Original subtitles

- [Tom] Ha ha!

(upbeat country music)

♫ Now listen here folks my name is Tom Sawyer

♫ I don't want to be no doctor or no lawyer

♫ Fishin' by the river that's my only place to be

♫ I wanna be free sittin' under a tree, that's me

(upbeat country music)

Ha ha!

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playin' by the river

♫ Chasin' that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ But wanna be free sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me

Ha ha!

(upbeat country music)

(water gurgling)

Here, right there, right in the middle.

- [Huck] That's just a reflection of the sun.

Sometimes I can't figure you, Tom.

Every time you get to readin' them pirate stories

you start thinkin' you see gold everywhere.

There ain't nothin' in this river but fish and rocks.

- Mmm.

- And even if somethin' was shinin' up at you,

that don't mean there's gold there.

- Well, let's find out.

- Come on, Tom, you'll scare off the fish.

- I'm fishin' to get rich.

(inhaling deeply)

Uh!

- Are we rich?

- Only if broken glass is money.

- Oh, come on, let's fish.

- Oh, all right.

Hey, I see somethin' I bet is real gold.

- [Huck] Are you fixin' to do this all day?

- Aw, come on, Huck.

- [Huck] Tom Sawyer, you make me crazy sometimes.

- Oh boy!

Might just be we struck it rich.

- Cut it out.

You're just tryin' to gosh me, aren't ya?

(laughing)

- Yup.

- [Huck] Now for pete's sake, will you get

rid of that rock and come out of the water?

We've been here forever and I ain't got to fish yet.

- [Tom] Wait a minute, Huck.

- What is it now, Tom?

- Don't know.

- [Huck] What's wrong with you, Tom?

- I'm not positive, but I believe it's gold.

- [Huck] You're just pullin' my leg again.

- Huck, I ain't pullin' your leg, I mean it.

It's gold.

- [Huck] Have you ever seen gold before?

- Yup.

Remember that riverboat gambler come through

St. Pete last month?

He showed me a gold nugget.

Looked just like this.

Come here, take a look.

I'm tellin' you, it's real.

See?

- Hmm?

Mmm.

- Well?

- Well, I suppose it might be.

I've never seen gold before.

- Well, I'm as sure as I've ever been

about anything in my life.

That there's a 100% genuine gold.

- What do you figure it's worth?

- It just might be worth a bunch,

so I think we better not tell anybody.

Right, partner?

- Mmm-hmm.

- Yay, we're gonna be rich beyond imagination.

- Wait a minute, Tom.

You only found one so far.

- Let's go get some more.

- [Huck] What if there ain't no more?

- I'm gonna look for more.

I bet I'll find a hundred nuggets.

You stay if you want, but I'm gonna get rich.

- Oh, all right.

Mmm.

Ah.

- We just gotta find the right rocks.

- Yeah, but which ones?

(inhaling deeply)

- [Tom Voicover] I always figured I'd get rich some day.

Becky'll sure be surprised when I buy

her somethin' real expensive.

- [Huck Voicover] I ain't never had no big money before.

I wonder what it's like.

- Mmm. - Mmm-mmm.

(inhaling deeply)

- [Tom Voiceover] I'll buy me a riverboat.

Maybe even two.

- [Huck Voiceover] Once I'm rich nobody will

ever tell me what to do again.

- [Tom Voiceover] There's so many rocks.

Some of 'em just gotta have some gold in 'em.

- [Huck Voicover] Maybe I'll go to New Orleans

or Atlanta and live like the rich folks.

(inhaling deeply)

- [Tom Voiceover] Once I'm rich I ain't never

gonna have to do chores no more.

- [Huck Voiceover] I'm gonna make people who

never paid me no never mind stand up

and take notice, by guppies.

- [Tom] Nope.

Nope.

Nope.

Nope.

- [Huck] Are you sure we're goin' about this right?

- [Tom] Just keep lookin', Huck.

I don't understand it.

