All language subtitles for The Waltons S01E03 The Calf.DVDRip.Non-HI.cc.en

WALTON'S MOUNTAIN WAS
AN EVERLASTING PRESENCE

IN OUR LIVES.

WHENEVER I COULD, WHEN
I WAS GROWING UP THERE

DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS,

I WOULD CLIMB ITS SLOPES.

UP THERE, I COULD
GET LOST IN DREAMS...

DREAMS OF BECOMING A
WRITER, OF BECOMING A MAN.

I KNEW NO WRITERS, SO I HAD NO
WRITER TO MODEL MYSELF AFTER,

BUT AS A BOY
ASPIRING TO MANHOOD,

I HAD ONLY TO FOLLOW IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF A REMARKABLE FATHER.

$1.75 TO THE ELECTRIC COMPANY?

NOW, LIV, WE'VE JUST GOT TO START
TURNIN' OFF SOME LIGHTS AROUND HERE.

WE'LL HAVE TO START EATIN'
DINNER BY CANDLELIGHT.

IT'S MORE ROMANTIC ANYHOW.

EATIN' A MEAL YOU CAN HARDLY SEE

IS NOT MY IDEA OF ROMANCE, GIRL.

WHAT ELSE WE GOT THERE?

$12 INSURANCE.

WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE US?

YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?

JUST GIVE IT TO ME
IN ROUND NUMBERS.

WELL, IT'S NOTHIN'
TO CROW ABOUT,

BUT I GUESS WE'LL GET BY.

I BETTER TAKE THIS
FOR THE MONEY ORDERS.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON OUT THERE?

KIDS ARE CATCHIN'
LIGHTNING BUGS.

IS IT THAT TIME OF YEAR ALREADY?

YARD'S FULL OF 'EM.

TINY LITTLE LANTERNS
RISIN' UP FROM THE GRASS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE
BEEN IN A YARD CHASIN' LIGHTNING BUGS.

WE GETTIN' OLD, LIV?

YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE GETTIN' OLD?

SOMETIMES I DON'T
KNOW HOW I FEEL.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.
GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.

GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.

JUST A MINUTE, YOU TWO.

COME ON DOWN HERE.

WHAT'S THIS GOIN' TO
BED WITH THE CHICKENS?

WE'RE GETTIN' UP
EARLY IN THE MORNING.

AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.

NOW, WHAT'S ON THE SCHEDULE
FOR THE CRACK OF DAWN?

MAYBE CHANCE'S CALF
WILL BE HERE BY THEN.

DUE ANY DAY NOW.

TOMORROW, FOR SURE.

OK. GOOD NIGHT, SWEETIE.

GOOD NIGHT, HONEY.
GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, JIM-BOB.

I'M TOO OLD FOR THAT STUFF.

GOOD NIGHT, JIM-BOB.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

YOU KNOW, SURE HOPE IT'S A HEIFER. WE
COULD USE ANOTHER MILK COW AROUND HERE.

COME ON.

LET'S GO OUTSIDE AND
CATCH LIGHTNING BUGS.

WHAT DID HE MEAN, "I'M
GETTIN' TOO OLD FOR THAT NOW"?

HE MEANS THAT HE DOESN'T
TAKE AFTER HIS FATHER.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO GET
US SOME LIGHTNING BUGS.

CHANCE?

SHE'S RUN AWAY.

HEY, GOOD MORNIN'. YOU ALL
HURRY UP WITH THAT COFFEE.

WILL YOU, GRANDMA?

OOH, I HAVE GOT A
CHILL IN MY BONES.

BUT IT'S SPRING, GRANDPA.

OH, YOU.

UH, I'VE STILL GOT
A CHILL IN MY BONES.

HEY!

DOES THAT MEAN HE'S GETTING OLD?

NO. IT DOES MEAN
HE'S GETTIN' GRUMPY.

GRANDPA GRUNTS AND GROANS.

YOU TAKE THIS
WINTER BEFORE LAST.

I HAD A CHILL IN MY BONES
LINGER CLEAR ON THROUGH JULY.

HMM. WINTERS.

THEY DO SEEM TO BE
RUNNIN' CLOSER TOGETHER.

NOW THAT MEANS HE'S GETTIN' OLD.

THANK YOU, LIVIE.

CHANCE IS GONE.

NOW, HOLD ON.

I'M NOT SLAVIN' OVER
THESE FLAPJACKS

TO HAVE YOU ALL RUN OUT ON ME.

NOW SIT!

MAYBE SHE WENT
OFF TO HAVE HER BABY.

JOHN. JOHN-BOY.

SHE'S ALL RIGHT, SHE
JUST WANDERED OFF.

NOW, SIT DOWN, HAVE YOUR
BREAKFAST. YOU TOO, JIM-BOB.

THE YOUNGEST ONE HERE IS RIGHT.

SHE'S GONNA HAVE
HER CALF IN THE BRUSH.

THE INDIAN SQUAWS
USED TO DO THAT.

AND THEY COME THROUGH ALL RIGHT.

AND SO WILL OUR COW.

