1 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:08,884 What do you think's in 'em? 2 00:00:08,884 --> 00:00:12,095 I don't know, but they sure are heavy. 3 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:14,890 - Can't we open just one? - No. They're for your mom. 4 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:17,267 - What's for me? - All this. 5 00:00:17,267 --> 00:00:19,394 What on Earth? 6 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:20,979 From your mother. 7 00:00:20,979 --> 00:00:23,273 - Can I open one? - Me too. 8 00:00:23,273 --> 00:00:25,317 I think you'll need Sully to help you. 9 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:32,741 Look at all these! 10 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:35,077 Where'd your ma get so many books? 11 00:00:35,077 --> 00:00:37,746 They're from my father's library. 12 00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:39,873 But my mother says the books have been gathering dust 13 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:42,167 for some time, and she wants us to have them 14 00:00:42,167 --> 00:00:47,005 as an endowment to help civilize the Colorado wilderness. 15 00:00:47,005 --> 00:00:49,049 What are we supposed to do with 'em? 16 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,467 Read 'em, silly. 17 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,427 Where are we gonna keep all these books? 18 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:55,013 Next to my bed, in the barn? 19 00:00:55,013 --> 00:00:56,807 I don't think that's a very good idea. 20 00:00:56,807 --> 00:00:58,850 - Why not? - Oh, books are too special 21 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:00,269 to be hidden away in the barn. 22 00:01:00,269 --> 00:01:01,645 Books are meant to be shared. 23 00:01:01,645 --> 00:01:04,064 We should keep them in the house. 24 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:06,149 I remember when people used to stop by my father's house 25 00:01:06,149 --> 00:01:07,693 to borrow these. 26 00:01:07,693 --> 00:01:11,196 - Like a library? - Yes. That's what it was. 27 00:01:11,196 --> 00:01:13,657 My father loved to help people learn. 28 00:01:13,657 --> 00:01:16,368 We could do something like that. 29 00:01:16,368 --> 00:01:18,287 That's a lovely idea, Brian. 30 00:01:18,287 --> 00:01:20,330 Don't you think that the homestead's a little far 31 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:22,291 for people to be coming up just to get a book? 32 00:01:22,291 --> 00:01:23,750 Well, we wouldn't have to keep them at the homestead. 33 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:25,127 We could keep 'em right here, 34 00:01:25,127 --> 00:01:27,796 where people could borrow them whenever they wanted. 35 00:01:27,796 --> 00:01:29,756 But we don't live in town. 36 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:31,174 Well, we wouldn't have to live in town 37 00:01:31,174 --> 00:01:32,718 to see that these books are used 38 00:01:32,718 --> 00:01:34,177 the way my father would have wanted. 39 00:01:34,177 --> 00:01:37,055 How's that? 40 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:40,142 We're going to open this town's first public library. 41 00:03:00,222 --> 00:03:02,933 Time was that we had to paint a sign 42 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:05,018 that said "Library" outside this buildin' 43 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:07,270 and pretend we had some books inside. 44 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:08,939 Not anymore. 45 00:03:08,939 --> 00:03:11,650 Now we got us a library as good as any back East. 46 00:03:11,650 --> 00:03:13,193 As mayor -- 47 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:16,154 Huh, why don't you let Dr. Mike speak? 48 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:18,198 - I'm gettin' to it. - They're her books. 49 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:21,034 All right. Here's Dr. Mike. 50 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,411 Hear, hear. 51 00:03:29,251 --> 00:03:31,378 A long time ago, when I was little, 52 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:34,506 my father took a trip to England. 53 00:03:34,506 --> 00:03:36,299 I wrote to tell him how much I missed him, 54 00:03:36,299 --> 00:03:38,343 and in his return letter, 55 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:41,346 he said that whenever I was thinking of him, 56 00:03:41,346 --> 00:03:44,266 I should go into his library and read, 57 00:03:44,266 --> 00:03:46,101 that he wouldn't seem so far away 58 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:48,895 so long as I had all of his books around me. 59 00:03:50,605 --> 00:03:53,567 Well, he was right. 60 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:57,070 He didn't seem so far away back then, 61 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,114 and he doesn't seem so far away right now. 62 00:04:04,202 --> 00:04:05,704 We hereby dedicate this building 63 00:04:05,704 --> 00:04:09,374 the Josef Quinn Memorial Library. 64 00:04:09,374 --> 00:04:11,168 Thank you. 65 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:28,143 The Josef Quinn Memorial Library is officially open. 66 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:34,774 I think we all owe our thanks to Colleen, 67 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:37,444 who's volunteered to be our librarian. 68 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:40,280 She's gonna be here an hour after school each day 69 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,365 and two hours on Saturday morning. 70 00:04:42,365 --> 00:04:44,159 Who'd ever have thought? 71 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:46,369 Our very own library. 72 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:47,537 I'd forgotten how much 73 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:49,581 I missed having all these books around. 74 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:51,750 Hey, Ma. I found a great book. 75 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:53,293 Could I go outside and read it? 76 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,420 Did you have Colleen check it out? 77 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,172 - Do I have to? - Yes. 78 00:04:57,172 --> 00:05:00,091 Everyone does. 79 00:05:00,091 --> 00:05:02,302 Oh, it makes me wish I'd had some books for my boys 80 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:05,138 when they were his age. 81 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:08,099 Brian's going to get so much out of this library. 82 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:11,144 This library's going to be helpful for all the children. 83 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:13,688 I know. These books helped me a great deal. 84 00:05:13,688 --> 00:05:16,733 Twain, Mark. 85 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:18,610 "Celebrated... 86 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:22,614 Jumping Frog... 87 00:05:22,614 --> 00:05:26,451 of Calaveras...County." 88 00:05:26,451 --> 00:05:27,661 Thanks. 89 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,079 For what? 90 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:31,206 For letting me read your book. 91 00:05:31,206 --> 00:05:33,166 Don't you want to take it home? 92 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,668 I ain't got the money to pay. 93 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,169 You don't have to pay, Charles. 94 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,171 The library'll lend it to you. 95 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:39,339 How come? 96 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:41,216 'Cause that's what a library's for -- 97 00:05:41,216 --> 00:05:42,592 lendin' out books. 