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The story of Grizzly Adams is big and powerful and beautiful.
They call me Mad Jack.
And me and my burro number seven been traipsing these slopes and valleys for a
long spell. So I know the story from the beginning. My friend Adams was accused
of a crime he didn't commit.
So he escaped into the mountains, leaving behind the only life that he
knew.
Now, that wilderness out there ain't no place for a greenhorn, and his chances
of surviving were mighty slim.
There was no time at all, for he was beaten down, ragged, and nearly starved.
Long about then, he come upon a grizzly bear cub, all alone and helpless.
Now, Adams knew that little critter couldn't survive without his help, so he
started right down that cliff, risking his own life.
To save it.
Now that cub took to Adams right off.
And that was when he discovered he had a special kind of way with animals.
They just come right up to him like he was a natural part of the wilderness.
But that bear cub, he was extra special.
As he growed, he became the best friend Adams ever had. And together, they
became a legend.
Us mountain folk have been blessed with rivers and streams, trees and flowers.
But if there's any one thing that shows a man the glory of God in the
wilderness, I reckon it'd have to be the animal.
And my friend James Adams had a sense and feel of him like nobody I ever knew.
Take that little fox pup.
He'd found it near gone one day about a month ago.
But he'd made it well, and now...
He was a -taking it back to its mama.
While Adams was telling the little fox he'd soon be back home, Ben's nose was a
-telling him there was a stranger in the bear, a black she -bear.
And as hard as Ben tried to make friends, that other bear just moseyed on
like she'd never seen or heard him.
Ben, you coming with me or you got other ideas?
Well,
I'll get you back to your family and then I'll check on Ben later.
Ben's other idea was to follow that bear and maybe find out why she was acting
so unfriendly.
Well, now, come on, number seven, drink.
You've been asking for water the last six miles. Now you're here, drink.
I didn't know it, of course, but I was going to meet that there bear before Ben
did.
Now, don't get skitterish. You've seen a bear before.
Probably a friend of Ben's, anyway.
No, I don't guess it is.
I've never seen that bear before.
Now, that's close enough.
You come any closer, you and me's gonna tangle. Now, there's enough room in
these mountains for everybody, so you just get.
Howdy.
I hope my bear didn't give you a start.
Is that your bear?
Yeah. She's called Babe.
And they call me Marvin.
Marvin the Magnificent.
Well, they call me Mad Jack.
Mad Jack Mountain Man. How'd you get here?
Why, horses and a wagon.
There, over there, behind those trees.
Well, you've got to be scatterbrained or just plumb out of your mind to bring a
wagon up into this country.
Scatterbrained verily, sir.
You know, if you could just direct me to the way to the settlement, I'd be very
much obliged.
Settlement.
All right, well, you see that row of trees yonder?
You follow them right on up to the top of the ridge there.
And then you start down.
And you just keep going down and down until you come to the wagon trail.
Then you turn east.
After a bit, you come out into the valley floor, and there's where you'll
the settlement.
How long is that going to take?
Well, me, it'll take about three days. But you, it's going to take ten days,
maybe two weeks. Two weeks?
That is, if you heard.
Two weeks.
You hear that, babe?
Our luck is just going from bad to worse, isn't it?
This was our last chance, too.
I heard there was going to be a trapper's rendezvous at the settlement.
Well, there was, but you're about a month too late.
What do you want there anyway? You and the fur trade?
Oh, fur trade? Oh, horrors, no, no, no. We perform, Babe and I. We
do magic and entertainment and... Well, I... Really,
she looks an awful lot better when she's feeling well.
But lately...
The poor old girl, she's been off her feet. I guess it was my fault, really.
I'm just lost without babe. I mean, I don't know what I'd do without her.
You know, we share everything. She's my whole life.
Why, we share food and luxury and success.
Although I do confess that there has been precious little of the latter
recently.
Tell me.
You suppose they have poor houses for bears, too?
Oh, now, if you and your bear is hungry, old man Jack, he's got a lot of good
things in this. You got any magical elixir in that pack of yours, sir?
That perhaps could put new life into babe?
No, I ain't got none of that, but I got a friend up country, and he thinks about
as much as his bear as you think of yours.
You got a pet bear?
Well, he ain't exactly a pet, but he's a friend.
And this fella's got a way with animals, big or small.
Babe and I have come to the end of the road.
The sooner we get back to town, the better it's going to be. I can see now
it was just madness for me to come up here.
