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my feet

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starring tommy redig as jeff miller

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jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

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helen

alex

yes car just drove up you expecting

company no

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this is miller yes my name is walter

barton this is my wife how do you do

won't you come in thank you

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would you sit down

we were told at a gas station in

calverton there's no way that you have a

cali dog named lassie

why

yes

she hasn't done anything has she

she's full grown i understand

yes

i want to buy the dog from you mrs

miller oh

oh i'm sorry lassie belongs to jeff my

son and she's not for sale well i'd be

glad to get him another dog

well jeff doesn't want another dog mr

barton he's quite happy with lassie

walter

perhaps if you explained the situation

well my son is a war casually mrs miller

he's been in an army hospital for nine

months he's coming home sunday totally

bland

oh i'm so sorry you see he had a collie

dog named lassie

and well he's looking forward to reunion

with her but she was killed a week ago

by a truck now that's why we want to buy

your dog you see mrs miller dick's had

trouble adjusting to his loss of sight

and the doctors tell us it's important

that he find everything at home just as

he left it

i

i wish i could help you believe me but

jeff and lassie are inseparable

my son lost his eyesight fighting for

his country mrs miller i don't think you

quite understand what that means

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this is a picture of my husband mr

barton jeff's father

he was killed in action

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hey um

i'm sorry we bothered you hold on grace

walter

i'd like to talk to mrs miller alone

among other things i i want to apologize

no apologies are necessary i'll wait for

you in the car by mrs miller

goodbye mr barton i'm terribly sorry

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i don't know what to say i

i feel so helpless

please don't be disturbed

i'm afraid my husband hasn't adjusted

very well either

but that's my problem not yours

you've already faced your problem and

evidently solid

i'd like so much to help you i know you

would

perhaps you can

may i have just another few moments

of course do sit down

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why can't they get another calling why

can't they get one from a kennel oh they

tried honey but there wasn't time to

train a full-grown dog to answer to the

name of lassie

i told them they couldn't possibly buy

our lassie

but mrs barton felt if they could borrow

her for a few weeks it might help their

son get over the strangeness of coming

home blind and give them a chance to

tell him what happened to his dog

what do you want me to say mom

just what you feel

i don't even have to say it you know

would work out anyway ellen alas he

wouldn't stay there overnight let alone

two weeks she would if i told her to

maybe yes maybe no

jeff

i can't expect you to feel as strongly

as i do about this but i do want you to

know that it isn't often a person gets a

chance to lend a helping hand where it's

desperately needed

what you're saying is you want me to

give them lassie for two weeks no

darling i'm not saying that at all the

decision is entirely up to you

it isn't really because i know you want

me to do it i can't say no

you can and you have

i'll call mrs barton

gramps huh

what'll i do

don't look to me boy

she's your dog

and you got to do the disciples

what would you do if she was your dog

jeff

it don't work out that way

what's good for me might be bad for you

you see there's no regular rules for

living like there is for playing

baseball and checkers

we each got to make our own rules

according to our lights the lord sets

you down on earth and gives you plow

but you got to cut your own furrow

and the way you cut it is what counts

sure we got to live with other people

we can't get along alone but when it

comes right down to it it don't matter

how anybody else feels it's how you feel

because the most living you're gonna do

is with yourself

thanks gramps

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i'm terribly sorry mrs barton but mom

would you hold the phone a moment please

i thought it over they can have lassie

for the two weeks

i'm sorry to kept you waiting mrs barton

but jeff just told me that you can have

lassie for two weeks

oh no no it was his own decision

i'm sure you will yes anytime

fine

you're very welcome mrs barton goodbye

they'll pick lassie up in the morning

may i tell you something sweetheart

i'm very very proud of you

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you best lassie a great deal haven't you

