppercorn.

He came back on a butterfly for just one
minute to tell me something.

You better come on, get out from there
before you break your neck.

Just look at them hands.

And that face.

And you smell like a piece of smoked
meat.

I was pretending I was a string of
peppers.

Oh, yeah?

Well, we're just going to have to throw
you in the tub and clean you up before

they get back.

What are you grinning about, young lady?

I promised not to tell.

You better stop that. You're going to
make yourself dizzy.

Now, come on. Come on.

Come on.

Captain King! Captain King!

How's my girl?

I'm fine.

Jessie, hand me the big box on the front
seat.

All right, Captain.

I got something here for you.

Put

me

down, Grandpa. Put me down.

Numa. What did you say, Eva?

Now, don't mumble.

Thank your grandpa nicely now.

Oh, you think I haven't taught you one
shred of manners.

she be coming?

But I wasn't sure it was Grandpa
bringing her.

Mr. Peppercorn said... Oh, Eva.

I don't want to be a tattletale,
Grandpa.

But Aunt Nell made them all go away.

She took an umbrella and poked at them.

But this morning, Mr. Peppercorn came
back for just one minute.

She said when she poked at them, she
broke Sam's foot. And that none of them

would ever come back with her in the
house.

No matter how much they loved me, they
were sending me an oomah instead.

She's just like he said.

Take it all and go to your room, Eva.

Eva, take it all and go upstairs. You
heard me.

Yes, Aunt Nell.

Grandpa for bringing me mugs.

You're very welcome, I am sure.

I want to talk to you.

Talk to me over a nice mint julep.

I've been almost out of my mind all
summer long.

It just doesn't talk.

There's a whole community of them living
under the Davenport.

They all rode frogs.

It's not too funny.

She's just a baby, Nell.

I know, but it's all she talks about,
all she thinks about.

She never lifts a finger around the
house.

When I was her age, I made myself very
useful.

Now, you know I did.

Yes, you did.

A mama'd have taken a switch to me if
I'd acted the way she acts.

You aren't sorry you took her in, are
you, Nell?

She's Amos' child.

You're not answering my question.

No, I'm not sorry.

But I intend to do something about it.

A child must learn to live with the
reality of the world.

Sounds like something you said to me
once upon a time, doesn't it?

Sounds familiar.

I'd be grateful if you'd brush up that
particular lecture.

It was pretty effective, as I remember.

I'll go get her.

You might also tell her that I'm not a
sippy old maid, an impossible older.

in here with you.

There was someone in here with you.

I distinctly heard two voices.

Who was it?

Now you answer me.

You never believe me when I tell you
things are real.

Now you tell me the truth. You hear me?

improve each shining hour.

Some say by injecting a station break in
the center of it.

I shall allow you to judge for yourself
before rejoining us for the second half

of Where the Woodbine Twined.

What does Numa say today, Eva?

Today Numa says that he misses Grandpa
and that he's sorry he had to go away so

soon.

And that she'll be glad when he comes
back up the river.

Yes.

And that summer's just about over.

Mm -hmm. And life is very hard.

Oh, yes.

Life is hard.

That's what Numa says.

I'm on my way to choir practice. Isn't
there a need?

You look pretty, Miss Nance.

We're just about out of cinnamon.

Do you want to come into town either?

Can I bring Mama with me?

I don't want everyone in town to see my
niece walking around talking to a doll.

Then I'd rather stay here and play.

Where's Jesse?

I'll get him.

Jesse,

Nell's ready to go. I will.

I'll put her to work, Miss Nell.

I'll see that she sweeps the porch and
she can help me make pie crust and I'll

see that she makes a bed.

Tonight is missionary meeting.

I'd like an early supper.

Yes, ma 'am.

Let me sift it some.

All right.

Numa says if Aunt Nell ever made her go
away like she did the others, she'd take

me with her.

And where would that be?

Where the wood behind Twine is.

Where?

Where the wood behind Twine is.

I don't recollect ever hearing of that
place before. How far from Cleeside's

landing is it?

I don't know.

But I expect it's far away. So far away
you never come back.

Never come back where the wind finds
time. It's never come back.

Don't do that, honey.

We don't just always talk.

Sometimes we get tired of that.

What we do, we just play.

What do you play?

She puts you in that box?

playing with one of those children from
down by the river. Where did she go?

There was no one here but me and Numa.

Now, don't you set out to aggravate me.

I suppose you're going to tell me that
it was Numa I saw.

You never believe me when I tell you
things are real.

Well, we'll put a little stop to this
nonsense right now.

No!

Numa!

Numa! Numa!

Now, you behave yourself.

When you tell me who you were playing
with just now, not before.

I hate you.

Don't you talk that way to me.

Shut up.

Don't you sass me.

Oh, Ava.

You better not bite me.

I'm going to. You just do. And see what
happens, Miss Lady.

Please. Stop it, Eve.

Stop that.

Miss Nell.

Put her to bed.

But she hasn't had a supper, Miss Nell.
Put her to bed.

Yes, ma 'am.

Come on, babe.

Come on.

I finally found out what was wrong.

It was just that old spring that needed
tightening up real tight.

Well, thank you, Jesse.

I'm sure glad it didn't happen when
Suess was in here cleaning up.

She'd have climbed right up that wall.

Thank you, Jesse.

You're welcome, ma 'am.

Yes, ma 'am.

I'm going now. You sure you don't want
Jesse to drive you? It's just over to

Foster's. You taking that up to Eva?

Yes, ma 'am. It's all right. She didn't
have any dinner either.

You think I've been too strict, don't
you?

Don't ask me, Miss Nair.

She talked back to me.

That's not to be allowed.

No, ma 'am.

I'll be home early.

Have a nice evening, Miss Nair.

Chicken and dumplings and a glass of
milk and a big piece of pie.

I'm not hungry.

Well, I'll just leave it anyway in case
you get hungry.

I don't want you knocking on my door in
the middle of the night and waking me up

and looking pitiful.

What you mad at me for?

Jesse?

Jesse!

Oh, that old pianola spring done got
untied again, Mama.

I thought I had it fixed for sure.

Well, I see what I can do about it this
time.

Jesse!

Seuss!

You home already, Miss Nell? What is it,
dear? Where's Eva?

Up in her room, I reckon.

Well, how'd the parlor door get
unlocked?

Who locked it? I did.

Well, that wasn't locked, Miss Nell. It
wasn't locked at all.

You want to play anytime you want to
play it.

The Jets are the stars.

You're the child who's been sneaking up
here to play with Eva.

Now, Scat, you're going home.

Go on.

Go on home.

Go on.

Scat.

You're going home where you belong.

from me. You hear me?

If you... If you know what's good for
you, you'll...

That concludes tonight's story.

Next week we shall return with another.

Until then, good night.