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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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oh hi sweetie hi mom

hmm

where's porky we forgot he had to buy

some shoes oh

speaking of shoes

you could certainly stand a new pair of

sneakers

if you'd walk instead of running you

probably wouldn't wear them out so fast

at least i can run

well that sounds like a non-sequitur

a what

a non-sequitur it's latin

means something that

all that doesn't make sense something

that isn't a part of the conversation

this makes sense i was thinking about

jim corey

oh

he does never have to worry about

wearing out his shoes

i hear his father got a job at the mill

but that's just temporary he really

wants to farm they had a farm once jim

said the corn was 10 feet high they had

over 100 pigs

have you met his father and mother

his mother's sick now

oh that's too bad what is it i don't

know but jim had to go home and take

care of her

you know what would be a good idea i've

been meaning to pay to corey's visit

ever since they arrived

suppose after supper you and i drive

down there and you can introduce me

we'll bring mrs corey some fresh eggs

all right that'll be nice

i hope you're remembering to stay out of

the woods until after the deer season i

am

better beat it

there's a station wagon in there we

better pull over and walk the rest away

all right

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don't forget the eggs

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good evening good evening

mr corey this is my mother i'm pleased

to meet you ma'am i should have paid you

a visit before now but you know how it

is on a farm something always comes up

sure

we brought some fresh eggs from mrs

corey jim says she wasn't feeling well

well thanks that's mighty thoughtful

is there anything i can do to help mr

corey i'm not a nurse but i no no she's

asleep now she'll be all right i'll tell

her you brought these

paws how much

jim there's people here

you'll wake your maw oh

hi jeff hi

it's time for bed don't you think no

yeah it's early we'll get started anyway

kids never seem to want to go to sleep

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jeff's the same way they all are

boundless energy

mr corey i i want you to feel that we're

neighbors if there's anything at all we

can do to help make things easier for

you well please don't hesitate to call

on us

thanks

this is a very friendly community and

we want you to feel welcome

we all know how hard it is to settle in

a new place

particularly with illness in the family

so if there's anything we do to help

even to the extent of temporary

financial health we don't need charity

mrs miller oh mr corey

it wouldn't be charity

i was thinking about alone

the church has a fund we're getting

along fine thanks just the same

it's perfectly all right we just want

you to know that we'd like to be good

neighbors

jeff you have some homework haven't you

but we better get along then

good night mr corey it's been nice

meeting you i hope mrs corey feels

better thanks for the eggs you're very

welcome good night good night good night

mr corey good night son

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oh i wish there was something we can do

about the quarries

look

don't try to force charity on somebody

that doesn't want it if the man's got

pride let him hang on to it

oh it isn't charity and it has nothing

to do with pride

we all need help at one time or another

you have a fund in the grange for

farmers when they get into trouble

haven't you

well that's different farming is the

man's business you women of the church

shouldn't be meddling in a man's private

life

you know sometimes i think you belong

back in the dark ages

and just what is that supposed to mean

ever since man became civilized he's

banded together for the common good

what's that got to do with the price of

eggs

well it has to do with the price of

everything

eggs food clothes even the tobacco you

smoke in your pipe

the pioneer days are over

the world's a lot smaller and

and we all have to depend upon one

another

i still don't know what you're driving

at

i'm trying to tell you that you cannot

turn your back on your neighbor's

troubles because his troubles may very

well affect you

mom

oh honey it's getting pretty late

haven't you finished i've just got one

more problem to do but i don't

understand it

in long division when you have to divide

a number by a

gosh that was pretty close

oh jeff be careful not only do they have

to poach on posted land that now they're

shooting at night

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you see anything i thought i saw a light

