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Daisy, for a moment, please.

On your collar.

Tuck in your shirt tails.

Never mind being sorry.

Follow your sister's example. Take pride in your appearance.

No dawdling after school, remember. I'll expect you at the Dale House by four o

'clock sharp.

your person to go, what for?

So I can follow your example, like Miss King said.

This is not what she meant, and you know it.

Come on, Dora. You know I can't figure anything out.

Besides, it's a waste of time.

Honestly, I have no use for fractions and stuff when I'm done with school.

Well, now, if it ain't Dopey and Dora now.

Fancy meeting you here.

What do you know? It's wimpy less. Come on, Dave. We're going to be late for

school. Wild horses couldn't drag me to school.

Boys who don't go to school become layabouts of thieves.

Well, excuse me, miss. I work for a living.

Got me a job down at the cannery. So what?

So I'll be done working gone fishing while you're still cooped up with old

-faced pedibone. And I'll have money in my pocket to boot.

You just think about that, little man.

What an awful boy.

He's a lucky one, if you ask me.

David Keith, step up to the front, please.

Class, put your books down.

David's going to help you solve a mathematics problem.

Train A departs 5 past 11 in the a .m., traveling at 30 miles per hour to arrive

at its destination 5 past 12 in the p .m. Train B leaves the same station at

.35 in the a .m., traveling at a speed of 60 miles per hour. Both trains arrive

at the same destination at precisely the same time. What's the distance traveled

by both trains?

It's a problem, son. You answered the problem correctly in your homework

assignment.

I'm not sure, sir.

I don't remember.

Well, perhaps your sister remembers. Dora, what is the distance traveled by

trains?

30 miles, sir.

Correct.

My query is this, class.

Student A and student B each turn in homework assignments.

Both students have the same answers, correct and incorrect.

Student A remembers. The answer is student B does not.

Who can explain this strange phenomenon?

Velma Bugle.

Davy Keith copied the answers off student A.

Each student will stand in the corner. Student B, in that corner.

Student A, in that corner.

Noses against the wall for 15 minutes. Starting now.

In future, Dora, you'd be wise to let your brother do his own homework.

I've written a note to Miss King regarding this matter.

Be sure you deliver it to her, right and proper.

And larger things do anyway.

You know, it occurred to me that I'm in the middle of something else

that you might find much more... This

is an electric broom.

How's it work?

You push this nozzle... Sorry.

over any, uh, any dirty dirt. And the dirt is just right

up and deposited inside the machine into a vacuum bag, hence the term, the

vacuum, uh, you know.

No guff!

No guff. A highly ingenious device.

I have made a minor adjustment of my own.

To the original mechanism, I have introduced a watertight

canister. And voila!

The aqua vacuum.

Here you go.

Listen to this one, Hattie.

Lobster Thermidor.

Lobster meat, cream, mushroom, sherry, and egg yolks. Cooked to perfection in a

lobster shell. Doesn't that just sound positively scrumptious?

Positively repulsive, if you ask me.

Since when did you become enamored with hoot cuisine?

I just want to thank all the people that worked so hard to make the cannery a

success. So I thought I'd try my hand at a really elegant buffet for the

employees.

Pliers.

Ah. Jasper!

Come here, Jasper.

Oh, dear. Oh, clear enough for you, Mr. Depp. Oh, good.

Olivia and I are at odds, Jasper. I thought you'd make a good pounding

Honestly, is this really necessary? Yes, it is.

Now, about this do with the cavalry.

Look,

I know you and Olivia mean well, but I cannot bear to see you waste good money

for nothing.

Look, plain old -fashioned.

Boy, old lobster's always been good enough for the king. But we did it.

outside. We're going home.

And finally... David?

I wouldn't be surprised if you were fired from Jasper Dale's workshop

permanently. Now, come on.

I didn't do it on purpose.

No excuses, young man.

Just learn to be more careful in future.

Well, I don't want to hear of any more of these.

so -called accident of yours.

Well, go on. Try it, of course.

Miss King. Yes, dear. What is it?

Mr. Pettibone said to deliver this note to you right and proper.

