All language subtitles for [English (auto-generated)] little me episode 14 [DownSub.com]

see tons of fish from out here it's

pretty neat

two years alone the wilderness

that's living

he was a friend of my father's

people in town thought he was eccentric

I was fascinated by him he was the one

person

who wasn't afraid to speak up for what

he thought was right

he was even thrown in jail for it really

it was thrown in jail

Henry David Thoreau it was just for one

night he refused to pay attached to

support the war with Mexico

why because he felt the war was immoral

throw felt that people's obligations to

their own conscience were more important

than their obligations to their

government

and he stood by those beliefs

wagons up by the road

you all set

perfect timing come on everyone it's

time to go

yeah she refused to pay his taxes no

full will go jail for it it was his way

of taking a stand and he did in a

peaceful way which was also something he

advocated to him violence was never the

way to achieve a desired end that might

be true living out here in the woods

back in the real world sometimes you

gotta fight for what you want

come on down now Tommy

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Tommy ah

you all right

try not to move

damn get the wagon how does that feel

all right I guess

I'll send over some crunches for you but

you'll need to stay off that leg for a

few days to start you mean no school no

that doesn't mean no school bring your

lessons to you

I'll write into town notify his parents

thank you Mr Speaker and remember do not

leave that bed I will make sure he stays

put

even if we have to post a guard

all right right now

thank you

foreign

is Mrs bear at home

yeah

she's expecting you I should think not

I wonder what he wants

yeah whatever it is

probably ain't good

did you have to give him that bill

he's been ringing that thing for two

days non-stop now well at least he's

staying put

I'll go

Mr McBride is there

I understand one of your students was

involved in an accident a few days ago

days ago yes

Tommy Banks as you know I'm a close

friend of his family

no I

llegal counsel legal cancer

I have come to inform you that I will be

filing a suit of negligence against this

school on behalf of Thomas bangs in the

district Superior Court

I trust you will cooperate fully in this

matter I am after all merely acting in

the best interests of the children

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thank you

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foreign foreign

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I spoke to Tommy's parents right after

it happened they didn't seem to be too

concerned about it they said you

referred to the injury as a mishap

yes

it was an accident

I'm sorry Mrs bear but I'm afraid I look

upon a broken leg at something

considerably more serious than an

amusing inconvenience

and Tommy's parents both of whom are

blessed with caring and trusting Hearts

often find themselves victims of those

who would seek to diminish wrongs

committed against them it was an

accident it was negligence ma'am the

child was entrusted to your care and you

placed him in a dangerous situation he

was climbing a tree when he should have

been at his desk in school where

children belong on a school day

did you just admit why you were doing

this

where is the last thing

you've been after me to sell plumfield

to you since my husband's death

now you finally found a way to pressure

me

I see so this is all about you then not

about the poor child lying upstairs with

a broken leg

I was told you were a woman of

considerable vanity Mrs bear but I must

admit I'm surprised you put your own

concerns about the welfare of the

children

what I am ordering a coach to remove

Tommy from your school this afternoon I

would appreciate having his things

collected together before then I'd like

to speak to his parents I have advised

against that you've already spoken with

them detailing your account of the

mishap what more could you tell them why

don't you speak to the other children

that were there or Nick Riley my

caretaker they'll tell you exactly what

happened

I would like that

there's no case here Mr McBride

Tommy will be the first to agree with me

well that's why we let the judge decide

good day Mrs bear

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coach is here

hopefully you'll be able to come back

soon and your leg will be healed and

you'll be sorry Mrs Joe

I shouldn't have been climbing that tree

listen to me Tommy

I've climbed that same tree before many

times when I was younger

the view from the branches is incredible

you can see the entire Pond from Shore

to Shore

and if you look straight down

I know

I counted eight of them

it's a whole different world up there

much more interesting than just standing

on the ground

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I'm sorry that you slipped and fell

