All language subtitles for The.Alfred.Hitchcock.Hour.1962.S03E13.Where.the.Woodbine.Twineth.DVD

Good evening.

As you can see, I'm in training for a
pie-eating contest.

I take all athletic matches seriously.
I've been practicing for some weeks now

and have myself honed to a razor-sharp
edge.

Furthermore, I do not expect to have any
trouble making the weight.

This evening, in addition to a
pie-eating contest, we are presenting a

story entitled Where the Woodbine
Twineth, or, as our network insists on

calling it, WT2.

Where the Woodbine Twineth is about a
little girl who had some imaginary

playmates. This would not seem to be a
very serious problem.

But it was.

It was.

We now have a different kind of
competition, an endurance contest.

The question is, how many of you can
endure the next 60 seconds?

To everything there is a season.

And a time to every purpose under the
heaven.

A time to be born.

And a time to die.

A time to plant.

And a time to pluck up that which is
planted.

A time to kill.

And a time to heal.

A time to break down and a time to build
up.

A time to weep.

And a time to laugh.

A time to mourn and a time to dance.

A time to get and a time to lose.

Want to see your room either?

Come on, honey.

I'll show it to you.

Jesse, give me a bag.

I'll carry it, Miss Nell. I'll carry it.

Poor baby.

Fix me a cup of coffee, Suze.

Yes, Captain Key.

I'm awfully sorry, Captain King.

I sure admired Amos.

Thank you, Jesse. Thank you.

My room's through there.

Right next door.

This used to be your daddy's room, once
upon a time.

Do you hear me, Eva?

Yes, Aunt Mel.

He's never coming back, is he?

Even if I pretend he'll never come back.

Even if we all pretend.

Look at all the bumblebees out in the
garden.

Do bumblebees die?

Yes.

Am I an orphan?

Who told you that?

I heard someone at the church say I was
an orphan.

That they didn't know what was going to
become of me.

going to become of me?

Am I going to die?

Not for a long time. You're going to
live here with me and we're going to

have a very nice life.

Is it dark where Daddy is?

I hope not.

I don't know.

Mingo knows.

Mingo says it's brighter than day.

They have bumblebees there too.

Who's Mingo, honey?

A friend of mine.

My best friend.

Can I have some iced tea?

With four spoonfuls of sugar?

Soon she'll make it, Sam.

But I want to put the sugars in myself.

What is it?

Nothing.

It's just that I'm expecting someone.

And I thought for a minute I saw them.

To reroute the front porch, $43.71.

$25 to...

Burn off the back lot.

The funeral will be at least 7.50.

You just make out the checks. I'll sign
them.

Well, they're all made out.

Now... Yes?

I'm just bringing it up one more time.

And I'll never mention it again.

Now you just listen.

Are you absolutely sure you want to keep
Eva here?

I could take her with me in the morning
and leave her with the mother's people.

She's Amos' child.

I know you'd have wanted me to take care
of her.

It's a big job taking care of a
six-year-old.

Things aren't going to be as quiet
around here.

I'm aware of that.

I'm even looking forward to it.

It's been too quiet around here for a
long time.

You aren't doing this out of a sense of
duty, are you?

I don't know.

I never thought about it like that.

But it'd make no difference if it was.

And I think... Well, I suppose... We do
a lot of things out of a sense of duty.

I never asked you to stay here and
manage this house.

Never kept you here for one minute.

I never said you did.

But someone had to stay with Mum until
she died.

Amos was so busy.

Going to school and getting married.

Nell. I'm sorry, Father.

I haven't been able to cry about Amos
yet.

And I need a good cry.

Oh, I'll be fine.

What time will you be leaving in the
morning? Nell.

I have to tell Susan what time to fix
breakfast.

What time?

What time?

Here we are.

All washed and ready for bed.

Come, give your old grandpa a big hug
goodnight.

Because he'll be way down river before
you wake up in the morning.

Want to come and go to New Orleans with
grandpa on the boat?

with Aunt Nell.

Well, you better get to bed.

Aunt Nell won't want a cranky little
girl on her hands. You'll be cranky if

you don't get to bed.

I'm afraid of the dark.

Will you stay in my room?

Yes, tonight I will.

Yes.

Is that a hundred almost, really?

Are you getting tired?