98 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,302 You get to take it home and read it 99 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:45,887 and then you have to bring it back in three weeks. 100 00:05:45,887 --> 00:05:47,097 - Honest? - But first 101 00:05:47,097 --> 00:05:48,598 I gotta write down your name 102 00:05:48,598 --> 00:05:51,393 next to the name of the author, 103 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:55,438 the title of the book, and the date it's due back. 104 00:05:55,438 --> 00:05:57,357 Can I take it home now? 105 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:58,775 Yep. 106 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:08,702 Leaving already, Jake? 107 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:11,121 Nothin' else to see. 108 00:06:11,121 --> 00:06:14,249 There could be if you learned how to read. 109 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:15,625 I ain't got time for readin'. 110 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:18,044 Ain't got time or ain't got the courage? 111 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:23,300 Are you sayin' I'm scared? 112 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:27,470 Sure looks like that to me. 113 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:28,847 I can learn any time I want. 114 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,682 How 'bout tonight? 115 00:06:35,854 --> 00:06:37,355 Let's say them again. 116 00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:39,274 - A... - I give up. 117 00:06:39,274 --> 00:06:41,318 We just started! 118 00:06:41,318 --> 00:06:42,652 Now, look. 119 00:06:42,652 --> 00:06:46,781 You've got to learn what each letter looks like. 120 00:06:46,781 --> 00:06:49,242 Now, look here. Look. 121 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:53,663 A. A. 122 00:06:53,663 --> 00:06:57,334 B. Buh. B. 123 00:06:57,334 --> 00:07:00,295 C. C. 124 00:07:00,295 --> 00:07:01,880 What are you doing? 125 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,215 What's it look like I'm doing? I'm dusting. 126 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:05,717 Can't you dust someplace else? 127 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:07,510 Dorothy, this is not a schoolhouse. 128 00:07:07,510 --> 00:07:08,511 It's a store. 129 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:11,139 People expect it to be kept tidy. 130 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:12,766 What's this letter right here? 131 00:07:15,518 --> 00:07:17,812 D. 132 00:07:17,812 --> 00:07:19,606 Thank you, Loren. 133 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:25,612 Now, what's this? What's this letter here? 134 00:07:27,489 --> 00:07:29,866 E. E. 135 00:07:37,832 --> 00:07:40,585 This is amazing. 136 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:44,422 You can really teach a frog how to jump. 137 00:07:44,422 --> 00:07:45,965 Did you know that? 138 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:55,100 You want to read about how to make a frog jump, Ma? 139 00:07:57,727 --> 00:07:59,813 Perhaps when I finish reading this surgical textbook. 140 00:08:04,442 --> 00:08:06,319 How 'bout you, Sully? 141 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,154 Well, I like the book I got. 142 00:08:10,615 --> 00:08:14,452 I'm gonna do some readin' outside. 143 00:08:14,452 --> 00:08:15,954 I think it's time for you to close your books 144 00:08:15,954 --> 00:08:17,789 and go to sleep. 145 00:08:17,789 --> 00:08:19,374 Just a little longer? 146 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:22,001 Come on. You can read more tomorrow. 147 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,753 - Good night. - Night. 148 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:27,590 Good night. 149 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:30,969 - Good night, Ma. - Good night. 150 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:51,031 May I join you, or are you keeping your book a secret? 151 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:54,701 Not keeping it a secret. 152 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:00,915 What is it? 153 00:09:00,915 --> 00:09:02,667 It's, uh, poetry. 154 00:09:02,667 --> 00:09:04,627 Poetry? 155 00:09:04,627 --> 00:09:06,296 You don't like poetry? 156 00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:09,257 Oh, I love poetry. 157 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:12,761 My father always used to read it to us. 158 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:15,972 It's been a long time since I heard poetry. 159 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:17,557 It's because you always got your nose 160 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:19,851 buried in those medical books. 161 00:09:19,851 --> 00:09:22,520 Well, now is your chance to read me something different. 162 00:09:26,691 --> 00:09:28,902 All right. 163 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:37,076 "You sea! I resign myself to you also. 164 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:38,995 I guess what you mean. 165 00:09:38,995 --> 00:09:42,957 I behold from the beach your crooked, inviting fingers. 166 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:46,503 I believe you refuse to go back without the feeling of me. 167 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:48,630 We must have a turn together. 168 00:09:48,630 --> 00:09:52,634 I undress, hurry me out of the sight of land. 169 00:09:52,634 --> 00:09:56,387 Cushion me soft. Rock me in a billowy drowse. 170 00:09:56,387 --> 00:09:59,474 Dash me with amorous wet. I can repay you. 171 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,813 Who wrote that? 172 00:10:04,813 --> 00:10:06,022 Walt Whitman. 173 00:10:06,022 --> 00:10:07,816 Walt Whitman wrote that? 174 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:09,609 Yes. 175 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:11,861 Well, it's not appropriate. 176 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:16,699 What's not appropriate about it? 177 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,703 Well, there are certain things 178 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:25,416 that aren't meant to be written about. 179 00:10:25,416 --> 00:10:27,043 What things? 180 00:10:30,088 --> 00:10:33,842 Well, I -- I think you know what I mean. 181 00:10:36,761 --> 00:10:39,722 You don't like poetry about the ocean? 182 00:10:39,722 --> 00:10:42,809 He's not writing about the ocean, Sully. 183 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:44,769 No, he's not. 184 00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:49,816 I don't want that book around the house 185 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:51,484 where the children might find it. 186 00:10:53,778 --> 00:10:55,530 - They won't find it. - Thank you. 187 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,455 Well, it was a nice idea, anyway. 188 00:11:05,874 --> 00:11:08,001 Maybe we can try it again sometime. 189 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,172 You might have a change of heart. 190 00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:19,053 I don't think so. 191 00:11:19,053 --> 00:11:21,014 You never know. 192 00:11:26,936 --> 00:11:31,065 The man in the story has this frog called Daniel Webster, 193 00:11:31,065 --> 00:11:34,110 and he teaches him how to be the best jumping frog in the county. 