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01:20When I was growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia during the Depression, many of the things we take for granted today back then were luxuries, like going to school.
01:33Many boys my age had to quit school and find jobs to help support their families, but my father and mother were determined that each of their offspring would graduate from high school.
01:45Now, are there any questions about hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid?
01:51Oh.
01:56Well, we can go over this tomorrow.
02:09Thank you, gentlemen.
02:10Are you coming by tonight?
02:12Well, if you're not too tired, I'd like to.
02:14I'm tired, but your essay is more important than that.
02:16Well, I'll be there then.
02:18I think it's almost ready to send in, John Boy.
02:20You do?
02:21Honest?
02:22Honestly.
02:23Honestly?
02:24Honestly.
02:25Well, good.
02:26I'll see you tonight then.
02:27Okay.
02:28Goodbye.
02:29Bye.
02:30John Boy?
02:31Good afternoon, Miss Hunter.
02:33Good afternoon, Reverend Fordwick.
02:41This is a very pleasant room in which to learn.
02:44Yes.
02:49Come on, Ben.
02:50Hand him over.
02:51But, Naomi, you said I could carry him.
02:52I changed my mind, Ben.
02:54But why?
02:55You know if we fight, Ben, I'll lick you.
03:06Maybe you can carry my books home tomorrow, Ben.
03:08Come on, Naomi.
03:17Well, I'm sure the children would be delighted to provide the singing for the picnic.
03:21Oh, that's splendid.
03:36Miss Hunter?
03:37Yes?
03:40Miss Hunter, may I have permission to call on you this evening?
03:55Ben, why don't you try turning your attention to Sue Jane or maybe that girl whose folks just bought the beds for her?
04:01Don't worry about it.
04:02I got it all figured out.
04:03What?
04:04How to get Naomi back from Wally Dempster, that's what.
04:06Ben, you're...
04:08Ben!
04:13Now, what's gotten into you two?
04:15It's a secret about Ben.
04:16Well, I'm sorry it's a secret because I'd like to know why that boy's been acting so mysterious lately.
04:21He has been acting moody.
04:22Have you noticed that?
04:23Ben's in love.
04:25He's in love?
04:26Starting out kind of early.
04:28Not necessarily.
04:29You were making eyes at me when you were Ben's age.
04:31I didn't make eyes at you.
04:32I just grabbed you and kissed you.
04:34Did he really, Mama?
04:36Your father was always a man of action.
04:38Look where it got me.
04:40Complaining?
04:42Not so you'd notice.
04:44You still didn't guess the secret.
04:46I didn't know we were supposed to.
04:48Ben wrote a letter.
04:50Maybe it's a love note.
04:52He sent her to Chicago.
04:53That's not where Naomi lives.
04:55Well, now, who could Ben be writing to in Chicago?
04:57Maybe he's got a girl in Chicago, too.
04:59He said it would solve all his problems.
05:00Said he's tired of being her 97-pound weakling.
05:03Whatever that is.
05:04Whatever it is, he's no 97-pound weakling.
05:08Maybe I'll just have a talk with him.
05:10I know what you'll tell him.
05:12You'll tell him to just grab her and kiss her.
05:15Works for me.
05:16Says you.
05:17Says me, he's right.
05:27Put it in my coat, please.
05:28Okay.
05:29Have a nice day.
05:30You, too, Miss Brimmer.
05:34Did you get it?
05:35Huh?
05:36Yes, I got it.
05:37You big hitter.
05:38That's great.
05:42Now, it's postmarked Chicago,
05:43but it doesn't say what country it's from.
05:45Well, if you don't mind, Miss Godsey,
05:46I'd rather not say.
05:47It's nothing illegal, is it?
05:48No, no.
05:49Thanks again.
05:52Good kid.
05:55Come on.
05:56Come on, Elizabeth.
05:57Grab this one.
05:58You can do it, Elizabeth.
06:00What a girl.
06:03Oh, where's Daddy and Grandpa?
