Original subtitles

(laughing)

♫ Now listen here folks

♫ My name is Tom Sawyer

♫ I don't wanna be no doctor or no lawyer

♫ Fishing by the river

♫ That's the only place to be

♫ I wanna be free sitting under a tree

♫ That's me

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river

♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I wanna be free sitting under a tree

♫ That's me

(laughing)

(upbeat cheerful music)

- Good afternoon, you two.

Whatchya doing?

- We've been keeping an eye on this frog.

- What for?

- To see how good it can jump.

- It's hopeless, Tom.

This frog can't jump at all.

- Sure he can.

Every frog in the world can jump, Sid.

- Well that don't seem to matter to him.

- He just being a bit stubborn.

Here you want me to cure him?

- [Boys] Yup.

- Give me some room there, Tom.

All right now, a one, a two, a three, fly!

- Jim you did it!

- You see, that frog can jump just fine.

- Well what do you know?

This old frog sure made a fool out of me.

- Well now that I showed you how,

why don't you it once yourself, Tom.

- Mm-hmm.

You just do it the same way for me, you hear?

One, two, three, fly!

Oh.

- I think you need a little practice, Tom.

- How'd you get him to jump so far, Jim?

What's the secret?

- You just ain't got the knack of it yet.

You'll get it after awhile I suspect.

- He's gonna have to jump a whole lot

father than that if he's gonna beat Charlie's frog.

- Charlie's got himself a frog

that can jump farther than any frog you ever saw.

- Well with a little practice, this frog will jump

just as far as Charlie's, I guarantee it.

Gotta be going now.

I got a lot of work to do yet.

- Jim, please show me again.

Just one more time will ya?

- Well, I guess I got enough time

for just one more lesson.

We'll set him down right here.

Now watch Tom and do just the way I do.

One, two, three, fly!

- Hey, did you see he jumped a mile!

- Wow how about that?

- Beatin' Charlie's gonna be easy

if you can get him to go out that far every time.

- You never can tell.

Charlie's is awful strong.

- What are you two talking about?

- It's a secret.

- That's not fair.

Come on, tell me what it is.

- [Tom] Oh, it's just a contest.

Sort of like who can throw a baseball the longest way.

That sort of thing.

- [Mary] You boys are always having to prove something

to each other, well boys will be boys I guess.

- What's that noise, Mary?

- I don't know.

- Huh?

Get away from there, Peter, get away.

(excited chatter)

- Get away from there Peter, go away.

- Uh oh!

(screams)

- Keep it away, keep it away.

Cat, get him out of here!

- Help, Sid, go get him!

- I'll try, Tom.

- He's going around the other way.

- Get that slimy reptile out of my house!

- Catch him, Sid, it's upsetting mother.

- Over this way, Sid.

(screaming)

- Out, out, out, and I never wanna see another one of those

slimy things in my house again ever!

- You think somebody as smart as Aunt Polly

would know better than believe in that

old wives' tale about frogs giving you warts.

Nothing more harmless than a frog.

It's toads you gotta watch out for.

Hey Huckleberry, you still awake?

Huck, are you awake or not?

- I am now.

What do you want, Tom?

- Aunt Polly won't let me have this at the house.

Can you keep it?

- I might.

Come up and show me what you got.

- Sorry to have to bother you so late, Huck.

But I needed some place to leave him overnight.

Got me a frog, Huck.

Wanna see him?

- I am kinda hungry.

- No, you gotta promise not to eat him, Huck.

This frog ain't for eating.

He's a jumper

- What frog ain't?

- But I trained this one special and he just might

win the frog jumping contest at school tomorrow.

- Huh?

- Right now Charlie's frog is the best jumper in St. Pete.

But I've been training this frog

and I believe he just could end up the new champion.

He can jump all right.

- [Huck] Further than Charlie's?

- Sure hope so.

- Well now, if it's so important to you,

what you leaving it here for?

- Aunt Polly, that's why.