194 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:37,071 How come anybody'd want to teach a frog how to jump? 195 00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:38,573 Well, in the story, 196 00:11:38,573 --> 00:11:40,658 the man says it's supposed to win lots of money 197 00:11:40,658 --> 00:11:42,035 in a frog-jumping contest. 198 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,786 We could do that. 199 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:47,206 Not until we get our own. 200 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:49,125 Look! 201 00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:50,710 There's another one. 202 00:11:55,924 --> 00:11:58,217 I'll get that one. 203 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,138 Hey! 204 00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:08,186 Hey, look! I got him. 205 00:12:08,186 --> 00:12:10,229 Now what? 206 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:13,191 Now we teach 'em to jump. 207 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,048 Oh. Sorry, Reverend. 208 00:12:37,048 --> 00:12:39,175 I didn't see you. 209 00:12:39,175 --> 00:12:41,094 No need to apologize. 210 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:44,180 The way you read's a real example for the other children. 211 00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:46,265 Reading's my favorite thing to do. 212 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,767 Every time I start a book, 213 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:50,311 it's like going to a whole new place, 214 00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:53,022 meeting lots of interestin' people and -- 215 00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:55,733 and doin' all sorts of excitin' things. 216 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:57,193 What's this one about? 217 00:12:57,193 --> 00:12:59,195 A man who's never happy, 218 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:00,947 so he sells his soul to the Devil, 219 00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:02,323 but the Devil can never make him say 220 00:13:02,323 --> 00:13:03,908 that he's satisfied with anything. 221 00:13:03,908 --> 00:13:05,576 The Devil? 222 00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:07,537 And the Devil does all these things for him, but the man... 223 00:13:07,537 --> 00:13:09,330 May I see that? 224 00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:23,052 Do you know what book Colleen's reading? 225 00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:25,096 Faust. 226 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:28,016 I remember reading this when I was around Colleen's age. 227 00:13:28,016 --> 00:13:30,018 You approve of this book? 228 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:32,228 Approve? 229 00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:35,732 This is a book about a man who sells his soul to the Devil. 230 00:13:35,732 --> 00:13:37,692 It's about more than that, Reverend. 231 00:13:37,692 --> 00:13:39,902 That's what the Devil would like to have us think, Dr. Mike. 232 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:41,112 That's how he confuses us. 233 00:13:41,112 --> 00:13:43,823 That's how he leads us away from God. 234 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,283 It's just a story. 235 00:13:45,283 --> 00:13:50,288 The Devil's words are never just a story, Dr. Mike. 236 00:13:50,288 --> 00:13:52,248 This is how people start to lose their way -- 237 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:55,084 by reading things that they shouldn't. 238 00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:58,212 I will not allow a book like this in the library. 239 00:13:58,212 --> 00:13:59,839 Forgive me, Reverend, but I don't believe 240 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:02,759 it's your concern what books we have in this library. 241 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:05,053 Just as it is your responsibility as a doctor 242 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:08,222 to look out for the physical well-being of this community, 243 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:09,807 it is my responsibility 244 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:12,769 as a minister to look out for their spiritual concerns. 245 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:14,937 You do a fine job, Reverend, 246 00:14:14,937 --> 00:14:16,606 but confiscating fiction 247 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:18,983 isn't going to do you or the town any good. 248 00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:20,318 Colleen should be free to read 249 00:14:20,318 --> 00:14:23,780 whatever she chooses from this library! 250 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:25,114 You're gonna give this back to me. 251 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:30,161 I do not believe that children 252 00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:32,705 should be allowed to read whatever they wish. 253 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,335 There must be something 254 00:14:37,335 --> 00:14:40,421 you wouldn't want your children to read. 255 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:43,091 Well, of course there is. 256 00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:45,259 It's a matter of choice. 257 00:14:45,259 --> 00:14:47,303 And whose choice would that be, Dr. Mike? 258 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,238 Thank you, Dorothy. 259 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:06,697 - Reverend. - Good morning. 260 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,245 What's this? 261 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:15,540 I want you to publish that as an editorial in The Gazette. 262 00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:17,708 Well, I usually write 'em myself, Reverend. 263 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:20,294 I think you'll agree with everything I've written. 264 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:21,879 Something the matter, Reverend? 265 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:24,423 Yes. Something is the matter. 266 00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:27,343 Yesterday, I found Colleen reading a book 267 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:30,847 about a man who sold his soul to the Devil. 268 00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:32,807 And I've heard about a lot of other books at that library 269 00:15:32,807 --> 00:15:35,518 that sound just as bad. 270 00:15:35,518 --> 00:15:39,480 An Englishwoman writin' about prostitutes 271 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,482 and a Russian man who writes about nihilists, 272 00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,526 which are people that don't believe in anything, 273 00:15:43,526 --> 00:15:44,777 God included. 274 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:47,363 I tell you, that library's gonna wind up 275 00:15:47,363 --> 00:15:49,282 bein' more trouble than it's worth. 276 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:51,492 You said you liked the library. 277 00:15:51,492 --> 00:15:53,870 Well, it was before people stopped buying my books. 278 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:55,496 Why, they come in here 279 00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:58,332 and expect me to lend them to 'em for free! 280 00:15:58,332 --> 00:15:59,917 You sure you want to print this, Reverend? 281 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:02,753 Yes, I'm sure. 282 00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:05,381 I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't speak up now. 283 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:08,217 I agree with the Reverend. Print the editorial. 