THE GOOD LORD SEES TO THAT.

JOHN! JOHN-BOY!

GOOD MORNIN'.

MORNIN'.

MORNIN'.

WHAT'S WRONG?

GONNA HAVE HER BABY
IN THE BRUSH, DADDY.

WHO?

THE COW'S GONE.

CHANCE.

WELL. WHEN THEY'RE HAVIN' THEIR
YOUNG, SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO BE ALONE.

SHE'LL BE FINE.

MAYBE WE'D BETTER TAKE A LOOK.

COME ON, JOHN-BOY.

NOW, DON'T YOU TWO BE LONG.

NOW HURRY UP AND FINISH YOUR
BREAKFAST AND GET READY FOR SCHOOL.

BUT, MAMA, CHANCE.

THE MEN WILL FIND
CHANCE. NOW EAT.

ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT ONE OLD COW.

I WISH I GOT THAT KIND OF
ATTENTION AROUND HERE.

OH, HUSH, DEAR.

HERE, HERE, CHANCE, HERE.

HERE, HERE. CHANCE.

CHANCE, HERE, HERE!

WELL, WE CAN'T SPEND ANY
MORE TIME LOOKIN' FOR HER, SON.

I'VE GOT TO GET UP
ON THE MOUNTAIN,

AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO SCHOOL.

I KNOW.

YOU THINK IT'LL RAIN, MAMA?

LOOK AT THAT SUN.

YOU'LL HAVE TO SEARCH
SOME TO FIND A CLOUD.

POOR CHANCE. DIDN'T EVEN
WANT TO HAVE HER CALF AT HOME.

MAYBE SHE WANTED PRIVACY.

WELL, NO NEED TO WORRY.

COWS HAVE THEIR CALVES
IN THE FIELD ALL THE TIME.

BUT CHANCE JUST
ISN'T ANY COW, MOTHER.

SHE'S USED TO HER OWN
STALL AND WARM STRAW.

WOULD YOU SUPPOSE IF I
EVER WANDERED OFF MYSELF,

ANYONE WOULD EVER TAKE NOTICE?

GRANDPA,

DESPITE THE FACT THAT
YOU DON'T GIVE MILK

OR HAVE BABY CALVES,
WE'D TURN EVERY STONE.

OH, OLIVIA.

YOUR MAMA'S RIGHT.
WE'LL FIND HER.

EH, I'LL HAVE A LOOK FOR THE OLD MILK
WAGON MYSELF. NOW GO ON TO SCHOOL.

ANY SIGN OF HER?

NO, BUT SHE'LL TURN UP.

THANKS, JOHN-BOY.

THERE'S WORK TO BE
DONE. LIVIE, BRING MY LUNCH.

COME ON. OFF TO
SCHOOL YOU GO. GOOD BYE.

I JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE,
DADDY, THINKIN' ABOUT CHANCE.

YOU TRY, BEN. YOU TRY.

HERE. YOU HAVEN'T
HAD YOUR BREAKFAST.

WELL, I GOT TO GET UP TO
THE MOUNTAIN. YOU COMIN', PA?

NO, I PROMISED THE YOUNG'UNS
THAT I'D HAVE A LOOK FOR THE COW.

WELL, THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK
ANYWAY OUT AT THE OLD SAWMILL.

I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT.

DON'T WEAR YOURSELF OUT, PA.
SHE'LL COME BACK WHEN SHE'S READY.

WELL. NOW, DON'T YOU
WANDER OFF TOO FAR.

YOU HEAR, OLD MAN?

OH!

BEEN GONE A WHILE.

STUBBORN OLD MAN.

THANK GOD FOR THE WALTON
STUBBORNNESS, GRANDMA.

IT'S KEPT US GOIN'.

THAT OLD MAN.

MAKIN' FUN OF US FOR
WORRYIN' ABOUT THAT COW,

AND THEN COMPLAININ' THAT
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE

AND THEN GOES OFF LOOKIN'.

MOO!

MOO!

OH, DEAR GOD, IT'S LOVELY.

HEY.

WELL, NOW YOU
GOT YOURSELF A BOY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT YOURSELF
BORN A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME.

I'VE GOT TO GET YOU TWO ON BACK.

YOU SEE, THEY'LL BE WORRYIN'
ABOUT THE 3 OF US NOW.

HEY.

LIVIE.

BOY OR GIRL, GRANDPA?

IT'S A BULL.

AHH. I WAS HOPIN' FOR A HEIFER.

WE COULD USE ANOTHER MILK COW.

NOW, DON'T YOU TAKE IT PERSONALLY,
CHANCE. HE'S A BEAUTIFUL BABY.

HEY! THERE YOU ARE.
HOW COME YOU'RE WALKIN'?

WELL, THE TRUCK BROKE DOWN.

YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO USE IT?

NOT FOR A WHILE.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

EVERYBODY'S IN THE
BARN. COME ON. COME ON.

COME ON.

GRANDPA FOUND THEM.

SHE SURE IS A BEAUTY.

SHE'S A HE.

YOU DIDN'T GET
YOUR HEIFER, JOHN.

