1 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,280 The Avonlea School Board has invested a pretty penny in these readers. 2 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:05,200 I want you to keep them clean and crisp. 3 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,800 Oh, great. New reader. 4 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:14,120 The topic of your first essay is on the chalkboard. Dora Keith, please. 5 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,440 Read what I've written? 6 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:18,840 My summer vacation. 7 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:20,340 Thank you. 8 00:02:33,870 --> 00:02:34,870 Davy Keith? 9 00:02:36,570 --> 00:02:37,570 You're tardy? 10 00:02:38,390 --> 00:02:39,790 I'm speaking to you. Look at me. 11 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:41,650 Do you know what day it is? 12 00:02:42,170 --> 00:02:43,109 Monday, sir. 13 00:02:43,110 --> 00:02:46,930 It is the first day of school, Davy Keith. I want no shenanigans. Straighten 14 00:02:46,930 --> 00:02:48,110 there. Take off your cap. 15 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:49,710 Where's your other shoe? 16 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:52,810 Bottom of the pond, sir. Under the mud, I reckon. 17 00:02:55,330 --> 00:02:56,330 Never mind, Davy. 18 00:02:58,050 --> 00:02:59,050 Just sit down. 19 00:03:02,110 --> 00:03:03,510 Not there. Look at the seating plan. 20 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:14,330 You seem to have the mistaken impression that you occupy a privileged position 21 00:03:14,330 --> 00:03:17,750 in this classroom, young man. That you may arrive whenever you please, wear 22 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:20,830 whatever you please, and sit wherever you please. You may not. 23 00:03:21,610 --> 00:03:23,610 This is your assigned seat. 24 00:03:32,910 --> 00:03:33,709 Come on, Milton. 25 00:03:33,710 --> 00:03:34,710 Let's play baseball. 26 00:03:35,890 --> 00:03:37,290 You and you are in. 27 00:03:37,610 --> 00:03:38,850 Anybody else want to try? 28 00:03:39,090 --> 00:03:40,190 I'm going to take a swing. 29 00:03:41,370 --> 00:03:43,310 Alice Green wants to play. 30 00:03:44,070 --> 00:03:45,810 Try standing in front of the plate. 31 00:03:49,230 --> 00:03:50,510 She's never going to hit it. 32 00:03:55,790 --> 00:03:57,870 Go pick some things, Alice Green. 33 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:00,310 Next. Come on, Izzy. 34 00:04:19,019 --> 00:04:21,200 She can hit a ball, but she can't tie a bow in her hair. 35 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:22,740 What's the matter? Jealous? 36 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,180 Me? Jealous of that tomboy? 37 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,440 At least I look like a girl. 38 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:29,420 I bet she doesn't even own a dress. 39 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:31,380 She doesn't need a dress. 40 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:32,620 She's one of us. 41 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Don't worry, Izzy. 42 00:04:34,380 --> 00:04:36,620 If I were a girl, I'd rather wear pants any day. 43 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,120 Pop the cover off it, Felix! 44 00:04:41,060 --> 00:04:42,540 Woo! Yeah! 45 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:48,240 Yeah! Go get it. 46 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:50,940 No, the ball. 47 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:53,000 Why should I? 48 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,500 And who are you calling names, pig face? 49 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:57,780 Well, I think you're good for two things. 50 00:04:58,020 --> 00:05:02,740 Wearing the dunce cap and chasing after the ball. So go get it, lump head. 51 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,660 Nobody calls me lump head. 52 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:13,680 Davey, stop. You want to get in more trouble than you're already in? 53 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,480 Break it up. 54 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:22,000 I can guess how... this started. He hit me first. But he called me Lumphead. 55 00:05:22,620 --> 00:05:25,560 Sticks and stones, Davy Keith. Go inside. Sit by yourself. 56 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,440 And for homework, write out 100 times, I will not fight at school. 57 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,100 But... And 100 times, I will not be late. 58 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,600 But... March! 59 00:05:51,470 --> 00:05:52,470 I'll get that. 60 00:05:53,330 --> 00:05:54,330 Where's Alvara? 61 00:05:54,350 --> 00:05:55,370 She should have opened up early. 62 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,550 Mr. Lawson bought a store in Fredericton. 63 00:06:00,190 --> 00:06:01,190 No. 64 00:06:03,550 --> 00:06:07,170 Mrs. Lawson stopped by this morning with the keys to the store and asked me to 65 00:06:07,170 --> 00:06:08,170 take charge. 66 00:06:08,590 --> 00:06:10,030 She's on her way to join him. 67 00:06:11,730 --> 00:06:12,730 Just like that. 68 00:06:13,150 --> 00:06:16,350 Must be breaking her heart to leave Avonlea after so many years. 69 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:18,010 Well, I don't know. 70 00:06:18,690 --> 00:06:20,290 She has family near Fredericton. 71 00:06:20,860 --> 00:06:22,360 Lucky for her, you could help out. 72 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:25,720 Well, it gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my entrance exams for 73 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:26,720 teacher's college. 74 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:30,440 I thought I'd be glad to be finished school, but I think I'd rather be busy. 75 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,460 Finally. I've been trying to get in all morning. 76 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 For sale? 77 00:06:38,340 --> 00:06:41,340 The Lawsons have moved to New Brunswick. 78 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,760 They told me to keep the store open until everything was sold. 79 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,640 Then lock it up and send them the money. 80 00:06:48,060 --> 00:06:49,940 My word, what are we going to do without a store? 81 00:06:51,070 --> 00:06:52,070 Travel to Markdale? 82 00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:57,310 Well, I don't know about you, but I'm going to stock up while I have the 83 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:07,510 Have a good first day? 84 00:07:08,310 --> 00:07:09,310 Yes, sir. 85 00:07:10,510 --> 00:07:11,510 But do you miss Morgan? 86 00:07:12,150 --> 00:07:13,330 Yeah. Do you? 87 00:07:13,730 --> 00:07:15,510 Very much. But he wants to be a soldier. 88 00:07:16,230 --> 00:07:18,310 And a military school is a good start for him. 89 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:21,080 Do you wish Arthur had become a soldier? 90 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,300 He's becoming a respected veterinarian. That's honest work. 91 00:07:24,860 --> 00:07:27,620 And who knows, the Lancers are always looking for a good man to doctor the 92 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:30,340 horses. I wish I could go to military school. 93 00:07:30,740 --> 00:07:33,320 There's no doubt in my mind you'd make a crackerjack cadet. 