284 00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:11,220 - Jake, you can't even read it. - I don't have to read it 285 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:13,514 to know that those books are trouble. 286 00:16:13,514 --> 00:16:15,391 Can you put it in this week's edition? 287 00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:20,313 Well... 288 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,651 I got the best jumpin' frog in town. 289 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:28,279 We both got the best jumpin' frogs in town. 290 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:29,822 - Do not. - Do too. 291 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:33,242 I got frogs 'round my house that jump clear over my head. 292 00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:35,745 - You wanna bet? - Yeah. 293 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:38,414 Then bring your frogs on Sunday, and we'll see. 294 00:16:38,414 --> 00:16:39,790 All right. 295 00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:41,542 Anybody else wants to bet, 296 00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:44,337 bring your frog and bring your money. 297 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:46,255 Let's see who's got the best jumper in town. 298 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:03,814 Colleen? 299 00:17:03,814 --> 00:17:04,732 Reverend. 300 00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:07,276 I'll take that. 301 00:17:07,276 --> 00:17:09,487 Dr. Mike said I could read it. 302 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:11,822 Dr. Mike said you could read it in the library, 303 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:13,491 but you're at school now. 304 00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:15,368 And as your teacher, I'm telling you to give me that book. 305 00:17:21,332 --> 00:17:24,752 I may not run the library, but I do run this school, 306 00:17:24,752 --> 00:17:27,672 and I will not have a book about the Devil on school grounds. 307 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:33,886 You can have it back at the end of the day. 308 00:17:37,431 --> 00:17:39,350 Any such book is a threat 309 00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:42,436 to the spiritual well-being of our town 310 00:17:42,436 --> 00:17:45,314 and should not be allowed in our library. 311 00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:47,275 I say he's got a point. 312 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,860 Books like that just ain't decent. 313 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:51,529 He might have a point, 314 00:17:51,529 --> 00:17:52,989 but we're gonna have to do a whole lot more 315 00:17:52,989 --> 00:17:54,532 than write a bunch of editorials 316 00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:55,950 if we want to keep those books out of town. 317 00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:59,745 That's why we're havin' the town meetin', Jake. 318 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:04,375 I don't see why we need a town meetin' for a bunch of books. 319 00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:06,794 'Cause books can give folks bad ideas. 320 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:12,800 Now, whatever we end up doing, I know you're gonna support us. 321 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,593 Right, Horace? 322 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,345 Well, 323 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:19,515 I don't think Dr. Mike's gonna be so happy about the idea 324 00:18:19,515 --> 00:18:22,059 of folks gettin' rid of her father's books. 325 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:25,605 I'd say she looks a little more than unhappy. 326 00:18:32,695 --> 00:18:35,531 Do you really mean this? 327 00:18:35,531 --> 00:18:38,367 Oh, Michaela, the Reverend wrote that editorial. 328 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:39,827 And you printed it! 329 00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:42,580 Well, it's my job to print what I see fit. 330 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:44,540 Book publishers have the same job, Dorothy. 331 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:45,833 Oh, no, they don't. 332 00:18:45,833 --> 00:18:48,377 No, they're publishing all sorts of things. 333 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:50,880 Newspapers print only facts. 334 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,381 They report the truth. 335 00:18:52,381 --> 00:18:54,050 But his isn't the truth. It's an opinion. 336 00:18:54,050 --> 00:18:57,386 It's an opinion based on fact, Michaela -- 337 00:18:57,386 --> 00:18:59,430 books in that library that have no business being there. 338 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:00,973 - They all belong here. - Oh, no. 339 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,100 Not all of them. 340 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:06,604 You've got a book in there called the -- the Koran 341 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:08,898 about some strange kind of religion, 342 00:19:08,898 --> 00:19:11,525 and something else called "Civil Disobedience." 343 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:14,654 Now, what kind of disobedience is civil? 344 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,697 And I've heard that there's even a copy 345 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:21,077 of those dirty poems by that -- that Whitman fella. 346 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:24,038 Well, it's... Well, I mean, Walt Whitman 347 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:26,624 isn't someone that I would care to read, 348 00:19:26,624 --> 00:19:29,627 but I wouldn't stop someone else from reading it. 349 00:19:29,627 --> 00:19:32,046 We can't be legislating morality. 350 00:19:32,046 --> 00:19:34,006 Those books aren't only morally wrong. 351 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:35,758 They're legally wrong. 352 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:37,927 What law stops that? 353 00:19:37,927 --> 00:19:39,637 Right here. 354 00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:43,599 Right here, in this article from the Denver paper. 355 00:19:45,393 --> 00:19:49,772 Here, "The question whether a publication is obscene 356 00:19:49,772 --> 00:19:52,900 does not depend upon its being true or false, 357 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:57,113 but upon its tendency to inflame the passions and -- 358 00:19:57,113 --> 00:20:00,408 and de-- debauch society." 359 00:20:00,408 --> 00:20:02,159 May I see that? 360 00:20:02,159 --> 00:20:04,745 We don't need books like Mr. Whitman's 361 00:20:04,745 --> 00:20:08,040 to give people ideas and stir up trouble. 362 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,667 What kind of trouble? 363 00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:12,211 Well, we don't know, 364 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,880 but better safe than sorry. 365 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,216 Books don't start trouble, Dorothy. 366 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,801 Books help stop it. 367 00:20:36,986 --> 00:20:40,030 I hear there's a book all about witchcraft! 368 00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:43,117 It's a history book about a town in Massachusetts. 