I THOUGHT I'D SEEN THE
LAST BIRTH IN THIS FAMILY.

ALL RIGHT, YOU KIDS,
NOW DON'T GET TOO CLOSE.

COWS GET KIND OF
FEISTY WITH A YOUNG'UN.

ELIZABETH, GET OUT OF THERE.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH DADDY?

I DON'T KNOW.

COME ON. COME ON, YOU TWO, OUT.

OH, GRANDMA!

OH, GRANDMA.

GIVE THE CALF A REST. OUT.

COME ON, ALL OF YOU.

JASON, PASS THE CHEESE.

MAMA, CAN I TAKE THE CALF
FOR A WALK TOMORROW?

HE'S NOT A DOG, SILLY.

ERIN.

SURE LUCKY YOU STAYED
HOME TODAY, GRANDPA.

LUCKY TO FIND 'EM.

THE LITTLE FELLER COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN MORE THAN AN HOUR OR SO OLD

WHEN I CAME UP ON 'EM.

YEAH, WELL, THE NEXT
TIME I'D LIKE TO TAKE A WALK,

YOU'D BETTER JUST
NOT BE TOO TIRED.

WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW?

LITTLE PICNIC IN THE TALL GRASS,
BAREFOOT LIKE WE USED TO. HMM?

WHAT WILL WE CALL HIM?

LITTLE CHANCE.

NO.

NO.

WHAT ABOUT FRIDAY?
TODAY'S FRIDAY.

THAT'S WHAT ROBINSON CRUSOE NAMED HIS
NATIVE FRIEND 'CAUSE IT WAS ON A FRIDAY.

NO.

HE'S A BULL. LET'S
NAME HIM BULLET.

THERE'S NO USE
GIVIN' HIM A NAME.

THE CALF'S NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO STAY.

BUT WHY, DADDY?

BECAUSE HE'S A BULL.

IF IT WERE A HEIFER,
ONE DAY IT'D GIVE MILK.

EARN ITS KEEP.

BEIN' A BULL, HE'D BE USELESS.

OH, HE COULD BE A PET, DADDY.

A MIGHTY EXPENSIVE PET, SON.

COSTS TOO MUCH TO KEEP.

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO HIM?

GONNA SELL HIM.

WE NEED THE MONEY HE'LL BRING.

BUT IT'S LIKE SELLING A
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, I, UH,

BROKE AN AXLE ON
THE TRUCK TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENED?

GOIN' UP THE MOUNTAIN, HIT A
CHUCKHOLE, SNAPPED THAT AXLE IN 2.

IT'S GONNA COST MONEY
TO FIX THAT TRUCK.

THE CALF WILL BRING IT.

WE LIVE BY THE LUMBER WE CUT.

RAILROAD TIES, FIREWOOD.

NO TRUCK, THERE'D
BE NO MONEY COMIN' IN.

OH, PLEASE, DADDY. NOW, HEY.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S FINAL.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE RADIO.

ANYBODY WANNA JOIN ME?

PLEASE, MAMA.

I'M SORRY, SWEETHEART.

BUT WHAT YOUR FATHER
SAYS IS RULE IN THIS HOUSE.

LIVIE, WHAT'S WRONG?

I DON'T KNOW.

WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE
TO SELL THAT CALF.

OUR KIDS AREN'T LIKE
FARM-RAISED CHILDREN.

TO FARM-RAISED KIDS, IT'S...

IT'S LIKE STOCK RAISED
TO BE SLAUGHTERED.

BUT TO OUR KIDS, IT'S LIKE
A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

YOU KNOW HOW THEY
ADOPT ANY BABY THING.

WELL, I KNOW WHERE
THEY GET THAT FROM.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE MY FAULTS,
BUT YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER ARGUE
WITH A REDHEADED WOMAN.

THEN YOU'LL LET THE CALF STAY?

NO, WE CAN'T.

IF THE KIDS GET ANY
MORE USED TO IT,

IT'LL BE LIKE GETTIN'
RID OF THE FAMILY DOG.

BESIDES, WE...

WE NEED TO HAVE THE MONEY.

I'VE ALREADY ORDERED A NEW AXLE.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

$9.

THE CALF WOULD BRING THAT?

SHOULD.

I'M SORRY, HONEY, BUT THE
KIDS JUST HAVE TO LEARN

SOME HARD FACTS OF LIFE.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE SOONER IT GOES, THE BETTER.

I'LL START ASKIN'
AROUND TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT, JOHN-BOY.

GOOD NIGHT, ELIZABETH.

GOOD NIGHT, MARY ELLEN.

GOOD NIGHT, JOHN-BOY.

GOOD NIGHT, JASON.

GOOD NIGHT, MARY ELLEN.

GOOD NIGHT, ERIN.

GOOD NIGHT, JASON.

GOOD NIGHT, BEN.

GOOD NIGHT, ERIN.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, BEN.

GOOD NIGHT, JIM-BOB.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, DADDY.

GOOD NIGHT, JIM-BOB.

GOOD NIGHT.

HE'S CUTE.

