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my feet

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starring tommy reddig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

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yeah

and i'll hold him up he stays quiet

he's sure pretty isn't it

not pretty in the

females lord was better diversion he

wasn't humans

gave the males all the good looks

look at you and me

where you gonna keep them in the bandy

coat well i'll have them gentle because

that'd take a week or more to mend that

wing

take it easy fella

take it easy

here you go

now you heard what gramps said you gotta

stay quiet now till that wing sets

how the ornithologists getting along

the what

you're all showing off that's a four bit

word for anybody that's got nothing

better to do than mess around with birds

which reminds me i got a fence cement

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no lassie leave him alone he's got to

stay quiet

what are you going to do with him when

his wing heals let him go i guess

graham says he's probably too old to

tame

but i could clip his wings

would you want to flip his wings well it

doesn't hurt him he just wouldn't be

able to fly and that's what i mean do

you think it's wrong

it's not a matter of right or wrong

oh

why do chickens lay eggs everywhere

except where they're supposed to

because they're chickens i guess i'm

sorry jeff

well that's okay i was just thinking he

must have been flying south with a whole

flock when the storm hit him but

wouldn't he be better off here on the

farm he'd get all he wanted to eat and

nobody'd be shooting at him

well that's something i suppose

but what would he think about not being

able to fly do ducks think

well now that's an interesting question

we must ask dr weaver sometime

certainly they don't think as we

consider thinking

they don't reason things out but they do

have instincts they know when it's time

to fly north you know when it's time to

fly south and they know when it's time

to have ducklings well if i kept him

here he never could have any because

there's no hand

that's right

but i could get him one it wouldn't have

to be a mallard joe king has a whole

flock of white pecans

which do you think you'd rather do fly

or have a hand

i have a cake in the oven

but we didn't settle anything

oh well now you do whatever you think's

best swooty

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boy i sure wish you could talk

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wow

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gosh i sure hate to let him go but i

guess it's the best thing for him unless

a hawk gets him or some guy shoots it's

not all you can think about well

well

think about him flying north and raising

a family and then flying south

okay

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well

that's that

boy that's not what i

can't look

i'm not allowed to fire more than three

shots in a row

yeah

that's right anyway they're shooting on

posted land

maybe they don't know it

come on we better go tell

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hey we're doing all

right at this rate it won't take long to

fill up the truck

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there must be some cripples around here

there's one ticket

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you're not supposed to be shooting here

all this end of the marsh is posted

chip look at all the dead ducks

the live ones over there

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nice doug

what makes you think this land's posted

sonny there's a sign on the fence back

there huh i guess we didn't see it sure

don't want to break the law and i'll do

it you broke it anyways all you're

supposed to shoot is seven ducks and

there's ten floating on the pond much

more in front of the blind and you're

shooting over live decoys you're not

supposed to do that

how come you kids know so much we learn

about the game loss in the 4h club oh

we're from out of state we don't know

nothing about your laws around here

wildfowl laws are federal the government

makes them not the state how many shells

in those guns

huh you're only supposed to have three

shots and a gun i heard five why'd you

kids go on home that's all right al

these are smart boys they know the score

but you're wrong about the gun sonny we

got him plugged you better watch out the

game warden doesn't catch you

doc weaver's the game warden

oh we're quitting anyway would you like

to take a couple of ducks home to your

mother no thanks

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we better get out of here you crazy you

think i drove a hundred miles just to

get scared up by a couple of wise guy

kids they'll talk they'll have that

warden on our necks there won't be any

more flights coming in till about dusk

we'll hide what we got coop up the

decoys and stash them in the woods and

what about the guns we got the plugs in

the truck you mean you want to shoot

here tonight and how they'll be flying

in here like locust

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we gotta get home and call doc weaver as