369 00:20:43,117 --> 00:20:44,785 It teaches about witchcraft! 370 00:20:45,953 --> 00:20:49,081 Time. Simmer down. 371 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:51,750 The library can be a great addition to our town, 372 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,210 but I think we can all agree 373 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:55,129 we need to close it down for a while. 374 00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:56,922 I don't agree. 375 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:59,842 Just so as we can figure out which books to get rid of 376 00:20:59,842 --> 00:21:01,302 - and which ones to keep. - That's right. 377 00:21:01,302 --> 00:21:02,845 Who's gonna do the choosin'? 378 00:21:02,845 --> 00:21:03,846 The Reverend. 379 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:05,556 How can you allow one man 380 00:21:05,556 --> 00:21:08,225 to decide what an entire town should read? 381 00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:11,645 He's just not anybody. He's a Reverend. 382 00:21:11,645 --> 00:21:14,773 What makes his judgement better than anybody else's? 383 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:17,610 I'm not gonna do anything rash, Dr. Mike. 384 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,111 I'm gonna use common sense. 385 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,030 So, would you let my father's medical books 386 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:22,615 stay in the library? 387 00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:24,200 Of course. 388 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,577 Then, according to a story I read in the Denver paper, 389 00:21:26,577 --> 00:21:28,537 you'd be doing something illegal, Reverend. 390 00:21:30,164 --> 00:21:32,166 Settle down! 391 00:21:34,043 --> 00:21:36,212 There's a law that says that even medical textbooks 392 00:21:36,212 --> 00:21:38,005 can be judged obscene. 393 00:21:38,005 --> 00:21:41,217 Oh, we ain't talkin' about medical textbooks, Dr. Mike. 394 00:21:41,217 --> 00:21:43,802 We know what kind of books you've got in that library. 395 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:46,013 If it's gonna cause so much trouble. 396 00:21:46,013 --> 00:21:47,806 I ain't so sure we need a library after all. 397 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:50,017 I'm beginning to think that we need a library more than ever. 398 00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:51,810 What makes you think that? 399 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:55,814 Because a library is a place where you open your mind 400 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,566 to new ideas, different cultures. 401 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:58,817 We don't want to know about 402 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:01,195 a bunch of atheists and prostitutes! 403 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:02,863 There are certain things 404 00:22:02,863 --> 00:22:05,241 that you should not open your mind to, Dr. Mike. 405 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:07,117 Let's vote already. 406 00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:10,412 Those in favor of closin' the library, raise your hand. 407 00:22:20,047 --> 00:22:21,966 The council votes four to one to close the library. 408 00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:38,315 - Please don't do this. - We voted. It's over. 409 00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:51,662 What are you doing? 410 00:22:51,662 --> 00:22:53,372 We've got the names of all the library books, 411 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,874 and so I'm confiscating them. 412 00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:57,167 Are you going to give that back, 413 00:22:57,167 --> 00:22:59,878 or do I have to take it away? 414 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,505 We took a legal vote. 415 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,927 That's right, Sully. 416 00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:09,597 We're not gonna solve anything this way. 417 00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:11,765 We're going to reopen this library legally 418 00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:14,935 with all the books in it. 419 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,775 Wait, Jake! 420 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:23,152 What are you gonna do with that ledger? 421 00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:24,361 It's none of your business. 422 00:23:24,361 --> 00:23:25,863 Well, I'd say it's everyone's business 423 00:23:25,863 --> 00:23:27,197 because everyone's name's in that book! 424 00:23:27,197 --> 00:23:28,699 It might have been everybody's business 425 00:23:28,699 --> 00:23:29,867 when this library was open. 426 00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:31,744 This library is now officially closed. 427 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:47,176 Who is it? 428 00:23:47,176 --> 00:23:48,802 It's Jake. Open up. 429 00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:53,015 Good evening, Horace. 430 00:23:53,015 --> 00:23:55,017 Jake. Reverend. 431 00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:58,771 Sorry to disturb you, Horace, 432 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:01,940 but, uh, we're looking for a book. 433 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,442 Well, can't it wait till the morning? 434 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,111 Nope. It's a book called "The Scarlet Letter," 435 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:07,988 and we need it now. 436 00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:09,782 Well, I don't think I have that book. 437 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:10,866 I do. 438 00:24:13,243 --> 00:24:15,663 Yes. That's right. 439 00:24:15,663 --> 00:24:19,166 It says here you took it out of the library last week. 440 00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:21,001 What about it? 441 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:24,088 Well, Myra, we've heard some things about that book. 442 00:24:24,088 --> 00:24:27,341 It's immoral, and we're confiscating it. 443 00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:29,343 Well, it's not immoral. 444 00:24:29,343 --> 00:24:31,095 Well, maybe not to somebody like you. 445 00:24:31,095 --> 00:24:34,098 You watch what you say, Jake. 446 00:24:34,098 --> 00:24:39,061 Myra, it's about an unwed mother, isn't it? 447 00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:42,856 Well, it's about a lady who doesn't want to tell anybody 448 00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:47,277 her baby's father's the town Reverend. 449 00:24:47,277 --> 00:24:49,905 Yeah. 450 00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:53,367 Well, we -- we -- we just need the book. 451 00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:56,078 Well, you can't have it. 452 00:24:56,078 --> 00:24:59,415 Myra, that book is a danger to our community. 453 00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:01,166 How's it dangerous? 454 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:03,919 Gives people ideas. 455 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:05,337 I think you'd be the last person in town 456 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,673 to want to see some little girl get the wrong idea 457 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:10,384 with the way the world works, if you know what I mean. 458 00:25:10,384 --> 00:25:12,761 No, I don't, Jake. 459 00:25:12,761 --> 00:25:15,264 Now, Myra, Jake is the mayor. 