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[Quacking]

[Chirping]

[Whistles]

[Quacking]

[Rustling]

[Arf arf arf]

[Arf arf arf]

[Man whistles]

[Man whistles]

[Caw caw caw]

Oh, hold your tongue, you silly old bird.

[Arf arf arf]

[Raven chattering]

[Caw]

[Arf arf]

[Whimpering]

[Whimpering]

[Puppies barking]

Well, no wonder you ran away.

[Chuckles]

Wanted to have your babies

all by yourself, didn't you, huh?

Mary. Aren't you ashamed?

Look at you.

Aren't I good enough anymore

to help you have those puppies?

Making me and mr. Whitney

hunt all over half the state of creation for you.

You've been away long enough, you have.

Yes, sir.

Don't you know you got shows to go to...

And win?

Come here, you little dickens, you.

Come over here. Come on, little fella.

You're going, too.

My goodness.

There.

You're supposed to be a lady,

a champion like you.

Come on, you little dickens, you.

Come on, you little dickens. Here, you're going, too.

[Whimpers]

[Puppy growling and barking]

[Squirrel chattering]

You want to stay up here, 10 miles from nowhere,

and turn into an outlaw?

Come on. In you get.

Come on, mary. In you get.

Come on, mary. Come on.

Goodness, you'd think you wanted to stay up here.

[Ribbit ribbit]

[Whimpering]

[Whimpering]

What's the matter with you?

You act like you don't want to leave this place.

What's the matter with her?

Something's wrong somewhere.

[Whimpering]

[Whimpering]

[Yip yip]

[Whimper]

[Cougar yowls]

[Hissing]

[Pfft]

[Whimpering]

[Growling]

[Rustling]

[Growl]

[Screeching]

[Raven chirps]

[Chirp]

[Screech]

[Bellowing]

[Bear bellows]

[Raven chirping]

[Splash]

[Grrr]

[Woof woof]

[Whimpering]

[Puppy whimpering]

[Hooting]

[Coyote howls]

[Awoo]

Hey!

Oh...how'd you get up here?

You mustn't steal things!

Oh, don't run away. I won't hurt you.

[Chirp]

[Twig snaps]

[Chirp]

We got something, all right.

A chuck, maybe.

Maybe. It ain't no dove, though.

Why, heck. It's a pup.

Yeah.

Too bad.

You think he'll die?

Yeah.

I think so.

There's no use letting him suffer.

[Gunshot]

Hey! What do you think you're doing?

Kathie, get up out of there.

You shot him!

How did we know he was in there?

You think we did it on purpose?

You know this range is closed for hunting.

Come on, go home, now.

You won't like this,

so you better get out of here.

You can't do that! You mustn't!

Why, he's breathing.

He might have a chance to get well.

You can't shoot him. I won't let you!

Do you want to pack him all the way home?

He'll die before you get him across the lake.

Maybe he won't.

I'd do anything to make him well.

He's such a wonderful dog.

There's never been another one like him.

He plays with wild animals...

And a raven tells him when people are--

but you wouldn't understand.

But this is all my fault because he was running away--

I was chasing him, and--

you have to let me take him!

Gosh. If you think that much of him,

go ahead and take him.

Sure. Go ahead.

Mr. Macbain!

Mr. Macbain, I found a dog.

He's hurt.

Been shot.

Yes, so he has, child.

Well, a mighty pretty little pup he is, too.

Full of bird shot.

Poor little fella.

Is he hurt awful bad?

I'm afraid he is. Awful bad.

Well, that's about all I can do for now.

Keep him warm, and...

If I'm here tonight,

I'll have another look at him.

Will he live, mr. Macbain?

Well, that's... Pretty hard to say just now.

But I think he has a fair chance.

You'll know if he gets up on his feet

and starts acting spunky and barking,

why, then, maybe.

He will, then. Oh, I know he will.

Thank you, mr. Macbain.

Oh...

Gosh. I wish dishes would do themselves.

I still don't see why

we just don't eat off paper plates,

then throw them away like mr. Macbain does.

Pete, you'll turn us all into hoboes yet.

Did kathie eat the soup you took up?

I don't think she's going to eat anything, mom.

She's worrying so over that puppy.

[Mom] Kathie!

Mother, I don't want any supper. Honest.

You can't go to bed

without something warm in your stomach.

Now, that's all, dear.

[Whimper]

[Whimper]

[Woof woof]

Oh!

