1 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:43,880 Malal is a deadly beast in deepest, darkest Africa. 2 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,460 None is more dangerous nor unpredictable than the dreaded black rhino. 3 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:58,920 The mighty hunter aims 4 00:01:58,920 --> 00:01:59,920 at his target. 5 00:02:02,180 --> 00:02:06,820 Days of tracking and marching through the hot, steamy jungle have led to this 6 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:07,820 moment of truth. 7 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,000 I said I'm perfect. I saw him first. 8 00:02:16,260 --> 00:02:18,760 You're not even supposed to be hunting. You're the gun carrier. 9 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,740 How are we supposed to have a proper safari if you won't play by the rule? 10 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,800 Felix King, this is pretend safari. It means we play by pretend safari rules. 11 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:28,820 Well, after tonight, I won't have to pretend. 12 00:02:29,460 --> 00:02:33,220 I'll be the proud owner of a .32 caliber Stevens crack shot rifle. 13 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:36,160 How come you're so sure you're getting this rifle on your birthday? 14 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:39,420 I saw it all wrapped up and stuffed behind the canned peaches in the root 15 00:02:39,420 --> 00:02:40,420 cellar. 16 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:41,540 Come on. 17 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,600 a real gun you'd have shot him clean. 18 00:03:35,140 --> 00:03:36,260 Oh, Felicity. 19 00:03:37,220 --> 00:03:38,420 Isn't that your new bonnet? 20 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:40,280 Yes. Isn't it elegant? 21 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:41,379 Oh, yes. 22 00:03:41,380 --> 00:03:42,380 It's lovely. 23 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:44,680 Why hold us up? 24 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,240 I'm just going for a stroll. 25 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:49,580 A lady should never venture out of doors without making the effort to look her 26 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:51,360 finest. Oh, no, no, no. She shouldn't. 27 00:03:52,340 --> 00:03:56,540 Now, this stroll you're setting upon wouldn't happen to be taken to anywhere 28 00:03:56,540 --> 00:03:57,540 near the lighthouse. 29 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,080 Not necessarily, Mother. Good day, Father. 30 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:01,640 Good day, my lady. 31 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:04,660 Where's she off to? 32 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:05,880 To call on God's pike. 33 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,700 Um, isn't she, uh... What? 34 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,360 Well, you know. 35 00:04:13,860 --> 00:04:14,860 What? 36 00:04:15,599 --> 00:04:17,399 seeing a lot of that boy. 37 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,720 Oh, it's harmless enough. 38 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:22,019 I think it's quite romantic, actually. 39 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,120 Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. 40 00:04:24,540 --> 00:04:27,400 Oh, Alec, he's got to grow up sometime. 41 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:31,620 But does it have to be so fast? I mean, here's Felix, 13 years old, Felicity 42 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:35,200 spending all her free time socializing with friends. Before you know it, Cecily 43 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,120 will be wearing high -button boots and corsets. 44 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,720 Come on inside, old man. I'll fetch you a nice pot of tea. 45 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:42,520 All right, then. Come on, Digger. 46 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,980 Felix, I've got about ten minutes to get these tables set up or I'm going to be 47 00:04:58,980 --> 00:04:59,919 late meeting Phyllis. 48 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:01,280 But I've got a terrific plan. 49 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:03,460 Don't want to hear about it, Felix. 50 00:05:03,860 --> 00:05:06,120 Your plans have a way of landing people in big trouble. 51 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:11,020 I'm getting my .32 caliber Stevens crack shot rifle for my birthday seat, so I 52 00:05:11,020 --> 00:05:12,900 figured I'd do some big game hunting for the hotel. 53 00:05:13,260 --> 00:05:14,099 Like what? 54 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:15,140 Shooting elephants or something? 55 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,500 No, of course not. 56 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:19,180 I'm talking about a deer. 57 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,200 Mr. Bentley could hang the head up in the library and the meat would go right 58 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,200 down to the kitchen. 59 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:28,280 Hey, you know, that's not such a bad idea. 60 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:33,300 Here, paid Mr. Stoke from up Watervale Way, 12 cents a pound for venison. 61 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,140 12 cents a pound? 62 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,460 There's got to be one for 100 pounds. 63 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,140 Wait till I get my steaming cup. 64 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:42,720 God, 65 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:45,520 Pike. 66 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,280 Oh, not the good china. 