Just one lousy little piece of gold.

- [Huck] Hmm.

Mmm-hmm.

- Sure thought we'd do better than that.

- Aw, Tom, don't fret.

We got more than we started out with anyway.

- I suppose, but what are we gonna do about it?

- Well, first we should find out if it's real or not.

- You're right, Huck, but who do we know

that could tell us?

- Ah, don't ask me.

- I bet if we asked Ben's father he'd be

willin' to tell us.

- [Ben] But Pa, I promised Billy I'd go froggin'

with him today.

- Well, you'll just have to meet him later.

It's not like I'm askin' ya to give up your whole day.

I just want you to watch the store for a few minutes.

I just don't think that's too much to ask.

- Yeah, Pa, but if I don't get there in time,

he'll leave without me.

- For goodness sake, I'll be back before you know it.

- Good morning.

- Morning, Mrs. Hiller, how are you today?

- Oh, fine, thank you.

I'm just looking for a pot to do some canning.

- Puttin' up preserves, are ya?

- [Elvira] Why yes, peach this year.

My grandmother's recipe.

- [Mr. Rogers] Right this way, Mrs. Hiller.

I've got several pots back here that you

might be interested in.

How's this one?

- [Ben Voiceover] Now's my chance.

- [Elvira] Well, I was thinking of one

a tad larger than that.

- [Mr. Rogers] Well, how about that one?

- Hmm.

- Wait, where you goin', Ben?

- [Ben] Froggin', Pa.

- [Mr. Rogers] Ben, I thought I told you to stay right here.

- Bye, fellas.

- Bye-bye, Ben.

I wonder what he's all fired up about?

- [Huck] Don't know.

Must be important.

- [Tom] Howdy, Mr. Rogers.

- Howdy, boys.

Sorry about Ben.

I don't know what gets into him.

Is there anything I can do for ya?

- [Tom] Yes, sir, as a matter of fact there is.

- Oh?

- Me and Huck got a question about somethin'.

- What is it, boys?

- Well, you better come over here and let me

show you somethin' first.

I think you'll be surprised.

- All right, surprise me.

- Take a look at this.

- A rock's the surprise?

- [Tom] It ain't just any rock.

This one here's got gold in it.

- [Mr. Rogers] What makes you think it's gold?

- [Tom] Look how it shimmers and feel how heavy it is.

We found it in a side pool on the river.

- Where was it you found this?

- The river bottom.

Are we gonna be rich?

- [Elvira] Mr. Rogers?

- Does anyone else know?

(clearing throat)

Just a minute.

You boys wait here.

Sorry to keep you waitin', Mrs. Hiller.

If that's not what you want, I have some

in back you might like.

- This'll be fine.

- I believe he thinks it's a fake.

- Mmm-hmm.

Reckon he does.

- [Mr. Rogers] So long, Mrs. Hiller,

and a good day to ya.

- [Elvira] Good day, Mr. Rogers.

- [Huck] What are you doin', Mr. Rogers?

- [Tom] You closin' up early today, Mr. Rogers?

- [Huck] Yeah, you goin' fishin'

or huntin' or somethin'?

- No, boys, just let me see that rock

you found in the river one more time.

- [Tom] Sure, Mr. Rogers.

Here.

- Let's see, hmm.

This really is gold.

I'll be darned.

- [Huck] Really?

- Oh! Wow, real gold?

- Yup.

You're probably not gonna find anymore of these boys.

They're mighty hard to come by.

- There ain't no more.

We looked for hours.

- You see, usually nature just pounds nuggets

and turns them to dust.

Hey, Tom, that's it!

Wherever there's nuggets,

there's bound to be gold dust.

We just need to go in and get it.

- Gold dust?

I've never heard of that.

How can we get rich on just dust?

- How?

By bringin' up millions of pounds of it.

- [Huck] Tom, we don't know nothin' about

bringin' up gold dust.

- No, but I do.

Listen, boys.