Oh, he said you'd be all right

if you got up and barked-- and you did!

You did!

Oh, baby!

Oh...

[Whimper]

Oh...

Mother!

He's all right! He's all right!

He really is!

He's even almost able to walk!

Oh, I'm glad, baby.

It was so awful to think it was all my fault.

Now, come on. Sit down and drink this, now.

Mother, that's the strangest,

most wonderful dog.

I don't think he's ever been around human beings before,

the way he ran from me.

But animals don't run away from him.

He plays with a fawn, and a raven

gives him warning if anybody comes.

A raven and a dog?

Certainly.

Katherine merrick!

He did so!

He and the raven know each other

because they drank together.

They drank stump water.

It's so. I saw it!

You've been lying out on that raft

reading too many storybooks again.

Oh, no, mother--

kathie! Not dogs and ravens

having tea together on stumps.

Now, really. Soup's getting cold.

Yes, mother, but he is a beautiful dog, isn't he?

He has nice lines, all right, yes.

Well, then, there is one thing, mother.

I've been asking you for a long, long time

to give me a sheepdog of my own and a flock,

and I've been thinking about it...

And I've decided that he's the dog I want.

So would you train him for me?

No, dear.

Oh, he is a pretty pup,

but he's a show dog, not a work dog.

He's just a pet.

Then you don't think he'd make a good sheepdog?

No, dear, I don't.

Come on, billy!

Hello, mr. Macbain.

Well, good morning, katherine.

And how's the pup?

Bill's fine, thank you.

It's bill, is it?

That's what I'm calling him

till I think of a name for him.

Isn't that a name?

Oh, no. That's just what I call him.

But he has to have a name.

Like mommy calls me chubbin,

but my name's really katherine eleanor merrick.

Well, whatever his name is,

his health is obviously good.

Why have you got that on the roof?

Oh, that--that's my water tank

for the shower inside the house.

You see, it's open,

and the sun shines on it all day long.

Nellie!

Bring 'em in, nellie!

[Woof woof]

[Woof]

Mr. Macbain, bill could be a sheepdog

and could help me mind sheep...Couldn't he?

Why, sure, but you're--

you're a little young yet.

And bill is, too.

Oh.

But that isn't to say

that you couldn't help before long.

Could I truly?

Certainly. My own son gary--

he was a great help to me

when he wasn't much bigger than you are.

I, uh...I just had a letter from him.

He's-- he's in the army.

He's over in the philippines.

I'm going in to church tomorrow.

Mrs. Davidson's going to ride me in.

Oh, but I can't take bill.

Well, that's all right, child.

You see, a man goes to a church

to talk to a god he can't see.

But a dog--

he can see his god that he loves...

And talk to him and obey his commands all day long.

You're bill's god...

And all he wants is to love you

and have you tell him what you want him to do.

You mean... I'm really...

What you said...

To him?

Yes.

It's a very odd feeling...

To be someone's god.

You know...

I think that billy is a sheepdog.

But come on. We'll find out from nellie.

Nellie knows.

Know better than you?

Of course.

It's the old dog teaches the pup.

And if your dog's no good for working sheep,

nellie won't have a thing to do with him.

Come on, nellie!

[Woof woof]

He's all right then, isn't he?

Well, nellie says so.

Well, then, will you train bill for me?

Well, of course, child,

with the greatest of pleasure.

[Nellie barking]

[Bill barking]

Will it take long to get bill taught, mr. Macbain?

Well, good things always take long.

[Woof woof]

[Baa]

[Baa]

[Baa]

Come on, bill.

[Pete] Hey, mom!

Hey, mom.

Come on. They're lambing already.

I'll be right out.

Has alice got the other flock in?

Yeah, they're coming now,

but there's some strays already.

I saw them going up the mountain.

Oh, pete, no.

Yes. Ahead of the storm-- about 10 of them.

That'll be a bad loss,

but we can't go up there tonight.

Do you suppose maybe in the morning?

No, they'll freeze.

What's strayed tonight is lost.

We'll have our hands full

here in the corral. Come on. Let's go.

Bill! Bill!

[Baa] [Baa]

Gosh, they're beautiful.

Cold and hungry, too. Come on and help.

There's another one, mom.

Oh, uh, pete, get that one over there.

Ok, mom.

Come on, junior, let's get some dinner.