460 00:25:15,264 --> 00:25:16,849 And the Reverend's 461 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,726 always looking out for our best interests. 462 00:25:18,726 --> 00:25:21,228 By sneakin' around in the middle of the night, 463 00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:22,855 takin' people's books away? 464 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:25,232 The town council voted to close the library, 465 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:27,109 and you've still got a book out. 466 00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:29,945 That's why we're here. 467 00:25:29,945 --> 00:25:34,116 Well, you -- I like this book. 468 00:25:34,116 --> 00:25:37,327 I like reading about interesting ladies. 469 00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:39,955 Well, Myra, when we reopen the library, 470 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:41,331 I'm sure you'll find lots of books 471 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:44,084 about interesting, uh, proper women. 472 00:25:47,755 --> 00:25:50,007 Myra, honey, I thought you was through 473 00:25:50,007 --> 00:25:51,800 with your old way of life. 474 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,012 You know I am, Horace. 475 00:25:55,012 --> 00:26:00,809 Then, how -- how come you're still readin' about it? 476 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:14,865 All for the best, honey. 477 00:26:14,865 --> 00:26:17,117 We'll take your book, too, Horace. 478 00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:20,245 Well, my book, I'm -- I'm just reading a plain old story. 479 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:21,497 Well, I think you better let us be the judge 480 00:26:21,497 --> 00:26:24,833 as to whether a book called "The Vampire" 481 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:27,211 is just a plain old story, Horace. 482 00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:31,423 Oh, well, guess you're right. 483 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:32,966 Let me go find it. 484 00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:45,437 They're not jumping. 485 00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:47,981 What's the book say about gettin' 'em to leap? 486 00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:51,902 Like I told you, the man in the story holds out a fly 487 00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:54,112 and says "Flies," and the frog jumps. 488 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,908 Flies! 489 00:26:57,908 --> 00:27:00,369 Jump! Flies! 490 00:27:00,369 --> 00:27:03,121 Come on! Jump! 491 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:08,460 Hey. Look at that. 492 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,128 They ate the flies. 493 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:13,841 That's 'cause they didn't have to jump for 'em. 494 00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:15,551 Maybe if we feed 'em more, 495 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:17,302 they'll have more strength for jumpin'. 496 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:19,429 You think? 497 00:27:19,429 --> 00:27:21,139 Of course they will. 498 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:24,059 Just like we get more strength after eatin'. 499 00:27:24,059 --> 00:27:26,270 Let's give 'em the flies and the worms. 500 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:30,607 And another whole jar every day until Sunday. 501 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:33,735 We'll have these frogs jumpin' over everybody's heads. 502 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:15,193 Anybody but Loren know you're comin' here? 503 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:18,572 My goodness, Jake. There's nobody even out there. 504 00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:22,451 Now, shall we pick up where we left off? 505 00:28:22,451 --> 00:28:24,202 That sounds like a fine idea. 506 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:26,997 I meant with the book. 507 00:28:26,997 --> 00:28:28,999 - Oh, that. - Yes, that. 508 00:28:28,999 --> 00:28:30,459 It's the reason that we're meetin' here. 509 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:35,464 Now, you were sayin' your letters pretty good 510 00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:37,215 by the end of last time. 511 00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:40,135 So let me hear 'em again. 512 00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:46,308 A. 513 00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:48,685 B. 514 00:28:48,685 --> 00:28:51,229 C. 515 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:53,482 D. 516 00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:55,233 E. 517 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:58,320 - E. - Ah, look closer. 518 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:01,365 That's a different letter. 519 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:06,620 - This is a waste of time. - No, it's not. 520 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:08,997 You know that letter. 521 00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:10,999 It's F. 522 00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:14,461 Now, think of a word that begins with F. 523 00:29:14,461 --> 00:29:17,422 Friend. Flower. 524 00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:19,341 How about fool, which is what I feel like? 525 00:29:19,341 --> 00:29:21,593 'Cause I can't do something even little kids know how to do. 526 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,220 You're gonna be reading in no time 527 00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:26,181 as long as you keep learning your letters. 528 00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:29,101 Loren's right. I'm too old for this. 529 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,602 Well, anyone who thinks 530 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,105 they're too old to learn how to read 531 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:35,983 is too old for me to be keeping company with. 532 00:29:35,983 --> 00:29:39,319 So I guess I better leave. 533 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:42,447 All right. 534 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,366 I'll keep going. 535 00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:48,495 Start with G. 536 00:29:54,376 --> 00:29:57,295 G. 537 00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,714 H. 538 00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:01,216 I. 539 00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:04,011 J. K. 540 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:06,013 I know a word that starts with K. 541 00:30:06,013 --> 00:30:07,681 Oh! Now you're getting the hang of it. 542 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:10,434 What starts with K? 543 00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:12,269 This. 544 00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:25,073 How was that? 545 00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:26,700 That was very good. 546 00:30:28,702 --> 00:30:30,912 Now, keep on going. 547 00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,794 L. 548 00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:40,839 It's not fair. Those books belong to me. 549 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,799 The building belongs to the town. 550 00:30:46,428 --> 00:30:50,098 What if we moved the books to another building? 