Oh, now, don't you feel that way?
Won't you get some of old Mad Jack's flapjacks inside of you? Why, you...
hello, Ben.
Don't be scared now. That's the bear I was telling you about. Really? That's a
grizzly. Yep.
Well, he thinks he's a grizzly. I think he's almost human.
Yeah, well, you know, grizzlies are not friendly by nature.
Ben?
Where's Adams?
Usually where you find Ben, Adams isn't far off.
Who's Adams, his owner?
Well, in this relationship, nobody owns nobody.
But they is about as close as an animal and a man can get. Sort of like maybe
you and Babe there.
You know, Ben, something tells me that you and I are going to get to be real
good friends. Yeah.
Maybe you can even help Babe here, huh?
Think so?
Hey, Ben.
How would you like a honey cake, huh?
You know, it does seem to me that I saw one of those honey cakes around here
somewhere while there it is. Look at that.
Right in your friend's ear.
Here you are, Ben.
With my compliments and enjoy yourself.
Bon appetit.
You had it up your sleeve, didn't you?
Perhaps, perhaps.
You know, I sure would like to meet this friend of yours.
Any man that can work with a grizzly.
Well, I take my hat off to him.
That's where it was. You had it in your hat.
If Adams was surprised
when he seen that strange wagon, it weren't nothing to what were to come.
You must be Marvin the Magnificent.
No, sir, that would be me.
Howdy, Adams. Howdy, Jack.
Adams? This here is Marvin.
I, uh, come across him and his bear up there in the woods, and they was kind of
lost. I deem it a great pleasure to meet you, Mr. Adams.
You have a mighty fine bear here, Mr. Marvin. Thank you, sir. Ben, you been
behaving yourself?
Look at that. That is a remarkable job of training.
Adams?
Marvin's bear here is acting kind of sickly, and I told him, was he to bring
down here, that you'd fix her up right away.
Yeah, you know, Adams, there was a time when she was just as nimble as an
acrobat and as strong as a wrestler. That's the way she was.
But a few years ago, she caught a cold. She caught a cold, and it's just gotten
worse ever since. It's as though now her joints were rusted through.
Yeah, it...
Babe, sit up here now and shake hands. Shake hands with Mr.
Adams there.
Babe, shake hands.
Shake. Babe.
Well, yeah, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Well, I'll tell you what we'll do.
Babe, just stand right up here and give us a salute.
Babe,
babe, salute.
It's been a long time since you stood on your head or walked a tightrope, eh?
How old is Babe Marvin?
I tell you, we have played every leading opera house and music hall in the
entire country.
And you know the way they build her, huh? They build her as Babe the Wonder
Bear. And that's what they called her, too, didn't they, old girl?
Yes, sir.
Come on in here a minute. I'd like to show you something.
Now, here is what I wanted to show you.
You're an artist in more than one way. Yeah?
Well, I do not have your skill at the healing arts.
I'm not a doctor, Marvin.
But sometimes the trouble can come with what you're feeding them.
Oh, babe has eaten everything that I eat all of her life.
Well, you know, Adams, if I have cream pie, she has cream pie. Then nothing but
the best for her. No, sir.
But you know, the doctors I've been taking her to, all they know about is
animals. You know, farm animals.
Who knows about bears in the towns and cities, eh?
How long are you going to be in these here parts?
Just as long as it takes. You think you can cure her?
Well, all I know is Mother Nature takes care of her own kind in her own way.
And we're just going to have to figure out how to help her along.
That's real nice.
Yeah, baby.
There's something bothering that man, Jack.
Well, sure, this bear here.
No, there's more to it than that.
It seemed like the best thing for Babe was to spend a little time with Ben,
doing, well, bear things like going fishing.
If Babe saw how Ben was doing it, well, maybe she'd get the knack of it.
But it didn't work out that way.
While Ben was doing his best to show Babe how to fish and inviting her to
on in the water, well, poor Babe had all she could do to just sit there and
watch. The only fish Babe had ever ate was served to her on a fancy dish, so
didn't understand what Ben was doing in the water with a fish in his mouth.
Well, the whole thing frustrated her so much that she just up and walked plumb
away.
Why do you figure Marvin wouldn't tell us the age of his bear?
Because he's worried about her age.
And his own.
Nobody likes to admit they're getting old.
Oh, lookie here.
Hiya, babe.
You back from the woods so soon?
Did you have a good time out there?
Yeah. Bet you found yourself a nice berry bush, didn't you? Ate some nice
roots?