WAIT UNTIL WE CAN
TAKE HIM FOR A WALK.

JUST LIKE ANOTHER DOG.

OH, I LOVE HIM.

OH, I'D SURE HATE
TO BE YOU RIGHT NOW.

OH, WAIT UNTIL WE CAN WALK HIM.

DADDY, DADDY, COME
HERE. LOOK AT HIM.

YEAH, I SEE, HONEY.

HE'S PRETTY. CUTE.

WHAT'S WRONG?

I SOLD THE CALF.

WHO TO, DADDY?

GEORGE ANDERSON.

JUST DOWN THE ROAD A WAYS. YOU
CAN VISIT HIM ANY TIME YOU WANT.

IT'S NOT THE SAME, DADDY.

HE WON'T BE OURS NO MORE.

BUT DADDY'S ALREADY EXPLAINED
TO US JUST WHY IT'S GOT TO BE DONE.

SO LET'S NOT MAKE IT ANY
TOUGHER THAN IT IS NOW. ALL RIGHT?

WHEN'S HE GOIN'?

TOMORROW MORNIN'.

COME ON, JOHN-BOY,
LET'S GET WASHED UP.

THANK YOU, SON.

GIVE YOU $7.

I NEED $9.

EVERYONE WANTS MORE.

THAT WATER PUMP STOPPED WORKIN'.

FELLOW COME UP FROM TOWN TO
HAVE A LOOK AT IT, WANTED $5 TO FIX IT.

WOULDN'T PAY IT.

$8.

SORRY.

TAKIN' HIM OFF YOUR HANDS.
WHAT GOOD'S HE TO ME?

USE HIM FOR BULL SERVICE.

$9.

TOO MUCH.

YOU AGREED TO IT YESTERDAY.

I DIDN'T SEE HIM
YESTERDAY. HE'S PUNY.

HE'LL FATTEN UP.

$8.

YEAH, WELL... GUESS
I'LL GO DOWN INTO TOWN.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. $9.

AND I GUESS THAT MEANS
THE PUMP WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

TIMES IS HARD.

YOU'D THINK PEOPLE
WOULD TAKE LESS.

SO LET US ASK AGAIN.

HAVE WE REACHED THE
GOAL OF OUR VISION?

HAVE WE FOUND OUR HAPPY VALLEY?

I SEE A GREAT NATION

UPON A GREAT CONTINENT

BLESSED WITH A GREAT
WEALTH OF NATIONAL RESOURCES.

ITS 130 MILLION PEOPLE

ARE AT PEACE AMONG THEMSELVES.

THEY ARE MAKING THEIR
COUNTRY A GOOD NEIGHBOR

AMONG THE NATIONS.

SHHH.

NOW, WHAT'S ALL
THIS BAWLING, GIRL?

YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO?

COME HERE NOW.

BULLET'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
HE'S JUST OVER AT ANDERSON'S FARM.

YOU'RE GOIN' TO SEE
HIM LOTS OF TIMES.

LOTS OF TIMES.

JUST WANNA TELL YOU, WE LOVE YOU,
CHANCE, AND WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT.

YOU JUST GO TO SLEEP.

QUIT CRYIN'. GET A
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

I CAN'T SLEEP, MAMA.

TRY TO READ FOR A WHILE.

ELIZABETH'S CRYING.

I'LL SEE TO HER IN A MINUTE.

YOU GO ON UPSTAIRS NOW.

GOOD NIGHT.

LIV.

WE'VE NEVER GONE TO SLEEP WITH A CROSS
WORD BETWEEN US. LET'S NOT START NOW.

I'M NOT CROSS. IT'S...

IT'S JUST THAT SHE
SOUNDS SO HUMAN.

JOHN, HOW DO WE
KNOW HOW SHE FEELS?

CHANCE WILL GET OVER IT.

AAH, POOR CHANCE.

POOR MAMA. IT'S BEEN 3 DAYS.

IT'S TELLIN' ON HER.

OH, IF I ONLY HAD A FEW
DOLLARS, I'D BUY HER.

OLD MAN DAYDREAMIN'.

REMEMBER WHEN THE
CHILDREN USED TO BEG

TO LICK THE ICING FROM THE BOWL?

NOW I CAN'T GET ANY
KIND OF A RISE OUT OF 'EM.

I THOUGHT IT'D PASS.

JOHN THOUGHT IT WOULD, TOO.

AND THAT DOESN'T HELP.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

I GOT $3.

$2.38.

THAT QUILT I FINISHED
SUMMER BEFORE LAST.

MISS EMILY OFFERED ME $5 FOR IT.

OH, BUT THAT QUILT TOOK
YOU A WHOLE SUMMER.

$5 AND $ 5. THAT'S $10.

AND WE ONLY NEED $9.

BUT THAT QUILT IS LIKE
PART OF THE FAMILY.

SO IS CHANCE.

AND IF IT'LL HELP GET THIS
HOUSE BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS,

IT'LL BE WORTH IT.

EH?

NOW WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE?