06:05I don't know.
06:06They should have been home by now.
06:08I bet he stopped by Yancey Tucker's
06:10to sample his home brew.
06:12Okay, start to pull.
06:14I gotta get over to Miss Hunter's.
06:16Your father should be home any minute now.
06:18I'd rather have you wait and take the truck.
06:20I'm gonna take the mule.
06:22It may be hard on the behind,
06:23but it's better for the brain.
06:24I got some of my best ideas that way.
06:26Well, I just hope if he bucks you off,
06:27you land on your bottom and not on your brain.
06:31They're home.
06:35What was that thing you had
06:36hidden under your shirt today, Ben?
06:38Nothing.
06:39It was to my side.
06:40It was some kind of envelope or something.
06:41Erin.
06:48I'm sorry we're late.
06:49What have you got here?
06:50What kept you?
06:51Oh, the butcher we was living with,
06:53who was slaughtering me.
06:54I had to wait around for a while.
06:57I thought you was going to kiss me
06:59instead of inspecting my bread.
07:02Daddy, Grandpa.
07:03See you later.
07:04Where are you off to, Miss Hunter's?
07:05Mm-hmm.
07:06What about the truck?
07:07No, I'm gonna take the mule, thank you.
07:08Bye.
07:09Bye, John.
07:10Sorry, it's a little runny.
07:11No, I'm real hungry.
07:12It tastes real good, honey.
07:15Here, Grandpa.
07:18Grandpa, do you want your cobbler?
07:19Well, I shouldn't.
07:21Oh, I see.
07:22You fetch over another fork,
07:23and we'll share it.
07:24Okay.
07:26Here, Daddy.
07:27Thank you, honey.
07:29I think I'll send something over to Miss Hunter
07:30next time John Boy goes.
07:32She's been giving him a lot of help on that essay.
07:35Maybe an upside-down cake.
07:37I'm sure she'll appreciate anything she gets.
07:39Or a couple jars of preserves.
07:41What Miss Hunter needs is a man.
07:43Nothing upside-down or preserved.
07:53I know I wasn't sure about that either,
07:55but that was the only way I could say it at the time.
07:58It's just that the rest of it seems so vivid and so special,
08:02and this makes her seem...
08:05well, ordinary.
08:09Well, she is ordinary.
08:14It's not a bad ordinary,
08:16or a...
08:18ungainly ordinary.
08:19It's more of a...
08:22comfortable, you know?
08:23Sincere ordinary.
08:25Well, would it be stretching things to say that she was, say...
08:29beautifully ordinary, or...
08:32Do you see what I mean, John Boy?
08:36See, she is ordinary.
08:37And I know this is supposed to be an essay
08:39about the most fascinating person I've ever met.
08:42And she is.
08:44But all the other things in the essay are true, so...
08:50I understand.
08:51Do you know what I mean?
08:53Yes, I'm afraid I've been pushing you to make everything too fascinating.
08:57Oh, no.
08:58I'm sorry.
08:59I guess I just want you to win so much.
09:01But as you say, the important thing is that it be truthful.
09:10You know, I never could have written this essay without you.
09:12Well, I don't know about that.
09:15I do.
09:17I certainly never would have had the confidence to enter it in a contest.
09:20Well, that's very sweet of you to say.
09:22Thank you, John Boy.
09:26You know, Miss Hunter, I'm a much better writer now
09:28than I was when I first met you.
09:30I know that.
09:31I'm very grateful for it.
09:33I mean, even now, I'd be floundering around
09:37trying to figure...
09:39What I mean is that without you,
09:41I would really be lost, just like I am now.
09:44I'd really be lost.
09:51I'm a teacher, John Boy.
09:53Nothing gives me greater happiness than being able to pass on what I know.
09:57If it weren't for you and the other students,
09:59I'd be lost.
10:13Who is this woman that you've written about, John Boy?
10:16You don't mind my asking, do you?
10:18Oh, no.
10:19An aunt of mine who came to visit one wintertime.