67 00:05:49,940 --> 00:05:52,780 Well, clean up this mess and put out the regular china. 68 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,100 You mean I have to start all over again? 69 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,380 Precisely. And you'd best snap to it. 70 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,740 And you had better tear out and let him get at it. 71 00:06:08,580 --> 00:06:11,820 Well, best be on my merry way. 72 00:06:13,580 --> 00:06:14,580 Sure. 73 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,080 Do me a favor. Meet Felicity at the lighthouse. 74 00:06:18,820 --> 00:06:20,300 Tell her I'm stuck here. 75 00:06:20,620 --> 00:06:21,620 Sure. 76 00:06:28,450 --> 00:06:29,790 Felix. Happy birthday. 77 00:06:46,710 --> 00:06:49,910 Because, Pike, you really know how to test a lady's patience, don't you? 78 00:07:25,940 --> 00:07:26,879 Callinectes sapidus. 79 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,420 Huh? I thought it was a crab. 80 00:07:29,380 --> 00:07:30,380 It is a crab. 81 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:32,000 That's the Latin name for it. Show off. 82 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:35,660 Let's put the four of you back where you found it, hmm? No, let's bring it home 83 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:36,660 to show to Father. 84 00:07:38,060 --> 00:07:41,060 Felicity, look at our calisthenics wetsuit. 85 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:50,040 Morgan, where are your manners? 86 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:51,920 Aren't you going to make the proper introductions? 87 00:07:52,590 --> 00:07:53,590 Oh, right. 88 00:07:53,810 --> 00:07:57,030 Felicity King, meet Arthur Pettibone. He's our big brother. 89 00:07:57,390 --> 00:07:58,590 I gathered as much. 90 00:07:59,610 --> 00:08:01,170 It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. 91 00:08:02,030 --> 00:08:05,890 The children didn't mention that they had such a mature brother. 92 00:08:06,910 --> 00:08:11,190 Yes, well, I'm only visiting from Toronto for a short while. 93 00:08:14,310 --> 00:08:17,190 Actually, we'd best be getting home. Father's expecting us. 94 00:08:17,410 --> 00:08:18,410 I see. 95 00:08:18,510 --> 00:08:20,750 It was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Pettibone. 96 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,040 And you too, Miss King. 97 00:08:23,460 --> 00:08:25,000 But please, call me Arthur. 98 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,020 My father's name is Mr. Pettibone. 99 00:08:40,980 --> 00:08:42,480 I'm supposed to give you a message. 100 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:43,720 Gus can't make it. 101 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:45,500 Thanks for the front page news. 102 00:08:46,020 --> 00:08:47,800 I had that much figured out for myself. 103 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,080 What happened to him, anyway? 104 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,740 He had some extra cleaning up to do or something. 105 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:56,400 Did you know that Izzy and Morgan have an older brother? 106 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:57,600 Sure, Arthur. 107 00:08:57,780 --> 00:08:58,880 Just got in from Toronto. 108 00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:01,140 He said at school they're studying to be a vegetarian. 109 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:02,540 A what? 110 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,280 You know, an animal doctor. 111 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:06,500 A veterinarian, you ninny. 112 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,080 How old is he? 113 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,340 A hundred and two. How should I know? 114 00:09:11,580 --> 00:09:12,580 What do you care? 115 00:09:12,860 --> 00:09:13,860 I'm just curious. 116 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:15,400 I know, Izzy. 117 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,480 Keep up that attitude, Felix King, and you won't get a crumb of the birthday 118 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,480 cake I made for you. 119 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,020 You'll like this new house a lot better than the old Tom Gallen place, Arthur. 120 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:25,320 Father, Father, look! 121 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,200 Very nice, Iz. 122 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:32,360 A very nice specimen, indeed. 123 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,080 I'm going to name him Sir Palinor. 124 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,200 Excellent. 125 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,760 And you, good Sir Knight, what have you acquired during your quest? 126 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,760 It wasn't a quest, Father. We just went for a walk on the seashore. Life is a 127 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:44,760 quest, my boy. 128 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,800 What say you, Morgan? 129 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:48,720 I found this on the beach. 130 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,860 I think it's quartz. 131 00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:54,440 Quartzite, possibly. 132 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,760 Now, Morgan, is quartzite a metamorphic or a sedimentary formation? 133 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:05,160 Uh, well, I... Metamorphic. I was asking, Morgan. What difference does it 134 00:10:05,260 --> 00:10:07,040 Can't you stop being a teacher for one minute? 