1 00:00:01,221 --> 00:00:05,119 (upbeat music) (Tom laughs) 2 00:00:05,169 --> 00:00:08,984 ♫ Now listen here folks, my name is Tom Sawyer 3 00:00:09,034 --> 00:00:13,126 ♫ I don't wanna be no doctor or no lawyer 4 00:00:13,176 --> 00:00:17,055 ♫ Fishing by the river, that's the only place to be 5 00:00:17,105 --> 00:00:21,186 ♫ I wanna be free, sitting under a tree, that's me 6 00:00:21,236 --> 00:00:24,069 (whistling music) 7 00:00:28,467 --> 00:00:30,884 (Tom laughs) 8 00:00:37,481 --> 00:00:41,410 ♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer 9 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:45,288 ♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river 10 00:00:45,338 --> 00:00:49,256 ♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be 11 00:00:49,306 --> 00:00:52,962 ♫ I wanna be free, sitting under a tree 12 00:00:53,012 --> 00:00:55,468 ♫ That's me (Tom laughs) 13 00:00:55,518 --> 00:00:58,101 (fiddle music) 14 00:01:03,492 --> 00:01:05,821 (Huck grunting) 15 00:01:05,871 --> 00:01:08,704 (easygoing music) 16 00:01:12,933 --> 00:01:14,862 - [Tom] Well, Huck said he was gonna start building 17 00:01:14,912 --> 00:01:16,500 his tree house without me, 18 00:01:16,550 --> 00:01:18,832 and sure enough, he's as good as his word. 19 00:01:18,882 --> 00:01:21,965 Hm, wish I could say the same for me. 20 00:01:26,324 --> 00:01:28,991 - [Huck] That aught to hold her. 21 00:01:31,788 --> 00:01:35,119 This is gonna be the finest tree house in the world. 22 00:01:35,169 --> 00:01:37,647 - [Tom] You know, I had promised Huck I'd come to help him 23 00:01:37,697 --> 00:01:40,268 the minute school let out and, well, school's out, 24 00:01:40,318 --> 00:01:43,077 but as you can see, I ain't there yet. 25 00:01:43,127 --> 00:01:43,910 (Huck grunts) 26 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:46,398 Now for me not to keep a promise to my best friend Huck 27 00:01:46,448 --> 00:01:48,837 takes a powerful good reason. 28 00:01:48,887 --> 00:01:51,181 I had one, only thing is, 29 00:01:51,231 --> 00:01:53,670 I don't knows how I could explain it to Huck, 30 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,706 or to anybody, for that matter. 31 00:01:55,756 --> 00:01:56,749 I should have figured Huck 32 00:01:56,799 --> 00:01:59,024 was most likely working like a mule, 33 00:01:59,074 --> 00:02:01,572 and probably getting madder at me by the second, 34 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:04,283 but truth is, Huck, the tree house, 35 00:02:04,333 --> 00:02:07,397 and just about everything else in the whole wide world 36 00:02:07,447 --> 00:02:09,870 had been wiped plum out of my mind. 37 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:14,063 You see, I was in, well, I think grown-ups call it 38 00:02:14,113 --> 00:02:15,030 puppy love. 39 00:02:15,875 --> 00:02:17,483 - [Girl] You ever have any pets, Tom? 40 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:20,225 Back in St. Louis, I used to have a rabbit. 41 00:02:20,275 --> 00:02:22,283 - I didn't know you liked rabbits, Becky. 42 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:24,953 I'll take you along next time I go hunting. 43 00:02:25,003 --> 00:02:27,249 - [Becky] What do we do once we catch them? 44 00:02:27,299 --> 00:02:28,269 - You eat them of course, 45 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:30,126 but you gotta skin them and roast them first. 46 00:02:30,176 --> 00:02:32,482 I think they're real tasty. 47 00:02:32,532 --> 00:02:34,701 - But I always kept my rabbit in a cage in the back yard 48 00:02:34,751 --> 00:02:36,494 and fed it carrots and lettuce. 49 00:02:36,544 --> 00:02:39,101 I can't believe you'd eat one, they're much too cute. 50 00:02:39,151 --> 00:02:43,151 - Uh, well, I'd only eat it if it was real ugly. 51 00:02:44,455 --> 00:02:46,329 I'm sure your rabbit was a sight prettier 52 00:02:46,379 --> 00:02:48,415 than the ones you find running wild in the woods. 53 00:02:48,465 --> 00:02:50,882 - Oh, Tom, do you mean that? 54 00:02:50,932 --> 00:02:52,849 - Sure I do, Becky, hm. 55 00:02:53,883 --> 00:02:56,716 (easygoing music) 56 00:03:00,488 --> 00:03:03,155 (Huck groaning) 57 00:03:07,101 --> 00:03:09,684 (Huck panting) 58 00:03:10,807 --> 00:03:12,800 - Where in tarnation is that Tom? 59 00:03:12,850 --> 00:03:17,017 He swore he was gonna help me build this here tree house. 60 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:25,072 - Thanks a lot for coming to visit me, Tom. 61 00:03:25,122 --> 00:03:26,477 - I had a real good time. 62 00:03:26,527 --> 00:03:27,965 - Come back tomorrow, then, 63 00:03:28,015 --> 00:03:30,843 and don't forget these cookies my mother made for you. 64 00:03:30,893 --> 00:03:31,676 - Thanks. 