10:24What a surprise it would be if you won one of the prizes
10:27and she came across it in the magazine.
10:30I know. I'm sort of planning on that.
10:33Excuse me, but Reverend Fordwick is here to see you, Miss Hunter.
10:37It's about the church picnic.
10:39Oh, well, excuse me. I'll run along.
10:42And thank you very much.
10:43We'll continue tomorrow night, John Boy.
10:45Okay. Good night.
10:46I'll tell him to wait in the parlor.
10:49Evening, Reverend.
10:50Oh, evening, John Boy. You startled me.
10:52Sorry.
10:54Reverend, she'll just be a few minutes.
10:56Will you wait in the parlor, please?
10:57Certainly.
11:33Hey, Ben. What you doing?
11:34Nothing.
11:40I didn't touch anything in your room.
11:43Well, that's okay.
11:44I would have stayed in the bathroom, but Erin kept on pounding on the door.
11:47She wanted to know what I was doing.
11:50Well, you know Erin.
11:51Yeah.
12:04Ben, it's getting a little late. Maybe you'd better get on to bed.
12:15I said for it.
12:16It cost 62 cents with postage.
12:19See?
12:23It's less than one.
12:40Yeah, that's right.
12:42Yeah, that's right.
12:49How long do I have to hold it like this?
12:51You hold it until you can't stand it, and then some.
12:56That's hard.
12:57I know, but it's guaranteed to work.
12:59And when it does, I'm going to knock that Willie Dempster's block right off.
13:04You think that's going to make a difference to Naomi?
13:06Sure.
13:07I mean, I wouldn't know.
13:08I've just never been much for fighting or knocking people's blocks off.
13:11Well, this is just in case he picks on me.
13:14You know, Ben, it's going to take you an awful long time to get to look like this, don't you think?
13:18No, well, I can feel it already.
13:20You see?
13:21Stronger.
13:22Do you think I could use your room to practice in?
13:25Well, I reckon you better.
13:27Thanks, John boy.
13:32Good night, Ben.
13:33Good night.
13:35Well, it's just that I thought that the church choir would be singing the spiritual songs,
13:39and my children might be better suited to sing songs about nature and beauty.
13:44What do you think...
14:04What?
14:05What, what?
14:09Oh, excuse me.
14:11It's way past my bedtime.
14:14Well, I was just leaving.
14:15We were just finishing, Mrs. Brimmer.
14:16Oh, don't stop your visit on them.
14:18I called Reverend Fordwick.
14:20Good night, Rosemary.
14:21Good night, Reverend Fordwick.
14:23Good night, Mrs. Brimmer.
14:24Good night, Mrs. Brimmer.
14:25I'll see you on Sunday.
14:26I'll be there.
14:34Good night.
14:55Rosemary.
14:57Yes?
14:59Excuse me.
15:00I don't mean to be forward.
15:02Rosemary is such a pretty name.
15:05It's nice and old-fashioned.
15:07Why, thank you.
15:20Oh, it is late.
15:23Well, I must be going.
15:25I'm afraid we haven't settled anything.
15:27Well, um...
15:29I'll leave it up to you, Miss Hunter.
15:30Whatever...
15:31Whatever songs you think best will be fine with me, I'm sure.
15:35Well, thank you, Reverend Fordwick.
15:37Well, that's quite all right.
15:41Matthew.
15:42I beg your pardon?
15:44Matthew is my Christian name.
15:46Oh!
15:48Yes.
15:49Matthew.
15:50Has a fine biblical sound.
15:57There's, uh...
15:58There's just one other thing, Miss Hunter.
16:01Yes?
16:06I would like to request your permission.
16:14Yes?
16:17To court you.
16:24I beg your pardon?
16:28May I have permission to court you, Rosemary?
16:45We're getting back!
16:48You've heard lots of songs about lazy days.
16:53But mine's the laziest of all.
16:57We live on a farm way down in Louisiana
17:01All day we sit around and watch the walls
17:04You know, if you win that contest, could you loan me two dollars?
