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my feet

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starring tommy rettig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

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france this is pete this is my grams

let's see it pleased to meet you mr

miller pete barnum county agent sent me

up

he didn't want to fix my bike for me

gramps the fork was bent and he

straightened it out with his hands well

you run in and get your milk

see you later pete

nice kid

don't come no better

bring yourself in here

got another hand coming up in the

morning

got one cotton that straw mattress

guess the one comes first gets the copy

been doing farm work long

a while

what part of the country you come from

east gosh i ain't beneath myself in 20

years

what part of the east

different parts ain't much of a torture

right

you look at the higher i feel that or a

talker well now i if you're looking to

hire a talker you got the wrong man mr

miller well it seems to me the man

that's doing the harm's got a right to

ask a few questions sure

you got a right to ask and i got a right

not to answer touchy ain't she

all i want to know is what part of the

yeast you come from

no harm in that

i'm sorry if i bothered you

peter

hey this is my mom

hello

thank you for fixing jeff's bicycle

that's all right pete's awful strong mom

i bet he's ten times stronger than

higgy's father

piggy's father played college football

well i better be getting along where are

you going back to town

why

jeff said you came up here to help with

the harvest i did but

well i changed my mind why pete

oh

one of those things

so long

stop we'll be ready in a few minutes

thanks but i better get going or you can

stay for supper at least

it's a long walk back to town especially

on an empty stomach please pete

okay

thanks you can wash up in the kitchen

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well was i right isn't mom's apple pie

the best you ever tasted it's mighty

good would you like another piece me

no not you i didn't think so

pete

no thank you ma'am

dad pull up you just got energy enough

left to walk to the set room and sit

down again

oh please don't bother i'm pretty good

at washing dishes pete maledore mom i

must be hearing things but i could have

swore that jeff offered to do dishes

you really don't have two feet i'll be

on my way as soon as i'm through thanks

for a fine supper you're quite welcome

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he seems like a nice boy

huh

pete seems like a nice boy why is he

leaving

beats me

didn't he say anything

no

he came here to work didn't he

huh

dad come on listen to me or read your

paper you can't do both

you're asking me a lot of questions you

can't answer i don't know why he's

leaving

i asked him what part of the yeast you

come from and he got huffy and

walked out

that's all

that's all

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lots of fish in the lake but you gotta

know where to go to get the big ones

i got one three pounds ranch cut one

five and a half though

we're all finished mom

my that was fast and we didn't even

break one

mom look at pete's muscle

i'd rather look at the sink admin this

clean in

pete if you don't want to do farm work

you can stay and do dishes for me who's

gonna stay he said so

i said maybe

we'd very much like to have you you're

sure mr miller still wants me

i think so do i have to answer a lot of

questions

you won't have to answer any questions

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all right

i'll take your bedroll to the barn

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made jeff very happy he likes you he's a

nice kid

glad you think so

if there's anything you want just let me

know thanks man guess i'll turn in

good night good night

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it was just opening it for you

sure

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ever see one of these

what is it

builds up the arm and shoulder muscles

want to try it

go ahead try it

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hold your elbows out like this

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i can't do it sure you can

wait

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now try it with both hands

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see you're doing fine

pretty soon you'll be able to do it with

one hand like this

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if i ever have muscles like yours

sure if you work at it is that how you

got your muscles

is it p

time to turn in you want to go fishing

in the morning

my grandfather's not paying me to go

fishing well i mean early before work

six o'clock

you up at six o'clock sure lassie wakes

me up soon doesn't slide

all right send her over to wake me okay

good night i hope you sleep good thanks

jeff

i'm

sorry about the bedroll oh that's all

right good night pete good night

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okay

quarter seven he'll be back a few

minutes i heard him leave around six

o'clock

why do you have to go fishing on his

first day of work

that was jeff's idea

anybody home

miller

yes

i'm frank galway county agent sent me up

put your stuff in the barn i'll be out

there in a few minutes

okay

would you like some breakfast

no ma'am my hat in town

ugly looking fruit

well you don't hire field hands for the

looks you know

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here's one give me the garage well i'll