65 00:03:31,726 --> 00:03:33,604 - I hope you like sugar shortbread, Tom. 66 00:03:33,654 --> 00:03:35,154 - Yeah, I sure do. 67 00:03:36,145 --> 00:03:37,943 Listen, if I come visit you tomorrow, 68 00:03:37,993 --> 00:03:40,091 can I come again the day after, too? 69 00:03:40,141 --> 00:03:41,572 - Sure, I'll be here. 70 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:42,405 - And Wednesday? 71 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:43,467 - Oh, you can come and play with me 72 00:03:43,517 --> 00:03:44,878 any time you want to, Tom. 73 00:03:44,928 --> 00:03:46,489 You should know you're the very best friend 74 00:03:46,539 --> 00:03:48,788 I have in the whole wide world. 75 00:03:48,838 --> 00:03:50,932 - Becky Thatcher, I guess I'd have to do a whole lot 76 00:03:50,982 --> 00:03:55,032 of looking to find me another girl as sweet as you. 77 00:03:55,082 --> 00:03:58,277 - Let's try to stay friends, even when we're 30 years old. 78 00:03:58,327 --> 00:04:01,319 - (clears throat) Listen, uh, (clears throat) 79 00:04:01,369 --> 00:04:03,081 are you engaged to anybody yet? 80 00:04:03,131 --> 00:04:04,070 - Engaged? 81 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:05,316 What does that mean? 82 00:04:05,366 --> 00:04:07,474 - Well I don't exactly know, but I think it's something that 83 00:04:07,524 --> 00:04:09,803 you and me should start thinking about because after all, 84 00:04:09,853 --> 00:04:13,133 one of these days, I'm gonna be a, uh oh. 85 00:04:13,183 --> 00:04:15,699 - Oh, now behave yourself, Caesar. 86 00:04:15,749 --> 00:04:16,730 Tom's a good friend of mine, 87 00:04:16,780 --> 00:04:19,441 and I don't want you going and biting his leg off. 88 00:04:19,491 --> 00:04:22,096 - Looks like it's time for me to be heading on home. 89 00:04:22,146 --> 00:04:23,209 - (Dog growling) Hey. 90 00:04:23,259 --> 00:04:24,499 - Thanks for the cookies. 91 00:04:24,549 --> 00:04:27,596 - Hey, Tom, you're gonna come back tomorrow, aren't you? 92 00:04:27,646 --> 00:04:29,788 - Sure, I'll be here. 93 00:04:29,838 --> 00:04:32,338 (dog barking) 94 00:04:33,753 --> 00:04:35,644 I'll see you later. 95 00:04:35,694 --> 00:04:36,527 - Bye. 96 00:04:37,541 --> 00:04:39,230 Caesar, if you don't settle down right now, 97 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,242 all you're gonna get is dry biscuits for your dinner. 98 00:04:41,292 --> 00:04:42,959 Do you hear me, now? 99 00:04:44,689 --> 00:04:45,735 - [Sid] All done, Aunt Polly. 100 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:47,219 Do you need anything else. 101 00:04:47,269 --> 00:04:48,087 - No thank you, Sid. 102 00:04:48,137 --> 00:04:49,829 You can just go and get Tom. 103 00:04:49,879 --> 00:04:51,227 It's almost dinner time. 104 00:04:51,277 --> 00:04:52,860 - [Sid] Yes, ma'am. 105 00:04:55,479 --> 00:04:59,646 - Man, will you just look at that sugar shortbread, mm. 106 00:05:04,482 --> 00:05:07,027 Tasty. (Tom inquisitively grunting) 107 00:05:07,077 --> 00:05:09,107 - Hey, Tom, dinner's just about ready. 108 00:05:09,157 --> 00:05:10,222 - Sounds good to me. 109 00:05:10,272 --> 00:05:14,418 - [Sid] You better hurry up, or you'll get in trouble. 110 00:05:14,468 --> 00:05:18,162 - Aww, look at that, plum busted into smithereens. 111 00:05:18,212 --> 00:05:19,367 Well, I reckon that shouldn't 112 00:05:19,417 --> 00:05:22,667 make a difference in the taste, though. 113 00:05:24,764 --> 00:05:25,547 Nope, not at all. 114 00:05:25,597 --> 00:05:28,347 (frogs croaking) 115 00:05:35,683 --> 00:05:38,575 (Huck imitates cat meowing) 116 00:05:38,625 --> 00:05:39,458 - Huh? 117 00:05:41,109 --> 00:05:44,399 (Huck imitates cat meowing) 118 00:05:44,449 --> 00:05:45,845 (Tom imitates cat meowing) 119 00:05:45,895 --> 00:05:48,624 (Huck imitates cat meowing) 120 00:05:48,674 --> 00:05:50,693 (cat meowing) 121 00:05:50,743 --> 00:05:51,576 - Hm, oh. 122 00:05:53,727 --> 00:05:56,636 Dag nab it, Peter, I told you before I weren't calling you. 123 00:05:56,686 --> 00:05:57,519 Huh? 124 00:06:03,278 --> 00:06:04,989 - What you prowling around for, Huck? 125 00:06:05,039 --> 00:06:07,848 - Sneak on in to the tool shed and grab me a hammer and saw. 126 00:06:07,898 --> 00:06:09,566 I swear I'll get them back to you real quick. 127 00:06:09,616 --> 00:06:10,748 - Sure, but what do you need tools 128 00:06:10,798 --> 00:06:12,399 in the middle of the night for? 129 00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:15,921 - It so happens I'm building something, like a tree house. 130 00:06:15,971 --> 00:06:16,777 - A tree house? 131 00:06:16,827 --> 00:06:17,622 That's great. 132 00:06:17,672 --> 00:06:20,422 (gasps) I forgot, Huck. (groans) 133 00:06:20,472 --> 00:06:22,372 - Right, some friend. 