551 00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:52,476 Where? 552 00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:55,604 One of the extra rooms at the clinic? 553 00:30:55,604 --> 00:30:59,691 It'd be small, but no one could close it down. 554 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,568 It's still the same library. 555 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:04,821 It wouldn't be one of the town's buildings anymore. 556 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:07,616 If someone wanted to borrow a book, 557 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:11,703 all they'd have to do is borrow it from me personally. 558 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:14,706 It was what my father used to do in Boston. 559 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,083 It'd be my library, 560 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:18,668 and anyone could read whatever they want. 561 00:31:18,668 --> 00:31:20,670 Would I be able to read Walt Whitman? 562 00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:28,178 I'd only worry about having it around the children. 563 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:34,392 Are you worried about the children? 564 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:35,769 Or are you worried about yourself? 565 00:31:40,148 --> 00:31:41,817 I'm not like you, Sully. 566 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:48,907 I can't just sit down and read something like that. 567 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,914 I'm not asking you to read it alone. 568 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:59,417 I'm asking you to let me share it with you. 569 00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:03,547 I don't know if I can. 570 00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:07,801 I'm never read anything so... 571 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:11,513 Different? 572 00:32:14,307 --> 00:32:15,892 So different. 573 00:32:18,478 --> 00:32:21,982 It's kind of like thinkin' about being married, ain't it? 574 00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:28,905 There are things that still frighten me sometimes. 575 00:32:28,905 --> 00:32:32,325 You're gettin' ahead of yourself. 576 00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:36,371 - What if I can't -- - It's not time yet, Michaela. 577 00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:39,666 Courting's like readin' a book. 578 00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:42,252 You gotta take each chapter in order. 579 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:47,966 Some chapters are harder to get through than others. 580 00:32:50,260 --> 00:32:52,470 But you read 'em all. 581 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:55,640 Otherwise, you'd be cheatin' yourself out of the whole book. 582 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:34,679 Hey! 583 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:36,514 They're breakin' into the library! 584 00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:39,351 Hey, what they doin'? 585 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:42,145 You can't do that! Go get the mayor! 586 00:33:51,488 --> 00:33:52,739 Here. 587 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:54,491 Be careful putting the books in the crates. 588 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,329 What do you think you're doing? 589 00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:00,580 Moving my books. 590 00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:02,707 The town council voted to close the library. 591 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:04,042 Keep the building closed. 592 00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:05,585 We're here for the books. 593 00:34:05,585 --> 00:34:07,587 These books belong to the town now! 594 00:34:07,587 --> 00:34:08,964 You donated them, Dr. Mike! 595 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:10,799 Well, I changed my mind. 596 00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:12,467 I'm taking them back. 597 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:14,094 I'm starting my own private library. 598 00:34:14,094 --> 00:34:17,764 If anyone wants to read a book, all they have to do is ask me. 599 00:34:17,764 --> 00:34:19,391 This is goin' too far. 600 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:21,810 I agree! It's gone too far. 601 00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:23,311 I hear you've been sneakin' around in the night, 602 00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:24,896 confiscating books from people? 603 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:26,564 That's not what we're doin'. 604 00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:28,608 That's exactly what you've been doing, Reverend, 605 00:34:28,608 --> 00:34:30,277 and I expect you to return every one 606 00:34:30,277 --> 00:34:31,695 of those books you've taken. 607 00:34:31,695 --> 00:34:35,282 You are the one who's stealin' the town books. 608 00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:37,659 We've got work to do, 609 00:34:37,659 --> 00:34:39,494 and I'd appreciate it if you let us get to it. 610 00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:02,809 Books ain't nothing but trouble! 611 00:35:09,858 --> 00:35:12,068 - Just put 'em in the back room. - Get rid of them books! 612 00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,571 If you don't, we will! 613 00:35:20,994 --> 00:35:22,829 Let's get those books. 614 00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:27,792 Pile 'em up. Come on. 615 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:30,378 Over there. 616 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:36,468 Pile 'em up, boys. 617 00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:39,012 What are you doing? You can't do this! 618 00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:42,599 Now set kerosene on 'em. 619 00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:45,393 Don't burn 'em! Don't burn 'em all! 620 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:47,687 Wait! I never said to do this! 621 00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:49,105 Stand back. Stand back. 622 00:35:49,105 --> 00:35:52,025 Jake! Stop it! 623 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:53,943 Jake, don't! 624 00:35:55,695 --> 00:35:58,448 Oh, no. 625 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:00,033 Dr. Mike! Sully! 626 00:36:04,788 --> 00:36:08,083 This library is officially closed! 627 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:17,676 No! 628 00:36:20,929 --> 00:36:23,556 Sully, no! 629 00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:39,280 Hello. 630 00:37:43,136 --> 00:37:45,054 - Morning. - Morning, Reverend. 631 00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:46,306 Hello. 632 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,920 You comin', Dr. Mike? 633 00:38:20,006 --> 00:38:22,258 No, Reverend. Not this Sunday. 634 00:38:27,597 --> 00:38:29,182 There's no savin' this one. 635 00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:34,562 Aesop's Fables. 636 00:38:34,562 --> 00:38:38,691 These were always my favorite bedtime stories. 637 00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:40,443 Lot of these are worse than that. 638 00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:44,531 How are you gonna replace all these books you lost? 639 00:38:44,531 --> 00:38:46,199 I can't. 640 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:47,367 Never? 641 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:53,540 It takes a lifetime to collect so many books. 