17:08I've got plans for that money, Jason.
17:11We rise up in the morning, just about high noon
17:15Try to do some fishing, but it's hard
17:18If I had two dollars, I could buy a complete course in mastering the guitar.
17:21You've already mastered the guitar.
17:23Sure, playing it, but I want to be able to write it all down.
17:25Words, music, everything.
17:30No one's gonna get any money and no one's gonna win any contest
17:32Or take any lessons if I can't write these words down.
17:40Hey, where you going?
17:41I'm going.
17:45Jason!
17:46Somebody has just disappeared with one of the four befores I just cut.
17:49Along with my best hammer.
17:50Who?
17:51Could be Jim Bob. He's always making something.
17:53No, Jim Bob and Elizabeth say they haven't seen it.
17:55How about Ben?
17:56Oh, that one. He's always disappearing lately. Regular old school Houdini.
18:00What did you want the wood for anyway, Grandpa?
18:02Well, I donated it to the church picnic for the nail driving contest
18:05And I can't afford to make another one.
18:07And my best hammer, too.
18:09Well, we'll just have an investigation at dinner.
18:22Whistling
18:36Grandpa's been looking for that wood.
18:38I'll give it back to him.
18:40You practicing for the church picnic?
18:42Testing out my strength.
18:43How come?
18:44So I can knock that Willie Dempsey's block off.
18:47What are you mad at Willie for?
18:49It's kind of private, Jase.
18:51You know, maybe if you pit your muscles against mine, maybe then I'll get stronger faster.
18:55Come on. Put your arms here.
18:57And I'll try to pull them up and you try to hold it down, okay?
19:02Use one of your arms.
19:05That's it. That's been the problem.
19:07Now take this one. I think this one's stronger.
19:13That's got it. I ain't getting it.
19:15Don't be so impatient.
19:17Well, you can wait your turn.
19:19All right, everybody. Get to your homework. Let's go.
19:22Just a minute, everybody.
19:24Stay right where you are.
19:29This afternoon, somebody made off with one of my 4x4s.
19:33I did, Grandpa.
19:34I'm sorry I didn't tell you first, but I put everything back the way I found it.
19:37Is everything undamaged?
19:39Good as new.
19:40Except for a few small nail holes on one side.
19:43But you can hardly notice them, Grandpa.
19:45What were you building, Ben? A birdcage for Naomi?
19:48Hey.
19:53Slow down.
19:54Helen.
19:55Hello, Sharon. Hello, Jim Bob.
19:57Mr. Walton. Is Mrs. Walton here?
19:59Yes. Come on in.
20:01Come on in, Mrs. Hunter.
20:03Come on in. Have some hot coffee and dessert.
20:05Oh, that's very nice. Hello, John Boyd. How's it going?
20:07Fine. I'm going to work on it right now.
20:08Hello, Mrs. Walton. Hello, Mary Ellen.
20:11The truth is I came for your help with this dress.
20:14I hope you don't mind my asking, but I'd love to have it to wear to the picnic on Sunday.
20:18I'd be delighted to give you a hand.
20:21I'll bring you up some coffee and dessert.
20:22Oh, please don't go to any bother.
20:24It's no bother.
20:25I just finished eating. Thank you.
20:27Maybe later.
20:28Come on in.
20:30All right, everyone. Get back to your homework.
20:32As long as Miss Hunter's here, can I ask her a few questions about my homework?
20:35No, you cannot. She's our guest tonight, not your teacher.
20:37You ask John Boyd to help you.
20:38But John Boyd went outside.
20:40Well, he's probably in the barn. Go ask him.
20:43Come on. Let's get to our homework.
20:44No.
20:45Come on, Jason.
20:46I'll lose you.
20:47What's three times seven?
20:50What's three times...
20:51Go get your homework done.
20:57That is such a pretty dress.
20:59Yes, I thought so when I bought it in Richmond, but it doesn't fit right, does it?