The frog got out and jumped on her and from the way

she was carrying on, you'd have thought

the devil itself was after her so I brung him here.

- Is it okay if I look at him?

- Sure, go ahead.

- Careful he don't get away though.

- Say, Tom, you sure you got the right frog?

This one looks awful tired to me.

- You see, he's a natural born jumper.

I'll come and get him tomorrow in the morning.

Take good care of him will you?

- If that's what you want, I will.

But Tom, it's just a frog.

If you ask me, you're being kind of silly, ain't ya?

- [Girl] What are those boys doing out there?

- [Girl 2] Playing with frogs, yuck!

- Well I'm ready any time you are.

- Alright, Ben, you go first.

Just as long as he starts from behind the line.

- He sure will.

Alright a one and a two and a three and a jump!

(applause)

- He sure did jump high, didn't he?

Course in this contest, height doesn't count.

What matters is who can jump the farthest, right?

- I'll bet yours can't jump as high.

- Well I don't care.

Alright everybody, watch how the champion does it.

You ready, champ?

One, two, three.

(cheering and applause)

- Oh rats!

- Tell you the truth, I don't think anybody

can be champion.

I've been training him for three months

and he's stronger than ever.

- Hey Charlie!

Come on, let's have a match.

I got my frog right here.

- Whatever you say.

But if you saw my frog jump just now,

you know you don't stand a chance, Tom.

- Reckon I might.

- Tell me this, Tom.

What's your frog called?

Has he got a name?

- Not yet.

- You know what mine's called?

- Sure, his name's Champion, what's your point?

- The way see it, if it's down to a tee,

seeing as no other frog in St. Pete

can jump as far as he can.

- Well, we'll just see about that.

- There's the bell.

We'll have to put it off till later.

I'll meet you right here at lunch time.

Okay by you?

- Uh huh, lunch time, I'll be here.

- All right.

- [Teacher] Greetings, fly our souls and smiles.

And soon a vision rises ...

- [Tom Dreaming] Wish my frog could fly.

Wish my frog could fly like a bird.

(happy music)

- Wow!

I knew he could do it.

I knew he could fly.

Just look at him go, yay!

Look at him.

(laughing)

- [Teacher] Tom!

Tom Sawyer!

- I'll be right back, I'm catching my frog.

Gotta catch him before it flies away.

- Sleeping in class, hmm?

Summer vacation is only few weeks away

and then you can sleep all you want

but until then, you must continue to concentrate

on your schoolwork, Tom.

- Yes sir.

- Feeling better now are you?

- Yep, much better.

- Good, I assume you've had enough sleep.

- Oh, I'm wide awake now, sir.

- Will you stay awake?

- Absolutely sir, I promise you.

- Very well then, you may sit down.

- You mean it sir?

You aren't gonna whoop me?

- We both know that that's what you deserve.

However, it'd be too strenuous an effort

on such a warm day so I'll be lenient this time.

- Yep, it's real warm.

Ain't no doubt about that.

- You may take your seat, Tom.

But there'll be no more sleeping in class.

Is that clear?

- Yes, Mr. Dobbins.

- Now then class, if I may have your attention,

we shall return to our lesson.

Discovered at sunrise, with laughing praise

lifting on the cool winds.

Shining shroud of fog which flies away.

- [Tom Dreaming] A frog with wings.

A frog that flies like a bird.

- [Teacher] Let's see, where was I?

Discovered at sunrise, laughing praise, lifting on

the cool winds, the shining fog which flies away..

- Uh oh.

- Hey Tom, wake up.

- [Teacher] Here it is.

Appears stealthily with the southward glow.

- [Boy] Look down there, there's a frog loose in here.

- Oh no!

- A frog, where is it?

(laughing)

- Tom Sawyer!

- Present.

- Does that reptile belong to you?

- Oh no.

- You know that pets are forbidden in the classroom.

Isn't that right?

- Yes sir.

- Silence.

Stop that screaming.

You there, back to your seat!

