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(narrator)
Looking back down the years to the Great Depression
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I realize that our family was
much more fortunate than most.
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Many things were
in short supply
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but we had the advantage
of being able to live
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on the bounty of
the rich Virginia country.
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And even more important
than the gifts of the land
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our family remained intact.
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We stayed together
under one roof
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and were never deprived of
the comfort and closeness
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of our mother and father.
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Those feelings
easily made up
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for what we often lacked
in material things.
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What are you doing?
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Fixing my shoe.
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Do you live
around here?
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What's your name?
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Reed.
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Mine's Elizabeth.
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- Many of you folks at home?
- Eleven in all.
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Seven kids, and then
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Mama, Daddy, Grandpa,
and Grandma make four.
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That's eleven.
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Any of you
folks read?
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John-Boy reads.
He reads all the time.
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He does?
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You going in the store?
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Yes, indeed, I am.
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- Hi, Mr. Godsey.
- Hi, Elizabeth.
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You back in
to change your guess?
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No. I'm right.
I'm going to win.
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Want to see
something pretty?
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That's the most beautifulest
doll in the world.
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She sure
is pretty.
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I'm gonna win her.
I'm a real good guesser.
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You are?
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- Thanks, Mr. Godsey.
- You're welcome.
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Soon, she'll
be all mine.
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Soon, I'll tell you
who the winner is.
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That's the best I
can do for you.
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I know who it is.
It's me.
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- Bye, Mr. Godsey.
- Bye.
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- Nice little girl.
- Yeah.
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I'm prepared to bring you
culture and knowledge.
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- Don't waste your breath.
- I haven't used any yet.
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Mister, don't waste it,
will you?
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I've got a whole storeroom full
of supplies back there
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and I've got
trouble selling.
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I bought a bunch of those dolls
that I've got to sell.
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I'm giving
this one away.
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The kids come in
and they count the beans.
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I got to sell those dolls
at $2.98. Hard cash.
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I've got an icebox
that's broken down
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and meat that's
gonna spoil pretty soon.
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I got things going wrong around
here that you can't even count.
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Alright, what
have you got?
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Books.
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You better keep
right on going.
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Why don't you go
to Charlottesville?
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Or better yet,
you ought to go to Westham.
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It's a college town.
You probably can sell some.
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I stopped there
before I came here.
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Thanks, anyway.
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I sure hope that little girl
wins this doll.
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You say you got
more of these?
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- Yeah.
- $2.98.
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That's right.
They're not cheap, either.
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My girl would give her heart
and soul for a doll like that.
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How old is
your little girl?
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Seven.
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Sort of like....
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What did you say
that little girl's name was?
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Elizabeth Walton.
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A doll bed's not hard to make.
Not for you.
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You know, a man came at me
pestering like that one time.
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All he wanted was to build
a courthouse with new steps.
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- Any work takes time, honey.
- Not a doll bed.
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Last time I saw your doll bed,
it looked in good shape to me.
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But this is
for a new doll.
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You got a new doll?
Where is it?
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At Mr. Godsey's store. He has to
count the beans before I win.
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Maybe we ought to wait till you
bring that doll home, honey.
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You know, there's
a chance you won't win.
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I'll win.
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She's been down to
that store every day.
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She's convinced that doll's hers
and Ike's holding it for her.
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We tend to forget,
as we ramble on, John
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that one of the sweetest words
in life is hope.
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This is way beyond hope, Pa.
She really believes that.
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It's as catchy as measles.
She's got me believing it, too.
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You suppose that's why I've
been trying to figure out
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whether I should put straight
legs on that doll's bed
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or make them curved
like a rocker?
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- Honey, I got to go to Ike's.
- Just two more pushes, Daddy.
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One.
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- Two.
- Hi.
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How do?
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Something I can
do for you?
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No, sir.
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I think maybe there's something
I can do for you.
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I'm prepared to bring you
culture and knowledge
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and travel and trips
to the far and wondrous places.
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- The wit....
- Keep going on, mister.
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Whatever you're selling, we
can't afford anything right now.
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Hate to have you
waste your time.
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I'll be going to the general
store, if you'd like a lift.
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I don't think there's much sense
in my going back that way.
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Thanks.
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Sir, would you mind
if I sat down for a minute?
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Sure, go ahead.
Take your time.
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Livie, I'll be down at Ike's!
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Bye-bye.
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- Mister?
- Yes, ma'am?
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Mister, would you
like a cup of coffee?
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That's very generous
of you, ma'am.
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I'm selling culture
and knowledge.
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Travel and trips
to the far and wondrous places.
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The wit, wisdom, and philosophy
of 100 great minds.
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And more.
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Excitement, adventure
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drama, and laughter.
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You got all that in
that bag of yours?
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I think he's talking
about books.
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Yes, ma'am.
The Harvard Classics.
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Five-Foot Shelf of Books.
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The greatest set of books
in the whole world.
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Excuse me. Are you selling
the Harvard Classics?
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You must be John-Boy. I met your
sister down the road
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and she said you're
a powerful reader.
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That's an accurate description.