134 00:06:22,422 --> 00:06:23,762 Your promises don't mean nothing? 135 00:06:23,812 --> 00:06:25,135 - [Tom] Sorry. 136 00:06:25,185 --> 00:06:27,710 - That's all right, I can handle it. 137 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,493 - You know, it just plum slipped my mind. 138 00:06:29,543 --> 00:06:31,942 - Tom Sawyer, I know all about your mind 139 00:06:31,992 --> 00:06:34,326 and just how slippery it can be. 140 00:06:34,376 --> 00:06:36,991 Fetch me that there saw and hammer and I'll get going. 141 00:06:37,041 --> 00:06:38,152 - Don't be like that. 142 00:06:38,202 --> 00:06:39,550 Huck, I can still help. 143 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,870 - Just give me the tools. 144 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,454 I don't need your kind of help anymore. 145 00:06:43,504 --> 00:06:45,754 - Well, there you go, Huck. 146 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:49,953 That's a little shortbread you can hae for your supper. 147 00:06:50,003 --> 00:06:51,351 I'll go get the tools. 148 00:06:51,401 --> 00:06:54,151 (frogs croaking) 149 00:06:59,525 --> 00:07:00,715 (Huck sniffs) 150 00:07:00,765 --> 00:07:02,187 - He shouldn't have promised to help me out 151 00:07:02,237 --> 00:07:04,850 if he really didn't have a mind to do it. 152 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:06,769 I should never trust anybody but one person, 153 00:07:06,819 --> 00:07:08,736 and that's me, not Tom. 154 00:07:10,052 --> 00:07:14,219 (Huck sighs) Well, let's see what we got, here, hmm. 155 00:07:20,932 --> 00:07:23,451 - Here, Huck, I got you the hammer and saw 156 00:07:23,501 --> 00:07:25,112 and some nails, too. 157 00:07:25,162 --> 00:07:27,793 (Huck's lips smacking) 158 00:07:27,843 --> 00:07:29,493 Are you still mad? 159 00:07:29,543 --> 00:07:33,526 Listen, Huck, I swear, I'll help you tomorrow. 160 00:07:33,576 --> 00:07:35,666 - This sugar shortbread's real good, Tom. 161 00:07:35,716 --> 00:07:37,978 I think it's about the finest I ever tasted. 162 00:07:38,028 --> 00:07:39,442 Where'd it come from? 163 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:40,933 - Where'd it come from? 164 00:07:40,983 --> 00:07:42,278 I don't know. 165 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:45,329 I reckon my cousin Mary made them earlier today. 166 00:07:45,379 --> 00:07:46,796 - Mm, good stuff. 167 00:07:47,844 --> 00:07:49,295 - Well, if you like them that much, 168 00:07:49,345 --> 00:07:51,545 I reckon you can have all of them. 169 00:07:51,595 --> 00:07:53,678 - Thank you, Tom, I will. 170 00:07:54,532 --> 00:07:56,595 - Well, here's the tools and nails you need. 171 00:07:56,645 --> 00:07:58,025 I'll see you tomorrow. 172 00:07:58,075 --> 00:08:00,293 - Oh, much obliged, Tom. 173 00:08:00,343 --> 00:08:03,067 Mm-hmm, do you still think you can help? 174 00:08:03,117 --> 00:08:04,366 - Do you really want me to? 175 00:08:04,416 --> 00:08:06,919 - Well, of course I want your help, Tom. 176 00:08:06,969 --> 00:08:10,703 It's a big tree house and I need all the help I can get. 177 00:08:10,753 --> 00:08:12,772 - I'll see you right after school lets out. 178 00:08:12,822 --> 00:08:13,744 - Don't forget, now. 179 00:08:13,794 --> 00:08:15,844 - [Tom] Don't worry, I won't. 180 00:08:15,894 --> 00:08:18,727 (easygoing music) 181 00:08:20,257 --> 00:08:22,957 Dog dang it, I sure did Huck wrong today. 182 00:08:23,007 --> 00:08:25,233 I got so wrapped up in playing with Becky, 183 00:08:25,283 --> 00:08:28,085 I plum forgot about helping him build his house, 184 00:08:28,135 --> 00:08:30,503 but I'm supposed to play with Becky again tomorrow. 185 00:08:30,553 --> 00:08:32,305 Oh, what am I gonna do? 186 00:08:32,355 --> 00:08:35,272 (easy going music) 187 00:08:37,312 --> 00:08:39,979 (bells ringing) 188 00:08:41,622 --> 00:08:44,789 (children chattering) 189 00:08:48,575 --> 00:08:51,325 (brook babbling) 190 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,022 - Oh no, I'm sorry your aunt's so sick. 191 00:08:57,072 --> 00:08:59,388 - Yeah, she started to complain about a stomach ache 192 00:08:59,438 --> 00:09:01,509 about midnight last night. 193 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:02,629 - Golly. 194 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,476 - She was making all kinds of noises. 