135 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,080 Why don't the two of you run upstairs and finish unpacking? 136 00:10:11,740 --> 00:10:12,740 Race you. 137 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,130 I'd thank you not to question me in front of the children. 138 00:10:18,230 --> 00:10:19,690 Of course. I apologize. 139 00:10:25,150 --> 00:10:28,510 I just think they should be allowed to have a little fun without you grilling 140 00:10:28,510 --> 00:10:30,630 them. Arthur, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? 141 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:32,550 If you say so, Father. 142 00:10:49,390 --> 00:10:51,450 I've already got everything I could ever wish for. 143 00:10:53,790 --> 00:10:58,490 Now, now, this is from all of us. Your Aunt Hedy and the Dale shipped in. We 144 00:10:58,490 --> 00:11:02,450 discussed things and decided you were old enough to have something a little 145 00:11:02,450 --> 00:11:03,450 special. 146 00:11:03,610 --> 00:11:04,610 Thank you, Father. 147 00:11:05,550 --> 00:11:06,550 Thank you, everyone. 148 00:11:22,060 --> 00:11:24,380 You deserve it, Felix. 149 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,240 Happy birthday. 150 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:29,620 Thank you. 151 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,780 I'll feed the chickens every day, and I'll collect all the eggs, and I'll 152 00:11:40,780 --> 00:11:44,160 out all the stoves, and I'll even do Felicity and Thessaly's chores, too. 153 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:45,400 Oh, please, Father. 154 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:49,520 Felix, I would swear that you've been inoculated with a gramophone needle, but 155 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,780 the answer, you still know. 156 00:11:51,470 --> 00:11:56,230 But Rupert Gillis has a gun all his own. Rupert Gillis is 16 years old, which is 157 00:11:56,230 --> 00:11:59,070 how old I was when Grandfather King gave me my first rifle. 158 00:11:59,390 --> 00:12:03,990 That was the olden days, Father. Things are different now. A gun is not a toy. 159 00:12:04,270 --> 00:12:05,270 You remember that. 160 00:12:05,790 --> 00:12:07,490 What do you want with a rifle, anyway? 161 00:12:07,690 --> 00:12:09,990 So I can be a hunter, like Teddy Roosevelt. 162 00:12:10,350 --> 00:12:11,490 I could shoot a deer. 163 00:12:12,070 --> 00:12:16,290 Well, Teddy Roosevelt has done some fine things in his time, but shooting 164 00:12:16,290 --> 00:12:18,390 animals for sport is not among them. 165 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:22,720 But Gus, that's the White Sands, will pay a king's ransom for the venison. And 166 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,280 Mr. Methley will pay a fortune for the head. 167 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,480 This old girl is still not well. 168 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,360 You better tell your mother that I'm going into town to telephone the 169 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,060 veterinarian in Charlottetown. See if he wants anything from Lawson's. Yes, 170 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:43,960 Father. And Felix, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have 171 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,060 to stand firm on this. 172 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,200 Father's going into town. Do you want anything? 173 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:02,520 Oh. Mrs. Lawson has a whole new shipment of yard goods in. 174 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:05,460 Oh, which might include that new gingham that you wanted for your dress. 175 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,180 Go on, get your coat and hat. 176 00:13:12,780 --> 00:13:14,680 Sorry you don't like your telescope, Felix. 177 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,860 We sent all the way to Halifax for it. 178 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:22,540 I love my telescope, Mother. It's just I would have liked a .32 caliber Stevens 179 00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:23,920 crack shot rifle even better. 180 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,320 Life is full of disappointments, you know. 181 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:30,340 If you got everything you wanted, there'd be nothing left to wish for, 182 00:13:30,340 --> 00:13:31,740 there? I suppose. 183 00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:36,840 You sit down and feed your baby brother. 184 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:38,700 I'll get a list together for your father. 185 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:26,190 I miss you, Father. Is that all right? 186 00:14:26,530 --> 00:14:28,390 Fine, but don't you stray too far, eh? 187 00:14:37,010 --> 00:14:38,010 Hey, Arthur. 188 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:39,670 Good day, Phyllis. 189 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:42,230 I'll be right back. 190 00:14:44,510 --> 00:14:46,110 So where's your Stephen's pack shot? 191 00:14:46,390 --> 00:14:47,950 He's not going to lug it all around town. 192 00:14:48,790 --> 00:14:52,150 Have you got any bullets for it yet? Can we come over and see it? I didn't get 193 00:14:52,150 --> 00:14:53,150 it. 194 00:14:54,090 --> 00:14:56,190 I got a telescope instead. How come? 195 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:59,010 What are we supposed to hunt deer with now? 196 00:14:59,590 --> 00:15:01,430 Peashooters. I've been thinking about that. 197 00:15:02,890 --> 00:15:03,970 I've come up with a plan. 198 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,540 Mrs. Lawson, what do you think of this color? 199 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:35,100 Oh, it's very nice, Felicity. 