but i didn't say anything did i

no sir you're a good sport about it all

the kids at school sam dopey for letting

hello

bad connection

oh

hello mr barton

this is ellen miller

uh ellen miller i'm calling about lassie

i said i'm calling about lassie

you'll have to speak louder mr barton we

seem to have a bad connection

yes i can hear you now

what was that

would you repeat that please

yes

yes

but why didn't you call us

i said why didn't you call us when it

happened

no she hasn't

no

mom what is it what's wrong

i don't understand why you didn't call

us mr barton it seems under the

circumstances that's the least you could

do that's all you're talking about

very well goodbye what's the matter

lassie hasn't been at the barton house

for two weeks

she ran away the first night she got

there

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what exactly did he say

i told you she ran away the first night

she got there i don't believe it if she

ran away she would have come home then

why didn't he call us up

i don't know

it's all my fault don't blame the

bartons blame me it isn't anybody's

fault mom

there's only one thing to do you just

forgot to drive over there and find out

face to face what happened now what good

will that do it's been two weeks well

maybe somebody picked her up could be

she hurt herself coming home and

someone's nursing her you gotta enquire

around we can't stand here doing nothing

all right

i'll go change my clothes put on a clean

shirt jeff and wear your suit trousers

thanks gramps

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research every inch of the ground

between here in capital city to find

that dog

now don't worry about hurrying back

find out all you can

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hello

who

yeah this is george miller

what

yeah i'm listening

where are we yeah yeah wait a minute

hold on a minute we're there

hold on

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helen

helen

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this is here

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ugh

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send her back jeff

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go back girl

go back to him

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go back to him

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who's here what's all the excitement

girl

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mrs miller

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i called you the moment i learned what

my husband had done but you just left

i spoke with mr miller mother

is that you

yes dear i heard a car drive up and

lassie got excited and ran off who was

it we have some guests i'll bring them

over in a moment

all right

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please come in i i must try to explain

this to you i'm afraid there isn't much

to explain mrs barton

you're so right

i was shocked when i learned what walter

told you

believe me he's terribly ashamed

if for no other reason

please come in and let him tell you so

himself

have you told your

son no

and that's the tragedy

we've been putting it off

walter promised to do it today but

he lost his nerve and

that's why when you called he he told

you that fantastic falsehood

i'll tell dick before you leave

come on

i want you to meet him

dear

i want you to meet mrs miller and her

young son jeff

oh please don't get up

happy to know you mrs miller

thank you

and you too jeff

mrs miller and i are going into chat for

a while

jeff would you like to stay out here

with dick why sure he would

sit down jeff

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how old are you jeff

11 going on 12.

pretty grown up

that was you and your mother just drove

in huh

yes sir

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lassie seems to know you uh have you

ever been here before

jeff

no sir that's the first time she's ever

run to meet anyone hidden it girl

where is she jeff

right here

oh

she's sitting over by you huh

she just came over

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she seems to like you

where do you live jeff

on a farm near calverton

what do you have any horses

just a cold but he's only five months

old

dad has some nice saddle horses down the

stable

why don't you go over and see them

take lassie with you

just follow the driveway around or

you can cut across the lawn

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go ahead

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i wonder where he went

what's the matter

go ahead

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first

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that's all right girl i'm not gonna fall

in

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that you jeff

yes sir

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let's sit down for a minute huh jeff

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she knew where i was isn't she

we came down here for a walk almost

every day since i got back from the

hospital

i thought i'd try it on my own

see if i could do it

was doing all right too

you know it's a funny thing about being

blind jeff

after a while you you begin to sense

things

i know exactly where you and lassie are

even though i can't see you

i can hear you breathing

and i can hit lassie panting

blind people hear a lot more than others

do

i guess that's because

well when you can see

you get kind of lazy about

listening when you and your mother drove

up i could tell by the way lassie back

that you were old friends of hers

she sounded so happy to see you

last is really your dog isn't she jeff

i've known all along with she wasn't my

old lassie

my lassie had a funny little bump on her

head

between her ears

she used just like me to rub it

what happened to her jet

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well you can tell me it's all right

she

she was killed by a truck

oh

well the folks were afraid to tell me so

they bought your dog no

they only borrowed her for two weeks

but if you want to keep your hair no

thanks i wouldn't think of it

i was done nice of you to let me have

her for two weeks

but

she really belongs with you

would you like one of her pups next time

she has a litter

oh that'd be swell

you know

i was a little bit afraid about

everything when i first got out of the

hospital

but i think that lassie

your lassie helped me get over it

i'm glad

what i really need's a seeing eye dog

and i'm gonna get one just as soon as i

can

but i'd still like to see you and lassie

say maybe dad could drive me over to

your place or

you could come over here okay

sure

if you like to fish we could go fishing

in the lake near our farm

i'd like that

i'll shake on it huh

shake

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yes

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so

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you