94 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:35,740 It's not fair. 95 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:37,400 Best you learn right now, Izzy. 96 00:07:38,420 --> 00:07:39,540 Life isn't always fair. 97 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,300 I've got to pick up Annabel's harness of delivery. 98 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:43,900 You get in and do your homework. 99 00:07:44,340 --> 00:07:45,780 I expect you to set an example. 100 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:48,580 You're right. Life isn't always fair. 101 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,380 She can hit a ball, but she can't tie a bow in her hair. 102 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,140 At least I look like a girl. 103 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,060 Bet she doesn't even own a dress. 104 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,780 Who would like a slice of nice, fresh plum cake? 105 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,679 Or should I say, who deserves a slice? 106 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,320 Did you two little toots behave yourselves in school today? 107 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:44,940 Yes, ma 'am. 108 00:08:46,260 --> 00:08:47,900 I was as good as I was able. 109 00:08:50,409 --> 00:08:51,409 Oh, arithmetic. 110 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:54,070 That was always my downfall in school. 111 00:08:54,650 --> 00:08:58,090 Never could get the hang of decimals, all that fuss over a dot. 112 00:08:59,410 --> 00:09:01,450 Well, I've got laundry waiting. 113 00:09:02,070 --> 00:09:03,070 There you are. 114 00:09:03,530 --> 00:09:05,110 Come and help me when you're finished, Dora. 115 00:09:08,250 --> 00:09:09,870 Aren't you going to tell her what happened? 116 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:12,710 You must think I'm really stupid. 117 00:09:15,390 --> 00:09:18,050 You can have my plum cake. I don't want it. 118 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,440 You love plum cake. 119 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,040 Can't hold a fork. 120 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,280 Must have bit my finger back when I hit Melty. 121 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:27,180 Then how are you going to write I will not fight a hunter touch? 122 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,180 I can't. 123 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,060 It hurts too much. 124 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,580 Mr. Pettyporn will tear in your hide. 125 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:36,440 Can't be helped, I guess. 126 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,900 Why don't I do your writing for you? 127 00:09:45,420 --> 00:09:47,760 You? I'll do it faster than me. 128 00:09:48,740 --> 00:09:50,140 Then never mind the laundry. 129 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,760 I'll use my good hand to help Mrs. Lynn. The night they were even. 130 00:09:54,980 --> 00:09:55,980 Thanks, darling. 131 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,060 Oh, I don't know. Maybe I should get another bag of those navy beans. 132 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,200 Aunt Hattie, you've got enough food here to feed a dozen lumberjacks till 133 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:14,320 Christmas. Yes, but when word gets out that Elvira Lawson is gone and left us 134 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,440 high and dry... 135 00:10:15,820 --> 00:10:18,720 Oh, there'll be a run on those goods. You mocked my words. In fact, Felicity, 136 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:21,800 you should set some aside for your mother before they're all gone. 137 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:23,420 I can't play favorites. 138 00:10:24,860 --> 00:10:27,440 She's given me her order and I've already boxed it. Good. 139 00:10:28,220 --> 00:10:29,560 Aunt Hattie, what are you buying? 140 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,320 Never you mind. 141 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,820 You should be home by now doing your homework. 142 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,200 Where's my meal? 143 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,840 Oh, I know I picked it up from the post office. Did I leave it inside? 144 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:41,520 Here it is. 145 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,760 Hello, Sarah. How was school? 146 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:47,500 Oh, don't rub it in just because you don't go anymore. 147 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,120 Oh, for pity's sake. 148 00:10:49,660 --> 00:10:52,080 This letter's not for me. It's for Rachel Lind. 149 00:10:52,580 --> 00:10:55,680 I'll take it to the post office for you. Oh, no, no. It's closed now. 150 00:10:56,060 --> 00:10:58,480 Well, I could run it by Mrs. Lind's house and then meet you at home. 151 00:10:58,700 --> 00:10:59,700 Is that all right, Felix? 152 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:00,880 Yeah. 153 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:03,680 Her son, Billy. 154 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,880 The one she's forever bragging about. 155 00:11:07,460 --> 00:11:08,460 Digger! 156 00:11:08,660 --> 00:11:09,660 Get that back! 157 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,780 Digger, come back here! Digger, come back! 158 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,200 Don't read it. That's snooping. 159 00:11:42,340 --> 00:11:43,500 Don't you want to know what it says? 160 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,040 Would you want someone reading your mail? 161 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,240 I don't get mail. 162 00:11:48,060 --> 00:11:49,260 Reading's from the county jail. 163 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:51,720 What did he do? 164 00:11:52,620 --> 00:11:53,900 You don't want me to read it, remember? 165 00:11:54,540 --> 00:11:56,560 Well, you've read that part. You might as well read the rest. 166 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:58,520 If you insist. 167 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,020 Guess you never thought I'd end up here. 168 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,800 The judge will be here in a few days. 169 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:07,620 Judge? 170 00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:09,360 He's waiting to be sentenced. 171 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,400 Sure wish you could come and visit, but don't bring Davy and Dora. 172 00:12:14,780 --> 00:12:16,260 There's no room in the cell. 173 00:12:16,460 --> 00:12:17,460 Ha, ha. 174 00:12:17,580 --> 00:12:18,580 That's a joke. 175 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:20,280 Your loving son, William. 176 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:21,620 Poor Mrs. Lind. 177 00:12:22,140 --> 00:12:23,680 Poor Billy. He's the one in jail. 178 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:26,120 What do you think he did? 179 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,400 I don't know. 180 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:28,720 But we're not asking. 181 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:31,980 We're going to seal this up, and we're going to deliver it to Mrs. Lind, and 182 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:33,900 we're not even going to tell her that we know about this awful secret. 183 00:12:34,180 --> 00:12:35,180 Now, come on. 184 00:12:37,260 --> 00:12:38,260 Digger! 