That meadow grass is good for your stomach.
That'll make you feel a lot better.
Bet you old Ben showed you where all them good natural vittles were, didn't
I'm just gonna squeeze around here a little bit and feel your bones.
Her bones are older than she is.
Well, how can that be?
That kind of living she's been doing just ain't natural for a bear, Jack.
Eating all that rich city food.
And only accounts for half of it.
Her shoulder's all swollen up with lumbago.
Lumbago, huh?
But... I know just how you feel, old girl.
I might have a piece of jerky here for you, babe.
I sure wasn't looking forward to Marvin hearing what Adams told me.
So... Maybe it was a good thing when Nekoma dropped by when he did.
How's your picture coming?
Oh, good, good, good.
Sure to see, Nekoma.
That's Nekoma, our friend from the Indian village.
Howdy.
Jack, you see any sign of Babe?
Yeah, she's down at the creek there with Adams.
Doing real fine.
Oh, good, good. I got a lot of confidence in that man.
You know, he's really amazing.
I thought I knew bears, but according to him, I'm just an amateur.
Hi, Ben.
Where you been?
I saved some breakfast for you.
I bet you didn't get too much to eat this morning, did you, babe?
Well, I saved some nice juicy berries for you down in the cabin.
Want to follow me down there?
Come on, girl, let's go.
There was more than berries waiting back at the cabin.
There was a man waiting, hoping for a miracle.
Mary Lou, Daniel, looky here. You want to see what you look like? There you
There you are.
Hey.
Bastila y Liliaca.
No, he's not a medicine man. He's a magic man. He does magic.
Magic?
Yeah.
Magic, so be it.
Well, magic is a... Adams?
Magic is something that looks like it is, but it really ain't so.
That's what it is, isn't it, Marvin?
Yeah, yeah, that is exactly what it is, manner speaking.
Magic. Yeah,
Nakuma wants to see some.
Oh.
All right, Nakuma.
Let me see here what we might work out.
That's good.
You got any other tricks? Any big ones?
Oh, no, no, no. I'd really like to see some of your magic.
Well, I'd like to...
oblige you just to repay your hospitality, Adams, but really nothing I
without Babe, you know.
You know, I might be able to work something out with number seven there
and Ben, huh?
Yeah, well, I'd have to rehearse, though.
Well, Nicole and me'd help you. All right.
All right. Be interesting to see what Ben could do, maybe, huh? But I'll work
behind the cabin there where you can't see me. I'll get number seven. All
This is a mighty fine sketch you did here of Mary Lou and Daniel, Marvin.
Oh, thanks.
I do some woodcarvers myself.
Small little animals.
Even sell a few of them, but nothing as fine as your stuff.
Oh, they're just simple sketches.
Go ahead and look at them if you'd like.
Well, now, come on, number seven.
Marvin's going to teach you some new tricks.
Oh, that's the truth.
You're going to be a part of a magic show. Now, come on.
Number seven, you just come on now. You hear me?
Showtime, number seven.
Come on.
They have no account of always listening to somebody else.
Well, she's eating.
That means she's getting better, don't it?
She's got a long way to go, Jack, before she's strong again.
I told Marvin you could cure about anything.
It's gonna break his heart.
Don't you figure Marvin knows by now?
Well, you heard the man. He thinks he's going to Chicago and St. Louis and do
his show.
Well, when a man's looking for a miracle, either he believes it's gonna
or he's gonna give it a real good show.
I still think you're wrong.
Looking a lot better to me.
It ain't easy for any of us to face the truth, especially Marvin.
He thinks if Babe's young, it's going to make him young.
He's been using Babe like a crippled man uses a crutch.
He's going to have to learn not to lean on Babe anymore.
He's going to have to let her lead her own life.
Everyone was looking forward to that show.
Hawk, Adams, Joshua, me, Nokoma, Babe, all waiting to see number
seven and Ben perform.
Even Mary Lou and Daniel.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Presenting Marvin the Magnificent and his
company.
Good. For my first sleight of hand.
Good, Marvin.
Music, maestro.
Please.
Ladies and gentlemen, you see
one long strip of paper.
Nokoma, would you please step up here and assist me?
Now, right there with your knife, Nokoma.
Carefully thrust it through there and cut the paper. Thank you very much. You
have assisted beautifully.
Now then.
Two pieces of paper.
I place them gently back together again. Ladies and gentlemen, watch very
closely. Once more, with the scissors, I cut them.