200 00:15:37,060 --> 00:15:38,740 Hello. Hello. 201 00:15:41,220 --> 00:15:42,220 Hello. 202 00:15:47,820 --> 00:15:48,820 Hello. 203 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,160 It's Arthur, isn't it? 204 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,520 That's right. And you're Felicity, Felicity King. 205 00:15:56,110 --> 00:16:00,750 Coming to a humble village like Avonlea must be quite difficult for you, after 206 00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:01,970 the Savoir Faire of Toronto. 207 00:16:02,290 --> 00:16:06,370 On the contrary, I find it has some charming features. 208 00:16:09,130 --> 00:16:10,130 Hello, fellas. 209 00:16:10,590 --> 00:16:14,390 Wouldn't you know it, the vet's off at some farm in the West End. It'll take me 210 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:15,390 hours to get there. 211 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:17,750 Perhaps Arthur can help us. 212 00:16:18,330 --> 00:16:20,530 Arthur? Arthur Pettibone, sir. 213 00:16:21,050 --> 00:16:22,390 I'm the new schoolmaster's son. 214 00:16:22,970 --> 00:16:23,970 Of course. 215 00:16:24,670 --> 00:16:25,730 Welcome to Avonlea. 216 00:16:26,290 --> 00:16:27,430 Arthur's a veterinarian. 217 00:16:27,810 --> 00:16:30,730 Just a student, actually. I'm in my second year at veterinary college. 218 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:36,690 But if I could be of some assistance... Well, maybe you could be. 219 00:16:41,590 --> 00:16:43,230 So, how are you going to get a gun? 220 00:16:43,730 --> 00:16:45,130 Simple. Of all my fathers. 221 00:16:45,370 --> 00:16:46,530 Hold your horses, Felix. 222 00:16:46,770 --> 00:16:50,030 If your father didn't want to buy you a gun, why the heck would he loan you his? 223 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,000 He doesn't need to know I borrowed it. But once we bag the deer and sell it to 224 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,760 White Sands, he'll see why he should have given me one in the first place. 225 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,020 How are you, Gus Pike? 226 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:02,540 Fair to middling. 227 00:17:03,420 --> 00:17:07,480 So, I guess Felicity was powerful vexed with me about yesterday, huh? 228 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,160 No, she didn't care. 229 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,119 You mean she didn't get in a tizzy or nothing? 230 00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:12,780 Not even a snit. 231 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:14,900 Uh -oh. 232 00:17:15,579 --> 00:17:18,200 When Felicity's quiet, that means there's a major storm brewing. 233 00:17:18,990 --> 00:17:21,230 She may not show it, but she's madder than a hornet. 234 00:17:21,470 --> 00:17:24,970 Well, that's biting down the hatchet and lie low for a few days. 235 00:17:25,609 --> 00:17:27,050 Well, you better lie low right now. 236 00:17:41,130 --> 00:17:42,130 Who's that with Felicity? 237 00:17:43,490 --> 00:17:45,130 Arthur Pettibone, my brother. 238 00:17:54,220 --> 00:17:55,220 I'll just follow you in. 239 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:56,520 Good. 240 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,100 And you say she capped recently? 241 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:10,260 That's right, a few months ago. 242 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,980 But she's, uh, only been off her feed for, oh, about a week. 243 00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:20,280 Um, well then, let's start at this end. Maybe it's something as simple as her 244 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,280 teeth bothering her. 245 00:18:55,790 --> 00:18:56,990 What are you doing with the chair, Felix? 246 00:18:57,350 --> 00:18:59,030 Who are you, the kitchen constable? 247 00:19:04,690 --> 00:19:06,670 Hey! Hey, it's the horses. 248 00:19:06,950 --> 00:19:08,230 That's my birthday cake. 249 00:19:08,490 --> 00:19:09,490 That was yesterday. 250 00:19:09,970 --> 00:19:13,290 After one day, all rights to the cake revert to the baker. 251 00:19:13,870 --> 00:19:14,870 That's the law. 252 00:19:14,970 --> 00:19:15,970 Whose law? 253 00:19:16,810 --> 00:19:18,250 The constable's law. 254 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,400 Would you care for some cake, Arthur? 255 00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:23,700 I made it myself. 256 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,780 Uh, perhaps later. Thank you. 257 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:31,020 Digger! You horrid creature! 258 00:20:31,340 --> 00:20:33,520 Digger, get out of here! Go on! 259 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,320 I'm afraid the best thing for this poor beast is the butler's block. 260 00:20:51,740 --> 00:20:53,700 There's not much we can do for a fractured pelvis. 261 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,400 Arthur! A broken pelvis? Are you sure? 262 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,460 Yes. Obviously, the birth was very traumatic for her. 263 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,260 Arthur! Well, I... Arthur! 264 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,820 Can Morgan and I go for a buggy ride with Felix? 265 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:08,379 I suppose. 266 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:09,279 But don't be long. 267 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,280 Thank you. 268 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:14,500 All set. 269 00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:17,140 No, Digger! 270 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:18,399 Stay home! 271 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,400 You can't come. 272 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:40,900 It's my turn. 273 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:51,480 Lucky shot. 274 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,960 Better than you, Felix. 