185 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:39,860 My Billy wants me to visit. 186 00:12:41,420 --> 00:12:42,420 Right away, he says. 187 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,820 Well, he's probably scared and lonely considering. 188 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,360 Considering how far away he is from his mother and all. 189 00:12:48,860 --> 00:12:52,460 Felix, don't be absurd. He's a grown man. He doesn't need his mother for any 190 00:12:52,460 --> 00:12:53,460 reason whatsoever. 191 00:12:53,660 --> 00:12:54,660 Oh, but this is important. 192 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,120 I have to go. 193 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:59,820 But only who will mind Davy and Dora? 194 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:02,680 What about your Aunt Olivia? 195 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,040 Maybe she'd take them in. 196 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:08,440 Oh, no, no. She's got her hands full with the cannery and her baby and... 197 00:13:09,190 --> 00:13:11,070 Say, Felix, what about your mother? 198 00:13:11,630 --> 00:13:14,710 I'm sure she'd like to help, but... She has her own brood. 199 00:13:16,610 --> 00:13:17,610 Oh, dear. 200 00:13:18,450 --> 00:13:21,490 I wish I had somebody sane and sensible I could rely on. 201 00:13:21,830 --> 00:13:22,950 Mrs. Lynn, don't worry. 202 00:13:23,190 --> 00:13:24,710 You can count on Aunt Hetty and me. 203 00:13:26,310 --> 00:13:27,310 Oh, shh. 204 00:13:27,510 --> 00:13:28,730 Well, I had to offer. 205 00:13:30,070 --> 00:13:31,330 Well, yes, I suppose you did. 206 00:13:32,450 --> 00:13:37,690 Oh, Rachel can very well take two small children with her to visit her. 207 00:13:39,199 --> 00:13:40,199 Jailbird, can't you? 208 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,900 What do you imagine it is that Billy Lynn did? 209 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,000 I don't know, but it seems to me like Davy Keith is following right in his 210 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 footsteps. 211 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,700 It only confirms what I've long suspected. 212 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:58,480 Our Rachel is a bit on the dim side as a guiding light. 213 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,560 Oh, but I suppose we do owe it to her to keep her secret. 214 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,680 Oh, no, we mustn't utter a heap. 215 00:14:08,140 --> 00:14:10,420 about Billy's predicament. I promise. 216 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,940 Aunt Hattie, only the most insensitive oaf would do a thing like that. 217 00:14:14,660 --> 00:14:16,000 Billy Lynn is in jail? 218 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,600 Not so loud. No one's supposed to know. 219 00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:18,940 Well, what'd he do? 220 00:14:19,740 --> 00:14:20,740 I don't know. 221 00:14:20,780 --> 00:14:24,100 All I can say is that Billy Lynn must have done something a whole lot worse 222 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:25,100 get drunk. 223 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:27,440 Could have been armed robbery. 224 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:34,840 Davey, the bell rang. 225 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:36,900 It did? 226 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,840 You know, sometimes I wonder if you work at getting in trouble. Does it just 227 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:41,840 come naturally to you? 228 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:57,240 The waves may rage and the winds may roar, but he fears not wreck nor need, 229 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:02,260 he rides the sea in its stormy strength as a strong man rides his steed. 230 00:15:02,940 --> 00:15:05,900 The white seagull, the bold seagull. 231 00:15:06,410 --> 00:15:11,110 He makes on the shore his nest, and he tries what the inland fields may be. 232 00:15:12,310 --> 00:15:15,470 Yet he loveth the sea the best. 233 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:18,130 Now I get to listen to you. 234 00:15:18,490 --> 00:15:21,150 Turn to page four in your reader's class. 235 00:15:21,430 --> 00:15:24,850 The picture is reading aloud, beginning with Davy Keith. 236 00:15:26,330 --> 00:15:27,330 Davy, please read. 237 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:38,800 Don't worry. 238 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:41,520 You. 239 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,120 Davy. 240 00:15:56,900 --> 00:15:59,200 Insubordination. That's the word he underlined. 241 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,380 Twice. Not back in school a week and Davy's already getting a calling down 242 00:16:03,380 --> 00:16:04,380 his teacher. 243 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,160 Here's where Clive Pettibone's not one to tolerate tomfoolery, you know. You 244 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,260 don't have to tell me. 245 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,180 Davy Keith, this is a fine kettle of fish. 246 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,640 You can be a heap of trouble. 247 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,060 Much as I need the rest, I'm tempted to cancel my trip and stay home where I can 248 00:16:20,060 --> 00:16:21,360 punish you good and proper. 249 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,360 Mrs. Lindy mustn't cancel your trip. We know how much this means to you. 250 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,340 Well, I just hate to leave you holding the oar, that's all. 251 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:33,120 But there are times when it's a mother's duty to be with her son. Oh, of course, 252 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,030 of course. Of course, we understand completely, don't we, Sarah? 253 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:41,510 Completely. Besides, Dave is not the first obstreperous young boy I've dealt 254 00:16:41,510 --> 00:16:42,510 with, remember? 255 00:16:42,670 --> 00:16:44,070 Oh, he can rest assured. 256 00:16:44,610 --> 00:16:46,150 I'm quite up to the task. 257 00:16:46,450 --> 00:16:49,810 Well, in that case, there's nothing to say but thank you. 258 00:16:50,450 --> 00:16:56,410 Now, you two be good. You hear me? You mind Miss King and Sarah, and no back 259 00:16:56,410 --> 00:16:57,510 -talking, no monkey business. 260 00:16:57,930 --> 00:17:00,370 Yes, ma 'am. Come along now, Rachel. 261 00:17:00,810 --> 00:17:01,810 Aunt Penny? 262 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:04,880 Yes, this is for Billy. 263 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:11,240 Oh, what is it? Oh, something to occupy as a spare time. It's five of the longer 264 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:12,859 works of Charles Dickens. 265 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:18,500 God bless. 266 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:23,319 Behave yourselves and, uh, worship me tonight. 267 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:32,950 side, the two of you. 268 00:17:33,490 --> 00:17:36,850 Uh -uh. Carry your bags. Come on now. Carry the bags. 269 00:17:37,650 --> 00:17:38,650 No dawdling. 270 00:17:38,990 --> 00:17:39,990 Hurry up. 271 00:17:45,490 --> 00:17:46,490 Hello, Rachel. 272 00:17:46,530 --> 00:17:48,410 Oh, you're lately Margaret. 273 00:17:49,450 --> 00:17:53,270 Stocking up before the store closes, are you? Oh, I wish I could, but I'm on my 274 00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:55,050 way to Kirksville. Some distance. 