And ha, ho, presto.
That is magic.
Thank you very much. And there is still more to come.
Once in a while here in the wilderness, one wishes that one had a little summer
teepee, eh?
Somewhere to retire and rest on warm summer evenings.
Perhaps one might consider building a little teepee of cards.
Would that do?
That's real good, Marvin. Ain't it, Macomba?
Jack, may I have your hat for a moment, please?
Oh, sure.
Thank you.
Tell me, Jack, are there any holes in this hat?
No, sir, and there better not be when I get it back.
Oh, dear, dear. I can't imagine how I could possibly put my cane through this
hat without making a hole.
I may have to buy you a new hat.
Oh, number seven.
That's a funny hat you're wearing.
Ain't as funny as the one Jack's wearing.
Is that you talking, number seven? Seven, do you like Jack?
Sometimes he's as ornery and stubborn as a mule.
Well, I never said anything mean about you.
Oh, seven, I'm sorry to hear you say that.
I'm thinking of changing his name.
Changing his name to what, seven?
Number seven and a half.
That's how close he is to getting replaced.
That's gratitude for you.
Seven thanks you, and I thank you.
And now, presenting the one and only...
Oh, excuse me.
The stand -in for the one and only.
That great grizzly, Ben the Wonder Bear.
You are witnessing a brilliant display of balance and precision.
The ball is actually being suspended in the air on the agile toes of a furry
carnivore.
And now, the most amazing, the most astounding feat ever performed before
eyes.
Pow! The vanishing pail.
Now, Ben, I hope you haven't forgotten how to do this.
There you are. Have you got a good grip on the pail, Ben?
Eyes on the pail. Oh, my goodness.
Ben, where's the pail?
Ben, I find that hard to believe.
Where is the pail?
Oh, number seven has it.
And now, magic!
Number seven does have the pail.
That was great, Marvin. I mean, just terrific.
Wasn't he good, Nicoma? Yes, sir. A fine show.
Thank you, one and all.
That was a good show, Mr. Marvin.
Marvin, we're mighty beholden to you. None of us have ever seen a show quite
like it. Well, I certainly couldn't have done it alone.
You know, Ben's help was terrific.
He is so smart that with just a little bit more practice, he could be as good
Babe was in her prime.
The Coombe and me are ready to go. You got the carbons?
Yeah, they're right here, Jack.
Isn't that good?
Yeah, it is.
You only got two?
Well, that's all I had time to do.
Do you think Mr. Merriweather will be down at the post to buy them?
I don't know. Last time I talked to him, he said he was going to be busy working
on a maniac book.
A maniac book?
Yeah, that's what he said.
You need anything from the settlement, Martin? Oh, yeah, yeah. As a matter of
fact, you can get me some sugar for Babe.
And I think I could use a little salt, too.
Oh, upon second thought, I think I'll just pick that up when I get in there
myself. Well, why don't you try trading for what you need like I do?
Trading? Yeah, when Jack can't sell my carvings, he trades for what we need.
Well, I don't think my sketches are nearly good enough for that.
Oh, yes, they are. They're better than my carvings, ain't they, Jack?
Well, I wouldn't say that, but... Well, they're good.
If you think that really brings something, I'll just go and get my best
Adams, it ain't hardly likely that that'll trade.
Well, do what you can.
Well... There you are now, Jack. I'll take anything within reach.
Well, I'll do my best.
Bye.
Oh, all right, Ben. All right, you can quit. We're finished now.
Well, I'll touch it up a little bit and give it to you as something to remember
me by.
I'll be glad to have it, Marvin. Thank you. Well, it's little enough to repay
you for all the consideration you've shown Babe.
Oh, by the way, where is Babe?
You know, I better spend a little more time with her. She's going to think I
traded her in for Ben.
Oh, babe's out there in the woods somewhere.
You mean you left her out there alone?
She's a bear. She's not a lap dog.
She is weak and sick and she needs me.
You know what I think she needs? She needs to get away from you for a while.
and your cream pies.
Give me another week with her out there.
Adams and Ben spent the week making Babe feel at home in the wilderness.
They seemed to it she got plenty of exercise, ate bare food, and, well, kind
got the feel of what an acre was all about.
Now just sit still a minute and I'll be all done.
Marvin, I want you to follow me and bring your sketch pad. I got something
you to draw.
Oh, what is it?
It's Babe.
She's fishing in a stream.