put them away thanks pete

come on

look mom grams peacock two and i got two

good

we're gonna have him for breakfast well

he's got uh

five minutes for breakfast oh there

won't be time jeff put them in the ice

house you can clean them later and we'll

have them for supper okay

tell pete to hurry

no time to cook them now we'll have them

for supper all right we better hurry

graham says you only got five minutes

for breakfast

this is mine

okay i'm sleeping on the cut

who says so

i slept on it last night

so what

look

i don't want any trouble

no

no

then don't ask for none

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pete france told you to use the cod pete

skip it

you were here first skip what i said

yeah

breakfast ready

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you coming pete

no

go ahead

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so

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where's pete

it's not common

doesn't he want any breakfast

guess not

go fishing this early again you must

remember to get back in time for

breakfast gramps was a little put out

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come on eat your breakfast

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i thought you were up in the field with

grams

no

we left those fish out in the sun afraid

to spoil them

i didn't want them anyway

well whether you want them or not it's a

shame to waste good food

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you forgot to collect the eggs this

morning i'm sorry i'll do it now

i'd rather you went out to the garden

and picked me eight years of corn

it's almost noon gramps and the men will

be coming in a few minutes

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i'll never understand why chickens lay

eggs everywhere except where they're

supposed to

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get the corn sweetie

fighting's wrong isn't it mom

what's the general rule yes

i don't mean wars or things like that

i mean

well

if a guy doesn't fight could be because

he thinks fighting's wrong

couldn't it

could be accepted a lot depends upon

what he's fighting for

even though fighting may be wrong there

there are times when you should stand up

for your rights

so if you don't

if you don't stand up for your rights

like you're supposed to

that makes you a

coward doesn't it

doesn't it

well yes i suppose so

that's what i thought

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wash up over there put them forks in the

bottom we won't use them this afternoon

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i'm sorry i didn't know it was yours i

i was just collecting the eggs and i

found it buried under the hay

pete

why does jeff think you're a coward is

that what he said

no he didn't say it but that's what he

thinks

what difference does it make

none to me

but evidently a lot to jeff

i

guess i didn't measure up

measure up to what

you said there wouldn't be any questions

why does everybody have to ask me

questions

sure

i'm a coward

you want to know why

because i let a guy push me around

because i wouldn't fight and you want to

know why i wouldn't fight

here read them

i don't want to pry under your affairs

pete

go ahead

you might as well know

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i was a pretty good fighter

so good i

killed a man with my fist

now you know

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i'm

sorry

i'll pack up and clear out

there's no reason for that i'll explain

it all to jail

no

he's better off thinking i'm a coward

i wish you'd change your mind pete

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mind if i leave this for him

i told him he could use it

it's an exerciser

why don't you give it to him yourself

i'll send him over

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where you been

collecting eggs

pete's leaving too bad he's a good

worker

what's the matter now

you own half day's wages

what happened

i'll tell you later

jeff dear

did you take this over to pete he's in

the barn

all right

mom said to give you your wages tell

your mom never mind

here i want you to have this

go ahead take it

you better leave her alone i don't want

no much snooping around where i sleep

she's not a mutton she won't hurt

anything well just keep her out of here

i'll see what you made me do

oh

so you're moving in huh

put that down

sure

oh

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uh

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what's going on here

stop it stop it

pack up and get out of here don't let me

see you around here again no grams

it wasn't pete's fault he started a

fight with lassie then he was gonna

throw a monkey ranch at her he had to do

it

guy can't let himself get pushed around

forever

just right dad

nobody can let himself get pushed around

forever

you pack up and get out

pete

i'm just gonna be awful sure to help

that's right

there won't be anyone

can't get anybody either

wouldn't you stay pete if you did you

could show me how to use the exerciser

he could give you some boxing lessons

too

pete used to be a boxer

you did pete

golly i think every boy should know how

to defend himself

don't you dad oh yes yes

gosh would you pee would you

sure thing we'll start tonight right

after supper

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