(children laughing and screaming)

- I got you.

- Silence I say!

You will come to order at once, do you hear?

- Sure can jump, just look at him go.

Yeah, to jump that far, that frog must have wings.

- Class dismissed.

(excited chatter)

- It's too bad he got away.

Will you try to catch another one?

- Yup, gonna catch me a bunch of 'em

then pick the best one.

I know a real good spot down at the swamp

the other side of town.

There must be a zillion of them down there.

Maybe even more!

Say, Becky, why'd you come along?

- To catch a frog?

- Yeah!

- Sorry, I'm afraid I don't like frogs very much.

- Most girls don't, I reckon.

Too bad though.

You girls are missing out on an awful lot of fun.

I ain't seen one frog since we got here.

Where'd they all go?

- Got me.

- I'm sure they're here.

We'll find plenty of them if we look long enough.

- Reckon catching a frog is just like anything else.

There's always plenty around till you need one

and then you can't find any.

- If we keep looking, we'll find them sooner or later.

- Better sooner than later.

Frog ain't no use to me.

I need to catch me some dinner

and if I don't catch me some fish before dark

I ain't gonna have none.

- Just a little longer, okay?

- There's one!

Wow, look at him go!

Come on, Huck.

Gotchya!

Let's find some more and then we'll keep the best one, Huck.

- Okay, easy.

Hey!

You think that frog ain't yours, now let it go.

You hear?

Let go!

Go catch your own.

Hey you, I saved your life.

Now come back here!

- A one and a two and a three and go!

- He's just like all the rest.

- You're right.

He ain't no jumper, that's for sure.

- Want to try another spot?

Find some more?

- Huh, might.

Got one frog left in here, might as well try him out.

If he's like the others, we'll do just like you said, Huck.

Find us another spot where the frogs

are a lot stronger than these.

- You mean to go and catch them today?

- We got time.

- Wonder if I'll ever learn to keep my mouth shut.

- Well now, frog, you look like you're big and strong.

Why don't you show me how far you can go.

All right?

A one and a two and a three and go.

- Woah!

- Look at that!

- I'll bet you he's the world's greatest jumper.

Now don't let him get away.

He's the best in the world, he's got to be.

- Thank you, Huck.

- World Beater, that's what I'll name him.

There.

- Charlie says he spent three months

training that frog of his.

You think it's true?

- It don't matter to me how long it was, Sid.

- But you haven't trained yours at all, Tom.

- So what?

- Well it's only natural that a trained frog

can jump further than the one that ain't

been trained at all which means

that Charlie's frog is probably gonna win.

- World beater is such a good jumper,

he don't need any training.

Well, night Sid.

- Night, Tom.

- That's enough now, he needs to rest up for the contest.

(excited chatter)

yep, he's really something, ain't he?

- Come on, you mean you really think he can beat Champion?

- You bet I do.

Listen, me and Huck went down to the swamp yesterday

and caught us over 100 frogs and tested every one

of them and after we were through,

this is the one that jumped the best.

- I think frogs are the most disgusting creatures

in the world and you went and caught a hundred of them?

- Well actually, it was less than that.

- How many frogs did you catch, Tom?

- Well, about 30.

- 30, it makes me ill just to think of it.

- Then it weren't.

Was only 10 or so.

- You started off with a hundred.

- Listen, Joe, it seemed like a hundred.

It took me the whole afternoon just to catch 10 of them.

- Look, here comes Charlie.

- Good luck, Tom.

- Looks like he thinks he already won.

- I hope you win, Tom, good luck.

- Thanks.

- You know, Charlie's beginning to look like his frog.

(laughing)

- Why was everyone laughing?

You making fun of me?

- Of course not, Charlie.

We were just saying how handsome your frog is.

- How handsome he is?

- In fact, you so much alike, it's hard

to tell you apart.

(laughing)

- So, just go ahead and laugh at me.

Tom, you can laugh all you want.

Your frog is still gonna lose the contest.