Adams took Marvin right down to the stream.
Gosh, look at that.
She never caught a fish before in her life.
It's not easy, Marvin. Ben has a hard time catching them.
Look how fast she moves.
It helps when you're hungry.
Watching Babe do this, Marvin, reminds me of the time old Jack stopped to make
camp. He was as hungry as a bear's own self.
Suddenly, I'll tell you, it was something like...
Something like a mountain lion must have spooked number seven.
Poosh! Quick as a brush fire he took off. Straight for these cliffs.
All the vittles and goodies were right in the backpack.
Well, I don't know if you can believe this, but a man Jack's age passing up a
spooked burrow, I... Well, I'm telling you, that was one hungry mountain man.
Hey, I tell you, I've heard some of Jack's stories, but the only ones he
exaggerated was the one about your capabilities.
You're a fisherman.
I said, baby, you're a fisherman. You're a fisherman. Go and get it. Go and get
it. Don't let it get away.
So you know what?
We could put that in the act.
We could have a tank of fish, bring it right on the stage, and Babe would reach
in and pull out a fish alive without hurting it at all. I tell you, Adams,
you sure gave her the right medicine.
I hope you'll give some to me when I leave.
Marvin, you'd have to take the wilderness and everything that's in it.
I don't understand.
Marvin, what's helped Babe doesn't come in a bottle.
There ain't no medicine, except in what's out here.
I didn't do anything for Babe.
I couldn't.
I've got eyes. I can see she's better.
Believe what you want, Marvin.
Babe's old.
Her legs are stiff. Her joints are swollen.
We may be old, Babe and I, but we are not ancient.
We have lots of good years left together.
I know you do.
But Babe can't roll around and turn that hurdy -gurdy anymore. She's not an
acrobat. She's finished.
I do not accept that.
I've trained her all of my life.
You've done wonders for her.
But somewhere there's got to be a doctor who can cure Babe permanently.
Even if you can't.
Oh, you believe what you want.
But the truth's the truth.
I don't make the rules.
Nature makes them. You are wrong.
Babe is no more finished than I am. You are wrong!
You've got to be.
Nobody said anything about being finished, Marvin.
There's still lots of important things you can do.
For yourself and for others.
Sir, I will not be patronized.
I guess Marvin felt so bad about what he said to Adams, he just couldn't face
him in the morning.
So, when everyone was asleep, he wrote Adams a letter, saying he was sorry and
that he was leaving.
Get in the wagon.
Well, goodbye, Ben.
We sure are going to miss you.
You've been a great friend to me and babe.
Goodbye.
The combination of it being dark
and... Marvin thinking so hard about his problems.
He didn't notice it were Ben and not Babe who got into that wagon.
Not wanting to wake anyone up, Marvin led that wagon away as quietly as he
could.
There was no way he could know that it wasn't Babe riding in that wagon, but
Ben.
Come morning, Marvin still thought it was Babe sleeping in that wagon.
Well, babe, I guess you're going to miss the wilderness and being among your
own, huh?
But don't you worry, babe.
Don't worry.
I'm going to find us a place where we can be together.
Yes, sir, with maybe some trees and a river with
fishing.
Not too far away.
Adams was right, babe.
I guess I just never wanted to reach the day or face the
fact that we is finished.
Well, I just hope you'll forgive me for being unkind.
Adams found Marvin's letter right off.
And it made him feel mighty bad.
I guess maybe he felt kind of responsible for Marvin leaving like he
Naturally, when he seen Babe, he couldn't figure out why she was still
Morning, Babe.
You haven't seen Ben around, have you?
Mighty peculiar, Babe. Marvin going off and...
Not mention it.
Leaving you behind.
Says here that he couldn't face me for what he'd said.
Shucks, I wasn't mad at him.
Well, you had your walk.
I reckon I'd have mine.
Ben!
Ben!
I wonder where he is, Bay.
was still with Marvin.
Though poor Marvin had no way of knowing it.
With Ben staying in the wagon being real quiet and all.
Well, babe, we're going to rest here a while.
I want to sketch that magnificent view.
Babe?
Ben, you are not supposed to... I thought you were babe.
You're not... Oh, Ben, I told you. What is Adams going to think?
He's going to think I stole you away.
Yeah, I do appreciate your consideration.
But you don't belong with me.
I'm sorry, man.
We had better get you back before they find out that you're gone. Oh, good
heavens.
When I got there, I knowed right off things wasn't right.
