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laughing

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starring tommy redig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

i noticed that fella while i was cutting

the twig a while ago one of the arachnid

our gp

also known as a common garden spider

ever stop and think how he spins that

way

i've seen him a hundred times and i'll

wager you never gave it a thought

hmm now look here

cocoon of the cycropia more

close himself in there as a caterpillar

and soon will come out of them off

you know how or why

no

that's the difference between us jeff

we both see the web in the cocoon but i

know the how and the why

and i learned it at school i don't teach

us that in sunday school

if you keep listening you learn a lot of

things

god made the spider in the moth the same

as he made you and me

made him for a reason too

if you learn the reason of god's ways

and have faith

you'll be a better man and help make a

better world

i'm sorry but we must go

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i'm ready

thanks doc i think i know what you mean

good

bye gramps all right

bye

how'd you do it

didn't take much doing just a little

explaining

just like a young cult

don't know without telling them why

makes them clamp down on a bit

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well that gives us two rules for

righteous living can anyone think of a

third

sylvester

don't talk with your mouth full

what do you have in that that's a very

good rule sylvester but what we're

looking for are rules for righteous

living from the bible oh

diane

love thy neighbor as i self that's a

fine one diane it's from leviticus thou

shalt love thy neighbor as thyself

now jeffrey can you repeat the three

rules for righteous living

thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself

um

don't be overcome with evil but overcome

evil with good yes harry

that's wrong with mcclellan it's be not

overcome with evil but overcome evil

with good that's correct

do you remember the third rule jeffrey

um

it is more blessed to give them to

receive very good jeffrey

now children those aren't just sayings

to be memorized and forgotten they're

meant to be rules for living to be used

and followed in all your relations with

your families your friends yes and with

strangers too

sylvester

how can we love our neighbor if he's a

stranger and we don't even know him

that's a very good question sylvester

and i think the best way to answer it is

to show you the short moving picture on

the machine harry would you draw the

blinds

these are some pictures showing the

fearful damage done by the spring floods

in the northern part of the state

as you can see

thousands of people have had their homes

swept away and have lost everything they

have in the world

and to answer your question sylvester

although we don't know these people and

we'll probably never meet any of them

they're still our neighbors in the sight

of god

and we should do unto them as we would

have them do unto us

if a disaster such as this should strike

us here in calverton the people of

crescent and capital city would come to

our aid in assistance that's what being

a good neighbor really means

does that answer your question sylvester

please remember how can we help these

people if they look so far away i was

about to come to that the red cross is

finding them temporary homes but a great

deal of money is needed to buy food and

clothing for these unfortunate people

would you all like to help and show them

that our sunday school class can be good

neighbors

yeah

yeah yeah well that's fine let's make a

project of it suppose that between now

and next sunday you all try to earn as

much extra money as you can and we'll

send it to the red cross with a special

request that it be used to aid the

children of the flood area how does that

sound terrible

i'll get my allowance and i'll give mine

too well i'm delighted you're all so

anxious to help

well i'll see you all next sunday class

dismissed

how much you think we nerd jeff all

right that i bring in more money than

you do i'll bet you you don't how much

you want to bet you're not supposed to

bet for money you stay out of this

toys

see you next sunday

bye for so long

well what about it you chicken

come on jeff we got things to do

scared huh i am not scared all right

what do you want to bet a buck i'm not

going to bet any money because all the

money i earn i'm going to turn in why

don't you venom a poke right in that

nose you stay out of this i'll give you

a poke off for nothing yeah says who

there's me break it up break it up

i'm not scared of him even if he is

bigger well you know what happened to

you if you get caught fighting in sunday

school

well what about it you want a bath no

chicken

come on porky let's go you can let him

call you a chicken names will never hurt

me

well i didn't get the big lunker

but they're not so bad but they're

beautiful

would you like me to clean them for you

gramps you must be tired

well that would be nice yet yes do you

think a nickel a piece would be okay

huh

it's for the children of the flood area

what

is that dad rather tobacco i'll find it

for you wait a minute wait a minute last

time i mislated it it cost me 10 cents

to have you find it for me

that kind of money i'd have to give up

smoking and i ain't mind to do it

now you stay right here i'll find

himself

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it's two dollars even

let me see that

and where'd they put my glasses i'll

find them for you no charge no charge

where do you think you left them

in the center room likely

oh

jeff racing too i'm going to find my

glasses

for free

how much do we owe him

well according to his calculation it's

two dollars

but uh i'm making a dollar ninety no

grams it's two dollars oh look

well now you look

this item here milk and cow is that 20

cents or 30 cents it's only 20. i asked

for 30 but you wouldn't pay it

well i still make it a dollar ninety oh

here

let me see it you mathematical wizards

two dollars pay up dad

um

i seem to be a little short

do you mind waiting till uh next friday

friday but gramps i need it for sunday

school tomorrow stand up stop it you're

breaking his heart there it is

thanks gramps

all right young man off to bed okay

coincidentally i have to go in early for

choir practice how early seven

well that means i'd have to hang around

for an hour i'll ride my bike in good

night mom good night graham all right

if there were more like him the red

cross

wouldn't have much trouble raising money

um

that part of it's fine but

porky let something slip

i'm afraid jeff isn't thinking so much

about the red cross in the flood area

and the poor children as he is about

contributing more money than harry

connors huh

two dollars boy but it's twice as much

as that wise guy harry connor's earned

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why do men have to wear ties gramps i