275 00:17:55,390 --> 00:17:58,350 Oh, well, it's worth the trouble. I'm going to see my son, Billy. 276 00:17:58,830 --> 00:17:59,809 So I've heard. 277 00:17:59,810 --> 00:18:01,830 Oh, gracious news travel fast. 278 00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:04,350 I just stopped by to pick up some salt pork. 279 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:05,850 Billy's favorite. 280 00:18:06,050 --> 00:18:09,470 Well, I'd love to chat, but I've got to get to the flag store or I'll miss my 281 00:18:09,470 --> 00:18:11,730 train. Well, have a lovely trip. Thank you. 282 00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:13,250 Lovely trip. 283 00:18:13,330 --> 00:18:15,030 Don't you know why she's visiting Billy? 284 00:18:15,370 --> 00:18:16,370 No, why? 285 00:18:16,610 --> 00:18:17,610 He's in jail. 286 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:20,570 Jail. True as you live. 287 00:18:21,630 --> 00:18:25,290 Felix King told Charlie McKenzie at school, and Charlie told his mother, and 288 00:18:25,290 --> 00:18:25,989 told me. 289 00:18:25,990 --> 00:18:26,990 What did he do? 290 00:18:27,470 --> 00:18:28,470 Armed robbery. 291 00:18:28,890 --> 00:18:29,890 What did he rob? 292 00:18:30,490 --> 00:18:31,790 Well, he didn't rob anything. 293 00:18:32,390 --> 00:18:34,810 It only makes sense to rob a bank. That's where the money is. 294 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,650 Was there gunplay? 295 00:18:39,270 --> 00:18:43,830 Lady, dear, they don't arrest you for armed robbery if you carry a slingshot. 296 00:18:49,590 --> 00:18:51,130 Gather them up and try again. 297 00:18:52,230 --> 00:18:54,910 Fork on the left, knife and spoon on the right. 298 00:18:56,290 --> 00:18:57,550 Hello, it's me. 299 00:18:58,730 --> 00:19:00,750 Sarah, not aware of Billy. 300 00:19:02,010 --> 00:19:05,470 That's right, sir. Fork on the left, knife and spoon on the right. 301 00:19:06,570 --> 00:19:08,850 Olivia, where's Montgomery? 302 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:10,770 Oh, he's just sleeping in the buggy. 303 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,050 Aunt Olivia, look who's here. 304 00:19:13,490 --> 00:19:15,190 Yes, hello, Davy. Hello, Dora. 305 00:19:15,910 --> 00:19:16,930 Hello, Mrs. 306 00:19:17,150 --> 00:19:18,530 Dale. Sarah. 307 00:19:19,020 --> 00:19:22,300 I have a quick favor to ask. Jathra's working late again at the cannery, and 308 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:25,580 I've just got to go cover a story. Do you think I could drive you home to sit 309 00:19:25,580 --> 00:19:26,479 with Montgomery? 310 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:31,180 I'd love to, except that Mrs. Lynn's on a trip, and Davey and Dora are staying 311 00:19:31,180 --> 00:19:32,440 here. Really? 312 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,320 That's odd. Now, Rachel Lynn never goes anywhere. Where on earth is she off to? 313 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:37,880 Well, 314 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:40,700 if you'd like, you could leave Montgomery here. 315 00:19:41,060 --> 00:19:42,120 The more, the merrier. 316 00:19:42,580 --> 00:19:44,180 Oh, thank you. 317 00:19:45,060 --> 00:19:47,560 Sarah, Sarah, you're putting too much salt. 318 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,120 If you're putting much too much salt in that shortbread dough. 319 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:53,459 No, I'm not. 320 00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:54,760 I assure you, you are. 321 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,500 Davy, would you please check the recipe and see how much salt it requires? 322 00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:00,700 You want me to check the recipe? 323 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,300 Yes, how much salt does it say? 324 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:11,660 Um, on second thought, maybe I'll just ask Izzy Pennybold to sit with 325 00:20:11,660 --> 00:20:13,600 Montgomery. She's offered before. 326 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:17,380 I'll set you a broom, Davy Keith. 327 00:20:22,510 --> 00:20:25,850 I've left his dinner on the stove, so all you have to do is warm it up. 328 00:20:26,330 --> 00:20:29,450 Oh, and don't worry if he won't eat it. He just gets that way sometimes. 329 00:20:29,890 --> 00:20:32,990 I have found that if you keep playing with him, eventually he does get hungry. 330 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:34,350 Yes, ma 'am. 331 00:20:35,150 --> 00:20:38,850 Jasper will be at the factory at the cannery, and I'll be on an interview. 332 00:20:39,230 --> 00:20:43,030 And if there's any emergency, you just run to Rose Cottage. I'll be fine. 333 00:20:47,310 --> 00:20:49,510 I'm making that as a surprise for Cecily. 334 00:20:49,890 --> 00:20:50,890 Do you like it? 335 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,440 I think dresses are dumb. 336 00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:54,200 I'm never going to wear one. 337 00:20:54,580 --> 00:20:55,840 Never? My goodness. 338 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,000 Well, I suppose you could get married and overalls, if you like. 339 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:02,600 Oh, that dress. 340 00:21:03,660 --> 00:21:05,600 That lace should be a little higher. 341 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:08,940 I better get a move on. 342 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:11,140 Goodbye, sweetheart. 343 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:14,160 I'll be home no later than 8 o 'clock. 344 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:21,160 So. 345 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:22,740 Want to play soldier? 346 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,580 All right. You wanted the flour? 347 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:29,040 I did. Well, me too. 348 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,320 I'll get another bag. 349 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:32,419 Miss Stacy. 350 00:21:32,420 --> 00:21:34,060 I came back for some split peas. 351 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:35,360 We're all out. 352 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,600 Fiddlesticks. And I need some white thread. 353 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,780 We're all out of that too. And please, don't anyone ask for salt pork. 354 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:43,860 Rachel Lynn bought the last of it. Let me see. 355 00:21:44,660 --> 00:21:47,460 Flour. Felicity, my dear, you look as if you could use some help. 356 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,820 Are you sure? I put myself... 357 00:21:50,140 --> 00:21:53,660 through three years of university doing just this sort of thing. 358 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:54,920 I enjoy it. 359 00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:56,500 Thank you, Miss Stacy. 360 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,820 Just like Rachel Lynn to snap up all the salt pork. 361 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,460 I don't begrudge it to her under the circumstances. 362 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,500 This might very well be her son's last decent meal. 363 00:22:07,820 --> 00:22:08,820 What do you mean? 364 00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:10,380 Haven't you heard? 365 00:22:54,890 --> 00:22:56,530 I'm sorry about your teacup. 