Right and proper?

Oh.

Oh, dear.

Elaine, the meaning of this.

Davy's study habits have always been haphazard.

Davy has the ability to do his work, but does not apply himself, choosing rather

to rely on the hard work of others.

Dear me.

Well, what do you have to say to yourself?

I've never been good at school, Miss King.

I can't help it.

How can you possibly hope to make anything of your life if you don't learn

apply yourself?

I don't care.

I'm never going back to that stupid school either.

Don't talk such rubbish.

It's not rubbish.

Wiley Lester doesn't go to school. He works.

And if he can get a job, so can I.

What Wiley Lester does is no concern of yours, young man. And whilst you're

under this roof in my house, you go to school. You understand?

You're not even dressed.

I don't feel so good, Miss King.

No, no, it's my stomach.

It feels funny.

I see your stomach is it.

Well, then it's castor oil for you, my boy.

I'd say three tablespoons.

Maybe four.

You know, maybe I'm just hungry.

Hungry. Well, you're probably right.

Baby. Behave yourself now, children.

Yes, ma 'am.

Daisy, wake up.

Daisy, where are you going?

I know you want to do walking along the North Road.

Never have I seen such delinquency, such brazen truancy.

To your room, baby kids, this instant.

No matter how many times you send me to my room, I'm never going back to that

school.

Oh, how can I understand the boy, the importance of learning?

He can't be allowed to just...

Throw away his education with no regard whatever for the future. No, no, this

can't go on, Olivia.

It has to be nipped in the bud.

Eddie, just give it some time.

You know, forcing Davy back to school before he's ready is the surest way to

drive him in the opposite direction.

Opposite direction.

You could be right.

That would mean...

The surest way to drive him toward the classroom would be to put him to work.

A job.

A job.

A job. Oh, it's a brilliant idea.

Yes, a brilliant idea.

If David Keith had rather work, then work he shall.

Where?

Wait, now you mean here?

Yes, well, it's only for a few days, Jasper, and I promised Teddy we'd give

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Whoa!

There you see.

No one else here is dressed up, Davy. I told you, working at the cannery is a

messy business.

I want to make a good impression, Miss King.

Very well, then.

For lunch, Davy.

Remember, chin up, shoulders back, and if you get nervous, breathe deeply.

King said you might be hiring, and here I am.

Well, all right, then.

Why don't you have a seat right there?

Jasper? Yes, yes?

As it happens, Davy, we're rebuilding the steam plant, so I think we could

probably use a few additional workers.

Isn't that right, Jasper? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Why don't you tell me about your previous work experience, Davy?

Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry.

You know, other jobs that you've had.

Oh.

Well, none, except my chores at home.

It's bad if you don't have work experience, isn't it? No, no, no, I'm a

light in that department myself.

Um, surely you have other qualities that you feel would make you suitable for

the job.

Yes, ma 'am.

If I get this job, I promise to be the hardest worker you ever saw.

Marvelous, you're hired.

Really? Mm -hmm.

Welcome aboard.

My boy.

Lionel Lester to the office, please.

Lionel Lester to the office.

Good luck.

Punch in here with one of these cards when you get in every morning.

7 .30. Smart.

You mean sharp, don't you, sir?

Well, it won't be too sharp if you're not punched to me before 7 .30, I'll

you. Come along, then.

Yes, sir.

And call me Lionel.

Everybody else does.

Yes, sir.

Lionel. Well, you're a polite one, ain't you?

I'll put you to work with my boy, Wiley.

Maybe some of your good manners will rub off on him, eh?

Wiley, come here, boy.

Hop to her.

What you want, Pa?

Take charge of young Davey here. He's going to help you with that brick.

Think you're on holiday or something?

It'll take more than that.

Oh, no.

Too much, Wiley?

Now I can't even see.

That's Mr. Lester to you, bud.

Don't say can't tell you try.

We ain't got all day.

Well, it looks like Davy's holding his own.

You got yourself right bollocks up, didn't you?

Get on your feet. The bosses are giving you the old fish eye.

Keep this up. You won't last till quitting time.