Tommy

but I am so happy that you climbed that

tree

I hope you climb many more

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so this is where you conduct class

in the barn

well the actual Barn where the animals

are kept is below us

Uncle Fritz and Anjo used to keep haying

and feed up here until it was converted

to the school room

tell me this uh

on the day that Tommy bangs was injured

you decided to conduct class outside the

school uh is this correct yes

we were reading thoreau's Walden and it

was such a beautiful day that and Joe

suggested we go to Walden Pond where

thorough actually lived to conduct class

does your aunt often conduct this type

of outing Yes actually she does

and Joe believes in large part of one's

education occurs outside the classroom

or novel

but I am still confused

if you're conducting class at the pond

how did Tommy come to be climbing a tree

well the lessons were finished for the

day and the students were allowed some

free time before Nick came to pick us up

in the hay wagon

tell me then in your own words exactly

how the injury occurred

well many of the students began skipping

stones but Tommy became bored with this

and

decided to climb the tree was he told

not to

no

to my knowledge Mrs Bayer didn't mind

him climbing the tree no

just do stuff like that all the time

she always watches closely and tells us

to be careful but sometimes injuries

like Tommy's do happen isn't that

correct

not often

is Joe takes real good care of us

he slipped on the branch and he fell it

was an accident could have happened to

anyone

thoughts of accidents seem to follow

Tommy around don't they

he does tend to get hurt more than the

rest of us

can you give me any other examples

no I'm afraid he can't recall any

there's nothing to worry about Nat

as long as you're telling me the truth

well there was this one time when Tommy

cut himself cut himself was it bad uh no

Dr Pierce just um

the Pierce was summoned

yeah

how did it happen

um

I don't remember sure I remember he was

set in the table for dinner he was

carrying too many things at once and

Tommy comes with the door right as Billy

was coming the door and boom the door

slams into Tommy and the knife he was

carrying cut his arm

played smash into what a million pieces

we go through more plates here was the

cut bad oh real small I wanted to stitch

it but Mrs Joe said Dr Pierce should do

it but I could have done it you can do

it hundreds of times

is Dr Pierce often summoned out here to

stitch up wounds yeah

he's here more than he's in town

I like it because he lets me help out

sometimes

I see you have an interest in medicine

yes sir that's good tell me there are

many other interesting medical cases

here at plumfield

well you probably heard about the

measles epidemic we had last year oh yes

the school was quarantined if I remember

correctly yeah

said

oh and then last winter and that was in

a coma

a coma yeah Nick was teaching him how to

fight C and so then he went

he's the caretaker here yeah and so Matt

went into town and picked a fight with

the boy bigger than him and the boy

punched him and he

and he hit his head on me

on the um

well he hit his head

but it wasn't anything bad it was just

that

you know what

coma

despicable man Eli McBride

I heard he's considering running from

there next year well he can forget

Laurie's vote

Edward right back he said these kinds of

lawsuits are becoming more frequent

he's had three in the last year alone at

his firm

but the good news

is if he agrees that in this instance

there isn't much

okay and clearly it's a matter of

tributory negligence and the judge will

most likely rule in your favor

contributory negligence what's that well

it means that Tommy by choosing to climb

the tree in the first place was in fact

contributing to his own injury Edward

can cite other cases where the same

argument was used wait a minute so I'll

have to say that it was Tommy's fault

that he got hurt

yes

partially

which in fact it was

and that's all you need you won't have

to say a thing Edward will represent you

he's a fine lawyer I don't want a lawyer

a joke

you may need one

I spoke with the sheriff he said you

spent some time in jail last year for

assaulting one of the children's

Guardians mind telling me about that

what's that got to do with Tommy getting

hurt merely trying to gain an overall

impression of the school from the

children who attended to the employees

who are hired to care for them I'm just

a caretaker I don't get involved much

with the kids

Todd children seem to have a differing

View

they speak quite highly of you many of

them actually refer to you as a kind of

second father

which as you might imagine concerns me

after all a man such as yourself working

in a school with children not exactly my

idea of a role look

I'm real busy here

I don't have the time for this right now

I understand

thank you for your time Mr Riley

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and make sure this is marked urgent I