You just show me where to go.

I'll do all the work and give you 10%.

What do you say?

- 10%, sir?

- All right, make it 20.

That means for every million we make,

you get a 100,000 each.

- Hmm.

(humming)

- Howdy.

Um, excuse me, ma'am.

Can I help you?

- Oh, why, no young man.

I was just leaving.

Good day.

- [Ben] Uh, goodbye.

- [Elvira] Hmm, well, well. (chuckles)

- Closed?

He ain't ever closed the shop early before.

Pa, are you in there?

Pa?

Hello, Pa, I'm back.

Billy's pa made him stay home and help with the chores,

so we couldn't go froggin'.

- Serves you right sneakin' out like that.

- I know, Pa.

I'm real sorry, I just--

- [Tom] You ready to, Mr. Rogers?

- Huh?

Hey, what are you too still doing here?

- Oh, well Ben, I've been hiring them to work for us.

That's it, yes.

- Wait a minute.

Why'd you hire 'em?

- 'Cause I needed some help.

Besides, you don't like to have to watch the store

all the time.

Now be a pal and mind the place till we get back?

- Hmm, if you hired 'em how come you're carryin' the stuff?

- Eh, was about to teach the boys the tricks

of the trade.

Now take these.

Mmm, mmm.

There.

Let's go, boys.

- [Huck] Hey, Mr. Rogers, wait for us!

- [Mr. Rogers] No time to lose, boys.

Keep up.

- I wonder why he told Ben you and me

were workin' for him.

- I had to.

I did it for his own good.

Just knowin' that gold has been found

could put him in danger.

- You mean somebody might torture Ben

to make him tell?

- Yup.

- But that ain't right.

There ain't no cause for hurtin' people

just to get some money.

- There's a lot some people will do

just to get rich.

- Speakin' of gettin' rich, Mr. Rogers,

once we get to pullin' the gold dust

out of the river, how long is it gonna be

till me and Tom start seein' some money from it?

- I don't rightly know.

It all depends on how long it takes us

to take out enough to sell.

Could be awhile till we get that much.

- Uh-oh.

I don't want to scare no one,

but look who's a comin'.

- [Huck] Oh no, it's Injun Joe.

- [Tom] What do we do now?

- Why should we do anything?

We're just three people walkin' down a road together.

- Takin' a pot and shovel to the river.

- What if he figures what we're up to?

He'll make us tell him where the gold is

and keep it for himself.

- Everybody's gotta calm themselves now.

There's no possible way for Injun Joe

to figure out what we're doin' less we tell 'em.

If we all just act natural there'll be

nothin' to be scared of.

(gasping)

(humming) (whistling)

- Howdy.

(humming) (whistling)

I said howdy.

Ain't polite not to answer, now is it?

- I'm sorry, I plum missed hearin' ya.

- Now of course I wouldn't think of being nosy,

but I can't help wonderin' what you're doin'

with that shovel and pot.

These are for a customer and I'm headed

out to her place to deliver 'em.

(laughing)

- I'd a bet you boys were gonna pan for gold.

Now you boys wouldn't be tryin' to pull

the wool over my eyes and make me believe

somethin' that ain't, would ya?

- Gold?

What do ya mean?

There's gold in the river?

(laughing)

(exhaling deeply)

(water gurgling)

First thing we do is take some silt from the bottom.

(grunting)

There.

An old prospector showed me how to do this.

It's really pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Now let's see what we got.

With the water I'll just wash away the lighter

dirt and dust and leave the heavier gold

at the bottom of the pot.

(humming)

In just a few minutes we'll know if we got anything.

- How much do you figure you're gonna find

in that there pot of dirt?

Will it be a lot?

- You don't get a lot out of each pan you do,

but if you do enough pans, you're bound to get rich.

- Hmm.

How much this time?

- Maybe a few cents worth.

I just hope we get left alone here long enough

to see if there's pay dirt.

- Well, maybe they was makin' it up.