366 00:22:57,770 --> 00:23:00,190 I'll do chores for you after school to pay my debt. 367 00:23:01,030 --> 00:23:06,130 That won't be necessary, Davy. It was an accident, I hope. 368 00:23:06,590 --> 00:23:08,650 Mrs. Lynn's going to have a conniption. 369 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:09,970 Oh, don't. 370 00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:12,930 You come along with me and prepare for bed. 371 00:23:13,930 --> 00:23:18,390 Davy here will help Sarah finish up the kitchen. 372 00:23:19,610 --> 00:23:20,610 Won't you, Davy? 373 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:26,680 You handle the dishes. 374 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:29,460 You can brush off the table. 375 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:31,840 I'm too much trouble. 376 00:23:32,420 --> 00:23:34,360 That's why Mrs. Lynn left, isn't it? 377 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:35,800 No, Davy. 378 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:37,800 She had to go. 379 00:23:38,780 --> 00:23:41,160 But you could try a little harder to do things right. 380 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,900 I want to do things right. 381 00:23:43,460 --> 00:23:45,060 Well, wanting's half the battle. 382 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:46,480 I'll tell you what. 383 00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:49,340 You fill up this sugar bowl and then we'll be done, all right? 384 00:23:49,740 --> 00:23:52,160 Then how would you feel about a nice game of Crazy Eights before bed? 385 00:23:52,660 --> 00:23:53,660 You bet. 386 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:54,760 All right. 387 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,000 The trigger's on the counter. 388 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,580 And how did you spot the last guy from Felicity? 389 00:24:26,350 --> 00:24:27,350 Davey, what are you doing? 390 00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:29,630 Nothing. 391 00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:31,370 Why do you have salt out? 392 00:24:33,850 --> 00:24:36,890 You were going to put the salt in the sugar bowl? 393 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:39,530 No, I wasn't. Then why are you holding that bag? 394 00:24:40,790 --> 00:24:42,510 I was just holding it, that's all. 395 00:24:43,410 --> 00:24:46,910 That's a new bag, Davey. You opened it. You were going to put it in the sugar 396 00:24:46,910 --> 00:24:48,470 bowl. No, I wasn't. 397 00:24:48,870 --> 00:24:51,990 Honest. Davey, don't lie to me. I've caught you red -handed. 398 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,740 You think that sort of thing is funny, don't you? Making people gag on their 399 00:24:55,740 --> 00:24:57,120 and their porridge. Well, I don't think it's funny. 400 00:24:57,340 --> 00:24:59,880 And I certainly don't think it's funny that you made me feel sorry for you and 401 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:01,360 then you go and pull a mean stunt like that. 402 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:02,560 Now give me the bag. 403 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,680 No! 404 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:04,840 Davey! 405 00:25:05,540 --> 00:25:07,100 I'm going to fill a sugar bowl! 406 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,560 Davey, put down the bag and go straight to your room now. 407 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,160 Fine! 408 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,080 Davey, come back here. 409 00:25:58,540 --> 00:25:59,600 How'd everything go? 410 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,900 Oh, how's the sleepy boy? 411 00:26:03,380 --> 00:26:07,380 Right as rain. He ate his piece, but he didn't want his carrot. Oh, Montgomery 412 00:26:07,380 --> 00:26:09,120 is very resistant to carrots. 413 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,600 Oh, here you go now. 414 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:15,640 Two cents an hour makes it eight cents plus two cents extra for cleaning up. 415 00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:16,459 Thank you. 416 00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:19,000 Do you think you could come back again the day after tomorrow? 417 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:20,239 Yes, ma 'am. 418 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:21,440 Wonderful. Four o 'clock? 419 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,020 Thank you. Good night, Izzy. Good night. 420 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,780 Oh, well, I don't mind telling you I'm exhausted. 421 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:31,780 It just aren't enough hours in a day, are there? 422 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,880 Oh, and when am I going to get a chance to finish Cecily's dress? 423 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:41,980 Well, that's funny. 424 00:26:42,940 --> 00:26:44,820 I didn't leave the collar like that. 425 00:26:59,669 --> 00:27:03,070 Father, I was wondering if I could have some new clothes. 426 00:27:03,870 --> 00:27:06,270 Not that there's anything wrong with what I have. 427 00:27:07,110 --> 00:27:08,110 No. 428 00:27:08,950 --> 00:27:14,450 Father, would you mind if I bought... I mean, if you bought me... Izzy! 429 00:27:16,550 --> 00:27:19,490 A letter from Morgan. 430 00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:22,010 And look at this. 431 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:25,170 Isn't he handsome? 432 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:27,790 So confident and determined. 433 00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:31,150 By the stars, there's something about a uniform that transforms a man when he 434 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:31,829 puts it on. 435 00:27:31,830 --> 00:27:33,310 Father? Yes? 436 00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:40,770 I was wondering if, well... Would you mind if perhaps I... Well, if I got... 437 00:27:40,770 --> 00:27:45,410 Well, if you got... Soldiers don't stammer, is he? Out with it. Would you 438 00:27:45,410 --> 00:27:49,870 if... If I wrote Morgan a letter? 439 00:27:50,170 --> 00:27:51,170 Why would I mind? 440 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:53,370 Get to it. 441 00:27:54,330 --> 00:27:55,590 Keep that as inspiration. 442 00:28:07,050 --> 00:28:08,490 Have you written your essay about your summer vacation? 443 00:28:08,890 --> 00:28:13,210 But all I did this summer was fold the laundry, mop the floor, and get a bee 444 00:28:13,210 --> 00:28:16,190 sting. Well, you still have to write about it. Did you write your essay, V? 445 00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:17,510 I'm sure he didn't. 446 00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:19,730 Come on, Davey, you'll be late. 447 00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:21,070 You think he cares? 448 00:28:32,490 --> 00:28:33,209 Alice Green. 449 00:28:33,210 --> 00:28:34,770 Present. Mildred Bolden. Present. 450 00:28:34,990 --> 00:28:35,809 Sarah Stanley. 451 00:28:35,810 --> 00:28:37,290 Present. Izzy Pettibone. Present. 452 00:28:37,490 --> 00:28:38,349 Felix King. 453 00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:39,830 Present. Felix King. 454 00:28:40,050 --> 00:28:41,410 Present. David Keith. 455 00:28:44,090 --> 00:28:45,090 Dora Keith. 456 00:28:45,230 --> 00:28:46,230 Present. 457 00:28:47,870 --> 00:28:48,870 Where's your brother? 458 00:28:49,370 --> 00:28:50,470 I don't know, sir. 459 00:28:51,950 --> 00:28:52,950 Seth Lee King. 460 00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:54,750 Present. Nicholas Gray. 461 00:28:55,130 --> 00:28:56,130 Present. 