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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 latin

here it is which isn't witchcraft need

it

witches are said to be women who have

made a pact with the devil

in return they are given the power to

cast spells on people animals and things

mostly people huh they mostly cast

spells on people who said that woody

witches are also said to possess an evil

eye yeah in the back of their heads

what

they can see on the back of their heads

no you're

can

in early days people often cut their

fingernails and hid the pairings to

avoid being bewitched

although the belief in witches still

persists among some backward people in

civilized countries the superstition has

almost disappeared

see just what i told you there are no

more witches they've all disappeared it

didn't say that did too you want me to

read it again anyway who cares what it

says in a book i know what i saw with my

own two eyes

what'd you say

i saw

what's the matter look there she is who

the witch woman

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hello sarah good morning ellen

i brought you some new dried histoplease

for george's rheumatism

and uh here's the mingeli arctic oh

thank you

my dad piccolo lily was delicious wish i

had your recipe got my own special way

ain't nobody on earth could imitate it

there's a few things you gotta know

ain't in the

i book you're right

how much do i owe yes 60 cents even

boy if she don't look like the picture

of the witch in the book i'm a monkey's

uncle

there you are you'll be wanting anything

later on in the week

um well stop by if you're in the

neighborhood i might need some canning

spices all right

it's uh getting on toward the full of

the moon about time to look for black

mushrooms did you hear that

yeah

lassie about

well she should be pork and jeff around

here a few minutes ago

here lassie lassie

lassie lassie

oh here she is

some dogs got more sense and more

feelings than humans

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what you doing with lassie put an evil

eye on her maybe

would you do it in daylight

sure

i'll be seeing you ellen tell george not

to plant any cages till the frogs croak

i will

get on satan

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lassie

lassie come here

lassie

how can you tell she gave her the evil

eye i thought you didn't believe she was

a witch never mind that how can you tell

i don't know

you're a big

help oh jeff dear would you do something

for me sarah dibbles gave me 20 cents

too much change would you and porky ride

down to her place and return it to her

not me i gotta go home what are you

chicken no i have things to do baloney

you're afraid afraid of what he says

she's a witch who's a witch sarah

dibbles

sylvester brockway i didn't say it woody

douglas said it and sorted it's biting

bird pulley you said it too you even

said you put the evil eye on lassie i

did not i said maybe now let go of my

shirt

let go jeff

i'm really surprised at both of you

sarah dibbles is no more a witch than i

am

and anyway witches and goblins and

ghosts are just figments of people's

imagination

they don't really exist

yes i know that's what it is in the

encyclopedia but he won't believe it

well i'm i'm sure he believes it now now

here's the 20 cents

when you get back i'll have some cookies

and milk for you oh and porky you're

going to stay for supper i talk to your

mother

well you're coming

why do i always have to do everything

you do nobody said you have to

have you ever been in her house

well

no

have you

no but woody has and he told me it's

full of snakes and toads and black cats

what's nothing i've got snakes and toads

and cats too yeah but they're not black

and they didn't used to be people

who said her cats used to be people i'm

telling you well you're crazy all right

you wait and see you coming

yeah i'm coming

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sure is creepy looking

it's

just old that's all

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come on

come on where

we gotta give her the 20 cents

why don't we have to give it to her why

can't you do it alone

you check me out again

but you're chicken oh yeah

i'll bet you wouldn't peek through one

of her windows

i would so if they weren't boarded up

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there's one on the side that isn't

boarded

well

all right i'll peek if you do

if she catches us she'll put a spell on

us

i'm not afraid

go on

you're first i've gotta hold the gate

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how do you get around to the window

you walk

come on

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go ahead

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bubble spices cook and sweetness double

cruise

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snakes when i tell you

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mr smith

did you hear her she called that cat mr

smith we better beat it yeah no wait a

minute porky

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don't move don't move an itch

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what's the meaning of this what are you

boys snooping around for

hush up

here

what's that

you

you gave mom too much change

decent folks come to the door when they

got a reason

ah

lassie you come out of there

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don't you go nosing up my young plants

you won't hurt her none

she'll get bewitched

so that's it eh you think i'm a witch do

ya

well maybe i am

i've got a good notion to cast a spell

on you both of you

how would you like me to cast a spell on

you

no ma'am well then you better not come

snooping around anymore the next time i

won't wait me not a second i'll turn you

both into cats

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wow

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these scissors are too big and my nails