Where is everybody?
We go away for two weeks, come back, and... There ain't a soul in sight.
Marvin calls Tick.
Yeah, Marvin is gone.
His wagon, his team, everything.
But why would he go off and leave Babe?
Adams, it's that shave, aren't you?
Oh, yeah.
Adams will clear it up.
I got a funny feeling something ain't right.
Where's Ben?
Well,
Adams was telling me what happened.
Ben was showing Marvin a shortcut back to the cabin.
There ain't no other answer.
That man had Ben on his mind ever since he first saw him.
No.
If Ben went with him, it's because he wanted to. How long has Ben gone?
I don't know. Well, we can get Nekoma here to track him. He can't have gone
far.
No. Now, Adams.
The man took Ben, and that makes him a thief, and he ought to be treated like a
thief.
I'm going to fix a tear in this little guy's leg.
Well, let that don't be, though.
Here Adams has been worrying about Marvin selling his drawings, and all the
all Marvin was thinking about is getting a hold of Ben, taking him away, and
taking him east.
Ben's back.
Ben. Well, hello, Ben.
Oh, Ben.
It's good to see you.
Where you been?
You got some new place I don't know nothing about?
Yeah.
Oh, oh.
The place he found was in my wagon.
Adam.
Last night after I decided to go,
I told Babe to get in my wagon.
Now, I know this is hard to believe, but in the darkness, I didn't know it was
Ben.
Well, that's the easiest thing for me to believe I've ever heard, Marvin. Oh?
Thank you.
Marvin, I think Jack's got something to say to you.
Yeah.
Marvin, I, uh...
I owe you an apology. I... I misjudged you.
Well, I think you can make up for it by telling him about his drawings.
Oh, yeah.
The trading post took them in trade.
Well, not exactly.
But how would you like to make your drawings and have them put into a book?
Are you serious?
Sure, I'm serious.
I ran into that Meriwether fellow down at the settlement.
And he wants you to make your drawings so he can put them in his maniac book.
Maniac book?
The whole thing sounds crazy to me.
Does that there stagecoach ticket look crazy?
He wants you to come to St. Louis right away.
The ticket looks genuine enough, all right, all right.
It is.
Oh, no, no.
No, I... I couldn't desert Babe.
She needs me.
She's been doing just fine here, Adams.
But I can't take the wilderness with me.
Marvin, there's plenty of room out here for another bear.
And Ben and I will be more than happy to look out after her.
You know, Marvin, Babe's kind of like a thoroughbred racehorse, you might say.
Her racing days are over.
It's time to give her a rest.
You got to put her out to pasture, Marvin.
Yeah.
Well, goodbye, babe.
They'll take real good care of you here, Adams and Jack. Don't you worry.
You take care of yourself now.
Everything's going to be all right, babe.
I got a visitor for you and babe.
Hi there.
Adams, good to see you. Good to see you, Marvin. How you doing? Fine, fine.
How's my babe?
Your babe is doing fine.
She's got a nice little den not too far from here.
Well, the animal's been keeping an eye on her.
From time to time, I even go down and check on her myself.
Matter of fact, she's paying us a visit this morning. Hey, good.
Saw her down at the creek myself.
Listen, how did things go in St. Louis for you?
Well... I really struck it rich.
You know that maniac book that Jack was talking about?
Yeah. Well, it turned out to be an animal almanac that Mr. Merriweather's
compiling, and he engaged me to do all the illustrations for it. Yep. And there
may be another volume in the offing. You know, Jack, Adams, the parameters of my
debt to you are infinite.
Sure likes them big words, don't he?
Yeah, and he knows how to use them.
Maniac book.
You know, when we first met, I was a desperate man. Babe and I both had too
years on us, and the future looked pretty bleak for both of us.
But now the fates have kind of turned around, and thanks to both of you,
are looking better.
And especially thanks to you, Mr. Adams.
We've both learned not to fight age, but to live with it.
And as the poets might say...
Find excitement in every new sunrise.
Well, shall we go down to the creek and see Babe, huh?
Well, we won't have to. Here she comes now.
Babe!
Babe, it's good to see you. How have you been?
Ladies and gentlemen!
Introducing Babe, the ex -wonder bear.
Now, Babe, the happy bear.
Ben, have you ever considered a career in show business?
Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you.
Deep inside the forest is a door into another land.
Here is our life and home.
We are staying here forever in the beauty of
this place all alone.
We keep on hoping.
There's a time when...
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