462 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,840 One measly can of peaches left. 463 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,940 I think I'll buy it for Daniel. It all went so quickly. 464 00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:10,200 I feel like we were picked clean by vultures. 465 00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:15,540 I'll just finish counting these receipts and send the proceeds off to the 466 00:29:15,540 --> 00:29:16,880 Lawsons. I'll sweep up. 467 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:19,080 You've helped enough already. 468 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:21,820 I couldn't have survived without you, Miss Stacy. 469 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,340 It was my pleasure, dear. 470 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,140 Well, that's it then. 471 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:28,440 Hardly seems possible. 472 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,820 Alvin Lee has no more general store. 473 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,380 You might as well turn the sun over on your way out. 474 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:56,120 Hello, 475 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,080 Hattie. 476 00:29:59,939 --> 00:30:00,939 Live, Pettibone. 477 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:02,740 Well, what a nice surprise. 478 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,340 Is Sarah and Dora home yet? 479 00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:07,480 Well, I'm waiting for them now. I've made some lemonade, in fact. 480 00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:08,940 Come and have some. 481 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,100 I imagine they stopped by the king farm on the way home. 482 00:30:12,620 --> 00:30:13,620 And where's Davy? 483 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,540 Oh, he'd be with them, of course. 484 00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:16,699 I doubt it. 485 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:17,940 He wasn't at school today. 486 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,880 I suspected he wasn't at home, sick. 487 00:30:23,420 --> 00:30:25,600 Fit as a fiddle, that I saw the lad. 488 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:28,260 Perhaps Sarah would have told you about his truancy, but... 489 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,240 I couldn't take that chance. 490 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,480 Of course not. 491 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,720 Well, he'll be there tomorrow. 492 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,300 If I have to lead him by the ear. 493 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,980 I assure you, Clive, that this won't happen again. 494 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,500 Not whilst the boy's in my charge. 495 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,380 As soon as Rachel Lynn returns, I intend to have a serious discussion with her 496 00:30:51,380 --> 00:30:52,480 about that child's future. 497 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,060 Yes, well... Rachel has other worries at the moment, I'm afraid. 498 00:31:00,110 --> 00:31:02,030 Sooner or later, she's going to have to reckon with this. 499 00:31:02,990 --> 00:31:05,650 If Davy Keith were my boy, I can tell you what I'd do. 500 00:31:06,430 --> 00:31:07,430 What would you do? 501 00:31:07,610 --> 00:31:08,610 No thanks. 502 00:31:09,270 --> 00:31:10,610 Pack him off to military school. 503 00:31:11,410 --> 00:31:12,590 Fast as you could say goodbye. 504 00:31:13,610 --> 00:31:15,830 They'd teach him discipline, give him some backbone. 505 00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:17,710 Military school? 506 00:31:18,530 --> 00:31:20,570 Rachel couldn't afford it. 507 00:31:21,390 --> 00:31:23,210 There are special funds for this sort of case. 508 00:31:24,030 --> 00:31:26,710 I'd be willing to use my connections to secure tuition for him. 509 00:31:27,170 --> 00:31:28,610 But surely Edward... 510 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,620 Breakdore is hard to be separated from a brother, poor thing. 511 00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:35,640 After all they've been through. 512 00:31:35,980 --> 00:31:39,540 It might be better for her in the long run if she were away from his influence 513 00:31:39,540 --> 00:31:40,540 altogether. 514 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,820 If Rachel isn't careful, Davy's going to end up like... like her son, Billy. 515 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,400 Oh. 516 00:31:48,020 --> 00:31:52,360 So you know about Billy, do you? 517 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:53,940 Mr. Inglis told me. 518 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,320 I gather he heard from... 519 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,800 His wife, who heard from Mrs. Bugle. 520 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,080 I'd hate to see Davy Keith end up on the wrong end of a rope. 521 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:04,940 Rope? What are you talking about? 522 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:06,920 Billy's in jail. 523 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:08,720 Waiting to be hanged. 524 00:32:09,660 --> 00:32:10,660 Oh, my word. 525 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:12,200 Shot a banker. 526 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:13,920 And eight customers. 527 00:32:15,980 --> 00:32:16,980 Dead as rocks. 528 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:19,640 And made off with $2 ,000. 529 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,920 And all for the love of some dancehall floozy. 530 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:26,100 Poor scoundrel's scheduled to be hanged today. 531 00:32:28,430 --> 00:32:31,790 The best way to keep Davy Keith on the straight and narrow is to send him off 532 00:32:31,790 --> 00:32:32,790 military school. 533 00:32:44,710 --> 00:32:46,370 I'm sure I skipped school today. 534 00:32:47,010 --> 00:32:48,170 It won't happen again. 535 00:32:49,790 --> 00:32:50,790 Sure. 536 00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:55,290 I'm going to do all my work as best I can. 537 00:32:56,879 --> 00:33:00,200 Mr. Pettibone is going to want us to read our essays aloud tomorrow, so you'd 538 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,200 better get writing. 539 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,840 Laura, how does this sound? 540 00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:08,280 Summertime in Avonlea. 541 00:33:08,980 --> 00:33:09,980 That's the title. 542 00:33:10,580 --> 00:33:12,560 But I thought I had to read my summer vacation. 543 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,080 It's the same thing. 544 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:19,320 When the sun filters down through leafy branches over the pond, I am always 545 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:20,560 happy Avonlea is my home. 546 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,140 I cannot imagine another place in the world where one could be lazy with so 547 00:33:24,140 --> 00:33:25,140 pleasure. 548 00:33:25,210 --> 00:33:27,310 The beaches, the orchards, the craggy cliffs. 549 00:33:28,370 --> 00:33:29,370 It's boring, right? 550 00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:30,590 No, keep reading. 551 00:33:41,130 --> 00:33:42,130 Rachel! 