JOHN-BOY,

LAST SUMMER MISS EMILY
OFFERED ME $5 FOR THIS.

GRANDMA.

PUT OUT YOUR HANDS.

COME ON.

THERE'S $4.

$5 FOR THIS QUILT.

MAMA, THAT'S YOUR MEMORY QUILT.

JUST SEWED UP FROM SCRAPS, SON.

NOW, YOU TAKE IT AND SELL IT.

AND THEN GO TO THE ANDERSON
PLACE AND BUY THAT CALF BACK.

MAMA, YOU TREASURE THIS QUILT.

EVERYTHING IN
HERE IS A PART OF US.

THERE'S SCRAPS OF MARY
ELLEN'S BAPTISM DRESS,

AND THERE'S... THERE'S A SCRAP OF
THE SHIRT THAT JIM-BOB WORE TO...

TAKE IT.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK
DADDY'S GOIN' TO SAY?

I FIGURE HE'LL
HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

YOUR DADDY AND ME, WE...

WE HAVE A WAY OF
TALKIN' THINGS OUT.

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT, GIRL?

I CAN ALWAYS MAKE ANOTHER QUILT.

NOW GO.

HI, BULLET.

HEY, SON, HOW ARE YOU?

YOU'RE COMIN' HOME SOON.

MR. ANDERSON.

JOHN-BOY.

FAIR WEATHER.

YES, IT IS.

THE CALF'S GROWIN'
LIKE A WEED, ISN'T HE?

EATS ENOUGH.

I'LL TELL YOU, MR. ANDERSON,
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

WE...

THE FAMILY, WE'VE
BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT IT.

WE DECIDED WE MADE A MISTAKE.

MISTAKE?

YES, SIR.

BY, UH, SELLIN' THE CALF.

SEE, THE KIDS ARE MIGHTY FOND
OF IT, AND WE GOT TO PONDERIN' IT,

AND WE DECIDED WE'D LIKE
TO BUY IT BACK FROM YOU.

WELL.

WE GOT YOUR, UH...

$9 RIGHT HERE, EVERY PENNY.

I'M AFRAID $9 WON'T DO IT.

ISN'T IT JUST WHAT
YOU PAID FOR IT?

TO START WITH.

SINCE, I'VE GOT QUITE AN
INVESTMENT IN THAT CRITTER.

FEED, FIXED A PEN TO HOLD HIM.

$12 AND YOU CAN HAVE HIM BACK.

$12?

MMM-HMM.

I'LL TELL YOU, MR. ANDERSON,
THIS IS JUST ABOUT

ALL WE COULD COME
UP WITH AT THE MOMENT.

$3 MORE AND HE'S YOURS.

HI, FOLKS.

COFFEE?

WELL, YEAH, THAT'LL BE FINE.

WHERE ARE THE KIDS?

DOIN' HOMEWORK.

DID JOHN-BOY COME
IN? IS HE UPSTAIRS?

HE'S AT THE ANDERSON PLACE.

THERE AND GONE.

I, UH... I SENT HIM TO
BUY THE CALF BACK.

BUT HOW... I HAD A FEW DOLLARS.

IT WAS ALL MY DOIN'.

THAT QUILT I FINISHED A
COUPLE OF SUMMERS AGO.

I SOLD IT TO MISS EMILY.

LISTENIN' TO
CHANCE GRIEVIN', I...

I JUST KNOW SHE
FEELS THE SAME WAY

I'D FEEL IF I LOST ONE OF MINE.

IT'LL BE GOOD TO
GET A NIGHT'S SLEEP.

HE WOULDN'T TAKE $9.

WHAT?

HE WANTS $12.

SAYS HE'S MADE AN INVESTMENT.

WHY THAT TIGHTFISTED,
PINCHED-FACED...

NOW WAIT A MINUTE,
PA. IT'S HIS CALF.

I'M AFRAID THAT'S
JUST TOO MUCH, SON.

WELL, LOOKY HERE.

OUR CALF'S GONNA BE REAL HAPPY.

MR. ANDERSON WILL TAKE
REAL GOOD CARE OF HIM.

WHY, YOU JUST
SHOULD'VE SEEN HIM.

HE WAS FAT AND
SASSY LIKE A POSSUM.

CAN WE GO PLAY WITH HIM?

OF COURSE.

HOW ABOUT TOMORROW AFTER SCHOOL?

CAN WE TAKE HIM A PRESENT?

WELL, SURE.

I SAW A LOOK ON
DADDY'S FACE TODAY.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I
FOUND MYSEL F LOOKING AT HIM

NOT AS MY DADDY,
BUT AS ANOTHER MAN.

MAYBE I'M GROWING UP A LITTLE,

MAYBE IT WAS THE
PAIN IN HIS FACE.

BUT IT CAME TO ME THAT
FOR ALL THE PLEASURE

MAMA AND DADDY
FIND IN US CHILDREN,

THERE ARE OTHER TIMES THAT
MUST BE HEARTBREAKING TO THEM.

I'M GONNA TO TRY TO BE
OF MORE HELP AROUND HERE.