My arm feels like it's about to fall
off.

If my arm ever fell off, would I grow
another one?

I don't think we have to worry about
that.

Mingo told me it would.

I'll be glad when Mingo comes so you can
meet her.

I'd like to meet her very much.

You would?

Of course.

Hobbies.

She's big enough to live in a birdcage,
but little enough to have a frog for a

horse. I see.

Not the frogs.

Now, by the river.

Croak, croak, croak.

That means that Mingo's coming.

She'll be here sometime tonight.

Go to sleep, Eva.

Am I turning out the light now?

No.

Do you believe me about Mingo?

I think you're a very sweet girl with a
wonderful imagination.

That means you don't believe me.

I knew you wouldn't believe me when I
tell you things are real.

Daddy doesn't believe me either.

And Daddy's dead.

Turn out the light.

Eva... Turn out the light. I want to go
to sleep.

Come back into bed, Eva.

You mind me?

No. Eva?

either i don't like you i was having fun

you mustn't talk back at me why

my mom had to wash my mouth out with
soap so i talked back at her like that

you're not my mama my mom is dead mingo
saw her

bingo said her eyes were open she said
she thought Daddy and

Mama dancing together down in the
ground.

You mustn't make up things like that.

It's not made up.

What Mingo says is so.

Mingo brought her whole family with her
because her house caught on fire.

They didn't say the thing.

Not even a pair of shoes.

Mr. Peppercorn is her father.

He has a beard very much like the way
Grandpa used to wear on his chin.

Except, Mr.

Peppercorn's is red.

Same color as his eyes.

work for Mr. Peppa Queen.

So, will they all live here under the
davenport?

No.

No, Susan.

What is it, honey?

That's where they all live.

Nothing's vacuum under there. Give it to
me, because I know how to keep from

hitting them.

Nice to see you helping, Eva.

Eva?

What?

I said it was nice to see you helping.

Oh, she's lots of help, Miss Nell.

They don't like Aunt Nell.

They always hide when they see her
coming.

I keep telling them that she's really
very nice down inside and that they

mustn't be afraid of her. Uh-huh.

Is Aunt Mel an old maid?

And what is it?

Is it when they're snippy?

Does loving someone make you not snippy,
Sue?

I love Mingo.

And Mr.

Peppercorn, Sam, and Popo.

And I don't feel snippy at all.

So there must be some truth in what some
folks say.

But it was a long, green sun lizard.

And the cat came, pat, pat, pat, and
jumped

up on the bed and put it under my cover.

And I touched it with my toes.

Eva!

Who were you talking to, Eva?

Have you heard me?

Tell me the truth.

To my friends, Mingo, Mr.

Peppercorn, Sam.

Oh, Eva.

Yes, ma'am?

There's no one in this parlor but you
and me.

You never believe me when I tell you
things are real.

They aren't real.

They are.

They aren't. It's not the truth.

They are.

They are not.

Either. They are real. They live under
the Davenport.

Oh, either.

They're little.

Well, you just show them to me.

No, they don't like you.

Well, that's just too bad, because I
want to see them.

No. Why not?

You just can't. Because they aren't
there. They are. They are.

Well, we'll see about that.

There's nothing there.

Nothing.

They're gone.

They're gone?

Because they were never there.

You did it.

You made my friends go away. They're
gone.

You did it.

You're an awful, snippy old maid.

I'll rinse your mouth with soap so hard
it'll make your head swim.

You did it. You did it. You made my
friends go away. You did it.

Not since breakfast.

She better come on.

Have you looked out under the puzzle
tree?

Eva?

Jesse? Yes, ma'am.

Have you seen Eva?

No, ma'am. Not since breakfast.

Oh, you better get the car out of the
garage now. I don't want to be late.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, she kept crying because she didn't
get to see the boat and meet her

grandpa.

It's her own fault.

I'm not playing hide-and-seek with her.

We're going to have raspberry cobbler
baked ham, corn on the cob, fresh

tomatoes and spoonbread.

Everything the captain's fond of.

There's Jesse with the condom now.

I'll hear him.

Where'd you put the ham, Jesse?

What ham?

I asked you earlier to get me a ham out
of the smokehouse.

You didn't ask me?

Jesse. I told you the first thing this
morning.