552 00:33:43,350 --> 00:33:44,350 Rachel Lynn! 553 00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:53,010 Hey, King, what are you doing here? Are the children all right? 554 00:33:53,270 --> 00:33:54,270 Oh, yes, yes. 555 00:33:54,540 --> 00:33:55,540 Sarah's with him. 556 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:59,120 Just seem more important that I be here with you. 557 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:00,720 Whatever for? 558 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,140 Oh, mercy, Rachel. 559 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,640 I'd let you go home alone after all you've been through. 560 00:34:08,219 --> 00:34:12,420 Well, that's right neighborly of you, but this young couple here said that 561 00:34:12,420 --> 00:34:13,420 would drive me back. 562 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:16,320 You're all in black. 563 00:34:17,420 --> 00:34:19,239 At least I could do. 564 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:24,790 Dear Rachel, you have my... Deep sympathy. 565 00:34:25,489 --> 00:34:28,770 What for? 566 00:34:29,230 --> 00:34:33,570 Oh, no, no. You needn't pretend anymore. It's all right. 567 00:34:34,170 --> 00:34:41,090 It's all right. I know, I know about the... I can't bring myself to 568 00:34:41,090 --> 00:34:42,090 say it. 569 00:34:42,210 --> 00:34:43,230 Say what? 570 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:45,290 Oh, but it's a creature. 571 00:34:45,690 --> 00:34:48,110 Forget your foolish pride. The hanging, that's what. 572 00:34:49,929 --> 00:34:54,710 Don't try to hide it. The fact that Billy went bad is not your fault. 573 00:34:55,389 --> 00:34:56,449 Not entirely. 574 00:34:57,870 --> 00:34:59,790 I'd hardly say he went bad. 575 00:35:00,230 --> 00:35:06,770 Oh, Rachel, Rachel, take off those blinkers. If going to jail and being 576 00:35:06,770 --> 00:35:09,890 for murder isn't bad, then I'd like to know what is. 577 00:35:10,870 --> 00:35:15,550 Oh, you poor thing. I mean, you didn't even get to visit him in jail. 578 00:35:15,910 --> 00:35:18,510 Oh, I sure did. And he's still there. 579 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:22,080 He's been made chief constable of the county jail. 580 00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:23,880 And yesterday was the swearing in. 581 00:35:24,220 --> 00:35:26,640 That's why I went. For the celebration. 582 00:35:49,260 --> 00:35:50,260 Come on in. 583 00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:52,460 I'm afraid I'm running a little late today. 584 00:35:52,740 --> 00:35:55,640 If you'd like, I could come back. Oh, no, that's all right. 585 00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:58,380 Actually, I'd love your help with something before I go. 586 00:35:58,660 --> 00:35:59,660 All right. 587 00:36:00,140 --> 00:36:02,060 You might not be too keen on it, though. 588 00:36:02,420 --> 00:36:03,420 What is it? 589 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:05,260 Cecily's dress. 590 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:12,500 Now, you're about her size, and if I could just get you to try it on, then 591 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:13,960 mark the hem and get it finished. 592 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:18,000 I know you hate dresses, but what do you say? 593 00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:21,290 Just don't tell anyone. 594 00:36:22,550 --> 00:36:23,550 Never. 595 00:36:27,250 --> 00:36:28,490 Just one more, Izzy. 596 00:36:28,830 --> 00:36:29,830 Thank you. 597 00:36:31,070 --> 00:36:36,470 Well, Izzy, you'd think this dress was made for you. It's a near perfect fit. 598 00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:39,490 I don't look good in dresses. 599 00:36:40,410 --> 00:36:41,630 I think you do. 600 00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:43,990 Do you have a dress? 601 00:36:44,450 --> 00:36:45,450 Not anymore. 602 00:36:45,830 --> 00:36:48,530 I told my father a long time ago never to buy me one. 603 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,440 And he hasn't? 604 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,500 He doesn't like dresses either. 605 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:56,820 He told you that? 606 00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:58,600 I can tell. 607 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,900 Oh? Just by the way he talks about Morgan and his uniform in the military. 608 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,720 He wishes I were a boy. 609 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:10,660 Ah. 610 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:14,320 How does that look? 611 00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:27,610 Hello, Dora. Hello. Where's Davey? He's back there. 612 00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:30,190 I bet you were happy to get home to Mrs. Lynn last night. 613 00:37:30,470 --> 00:37:32,750 Yep, she kept laughing and laughing for no reason. 614 00:37:33,730 --> 00:37:35,390 Will you read me her essay again? 615 00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:37,490 I didn't like it, so I changed it. 616 00:37:37,870 --> 00:37:38,870 Here, listen. 617 00:37:39,450 --> 00:37:40,790 My summer trip to Montreal. 618 00:37:41,150 --> 00:37:43,950 My nanny Louisa is almost as interesting as my Aunt Hedy. 619 00:37:44,330 --> 00:37:47,870 That's why I visit her in Montreal every summer, to collect stories to tell in 620 00:37:47,870 --> 00:37:48,828 my old days. 621 00:37:48,830 --> 00:37:50,290 I love Montreal in the summertime. 622 00:37:50,750 --> 00:37:52,210 The sky is a brilliant blue... 623 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,980 This is the moment we've all been waiting for. 624 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,400 Time to read your essays. 625 00:38:10,980 --> 00:38:14,260 Well, I, for one, look forward to hearing how each of you spent your 626 00:38:14,260 --> 00:38:15,260 vacation. 627 00:38:16,140 --> 00:38:17,600 Please, take out your papers. 628 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:24,100 Davy, you'll be first to read your essay to the class. 629 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:30,800 I'm sorry, sir. 630 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:32,820 My paper blew away in the wind. 631 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:35,760 Then you shall be marked down. 632 00:38:36,140 --> 00:38:37,019 Yes, sir. 633 00:38:37,020 --> 00:38:42,720 And you shall stand and read someone else's paper instead. 634 00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:47,220 But... Unless you'd rather stand and explain how you'd like me to present 635 00:38:47,220 --> 00:38:48,220 matter to Mrs. Lynn. 636 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,420 No, sir. That's not a good idea. 637 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:51,840 I thought you might agree. 638 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:53,820 Whose paper will you read, then? 639 00:38:58,460 --> 00:38:59,460 Sheriff Stanley's. 640 00:39:10,060 --> 00:39:13,240 Summertime in Avonlea by Sarah Stanley. 641 00:39:15,060 --> 00:39:21,780 When the sun filters down through the leafy leaves, I am 642 00:39:21,780 --> 00:39:23,920 happy to go to the pond. 643 00:39:25,220 --> 00:39:31,080 I love the beach, the orchard, and the 644 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:35,140 cliffs, the craggy cliffs. 645 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,880 It is good to be lazy. 646 00:39:39,689 --> 00:39:40,689 In Avonlea. 647 00:39:42,850 --> 00:39:43,850 The end. 648 00:39:44,290 --> 00:39:45,450 That's all you wrote, Sarah? 