275 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,440 I want another turn. 276 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:55,680 Not right now. 277 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:57,880 We've got some serious hunting to do. 278 00:22:40,110 --> 00:22:42,530 Miss this time, Felix. I don't intend to. 279 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:53,310 What's wrong? 280 00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:56,370 Shoot! What's the matter, Felix? Shoot! 281 00:23:00,130 --> 00:23:01,130 Take her. 282 00:23:33,070 --> 00:23:34,070 I'll go get the wagon. 283 00:23:37,370 --> 00:23:39,450 Phillips King, what have you done? 284 00:23:40,990 --> 00:23:42,330 It was an accident. 285 00:23:43,550 --> 00:23:45,930 I didn't mean to do it. 286 00:23:46,150 --> 00:23:46,949 All right. 287 00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:48,770 Calm down, Phillips. It's done. It's done. 288 00:23:50,210 --> 00:23:51,970 Don't just stand there, Morgan. Go get the wagon. 289 00:24:09,860 --> 00:24:12,600 prolonging its life will only cause it to suffer unnecessarily. 290 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:17,960 I don't want to tell you your business, Arthur, but oftentimes the hindquarters 291 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,580 of a cow will swell up after birthing. It doesn't mean the pelvis is broken. 292 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:29,100 I'm not one to see an animal suffer, but I'm not anxious to see a good cow put 293 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:30,440 down for no good reason either. 294 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,720 Mr. King! 295 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:34,260 Arthur! Mr. King! 296 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:38,280 Arthur! What is it? What's happened? 297 00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:44,950 him pretty good. With what? 298 00:24:45,810 --> 00:24:46,810 Father, 299 00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:50,670 I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. Let's get him out of the house here. Felix, you go 300 00:24:50,670 --> 00:24:51,670 to your room now. 301 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:17,220 I'll need some blankets, though. 302 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,320 Blankets! There's no exit wound, which means the bullet's still in there. 303 00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:22,800 So you're going to cut it out? 304 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,840 Oh, uh... Well, at this point, surgery's out of the question. He's, uh, two 305 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:28,840 weeks and still in shock. 306 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,160 Of course, the longer we leave it, the greater the risk of infection. 307 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:34,640 There must be something we can do. 308 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,720 Well, uh, keep him warm and quiet, keep the bandages changed. 309 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,860 Um, if he makes it through the night, he may stand a chance. 310 00:25:54,110 --> 00:25:55,310 It doesn't look good. 311 00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:04,750 Do you realize what could have happened? 312 00:26:06,270 --> 00:26:08,730 I mean, what if you'd have shot one of the children or Gus Pike? 313 00:26:09,630 --> 00:26:11,010 It was an accident. 314 00:26:13,710 --> 00:26:16,170 I didn't mean for it to happen. 315 00:26:16,550 --> 00:26:18,350 But that's how people get killed. 316 00:26:20,330 --> 00:26:24,310 Now, I... I don't want to see you leave this room. 317 00:26:25,070 --> 00:26:27,890 You just stay in here and think about what you've done. 318 00:26:28,370 --> 00:26:29,690 You take your meals here. 319 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:34,510 You do your schoolwork here. You don't step out of here without your mother's 320 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:35,530 my say so. Is that clear? 321 00:26:37,270 --> 00:26:38,270 Yes, Father. 322 00:26:42,350 --> 00:26:43,690 Felix, I have never... 323 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:48,390 I never raised my hand to you. I don't believe in that kind of punishment. But 324 00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:51,970 I'm telling you, I have never come so close to taking a belt to you as I am 325 00:26:51,970 --> 00:26:52,970 right now. 326 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,160 He'll be all right, won't he? 327 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:30,480 I don't know. 328 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,360 How could Felix be so stupid? 329 00:27:36,540 --> 00:27:38,340 I'll never speak to Felix again. 330 00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:43,940 Stephanie? 331 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,460 Why don't you go upstairs now, dear? It's getting late. Get ready for bed. 332 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,320 Let poor Digger rest. 333 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:00,000 He won't get better, will he? 334 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:18,840 Disgraceful! 335 00:28:19,340 --> 00:28:21,680 Do you have the slightest inkling of what might have happened? 336 00:28:29,070 --> 00:28:30,070 is the serious events. 337 00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:32,830 Yes, Father. 338 00:28:33,130 --> 00:28:34,150 We know, Father. 339 00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:36,970 What do you think should be done with you then? 340 00:28:39,930 --> 00:28:44,350 I suggest you go to your room and write me a full page each on possible 341 00:28:44,350 --> 00:28:45,350 punishments. 