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starring tommy rettig as jeff miller

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jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

can i have some more soup mom geez good

may i have some more certainly do you

help yourself

gramps doesn't seem to think it's very

good

not hungry

boy grams you sure can't suck a ball

you're showing porky and me how to bat

this morning you don't feel well there's

nothing wrong with me you got that pain

in your chest again i tell you i'm all

right i know that's what you tell me you

look kind of sick you should have to hit

the ball this morning you sure you're

okay

mm-hmm

so you've had that pain since this

morning nothing of the sort

how many times have i asked you to

remember that you are not 10 years old

playing baseball well playing baseball

just swung the bat a couple of times

what's wrong with that the way you feel

should tell you a man of your age just

can't and and shouldn't try to do the

things that a youngster does oh you're

making a forest out of a

out of a sapling

all right you feel fine but please now

do me a favor and go to bed right now

just try to pretend that you're tired

and need some rest all right all right

i'll go to bed just so you stop nagging

me about being sick

well i never had a sick day in my life

well i mean

almost never

that's

better i'll bring you some more milk

mom do you think gramps is really sick

yeah dear

do you remember asking me to buy you

some new fishing line

well

the old line was all right but it'd been

used a long time and just might not have

stood up under extra strains

well

gramps has used his body muscles a long

time and and they're still all right too

but

oh unless he you know puts too much

strain on them and then they

they kind of protest

do you understand

i guess so now we both know that grabs

has a young spirit and an old body and

it's it's up to us to see to it that he

doesn't forget and kick up his heels too

much

oh i know what you mean mom good

now do you think you could force

yourself to eat some cherry pie one

piece of the whole pie

one piece mister

after you finish your soup and your

salad

i'll go warm grass milk for him

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you still in bed

where does it look like i am

oh come don't you feel good or something

look at a man sleep a little late in the

morning without everybody thinking he's

sick

i never knew you to stay in bed this

late well is it always got to be your

first time

mom's got breakfast already me and

lassie have been looking all over for

you well you tell her i'll be right down

just get my clothes out look gramps if

you don't feel too good or something mom

bring your breakfast in bed like she

does with me when i'm sick

you think i'm an invalid or i ain't even

sick

just felt a little tired this morning

that's all what's wrong with that

nothing i just thought well don't fart

breakfast in bed go on now i'll be right

down

cramps is in bed

in bed he's dressed and he'll be right

there

well is he all right he says he is

why should they be especially tired this

morning you went to bed early last night

hello uh jenny ellen miller get me dr

stewart please

oh nothing serious dear dad's a little

out of the weather he says he isn't sick

i know

he's not gonna like this he hates having

the doctor well let him hate it all he

wants oh uh hello dr stewart ellen

miller no i'm fine but uh i would like

you to stop by and see dad

well

he won't admit anything's wrong but i

know his chest is bothering him again

all right thanks well we'll see you in a

little while goodbye

you gonna tell gramps the doctor's

coming

i don't know i

haven't planned my strategy yet

but i shouldn't say anything and pretend

nothing's happened huh nothing

morning

good morning how do you feel fine same

as i always feel

breakfast ready two minutes

well

i'll go collect the eggs oh jack can do

that go on jeff sure you come on and sit

down i'll bring you a cup of coffee

listen you call me i'll be in the vibe

wait isn't that silly by the time you

get there i'll be ready well all you got

to do is sing out won't take me a while

to get back from the behind dad uh the

new grange magazine arrived i'll read it

tonight you know that letter that you

wrote to the editor yeah it was printed

well you know i kind of figured it would

be about time that magazine printed

something with some sense in it

uh where is it in the parlor

well i'll uh i'll read it tonight after

supper when i have more time to

concentrate and right now i got to get

their apple case out

there was also a letter by a man from

greenville said you're an old fuddy

duddy who doesn't appreciate modern

farming what do you mean i don't

appreciate modern farming fuddy duddy

well i've been rotating crops and

farming scientifically for 40 years well

don't bark at me i i'm just telling you

what the letter said it's in the pile

must be that same pipsqueak that wrote

the article college farmer huh

plants a crop of geraniums in a clay pot

and calls himself an expert why he

wouldn't know a real farm even if he saw

one

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ah

feel better

nothing like a good breakfast to set a

man up more toast

no i gotta get busy with that maple

crates oh did you have to do it sure

jeff can't reach him of course i can why

don't you finish that letter to the

grange magazine time enough for that

tonight i'd like another cup of coffee

give me company you know how i hate to

eat alone look you've had three cups

already let jeff sit with you i can't i

promise porky i'd meet him bye

well what's good into him

some manners

children have too much energy

you and i should relax after our meals

yeah will you relax i got things to do

dad

i've called dr stewart and he should be

here any minute

oh goodness who's sick

well i i hope no one

but i want him to examine you

now look here ellen you had no call to

do that i oughta know whether i need a

doctor or not

humor me

i'll just feel easier if the doctor says

you're all right this is all nazis now

when he comes you tell him to turn

around go right straight back

he's here you tell him i see here alan

there's no reason for me to have an

examination and i won't do it

hi ellen george good morning what did i

hear when i was coming here george you

don't want to be examined

that's what you heard