Mr. Davey, why are you still here?

Everyone else went home half an hour ago.

Wiley said I had to clean the cutting room floor before I left.

Mr. Wiley seems rather overzealous where you're concerned.

At least it's a laugh.

Well, good.

Good.

Give you a lift home, then.

Shall I?

I'm practically lost.

That smell.

You can't take that stench inside the house with you.

Go on.

Round the back and wait by the kitchen door, boy, whilst I fetch you some pink

rose. Go on.

The boy looks good.

He can play it out.

Well done, Jasper. I don't know if deception can ever be well done.

Now, now, all for a good cause, remember?

By the looks of it, we'll have young Davy back in school in no time.

Bravo!

You're quiet.

You barely said two words at supper, Davy.

Well, how was your first day of work?

Fine and dandy. You needn't worry about me, Miss King.

I wasn't worried.

Not in the least.

Well, good.

You know, because I wouldn't want you to.

Oh, no.

Your life's your own, my boy.

Far be it from me to hover over you like a mother hen.

Olivia?

Mm -hmm?

Davy Keith.

At the cannery, the situation is in turmoil.

Well, I'm sure it'll only be for a few more days.

But how can I stand back while Davy Keith flounders about chaotic and

and bungling and bearing the brunt of everyone's jokes?

I know how he feels.

Jasper, but look how well you turned out in spite of all that.

I can't think of anyone that

I would rather Davy take after than you.

Well, now, the cookie cutter's back for more.

Stop it, chowderhead.

Pretty brassy for a guy who's a quarter hour late. Second day on the job.

I'd punch in and stop chin -wagging if I was you.

No, no, it won't do. Hedy's way is not going to work. You're right. There's

one thing to do with Davy Keith.

Mr.

Davy?

Time clock?

Acting up on you?

Not the clock, Mr. Dale.

It's me.

I was late.

And I tried to turn the hands back on the clock so that you wouldn't notice.

Now I think I broke it.

Appreciate your honesty.

And I should have said this earlier.

You've been so nice giving me a job and all.

I'm really sorry about your workshop.

Yes, yes.

I want you to follow me into my...

Jasper, I think I'm going to go make those sales

calls.

Bye, baby.

Ah, that's it. The hairspring has gone galley west. Hand me the tweezers.

Thank you.

I wanted to speak to you about something, Mr. Davey.

Yes, sir?

I have a notion.

Ah, there, that's got it.

As I was saying, I wanted to speak to you because I've arrived at a...

Decision.

I need a secretary.

A right hand. Help me around the cannery.

Interested? Me?

You bet.

Good.

What would a secretary do, sir?

Meet Homarus Americana, the common lobster.

Now, if you want to be getting on in the cannery business, Mr. Dave, you're

going to have to learn everything you can about them.

How do you know it's him, Mr. Dale? It's not her.

Let's save that for another day.

Now, if we were zoologists, we would use

taxonomy. I'm sorry.

That's it.

to classify our friend the lobster over there as follows.

Kingdom.

Anemalia. Phylum.

Arthropoda. Class.

Crustacea. Order.

Decapoda. Family.

Nepropidae. Genus. Homaris. Species.

Americanos. How do you remember it all?

It's the first letter in each word.

Kingdom, phylum, class, order.

A, B, C, O.

A, B, C, O, A, B, C, O. But if I can't even remember the words, how am I

supposed to remember the letters?

Um, well, mnemonic.

What?

It's a trick for the memory.

You make a rhyme of it, something that ticks. in the brain. K -P -C -O -F -G

Kingfish, perch, or chub.

Ocean pellets. No gutted or scrubbed.

Kingfish, perch, or chub.

Hey, Pa.

Come here a second.

Ocean pellets. Gutted or scrubbed.

Kingfish, perch, and chub. Ocean pellets. What do you reckon they're on

Beats the heck out of me.

Now, what is this place coming to?

Kingfish, perch, and chub.

According to Newtonian mechanics,

gravitational mass is proportional to weight, and inertial mass and

gravitational mass are equal.

Math,

math displaces math.