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John-Boy, this
is Mr. Reed.
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How do you do?
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Those are wonderful books.
Those Harvard Classics.
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- I've heard about them.
- Yes, sirree.
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Greatest set of books
in the whole world.
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There are over 418 stories
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contained within 50 volumes.
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So many.
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Yes, ma'am. I could give you
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testimonials from people
across the country.
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There's a woman
in Washington, DC
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a Mrs...Clara Emerson,
mother of five.
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She claims that the purchase
of this same set of books
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is what prompted her children
to go on with their education.
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Must be very expensive.
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You got the whole collection?
You got the whole set with you?
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I have samples here.
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Real fine book.
Beautiful binding.
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Ma'am, it'd take me
the whole day
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to properly describe
this set of books.
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This one book
is just the index
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for what's contained
in the other 49 volumes.
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Whose idea was all
this anyway?
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They were put together by the
president of a great university.
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It takes three pages to list the
professors he had helping him.
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Sounds right impressive.
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John-Boy, these are no times to
be spending hard-earned money
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on a whole set of books.
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But just think of the adventure
locked within these pages.
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The great literary works
of the ages.
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It would be wonderful.
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It'd help you
with your college work, too.
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Sure.
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It could save me money. Save me
from buying books at school.
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It might encourage
the others to read.
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You heard what he said about
that lady in Washington, DC.
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Livie, what's come into you?
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Sometimes I get so tired
of this depression
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I think the only way to be sane
is to do something extravagant.
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And this isn't even extravagant!
It would help the whole family.
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This is really....
I can't believe this.
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They've got books on science,
astronomy, poetry.
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It's incredible.
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And all for only $3 down and a
little bit per month thereafter.
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Good Lord.
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I can only repeat, Mrs. Walton.
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I would feel as if my children
were being deprived
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if they didn't get a set of
these books for themselves.
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Wait a minute.
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- Alright.
- What?
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But Mama....
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There's a little over $3
in the nest egg here.
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- Livie, that money is--
- It's mine and I'm gonna do it.
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- You sure about this?
- $3 now.
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Mrs. Walton, what's
your first name?
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$3 now and more every month
for the rest of your life.
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- What's the first name?
- Mrs. John Walton.
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- You're really sure?
- I'm sure.
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It'll be good
for the whole family.
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When do we get
the rest?
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You don't have
them with you.
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How long does it take
to get them all?
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The whole set.
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It's...difficult to say.
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There's packing and shipping.
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And there's quite a bit of
bookkeeping involved in this.
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- So, it's hard to say.
- Sure.
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I can see that you folks
are really interested.
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So I'm prepared to do something
extraordinary for you.
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This book here.
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The Autobiography
of Benvenuto Cellini.
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He was a famous artist born a
poor boy across the water.
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Now his is one
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of the 50 volumes.
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His story.
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I'm going to give you this.
Yes, take it.
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To keep until the rest
of the books arrive.
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He painted
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old chapels
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and many things.
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I thought that was Michelangelo
who did all that stuff.
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Yeah, him, too.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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You'll make us real happy
if you finish the rest of these.
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Much obliged.
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You've made John-Boy
real happy, Mr. Reed.
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You've made me real happy.
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I suspect John isn't going to be
as happy as the two of you are.
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- Good day to you, Horace.
- Ike.
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How's the hunting going?
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- I'm off hunting, John.
- How come?
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Oh, it's that wife of mine.
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I bring home venison,
she turns up her nose at it.
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I'd like some good deer,
as far as I'm concerned.
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- She says it's too gamy.
- Tell you what, Horace.
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Come and hunt with me
and Yancy on Saturday.
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I know where the biggest covey
of quail is in Jefferson County.
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What's got into you, John?
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Not a weekend goes by
you're not off hunting.
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I've got a lot of mouths to
feed. What else am I gonna do?
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If you didn't throw your money
away, that wouldn't a grief.
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You know better
than that.
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What about those
books you bought?
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- Books?
- Books. Five feet of them.
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That's a yard and two thirds
by the way I count.
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If you want to throw
your money away like that
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that's up to you.
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When you send the drummers
to my house
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I don't consider it friendly.
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- What are you talking about?
- Let me tell you something.
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Next time you send one of them
peddlers over to my house
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I'm gonna fill his caboose
with rock salt
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and he can thank you
for that.
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Wipe your feet.
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- Olivia?
- You all through at Ike's?
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Come outside for a minute.
I want to talk.
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00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,887
- Something wrong?
- Could be.
247
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:03,090
Can it wait till I finish this?
248
00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:07,060
Wipe your feet.
Take off your cap.
249
00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:08,828
Where did those apples
come from?
250
00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:11,331
- Me and Ben worked for them.
- Ben and I.
251
00:17:11,398 --> 00:17:14,501
Horace Linely told me there was
a book salesman by his place.
252
00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:16,803
I just might make
an apple cobbler for supper.
253
00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:19,206
Ma, we'll talk
about supper in a minute.
254
00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:22,709
Did that book salesman
talk you into something?