342 00:28:45,910 --> 00:28:47,630 We'll choose one together in the morning. 343 00:28:48,630 --> 00:28:49,630 Now be off with you. 344 00:28:55,610 --> 00:28:57,270 You might have kept a closer eye on them. 345 00:28:57,510 --> 00:28:59,950 Me? It's not my fault, Colonel. 346 00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:03,290 I beg your pardon? 347 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:07,230 I'm not the one responsible for filling their heads with flights of fancy and 348 00:29:07,230 --> 00:29:08,230 battlefield heroic. 349 00:29:08,290 --> 00:29:10,790 It's no wonder they think a rifle's a toy for their amusement. 350 00:29:11,490 --> 00:29:14,890 Puppycock. How dare you? What if Izzy or Morgan had been struck by that stray 351 00:29:14,890 --> 00:29:17,010 bullet? Wouldn't that have made a ripping tale to tell? 352 00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:21,170 Are you trying to suggest the children cannot discern my adventure yarns from 353 00:29:21,170 --> 00:29:22,170 real life? 354 00:29:22,190 --> 00:29:24,170 I'm not the one who blows everything out of proportion. 355 00:29:26,270 --> 00:29:27,270 So... 356 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,100 If I'm such an old fool, why did you come here? 357 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,520 To see the children. 358 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,160 Yeah, that's a good boy. 359 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,800 Is he still bleeding, Alec? 360 00:30:02,570 --> 00:30:03,590 It's amazing, isn't it? 361 00:30:04,750 --> 00:30:07,950 How deeply one can feel about a dog. 362 00:30:09,170 --> 00:30:10,170 Oh, well. 363 00:30:10,830 --> 00:30:12,410 Dick is not just a dog. 364 00:30:13,390 --> 00:30:14,870 He's a member of the family. 365 00:30:17,330 --> 00:30:18,810 How could he do it, Janet? 366 00:30:19,610 --> 00:30:22,230 How could Felix just take my gun like that? 367 00:30:23,230 --> 00:30:24,230 I don't know. 368 00:30:27,090 --> 00:30:29,070 Well, it's getting later. 369 00:31:00,530 --> 00:31:01,530 Arthur? Yes. 370 00:31:02,730 --> 00:31:03,730 What are you doing up? 371 00:31:04,330 --> 00:31:05,330 I couldn't sleep. 372 00:31:07,870 --> 00:31:08,870 Me neither. 373 00:31:10,110 --> 00:31:11,310 I'm glad that you're home. 374 00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:14,230 That's nice of somebody, yeah? 375 00:31:15,670 --> 00:31:17,250 Why can't you and Father get along? 376 00:31:19,430 --> 00:31:22,210 You don't really know him. Not like Morgan and me. 377 00:31:23,070 --> 00:31:24,650 No. No, I don't. 378 00:31:25,930 --> 00:31:27,170 He was always overseas. 379 00:31:28,940 --> 00:31:30,020 Mother and I were alone. 380 00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:32,080 Do you remember her, Reese? 381 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:33,920 Sometimes. 382 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,580 We used to play games. 383 00:31:35,980 --> 00:31:37,080 And she liked animals. 384 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,440 Yeah. 385 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,000 Are you going to save Digger? 386 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,120 I don't think I can. 387 00:31:45,620 --> 00:31:48,500 Father says that... I know very well what Father says. 388 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,580 Father says if you think you can do something, you usually can. 389 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,320 And you'll never know if you don't try. 390 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,140 We Petty Bones are from a good stock. 391 00:31:58,520 --> 00:31:59,740 Norman the Conqueror doll. 392 00:32:02,380 --> 00:32:04,680 That's William the Conqueror, who wasn't Norman. 393 00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:07,900 Oh. I like it when you laugh, Arthur. 394 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:09,620 You used to do it a lot. 395 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:14,840 You're a very clever girl, Ysult Petibone. 396 00:32:15,460 --> 00:32:16,660 Much cleverer than myself. 397 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:19,900 Now you best be going to bed, huh? 398 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:21,500 Good night, Arthur. 399 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:22,960 Good night. 400 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,200 How you doing, boy? 401 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,360 Sorry about what happened. 402 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:22,760 You know, on my birthday, when I blew up the candle, I never 403 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:23,760 made a wish. 404 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:25,540 Figured I didn't need one. 405 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,060 Hope that means I have a free one coming. 406 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,120 What are you doing up? 407 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,340 I couldn't sleep. 408 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,460 I'm sorry I was so rude to you earlier, Father. 409 00:34:20,739 --> 00:34:21,739 Quite all right. 410 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:23,980 Heat of the moment. 411 00:34:26,139 --> 00:34:27,400 You've got your mother's temper. 412 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,360 I suppose I do. 413 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,239 Schoolwork? Of a sort. 414 00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:36,420 Dog anatomy. 415 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,840 Are you planning to perform surgery on the beast? 