want the judge to see it today the

safety of the children is at stake

sorry none of my business

you're the new editor of the newspaper

Harrison Bridger just got in last week

Eli McBride have a law firm in town

I'm just involved in a case of

negligence against a local school

like widgets it began with a single

incident but after some investigation

I've uncovered an alarming pattern of

abuse and neglect

is the rest of the Town know about this

I'm afraid not the owner of the school

has gone to Great Lengths to hide her

little secret from public scrutiny can I

persuade you to speak to the chronicle

about this

uh well under normal circumstances I

would never discuss an ongoing case with

a newspaper but to say nothing when the

children are in danger I'm afraid I'd be

guilty of negligence too

I can't believe this

it's not just about time anymore now

it's about the whole school

McBride has completely twisted

everything he makes it seem as though I

deliberately put these children in harm

Mrs bear

how could you do this I only want to

protect the children as does the judge

the temporary injunction ordering you to

close this school until a full hearing

can be scheduled what you have until the

end of the day tomorrow or else the

sheriff and his deputies will close it

for you

good day

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thank you

last of it

all set

it's Joe

can we come visit you

no

the injunction prevents you from coming

onto the property

but I'll come visit you as often as I

can

chill

foreign

see you soon

don't worry everything will be all right

you'll see

come on let's go

I'll be back soon

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man your Carriage is here

all right do you have everything

you have your music box

and your frog skeleton

I'll come and visit you would that be

all right

sure

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I'll miss you

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I'm sorry for saying those things to Mr