AND I'M GONNA SPEAK TO
THE OTHER CHILDREN, TOO,

AND TELL THEM TO SHOW
A LITTLE APPRECIATION.

HI, BULLET.

HI.

BROUGHT YOU A PRESENT.

KIND OF BIG.

HE'LL GROW INTO IT.

THAT'S SO FOLKS CAN
FIND YOU IF YOU GET LOST.

DADDY'S RIGHT.

MR. ANDERSON'S GONNA
TAKE REAL GOOD CARE OF YOU.

STILL WISH HE
WAS LIVING WITH US.

YEAH.

HEY, YOU KIDS.

WHAT ARE YOU KIDS UP TO HERE?

WE BROUGHT BULLET A PRESENT.

WELL, HE AIN'T GONNA
HAVE NO NEED OF IT.

SUPPOSE HE RUNS AWAY?

WON'T HAPPEN.

HOW COME YOU'RE SO
SURE, MR. ANDERSON?

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
KNOW SOONER OR LATER.

GETS A LITTLE BIGGER,

THE CALF'S GOT TO BE
SLAUGHTERED FOR BEEF.

OH, LIVIE, GO ON IN AND SIT
DOWN AND HAVE YOUR SUPPER.

NOW, JOHN AND JOHN-BOY
WILL FIND THOSE YOUNG SCAMPS.

THEY'RE OUT PLAYIN' SOMEWHERE.

YOUNG'UNS HAVE A WAY
OF LOSIN' TRACK OF TIME.

NO SIGN OF THEM.

JOHN-BOY BACK YET?

NO, JOHN.

IT'S PAST 7:00, AND THE
NIGHT'S GETTIN' A CHILL TO IT.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, PA?

I'M GOIN' OUT AND HAVE A
LOOK AROUND FOR THEM.

I KNOW THESE MOUNTAINS
LIKE THE BACK OF MY HANDS.

NO, YOU WON'T, OLD
MAN. YOU'LL CATCH A CHILL.

EVENING, JOHN.

EVENING, EP.

SHERIFF, GO AHEAD.
TAKE A LOOK IN THE BARN.

MR. ANDERSON, I ASKED
YOU TO LET ME HANDLE THIS.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

WELL, ANDERSON
HERE, HE CLAIMS THAT

A COUPLE OF YOUR
CHILDREN STOLE HIS CALF.

SHERIFF,

THAT'S HOGWASH!

THAT'S JUST WHAT
I TOLD HIM, LIVIE.

BUT ANDERSON SWEARS
THAT HE SAW YOUR 2 YOUNGEST

ON HIS PROPERTY THIS AFTERNOON.

SHERIFF, NONE OF MY CHILDREN
WOULD STEAL SO MUCH AS A STRAWBERRY.

I KNOW THAT, LIVIE, BUT IT'S MY
JOB TO CLEAR THIS WHOLE THING UP.

NOW, UH, I KNOW THE YOUNG
ONES LIKE JIM-BOB AND ELIZABETH

ARE PROBABLY IN
BED BY THIS TIME,

BUT I'D SURE LIKE TO
SPEAK TO THEM, IF I MAY.

SHERIFF, UH, JIM-BOB
AND ELIZABETH ARE...

THEY'RE NOT HERE, EP.

BUT WHERE ARE THEY?

THEY NEVER CAME
HOME FROM SCHOOL.

YOU SEE THAT?

WE'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK.

JOHN-BOY'S OUT
LOOKIN' FOR THEM NOW.

WELL, NOW, LOOK HERE,
JOHN, WHEN THEY DO TURN UP,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO THEM.

I UNDERSTAND.

I COULDN'T FIND THEM.

JUST COME FROM YOUR
PLACE, MR. ANDERSON.

THEN YOU KNOW MY CALF'S GONE.

YES, I KNOW THAT, SIR.

I ALSO KNOW JIM-BOB AND
ELIZABETH WOULDN'T HAVE STOLEN IT.

I CONTEND THEY DID.

NOW, ANDERSON,

YOU'RE MAKING SOME BIG
CHARGES AGAINST MY CHILDREN.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN MOLLYCODDLING
KIDS. I JUST TOLD THEM THE TRUTH.

WHAT TRUTH IS THAT?

THAT THE BULL'S GONNA BE SLAUGHTERED
FOR BEEF JUST AS SOON AS HE'S BIG ENOUGH.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GONNA BREED HIM.

CHANGED MY MIND. MY CALF.

HE'S RIGHT, JOHN.

YOU TOLD THEM YOU WERE
GONNA SLAUGHTER HIM, HUH?

YES, I DID.

WELL, THOSE KIDS ARE VERY
FOND OF THAT CALF, ANDERSON.

THEY TOOK IT. THEY DIDN'T
THINK THEY WERE STEALING IT.

THEY THOUGHT THEY
WERE SAVIN' ITS LIFE.

I DON'T CARE. IF I
DON'T GET HIM BACK...

YOU'LL HAVE HIM BACK.

YOU'LL HAVE HIM BACK BY MORNIN'.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

YOU NEED ANY HELP, JOHN?

NO, THANKS, EP.

