Original subtitles

- [Tom] Ha ha!

♫ 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 the only place to be

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

(upbeat country music)

Ha ha!

(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)

(slow country music)

(humming)

(chickens cackling)

(humming)

(horse neighing)

(banging)

- Mercy, that there critter's way to wild

to ever be tamed.

- [Bennie] Thank you, Effie.

Would you please put some of that milk in the pitcher?

- I'd be happy to, Miss Bennie.

(milk pouring)

(tapping)

- You know, I never figured on catching a horse

as wild as Lightning.

That is one heck of a horse.

- Pa, could I be the one to take first crack

at breakin' Lightnin'?

- Mmm-hmm.

- Oscar, do you really plan to try to ride that bronco?

He looks awful dangerous.

- Yeah, he sure didn't take none too kindly

to being brought here.

- You boys are right about Lightnin' havin' a wild streak.

Of course, that's all he knows bein' out

in the wilderness.

It's only natural that he don't take to people much.

And he's mighty riled about being fenced in,

but we'll break Lightnin' of that real soon.

- I'll bet we learn that horse to behave

and calmin' down to the point he's downright civilized.

- He's got an independent spirit and it 'tain't

right to take that away.

- [Pa] Well now, Bennie, go on.

Speak your mind.

- 'Tain't fair to change Lightnin'

and make him a tame horse.

Put him back on the range so he's free again.

- Lightnin' is too valuable to set free

and I ain't gonna do it.

- The first time I saw Lightnin' out on the range

I wanted to capture his strength and spirit

by bringin' him to live here.

Yet when we came here you could see in his eyes

he was losin' his dignity.

The honor of that poor horse was hurt by

being caught and cooped up.

- You've done fallin' in love with that critter

and you're lettin' your emotions get the best of ya.

It's just a horse, not a person.

All right, go ahead and open the gate.

It's time to ride.

- [Jim] Easy now, Lightnin', easy.

- Hold now, hold.

- Steady, steady!

(grunting)

Settle down now!

Settle!

He sure is strong.

I think you better let us wear him down some

before you try to mount up and ride him.

- Just hold 'em steady, Jim.

- [Jim] Suit yourself.

(grunting)

- [Jim] Hold it now, Lightnin'.

(horse neighing)

All right.

Okay, he's all yours!

- Let's go!

Yah!

Yah! Yah!

(horse neighing)

Uh! Uh!

- [Pa] Oh my gosh!

Oscar!

Get that critter!

- [Tom] Oh no, Oscar, you all right?

- [Jim] Grab him!

- You got thrown mighty hard.

You all right?

- Of course.

Mighty spunky, ain't he?

Huh?

- [Man] All right, just hold onto him now.

Steady boy.

- Uh, help me get to my feet.

I gotta break that Lightnin'.

- That Lightnin's got a mind of his own.

He's figured out what we're tryin' to do.

- [Tom Voiceover] Lightnin's just too smart

and cagey to let anybody ride him.

- [Oscar] Now hang on, Lightnin', it's all right.

- [Jim] Easy now.

- Ready.

Uh!

- Sure to stay tight in those reigns this time.

- [Jim] Let him go!

- [Man] Good luck, cowboy, he's all yours.

- Uh, steady now!

Steady!

Easy, Lightnin'!

Uh!

Uh!

Steady!

Steady now!

Easy!

Easy, Lightnin'!

Easy!

- Come on, son.

Keep his head up.

- Easy, Lightnin'!

Uh! Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Woah!

Easy!

Ah! Uh!

- God darn it anyway.

You all right, Oscar?

- [Pa] I thought he'd stay up that time.

- [Man] He all right?

- [Pa] Yeah.

- Nobody's ever gonna ride Lightnin'

unless he wants 'em to.

- Mmm-hmm.

- What they're tryin' to do to Lightnin' is dead wrong.

- [Pa] Woah, woah there!

- [Man] Come back here!

- [Pa] Don't let him go!

Okay, hold on now.

- [Man] We got him.

Hold on tight.

- [Man] You ready, Dan?

- Come on, Dan, you can ride him.

- [Man] There you go now.

Show 'em who's boss, Dan.

Ride him, Dan!

Come on, Dan!

Hang on!

- Woah! Woah!

- Shucks.

- [Oscar] Pa, he's gonna throw ya just like

he done to us.

- What?

Are you tryin' to tell me I ain't got

enough ridin' experience to break this here horse?

- Why, of course not,

but believe me, this horse just can't be ridden.

- He's one real strong horse and stubborn as a mule.

- Is that so?

Well I got news for both of you boys.