got me boy

counter women likely women don't wear

them i guess they feel better if man got

something around his neck

that's the best i can do

it's okay

thanks gramps

looks like the storm was making up

we could use some rain

bye dance bye

oh hold on a minute

your mom told me to ask you something

before you left

and i cleaned forgot what it was

something about sunday school

no

well i know what it was you got a clean

hanky

right here

okay bye gramps all right

come on lassie we'll be late

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come on

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thank you sylvester

diane

i earned 65 cent helping my mother do

housework that's very good diane

harry comments

dollar

90 cents

i earned a stack of potatoes and digging

worms for old man beasley i'm really

proud of you harry

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jeffrey miller

i earned two dollars

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i can't find it

you can't find it because you never had

it

i did so

you shake your mouth who's gonna make me

hey boys please remember where you are

why do you have to lie about it i'm not

lying about it i earned two dollars

then i must have lost it

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i'm sure you're gonna leave a two

dollars home jack sure i'm sure i put it

in my pocket last night before i went to

bed if you lost them on the road someone

might have picked them up i thought of

that but let's keep looking hey

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what are you looking for crybaby

no wonder you didn't want to take the

bet you were scared of losing even the

girls earned more than you did they did

not jeff earn two dollars how do you

know did you see it

nobody keep your big nose out of it i

earned two dollars and i lost it

somewhere i'll either find it earn two

more and bring it in next sunday like

miss mcclellan said

ha ha ha

you want a bet

yeah i'll bet what do you want to bet

i'll bet you don't find the two dollars

because you didn't lose it

and i'll bet you don't earn two more and

bring it in by next sunday and i'll take

lassie and if you don't bring it in by

next sunday i'll keep her

what are you crazy or something

scared huh jeff

chicken like always i am not chicken

i'll bet you my bike it's worth more

than two dollars i got a bike this

proves you're faking

you didn't even earn a nickel i did so i

earned two dollars so where is it i told

you i lost it and i'll either find it or

earn two more so what are you worried

about then

if you want to prove you're not faking

take the bet

i dare you i doubled area i tripled area

all right it's a bet

chef what are you doing you keep out of

this

it's all right porky but you'd better

take good care of her why shouldn't i

she might be mine forever

jeff you're batty you can't do this

you've got to do it now i triple dared

him

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come here girl

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here let me do it

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stay with harry lassie

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let's go

jeff are you sure

yeah

for sure

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you don't think i meant to lose it do

you

of course not then why won't you loan me

the money so i can get lassie back then

i'll earn it and pay you

sit down

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there's something you evidently don't

understand

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giving lending a helping hand now this

isn't a matter of dollars and cents

it isn't how much you give you know that

it's a spirit in the feeling behind the

giving i was just trying to give more

than harry connors

i know

that's the trouble

it shouldn't make any difference to you

what harry connors gave

you're jeff miller

giving isn't a a race or a contest

you don't have to compete with anyone

nobody dared me he triple dared me

that's another thing jeff

in fact the thing that concerns me the

most

for some strange reason you seem to

think that it's saying no

not accepting a dare

make you a coward

well it doesn't

not at all

in fact there are times when it takes a

great deal more courage to say no

now you got yourself into this mess

because you were afraid to turn your

back on harry and ignore his dare

maybe i did

but what if i can't earn the two dollars

by sunday i'll lose lassie

that's right

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good night

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don't you think you're a little too hard

on them

dad frankly i don't know

maybe i

am but he's growing up so awfully fast

and

and i desperately want him to try to

fight his way out of his problems

instead of letting us solve them for him

maybe i'm wrong

we'll see

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foreign

may i come in

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how much

a dollar fifty-five

and tomorrow's sunday

i know

would you like for me to loan you 45

cents to make two dollars

no thanks

why not

i remember what you said

i'll work it out by myself

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i'll be going in early again tomorrow

morning

i'll ride my bike

all right

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good night

good night mom

bye graham oh wait a minute wait a

minute

look i'm gonna give you 45 cents and

sometime next week you could scrub out

the cow stall no gramps i can't take it

well why not

oh don't go away i'll be right back

all right all right

hello

who

oh yeah

oh she did eh

yeah he's here now i'll tell him

uh that was harry connors he's getting

dressed for sunday school and he says

that lassie got away from him and he

says that if she comes here you better

bring her with you or else

let's get this rope off here

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oh

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the two dollars i lost last week well

goodness me

less you must have no more they were all

the time

you know what

i'll bet to dropped out of your pocket

last sunday when you pulled out your

handkerchief to show me and the wind

blew it into the bushes now get going

because you're late now i don't mean

that 45 cents but thanks anyway gramps

well get going now i can't fool around

here with you because i've decided that

i'm going to get blessed and i'm going

to church too

bye gramps

bye

well i worked hard all week but all i

could earn was a dollar fifty five so

i'm going to donate that now

but lassie found the two dollars that i

lost earlier so i'll let her contribute

that

lassie

thank you lassie you're a good neighbor

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