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Here we are, face to face, looking for the silver spoon.

Hoping to find we're two of a kind. Make it a go, make it grow.

Together, we're going to find our way.

Together, taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just can't find.

Two silver spoons together.

We're going to find our way.

Together.

We're going to find our way.

You and I together.

This is R .B. Stratton, president and chief executive of Fittin' Pretty

Babysitting Court.

Yes, this is Ricky, the kid next door.

Kate, come on, hurry up. We've got to get a move on.

Terrific, Ms. Werpelman. We'll start next week.

Oh, you signed up another customer, huh, R .B.? Yeah, that's three kids today

and six here next week. Oh, that's terrific, son.

Sounds like a pretty big responsibility. How are you going to babysit all these

kids? See, that's the beauty of this.

We don't have to babysit anybody.

We just count the big bucks.

You see, we charge $3 an hour per kid.

Then we pay Leslie Cranbottom and Freddy each $1 .50 an hour to watch them.

Alfonso and I keep the rest.

Boys, it's exciting.

Now I know how Colonel Sanders felt when he saw his first chicken.

Kate, please!

Well, it's about time.

Yeah.

You know, before we were married, you never did all this shoe worrying.

Edward, I have always been a shoe worrier.

I almost checked myself into the Buster Brown Clinic.

Honey, we gotta hurry. Oh, do you have your keys?

I'll wait for you in the garage. We don't want to be late.

Right, right.

Alfonso, what are you doing here with them?

You're supposed to be taking them to Leslie's and her to Freddy's.

Rick, we've got a problem.

Freddy had to leave school early because he had 20 stings from his science

project. Our friend, the bee.

And Leslie quit when she found out we had the Bramlett brothers.

Hey, look what a nice boys.

Looks can be.

Look, you didn't tell me you were bringing him here.

Oh, well, sitting pretty babysitting corpus, having a temporary manpower

shortage.

Well, okay.

If you have a problem, the housekeeper's here. All right.

Yeah, Kate, I'm coming, I'm coming.

Dad, did you change your shoes?

I figured, as long as I was upstairs.

your attention.

Welcome to the big house.

Now, we're all going to get along fine as long as you remember this.

There is one way of doing things.

My way.

Got it?

Yes, sir. I can't hear you. Yes, sir!

Never forget who's in charge.

You obviously forgot who's in charge.

Henry, what might I tell you about the bow and arrow?

Yeah, what did Mr. Stratton tell you about the bow and arrow? Quiet. Only Mr.

Stratton gets to yell at me.

I can handle this, Beth.

But I'm not yelling, Henry. Just give me the bow. Okay.

Listen, I'll return it to you later. You better. I'll get my dad to come over

and beat you up.

Stay. Good, Tommy.

That's very cruel.

Thanks.

Alfonso, hurry up with those sandwiches.

I'm coming, I'm coming.

Read me the story, Mr.

Stratton. I like the way you read.

Thanks. I always liked the way Mr. Green Jeans read stories on Captain Kangaroo.

I kind of model myself after him.

So then the seven dwarves returned. I was here first.

You promised to play checkers, Mr.

Stratton. I know I did, Henry, after I read this story. Well, it's taking too

long. Hey, listen, listen, listen. I'll do both, all right?

The seven dwarves returned to find Snow White asleep.

She'd eaten the poison... Where's your move?

I'm moving, I'm moving.

Apple, the witch had given her.

She slept for many a day.

Then all the little king...

I know checkers, pal.

You're not reading. Okay, okay.

Alfonso!

Tommy.

Where'd he go?

He's probably hiding somewhere.

That's the way he gets attention.

I taught him.

Alfonso, one of the kids is missing. Which one? Tommy, I'm gonna check

I'll check in there.

so why don't you go home?

What about her?

You can handle her.

Well, Rick, if you have any trouble... Yeah? Don't call me.

Who's pretending?

You're funny.

Hi, I'm Mandy Jean.

Happy to meet you, Mandy Jean. Nice to meet you, too.

Mr. Stratton, I drew a picture of you. Want to see it?

Sure.

Looks just like me.

Thanks.

Is that your mommy and daddy?

No, that's my dad and step -mommy.

My step -mother.

My real mom lives someplace else.

You have two mommies?

You're lucky.

I guess I am.

Sometimes I wish I had a mommy again.

What happened to yours?

Let's draw a merry -go -round, okay?

Wait a minute. He didn't answer my question.

I can't tell you. It's a secret.

The only person I ever told is Mandy Jean.

Okay.

What did you say, Mandy Jean?

Excuse me.

Well, okay, Mandy Jean.

Mandy Jean asked... me if she could tell you the secret great you have to

promise not to tell anybody else i promise

Daddy said that if you do, he'll get in a lot of trouble.

How'd it go? We survived.

Barely.

Henry Snake, it's only rubber.

It's only rubber, Kate.

Hi, what's your name?

Beth. Oh, you're very pretty.

Can I speak to you? Rick, hang on a second. I want to set this thing down.

a look at this gorgeous vase we got at the auction.

Well, I wouldn't say we exactly intended to buy it. I was waving hello to Dexter

across the room, and I heard, sold to the man in the blue sport coat for $2

,000.

It was for a very good cause.

Yeah.

Where do you want to put it? How about that table over there?

You don't like my frog?

say that.

You hate it.

That I would say.

Oh, I'll get it.

She doesn't understand us.

Dad, I really need to talk to you. Okay, son. What's up?

Daddy!

Hi, sweetheart.

Hi, Grandpa.

Well, hello to you, too.

Rick, how you doing?

Fine. Everything okay?

Fine. Good. Hi, I'm Edward Stratton.

Oh. It's my wife, Kate. Hi. Nice to meet you. Ken Barton.