255
00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:28,115
- John, I thought you liked--
- Please, Ma! Olivia.
256
00:17:28,181 --> 00:17:29,849
He was selling
the Harvard Classics.
257
00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:31,251
Yes.
258
00:17:31,318 --> 00:17:34,487
They're very special books
and I bought them.
259
00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:37,224
- Look, there's one now.
- Oh, yeah. See?
260
00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:41,027
What do you mean
"there's one now"?
261
00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:46,266
It's a whole set. We bought
the whole kit and caboodle.
262
00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:48,801
- How many books did you buy?
- Fifty.
263
00:17:51,171 --> 00:17:53,173
- Fifty?
- Fifty.
264
00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,041
- Fifty?
- Fifty?
265
00:17:55,108 --> 00:17:57,210
You two, go out
and finish your chores.
266
00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:59,479
- Put the apples down there.
- Go!
267
00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:06,819
We can't afford this.
268
00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:09,289
You should've talked it over
with me first.
269
00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:13,760
I'm gonna find that book
salesman and cancel that order.
270
00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:18,931
John, please don't. This is very
important to me. To John-Boy.
271
00:18:18,998 --> 00:18:21,434
He won't have to spend money
on books for school.
272
00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:22,969
Where're we gonna
get the money?
273
00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:25,738
I've used my egg money
for the first down payment.
274
00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:28,808
I'll make the rest of the
payments as the money comes in.
275
00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:31,244
Are those books going
to be any use, son?
276
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:34,347
Absolutely! They are the
greatest classics in the world.
277
00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:36,749
Like Mama says, it'll save me
money in college.
278
00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:40,520
I could help pay for it myself
if I got an odd job or....
279
00:18:44,691 --> 00:18:47,227
Would you like a cup
of coffee, John?
280
00:18:47,294 --> 00:18:48,761
Yes, I would.
281
00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:51,398
You'd better tell
him the rest.
282
00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:55,067
- I'll get the coffee first.
- What else?
283
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:59,472
- You know that Mr. Reed?
- You mean the book salesman?
284
00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:02,475
He didn't have
a place to stay.
285
00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:05,378
So he's going to stay in
the barn for few nights.
286
00:19:05,445 --> 00:19:07,847
- How did you know?
- Just a lucky guess.
287
00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:11,384
Where is this Mr. Reed now?
288
00:19:11,451 --> 00:19:14,354
He's down at Ike's mailing
in the order for the books.
289
00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:15,922
But he'll be back.
290
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:19,992
- In time for supper, I hope.
- John, you just can't imagine.
291
00:19:20,059 --> 00:19:22,529
He told me how hard things
are on the road just now
292
00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:24,631
and I felt sorry for him.
293
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,801
Your luck sure did
change fast, didn't it?
294
00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:32,572
Yeah, it sure did.
295
00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:35,408
You'll be surprised how many
people around here like to read.
296
00:19:37,377 --> 00:19:38,811
How many orders you get?
297
00:19:40,247 --> 00:19:41,881
A couple.
298
00:19:44,317 --> 00:19:48,221
- There we go.
- I want to look at it first.
299
00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:00,933
Let's see, that's one.
300
00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:06,906
two, ninety-eight.
301
00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:14,213
She's just about perfect.
302
00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:17,550
Serena is gonna be real happy.
303
00:20:19,185 --> 00:20:20,620
Her birthday's next week.
304
00:20:21,521 --> 00:20:23,523
Serena. That's a pretty name.
305
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:29,396
- Where does your family live?
- New York.
306
00:20:31,531 --> 00:20:33,500
The company I work
for is based there.
307
00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:04,464
Okay. This is the time you kids
all have been waiting for.
308
00:21:04,531 --> 00:21:06,265
A bunch here, huh?
309
00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,809
Kids, come on,
slow down now.
310
00:21:21,681 --> 00:21:23,883
- I got five.
- 700.
311
00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:29,956
Hurry up, Mr. Godsey,
so I can win.
312
00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:35,495
- Ten. You got 10? Twenty.
- I got 10.
313
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,399
Mr. Reed?
314
00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:43,436
Mr. Reed, I'm reading
that book about Cellini.
315
00:21:43,503 --> 00:21:44,937
He was something, wasn't he?
316
00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:49,075
Nothing could get
in that man's way.
317
00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:54,947
If I wrote a story about such a
man, no one would believe me.
318
00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:58,351
I got to that part
where he burned his house down.
319
00:21:58,418 --> 00:22:00,787
- Burned down his house.
- Yeah, you remember.
320
00:22:00,853 --> 00:22:04,557
He needed to keep the furnace
going all night so he could
321
00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:07,159
melt down the bronze to pour
it into the mold
322
00:22:07,226 --> 00:22:09,061
so he could make that statue.
323
00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:13,433
- Burned up his whole house?
- Every piece of it.
324
00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:16,035
Bit by bit. Furniture.
325
00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:19,806
All night. In the morning, there
just wasn't any house left.
326
00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:23,042
Nothing but that mold
and that statue standing there.
327
00:22:23,109 --> 00:22:26,779
The thing about it is that
the writing is just so vivid.