Therefore,

when filling the pots with water to cook pomaras, americanas, in order to...

Prevents the the overflow you must observe the law of displacement you

understand All right. Well, let me did it demonstrate now The

water

yes gravitational bath in wait

Cost -effectiveness is efficiency is essential to running any business.

Do it again, Paul.

Hey, never mind. Just pretend you don't see him. So as we've already calculated,

it takes 466 bricks to cover the floor of our new

steam room. So you simply multiply that by

the price per unit, and you arrive at the cost.

Begging your pardon, Mr. Dale, but you forgot about labor and cement.

Oh, um, well, you know, you're quite right, Mr. Excuse me, Mr. Wiley.

It's just for the purposes of this exercise. We're really only interested

rough cost.

So you go ahead, baby, and I'll be back in a minute.

Are you sure you want me to do this, Mr. Dale?

I'm not very good at some.

I have absolute faith in you.

Really?

Absolute.

What's he talking about rough costs? You either know what you're paying for or

you don't. I'm working.

You can't do nothing right, can you? That.

400 times 7.

60 times 7.

6 times 7 is 42.

There's your answer.

See the numbers in my head, that's all.

You never told me you was good at figuring and such.

You never asked, did you?

Two times six.

Twelve. Twelve times twelve.

One hundred and forty -four.

me today? I'm his secretary.

His right arm.

Really? Very important position. Lots of responsibility.

What, may I ask, does this new position of yours entail?

First, you have to know everything you can about the American.

Omaris Americanus. The common?

Lots of other names you have to know, too.

Kingfish, ocean fillets, get it in... I'm teaching him how to taxonomy.

And you have to know how much everything costs.

And there's that new overflowing physics stuff. No, no, no, it's Newtonian

physics. Hey, don't... Oh!

Oh!

Jasper, weren't you going to take Davy to the general store for a soda right

after work?

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.

What's your poison, my boy?

Raspberry frizz, apricot, sarsaparilla.

What are you going to have, Mr. Daffy? Oh, I'm rather partial to raspberries.

Me too.

Excellent. Do you mind telling me what in blue blazes is going on here? Oh, you

see, Jasper has been introducing Davy to the joys of learning.

I understood it.

The purpose of this exercise was to introduce Davy to the hardship of work

might return to the joys of learning.

Proper learning.

Not turn him into another Jasper Dale.

What is wrong with that, Hetty? Jasper's been a wonderful influence.

Oh, in small doses, maybe.

But what Davy needs now is...

Structure, Olivia.

Discipline. Not obstruction.

Kitty, all the discipline in the world won't do a bit of good to Davy unless he

believes in himself.

Believes? Well, yes. You see, Davy's been building up his confidence.

And that way, as Davy begins to be more sure of himself, he'll do much better in

his schoolwork. And when will his confidence be sufficiently both?

Would you say a week?

A year?

Soon?

I'm sure it'll be soon.

I don't know why I let you talk me into this in the first place.

What's that bird way up there?

Uh, uh, uh, Excipita, actually.

It's a forest hawk.

You sure do know a lot about things, Mr. Death.

You must have been really smart at school. Well, would you like to know a

secret?

When I was in school, I was teased terribly.

It made me miserable. I hated every minute of it.

What did they tease you?

Oh, you know, the usual things. I wore glasses and clumsy, and I tripped over

things.

Nobody ever thought that I would amount to much, and neither did I.

True to tell.

And then I met Olivia.

Mrs. Dale.

And she believed in me.

And soon I started to believe in myself.

And then I found that I was happy doing the experiment.

And that other people's opinions just didn't seem to matter.

What if a person doesn't do that anything, Mr. Dale? Oh, no.

We're each of us.

We're each of us good at something, Mr.

David. All that's needed is the opportunity to discover it.

Night, Mr. Dale. Night, Mr. David.

Take it, take it, take it.

Look at the birds.

I gotta tell you, Mrs. Dale, this is the best fish I ever tasted.

Right here, yep.

What do you call this again? It's lobster thermidor. I'm glad you're

it, Nat.

My boy, Wiley, he sees numbers in his head. Real smart.