are too short that's what you get from

biting them i've told you a million

times

what you're gonna do me now

cut them off your toes said fingernails

in the book

yeah what am i gonna do

don't worry i've got enough hair for

both of us

come on let's go bury him bring a shovel

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jeff

are you sure it's all right for me to

use your fingernails

sure all fingernails look alike who can

tell the difference

come on dig a hole where here

you didn't believe in this kind of stuff

i'm just doing it in case in case what

come on dick

you're a guy who doesn't believe in it

you sure are nervous

oh that's deep enough

now help me cover him up

aren't you supposed to say something

what

i don't know what it's in the book

nothing just said to hide them didn't

say where

no

i got a feeling we gotta say something

you're always just supposed to say

something to keep a spell off like when

a hot dog gives you words you gotta say

hop toad hop toad hear me pray take back

your words and hop away

doc weaver said that hot toads don't

give you warts anyway it's hiding the

fingernails that keeps the spell off

we sure hope so

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so

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what's the matter boys don't you like

the lamb

oh sure it's good

well then why aren't you eating it

i guess i'm not hungry

me neither

i never thought i'd live to see the day

mark that up in the calendar

oh i know what's missing

the mint jelly

got all about it sarah dibbles brought

some over this afternoon

spraying lambs good but

mint jelly makes it better

nice fresh mint no thanks

okay uh i don't like it

go ahead

what has got into you boys

you can eat that grams

eat what

the mint jelly oh sure why not

well

it's not good for you huh

it's fattening

batman

sure

isn't it porky

huh

oh yeah yeah sure

oh well a few extra pounds ain't gonna

hurt me none no wait

don't eat it

it's got a curse on it

what in town isn't you kids talking

about

jeff i thought i told you i didn't want

any more of that nonsense

what is this all about

they both evidently persuaded themselves

that sarah dibbles is a witch

where'd you get that idea

she has a cat named mr smith

well what's wrong with that we got a cow

named daisy and a dog named lassie

and she even cooks things with snakes in

it

snakes now jeff

now you listen to me both of you i want

this to stop right now

sarah dibbles is not a witch

there are no witches how do you know

because when all of the evidence points

a certain way sensible people accept

that evidence

the belief in witches is just a silly

superstition

what's a superstition

a belief in something that can't be

supported by fact

like what oh like the idea that a black

cat or

broken mirror or walking under a ladder

can bring bad luck

or the notion that witches exist

and can cast a spell

well if something isn't true why do

people make it up

well it's a primitive way of thinking

it's it's easier than facing facts

i still don't want any mint jelly

me neither

um i got chores to do

i hope the goblins don't get me

ain't you hungry either

something wrong with leslie

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what's the matter girl

huh

she's sick anything happened to her

today

better call frank weaver

i wonder what could have happened she

was all right this morning

she licked a spoon at sarah dibbles oh

jeff

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you thinking what i'm thinking it's got

a spell on her

oh hello jenny ellen

fine dear ring frank weaver for me would

you please

doc weaver can't do no good

i know it miss dibbles put the spell on

and she's gotta take it off

come on we gotta go see her now

at night do you want lassie to die

marshmallow well then we gotta go

okay

okay

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no light showing yes she's out

her bug is still here

wait a minute

connor first before so she won't think

we're snooping

miss devils

miss dibbles

maybe she went for a walk yeah

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hey jeff where are you going

jeff let's go

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are you here

you betcha i'm here i told you not to

come snooping around here again now i'm

gonna fix both of you good what are you

gonna do to us and what i said i was

gonna do turn the ends of cats and then

you'll be meowing in a herd around here

just like all the rest of them that's

what comes from snooping but we weren't

snooping we just came to get help i'll

help you all right i'll help you learn

the lesson

magic

powder do your worst make these boys

forever cursed

please miss devils it's lassie she's

sick

lassie

she's got a spell on her list

put the spell on me and take it off

lassie

you can even turn me into a cat

well how sick is she she won't eat and

she can't walk

where she at home

come on

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don't know what to say george

when she's acting she's got some pain

but i don't know where it's coming from

i can't find the boys anywhere they'd

like jeff to take off at a time like

this

how's lassie

pretty sick ellen

yeah where have you been we went to get

ms nibbles

out of my way

what's wrong with her doc can't tell sir

oh it's something you got annoying in

the book oh

feeling poorly ain't you girl well now

don't you worry none we'll get you fixed

up in two shakes

touch me a spoon boy

now hold her mouth open

give her a spoon for every two hours and

as soon as she'll eat feed her some

whites of eggs beat up easy

cascarabark lucas eating pine tar it'll

fix her up good

she was nosing around my herb garden

like he picked up some bug poison

she looks better already

she'll be cheaper as a chipmunk my

morning well i got to be going the

moon's full time for setting our ginger

root oh miss nibbles yeah

i'm sorry we thought you were a witch oh

you want to keep thinking of a wish

that's all right all kids got to play

act but don't you come snooping around

looking in windows you come marching up

to the door or by the great horn toad

i'll turn your boots into cats

well that's that that stuff she gave her

was it all right fine couldn't have done

better myself

you follow old sarah's instructions yet

night everybody not doctor

thank you so much

boy

well i better sweep up in here jeff

broom's out by the barn okay mom

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room's not out here mom

yes it is dear i put it there myself

do you see it porky no

look

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you