328
00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:31,418
It jumps right off the page at
you. I could smell the smoke.
329
00:22:31,484 --> 00:22:34,353
I could see the flames.
Didn't you think so?
330
00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:39,392
I just....
331
00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:43,095
cannot wait to get my hands
on the rest of those books.
332
00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:44,664
Which one is your favorite?
333
00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:50,136
To tell you the truth.
334
00:23:02,582 --> 00:23:07,019
I haven't had time
to read them all.
335
00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:14,126
Of the ones you have read,
which one is your favorite?
336
00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:19,866
Let's see....
337
00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:26,639
How can you sell them if you
don't know what's in them?
338
00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:28,040
To tell you the truth.
339
00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:33,946
This isn't my line of work.
340
00:23:34,013 --> 00:23:38,050
I'm a printer by trade,
and I'm a darn good one.
341
00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:41,053
And when this....
342
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:45,558
rough time came, I had to take
what I could get, this was it.
343
00:23:45,625 --> 00:23:49,095
It's all I could get.
I got a wife and a child.
344
00:23:51,130 --> 00:23:53,165
They got to eat,
just like anybody else.
345
00:23:55,167 --> 00:24:00,039
This is your first time
out as a salesman?
346
00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:01,608
First time I've....
347
00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:06,212
been away from home, too.
348
00:24:07,847 --> 00:24:10,617
Away from my wife and Serena.
349
00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:15,454
That's my little girl.
350
00:24:20,727 --> 00:24:23,029
I tell you, John-Boy, it's hard.
351
00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:25,898
It's real hard.
352
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,868
There you are.
353
00:24:28,935 --> 00:24:31,337
Your grandma said you'd fallen
into the milk and got drowned.
354
00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:35,842
No, we just got to talking
about books and things.
355
00:24:35,908 --> 00:24:39,646
I'm real glad that Livie
is buying that set of books.
356
00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:41,681
I do hope there's
a volume of poetry.
357
00:24:41,748 --> 00:24:44,551
I was always partial
to poetry.
358
00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:47,754
"About Ben Adhem,
may his tribe increase!
359
00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,757
"Awoke one night
from a deep dream of peace
360
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:52,324
- "His name led all the--"
- Here.
361
00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:53,993
What's that?
362
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:56,896
Poetry. What you
were asking about.
363
00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:59,498
You suppose it'd be legal for me
to accept this volume
364
00:24:59,566 --> 00:25:01,901
without making another payment?
365
00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:04,604
Sure. Sure.
366
00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:08,841
We often....
367
00:25:08,908 --> 00:25:11,878
give away an extra volume
with the down payment.
368
00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:17,584
That is real nice of you.
369
00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:22,889
Say, would you like
to stay for supper?
370
00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:30,663
I'm real tired. Think I'll turn
in now, if you don't mind.
371
00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:33,633
Have it your own way.
Come on, John-Boy.
372
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,568
Sounds like Jim-Bob.
373
00:25:44,677 --> 00:25:46,545
She's got the doll!
374
00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:57,590
Told you I'd win it!
375
00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:00,459
What's her name?
376
00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:05,665
Didn't I tell you that hope was
something worth waiting for?
377
00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:09,902
- She's so pretty!
- Don't get her dirty.
378
00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:12,639
I'm not getting her dirty.
379
00:26:13,973 --> 00:26:16,809
- Thank you very much.
- Later, Ike.
380
00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:21,914
Alright, Ike, take care.
381
00:26:43,369 --> 00:26:45,404
What's so funny?
382
00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:47,206
This Benvenuto fella
383
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:50,076
he sure knew how to
have himself a good time.
384
00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:58,350
I don't know though,
it's pretty gamy.
385
00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:01,253
I don't know if the children
should read this sorta books.
386
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,789
It's pretty racy.
387
00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:06,358
- Where?
- Never you mind.
388
00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:08,761
Let me see that. Come on.
389
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:16,669
- What does "racy" mean?
- Fast.
390
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:23,309
I don't see anything
racy in that.
391
00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:28,614
Look here.
392
00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:31,417
Maybe this is the kind of book
you shouldn't read either.
393
00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:33,753
You old fool. You can read
anything into anything
394
00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:35,421
with that mind of yours.
395
00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:39,558
If you sleep on the floor,
you'll catch a cold.
396
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:41,193
The doll's bed
isn't ready yet.
397
00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:43,229
How about the doll sleeping
on the floor?
398
00:27:43,295 --> 00:27:46,432
If she sleeps on the floor,
she'll catch a cold.
399
00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:49,301
- It's better than if you do.
- No, it isn't.
400
00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:52,371
Yes, it is, 'cause if you catch
it, we'll catch it.
401
00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:54,206
Get back in your own bed.
402
00:27:54,273 --> 00:27:57,576
No. Doll told me she wanted
to sleep on my bed.
403
00:27:57,643 --> 00:27:59,411
Yeah, I'll bet she did.
404
00:27:59,478 --> 00:28:00,813
Funny, I didn't hear anything.
405
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,614
That's because you
don't understand.