195 00:09:04,526 --> 00:09:06,684 (imitates pained groans) 196 00:09:06,734 --> 00:09:07,958 - Goodness. - Like that. 197 00:09:08,008 --> 00:09:11,420 And poor Aunt Polly's got a bad heart on top of it all. 198 00:09:11,470 --> 00:09:12,303 - Mm. 199 00:09:14,461 --> 00:09:15,511 Well, how come you didn't stay home 200 00:09:15,561 --> 00:09:17,230 and take care of your aunt, Tom? 201 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,212 - Aunt Polly's real strict about me going to school, 202 00:09:19,262 --> 00:09:21,193 so I had to go, but when I left her this morning, 203 00:09:21,243 --> 00:09:23,113 she gave me such a mournful look that I couldn't 204 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:25,922 hardly stand to leave her behind for a minute. 205 00:09:25,972 --> 00:09:28,986 - I think it's probably best you hurry up and go. 206 00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:30,628 Yep, me too. 207 00:09:30,678 --> 00:09:32,484 But I sure am sorry I can't play with you 208 00:09:32,534 --> 00:09:34,309 like we planned this afternoon. 209 00:09:34,359 --> 00:09:38,526 Your mom makes about the best sugar shortbread in the state. 210 00:09:42,605 --> 00:09:44,333 See you tomorrow, I guess. 211 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:46,588 - I sure do hope your aunt gets better soon, Tom. 212 00:09:46,638 --> 00:09:48,628 - Oh, she will, Becky, don't you worry. 213 00:09:48,678 --> 00:09:49,461 - Bye, now. 214 00:09:49,511 --> 00:09:50,511 - Yeah, bye. 215 00:09:53,991 --> 00:09:56,658 (playful music) 216 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:11,960 Hey there, Huck. 217 00:10:12,010 --> 00:10:15,823 Here I am, I come to help you, just like I said I would. 218 00:10:15,873 --> 00:10:18,539 - Huh, you're a little bit late, Tom. 219 00:10:18,589 --> 00:10:19,966 I'm just about finished. 220 00:10:20,016 --> 00:10:21,047 - Really? 221 00:10:21,097 --> 00:10:23,485 - [Huck] I've been at it all night, building like a beaver. 222 00:10:23,535 --> 00:10:25,875 Why don't you climb on up and see for yourself. 223 00:10:25,925 --> 00:10:26,963 Come on. 224 00:10:27,013 --> 00:10:29,096 - All right, here I come. 225 00:10:34,388 --> 00:10:36,423 - Yes sir, I got me a fine house here. 226 00:10:36,473 --> 00:10:38,762 - Looks to me like you got a few holes in the floor, Huck, 227 00:10:38,812 --> 00:10:40,367 and if you ain't careful, you'll slip through 228 00:10:40,417 --> 00:10:42,487 and break every bone in your body. 229 00:10:42,537 --> 00:10:46,286 - (groans) Well then, I guess I'll just have to be sure 230 00:10:46,336 --> 00:10:50,183 to watch my step, won't I, Mr. Know-it-all. 231 00:10:50,233 --> 00:10:52,463 - Well if you're gonna build yourself a house, 232 00:10:52,513 --> 00:10:54,400 why don't you at least put together right? 233 00:10:54,450 --> 00:10:56,190 - [Huck] I reckon that's what I'm doing. 234 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,191 - The least you can do is put a roof on it. 235 00:10:58,241 --> 00:11:00,790 That way folks can visit you when it's raining outside. 236 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,198 - I don't mind the rain. 237 00:11:02,248 --> 00:11:04,719 - But Huck, if you want to have a respectable kind of house, 238 00:11:04,769 --> 00:11:06,875 you just gotta put a roof over it. 239 00:11:06,925 --> 00:11:09,046 - Respectable don't matter none to me, Tom. 240 00:11:09,096 --> 00:11:11,366 - I know, Huck, but you could show everybody up 241 00:11:11,416 --> 00:11:14,038 and have the finest tree house in the state if you'd just 242 00:11:14,088 --> 00:11:16,192 quit acting like an old porcupine for a minute, 243 00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:18,311 take it easy, and listen to me. 244 00:11:18,361 --> 00:11:20,279 I swear, you're stubborn, Huck Finn. 245 00:11:20,329 --> 00:11:23,162 (easygoing music) 246 00:11:25,294 --> 00:11:26,666 See what I mean, Huck? 247 00:11:26,716 --> 00:11:28,719 - You mean there's nobody living in there at all? 248 00:11:28,769 --> 00:11:30,589 - That's right. 249 00:11:30,639 --> 00:11:33,472 (easygoing music) 250 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,063 Looky here, we got all the shingles and wood we need, 251 00:11:43,113 --> 00:11:45,206 and they're ours for the taking. 252 00:11:45,256 --> 00:11:48,593 - I said I don't want no civilized house, Tom. 253 00:11:48,643 --> 00:11:51,116 Why don't you just let me do it my own way? 254 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:53,074 - Why not do it the right way, Huck? 255 00:11:53,124 --> 00:11:56,007 Now quit lollygagging and help me pull up this floor. 256 00:11:56,057 --> 00:12:00,769 (wood creaking) (Tom grunting) 257 00:12:00,819 --> 00:12:04,172 - I reckon I ain't the only stubborn one around here. 258 00:12:04,222 --> 00:12:08,389 (wood creaking) (boys grunting) 259 00:12:10,427 --> 00:12:14,594 (easygoing music) (wood creaking) 260 00:12:23,155 --> 00:12:25,905 (birds chirping) 261 00:12:28,873 --> 00:12:31,550 - I reckon we took off enough lumber by now, Tom. 262 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,398 - Maybe so, maybe not. 263 00:12:33,448 --> 00:12:35,584 I figure, one more trip. 264 00:12:35,634 --> 00:12:37,334 - We've been there four times. 