WELL, COME ON, ANDERSON.

I'LL DRIVE YOU BACK
TO YOUR PLACE.

LET ME GO GET RECKLESS,
DADDY. HE'S GOT THEIR SCENT.

GET 2 LANTERNS, TOO, SON. YES.

JOHN, WHERE COULD
THEY HAVE GONE?

HONEY, THEY'RE NOT FAR.

WE'LL FIND THEM.

I'M SCARED, JIM-BOB.

JUST STAY CLOSE
TO ME. IT'S NOT FAR.

WHERE'S THIS BEAR'S CAVE?

NOT BEAR'S CAVE. BRYANT'S CAVE.

DON'T WORRY, I'VE
BEEN THERE BEFORE.

WHEN? LAST SUMMER.

JOHN-BOY USED TO COME
AND WRITE IN HIS PAD THERE.

DON'T WORRY, THE
CALF WILL BE SAFE.

RECKLESS!

DADDY!

I THINK I FOUND THEIR
TRACKS RIGHT THERE.

AND... AND THE CALF'S.

WONDER WHERE THEY'RE GOING?

WELL, THEY DON'T KNOW.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO SAVE
THAT CALF FROM THE BUTCHER.

COME ON.

JIM-BOB, I'M SCARED.

NOTHING TO BE SCARED
OF. WE GOT LIGHT.

BUT JOHN-BOY'S CANDLE
ISN'T GOING TO LAST LONG.

HE WON'T NEED IT.

HE DOESN'T COME HERE
TO WRITE ANYMORE.

AREN'T YOU FINISHED
WITH BULLET'S NEST YET?

ALMOST. WE'LL COME BACK
TO FEED HIM EVERY DAY.

BUT IT'S SO FAR.

WHAT ARE WE GOIN' TO
TELL MAMA AND DADDY?

I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HIM HERE.

CAN'T WE TAKE HIM HOME?

NO, DADDY'LL MAKE
US GIVE HIM BACK.

LET'S HURRY. I'M COLD.

OK, WE'LL BE BACK.

HE'LL BE SAFE INSIDE
WHEN THIS IS COVERED UP.

DADDY, I THINK I KNOW
WHERE THEY COULD'VE GONE.

WHERE?

BRYANT'S CAVE.

I USED TO WRITE THERE,
AND I TOOK JIM-BOB ONCE.

LET'S GO.

JIM-BOB, WHAT'S WRONG?

I'M LOST.

WE DIDN'T COME THIS WAY BEFORE.

IT'S TOO DARK TO SEE ANYTHING.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

IT'S A WOLF!

THERE AREN'T ANY WOLVES, SILLY.

NOW STOP IT.

COME ON, LET'S GO
BACK TO THE CAVE.

MAMA'S GOIN' TO BE
WORRIED TO DEATH.

LET'S GO.

RECKLESS!

OH, RECKLESS.

OH!

OH!

COME ON OUT HERE.

YOU ALL RIGHT? UH?

YEAH.

OH, WHERE'S THE CALF?

MR. ANDERSON WAS
GOIN' TO KILL HIM, DADDY.

I KNOW. MR. ANDERSON
WAS AT THE HOUSE.

WHERE IS HE?

IN THE CAVE.

JOHN-BOY, WHY
DON'T YOU GO GET HIM.

WE'LL START ON HOME.

ALL RIGHTY.

ARE WE GOING TO GET A SPANKING?

RUN OFF LIKE THAT.

YOU'VE GOTTEN THE
WHOLE FAMILY WORRIED.

CAUSIN' ALL THIS TROUBLE.

BESIDES, THAT CALF
DIDN'T BELONG TO YOU.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HE WAS GOIN' TO DIE, DADDY.

COME ON, LET'S GO HOME.

RECKLESS, COME ON.

RECKON YOU GOT A
SOUP BONE COMIN'.

COME ON.

COME ON.

HAD A BATH AND SOME FOOD.

POOR THINGS, THEY'RE EXHAUSTED.

AND AFRAID.

THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS
GOING TO GIVE THEM A SPANKING.

THEY'RE STILL WORRYIN'.

JOHN, WHAT THEY DID,

TO THEM IT WAS THE RIGHT THING.

THE ONLY THING.

NOW, DON'T START
MOTHER-HENNING THEM.

THEY DID WRONG AND THEY
GOT TO BE TAUGHT TO REALIZE IT.

YOU KNOW, LIV, WHAT I
SAY TO THEM TONIGHT

IS GONNA HAVE A LOT TO DO

WITH THE WAY THEY LIVE
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

WHAT'S WRONG, WHAT'S RIGHT.

I KNOW WHY THEY DID IT.

THERE'S NOT GOIN'
TO BE ANY SPANKING.

NOT TONIGHT.

JIM-BOB! ELIZABETH!

YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW

YOU AND YOUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS

FEEL ABOUT THAT CALF.

BUT WHEN YOU TOOK HIM
AND RAN OFF THE WAY YOU DID,

YOU DID 2 THINGS WRONG.