406
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,616
She said it
in front of you.
407
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,452
She talks in
a different language.
408
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,254
Yeah, oo-go-la-ma-goo-goo-goop.
409
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,958
That's doll talk for, "I want
to sleep in Elizabeth's bed."
410
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:14,160
You're mean. I hate you.
411
00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:17,930
Nobody hates anybody, Elizabeth.
And get in your bed.
412
00:28:17,997 --> 00:28:20,399
If anybody sleeps on the floor,
it's gonna be Doll.
413
00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:23,970
- But, Daddy--
- Get in your own bed.
414
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:25,905
I bet Mr. Reed's
little girl's doll
415
00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:27,840
doesn't have
to sleep on the floor.
416
00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:30,409
Mr. Reed doesn't
have a little girl.
417
00:28:30,476 --> 00:28:32,979
He couldn't afford
a doll like that.
418
00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:35,581
Thank your lucky stars you
won it. Now go to sleep.
419
00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:39,018
Mr. Reed does too have a girl,
and she has a doll, like mine.
420
00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:40,686
Mr. Godsey told me so.
421
00:28:40,753 --> 00:28:44,723
Mr. Reed likes my doll so much
that he bought his girl one.
422
00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:48,861
Alright. Settle down
and go to sleep.
423
00:28:48,928 --> 00:28:51,397
- Goodnight, everyone.
- Goodnight.
424
00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:07,513
- John-Boy.
- Daddy?
425
00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:13,685
Mr. Reed say anything to you
about having a little girl?
426
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:16,088
He said something about it.
427
00:29:16,155 --> 00:29:19,158
He say anything about buying his
girl a doll like Elizabeth has?
428
00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:25,531
I don't reckon he's got enough
money to buy any dolls.
429
00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:30,136
Elizabeth was just....
430
00:29:32,805 --> 00:29:35,441
She was probably
just pretending.
431
00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:37,076
Yeah. Unless....
432
00:29:38,444 --> 00:29:39,879
Unless what?
433
00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,951
I can't imagine him
having any other money
434
00:29:45,017 --> 00:29:47,353
than what Mama
gave him for our books.
435
00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:57,997
Daddy, do you....
436
00:29:59,298 --> 00:30:00,532
Daddy?
437
00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:12,378
You say he's staying
with your folks?
438
00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:13,913
Yeah.
439
00:30:14,914 --> 00:30:16,815
The funny thing about him
440
00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:19,151
the first time he came
into the store
441
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:21,453
I thought he's gonna fall
over with hunger.
442
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,522
Then the second time
he comes in
443
00:30:23,589 --> 00:30:25,557
he's got nothing better
to do with his money
444
00:30:25,624 --> 00:30:28,194
than buy one of those dolls
like Elizabeth's.
445
00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:29,428
A doll?
446
00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:31,463
It costs a lot
to buy that doll?
447
00:30:31,530 --> 00:30:34,300
Yeah. He plunked
it right down and said
448
00:30:34,366 --> 00:30:37,236
his little girl was going to
have the best birthday ever.
449
00:30:37,303 --> 00:30:40,206
And then he said he
was moving on.
450
00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:43,442
- Now he's staying with you'll.
- He is. He was, anyway.
451
00:30:44,944 --> 00:30:48,147
- Much obliged to you, Ike.
- Don't mention it, John-Boy.
452
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:04,696
Daddy, Elizabeth was right.
453
00:31:04,763 --> 00:31:06,132
Is he still here?
454
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,200
He left just after you
did this morning.
455
00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:10,169
His stuff's probably
still in the barn.
456
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,976
There you are, right there.
There's a doll box.
457
00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:31,023
Alright. Leave everything
just as it is.
458
00:31:31,090 --> 00:31:32,424
I'll go find him.
459
00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:36,528
- No, I'll take care of it, son.
- Daddy, come on.
460
00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:38,130
He might have
had some other money.
461
00:31:38,197 --> 00:31:41,300
Could've used that
to buy the doll.
462
00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:43,835
- Give him a chance, son.
- Daddy, do you realize
463
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:49,175
that if he's used our money,
we're not gonna see those books?
464
00:31:49,241 --> 00:31:51,978
He's got to have his say.
Get to your chores.
465
00:31:58,985 --> 00:32:02,621
Grandma said to give you this.
466
00:32:02,688 --> 00:32:04,723
She didn't have to go
to that trouble.
467
00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:07,593
She likes to wiron and ash.
468
00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,261
I mean wash and iron.
469
00:32:11,030 --> 00:32:13,065
- Will you thank her for me?
- Sure.
470
00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:20,672
- You don't have to hold that.
- I'll hold it for you.
471
00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:27,879
What's your little girl
going to name her doll?
472
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,749
My little girl doesn't
have a doll.
473
00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:33,419
I mean the one you bought her
for her birthday.
474
00:32:45,097 --> 00:32:46,565
I don't know.
475
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:56,042
I want to thank you folks
for a very nice meal.
476
00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:58,977
Mrs. Walton, excellent cobbler.