265 00:12:37,384 --> 00:12:38,596 - Is that all? 266 00:12:38,646 --> 00:12:39,750 - What do you mean, is that all? 267 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,701 We carried back more lumber than we can use already. 268 00:12:42,751 --> 00:12:43,816 - We'll need a lot more 269 00:12:43,866 --> 00:12:46,219 if we're gonna build you a two-story house. 270 00:12:46,269 --> 00:12:48,069 - Well we ain't building no two-story house, 271 00:12:48,119 --> 00:12:50,351 and we ain't making no white picket fence. 272 00:12:50,401 --> 00:12:52,680 - Settle down, I was just kidding. 273 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:54,952 But I think it'd be a good idea. 274 00:12:55,002 --> 00:12:57,585 - I ain't gonna be respectable. 275 00:13:00,957 --> 00:13:02,789 - [Tom] You know, Huck, was I thinking, 276 00:13:02,839 --> 00:13:04,371 it'd be kinda fun to invite Becky 277 00:13:04,421 --> 00:13:06,642 over here for a picnic some day. 278 00:13:06,692 --> 00:13:09,717 So we gotta have a roof, in case it rains. 279 00:13:09,767 --> 00:13:11,729 - That little girl's running your life. 280 00:13:11,779 --> 00:13:13,529 - [Tom] No she ain't. 281 00:13:15,852 --> 00:13:19,435 - [Huck] Get ready, I'm sending up a plank. 282 00:13:20,808 --> 00:13:23,475 (Huck grunting) 283 00:13:27,999 --> 00:13:30,832 (easygoing music) 284 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:37,834 - [Tom Voiceover] The work was a lot harder 285 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:39,571 than I thought it was gonna be, 286 00:13:39,621 --> 00:13:41,206 and I just about gave up any idea 287 00:13:41,256 --> 00:13:43,362 of being a carpenter some day, 288 00:13:43,412 --> 00:13:44,875 but we kept at it and pretty soon, 289 00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:47,682 Huck started looking proud about his house. 290 00:13:47,732 --> 00:13:51,715 Maybe being respectable wasn't so bad for him after all. 291 00:13:51,765 --> 00:13:53,016 (Huck grunting) 292 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:55,345 - [Huck] Grab a hold of it now, Tom. 293 00:13:55,395 --> 00:13:58,228 (easygoing music) 294 00:14:13,106 --> 00:14:14,205 - Where are you, Jim? 295 00:14:14,255 --> 00:14:16,630 Jim, Jim, where are you? 296 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:17,947 - Just hiding in here, Miss Mary. 297 00:14:17,997 --> 00:14:19,124 What do you want? 298 00:14:19,174 --> 00:14:21,863 - I'm afraid the latch on the woodshed door is broken again. 299 00:14:21,913 --> 00:14:23,314 Do you think you could take a look at it for us 300 00:14:23,364 --> 00:14:25,193 when you have the time? 301 00:14:25,243 --> 00:14:28,230 - Oh, it won't take me but a minute to fix that. 302 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,420 - What would we ever do without you, Jim? 303 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,303 (easygoing music) 304 00:14:43,503 --> 00:14:44,334 - Are you ready? 305 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:45,851 - [Crowd] All right, you guys, ready or not-- 306 00:14:45,901 --> 00:14:48,890 - I'm gonna be the next king of the hill, Geronimo, hang on. 307 00:14:48,940 --> 00:14:49,723 - [Group] Go on, Joe. 308 00:14:49,773 --> 00:14:51,070 - Here I come. 309 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,462 - That a boy, go get them. - Run Joe, run Joe. 310 00:14:53,512 --> 00:14:55,556 (children laughing and chattering) 311 00:14:55,606 --> 00:14:57,611 - Right behind you. 312 00:14:57,661 --> 00:14:58,666 I made it! 313 00:14:58,716 --> 00:15:00,524 - That's about all we can take. 314 00:15:00,574 --> 00:15:02,513 Oh, no, it's Ben! 315 00:15:02,563 --> 00:15:04,080 - Ben? 316 00:15:04,130 --> 00:15:07,971 (children moaning and groaning) 317 00:15:08,021 --> 00:15:09,903 - Don't you wanna go play with the boys, Tom? 318 00:15:09,953 --> 00:15:11,069 - Nah. 319 00:15:11,119 --> 00:15:12,961 - You seem awfully down and depressed this morning. 320 00:15:13,011 --> 00:15:14,841 How's your poor Aunt Polly doing today? 321 00:15:14,891 --> 00:15:17,637 - Aw, she's doing a little better, thanks for asking. 