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lassie

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starring tommy reddig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

you told me not to let anyone in

you good for teasing told me didn't you

i still don't know why

never mind clean up that mess why did i

have to stay in the house why did the

door have to be locked

why do little boys have to ask so many

questions

i finished my boat i'm gonna take it

down to the lake

i'd rather you didn't dear

why not mom i wanna see how it sails see

yeah

golly if i'm being punished for not

opening the door right away i don't

think it's fair

you're not being punished here right why

don't you awaken sail your boat tomorrow

ain't no wind today oh gramps there's

plenty of wind look out the window you

can see it in the trees and that's right

as a matter of fact it's too windy

what's this all about

first there's no wind then there's too

much the door is locked then it's open

you always want me to go out to play and

now i can't leave the house

hello

oh yes jenny

oh that's fine

yes well thanks for calling to tell me

oh it's wonderful news right jenny bye

what's wonderful news mom

look i'm

nothing important

well if it's not important how can it be

wonderful

jeff dear why don't you take your boat

and go down to the lake huh i said why

don't you go down to the lake you've

been wanting to stay on your boat

haven't you

but just a minute ago you run along here

i've got an awful lot to do and you'll

be underfoot

brother

no

he thinks we're crazy and i guess maybe

he's right

that man was seen at groveton about 30

miles north of here well then why didn't

you tell the boy instead of making this

look like a couple of prized fools oh i

see no used to frighten jeff you know

how he is he'd be having dreams about

escaped convicts women

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hi

sorry my dog woke you up

it's all right

nice dog what's his name it's a she

lassen

hello lassie

we gonna be friends

she's friends with everybody

i'm jeff miller i live on the farm

across the meadow

glad to know you jeff my name's joe

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if you're looking for work around here

it's kind of a bad time

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i'm not looking for work i'm just sort

of passing through you know hiking it's

a real healthy thing to do

you want to say that both i just made it

lassie and me were on our way down to

the lake to try it out

i haven't sailed a boat since i was a

kid you want to come along

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sure thanks

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hope your sales good

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i forgot the string

i can't see it without a string i might

lose it

what are you doing

sending the note back to blasting grams

will give it a strain and she'll bring

it back here

you spell string with an a

no i s-t-r-i-n-g

hey

too bad i don't have my fishing pole

we could go fishing while we're waiting

lots of baths in the lake

you want a bite

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anything else to eat no are you sure

look mister i'd better go home

i'm not going anywhere

it's too open here come on

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please mister i gotta get home

you don't know who i am do you

no

yeah find out quick enough if i let you

go

every cop in the states looking for me

i won't tell anybody

make me laugh

and keep still while i figure out what

i'm gonna do with you

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who lives on the farm with you my mom

and gramps nobody else

it's a woman and an old man huh gramps

is old but he's strong

might be the place to hide out till the

heat's off

oh you wouldn't like our farm honest you

wouldn't don't forget lassie if you

tried anything me and the dog are

friends

oh gosh mister there's lots better

places to hide than the farm places

where nobody would ever find you

for instance there's a cave it's my

secret place nobody knows about it not

even mom or gramps

where is it it's not far from here

all right i'll take a look

go slow go quiet and don't get smart i

won't i promise

these are all sailed anything else you

want me to do no that's all thanks

i think i'll take a little nap

oh good i'll keep jeff quiet when he

gets home say i heard the news broadcast

about the convict he was seen north of

groveton well you knew that when jenny

called

well i know but it sounds more official

on the radio just makes me feel easier

oh fiddlesticks

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what's the matter

but what is it

oh he forgot the string for his boat

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got a match

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this is a real good place to hide

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you got anything to eat here

what's this

ants and collect them snakes too

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okay let's go to your farm wait a minute

mister this is a real terrific place to

hide you'll like it once you get used to

it it's much better than the farm

little kid i need food and i need

clothes i'll bring you everything you

need i'll sneak out and bring the stuff

from the house

what good would it do to come to the

farm

well i could keep an eye on you be sure

you wouldn't go sneaking off to the cops

i won't i promise

can i go now

why don't you be back after supper

alone

i want pants and a shirt a hat

plenty to eat i don't know if grand

stuff will fit you i'll make it fit you

remember

keep your mouth shut or something bad

will happen to your mother and your

grandfather

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thanks girl we won't be needing this now