477
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,582
Glad you enjoyed it, Mr. Reed.
478
00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:06,185
Mr. Reed?
479
00:33:07,619 --> 00:33:10,122
There's a matter I'd like
to discuss with you outside.
480
00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:11,690
Mr. Reed.
481
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:16,595
We're gonna be listening to the
radio. Why don't you join us?
482
00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:23,569
Thank you, but I think I'd
better get back to the barn.
483
00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:27,273
Gonna get up early tomorrow,
and I want a good night's rest.
484
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:29,475
Sit down. You'll enjoy it.
485
00:33:36,615 --> 00:33:38,784
Thank you, Mr. Walton.
I would enjoy it.
486
00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:43,389
Alright, everybody, let's go.
487
00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:45,324
It's time for Fibber McGee
and Molly.
488
00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:55,000
- Lot of static tonight, Pa.
- Storm up at Rock Creek.
489
00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:58,036
Keep trying. I want to listen
to Hollywood on theair.
490
00:33:58,104 --> 00:33:59,638
So you can pretend
you're gonna be
491
00:33:59,705 --> 00:34:01,840
a famous Hollywood movie
actor someday?
492
00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:05,010
You're always pretending you'll
be Gene Autry when you grow up.
493
00:34:05,077 --> 00:34:06,678
What you mean
"when I grow up"?
494
00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:08,114
Alright, you two.
495
00:34:08,180 --> 00:34:11,583
Daddy, she's always pretending
to be one thing or another.
496
00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:14,786
It's alright to pretend as
long as you don't hurt anybody.
497
00:34:14,853 --> 00:34:18,090
Sorry, everybody. Too much
static tonight.
498
00:34:22,027 --> 00:34:26,732
Oh, dear. I'll tell you what.
I've got an idea.
499
00:34:26,798 --> 00:34:30,169
Why don't we do things
the way we used to?
500
00:34:30,236 --> 00:34:32,504
That new book of poems
I got here.
501
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:35,541
Mr. Reed gave us.
502
00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:37,409
Could you read out
of this, John-Boy?
503
00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:40,179
No, thank you, not tonight.
504
00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:41,947
Why don't you read, Grandpa?
505
00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:44,750
It's a good idea. We haven't
heard you read for ages.
506
00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:47,353
Well, if you want me to.
507
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,757
I really do think
I'd better be going.
508
00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:56,828
Being a family man, I thought
you'd like joining our family.
509
00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:59,198
Please stay.
510
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:01,500
How did you know I
was a family man?
511
00:35:01,567 --> 00:35:04,403
John-Boy was telling me about
your daughter and her birthday.
512
00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:06,505
Mrs. Walton was saying how
513
00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:09,908
you wanna buy the books you sold
for your own children.
514
00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:13,412
He's got a wonderful voice.
Sit down. You'll enjoy it.
515
00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:21,287
Esther.
516
00:35:21,353 --> 00:35:24,055
- Show off.
- Sit down.
517
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:25,624
"Leigh Hunt.
518
00:35:26,225 --> 00:35:28,227
"1784-1859.
519
00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:30,796
"Jenny Kissed Me.
520
00:35:32,598 --> 00:35:34,800
"Jenny kiss'd me when we met.
521
00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:37,736
"Jumping from
the chair she sat in.
522
00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:40,306
"Time, you thief,
who love to get
523
00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:42,608
"Sweets into your list,
put that in!
524
00:35:43,509 --> 00:35:46,845
"Say I'm weary, say I'm sad
525
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:50,349
"Say that health
and wealth have miss'd me
526
00:35:50,416 --> 00:35:52,884
"Say I'm growing old,
but add
527
00:35:54,253 --> 00:35:56,522
"Jenny kiss'd me."
528
00:35:56,588 --> 00:35:59,625
- Yes, she did.
- You old fool.
529
00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,294
Daddy, he's gone.
530
00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:06,097
Maybe he felt he was intruding.
531
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,834
John-Boy, I'll take care of it.
532
00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:27,052
I wanna have a talk with you.
533
00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:29,355
I've got to be going.
534
00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:32,258
Mr. Reed, that money
my wife gave you.
535
00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:36,595
When does she get
the rest of the books?
536
00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:41,900
There's packaging
and mailing and all that.
537
00:36:41,967 --> 00:36:43,402
It's hard to say....
538
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,505
the exact day.
539
00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:49,675
How do you send that money
to your company?
540
00:36:49,741 --> 00:36:52,043
Money orders, along
with the form.
541
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,079
I got it right
here in my case.
542
00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:55,381
Where'd you get
the money order?
543
00:36:55,447 --> 00:36:57,649
The store down the road.
544
00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:02,788
- Ike Godsey's store?
- That's right.
545
00:37:02,854 --> 00:37:04,990
That's wrong.
546
00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:07,493
You didn't buy anything like
that from Ike Godsey.
547
00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:11,897
Yes, I did. I got it right here
in my case. You want to see it?
548
00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:27,979
Mr. Reed, you stole
that money from my wife.
549
00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:30,516
I want it back.