322 00:15:17,687 --> 00:15:19,309 - Well tell her that I'm surely gonna pray for her 323 00:15:19,359 --> 00:15:21,717 when I go to church Sunday morning, won't you? 324 00:15:21,767 --> 00:15:23,966 - Becky, you're about the nicest girl I ever met, 325 00:15:24,016 --> 00:15:25,756 and I promise I'm gonna come over and play with you 326 00:15:25,806 --> 00:15:29,330 just as soon as my Aunt Polly gets well. 327 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:30,901 - I understand, Tom. 328 00:15:30,951 --> 00:15:32,926 (Tom clears his throat) 329 00:15:32,976 --> 00:15:33,893 - [Tom] Uh. 330 00:15:36,728 --> 00:15:40,728 - Tom! (Becky laughs nervously) 331 00:15:44,532 --> 00:15:45,468 (Becky sighs contentedly) 332 00:15:45,518 --> 00:15:48,411 (uplifting music) 333 00:15:48,461 --> 00:15:51,618 (Tom sighs and laughs) 334 00:15:51,668 --> 00:15:55,683 (Tom and Becky sighing) 335 00:15:55,733 --> 00:15:56,749 - [Tom Voiceover] I went back to help Huck 336 00:15:56,799 --> 00:15:58,228 again that afternoon. 337 00:15:58,278 --> 00:15:59,824 We was making good progress 338 00:15:59,874 --> 00:16:03,310 and Huck's place was starting to look like a real house. 339 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,193 (easygoing music) 340 00:16:07,524 --> 00:16:08,461 (boys grunting) 341 00:16:08,511 --> 00:16:11,566 - You know that sugar shortbread you gave me the other day? 342 00:16:11,616 --> 00:16:12,457 - Yep. 343 00:16:12,507 --> 00:16:14,470 - You don't really expect me to believe 344 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,802 your cousin Mary made it, do you? 345 00:16:16,852 --> 00:16:19,643 It was too good for her cooking, now weren't it? 346 00:16:19,693 --> 00:16:21,769 - Yeah, Mary ain't too much of a cook. 347 00:16:21,819 --> 00:16:23,803 I got them cookies from Becky. 348 00:16:23,853 --> 00:16:25,018 - I think. 349 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:25,851 - What? 350 00:16:25,901 --> 00:16:26,717 - Her mom. 351 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:27,707 - What? 352 00:16:27,757 --> 00:16:29,199 - Made them. 353 00:16:29,249 --> 00:16:31,061 - [Huck] I figured you was lying. 354 00:16:31,111 --> 00:16:32,528 Oh no, look out! 355 00:16:32,578 --> 00:16:33,658 (boys screaming) 356 00:16:33,708 --> 00:16:35,625 - [Tom] Look out, Huck! 357 00:16:37,626 --> 00:16:40,768 - [Huck] (sighs) Oh, no. 358 00:16:40,818 --> 00:16:44,345 - Well, Huck, looks like we got a little hole in the roof. 359 00:16:44,395 --> 00:16:47,228 (easygoing music) 360 00:16:48,289 --> 00:16:51,286 - Here's your package, young lady, all tied up with a bow. 361 00:16:51,336 --> 00:16:53,316 - And how much do I owe you for it, Mr. Rogers? 362 00:16:53,366 --> 00:16:54,699 - Exactly $1.05, 363 00:16:55,844 --> 00:16:59,316 and can I ask who you're spending all your pocket money on? 364 00:16:59,366 --> 00:17:01,671 - It's a get well present for Tom's Aunt Polly. 365 00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:04,433 She's been very sick with a stomach ache recently. 366 00:17:04,483 --> 00:17:05,804 - Aunt Polly's sick? 367 00:17:05,854 --> 00:17:07,385 Must have been real sudden like. 368 00:17:07,435 --> 00:17:09,799 - Oh no, she's been laid up for days. 369 00:17:09,849 --> 00:17:12,723 - Well she was in good health when I saw her yesterday. 370 00:17:12,773 --> 00:17:14,559 Just as right as rain. 371 00:17:14,609 --> 00:17:16,023 - Impossible. 372 00:17:16,073 --> 00:17:17,427 - [Rogers] Here she is, now. 373 00:17:17,477 --> 00:17:20,371 - Isn't it a glorious day today? 374 00:17:20,421 --> 00:17:22,854 - Well there she is, you can see for yourself. 375 00:17:22,904 --> 00:17:25,984 Is there anything special I can show you, Ms. Polly? 376 00:17:26,034 --> 00:17:27,243 - Yes, Mr. Rogers, it seems 377 00:17:27,293 --> 00:17:29,895 I need quite a large quantity of nails. 378 00:17:29,945 --> 00:17:32,515 Every single nail has disappeared from our tool shed. 379 00:17:32,565 --> 00:17:35,313 I can't image where they've gone. 380 00:17:35,363 --> 00:17:38,273 - That good for nothing liar. 381 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:39,649 - Oh? 382 00:17:39,699 --> 00:17:41,384 (cow mooing) (wood creaking) 383 00:17:41,434 --> 00:17:42,581 - Huh? 384 00:17:42,631 --> 00:17:43,464 Hmm. 385 00:17:45,668 --> 00:17:48,668 (suspenseful music) 386 00:17:49,732 --> 00:17:52,792 (Jim grunting) 387 00:17:52,842 --> 00:17:55,425 (Tom grunting) 388 00:17:57,302 --> 00:17:58,085 Well. 389 00:17:58,135 --> 00:18:01,802 (Tom grunting and groaning) 390 00:18:05,208 --> 00:18:06,030 - [Tom] Huh? 391 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,298 (Tom groaning) 392 00:18:07,348 --> 00:18:08,711 - Tom, you know I need that window 393 00:18:08,761 --> 00:18:10,481 to keep those mosquitoes out of my place. 394 00:18:10,531 --> 00:18:11,739 - Well, hello there, Jim. 395 00:18:11,789 --> 00:18:13,716 What a nice surprise to see you here. 396 00:18:13,766 --> 00:18:16,003 - [Jim] Uh-huh, nice to see you, too, Tom Sawyer. 