There ain't a horse alive that I can't break,

so just watch.

Let go of me!

- Don't do it, boss.

I swear he'll just bust you up.

- Hey, I see some Indians!

Indians comin' this way!

- [All] Huh?

- [Pa] How many are there?

- Hard to tell.

You best come take a look yourself.

- [Oscar] What could they want?

- Where?

- Out there, just right in the bend.

- Uh-oh.

- Hey!

- Looks like Injuns, Huck.

It is.

Genuine wild Injuns.

Golly!

(horse hooves clomping)

Wonder why they're comin' here.

- They're carryin' spears,

so maybe it's a war party.

- No need to worry.

We know this tribe and we get along with them.

Hello, Chief!

We ain't seen ya in quite awhile.

- [Chief] Yes, it has been many moons.

- [Man] The chief want to talk to Sirus

about white horse.

- Oh, you must mean Lightnin'.

- There's no more bad blood between us, right?

So what brings you here?

You tryin' to stir up some kind of trouble?

- You have stolen our white horse.

- [Pa] Stolen?

I never!

- He belong with our tribe to roam range free.

Hmm, free.

(horse neighing)

- Well, I plan on keeping him right here.

- He must be free, like wind.

- We will make bargain for horse, trade.

- No, no trade.

- [Man] You trade white horse for three horses, hmm?

- That horse ain't leavin'.

- What then?

We be fair.

Give us back wild horse that you took away.

- That's all you got to say?

- You not listen.

How come?

Because you not care about great spirit of wilderness.

- That horse ain't yours, got it?

- Hmm.

(horse neighing)

- Sirus!

(speaking in foreign language)

(Indians whooping)

- Bennie, could you figure out what that there

Injun was talkin' about?

- Well, as near as I could make of it,

the chief was saying you stole that horse

from the wilderness and that you'll never

be able to keep it 'cause the great spirit

will come and set Lightnin' free.

- You sure that's what he said?

- I'm pretty sure.

- From the sound of it,

the Injuns are plannin' on attacking us.

- Well, I don't rightly know.

- Hmm, yup.

That's gotta be what they're plannin'.

I want everybody on a lookout.

Might be attacked by Injuns.

I want all the men on watch and all the children

to be brought indoors.

And be quick about it!

- What do you want us to do about Lightnin'?

- Keep him locked up.

Under guard.

(dramatic music)

- [Woman] Now you youngin's get in the house.

No tellin' what those Injuns have on their minds.

- [Man] Boss says we gotta lock him up in his stall.

- Bennie, do you think those Injuns are

really gonna attack us?

- Yeah, are they? - I just can't rightly say.

- Have those Indians ever attacked here before?

- No, you see most of the hostile Indian tribes

have moved from here out past the plains.

- But what if they do decide to attack?

- We'd have no choice but to fight to the death.

- Us fight Injuns?

- I'm only joshin' ya.

I'm sure we won't have to fight with them.

The chief never said he'd fight.

He was sayin' matters like this most times

work themselves out.

- Sure looked to me like he was willin'

to fight for Lightnin'.

- That's one of the prettiest horses I ever seen.

No wonder that chief wants him all to his self.

- That ain't it.

He wants Lightnin' set free so as no one can ever ride him.

- Come on, boy.

In you go now.

- We spent the whole afternoon cooped

up in our room.

It got well towards evenin' and we were still

waitin' for those Injuns to attack,

but they never did.

(yawning)

What a slow day.

Sure wish we was back home fishin', hey Huck?

Huck?

Huck, wake up.

You could probably sleep longer than Rip Van Winkle.

(groaning)

Ah!

Boy.

Hmm?

Huck!

Come here and take a look.

They sure don't seem very concerned about

watchin' out for them Injuns.

- Well, at least the lookout up here on the roof

is keepin' an eye on everything.

- Yeah, hmm.

(knocking)

Huh?

Come in.

Hiya, Bennie.

- Hoo, for a moment there I thought

you was an Injun sneakin' up on us.

Of course I guess no Injun would've knocked.

Well, is supper almost ready?

- Huck Sid, supper will be ready in about an hour.

Why is it Sid that you always seem to be so hungry?

- Well, I'm just feelin' a might homesick, I guess.

When I get to feelin' this way I get a lot hungrier

and eat more than normal.

- Well, visitin' Arkansas can't be that bad.

Tom, are you sad?

- No, I'm happy as a catfish in muddy water.

- I think you've been lyin' to me.

- Us? Lyin'?

(laughing)

Me and Sid never lie!

- Now, the truth.

You're not Sid.

So who are you really?

- Huh? - Oh.

- Um, what are you talkin' about anyway?