642 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:56,167 How can people be so stupid? 643 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,211 You mustn't say that, Colleen. 644 00:38:58,211 --> 00:39:00,713 But it's true. They're stupid! 645 00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:04,717 No, they just don't know better. 646 00:39:04,717 --> 00:39:06,761 That's called ignorance. 647 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,552 Dr. Mike? 648 00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:51,639 And be ye kind, one to another, 649 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:55,184 tender-hearted, forgiving, 650 00:39:55,184 --> 00:39:57,812 even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you. 651 00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:06,529 Have you decided to join us, Dr. Mike? 652 00:40:09,532 --> 00:40:11,784 Yes, I have. 653 00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:14,454 I'm glad to hear that. 654 00:40:14,454 --> 00:40:16,664 And I brought you something. 655 00:40:16,664 --> 00:40:18,499 Oh, I think we've had enough to do with those books 656 00:40:18,499 --> 00:40:20,627 for a while. 657 00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:23,171 You're absolutely right, Reverend, 658 00:40:23,171 --> 00:40:25,089 but I brought this because I think we can all agree 659 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:27,508 on what to do with it. 660 00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:29,302 I'm glad to see you've had a change of heart. 661 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:31,095 How could I not? 662 00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:33,431 With a book that tells of a father 663 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,808 who sacrificed his own daughter, 664 00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:37,435 a book that tells of a man 665 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:41,314 who was married to more than one woman at the same time... 666 00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:44,150 Why, this book even has a passage in it 667 00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:49,656 describing how God accepted a bet from the Devil! 668 00:40:49,656 --> 00:40:50,865 You're right, Dr. Mike. 669 00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:54,452 That's a book that we can all agree on, 670 00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,580 and handing it over to me is the kind of gesture 671 00:40:57,580 --> 00:41:01,542 that will help heal the spirit of our town. 672 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:04,796 I thank you for showing so much faith. 673 00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:06,631 Not at all, Reverend. 674 00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:10,927 What is it? 675 00:41:17,350 --> 00:41:19,185 The Holy Bible. 676 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:42,750 Jump! 677 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:44,877 Jump! Jump! 678 00:41:48,798 --> 00:41:50,174 Jump! 679 00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:51,676 Our frogs ain't jumpin'! 680 00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:54,512 Flies! Jump! 681 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:55,680 - Jump! - Flies! 682 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,598 Flies! Come on! 683 00:41:57,598 --> 00:41:58,850 Jump! 684 00:42:03,938 --> 00:42:07,984 Hey, look! I won! I won! 685 00:42:07,984 --> 00:42:10,319 We lost it all, Brian. 686 00:42:22,707 --> 00:42:25,626 What's all the excitement about? 687 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:27,545 We had a frog-jumping contest. 688 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:29,213 Sounds like fun. 689 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:32,216 Not when you lose all your money bettin' on it. 690 00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:34,802 You boys gambled on frogs? 691 00:42:34,802 --> 00:42:36,804 I read about how to make lots of money 692 00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:39,432 havin' frog-jumpin' contests in that book. 693 00:42:39,432 --> 00:42:42,560 It sounded like a real good idea. 694 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,854 Sounds like a real good lesson. 695 00:42:44,854 --> 00:42:47,940 You boys learned something about making your own decisions. 696 00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:49,942 How'd we learn that? 697 00:42:49,942 --> 00:42:50,985 Well, you tried something from a book that didn't work out. 698 00:42:51,527 --> 00:42:54,197 So next time you read about an idea 699 00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:56,532 that sounds like an easy way to make money, 700 00:42:56,532 --> 00:42:59,035 you might say to yourselves, 701 00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:01,329 "Oh, that's not for me." 702 00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:04,499 You mean, not just do it 'cause you read about it. 703 00:43:04,499 --> 00:43:06,125 Exactly. 704 00:43:06,125 --> 00:43:08,002 Now, that's what learning's all about -- 705 00:43:08,002 --> 00:43:10,171 reading about lots of different things 706 00:43:10,171 --> 00:43:12,673 and then deciding for yourself what you believe. 707 00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:17,386 Gambling's no good. 708 00:43:20,807 --> 00:43:23,434 Perhaps you'd feel better if you had something to eat. 709 00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:25,019 Nah. I'm not hungry. 710 00:43:25,019 --> 00:43:27,021 Me neither. 711 00:43:27,021 --> 00:43:28,523 Well, if you change your minds... 712 00:43:31,859 --> 00:43:33,111 I'll tell you something else that we know now 713 00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:35,238 that we didn't know before -- 714 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:38,115 Never feed a frog five jars of flies and worms 715 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:39,575 if you want it to jump. 716 00:44:14,402 --> 00:44:15,444 Reverend? 717 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:19,323 What are you doing? 718 00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:21,117 Well, we'll have to dry out all these books 719 00:44:21,117 --> 00:44:25,079 if we want to open the library by tomorrow. 720 00:44:25,079 --> 00:44:28,249 With all the books? 721 00:44:28,249 --> 00:44:30,459 With all of 'em. 722 00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:32,461 You look like you could use some help. 723 00:44:35,464 --> 00:44:37,341 Yes. We could. 724 00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:41,971 Come on. 725 00:45:22,345 --> 00:45:26,641 Sometimes... 726 00:45:26,641 --> 00:45:29,685 it helps to spell it out. 727 00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:41,864 S... 728 00:45:45,326 --> 00:45:46,702 I... 729 00:45:51,082 --> 00:45:52,249 N... 730 00:45:55,086 --> 00:45:56,712 G. 731 00:45:56,712 --> 00:46:00,925 S...ing. 732 00:46:01,926 --> 00:46:04,845 Sing...sing! 733 00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:18,067 I sing the body electric. 734 00:46:18,067 --> 00:46:22,196 The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them. 735 00:46:22,196 --> 00:46:24,532 They will not let me off till I go with them, 736 00:46:24,532 --> 00:46:28,452 respond to them and discorrupt them 737 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:31,205 and charge them full with the charge of the soul. 738 00:46:40,006 --> 00:46:43,009 The bending forward and backward of rowers in rowboats, 739 00:46:43,009 --> 00:46:45,177 of horsemen in the saddle.