397 00:18:16,053 --> 00:18:17,711 Now you wouldn't, by any chance, happen to know 398 00:18:17,761 --> 00:18:19,576 where the hammer and saw is, would you? 399 00:18:19,626 --> 00:18:20,821 - No, I don't. 400 00:18:20,871 --> 00:18:22,619 - And we also missing every single nail 401 00:18:22,669 --> 00:18:25,816 that ain't already stuck in some place around here. 402 00:18:25,866 --> 00:18:27,617 - I don't know nothing about that, Jim. 403 00:18:27,667 --> 00:18:29,876 - Oh, I bet you do know something about it, Tom Sawyer, 404 00:18:29,926 --> 00:18:31,859 so you better tell me where them tools went, 405 00:18:31,909 --> 00:18:32,988 or I'll go to Aunt Polly 406 00:18:33,038 --> 00:18:34,650 and she'll whoop the truth out of you. 407 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:36,056 It don't make no nevermind to me, 408 00:18:36,106 --> 00:18:38,481 I'll get them tools back either way, understand? 409 00:18:38,531 --> 00:18:39,898 - Well, you're a dag burned, scheming, 410 00:18:39,948 --> 00:18:41,887 low down, dirty, double-crosser! 411 00:18:41,937 --> 00:18:43,773 - You can all me names til your head turns blue 412 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:45,809 and falls off, Tom, but that don't change nothing, 413 00:18:45,859 --> 00:18:49,146 and I ain't the one that's gonna get a whooping. 414 00:18:49,196 --> 00:18:50,976 The way I figure, you're gonna tell anyway, 415 00:18:51,026 --> 00:18:53,017 so why don't you just forget your fool pride, 416 00:18:53,067 --> 00:18:54,400 and tell me now. 417 00:18:56,777 --> 00:18:58,852 Well, well, well, looks like you boys 418 00:18:58,902 --> 00:19:01,319 been working pretty hard, mm. 419 00:19:02,922 --> 00:19:05,672 (birds chirping) 420 00:19:07,522 --> 00:19:10,113 (playful music) 421 00:19:10,163 --> 00:19:11,537 - Where'd that hammer and saw go to? 422 00:19:11,587 --> 00:19:12,620 I don't see them. 423 00:19:12,670 --> 00:19:14,754 - I got them, look. 424 00:19:14,804 --> 00:19:17,908 But why in the world did you bring old Jim back here, Tom? 425 00:19:17,958 --> 00:19:20,474 - It was either that or get a whooping. 426 00:19:20,524 --> 00:19:21,753 Hey! 427 00:19:21,803 --> 00:19:24,470 (playful music) 428 00:19:25,324 --> 00:19:27,907 (Jim grunting) 429 00:19:32,222 --> 00:19:34,889 (wood creaking) 430 00:19:37,374 --> 00:19:38,624 - Uh oh, uh oh. 431 00:19:42,172 --> 00:19:44,400 First strong wind blows, this thing gonna fly away. 432 00:19:44,450 --> 00:19:47,633 Where's the hammer and nails gone to, Tom? 433 00:19:47,683 --> 00:19:49,600 - Mm, dogged if I know. 434 00:19:50,935 --> 00:19:53,887 - You know, you just ain't gonna give them back until you 435 00:19:53,937 --> 00:19:56,626 done thrown together this rickety old tree house shack. 436 00:19:56,676 --> 00:19:59,466 - That's right, Jim, and you can go tell Aunt Polly. 437 00:19:59,516 --> 00:20:01,364 - [Jim] No, I ain't gonna tell on you, Tom, 438 00:20:01,414 --> 00:20:03,419 cause you'd just run off and stay up in this tree 439 00:20:03,469 --> 00:20:05,780 all year long just to keep from getting whooped, 440 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,252 but I'll tell you what I will do. 441 00:20:07,302 --> 00:20:08,734 If you'll give me that hammer and saw, 442 00:20:08,784 --> 00:20:11,189 I'll help you boys build this tree house. 443 00:20:11,239 --> 00:20:12,288 - [Both] Huh? 444 00:20:12,338 --> 00:20:15,012 - Now get on up here with them tools, and let's get to work. 445 00:20:15,062 --> 00:20:17,085 I'll be you we can build a real nice tree house 446 00:20:17,135 --> 00:20:18,235 by sundown tonight. 447 00:20:18,285 --> 00:20:19,865 Well come on, what are you waiting for? 448 00:20:19,915 --> 00:20:21,349 - [Tom] All right. (Huck laughing) 449 00:20:21,399 --> 00:20:25,566 - Yay Jim, yay Jim, hooray. - Yay, hip hooray, hip hooray. 450 00:20:26,608 --> 00:20:28,153 - [Tom Voiceover] Once we had Jim helping us, 451 00:20:28,203 --> 00:20:30,542 Huck's house went up real fast. 452 00:20:30,592 --> 00:20:32,699 Jim knowed a lot more about building things 453 00:20:32,749 --> 00:20:34,572 than either one of us. 454 00:20:34,622 --> 00:20:37,455 (easygoing music) 455 00:21:00,046 --> 00:21:01,981 Word got around about what we was doing, 456 00:21:02,031 --> 00:21:05,237 and pretty soon just about everybody turned out to see. 457 00:21:05,287 --> 00:21:08,120 (easygoing music) 458 00:21:13,998 --> 00:21:16,864 I must admit, it was a real proud moment. 459 00:21:16,914 --> 00:21:18,646 I reckon after building that tree house, 460 00:21:18,696 --> 00:21:21,529 I could build just about anything. 461 00:21:24,864 --> 00:21:26,781 - Well, boys, that just about does it. 462 00:21:26,831 --> 00:21:29,103 (boys laughing) 463 00:21:29,153 --> 00:21:31,069 - We really up and did it, Huck old buddy. 