Did you ever think of that?

- I know what I heard.

It's gold.

- Elvira, don't you think if there was gold

in that river, someone else would've found it by now?

- Don't be such a grouch.

You'll sing a different tune and we, ah!

- Headin' somewhere special?

- Could be.

Why do you ask?

- 'Cause it looks like carryin' around pots

and shovels has become mighty popular.

- [Elvira] It's none of your business,

now let us pass.

- Why yes, ma'am.

The minute that you tell me what I'm wantin' to know,

then I'll be happy to let you be on your way.

- [Elvira] Oh, get out of our way,

you big awful.

You'll be, you'll be--

(growling)

Oh!

- You look mighty nervous, ma'am.

Can't help wonderin' why.

Now calm down and tell your friend Joe all about it.

- [Tom] It sure is pretty, ain't it?

- [Huck] Yeah, I reckon.

- [Mr. Rogers] Hey Tom, are you sure this is where

you found that nugget?

- [Tom] Yes sir, more or less.

- [Mr. Rogers] Well all I'm findin' here

is everything but gold.

Let's see, here.

- [Tom] You suppose someone just dropped it here?

- Mmm?

- I mean, it could've been just lost here, you know.

- Mmm-hmm.

- Too bad.

Look, Mr. Rogers, this is probably the only piece.

Come on.

- [Huck] Tom's right.

We ain't gonna find no gold here, so let's go.

- Oh.

- Huh? - Hmm?

- [Mr. Rogers] I can't believe it.

- What is it, Mr. Rogers?

- Ha ha!

We did it!

We did it, boys, look!

- I don't see nothin' but water.

- It ain't much, but if you look up close, you can see it.

- [Huck] There it is.

- Well, I'll be.

Seems a might puny.

- Well, maybe it is a little puny,

but it's a start.

- You'd have to come out here every day for a month

just to get enough to buy a lump of sugar.

- Well, kid, that's pretty smart thinkin'.

I'm gonna be doing that for many months.

- You really mean that, don't you?

- I sure do.

Listen, boys.

There's bound to be a whole lot more

and I'm gonna be the one to bring it out.

- A few grains at a time?

- At first.

But as we get more gold, we'll be able to

get it out easier.

You see, there's a lot of different ways

to get gold out of a river.

With sluice boxes and such,

you'll be spendin' that 10% of yours before you know it.

- You mean 20%.

'Member, you said so.

- Ah, I did?

Well then, 20 it is.

- Okay, right? - Mmm.

- Then that's that.

Come this time tomorrow afternoon we'll be

bringin' up gold and becomin' millionaires.

- Yeah!

Me a millionaire!

Ben and Polly'll be surprised.

Boy, it's gonna be fun!

- Don't be so positive.

It ain't like the money's here yet.

- It's just a matter of time, that's all.

You'll see.

You know, every time you start making comments,

you're puttin' this project in a bad light

and that's just plain bad luck.

So mind your tongue, boy.

Now it's important nobody knows about this place.

You gotta keep it a secret.

- It might be too late.

- [Mr. Rogers] What are you talkin' about?

- Look.

- [Mr. Rogers] Hmm?

- [Tom and Mr. Rogers] Huh?

- [Tom] It's Injun Joe.

- [Huck] What do we do, Mr. Rogers?

- [Mr. Rogers] Let me do the talkin'.

- [Tom] What do we do if he gets mad?

- [Mr. Rogers] Run, what else?

- [Injun Joe] Find anything interesting?

(laughing)

- [Mary] Sid?

- [Sid] Yeah?

- [Mary] Would you come down for a minute?

- Yes?

- [Mary] I'm going to go get Dr. Mitchell.

Would you look in on Momma while I'm gone?

- Huh?

I thought she was getting better.

- She was, but her fever's startin' to go back up

and it's about time she saw Dr. Mitchell.

But you could help out a whole lot

by keeping her company.

- I'd be glad to.