McBride I wasn't thinking

you didn't do anything wrong do you hear

me

help get

through it

okay

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foreign

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excused

he's not taking this well he'll be all

right once the kids come back I'm just

staying right

a whole dinner and not one plate is

broken

it almost forgotten how quiet this house

can get

you can almost hear not playing his

violin

and then laughing at someone prank that

she just pulled

oh Tommy ringing that awful Bell

I wouldn't give to hear it again

thank you for being gracious enough to

speak with me

well you'll forgive us for being

somewhat biased but I would rate

plumfield as one of the finest schools

in the Commonwealth I can think of no

other school I'd rather have our

daughter attend

but is it not true that initially you

had reservations about sending her there

that they overheard you and your sister

engage in a heated public argument in

which you questioned the discipline and

safety of the school

we were just

you know how sisters can get our

hesitation simply had to do with our

frequent traveling schedule yes

our travel schedule

we travel

oftentimes to Europe frequently

is it not true that Beth almost drowned

in a river in the plumfield property

shortly after she was enrolled in school

well I wouldn't go so far as to say she

nearly drowned she slipped and fell into

the river children fall into rivers

every day but best couldn't swim

well no not the time she learned shortly

after

I taught her how to swim I think Riley

the caretaker yes

yes wonderful with the children

it's been a great asset to plumfield he

makes sure things are safe and clean and

he can fix just about anything and I've

never seen Joe happier since he came

into her life

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because he's so good at

keeping things safe and clean and

fixing things

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Mr Bridger

you're the new editor of the chronicle

am I right yes I am I arrived in town

just like well I figured I'd come by and

tell you my side of the story being as

you never bothered to ask me uh you must

be Mrs Baker

I know I rushed to print the article but

I had a deadline to get the paper out

and I felt I had all the necessary facts

too so I'm excited to go ahead and print

lives rather than tell the truth if this

is the kind of Journalism that you press

so you dispute Mr McBride's findings of

course I dispute them and if you had

bothered to research your facts instead

of rushing off well Mr Riley here is not

a convicted Criminal

since when is it against the law to give

someone a second chance well it isn't

it teaches the children how to fight

resulting in one of them getting

seriously hurt and maybe it ought to be

that was my doing not her she don't

allow fight but she hired you

it's her responsibility

and now this talk of your relationship

having evolved into somewhat of a

courtship some might view that as

improper

Eli McBride discovered it during his

investigation I believe it was uh Amy

your sister who told him

it's not true

true now why would your sister say that

come on let's go it's a wasted time

talking to him McBride's got him in his

back no wait

that's where you're wrong

look I apologize for printing that

article about having talked with you

first

whatever Mr McBride's motivations are

pursuing his losses doesn't erase the

fact that he has sufficient evidence to

back his claims he has detailed accounts

of children getting hurt and lost

another almost drowning in a river

others being allowed to wander through

the woods alone for three nights in the

dead of winter on some sort of Indian

ritual that was me and I asked her to

let me do it she didn't want me to go

the point is

McBride might be doing all of this for

reasons other than protecting the

children but I'm not

I want what's best for them

if that means closing the school and

putting you out of business then I'll do

my best to make sure that happens

if it turns out that what's best for the

children is keeping the school open and

Mr Riley here staying on his caretaker

I'll do my best to make sure that that

happens

you're gonna have to prove that to me

first

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a bride Nick

wait a minute I'm late for a meeting Mr

Riley I wanna talk to you well it will

have to wait

you've been spreading lies from all over

town and it's gonna stop

step out of my way not until we settle

this the only thing that you should be

settling Mr Riley is your employment

situation

perhaps this time you moved on and found

another lonely Widow to play upon

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Nick stop

how dare you assault me

you see that is that what happened

this is a sort of role model Mrs Bayer

allows in a school one can only imagine

how he handles unruly students

it's over this is there

your school is finished

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I'm so sorry Joe

it was an accident it just slipped out

of my mouth and before I knew it he was

twisting my words it's already me I'm

not angry with you

bride seems to excel at twisting

people's words I wired Edward

he'll come to represent you at the

hearing

oh I already talked to him about that he

won't charge you

I told him about the injunction

he said

that the judge's decision to issue it is

not a good sign

it means that he feels McBride's claims

have some validity

but it's not hopeless

we have some claims of Our Own

what a wonderful school this is an

incredible work you've done with these

children that's right we won't give up

without a fight

we're going to make sure that that judge

sees exactly what kind of place

palmfield is

so did you have much trouble sneaking

out no my parents are too busy to notice

yeah I know what you mean my father's

not even home he's been away on business

in Philadelphia for over a month now my

housekeeper doesn't care what I do

sorry I'm late

my uncle just got finished telling me

what school he's sending me to

Peter skilled Academy peterskill Academy

that's a horrible School a bunch of

spoiled rich kids

look

it's ain't over yet

appearance in a couple of days

we gotta keep thinking positive

all right

do you have the book

I think it's your turn to read best

surface of the soft and impressible by

the feet of men and so with the paths on

which the Mind travels how worn and

Dusty then must be the highways of the

world how deep the Rats of tradition

Conformity I did not wish to take the

cabin Passage but rather to go before

the Mast and on the deck of the world

for there I could best see the Moonlight

amid the mountains

I wish to go below now

my imagination carried me so far that

even if thy refusal had something

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I just want to say I'm sorry for what