there it is

jack letters what

get a lantern

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few syllabus poll cats

what are jack lighter scramps

they get a tear between the lights of

the car shine a spot on it and freeze it

like it's paralyzed then they shoot

they're going

let's get look-see huh

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bring the light close

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yep they got one

isn't it against the law to shoot deer

at night

laws don't mean much to some people well

why did they do it gramps i thought deer

hunting was supposed to be a sport can't

be much fun shooting deer when they're

paralyzed well jack lighters ain't

sportin hunters

they kill for meat like those duck

market gunners that you've caught

they sell the deer

well let's get back got a foam clay

uh hello jenny

george miller

ring clay horton for me will you

gramps what'll happen to him if clay

catches them well a good stiff fine and

30 days in jail

hello clay

george miller

oh fine

well come to think of it i ain't so fine

as a matter of fact i'm all riled up

what's the trouble mr miller well

there's some jack lighters up here after

deer as a matter of fact they got one up

on the road in front of the house

did you see them no we heard the shot

and jeff and me saw the light from the

yard they pulled away before we could

get to the road but there was deer hair

and blood so they must have got one all

right

and what kind of car were they driving

well it didn't get to see it

it

sounded like a light truck

a half ton panel or a pickup

i doubt if it was uh local people

probably some of them city fellows

shooting on posted land

probably

chances are you've scared them off for

now

i'll get some of the boys will cruise

around tomorrow night all right clay

you know there's only one thing lower

the pole cat that's a man who jacked

like a deer

damn

jim

you better get dressed it's getting late

what time is it time for school i waited

for you at the fork when you didn't come

i thought something was wrong

or maybe your dad took you

no he needs only for the mail

i didn't get much sleep last night why

what were you doing

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it was you and your father wasn't it

what are you talking about

last night on the road you were jack

light and deer no we weren't jeff

look jim

i'm your friend

that means we gotta be honest with each

other

it's all gonna come on my leg pop thinks

it was his fault but it wasn't i ran

from the tractor it cost a lot of money

in the hospital

that's why we lost the phone

does it hurt much

you're like i mean

it doesn't never stops hurting really

but can't they do something

more operations

only it's expensive that's why i passed

when jack lightning saw my beer

i didn't want him to

you won't tell on him will you jeff

you've got to keep it a secret not for

me but for pop

it's against the law jim

please please promise me

maybe i can figure something out

just don't tell on pop please jeff

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mighty fine pizza pie on

deepest name silly

don't you like the pie chair

yes

huh you who where were you just sins

i was thinking about something

like uh handle is a speckled egg maybe

well nothing like that well um can we

help you think

well

suppose someone you know

a friend say

is doing something wrong

and you know about it

should you tell anybody or

this is just a question understand oh

yes yes i understand

it's quite a question

i guess it depends upon the

circumstances dear

right and wrong are often complicated

things

you mean

finding out which is which

something like that

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then how do you know what's right

by searching your own heart mostly

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about ready for bed dear uh-huh good

night good night

that gun again

whoever it is won't be shooting out

there after tonight what do you mean

clay rounded up some deputies they're

out on the road now looking for him

they'll find him

have a good night's dress down

nice

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come on

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get ready

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jim wake up

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go on

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follow him with the lights

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she'll be all right

just nectar

clay horton the constable

he's out looking for you with a lot of

deputies

i was coming to warn you

and you shot lassie

you've been talking jim

no

he gasped and i told him the truth

because he's my friend

now he won't be my friend anymore

and we'll have to move away again

i wish i could die but you know why i've

been doing it jim i didn't ask you to i

don't care about my leg if i can't have

a friend

i don't care about anything

we better take the dog home she ain't

her bed she had to have that womb

dressed

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come on girl

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what were you doing in the woods jeff

all right if i come in oh of course clay

that's our lamp

you're right son

pop uses it to fix the truck at night

that what you use it for mr corey

i guess so

what about this

use this for shooting dogs

i thought i saw you in cory's truck just

now jeff

what were you doing looking for the jack

gladys

you see any sign of them

well i guess i was that's no good son

i ain't gonna let you lie for me the way

i've been making jim do

i guess i forgot what a friend means to

a boy

or anyone else

the doctor told me jim had to have an

operation

real sooner it'd be too late

i needed money in a hurry

well if you'd let us we'd like to help

all we can

i'd be proud to accept any help you

still want to give

i've learned that much anyway

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jim says his pop really likes his new

job at the dairy he's got most of the

fine paid off already just getting the

loan for the operation

tim goes into the hospital next week

mr corey wants to rent that old van

meter farm as soon as he's able that run

down old place was nothing but a lot of

hard work

sometimes i think the lord made sensible

human beings first and then

he made bombers

yes dad i think you're right

mom can jim have one of lassie's pups

don't tell me lassie's getting ready to

have another family oh no i mean if she

does can jim have one when she does

oh well now

that's a question that only a future

mother to be can answer

you'll have to ask lassie

how about it girl is it all right with

you

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you