- [Mary] Thank you, Sid.

- [Mary Voiceover] I hope he's in his office.

- Mmm-hmm, what about here?

(groaning)

Hmm, been giving you much trouble?

- Every time I go to pick up my hay bails,

the pain's so bad I feel like I'm gonna

fall right over.

- Then I guess you're just gonna have to stop

pickin' them up.

(people conversing in background)

- [Sam's Wife] Sam!

- Hmm?

- Oh Sam, how could you be here at a time like this?

- [Sam] I told ya I was gonna see the doc.

And well what do you mean at a time like this?

- You mean you haven't heard?

Sam, all our prayers have been answered.

The sun has shined on us today.

- Uh, meaning what?

- I mean that the Sawyer boy found a bunch

of gold upstream on the river

and there's more there for the takin'.

- [Both] What?

- [Sam's Wife] Don't just sit there with your mouth open!

Honestly, I just don't understand him sometimes.

- Well, I'll be.

- Ah!

- Look out, gang way!

- [Sam's Wife] Sam, you're goin' the wrong way.

The river's that way!

- Oh! (groaning)

- Hmm!

(grunting) (door slamming)

- [Dr. Mitchell] Now let's see.

I got my bed roll, my pack.

Where's my pan?

There.

- Dr. Mitchell?

- Hmm?

Oh hi, Mary, what can I do for you?

- Mom is real sick.

Could you come over and see her?

- I better buy some more oil.

There.

(grunting)

There, that's everything.

- Dr. Mitchell.

- Huh? Oh.

- [Mary] My mother is sick and she needs you.

- Now you just rest yourself.

Well, Polly, you just have a real bad cold

and you need a whole lot of bedrest.

- For how long?

- That's hard to say.

You know sometimes these things linger on,

but I think you'll be up in a day or two.

- Well, maybe I'll pan for gold tomorrow.

- Hmm? (clearing throat)

Don't get carried away.

- How is Momma, Doctor?

- Well, your mother's doin' fine.

All she needs is bedrest and warm blankets.

Good morning.

- Thanks for coming, Doctor.

Goodbye.

- Well, it wasn't long before

everybody in town was headin' for the river.

I got so caught up in the excitement

that I plum forgot to tell Aunt Polly

and Mary and Sid about the gold,

so I hightailed it home to share the good news.

Hi, Dr. Mitchell.

- Good morning, Tom.

- Is somebody sick?

- Nothin' to worry about.

Now if you'll excuse me,

I'm gonna get my share of that gold you found.

- Good luck on the river, Doctor.

(laughing)

- [Dr. Mitchell] Gold! (laughing)

- [Mary] So you really did find gold?

- [Tom] Yeah, I was in the river and then I just

looked down and there it was.

It just shined right up at me.

And then when we panned we found some gold dust.

- Oh, Tom, how exciting.

Could I please see the nugget?

- [Sid] Yeah, me too.

- Well, here it is.

- Hmm, a little small, don't you think?

- Yup, but even a bit of gold'll bring you lots of money.

- Hmm.

- This is just so exciting, Tom.

The whole town is proud of you.

- Well, I wouldn't be too proud yet.

- [Sid] Why?

- I think this piece is all that was there.

- [Sid] What?

- Well then how come everybody's so sure

they're gonna make millions?

- [Sid] Yeah, how come?

- You know how folks is.

You get some people tellin' somethin' to somebody

and they twist it up.

- [Sid] What do you mean?

- It all started with Mrs. Hiller.

Then she told somebody and they told somebody else.

- So you didn't find any more gold?

- Oh no, we found some gold dust.

- Oh, a bunch?

- Well, between Huck and me and Mr. Rogers,

we panned most of the area.

Two times.

All that we were able to get was just

about as much as it would take to make us about 20 cents.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- [Sid] Me, too.

- Feel sorry for them folks that came

such a long way to be disappointed.

And come they did.

They came on buckboards and wagons,

on horseback and on foot.