soon as we can

what you learning about

i don't know

come here girl

what's the matter

huh

feels like a baby

he must have hit her when she ran after

that duck

can you get it out no it's too far in

that's all right girl we'll fix it when

we get home

come on

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steady let's see

easy

there we are

look at that see

dinner but did it girl

that's all the pay i need nothing like

appreciation from a patient shouldn't

you put some medicine on it doc

don't need you be all healed up by

tomorrow

now

where'd you see these two men down the

north end of the moors where it's posted

over eliminated

and live decoys

and shotguns without plugs

sounds to me like market gunners

could be don't see many of those around

anymore

well i'll drive down past the marsh and

take a look

how's the patience ryder's reign he seen

you say hello to nora sure well thanks a

lot doc you're sure welcome

hello lassie

oh parky your mother called supper

so long bye

oh poor girl

something's always happening to you

oh

better get washed up five minutes hmm

what's a market gunner grams

men who shoot wild game and birds for

market

there used to be a lot of them years ago

before the laws came in i mean people

who sell what they shoot

yep but they didn't care how they shot

them

years ago there were tens of thousands

of passenger pigeons heading south in

the fall now they need one wet

not one

why market gunners killed them all off

come dust they'd roost in a tree and so

thick sometimes that the branches broke

then they'd either

blast some shots into the tree or set

off dynamite to stun him

why saw a man come out of the woods

behind the lake there with the back of

his wagon loaded with 500 birds golly

i sure hope doc catches those guys

no i doubt that they're still there

coming

it takes two kinds to make a world the

good and the bad

but we're just lucky we got more of the

good

did you see him fly off uh incidentally

how does it happen you never gave him a

name i did i called him medwick after

ducky madrid oh who's ducky medwick

he was a baseball player grams told me

about it oh

but he wasn't a duck he was a drake you

should have called him sir francis

oh never mind

did you fly away when you released him

no i put him on a small pond and he swam

i don't even know if he can fly

hello

oh just a man please

it's for you grams doc weaver

yeah frank

i don't understand that they'd like jeff

to get things wrong

well he ate so good on arithmetic but

there's quite a difference between five

and a couple of dozen

yeah i sure will

thanks frank

you and porky didn't get into any hard

cider did you

what happens

frank says them men were shooting on the

unposted part of the marsh they had five

ducks between them their guns were

plugged and no live decoys it couldn't

have been the same man same description

how did you know their guns were not

plugged i heard five shots

well it could have come from two guns no

i heard ten five from each don't raise

your voice jeff but why doesn't anybody

believe me well the best of us make

mistakes well how could i make a mistake

and how could porky you said to put

medwick on the posted side didn't you

well that's where i put him and that's

where they were they were shooting over

live decoys and there were 10 dead ducks

floating on the pond and a lot more in

front of the blind

well it don't make sense to me but frank

says you can't do anything about it

they're going to camp overnight and

shoot tomorrow morning

what's the matter

madwick if he can't fly they'll shoot

him sitting on the pond

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are those shots

shots from the marsh holding jeff was

right

shooting at night's illegal isn't it

yes

i hope jeff didn't hear him or he'll

worry about that crippled drake i'm

gonna call frank

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you sure there were shots george not

some truck backfiring on the county road

look if i can't tell a 12-gauge shotgun

from a backfire i better get my ears

examined but not by you ellen heard him

too did i hear my name mentioned yes

hello clay hello ella no sense of me

saying hello i just said goodbye a

couple hours ago frank says them shots

we heard with so loud jeff sleeping i

doubt it i bet he's heard every word

my wife said to tell you if i get called

up here one more night she's going to

get a boat passed by the town council

he's gone

jeff's gone

jeff stockman what

just as i thought he heard the shots and

he and lassie have gone down to get the

evidence so just stand there talking do

something about it well all right come

along

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so

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how many more about 15.

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they're gonna get away

you go get grabs i'll try and stop them

go ahead get grams

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hey

that's you again now what do you want

something came back to look for this

time of night instagram dave

you'd better not

you're surrounded

what are you talking about a garment

let's

let go of me let's go

i go you're wasting time dave let's go

kid you better learn not to stick your

nose in other people's business

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that dog you'll have her on her tail

okay

no

wait a minute

she's a good collie

i know a guy will give a hundred bucks

for her

all right jed get her up on the truck

no all right

let her have it get away from her kid

no wait

i'll tell her

all right hurry up

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come on get her up there

up lassie

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she'll come back you'll see

not where we're taking her she won't

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kids

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up

what's the matter medwick

can't you fly huh

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she must come out of that track wait a

minute let me out

all right girl where's chef

listen you go get him and i'll follow

her

oh my girl brings it now

lassie will be back

she'll find some way to get loose of

them we'll just wait here because this

war shall come

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let's see what i tell you

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hi grams

you all right sure look i found medwick

he can't fly where's your bike down the

road

let's get it and i'll pedal and you ride

the handlebars your mom's probably sick

with worry come on now what happened to

the market hunters playing frank went

after him

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yeah they sure had it coming to him

yeah i'll tell him

bye frank frank weaver

remember those fellas that were market

hunting

how could i forget came up for trial

this morning judge wheatley found them

500 a piece and 10 days in jail good

mom yes can you come out here for a

second

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do you really think major cares about

flying anymore

no i guess not

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you