416 00:34:48,179 --> 00:34:49,179 Me? 417 00:34:49,980 --> 00:34:52,060 Hardly. It's not as simple as all that. 418 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:53,300 Of course not. 419 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:58,380 But when it comes down to life or death... Father... 420 00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:03,540 There's something I have to tell you. 421 00:35:05,390 --> 00:35:06,390 About why I'm here. 422 00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:12,750 I'm thinking of quitting school, Father. 423 00:35:15,450 --> 00:35:16,450 Whatever for? 424 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,050 My grades are poor. 425 00:35:21,070 --> 00:35:22,610 The lectures are impenetrable. 426 00:35:24,110 --> 00:35:25,530 A pettibone never fails. 427 00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:30,130 This one may be the first. I came here not even sure I'd be going back. 428 00:35:31,550 --> 00:35:32,550 I won't hear of it. 429 00:35:33,550 --> 00:35:34,550 You shall go back. 430 00:35:34,990 --> 00:35:38,270 And graduate at the head of your class. Father, you're not listening to me. 431 00:35:38,430 --> 00:35:39,430 Quite right. 432 00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:40,750 I'm not. 433 00:35:41,550 --> 00:35:42,630 You're not a quitter, Arthur. 434 00:35:43,550 --> 00:35:45,050 You're made of sterner stuff than that. 435 00:35:46,730 --> 00:35:47,930 Now you get some rest. 436 00:35:49,050 --> 00:35:51,110 You may be performing surgery in the morning. 437 00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:07,510 You're no better, are you, boy? 438 00:37:14,470 --> 00:37:15,470 I'm sorry, Digger. 439 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,420 Felix. It's not getting better. 440 00:39:02,860 --> 00:39:04,440 I'm more worried about you, dear. 441 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:06,640 I don't care about me. 442 00:39:08,020 --> 00:39:09,020 I do. 443 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:13,100 Father doesn't. 444 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,520 Oh, Felix. 445 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:17,140 Father's angry with you. 446 00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:18,800 And so am I. 447 00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:22,090 What you did was a terrible mistake. 448 00:39:22,690 --> 00:39:23,690 I know. 449 00:39:24,290 --> 00:39:25,470 I can see that. 450 00:39:27,210 --> 00:39:28,930 I wish I could take it back. 451 00:39:30,290 --> 00:39:33,090 I wish it was me instead of Digger. 452 00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:41,870 I wish... How can you hug me and be mad at me at the same time? 453 00:39:44,270 --> 00:39:45,270 Because I'm your mother. 454 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,080 You hurry up and get upstairs before your father comes back. 455 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:08,100 Well, would you believe it? 456 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:17,480 Morning, Mr. Kent. 457 00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:20,590 No trickle earned on the cattle ship. 458 00:40:21,750 --> 00:40:23,630 When cows take sick after they calve. 459 00:40:23,890 --> 00:40:24,990 Yeah? Yep. 460 00:40:25,930 --> 00:40:29,190 Lay a lambskin on it, cow stands up to shake it off. 461 00:40:29,830 --> 00:40:32,390 Pretty soon, she forgets why she laid down in the first place. 462 00:40:33,350 --> 00:40:35,430 Well, thanks, Gus. 463 00:40:38,430 --> 00:40:39,430 How's Digger? 464 00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:42,190 Grim. 465 00:40:43,950 --> 00:40:45,470 Plan on putting him out of his misery? 466 00:40:47,470 --> 00:40:48,650 I don't have much choice. 467 00:40:49,930 --> 00:40:52,090 I thought I'd take him up to the woods where he liked to run. 468 00:40:53,230 --> 00:40:54,230 Away from the children. 469 00:40:57,370 --> 00:40:59,650 What about the young veterinary? 470 00:41:00,690 --> 00:41:04,390 Arthur? Oh, he's just studying to be a vet. I mean, he tried. 471 00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:08,310 Well, there's the one in Charlottetown. 472 00:41:09,610 --> 00:41:10,910 I figure he wouldn't make it. 473 00:41:14,050 --> 00:41:15,530 Don't you think it's worth giving him a chance? 474 00:41:19,790 --> 00:41:20,790 Maybe you're right. 475 00:41:23,430 --> 00:41:24,430 Yeah. 476 00:41:25,450 --> 00:41:26,830 Help me get him on the wagon, will you? 477 00:41:27,550 --> 00:41:28,550 Sure thing. 478 00:41:33,930 --> 00:41:36,570 Izzy, your number three here is very inventive. 479 00:41:37,730 --> 00:41:42,110 Do you really think making you go to school with your face painted green is 480 00:41:42,110 --> 00:41:43,110 practical? 481 00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:44,950 And Morgan. 482 00:41:47,820 --> 00:41:52,000 You don't honestly believe I'm going to hang you from the church tower by your 483 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,000 suspenders? 484 00:41:54,380 --> 00:41:56,020 What we did was pretty awful. 485 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:57,360 Yes, it was. 486 00:41:58,840 --> 00:41:59,840 It was indeed. 487 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,420 So what are you going to do? 488 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,660 Right now, I want to tell you a story. 489 00:42:06,060 --> 00:42:07,060 A true story. 490 00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:13,040 There was a man in Sweden named Alfred Nobel. 491 00:42:14,580 --> 00:42:15,980 You've heard of dynamite, of course. 492 00:42:16,620 --> 00:42:19,460 Well... Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel. 493 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:25,460 He had intended it to be used in mining, road clearing, that sort of thing. 494 00:42:25,740 --> 00:42:31,360 But to his eternal dismay, it was also used to kill and destroy. 