don't you know you were here

she's smart she can find me wherever i

go

good door

we're pals ain't

that's the wrong note

i thought you were going to bed i

decided to read a while

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where's jeff

in his room

you tell him about the convict

why

the convict

oh no no no sense in telling him now

things like that frighten children

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foreign

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i'd better go now stick around

his clothes are pretty crummy

can't help it couldn't take it grab

sunday clothes now his work clothes

they'll do

look mister i did what i promised now i

gotta get homer mama find out i snuck

out

you keep your mouth shut like i told you

to i didn't tell anybody and i won't

keep that up and everything will be fine

nothing bad will happen to your mom or

the old man

can i go now

you'll be back tomorrow yes sir

okay

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good morning dear lovely morning

morning chipper this morning i'm all

well you don't good

right

half a ham

egg

pudding

i'll go tell gramps it's time for

breakfast

just a

someone has taken practically all of the

food in this house do you know anything

about it

about what about the food that's missing

i was off along with

jeff you mean you ate four pounds of ham

over a dozen eggs bread pudding and

heaven only knows what else

i was awful hungry

jeff

what about this food that's missing

i can't tell you

well since when is there anything that

you couldn't tell me

please mom don't ask me

jeff if this is some kind of joke will

let me in on it

somebody stole my patch

look i want to know where my pants are i

want to know right now

if you use my pants one of your consign

games i'll i'll uh i didn't

then what entirely should you do with

them

jeff after all we do have a right to

know what you did with all of that food

and and your grandfather's pants i tell

you if i could

why don't you trust me

what you aren't showing much trust in us

when you refuse to explain

i think you better go to your room and

we'll talk about this later

now that little scamp's not gonna get

away with this then pastor only four

years old and there was a lot of wear

left in him

oh good morning clay come on in good

morning ellen

morning mr miller morning clay breakfast

will be ready in a few minutes will you

join us yeah i'll get a pair of pants on

don't do anything in my account mr

miller i just stopped by to warn you

about the convict

curly moffat was bullfrog on the lake

last night and he thought he saw a man

that answered his description

but jenny called and and the radio said

that he was seen around groveton and

turned out to be someone else well

there's nothing to worry about but

chances are if he is hiding around the

lake he'll want some food and some

clothes

and what's the matter

there was a lot of food missing from my

ice box this morning yeah and a pair of

pants

can i use the phone oh no wait clay

we think that jeff knows something about

this yesterday afternoon he was down by

the lake playing with his boat and when

he came back well he acted so strange

and then this food was missing and dad's

pants and well he's admitted to taking

the food but he won't tell us why he did

or what he did with all of it where's

jeff now in his room

well you think maybe jeff took the food

in the pants to bake her

oh clay i don't know what to think

let me call gil

hello jenny square horton ringgill pulse

for me will you

if jeff knows where baker's hiding out

he can lead us to him

gil this clay

looks like curly was right

no no about baker yeah

i'm up at george miller's we think that

young jeff knows where he's hiding

so get a couple of boys and head for the

lake

take the south road and i'll come around

over the bridge

that's right

clay jeff is not leaving this house

until that man is caught well either

he's got to take us to another tell us

where he is look if he won't tell ellen

or me he won't tell anybody else you can

bet your bottom dollar on that

let me talk to him

no that's no no time for playing now we

better go i better get her in the barn

let's see

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what

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he's gone yeah i'll find him i'll go

with it

as he says

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mr

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i didn't tell anybody about you but mom

found out about the food and graham's

clothes what'd you tell her nothing

honest she kept asking me but i didn't

tell

you're not a bad kid

at least you know how to keep your mouth

shut which is more than i can say for a

lot of guys you won't do anything to mom

and grandson will you well no you kept

your end of the bargain i'll keep mine

you're all right kid

we'll call it quits

i snuck out to tell you before the

gospel could ask me any questions

comfortable he came to the house this

morning mom told him about the food in

the clothes then i heard him calling

someone to come up shut up

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so

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there they are

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he's in here come on

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banker come on up

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banker

how many of you guys get trigger happy i

got the kid

what do you want me or do you want to

him

you ain't going to get us both

if you let me through the kid'll be all

right

don't be a fool baker you're just making

it worse look i ain't got time to argue

with you get your man out of the way if

you don't see this kid again

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let him through

don't try and stop

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so

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oh

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drop the knife baker

drop the knife

jeff

jeff what i'm sorry about your clothes

gramps the only reason i gave them to

him is so it wouldn't hurt you or mom

well i was just about to warm the cvr

bridges i guess now i i can't do it can

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