Each one tryin' to get there as fast as they could

so they could stake out the best spot.

Most of 'em had never even seen gold before

let alone pan for it.

But they were all pushed by some dream of riches

or fame or just plain excitement.

Overnight our quiet little town was turned

into a boom town and our river into a giant mining camp.

I'd never seen so much equipment

or people in my whole life.

As far as the eye could see,

there was men and women with their pans and shovels,

all hopin' for that one big strike.

- [Man] I'm gonna quit now.

- [Man] Maybe add another pan.

- [Man] Ah, over here!

Hey, I think I got another one.

- [Man] There you go.

- [Man] Just shovel it in there.

- [Man] Yeah, we need more water.

- [Tom] Most of 'em didn't find anything at all.

You'd think they'd get discouraged or somethin',

but they just kept comin'

from other towns and other counties,

and some far off places I've never even heard of.

The lure of quick riches sure beat anything I ever saw.

- [Mary] I also heard that two strangers got in a fight

over a shovel of dirt.

- You know, I can't believe all the trouble I caused

just by finding this thing.

- Now don't blame yourself, Tom.

It's not your fault.

This whole town's gone crazy with gold fever and greed.

- I know, but I'm the one who started it.

- [Sid] If they find any, it'll get worse.

- That's what I'm afraid of.

Well, as it turns out, there really wasn't much

in the way of gold to be concerned about.

After all the excitement,

the gold rush, the hoopla, and the late night,

the great St. Petersburg gold rush

brought up maybe a half an ounce of gold

if you add up everybody's.

It was just as well, though.

People who were most times nice got awful cranky

when they thought they was gonna be rich.

I couldn't wait for everything to get back to normal.

(humming)

It's late.

I'm gonna go get a little sleep.

(gasping)

Aunt Polly, you're supposed to be upstairs resting in bed.

- [Mary] Mother, why are you wearing that?

- Tom, I want you to do me a favor.

- What?

- [Polly] I want to go gold pannin' with ya.

- Why are you gonna do that?

- [Polly] 'Cause.

- Mother, you're still sick.

- I'm not gonna miss my opportunity to make

my dreams come true 'cause you people won't help me.

I'll just go off and do it myself.

So goodbye now.

- Uh.

Hey, Aunt Polly, wait!

You don't know what you're doin'!

- [Mary] Mother, please.

Listen to Tom.

- He just wants to keep it all for himself.

- [Mary] Mother, there is no gold except

the small piece that Tom found and some gold dust.

Now please, please go back to bed.

(moaning)

I'm really worried, Tom.

She's burning up.

Tom, go fetch Doc Mitchell and I want you

to bring back a bucket of water from the well.

- Right.

- Now don't you worry, Momma.

We'll get you back into your own bed right away.

(light playful music)

- [Tom] I found Doc Mitchell

down at the river still tryin' to make his fortune.

He was one of the last ones to give up

on findin' any gold.

The gold rush lasted quite a few days

longer than I figured it would.

There were a few folks just hung onto

the notion of gettin' rich even though

everyone else had given up.

And Aunt Polly, well, she got better.

Mary took good care of her just like she always does.

- Now I don't want to be hearing anymore about gold.

Here, now doesn't that feel a lot better?

- Mmm-hmm.

- [Tom] Now as for me,

I was in a dilemma.

After all the excitement I caused by

findin' a little bit of gold,

I wondered what would happen next.

What could possibly come along that would

make me forget the fortunes I could've had.

- [Huck] Hey Tom, we're gonna go gig some frogs.

Are you comin' with us?

- [Tom] Be right down!

- Well, it looks like I have

the answer to my dilemma already.

Come to think of it,

ain't no amount of gold in the world

could buy the kind of fun a fella can have

catching frogs with his friends.

(upbeat country music)

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playin' by the river

♫ Chasin' that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I want to be free sittin' under a tree

♫ That's me

Ha ha!

(upbeat country music)