happened in town with McBride

I know you were angry Nick I was angry

too

assaulting him wasn't the answer I know

it's just

back on the ships

guys didn't have lawsuits and lawyers

you had a problem with somebody you

settled it right then and there with

your fists

that's the way it's been for me as long

as I can remember

listen Joe

come in here working for you this school

it's been good for me

you and the kids made me feel wanted

and I thank you for it

but I think maybe it's time I should

leave

I think it'd be best for the school

might even help with the lawsuit me

being here has only made things worse

I'm the one who hired you Nick

that newspaper man was right

no matter what you do right or wrong

ultimately it comes back to me it's my

responsibility exactly which is why

you'll be doing the responsible thing

and getting rid of me

I'd send a message to the judge at you

cleaning this place up

cleaning this place up to the eyes of

the judge I mean

listen

think about it

let me know what you want me to do

the facts speak for themselves Mrs bear

your classroom is located in a

dilapidated Barn which it will be argued

poses a danger to life and limb

and your unconventional teaching methods

of which you're so proud have proven to

be not only Reckless but downright

hazardous

now we can go to the hearing tomorrow

and we can stand before the judge and I

will tell him how you have hired a

convicted felon who assaults people in

the streets

and I can detail every single incident

in which a child was harmed here

I can do all of that

or we can settle this matter right now

I will withdraw the lawsuit

if you will agree to sell me plumfield

true the school will still be closed but

you will be spared not only the arduous

legal hearing but also the substantial

monetary damages which the judge almost

certainly will award Tommy's parents

I'll take my chances in court

fine

if you think you can afford it

I'm not getting plans in this school

ever do you hear me

about these children you never have

but you do

you care deeply about them

what I said earlier was wrong

you've never put your welfare before the

children's

their needs have always been at the core

of your very being

which is why you must ask yourself

what are my chances of winning this

lawsuit

you do realize that Tommy will be called

for questioning as will all the other

children

as a lawyer I have seen these cases turn

ugly

dragging on into very lengthy very

humiliating public spectacles they can

be terribly painful

especially for young children

and he hears that you offered to

withdraw the lawsuit in exchange for my

school I will deny it it's bear

it'll be your word against mine and

unfortunately at the moment your

reputation is not the most sound

your opinion of me is not what's

important here

the settling of this most unpleasant

lawsuit is

so I would caution you to think long and

hard about it

not for your sake

but for the children

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looking all over for you

because Brad was out today

it was my idea to turn the barn into the

school room

Fritz wanted to convert one of the rooms

in the house

it's warmer and cleaner

but I talked him into it

I mean what child wouldn't want to go to

school in a barn

I know I would

it's cold

and Dusty there's spiders in the rafters

it's such a wonderful way with the

children

he was compassionate yet firm

when he died

I was determined to keep the school open

and though my methods weren't the most

conventional

I trusted myself

because I knew in my heart

that I only wanted what was best for the

children

yet it's been one ordeal after the other

children have been hurt

and I have been to blame

no you haven't

and the kids be the first ones to agree

with me

Brian's just trying to get under your

skin well he succeeded

he's opened my eyes to the struggles

that I have put these children through

in the struggles I will continue to put

these children through if I keep

fighting this thing kids would be all

right Joe

taught him well each and every one of

them

I hope so

I don't trust myself

so what are you gonna do just give up

well I won't let you

I know I told you to think about whether

I should leave but I'm just going to go

ahead and do it no no you don't have to

you can't give up I have no choice

the children have been put through

enough

I'm selling plumfield to McBride

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can't believe he

she's actually gonna sell plumfield

McBride's making her do it

It's gotta believe in things he says

about are true

but they're not

I hope you have the best goal there is I

should know I've been kicked out of

enough of them yeah Mrs Joe treats us

like people at all the other schools all

they do is give you orders and tell you

to be quiet we can't let her do this we

gotta help her how I mean even if we do

convince Sancho

McBride's still gonna win the case

for my father's day he's kind of lawyer

who doesn't quit till he gets what he

wants that's true

he said he dragged this case out into a

long and ugly mess

this Joe just doesn't want to put us

through it we'll never have to put

ourselves through it that's right

it's a desperate to stop this

this is Joseph's trying to protect us

now we gotta protect her how are we

gonna do that stop the hearing do

whatever it takes to make McBride drop

the lawsuit whatever it takes Dan you

saw what happened to Nick when he tried

to stop McBride I'm not talking about

hurting anybody here any other ways to

do this such as

I know yet

I think some

whatever it is we got to make sure we

see to it to the end

after all he was willing to go to jail

for what he knew was right

I don't know about the rest here

but I'm willing to do that

I'll go to jail yeah I'll go too

you too

I guess going to jail is better than

going to Peter's Hill Academy

I suppose

that's about to grab one of my uglier

dresses

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can I help you

tell Mrs Joe that you helped keep the

school open she can prove us what's best

for the kids

that's right

good

that's we're gonna prove it to you right

now

you sure you want to do this

yes the phone right behind you

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what are the kids doing here

this way judge Hancock I thought we

could hold the hearing in the church

the

what's going on here we're stopping to

hear it I'm not letting anybody in till

we get a chance to speak to the judge

Dan please don't make this any more

difficult than it already is what's the

meaning of this

these are my students your honor oh

we're defending Mrs Joe in our school

Kyle defend them inside no

move out of the way

no

what

this lawsuit is stupid tell me

it's nonsense further evidence of the

lack of discipline at plumfield school

has plenty of discipline

maybe Mrs Joe doesn't hit kids when they

do wrong if they do at other schools

that don't mean we don't listen to her

fact is we listen real well because we

know the things she teach us in Port are

thinking for herself and stand up for

what we know is right yeah and we're not

leaving until you withdraw the stupid

lawsuit this is absurd now move out of

the way all of you go on no

we're not going anywhere so you're just

gonna have to Lose Yourself

someone fetch the sheriff

you don't move at once

I shall have you arrested fine

throw us in jail we don't care best

yeah throw some jail I want to go to

jail too

the cause is Worthy

this is not a game children this very

serious yes sir we know that but we'd

rather go to jail than be forced to

leave plumfield Mr Rick Brides telling

everyone how dangerous is out there but

it's not like that at all Mr teaches us

she listens to us and takes really good

care of us in fact we feel safe there

it's not just our school it's our home

out here this is where it's dangerous

you better listen to him judge because

up until now no one has

myself included

if anyone knows whether the school is

safe I think it would be the children

well it's about time somebody came to

their census

I think it's time for us all to start

listening to the children I agree

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you should listen to the children

listen to the children

well the rest of my family is going to

jail I might as well go too

foreign

is there anything you wish to say to the

chronicle before you have the sheriff

toss these nice people into jail

I thought perhaps you would like to talk

about how you were willing to extort Mrs

bear into selling plumfield to you in

exchange for you dropping the lawsuit

which of course would cause one to

question your motives and by extension

the very claims that you have made

enough

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in light of the uh

situation your honor I respectfully

withdraw off the lawsuit

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I'll get the game

foreign

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[Laughter]

but it's still the best school in town

let's go

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this chicken

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