550
00:37:31,317 --> 00:37:32,884
Mr. Walton.
551
00:37:35,721 --> 00:37:40,459
I have...a little girl, too.
552
00:37:44,229 --> 00:37:46,932
She'll be 7 years old next week.
553
00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:48,667
Mr. Reed.
554
00:37:48,734 --> 00:37:52,371
I guess I must've traveled
555
00:37:52,438 --> 00:37:56,875
over 4,000 miles
this past year trying
556
00:37:59,545 --> 00:38:01,313
to sell these books.
557
00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:03,815
Walking, walking.
558
00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:10,288
And all that time
559
00:38:13,191 --> 00:38:14,826
I wasn't able to put away
560
00:38:17,363 --> 00:38:18,964
enough
561
00:38:22,167 --> 00:38:23,835
to buy my little girl a present.
562
00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:26,805
I know you want your money.
563
00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:29,841
But I want my little girl
564
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:35,981
to have a present.
565
00:38:41,587 --> 00:38:43,321
I want her to wake up...
566
00:38:48,594 --> 00:38:50,328
I want her to wake up
567
00:38:51,797 --> 00:38:53,064
on her birthday
568
00:38:56,435 --> 00:38:58,904
to something special.
569
00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:03,241
Doesn't matter to you
who pays for it?
570
00:39:03,308 --> 00:39:05,010
No.
571
00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:11,450
Doesn't matter.
572
00:39:13,819 --> 00:39:15,086
Doesn't matter.
573
00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:29,668
Alright, Mr. Reed.
574
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:33,972
Take your doll.
575
00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:37,943
Get on out of here.
576
00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:37,669
- Morning.
- Hi, John-Boy.
577
00:40:37,736 --> 00:40:40,572
It's as pretty a piece of burl
wood as I've ever seen.
578
00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:44,510
Sure is. How long you
been hoarding that?
579
00:40:44,576 --> 00:40:46,211
Three or four years, maybe.
580
00:40:47,579 --> 00:40:49,414
It's a funny thing
581
00:40:49,481 --> 00:40:52,884
a tree can grow up tall
and straight, good like this
582
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:54,486
you cut it down.
583
00:40:54,553 --> 00:40:57,055
Cut it up into ordinary boards,
just like that.
584
00:40:57,122 --> 00:40:59,457
But when a tree has its
troubles, like this
585
00:40:59,525 --> 00:41:01,159
when it's full of knots
586
00:41:01,226 --> 00:41:05,230
gnarls, all sickly disease,
parasites, and whatnot
587
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:09,234
and turns out to
something beautiful, like this.
588
00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:15,040
Maybe that
just goes to show us.
589
00:41:15,106 --> 00:41:18,810
That trouble sometimes brings
out the best in all of us.
590
00:41:22,781 --> 00:41:24,783
Trouble may bring out
the best in trees
591
00:41:24,850 --> 00:41:26,785
but I'm not too sure
about people.
592
00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:29,821
- How's that?
- What you gonna do with that?
593
00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:32,924
I've been thinking of making
a shelf for you.
594
00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:36,528
That Benvenuto Celli, like when
he burned his house down....
595
00:41:38,296 --> 00:41:39,765
Going to make a bookshelf?
596
00:41:43,034 --> 00:41:47,405
Well, no need for you
to make a bookshelf.
597
00:41:47,472 --> 00:41:51,042
The last thing in the world this
family needs is a bookshelf.
598
00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:53,011
Mr. Reed is gone.
599
00:41:53,979 --> 00:41:55,881
And Mama's money is gone.
600
00:41:56,782 --> 00:41:58,216
And we've been stung.
601
00:42:38,489 --> 00:42:40,525
Mr. Reed.
602
00:42:40,592 --> 00:42:43,762
Mr. Walton, I wanna talk to you
and your wife.
603
00:42:43,829 --> 00:42:45,931
Not much to say,
as far as I can see.
604
00:42:45,997 --> 00:42:49,334
Yes, there is, Mr. Walton.
It's important to me.
605
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,170
I'd be much obliged
if you'd give me a moment.
606
00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:56,307
Please.
607
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:15,026
John-Boy, would you move
the chair for me, please?
608
00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:16,327
Sure.
609
00:43:18,096 --> 00:43:19,765
John-Boy.
610
00:43:19,831 --> 00:43:21,332
Table, too.
611
00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:26,638
Thank you.
612
00:43:26,705 --> 00:43:28,173
Hello, Mr. Reed.
613
00:43:32,844 --> 00:43:34,980
Mr. Reed, you are
not welcome here.
614
00:43:35,046 --> 00:43:37,849
Please, Mrs. Walton,
I've got to talk to you.
615
00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:40,752
You didn't send in the down
payment to the company.
616
00:43:40,819 --> 00:43:41,820
That's right.
617
00:43:41,887 --> 00:43:43,454
I don't know
how you consider
618
00:43:43,521 --> 00:43:46,057
buying your girl a present
bought with stolen money.
619
00:43:56,802 --> 00:43:58,369
What are you up to now?
620
00:44:02,273 --> 00:44:03,875
Here.