- Got me a new frog called World Beater

and he'll be the new champion.

- Well now, I'll reckon we'll just have to see about that.

- You can go first, Charlie.

- That's fine with me.

All right, Champion, are you ready now?

One, two, three, go!

There, let's see you beat that.

Go on ahead, Tom.

- Right.

You can do it World Beater.

Ready now?

A one, a two, a three, go!

- [Girl] Did he win?

- [Boy] Come on, let's go see who won?

Woah, looks pretty close to me.

- Looks like it ended up a dead tie.

- Champion went a little further,

at least a couple of inches.

- Take a good look, everybody.

I'd say it's a tie, wouldn't you?

- Yeah, World Beater jumped just as far as champion.

- I think they should jump again.

- It's a tie.

- Guess you'll have to have another match.

You could do it at lunchtime.

- Perfectly okay by me.

- Lunchtime it is.

- [Teacher] Two, three.

- [Kids] Four.

- [Teacher] One, two, three.

- [Kids] Four.

- [Teacher] One, two, three.

- [Kids] Four.

- [Teacher] One, two, three.

- [Kids] Four.

- [Teacher] One, two, three.

- [Kids] Four.

- [Charlie] World Beater, by the time I'm through with you,

you won't be able to jump off the starting line.

- Stretch over your head as far as you can.

Very good, continue everyone.

One, two, three, four, that's it.

Strong bodies make for stronger minds.

Three, four.

- I don't want to leave Champion out in the sun

too long so the contest will be just one jump, all right?

- Fine, one jump for each frog.

- We're ready whenever you say, Tom?

Do you wanna let them go at the same time?

- All right.

- [Boys] One, two, three go.

- World Beater, what's the matter?

Come on, jump, will ya?

Come on, please.

Go on, World Beater, you can do it.

- Oh, no.

(laughing)

- He doesn't look like a World Beater to me

unless you put him into a race with a snail.

(laughing)

- I don't know what went wrong.

- This frog looks kinda sick if you ask me.

- Doesn't make sense, Huck.

He was fine this morning.

- Hmm.

Hey.

- What, Huck?

- Gained a lot of weight.

He wasn't this heavy before.

What you been feeding him, rocks or something?

- Hmm.

Well I'll be, I've been cheated, Huck.

I shoulda known.

- Bet there's a lot more inside him.

- Open wide now.

All right, Charlie, now it's my turn.

There he is.

Afternoon, Charlie.

- Afternoon, Tom.

- I wanna have another jumping contest

to give me a chance to get even.

- All right, where?

- Just follow me.

- Now the first part's easy.

All you gotta do is jump across the creek.

Anyone can do that, right Charlie?

- Guess so.

- Course, you get a running start.

Who goes first?

- I will, Huck.

Ready, here I go.

- Think you can make it?

It's pretty far.

- Just watch me, nothing to it.

All right, here I go.

- That's real good, Charlie.

Now you wanna try it without running first like a frog does?

- What do you mean without a running start?

- Why not?

- That's impossible.

Let's go where it's not so wide then.

- We'll do it from right here, Charlie.

- I won't do it.

- Listen, I know how you cheated me.

So if you end up in the water, you're only getting

what's coming to you, you understand?

- Afraid there's no way out.

You're gonna have to do it, Charlie.

Now on the other hand, we wouldn't want

to be unfair about it, would we?

So I think it's only fair for you to go first, Tom?

Is it all right with you?

- Sure, Huck.

- Oh no you don't.

Come back here, you.

- Now jump.

- Come on, Charlie, it's easy.

- I'm coming.

- Come on, you can do it.

- I can do it, one, two, three, go.

Careful.

(laughing)

- Yeah you almost made it, it almost don't count.

(laughing)

- It serves him, right Huck.

We showed him, didn't we?

- Sure did, we done old Charlie a lesson

he'll never forget.

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river

♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I wanna be free sitting under a tree

♫ That's me

(laughing)