Not me. We need anything from town.

Just about out of cornmeal, Miss Nell.
You didn't tell me, Julie. You bought no

ham. I told you before I poured you your
coffee.

Come on, come on. We'll be late.

They can't be waiting on the dog.

I'll remember if you told me, Suze.

Never mind.

I'll get it myself.

Who's in here?

Is that you, Eva?

No.

Your Aunt Nell's been looking high and
low for you.

I know.

You missed going down to the dock and
seeing your grandpa come in on the boat.

I know.

Didn't you want to go?

Why didn't you answer then and make your
went-bouts known?

I couldn't.

Why not?

Because Mr.

Peppercorn came.

And I couldn't be rude to Mr.

Peppercorn.

He came back on a butterfly for just one
minute to tell me something.

You better come on, get out from there
before you break your neck.

Just look.

Just look at them hands.

Oh, and that face.

And you smell like a piece of smoked
meat.

I was pretending I was the string of
peppers.

Oh, yes?

Well, we're just going to have to throw
you in the tub and clean you up before

they get back.

What are you grinning about, young lady?

Oh,

you better stop that. You're going to
make yourself dizzy.

Now, come on. Come on. Come on.

Captain King!

Captain King!

How's my girl?

I'm fine.

Jessie, hand me the big box on the front
seat. All right, Captain.

I got something here for you.

Put

me

down, Grandpa. Put me down.

Numa. What did you say, Eva?

Don't mumble.

Thank your grandpa nicely now.

Oh, you think I haven't taught you one
shred of manners.

Numa.

It's Numa.

He told me she'd be coming, but I wasn't
sure it was Grandpa bringing her.

Mr. Peppercorn said... Oh, Eva.

I don't want to be a tattletale,
Grandpa.

But Aunt Nell made them all go away.

She took an umbrella and poked at them.

But this morning, Mr.

Peppercorn came back for just one
minute.

He said when she poked at them, she
broke Sam's foot and that none of them

would ever come back with her in the
house. No matter how much they loved me,

they were sending me Numa instead.

He's just like he said.

Take it all and go to your room, Eva.

Eva, take it all and go upstairs. You
heard me.

Yes, Aunt Mel.

Thank you, Grandpa, for bringing me new
mugs.

You're very welcome, I am sure.

I want to talk to you.

Talk to me over a nice mint julep.

I've been almost out of my mind all
summer long.

It just doesn't stop.

There's a whole community of them living
under the Davenport.

They all rode frogs.

It's not too funny.

She's just a baby now.

I know, but it's all she talks about,
all she thinks about.

She never lifts a finger around the
house.

When I was her age, I made myself very
useful.

Now, you know I did.

Yes, you did.

Mama'd have taken a switch to me if I'd
acted the way she acts.

You aren't sorry you took her in, are
you, Nell?

She's Amos's child.

You're not answering my question.

No, I'm not sorry.

But I intend to do something about it.

A child must learn to live with the
reality of the world.

Sounds like something you said to me
once upon a time, doesn't it?

Sounds familiar.

I'd be grateful if you'd brush up that
particular lecture.

It was pretty effective, as I remember.

I'll go get her.

You might also tell her that...

I'm not a snippy old maid, an impossible
ogre.

Who was in here with you?

There was someone in here with you.

I distinctly heard two voices.

Who was it?

Now, you answer me.

You never believe me when I tell you
things are real.

Now, you tell me the truth. You hear me?

Just me.

Just me, Enuma.

How does one improve each shining hour?

Some say by injecting a station break in
the center of it.

I shall allow you to judge for
yourselves before rejoining us for the

second half of Where the Woodbine
Twineth.

What does Numa say today, Eva?

Today Numa says that she misses Grandpa.

And that she's sorry he had to go away
so soon.

And that she'll be glad when he comes
back up the river.

Yes.

And that summer's just about...

Mm-hmm. And life is very hard.

Oh, yes.

Life is hard.

That's what Numa says.

I'm on my way to choir practice. Isn't
there any need?

You look pretty, Miss Nair.

We're just about out of cinnamon.

Do you want to come into town, Eva?

Can I bring Numa?

I don't want everyone in town to see my
niece walking around talking to a doll.

Then I'd rather stay here and play.

Wait, Jessie.