649 00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:49,750 I'm sorry, sir. I know I should have written more. 650 00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:53,510 I'll hand in another essay tomorrow. 651 00:39:55,690 --> 00:39:56,690 I think not. 652 00:39:59,310 --> 00:40:00,870 You've had quite enough time for this. 653 00:40:01,890 --> 00:40:05,290 You should have let your paper blow away in the wind along with Davy Keith's, 654 00:40:05,310 --> 00:40:06,310 I'm afraid. 655 00:40:08,330 --> 00:40:09,330 Who'll read next? 656 00:40:14,630 --> 00:40:16,190 David Keith, you owe me. 657 00:40:16,690 --> 00:40:17,690 David. 658 00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:22,990 Promise you won't run away. Promise. 659 00:40:24,470 --> 00:40:25,470 I promise. 660 00:40:26,350 --> 00:40:27,350 Right. 661 00:40:27,590 --> 00:40:28,630 Read that title. 662 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:30,010 Read it yourself. 663 00:40:30,550 --> 00:40:32,150 It says, My Summer Trip to Montreal. 664 00:40:33,450 --> 00:40:35,290 I changed it and you didn't know it. 665 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,800 You didn't know it because you can't read. 666 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,280 That's why you're always getting into trouble, isn't it? 667 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,220 That's why you can't do your schoolwork. 668 00:40:43,980 --> 00:40:45,400 That's why you couldn't read the salt bag. 669 00:40:46,420 --> 00:40:48,100 Davey, why don't you just say so? 670 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:50,300 Davey, you promised. 671 00:40:51,180 --> 00:40:54,240 Kids will call me a dummy. No, they won't. Yes, they will. 672 00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:56,640 Even my teacher laughed at me. 673 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:57,840 Who? I never saw Mr. 674 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,840 Pettyboner at Hetty laugh at you. The teacher I had before I came here. 675 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:03,760 What about Dora? Did he laugh at her, too? 676 00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:09,290 The teacher liked Dora because she sat still and never brought words to school. 677 00:41:10,450 --> 00:41:14,130 I tried to learn, but after a while I thought it didn't matter. 678 00:41:14,630 --> 00:41:15,990 Davy, that teacher was wrong. 679 00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:20,210 I assure you it takes a pretty smart boy to figure out so many different ways to 680 00:41:20,210 --> 00:41:21,210 get out of schoolwork. 681 00:41:22,210 --> 00:41:23,450 Do you want to learn how to read? 682 00:41:24,370 --> 00:41:25,470 Is that too late? 683 00:41:25,810 --> 00:41:28,510 It's never too late if you want to learn. But do you? 684 00:41:29,090 --> 00:41:30,090 More than anything. 685 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,700 I, uh... Oh, thank you. 686 00:41:53,220 --> 00:41:57,440 I can't tell you what a help Izzy has been to me. I hope you realize what a 687 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,020 responsible young lady you've raised. 688 00:41:59,620 --> 00:42:00,620 That's good to hear. 689 00:42:00,740 --> 00:42:02,900 Yeah. And she's so pretty, too. 690 00:42:03,620 --> 00:42:04,620 Well, 691 00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:06,960 I certainly hope she takes after her mother more than me. 692 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,980 Yes. Well, then I hope you'll pardon my saying. 693 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,300 You don't mean to keep her in pants her whole life. 694 00:42:16,590 --> 00:42:19,970 You must be joking. She'd never forgive me if I forced her into a dress. 695 00:42:20,290 --> 00:42:25,150 Oh, well, forcing her is one thing, but providing an opportunity is another. 696 00:42:26,170 --> 00:42:27,370 But, uh, is he? 697 00:42:28,770 --> 00:42:33,250 Mr. Pettibone, your little girl is not the tomboy you think she is. 698 00:42:34,070 --> 00:42:36,690 She's more interested in dresses than you realize. 699 00:42:50,730 --> 00:42:51,730 A present? 700 00:42:51,770 --> 00:42:52,770 For me? 701 00:42:52,910 --> 00:42:53,910 How come? 702 00:42:55,690 --> 00:42:57,270 Because it's her time you had this. 703 00:43:16,250 --> 00:43:19,830 I remember my father telling me that clothes... 704 00:43:20,190 --> 00:43:21,190 Make the man. 705 00:43:22,370 --> 00:43:24,550 I have since learned that's not really true. 706 00:43:25,210 --> 00:43:28,990 I have no more than my share of well -dressed gentlemen who, when the chips 707 00:43:28,990 --> 00:43:34,710 down, proved to be something less than the wardrobe proclaimed them to be. 708 00:43:37,350 --> 00:43:42,070 It's... It's what's inside a man that counts. 709 00:43:43,090 --> 00:43:45,610 I'd say the same is true for a woman. 710 00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:48,050 A little girl. 711 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:52,080 Lovely dresses. 712 00:43:55,100 --> 00:44:00,640 And you are a wonderful young lady, and you always will be, whether you are 713 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,860 wearing overalls or a ball gown. 714 00:44:06,660 --> 00:44:09,740 I wouldn't trade you for a whole regiment of soldiers. 715 00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:11,940 Thank you, Father. 716 00:44:23,259 --> 00:44:25,240 Clive Pettibone. Good morning, Miss Stacy. 717 00:44:25,460 --> 00:44:26,460 Sarah. 718 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,260 This isn't a surprise. I thought you'd quit your post as school supervisor. 719 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:32,300 I have. Time for a change. 720 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,640 Which is why, if you don't mind, I'd like to distribute these. 721 00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,660 Grand opening, General Store, M. Stacy. 722 00:44:42,780 --> 00:44:44,220 Proprietress. Bless my stars. 723 00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:48,360 If I'm going to settle back in here, I might as well make a proper job of it. 724 00:44:48,940 --> 00:44:52,960 Besides... I needed a place to invest my pension, and Avonlea needed a store. 725 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:54,700 Sounds like a match to me. 726 00:44:55,500 --> 00:44:57,520 Felix, distribute these to your classmates. 727 00:44:57,900 --> 00:44:58,900 Yes, sir. 728 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:01,280 Say, isn't that your Izzy over there? 729 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,000 My, she does look smashing. 730 00:45:04,340 --> 00:45:05,340 Don't you think so? 731 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:10,040 Took me a while to catch on to the fact that she was becoming a young lady, 732 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,880 but... It's a truism. 733 00:45:13,180 --> 00:45:14,360 Teachers don't know everything. 734 00:45:15,060 --> 00:45:16,720 Luckily, it's never too late to learn. 735 00:45:17,580 --> 00:45:18,439 Thanks, class. 736 00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:19,209 Good luck. 737 00:45:19,210 --> 00:45:20,210 Bye -bye. 738 00:45:22,490 --> 00:45:23,490 Go ahead. 739 00:45:23,550 --> 00:45:24,550 Sound it out. 740 00:45:26,790 --> 00:45:30,050 Free candy. 741 00:45:32,250 --> 00:45:34,770 Miss Daisy's giving away candy at the store. 742 00:45:35,070 --> 00:45:36,069 You see? 743 00:45:36,070 --> 00:45:37,250 Pace will know how to read. 744 00:45:38,050 --> 00:45:39,090 Free candy. 745 00:45:39,510 --> 00:45:41,230 Well done, Mr. Keith. 746 00:45:43,530 --> 00:45:44,530 Hey, Izzy. 747 00:45:44,670 --> 00:45:46,610 That dress mean you can't play ball anymore?