[Woof woof woof]

[Baa]

[Woof woof]

[Woof woof]

Breakfast is sure going to taste good this morning.

Alice, go get kathie up.

She can give us a hand.

Ok, mother.

We've got a long day ahead of us,

so this will have to be a quick breakfast.

How do you think the little fellows

are going to get along?

Oh, got my fingers crossed.

We've done pretty good so far.

All except for the strays, doggone it.

Oh, well, that's money we'll never spend.

Now...never mind, pete.

Nobody could've helped it.

Mother, kathie isn't in her room.

She's gone, and so's bill.

Gone? Where could she have gone?

You don't suppose

she went after the strays, do you?

She has been trying to prove she and bill

could handle sheep.

I'll bet she did.

Get your coats on.

We're going out to look right now.

If I can get through to jed's place,

he can search on the south side.

[Woof woof]

Wait a minute, mother.

[Woof woof]

Listen.

It's bill!

[Baa] [Baa]

Kathie, baby.

See, mom, I told you she'd be ok.

He did say that, mom.

Oh!

Oh, kathie, baby. Are you all right?

You're not hurt?

No.

Chubbin, you certainly

had us worried.

I'd better feed these lambs.

You go help him, alice.

All right.

Bill can help, too.

Go, bill. Go.

Come on, bill.

[Woof woof woof]

You're not angry with me for going, are you?

No, darling.

Mother, bill found the strays

and showed me the way back home.

He is a good sheepdog, isn't he?

He's the most wonderful one I ever saw.

And you're going to have

a flock of your own, you and bill.

Oh, mother!

Oh...

Come on.

Bill, do you know it's sunday?

We can't go in to church, though.

We have work to do.

[Whimpers]

The lord won't mind

if we don't go to church today.

We're watching his lambs for him.

[Baa]

Bill, go bring them back.

Go, bill.

[Woof woof woof]

[Brakes screech]

Is he dead?

No, but he's busted up plenty.

Poor boy.

Sure is a beautiful dog, charlie.

I didn't even see him, casey.

Those sheep were right in front of him.

This dog's hurt bad.

We got to get him to a vet quick.

We better take him straight into wilmington

and find a vet there.

What about whoever owns him? We better look around here.

We haven't got time. He's liable to die.

That's right.

Be careful, careful.

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Bill!

Kathie!

Mr. Macbain!

Give me your hand, kathie.

There, there.

There we are.

Well, we got to get you covered up.

We'll be lucky if you don't get pneumonia

out of this.

My goodness, kathie.

You know better than to keep a sail up

with a squall blowing like this, don't you?

Yes, I do, but I was in a hurry

to get across the cove to look for bill.

He's gone, mr. Macbain.

Oh, we--you are going to come down with something

if we don't get you home in a hurry.

What do you mean, gone?

I kept calling him.

I went down to where the flock was.

He--he just disappeared.

I took the sheep home,

and I've been looking for days.

Nothing would ever make bill leave me of his own doing.

Oh, of course not.

So something must have happened to him.

Oh, no. Now don't do that.

You haven't seen anything happen.

I know, but--

well, you just hang on to that hope.

But how do you make hope happen?

Well, suppose we figure it out

the way it might have happened.

You know as well as I do

that no animal around here

could take bill away without you hearing plenty.

Isn't that so?

All right, and if anything else happened--

except one thing--

why, you'd have found him.

What one thing?

Stolen! Yes, sir, I've known it to happen,

why, particularly with a dog like bill.

But if anybody liked him that much,

he'd take good care of him, wouldn't he?

So that's nothing to be afraid about, is it?

And knowing bill,

the first chance he gets, he'll break loose

and come galloping back to you

as fast as he can, won't he?

Golly, that's the way it looks to me.

It seems that way to you, too, doesn't it?

Yeah. Ha ha!

Hiya, buddy.

Patsy.

Hello, boy.

Cheer up.

Maybe we'll find who you belong to one of these days.

Only six this time.

Some of the people who promised us dogs--

you know how it is, last minute change of heart.

There's no collie on here.

I thought I saw a beauty out there.

Oh, him.

Truck driver brought him in two months ago, bunged up.

Ok now.

Tried and tried to find an owner--advertised, even.

No luck.

He's a beauty, all right.

I'm going to keep him myself.

And us short of our quota here?

Now look, tom,

that's the swellest dog I've come on to.

Ok.

We can use him, believe me.

[Dogs barking]

Stay! Stay down!