I'll get it.

You can make up the bed this morning.

I will. I forgot.

I'll put it to work, Miss Nell.

I'll see that she sweeps the porch and
she can help me make... Pie crust and

I'll see that she makes a bed.

Tonight is missionary meeting.

I'd like an early supper.

Yes, ma'am.

Aunt Nell doesn't like Numa any more
than she likes Mr.

Peppercorn.

Let me sift it some.

All right.

Grandma says if Aunt Nell ever made her
go away like she did the others, she'd

take me with her.

And where would that be?

Where the wood behind twine is.

Where?

Where the wood behind twine is.

I don't recollect ever hearing of that
place before. How far from Cleesops

Landing is it?

I don't know, but I expect it's far
away. So far away you never come

back.

Never come back. back where the wood
barn trine has never come back.

Don't do that, honey.

We don't just always talk.

Sometimes we get tired of that.

When we do, we just play.

What do you play?

Jacks, bum-bum, house, dress-up, doll.

Sometimes we just play doll.

Just play an old doll?

Sometimes Noomi gets tired of being a
doll.

Oh, she does?

Let me roll some.

All right.

Mm-hmm.

Real tired of being doll.

So, I play doll, and she puts me in the
box and plays with me.

She puts you in that box?

Mm-hmm.

And you're the doll?

You'd better get that bed made up first.

Oh, yes.

I forgot.

Eva? Who were you playing with?

I'm not going to tell you. You were
playing with one of those children from

down by the river. Where did she go?

There was no one here but me and Numa.

Now, don't you set out to aggravate me.

I suppose you're going to tell me that
it was Numa I saw.

You never believe me when I tell you
things are real.

Well, we'll put a little stop to this
nonsense right now.

Behave yourself.

I want Numa.

I want my Numa. No.

I want my

Numa.

You can have her back when you tell me
who you were playing with just now, not

before.

Don't you talk that way to me.

Shut up.

Don't you sass me.

Oh, Ava.

You better not bite me.

I'm going to. You just do and see what
happens, Miss Lady.

But Luna said, she said if you ever made
her go away, she'd take me with her. Oh,

Ava.

Stop it, Eve.

Miss Ness.

Put her to bed.

But she hasn't had a supper, Miss Ness.
Put her to bed.

Yes, ma'am.

Come on, baby.

Come on.

Jesse? Jesse?

Well, I finally found out what was
wrong.

It was just that old spring that needed
tightening up real tight.

Well, thank you, Jesse.

I'm sure glad it didn't happen when Suze
was in here cleaning up.

She'd have climbed right up that wall.

Thank you, Jesse.

You're welcome, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm going now. You sure you don't want
Jessie to drive you? It's just over to

Nan Foster's.

You taking that up to Eva?

Yes, ma'am. It's all right, is it? She
didn't have any dinner either.

You think I've been too strict, don't
you?

Don't ask me, Miss Nell.

She talked back to me.

That's not to be allowed.

No, ma'am.

I'll be home early.

Have a nice evening, Miss Nell.

Look what I brought you.

Chicken and dumplings and a glass of
milk and a big piece of pie.

I'm not hungry.

Well, I'll just leave it anyway in case
you get hungry.

I don't want you knocking on my door in
the middle of the night and waking me up

and looking pitiful.

What you mad at me for?

I'm not.

You're not?

You sure?

Help me.

Goodnight, baby.

Jesse?

Jesse!

Listen.

Oh, that old pianola spring done got
untied again, Mama.

I thought I had it big for sure.

Well, I see what I can do about it this
time.

you

Jessie! Sue!

You home already, Miss Nell? What is it,
dear? Where's Eva?

Up in her room, I reckon.

Well, how'd the parlor door get
unlocked?

Who locked it? I did.

Well, I wasn't there when it wasn't
locked, Miss Nell. It wasn't locked at

all.

you want to play anytime you want to
play it.

So you're the child who's been sneaking
up here to play with Eva.

Not that.

You're going home.

Go on.

Go on home.

Go on.

You're going home where you belong.

Never come back.

Now don't you hide from me. Do you hear
me?

If you... If you know what's good for
you, you'll come to me right now.

Eva.

Eva.

That concludes tonight's story.

Next week we shall return with another.

Until then, good night.