FIRST, YOU TOOK SOMETHIN'
THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO YOU.

AND SECOND,

YOU WORRIED YOUR
MA AND THE REST OF US.

NOW, I KNOW ALL YOU
COULD THINK ABOUT

WAS WHAT WAS GOIN'
TO HAPPEN TO THAT CALF,

BUT YOU SHOULD'VE THOUGHT
ABOUT THE REST OF US.

HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU.

HOW MUCH WE WORRY ABOUT YOU.

WHAT ELSE COULD WE DO?

YOU COULD'VE COME TO ME.

WE COULD'VE TALKED.

MAYBE WE COULD'VE WORKED
SOMETHIN' OUT TOGETHER.

NEXT TIME THERE'S A
PROBLEM, LET'S TALK.

WE'RE SORRY, DADDY.

WE DIDN'T MEAN TO WORRY YOU.

WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

WAY PAST BEDTIME.

THERE YOU GO, SWEETIE.

DADDY, IS THE CALF
STILL GOIN' TO DIE?

NO, HONEY.

THE CALF'S NOT GOIN' TO DIE.

THAT'S STILL THE
ANDERSON'S CALF.

I JUST WANTED THEM TO
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

THEY'LL SLEEP.

BUT YOU WON'T.

NOW, WHO'RE YOU
FOOLIN', LIVIE WALTON?

I'LL HAVE COMPANY.

HUH.

YOU KNOW, JIM-BOB WAS
TELLIN' THE YOUNG'UNS

THAT CALF IS GOIN' TO LIVE
A LONG, FAT, AND SASSY LIFE.

YOU THINK ANDERSON'S
GONNA GO ALONG WITH THAT?

WELL, I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THAT ALL NIGHT.

YOU COME UP WITH ANY ANSWERS?

I WAS JUST STARTIN' OVER TO
YOUR PLACE, MR. ANDERSON.

I SEE JIM-BOB AND
ELIZABETH MADE IT ALL RIGHT.

SHERIFF, I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GOING TO TALK TO THOSE KIDS.

MY SON HAS ALREADY
TALKED TO THEM.

OH.

WELL, I'LL TAKE THE
CALF AND BE ON MY WAY.

MR. ANDERSON, JUST A MINUTE.

YOU SEE, TO YOU THIS CALF
IS JUST MEAT ON THE TABLE,

BUT TO MY CHILDREN,

HE'S BECOME A PLAYMATE,
A PART OF THE FAMILY.

TAKE THE $9.

I ALREADY TOLD YOUR
SON I WANTED $12.

BUT I GOT A PROPOSITION FOR YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE,
SHERIFF. YOU CAN BE WITNESS.

I'VE ALWAYS TAUGHT MY CHILDREN

THEY HAVE TO EARN
WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY WANT THIS CALF, AND
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO EARN IT.

NOW, I'M WILLIN',
IF YOU'RE WILLIN'.

WHY SHOULD I?

WELL, NOW.

GO AHEAD, JOHN.

THERE'S A LOT OF REPAIRS TO BE
DONE OVER YOUR PLACE, MR. ANDERSON

CHORES. ERRANDS.

MY BOYS WILL WORK FOR YOU.

MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE $9 AND $12,

TILL IT'S PAID OFF.

HOW DO I KNOW I
CAN COUNT ON THAT?

MY BOY IS GIVIN' YOU HIS WORD.

I'D LAY MONEY ON IT.

LOOK HERE, ANDERSON,
YOU'VE BEEN GRIPIN'

HOW MUCH HELP HAS
BEEN COSTING YOU.

THIS WAY, YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE TO PUT OUT A PENNY.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU SAY?

HAVE THEM OVER AT
MY PLACE AFTER SCHOOL.

20 CENTS A DAY.

FINE.

MEANTIME, I'LL
JUST KEEP THE CALF

TILL HE'S PAID FOR IN FULL.

GOOD, YOU MIGHT AS
WELL FEED HIM AS US.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL
HOLD ON TO HIM.

WELL, THAT'S REAL
GENEROUS OF YOU, ANDERSON.

ISN'T IT, JOHN?

SURE IS.

WHEN ARE THEY
GOING TO GET STARTED?

TOMORROW, MR. ANDERSON.

RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL.

MUCH OBLIGED, SHERIFF.

DON'T MENTION IT.

JOHN-BOY, LET CHANCE
OUT OF THE BARN.

YES, SIR, DADDY.

WELL, UH-HUH.

COME ON, TIGER.

IT WAS A FINE THING
TO KNOW SUCH PEOPLE,

AND TO BE ONE OF THEM.

AND TO SHARE IN
THEIR ABUNDANT LOVE.

IT WAS A POOR TIME,

BUT IN IT WE WERE
RICHER THAN WE KNEW.

40 YEARS HAVE PASSED,

BUT THE VOICES FROM THAT
HOUSE ARE AS FRESH AS YESTERDAY.

MAMA?

YES, ELIZABETH?

YOU ASLEEP?

ALMOST.

RECKON CHANCE IS ASLEEP?

HMM, WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, ELIZABETH.