621
00:44:05,043 --> 00:44:06,344
I hope you'll forgive me.
622
00:44:08,513 --> 00:44:10,849
I had to give it back.
623
00:44:11,983 --> 00:44:14,319
Mr. Godsey was nice enough
624
00:44:15,854 --> 00:44:17,355
to take the doll back
625
00:44:19,590 --> 00:44:21,693
and give back your money.
626
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,262
- Would you get his books?
- Sure.
627
00:44:33,438 --> 00:44:35,006
These are hard times.
628
00:44:37,142 --> 00:44:39,945
Doing without has gotten
to be a way of life.
629
00:44:41,379 --> 00:44:43,749
But it was wrong of me.
630
00:44:43,815 --> 00:44:47,753
Trying to change that
at your expense.
631
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:50,956
Times like these, people
632
00:44:52,257 --> 00:44:56,227
do things they never dreamed
of doing before.
633
00:45:05,837 --> 00:45:07,305
I'll just go on
634
00:45:09,307 --> 00:45:10,942
selling these books
635
00:45:11,777 --> 00:45:16,481
and manage as best I can.
636
00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:23,088
Hope that things get better
soon for everybody.
637
00:45:31,629 --> 00:45:33,198
If everybody here's agreed
638
00:45:34,332 --> 00:45:36,067
I'd like to make
another down payment
639
00:45:36,134 --> 00:45:39,170
on the Five-Foot Shelf of Books.
640
00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:45,043
- We're agreed.
- Amen to that.
641
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:08,299
You should get your first
shipment within 10 days.
642
00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:18,877
Well, I'll be going.
643
00:46:25,150 --> 00:46:27,452
- Take care on the road.
- Thank you.
644
00:46:33,058 --> 00:46:34,459
- Goodbye.
- So long.
645
00:46:44,669 --> 00:46:46,537
Mr. Reed!
646
00:46:46,604 --> 00:46:48,506
Mr. Reed!
647
00:46:48,573 --> 00:46:49,941
Mr. Reed!
648
00:46:50,008 --> 00:46:52,911
Mr. Reed! Mr. Reed!
649
00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:06,257
Goodbye, Mr. Reed.
650
00:47:30,715 --> 00:47:33,484
How about this?
651
00:47:33,551 --> 00:47:36,787
"Two Years before the Mast
and Twenty-four Years after
652
00:47:36,854 --> 00:47:40,091
"by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
with introduction and notes.
653
00:47:43,728 --> 00:47:46,097
"Chapter 1. Departure.
654
00:47:47,332 --> 00:47:49,167
"The fourteenth of August
655
00:47:49,234 --> 00:47:52,137
"was the day fixed for the
sailing of the brig Pilgrim
656
00:47:52,203 --> 00:47:55,440
"on her voyage from Boston
round Cape Horn
657
00:47:55,506 --> 00:47:58,243
"to the western coast
of North America.
658
00:47:58,309 --> 00:48:01,112
"As she was to get under weigh
early in the afternoon
659
00:48:01,179 --> 00:48:03,581
"I made my appearance on board
at twelve o'clock
660
00:48:03,648 --> 00:48:05,883
"in full sea-rig,
and with my chest
661
00:48:05,951 --> 00:48:07,652
"containing an outfit...."
662
00:48:10,121 --> 00:48:12,457
The salesman was right
about one thing.
663
00:48:12,523 --> 00:48:16,394
The wit and wisdom of the ages
were contained in those books
664
00:48:16,461 --> 00:48:18,196
and many of
the voyages we took
665
00:48:18,263 --> 00:48:20,932
were no less memorable
for having been enjoyed
666
00:48:20,999 --> 00:48:23,401
through the written word.
667
00:48:23,468 --> 00:48:26,471
It was, too, Michelangelo
who painted chapels. I know it.
668
00:48:26,537 --> 00:48:29,140
You're wrong, Mary Ellen.
It was that Cellini fellow.
669
00:48:29,207 --> 00:48:32,310
- It was Michelangelo, Jason.
- See, smarty.
670
00:48:32,377 --> 00:48:35,046
Well, a body can't be expected
to know everything.
671
00:48:35,113 --> 00:48:36,814
There's something I
want to know.
672
00:48:36,881 --> 00:48:38,716
Me, too. What's a chapel?
673
00:48:38,783 --> 00:48:40,952
It's like a church, honey.
674
00:48:41,019 --> 00:48:43,688
That's nice. Goodnight, Daddy.
Goodnight, Mama.
675
00:48:43,754 --> 00:48:45,290
Goodnight, Elizabeth.
676
00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:47,425
What was it you wanted
to know, Jim-Bob?
677
00:48:47,492 --> 00:48:51,129
Is Mr. Cellini or Michelino
going to paint our church?
678
00:48:51,196 --> 00:48:53,431
Either one. We're not proud.
679
00:48:53,498 --> 00:48:54,799
Mama.
680
00:48:54,865 --> 00:48:57,602
- Goodnight, John-Boy.
- Goodnight.
681
00:48:57,652 --> 00:49:02,202
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