Of course this is my brother Sid.

- That's a lie.

This youngin' can't be Sid.

- What do you mean?

- 'Cause this boy looks to be the same age as you are,

and I happen to know for a fact that your brother

Sid is three years younger than you.

- So how'd you figure that out?

- I'm sorry, but the truth is I felt like

you two were pullin' the wool over our eyes from the start.

So I read the letter Mary sent me awhile back.

- And that's what gave us away?

- Why, yes.

The letter told me all about when you

and your brother Sid first came to live

with Mary and Aunt Polly,

and it said, "We've just recently taken over

"my two cousins, two brothers,

"whose names are Tom and Sid."

And Mary also wrote in that letter that Sid

is three years younger than his brother Tom.

So the way I figure, either your brother's

a mighty fast grower or all along you've just

been lyin' to us.

- I'm awful sorry about lyin' to you, Bennie,

but at the time I couldn't think of nothin' else to do.

- Well, who on earth is this youngin', anyway?

- He's Huckleberry Finn.

He's my oldest and best friend.

- Huckleberry!

Oh, I see!

That sure explains why I've heard you callin'

him Huck by mistake all the time.

- I reckon so.

- Well, I hate to think what Ma and Pa

will do to you when they hear about this.

- [Both] Hmm?

- I reckon they'll be pretty mad at us

for lyin' to 'em, won't they?

- Reckon so.

- Of course I'd say they'll probably ask you

why you'd introduce one of your friends

as your brother in the first place anyway.

- Well, you see, Huck here was in a bit of trouble,

so as he had to get out of St. Petersburg

and lay low for awhile.

So I talked him into comin' here where he'd be safe.

But I didn't intend to cause no trouble

for Aunt Sally and Uncle Sirus.

And then when they treated us so nice and all,

I was just too ashamed to admit I'd lied to him.

- Tom, you should've known any one of your friends

would've been welcome here.

- Yes, I know that now.

But what could I do?

I'd already introduced him by then as Sid.

And I reckon I was just too cowardly

to confess I was lyin' 'cause I didn't

want to hurt their feelin's.

- Well now, I'll tell you what.

Let's keep this just between us.

- Mmm-hmm, right.

You're a real pal, Bennie.

Great.

We really appreciate it.

- On the other hand, it might be better

if you boys told the truth.

- [Both] Hmm?

- But there ain't no reason to tell 'em.

There's been no harm done,

and besides, we'll be goin' home soon

so can't we keep it quiet, Bennie?

- Well, maybe.

I suppose I'll keep quiet if both of you

help me to do somethin'.

- Anything.

- It's gonna take all three of us to do it, though.

- [Huck] Whatever you say.

- Great.

But this just might be a little dangerous.

- That don't bother us.

We could use some adventures.

So tell us what's on your mind.

- To free Lightnin'.

- You gotta be kiddin' me.

- [Huck] What?

- We've got to go set Lightnin' free tonight.

He's got to go back to the wild where he belongs.

Only we can do it.

If we three don't help him,

he's never gonna get away.

(crickets chirping)

(horse neighing)

- You don't reckon those Indians will

attack us at night, do ya?

- There's no tellin'.

Even though there's a full moon out there tonight

to light their way, Injuns don't usually take

to attackin' at night,

though anything's sure possible.

- We always got along with them Indians.

I wish you'd never stirred up this trouble

by catchin' that horse Lightnin' in the first place.

- There's no use cryin' over spilt milk.

What's done is done.

I caught that horse fair and square and I'm keepin' him.

- Oh, Sirus, I guess I just don't want to fight

'em like we done in the old days.

- And where is our Bennie?

- She's gone back to the bunkhouse

to keep all the workin' hands, women,

and little ones calmed down.

Make sure they feel safe.

(exhaling)

- I'm mighty proud to say that girl's got character.

Well, I'm gonna have a look see around back

and see how Oscar's doin'.

(crickets chirping)

(grunting)

(horse neighing)

(soft dramatic music)

- You know the plan.

I'll get thew hands to leave Lightnin's stall

and you free him, okay?

- Mmm-hmm.

- Now you two get goin' that way.

- I sure hope they don't figure us

to be Injuns.

We better move real quiet or we might get shot.

- Make sure you're extra careful.

- We will.

Ah!

- It's up to you that Lightnin' gets away!

(exciting music)

- Listen up, Dan.

You hear somethin'?

- Yup, somebody's comin' all right.

- Yeah, you reckon it might be an Injun?

- Looks like a girl.

Hey Bennie, is that you?

- Oh, Dan!

- What's got you so fired up?