464 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,041 - This here's the respectablest house I ever lived in. 465 00:21:34,091 --> 00:21:35,579 And I got you to thank. 466 00:21:35,629 --> 00:21:38,965 - I think we aught to build a bigger one next year. 467 00:21:39,015 --> 00:21:41,964 Hey, come on up, everybody, 468 00:21:42,014 --> 00:21:44,699 and take a look at Huck's new tree house, why don't you? 469 00:21:44,749 --> 00:21:46,635 (children chattering) 470 00:21:46,685 --> 00:21:48,448 - Hey, don't everybody come up at one time, 471 00:21:48,498 --> 00:21:50,438 or you'll bust the floor of my house clean through, 472 00:21:50,488 --> 00:21:52,828 and you don't want to do that, now do you? 473 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:53,850 - Now don't you worry, Huck. 474 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:55,784 We gave this house a plenty strong floor. 475 00:21:55,834 --> 00:21:59,104 I figure it can hold just about anything. 476 00:21:59,154 --> 00:22:00,259 - It's Becky! 477 00:22:00,309 --> 00:22:03,059 (birds chirping) 478 00:22:05,690 --> 00:22:08,081 - Tom Sawyer, you're the world's biggest liar. 479 00:22:08,131 --> 00:22:09,572 - Well I'm sorry I told you a lie, Becky. 480 00:22:09,622 --> 00:22:11,317 I just didn't want anybody to know about 481 00:22:11,367 --> 00:22:14,478 Huck's new tree house until it was all finished. 482 00:22:14,528 --> 00:22:16,610 Why don't you come on up and take a look at it. 483 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:18,650 It's real pretty on the inside. 484 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:20,832 - No, I don't like to go visiting liars. 485 00:22:20,882 --> 00:22:22,818 - Oh, come on, Becky, just forgive me this one time 486 00:22:22,868 --> 00:22:25,027 and I promise I'll never tell you another lie again 487 00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:27,646 as long as I live, really. 488 00:22:27,696 --> 00:22:29,023 - Come on, I wanna show off to you 489 00:22:29,073 --> 00:22:31,148 what I been working on all week. 490 00:22:31,198 --> 00:22:33,255 - But I'm afraid I'll fall down and hurt myself, Tom. 491 00:22:33,305 --> 00:22:34,584 - Don't worry about that, Becky, 492 00:22:34,634 --> 00:22:36,322 I'll hold on to you real tight. 493 00:22:36,372 --> 00:22:37,979 - I've never climbed a tree before. 494 00:22:38,029 --> 00:22:40,329 - That' all right, there's a stairway going up. 495 00:22:40,379 --> 00:22:42,296 Huck said he didn't want it, but I made him build it 496 00:22:42,346 --> 00:22:45,082 just specially in case you came to call. 497 00:22:45,132 --> 00:22:46,205 - Just for me? 498 00:22:46,255 --> 00:22:47,691 - That's right. 499 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:49,916 Come on, let's go. 500 00:22:49,966 --> 00:22:51,625 - Look, yonder's a paddle wheeler. 501 00:22:51,675 --> 00:22:53,507 - [Boy] Hey, I think that's the Ben Franklin. 502 00:22:53,557 --> 00:22:55,437 - [Boy] No it ain't, it's the Mississippi Queen. 503 00:22:55,487 --> 00:22:57,306 - [Boy] You're both wrong, it's just a freight boat. 504 00:22:57,356 --> 00:22:59,602 - [Huck] That's the Chris Noel, hauling up a load of cotton 505 00:22:59,652 --> 00:23:01,608 all the way from New Orleans. 506 00:23:01,658 --> 00:23:05,241 Sure can see some sights from my new house. 507 00:23:06,628 --> 00:23:08,045 - Thank you, Tom. 508 00:23:09,344 --> 00:23:11,199 Oh, how lovely. 509 00:23:11,249 --> 00:23:12,356 - [Tom Voiceover] Huck was right. 510 00:23:12,406 --> 00:23:14,763 You could see the steamboats from his new house. 511 00:23:14,813 --> 00:23:16,627 You could see St. Louis, too, 512 00:23:16,677 --> 00:23:19,423 and all the way down the great Mississippi. 513 00:23:19,473 --> 00:23:20,873 It seemed like up there in the trees, 514 00:23:20,923 --> 00:23:23,699 we could see the whole wide world. 515 00:23:23,749 --> 00:23:27,081 Yes sir, that tree house was a fine piece of building. 516 00:23:27,131 --> 00:23:28,649 About the finest piece of building 517 00:23:28,699 --> 00:23:31,116 I ever done in my whole life. 518 00:23:32,347 --> 00:23:35,180 (whistling music) 519 00:23:36,379 --> 00:23:40,094 ♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer 520 00:23:40,144 --> 00:23:44,121 ♫ Me and Huck Fin just playing by the river 521 00:23:44,171 --> 00:23:48,055 ♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be 522 00:23:48,105 --> 00:23:51,729 ♫ I wanna be free, sitting under a tree 523 00:23:51,779 --> 00:23:52,562 ♫ That's me 524 00:23:52,612 --> 00:23:54,429 (Tom laughs) 525 00:23:54,479 --> 00:23:57,062 (fiddle music)