495 00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:39,220 Mr. Nobel felt so dreadful about his invention being used to kill, he left 496 00:42:39,220 --> 00:42:44,260 entire fortune to be distributed as a prize every year for those whose 497 00:42:44,260 --> 00:42:46,090 efforts... benefit mankind. 498 00:42:47,170 --> 00:42:48,690 It's called the Nobel Prize. 499 00:42:49,230 --> 00:42:55,590 You see, he learned the hard way how something made to be useful can be 500 00:42:55,590 --> 00:42:57,270 in the wrong hands. 501 00:42:58,730 --> 00:42:59,890 And so did you. 502 00:43:01,450 --> 00:43:02,450 Yes, Father. 503 00:43:03,450 --> 00:43:04,450 Good morning, all. 504 00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:07,210 I'm off to the King's to check on Digger. Can we come? 505 00:43:07,450 --> 00:43:08,308 I should say not. 506 00:43:08,310 --> 00:43:10,530 There's still the matter of your punishments to be sorted out. 507 00:43:11,170 --> 00:43:12,170 Right. 508 00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:13,490 I forgot. 509 00:43:25,690 --> 00:43:29,610 Father wasn't actually going to put Digger out of his misery, was he? 510 00:43:30,350 --> 00:43:31,810 Didn't seem like he had any choice. 511 00:43:32,230 --> 00:43:33,230 Come on, sweetheart. 512 00:43:34,930 --> 00:43:39,550 See, the sooner that we get Digger to Charlottetown, the sooner he'll be back. 513 00:43:42,390 --> 00:43:43,390 Atta girl. 514 00:43:45,410 --> 00:43:46,410 All right, fella. 515 00:43:47,590 --> 00:43:49,590 We'll get you out into the wagon, shall we? 516 00:44:01,770 --> 00:44:02,770 Good morning. 517 00:44:03,810 --> 00:44:04,810 Hello, 518 00:44:05,190 --> 00:44:06,190 Arthur. 519 00:44:06,390 --> 00:44:08,270 Hello. I've just come to check on Digger. 520 00:44:08,570 --> 00:44:12,130 Do come in. Father was just about to take him to Charlottetown. He's in a 521 00:44:12,130 --> 00:44:13,130 bad way. 522 00:44:18,570 --> 00:44:20,550 How you doing, boy? 523 00:44:23,690 --> 00:44:24,950 Anything you can do, Arthur? 524 00:44:25,970 --> 00:44:27,170 I'd like to remove the bullet. 525 00:44:29,740 --> 00:44:31,440 Have you ever done something like that? 526 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,200 Well, I suppose now is as good a time to learn as any. 527 00:44:41,140 --> 00:44:44,480 Right. Mr. King, I'll need some towels or blankets. Come here. 528 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:46,820 Seth Lee, I'll need some clean bandages. 529 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,740 Should we get them up on the table? I prefer not to move them. 530 00:44:52,860 --> 00:44:55,480 Felicity, can you thread that? 531 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:11,620 Mr. King, can you hold that over his nose? 532 00:45:11,940 --> 00:45:16,720 I'll need your help too, Gus Pike. 533 00:45:17,980 --> 00:45:19,380 Hold that right there. 534 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:32,640 There they are. 535 00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:35,180 What can I do to help? 536 00:45:38,220 --> 00:45:39,380 You just place those around the wound. 537 00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:01,320 Arthur, you just take your time. 538 00:47:10,190 --> 00:47:11,190 Even Fred? 539 00:47:17,950 --> 00:47:23,730 Now, what do you think? 540 00:47:26,250 --> 00:47:27,290 He's made it this far. 541 00:47:28,990 --> 00:47:30,470 We'll just have to wait and see. 542 00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,080 Your mother tells me you haven't eaten anything since yesterday. 543 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:57,960 Not hungry. 544 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:01,800 Don't deserve to eat anyway. 545 00:48:02,860 --> 00:48:04,940 Now, that's just foolishness. 546 00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:11,600 But I guess you've been lying here thinking about Digger, huh? 547 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,100 Well, sometimes things just happen, Felix. 548 00:48:19,310 --> 00:48:24,830 But I've got the feeling that everything's for a reason if we can 549 00:48:24,830 --> 00:48:26,410 something from our mistakes. 550 00:48:28,150 --> 00:48:30,370 What's ever made as big a mistake as I have? 551 00:48:31,150 --> 00:48:32,150 You figure? 552 00:48:33,110 --> 00:48:34,110 Yes. 553 00:48:35,810 --> 00:48:38,490 Well, I'm not so sure of that. 554 00:48:41,190 --> 00:48:42,190 Come on downstairs. 555 00:48:44,730 --> 00:48:46,510 Your mother's made a sandwich for you. 556 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:19,680 You're alive! 557 00:49:56,330 --> 00:49:58,890 Yeah. Izzy, don't you look lovely? 558 00:49:59,410 --> 00:50:00,410 Thank you. 559 00:50:00,670 --> 00:50:02,890 Father's making me dress like this as a punishment. 560 00:50:10,750 --> 00:50:12,590 He's a good lad. 561 00:50:13,750 --> 00:50:14,930 Takes after his mother. 562 00:50:16,030 --> 00:50:18,990 Well, we're lucky he was here. We'd have lost Digger without him. 563 00:50:19,490 --> 00:50:20,490 He should be proud. 564 00:50:23,319 --> 00:50:24,319 I am. 565 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:34,260 So, are you going back to Toronto soon? 566 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:36,140 Yeah, I have to be back for school. 567 00:50:37,260 --> 00:50:39,800 I've realized how much I truly want to be a veterinarian. 568 00:50:40,620 --> 00:50:41,640 You'll be back, won't you? 569 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:43,160 Yes. 570 00:50:43,740 --> 00:50:44,740 I like it here. 571 00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:56,320 Everyone, dinner is served. 572 00:51:01,940 --> 00:51:02,940 Arthur. 573 00:51:05,500 --> 00:51:11,260 Perhaps, in all the fuss, I haven't taken the time to tell you how proud I 574 00:51:11,260 --> 00:51:12,260 you. 575 00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:15,840 Well done, my boy. 576 00:51:20,300 --> 00:51:21,300 Thank you, Father.