- I think I just saw one?

- Saw what?

- An Indian, Dan.

- Where's he at?

- Over yonder by the barn.

- By the barn, you say?

- Hey, Dan.

I bet you them Injuns have the idea

we're keepin' Lightnin' in the barn where

he'd be hidden away.

- Catch him before he gets away.

- All right, Bennie, I'll get on it right away.

- Wait!

- What is it, Bennie?

We got no time to spare.

- Well, I don't think you can catch him

all by yourself.

- And just what gives you that idea?

- Just think about it.

Indians are mighty cagey, you know.

If you try to trap one all by yourself,

there's a good chance he'll get away.

- Hmm, I reckon it would be better

to try and surround him.

All right.

- I'm comin'.

- [Bennie] I'll show you where he was.

(suspenseful music)

- Okay, they're gone.

Come on.

(grunting)

Give me a hand, Huck.

(grunting)

- There.

- Woah! - Hey!

We gotta help him get away.

Come on, hurry, Huck!

- Yeah.

- Here, this way, Lightnin'!

- Here!

(grunting)

Lightnin' won't be able to jump the fence

unless this log is cleared.

(grunting)

(horse neighing)

- That horse whining sounds like it's coming

from where Oscar's being kept.

- Sure does.

- Oh darn it.

Lightnin's raisin' such a ruckus,

they're gonna catch us.

(horse neighing)

(grunting)

Harder.

(grunting)

(horse neighing)

No!

- Wait!

- [Both] Woah, Lightnin'!

No!

(horse hooves clomping)

- Pa!

- What is it?

- Look!

- Lightnin'!

He got out!

(horse hooves clomping)

Those Injuns said we'd never hold him.

- I'll catch 'em.

- Just hold on there, Oscar.

Let him be.

(horse hooves clomping)

- Are you sure?

- It's better off this way.

- I don't see how you figure that.

If we don't catch him,

them Indians will catch him.

- Oh, Oscar, them Injuns never wanted to

catch that horse.

- How's that?

- Lightnin's meant to roam.

To have his freedom.

The Injuns know that.

(horse hooves clomping)

(pigs squealing)

(cows mooing)

- We're really gonna miss you.

- Well, goodbye now.

(kiss smacking)

- And we'll miss you too, Huckleberry.

- See you around, Bennie.

(kiss smacking)

- It was a pleasure having you visit.

You boys come back and see us again, you here?

- [Tom] Yes, sir.

- And send our love to your family.

- [Tom] I will.

Goodbye.

- Hope to see you soon.

(soft instrumental music)

- [Oscar] Goodbye, boys!

- [Boys] Goodbye, Oscar!

- Bye!

They sure were fun to have around.

- Me and Huck had stored up some

great memories from my visit with Bennie,

Aunt Sally, Uncle Sirus and all the gang.

We were gonna have a lot of excitin' stories

to tell when he got home.

(wagon wheels rattling)

Later that afternoon as we were leaving

the Phelps Ranch, we got a chance to say goodbye

to another good friend we'd met during

our cowboy adventure.

Huck!

Lookey over there!

- Do you think it could be?

It is!

Why, it's Lightnin'!

(horse neighing)

He's talkin' to us.

- What do you suppose he's sayin' to us, Huck?

- I'd say it looks like he's come to see us off

and thank us for freein' him.

(horse neighing)

- Yup, Lightnin' was free again.

Free to roam the prairies.

Just like the Injuns.

I was glad Huck and me had helped him get back

where he belonged.

Aren't you glad we helped to free Lightnin'?

- Mmm-hmm.

- Bye!

- Bye, Lightnin'!

So long now!

(boat whistle blowing)

After three days of steamboatin' on the Mississippi,

we made a stop in St. Louis.

We'd been having a hassle of fun until then,

but that had an even happier surprise

that was about to step on board.

- Thank you for a lovely visit.

(kiss smacking)

Goodbye!

Goodbye Auntie!

Goodbye!

- Becky, hey!

Hello!

- Why she's lookin' prettier than ever.

- Ha ha!

- Say, well if it isn't Huckleberry and Tom.

Hi! (giggling)

(laughing)

Oh, Tom, how have you been?

- Oh, am I glad to see you!

- [Becky] And Huckleberry Finn!

- Golly!

(whistle blowing)

- [Tom] Lady luck must've been with us

for Becky to have joined us on the boat

back to St. Pete.

We had ourselves a heap of fun all the way home.

- Tom, Becky, where'd you go?

(laughing)

- Oh, Tom.

Ooh!

Mmm.

- [Tom] Yesiree, that was one trip I'll never forget.

(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)