Your boy sure came through in a pinch. My regular babysitter just decided she'd

rather goof off.

I know the feeling.

Does your wife work?

Uh, no. We're divorced.

Honey, you got everything now? We all set? One sec.

Okay.

He likes you.

I like her.

Great. Okay, we ready?

All right, we're off. Bye, honey. All right, bye -bye. Okay, take care. Nice

meeting you. Nice meeting you.

Rick, thanks a lot. See you tomorrow, and thanks again.

Bye -bye.

Bye.

Seems like a nice guy.

Maybe.

All right, what's the matter?

This may sound crazy and bizarre, but I think he may have stolen Beth away from

her mom.

What?

Where'd you get that?

Her doll told me.

What I mean is Beth told me through her doll.

What exactly did she tell you?

She said that some time ago her father came to pick her up in nursery school

told her her mom never wanted to see her again.

Beth told me it was a big secret.

Edward, maybe we should check this out with the police.

You really think we should call the police?

Well... How much harm can a phone call be?

Okay.

Rick, I just have one question. Yeah, Dad?

Has this doll ever lied to you before?

Okay, thank you.

Nothing, huh?

Sergeant Henshaw, check the National Crime Information Computer. It has a

of missing children. Her name is not on it.

You're not convinced, are you, Rick?

No. Why would you tell me her father took her away and her mom never wanted

see her again?

I hate to say it, Rick, but a lot of couples, when they get a divorce, say

things about each other.

That's true.

Mom was pretty rough when she talked about Dad.

I'll bet.

She said stuff like you were a bozo, a flake, showerhead.

No, that's chowder head.

Thanks, Kate, for clearing that up.

Dad, I want you to know I never believed any of that stuff.

I always dreamed my dad would be this really great guy.

Wow.

Thanks, son.

And when I found you, you were even better than I hoped for.

I try.

Anyway.

When you hear things in your little kid, it doesn't make sense like it does when

you're older.

Yeah. I remember when I was a kid, my dad used to say to me, shape up or ship

out.

And I imagined that down at the docks, there was a whole boatload of kids who

didn't shape up.

So they got shipped out.

And I remember I was deathly afraid of being swooshed down the bathtub drain.

Me too.

That's where all the vampires lived.

Well, I didn't know that.

Well,

maybe that's all it is.

Maybe it's just my imagination that's gone crazy. Thanks a lot, all right?

And Dad, no matter what Mom said, you're definitely not an ignoramus.

Ignoramus.

That's an old lady. That's Thomas Jefferson.

See, I'm studying the American Revolution.

Oh, no!

That's the monster!

What are you talking about?

That guy with the big stick.

Used to see him all the time.

That's just a picture of the Minuteman statue.

Every time I'd see the monster, I'd get so frightened.

And then my mommy would hug me and say, everything's going to be all right.

Don't worry, Beth.

Everything is going to be all right.

You wait here.

Okay.

Dad, can I talk to you for a second?

I need to talk to you too, son.

Look what Tommy did to Tale of Two Cities.

Sorry.

Dad, I need to talk to you about Beth.

Now, it may just be her imagination, but she said that when she was with her

mom, she used to see her mom still look like this.

The Minuteman?

Yeah. From Concord, Massachusetts.

So my hunch is maybe she used to live there.

And maybe her mom still does.

Let's check and see if there was ever a Beth from Concord, Massachusetts

reported missing, huh? Yes, hello.

Could I speak to Sergeant Henshaw, please?

Sergeant Henshaw, yes, this is Edward Stratton. Yesterday I spoke to you about

possible missing child named Beth Barton.

Yeah, well, we have reason to believe that she may have lived in Concord,

Massachusetts before she was abducted.

Uh -huh.

She's going to check the computer.

Yeah?

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

Yeah, we'll be here. Do you have my address?

Yeah, right. I used to have the Rudolph the Red -Nosed Reindeer on the front

lawn.

My wife thought it was too Christmassy.

There's a prog out there now.

Okay, we'll be here.

Well, who says that they found out that there was a Beth Thompson who was

abducted from her mother over three years ago in Concord, Massachusetts?

It's true?

How could anybody do that to their own kid?

Well, son, sometimes in a divorce situation, parents try to hurt each

through their children.

And we don't know all the facts here.

Would you have done that if Mom had custody of me?

I don't know, son.

But you wouldn't tell me my mother never wanted to see me again.

No.

I wouldn't do that.

Nothing justifies that.

Beth's in the kitchen eating the world's biggest hot fudge sundae.

Any news yet, Officer Henshaw?

Looks like we found Beth's mom.

Oh, right.

She arrived from Concord and positively identified her ex -husband at the police

station. She's on her way over here now.

What's going to happen to Beth's dad?

He's been arrested. Now it's up to a judge.

Beth said if I told her secret, her dad could get in trouble.

Well, son, maybe he should have thought of that before he took Beth, huh?

Yeah. Think of the anguish he put Beth's mother through for the last three

years. I just know how much Beth loves her dad.

Maybe after some time has passed, something can be worked out where he can

Beth again.

I've seen it happen.

Three years.

If only Beth had told somebody sooner.

Police, teacher, minister.

I'll get that.

Mrs. Thompson?

Yes, please come in.

Mrs. Thompson, I'm Officer Henshaw, Shallow Springs Police Department.

I'll get that.

I am so nervous.

I have hoped for this day for so long, I can't believe it's really here.

This is my wife, Kate, and my son, Rick.

Hi. Oh, thank you so much for helping me find my baby.

You're welcome.

Beth?

Mommy?

Mommy! Oh, she knows me. She remembers me.

Oh, my little girl.

I missed you so much.

Of course I want you.

Together, taking the time to stay.