Come on out, duke. Here's your grub.

Come on.

What's the matter, duke?

There's nothing to worry about.

Take it easy, duke. Easy, boy.

Steady. Steady, boy.

[Tattoo needle buzzing]

I'd swear I've seen him or his sire or his dam

in a show someplace.

I wouldn't doubt it, sir.

Now, that didn't hurt, did it, duke?

I don't know his civilian name,

so I just call him duke.

Well, cheer up, duke.

The world's not just a solemn place.

Oh, he's not solemn, sir.

It's just that he has something on his mind.

He's tried to tell me about it,

haven't you, duke?

What is it, boy? Huh? Tell me.

[Grr]

Come on, duke.

Thank you, sir.

Right.

This morning,

we will continue with the basic exercises,

consisting of "heel," "sit," "down," and "stay."

Detail, ten-hut!

Right face!

Now give your dogs a "sit."

Move!

Sit. Sit.

Now give your dogs a "down." Move!

Down.

Now give your dogs a "sit." Move!

Sit. Sit.

Send your dogs!

Report!

Attaboy!

That wasn't so hard, was it, huh? No.

Report!

Come on, duke! Come on, boy!

Attaboy.

Come on, fella.

Attaboy.

[Whimpering]

[Ship's horn blowing]

Holcomb! Herbert.

Weemes! Burke.

Dee! Brian.

Mayon! George.

Smith! Thomas.

Mcdonald! William.

Sorillo! Tony.

Tomboy! Jerry.

[Whimpering]

Hey, what's bothering you, huh?

Hey, what's the matter with you?

Come on, down.

Down, boy.

Hey, what's bothering you, huh?

Man over p.a.: Now you hear that, now you hear that.

You have been designated a combat patrol.

In a few hours, you'll land on red beach 5.

Your officers and noncoms

have been thoroughly briefed in these operations.

As you may have heard, men, this is the aleutians,

so keep your mittens on.

Combat patrol ready, sir.

Ok, sergeant. We'll be with you in a minute.

Yes, sir.

The main thing I want you to find out is

where they're dug in up there.

Let us know in a hurry.

Your identification is group 4. Good luck.

Thank you, sir.

We'll take the dog and you along this time, mac.

Yes, sir.

Come on, let's go, men.

So long, duke.

All the best to you, mac.

I'll be waiting for you at the cp.

Ok, smitty. I'll be seeing you.

Let's go, duke.

Cp to battery "c."

Correct range, correct range.

Have you heard anything from group 4 yet?

Yeah. They're ok so far.

Cp to battery "c."

[Artillery fire]

Group 4 to cp, group 4 to cp.

Encountered enemy fire.

We're going forward to take hill "h", sir.

There's a batch of jap mortars and machine guns

on the left side of us.

Set up that gun right there.

Cover our right flank.

Down, duke! Down!

Maybe we can move up to the left, sir.

Not to the left or right.

They're on all sides of us, mac.

We've got to sit right here and sweat it out.

Ok, duke. Take it easy, boy.

[Whimpering]

There goes our ammunition dump, mac.

Oh, brother.

What have we got left, sir?

About 50 rounds apiece and a few grenades.

We can't throw a party with that.

Mac, we got to throw a party

when those yellow-bellies come in here. We got to.

We'll have to send the dog.

This is your big chance. All right, fella.

Send him along, mac.

Smitty wants you, boy. All right, report!

Well, there goes the difference.

You're not kidding.

Either he gets through, or we don't.

Hey, smitty! Smitty, your dog's in.

What?

Over here.

Aw, duke, you made it!

He made it, sir.

We'll find group 4 now.

Well, let's have it.

Come on, let's have the message.

There isn't any, sir. It's been shot away.

He's wounded.

Well, that's that, I guess.

He certainly can't tell us where they are.

Maybe he can, sir.

What do you mean?

I think maybe I can get him to lead us back.

That dog? Why, he can't even stand up.

Oh, he can do a lot for me, sir.

Shall I try?

I'd sure give my right arm if he could, though.

Go ahead and try.

Yes, sir.

Come on, duke, you got to do this for me.

Please.

Duke...

Duke, report.

Report!

Come on, duke.

Come on, boy!

Report!

Come on, boy, you got to do this for your buddies.

Come on, duke.

Come on, boy.

Report!

Come on, duke.

Report!

Come on, duke. You can make it.

You can make it, boy.