where you made your boy now let's go in

the other room and you take off your

shirt huh nothing and don't try to treat

me like a baby either why not you're

acting like one in fact you're acting

worse i can usually get a youngster to

behave by giving them a lollipop you

want a lollipop now look here water i

tell you you tell me nothing i tell you

i'm going to examine you whether you

squawk or not and i haven't got time to

listen to you sounding off come on now

let's go

you go on paddle your pills are someone

who needs them

let's go

i won't cooperate

i quietly

what'd you say you called that gadget

electrocardiogram

what's it supposed to do diagnostic aid

how does it work

ordinarily the impulse which stimulates

the oracles and ventricles originates in

the cyanoauricular node it then spreads

over each article to reach the auricular

ventricle node

i won't go into too much detail but on

reaching the network of perkinj

the impulse is conducted rapidly to the

endocardial surface of each ventricle

once it spreads to the epicardial

surfaces see

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come on now

snap out of it and the first place we

aren't sure is serious

and in the second place even if it is a

heart condition no reason to hang crepe

with a proper care and a slowdown in

activities you get along fine for years

somehow i forget that he's old and

you know liable to be ill yeah so does

he

just keep him off his feet now that's

important i'll try

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and don't worry

thanks doctor i'll be by tomorrow

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what are you doing up now look here

ellen look here nothing

you get back to bed right now well i'm

hungry i'll bring you something to eat

in bed eaten in beds

going to bed you foreign said i could

stay on the palace offer

i saw the doctor drive away how's gramps

we don't know yet jeff

maybe nothing or

or it may be serious gosh

the main thing is to keep grabs off his

feet and that's got me worried he sure

hates to stay in bed but you can't blame

them it's not much fun

be a lot less fun

seriously ill

you know jeff we've got to do gramps

chores sure

if we're busy we can't keep an eye on

him and every time we turn our backs

he's going to pop out of bed can't you

get him to promise not to on his honor

grams

no

i just have to run in every few minutes

come on lassie i'm gonna teach you a new

trick

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lassie

listen to me i'm going to teach you a

new trick

now watch i'm lying down

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now when i sit up i want you to speak

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spin classy

that's a good girl now we'll do it again

i'm lying down

ready

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speak

that's good

all right now we'll do it again line

down again

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ready

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good

hi graham

how you feeling too good to be on my

back

could you uh sit up if you wanted

wasn't for that blasted doctor i could

do anything

you mean you could sit up now just like

you weren't sick i tell you i ain't sick

i don't know

i'm gonna leave her here to keep you

company so you won't get lonesome

stay lassie

see you later grams hey what's going on

here

here

get her out of here get around now i

don't her near me here go on get out

beat it

i don't want you here

so that's it

you double cross and four legged stool

pigeon you

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go to jeff leslie that's a good girl go

to jeff that's a nice girl

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what a day

gosh i'm tired

how much longer am i gonna lay around

here doing nothing

as long as the doctor says it's

necessary you get them apple crates down

tomorrow

well i got two hired men coming to pick

apples tomorrow and where are they going

to put them answer me that

by the time the crates are needed jeff

and i'll have them ready oh i'm tired

mom i'm going to bed

a lovely idea

me too

you're a terrific helper today matter of

fact you did more than i did

i guess i might as well go to bed

that's the one thing laying here

now look

i'm going to bed you're here and you

ain't going to stop me either

it's all right lassie

come on

goodnight everybody good night

sweetheart

i got to get some water then i'll go to

bed i'll get it for you no no i get

himself wait a minute now it's all right

all right

don't forget to turn off the lights

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so

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so

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so

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what's the matter

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i don't see anything

smoke

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uh

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we can't move him call dr stewart i'll

stay here

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house gramps the doctor isn't finished

yet he'll be all right mom he's gotta be

i hope so dear

well doctor

you got a pretty rugged grandfather jeff

is he all right fine

i didn't get a chance to tell you when i

came in but the electrocardiogram i took

yesterday was normal nothing wrong with

his heart

he must have strained one of the

intercostal muscles on the left side of

his chest when he tried to show jeff out

about a baseball tonight reaching for

the apple crates he really gave it a

wrench pain evidently frightened him and

he just passed out he'll have to stay in

bed though well those muscles won't heal

no couch in the parlor bed flat on his

back

did you tell him that i did

what did he say what do you think he

said

i can imagine

good night ellen no jeff good night

doctor good night doctor

thanks a lot

i'm so glad grams is gonna be all right

oh so am i dear get out of here get up

what's going on up there grass is

setting up

it i tell lathey to bark every time

graham sits up because gramps isn't

supposed to sit up

i won't have it get her out of here i

won't be spied on him

will you promise not to sit up

no i won't

oh yes i will i'll do anything to get

rid of that infernal noise

good girl lassie now kiss gramps

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