You know, it's the darndest thing.

Now, my oldest, Nat there, he's inherited my good looks.

It's a good thing, too, because the boy's dumb as a bag of hammers.

Well, I think that we're each of us intelligent in our own way,

Lionel.

Jasper, go and talk to Davey.

It occurred to me, given that you're my right arm at the cannery,

that in the name of teamwork, perhaps you and I should enter the father

and son race together, like a team.

Isn't that against the rules?

I mean, we're not even related in the smallest way.

Well, I think the rules could bend a little in the name of good

This does seem a highly efficient system.

up the picture, looking through the viewfinder.

Well, would you like to look?

Jasper, take a walk with me, will you?

Oh, I had to take the plate out. I'm sorry.

I always get a little stuck.

I shall try to sit plainly.

I know that, Olivia, I have the best of intentions, and I do appreciate all the

pain you've taken on David.

Jasper, it's not helping me get Davy back to school, is it? I don't

how a little harmless pun... Whether you understand or not, the fact remains

that as long as Davy's having harmless pun, as you put it, then he's not

to go back to school, is he? The plan was to give him a job in the cannery so

to discourage him from working, not to get him off on a career.

That was the plan initially, but then it became...

It's clear to me that in the long run it would be better for Davy to go to

school at the little court.

Because he wanted to, not because he felt discouraged.

And he will make the right choice if only given the chance.

He just needs a little encouragement, that's all.

How do you know? My boy is not one of your experiments, Jasper, tell me. His

flesh and blood...

The more attached he is to you now, the harder it'll be to pry him away later.

I won't have his feelings hurt. I won't have him think that I don't care.

David! Leave me alone!

The only reason you hired me was because Miss King told you to.

I admit that that's how it started. But when I saw how hard you were trying, I

truly, I wanted to help. I don't need your help, okay?

No, please, David, let me explain.

That's simply not true. You're right, and you're inquisitive. Why do you think

you ask so many questions all the time?

Because I don't know anything.

That's why.

I'm not smart like you. No, I'm not so smart as you think you are. I had to

learn everything as I went along, just like you.

And even now I'm amazed at how little I really seem to know.

You know, oftentimes it's good to think of your life as a journey.

And the terrain can get fairly rough at times. But if you want to get to where

you're going, you've got to keep at it.

Just like you at the cannery.

You fell, you picked yourself up, you kept going.

But I don't even know where I'm going anymore.

Why decide now?

Why not leave yourself many options?

Why, I found I could try my hand at almost anything I wanted.

Inventing mechanical devices and a flight experiment, research on bats,

a cannery. It all seems so impossible to me. Why?

See, it's all about asking questions and then going out and seeking the answers.

The answers part, it's always got me stumped.

No, it may seem like a mountain to climb.

When you get to the top you can see from miles and you can choose

any path you like

Oh, well, take a seat.

Breakfast's ready, you know.

Miss King, do you know where my blue shirt is?

I wanted to wear it to school this morning, but I couldn't find it.

Oh, my.

What a coincidence. I was just about to.

Press your blue shirt.

You're going, and that's that.

Baby Keith, this is all your fault!

What did I do?

Can't stop the chat. We got a meeting with Mr. Pettibone.

Yes, but come in carefully, my boy.

Out.

Carefully. One moment.

Come in.

I guess Miss King told you already.

I can't work for you anymore.

Because I went back to school today.

You've certainly been missed around the country. I do think you've made

the right choice.

Me too.

It wasn't even that bad today.

Excellent.

What are you doing?

I finally got my enlarger assembled, so I'm doing a test run.

Can I look?

It was right.

It turned out really well.

Quite a team, huh?

If I do say so myself.

You can have this copy if you'd like it.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I arrived at the notion that

like to hire an apprentice and help out around the workshop.

Part -time, Saturdays, you know, after school.

You wouldn't possibly be interested, would you?

Me?

You bet.

Excellent.

What would an apprentice do, sir?

Well, I am in the middle of an experiment right now, which I think you

find rather interesting.

Now, have you ever seen a

refrigeration machine?

No, no, no, no.