Come on, duke.

Report!

Report!

Hey, mac! Look!

Hey, men! He made it!

Hooray for you, duke.

Duke, you made it.

You made it, boy.

We found them, and you did it!

[Grrr]

What's the matter, duke?

[Grrr]

What's the matter, duke?

Duke...

Come here, boy.

Don't crack up now, boy.

What's the matter? Don't you know me?

What's the matter, fella?

Here you are, fella. Try that.

Everybody eating again?

Yeah.

Yeah.

All except him.

Yeah.

Here, mike.

It's their eyes that gets me

when they look like that.

Some fellas down at sick bay

got that same look.

You know? Don't care about nothing,

they don't know nothing,

nothing matters.

Gets you, don't it?

Well, war's war.

I don't know how you could take it so calm.

You're a cold-blooded monkey, I think, smith.

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

That's right.

Not me.

It gets me.

Got some good grub for you, duke.

Come on now, duke.

You got to eat this, fella.

Come on, duke.

Try and eat this, huh?

[Grrr]

Listen, duke,

I can't go back to the hospital with you

because I got to go back and train some men,

but they're going to help you there.

Now, you don't want to be afraid.

[Grrr]

You remember me, don't you?

Huh?

[Grrr]

[Train whistle blows]

[Whistling]

Boy, he's a bad hombre.

Thinks the world's his enemy.

I thought he was going to have a good long sleep.

Your whistling-- that's what upset him.

Come on, fella. Let's get out of here.

[Grrr]

Time I paid some more attention to you

anyway, isn't it?

Better get the muzzle.

Poor guy. He must have taken plenty.

Holy smoke!

Well, he's gone.

40 miles from nowhere out here.

What are we going to do now?

Nothing. Nothing we can do.

Heaven help anything he runs into, the condition he's in.

So long, soldier.

[Grrr]

Pa! Pa!

A coyote just bit spot and hurt him,

and spot ran away.

Then the coyote stole a piece of your venison

hanging in the shed.

He took off with it.

Well, that's no coyote. It's a dog!

[Barking]

Oh, gil, what is it?

Same dog got into

curlew's and martin's places last week.

Just turned killer, I guess.

Been raiding every place around here.

Pa, down there!

[Gunshot]

There he is, pa!

[Grrr]

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

There he goes.

[Grrr]

[Growling]

Bill!

[Grrr]

Shh. Quiet. They'll hear you, bill.

Oh, bill.

[Growling]

It's all right. They've gone.

[Grrr]

Don't you remember me anymore, bill?

[Barking]

[Whimpering]

Ohh...

Oh, bill.

Oh, bill.

I knew you didn't mean it.

Oh...

Oh...

Hello, mr. Macbain.

Hello, kathie.

You and bill have a nice sail?

Oh, yes. We went for miles.

Well, that's fine.

Mr. Macbain, it's awfully nice of you

to keep bill here for me.

Not at all, child. I was glad to do it.

You better get bill on into the house now.

It's about time you were hurrying home.

Come, bill!

Hello, sheriff.

Hello, harry.

Hello, perry.

Hello, macbain.

Well, I'm happy to see you gentlemen--

that is, if this is just a social visit.

Well, not quite, harry.

We've been cruising around, looking for a vicious dog

that's been raiding the ranches lately.

A big collie, like the one

that belonged to the merrick girl, remember?

Oh, yes, yes. I remember him.

He must be around here someplace.

Got an order from judge payson to destroy him.

Well, have you looked at the chicken ranches

and places across the lake?

Yeah.

You haven't seen him around here, have you?

Mr. Macbain!

[Woof woof woof woof]

That's him!

That's the dog!

No, but that--

that dog's not vicious. I'll swear to that.

You got three days legally

to protest this order if you want to.

Oh.

I'm sorry, harry.

I'll have to take the dog in.

Oh.

Oh...

Mr. Macbain.

[Judge] Next complainant... Ernie elson.

Raise your right hand.

Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth?

Sure do.

Sit down.

Rfd 7, oak township.

Now, ernie,

I want you to look around the courtroom

and see if the animal that raided your livestock is here.

Yes, sir.

That's him, right there.

Now, ernie, a lot of animals look alike.

Now, take your time and figure it out.

Well? Is there any doubt that this is the one?

No, sir. None.

All right. That's all. Stand down.

Next complainant...

Perry crews.

Perry, you've got to take the stand.

Raise your right hand.

Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth?

I do.

Sit down.

I'm not going to bother with all the questions.

Everybody knows you're perry crews,

what your rfd is,

and how many sheep you raise.

Now, perry, you claim that this dog

is the one that raided your place?

I certainly do.

Five different times and no doubts about it.

Any particulars you want to add to the complaint?

Well, nothing much...

Except that dog's

just plain not good for anything.

He's got bad blood,

and there's only one thing you can do--

no opinions, perry.

You give the facts.

I'll draw the conclusions.

That's all. You can stand down.

Any other complainants I haven't questioned yet?

Well, let's see...

Counting them over, there seems to be--

1, 2, 3, 4...

15 people saw this dog causing trouble.

You want to question any of them?

No, sir.

All right...

I'll hear the other side of this after lunch.

Two-hour recess.

Judge payson,

I don't have to swear with the bible

to ask you something, do I?

Why, of course not, kathie.

What is it?

When you decide what to do,

can you only decide on what people saw?

That's the law, kathie.

But there's other things that count, too,

things you know are true even if nobody saw them.

Things you feel inside are true, and they are.

Now, you go right back to your ma.

I don't want you to pop another question at me,

do you hear?

I don't want to hear even another word.

You don't know how hard it is to be impartial.

But, judge--

now...

I don't want to hear even one word.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

That's a good girl.

[Bill whimpering]

[Crying]

Oh...

Oh, bill...

I--i think it'd be better if kathie didn't come back.

So you think he'll decide against us?

Well, I think it'd be much better

if you and kathie didn't come back again.

We can't deny the evidence.

Well, let's go get some lunch, huh?

Yes. I'll be along in a minute.

[Whimpering]

Bill...

I don't understand.

Why did you do those things,

huh?

Huh?

Steve--your honor,

we, uh, we've got something to say in this case,

if it's all right.

Sure, harry. Go ahead.

You'll probably say that what I tell you

has nothing to do with this dog's crimes--

that he's guilty,

but he can't speak for himself.

He can't explain why he did them

like a man could,

so somebody has to speak for him.

What I'm trying to tell you,

your honor, and my good neighbors,

is that this is no ordinary dog.

You bet not. He's a menace.

Order.

Begging your pardon, madam,

he's a soldier.

At noontime today,

I found that he had an army identification number

stamped in his ear.

Here. You can see it here for yourselves.

Yep. He's got the army number, all right.

So, I...

I called the army war dog training center,

and I got bill's record from the lieutenant there,

and here it is.

A year ago last october 11th,

he was accepted by the army,

trained at the war dog center,

and attached to a combat unit.

On september 11th, overseas,

he was cited for conspicuous bravery

in an action in which he saved

an advance platoon of men from the japs.

He was sent home september 25th

suffering from complete exhaustion.

After leaving seattle,

he escaped from the soldiers

who were bringing him

to an army rehabilitation hospital.

Well...

That's it.

Something-- some instinct--

led him to kathie,

who had brought him up from a puppy

and who he knew loved him as much as he loved her.

This--this letter that I made my notes on

is from my boy gary.

He's in an army hospital in new york,

and from what he writes,

I guess that he's going through

something like what bill here went through.

And it just occurred to me

that perhaps a lot of our boys

will be coming back

not quite ready to take up where they left off.

They'll have gone through

more than most of us could ever think of,

and they're going to need

patience and love and understanding from us.

And most of all, perhaps,

they'll need time.

You know,

they didn't become soldiers in a day,

and we can't expect them

to become civilians in a day, either.

And bill here,

he went through the fight, too,

and he's no less a soldier 'cause he can't talk.

But he found a big love and a big understanding

from a little girl,

and he's come through his bad time.

Your honor,

I know dogs,

and I can swear to you that bill here is a good citizen now.

And so I ask you,

on his record as a first-class soldier,

to give him a break.

Let me take him back to the little girl

who is his god and who loves him so much.

Your honor, good neighbors,

he's earned it.

Well, harry...

You'd better...

Take bill home.

Oh.

Case dismissed.

[Sheriff] Thank you, harry.

You saved me a mighty unpleasant duty.

I'm glad, harry.

Fine. Thank you.

Come on, bill. Come on, bill.

[Woof woof]

Yes. Oh, bill...

Well, bill...

Go! Go find kathie!

Go on. Find kathie.

[Sobbing]

[Whimpering]

Oh, bill!