21:04Well, it just needs a little taking in.
21:06Oh, I really appreciate this, Mrs. Walton.
21:08And I'll pay you, of course.
21:09If you do, you'll offend me.
21:12And another thing.
21:14I'm Olivia.
21:15I'm Rosemary.
21:17I'm really happy to do something for you, Rosemary.
21:20After all the help you've been giving John Boyd.
21:22Oh, it's a pleasure.
21:24And that essay.
21:26Well, he should be very proud.
21:28He is.
21:29We are.
21:30I'm so eager to meet his aunt.
21:32Oh, which one?
21:33The one the essay's about.
21:35Oh.
21:39Is that comfortable now?
21:40Can you lift your arm?
21:41Oh, yes.
21:42That's fine.
21:43Well, why don't you stand up there and I'll see what I can do about the hem.
21:46Oh, I tried to get that right, but...
21:48It's just this one spot over here.
21:51I was wondering, do you have any idea how I could wear my hair?
21:55Oh, no, I don't.
21:57I'm sorry.
21:58I don't know anything about hair.
22:00Excuse me.
22:01Just a minute.
22:02Excuse me.
22:03Just a minute.
22:05Do you think...
22:07it would be right for me to wear my hair...
22:12like that?
22:14I think it would be fine.
22:16You don't think because I'm a teacher it would be inappropriate?
22:20Of course not.
22:22Well, the truth is, Olivia, Matthew Fordwick and I are becoming...
22:26well, friendly and...
22:28Yes.
22:29Well, I'd like to look as nice as it's possible for me to look.
22:32Rosemary, I think that's just wonderful.
22:35I've never tried to look pretty and...
22:38Well, I'm a bit older than Matthew.
22:39Do you think I ought to tell him that?
22:41Well, you're not that much older.
22:43Besides, does it really matter?
22:46Let's have another look at that magazine hairdo.
22:53Ben!
22:56Mama's coming!
22:59Mama, make Ben open the door.
23:00He's doing something in John Boy's room.
23:02It's time for bed, Erin.
23:03But Mama, don't you...
23:04Erin, it is time for Ben.
23:10Ben?
23:14Well, I got John Boy's permission to be in his room.
23:16Honest, I do.
23:18Well, it's your bedtime, too.
23:20I'm coming, Mama.
23:21Where is John Boy?
23:23He's back in the barn.
23:26Good night.
23:28Good night.
23:47How are you doing?
23:48Oh, fine, now. Thank you.
23:52Is Miss Hunter still here?
23:53She left a little while ago.
23:54It's good that you're making friends.
23:56She doesn't socialize much.
23:58I can't see you writing about her.
24:01I knew I'd get caught in that.
24:04The way you've been talking,
24:05I was under the impression you were writing about Miss Hunter.
24:09Well, that's the truth. I am.
24:12But when she asked me about it, I just got too embarrassed.
24:16Don't you think you ought to tell her?
24:17Oh, I'm planning to, after I've sent it into the magazine.
24:20I think it would please her.
24:22Especially now that she's being courted by Reverend Fordwick.
24:28Good night.
24:41Oh.
24:45Oh.
24:46Oh, go on, John Boy. I'm listening.
24:50I thought it was the end.
24:53Oh, yes, of course it was. It's a much better ending.
24:59You know, Miss Hunter,
25:00there's something I ought to tell you about this essay,
25:02and I think I probably should have told you about it before.
25:07It isn't really about my aunt at all.
25:09It's really about you.
25:20I did, I meant it nicely.
25:22I know, I know.
25:24I didn't want you to be upset,
25:25I know, I know.
25:26I didn't want you to be upset or misunderstand.
25:29Oh, it's just fine, John Boy.
25:32You don't mind?
25:33It's just, it's just fine.
25:39Good afternoon, Miss Hunter.
25:40John Boy.
25:42Good afternoon.
25:43Excuse me.
25:46See you tonight, John Boy.
25:48Oh, what pretty flowers.
25:50They are for you, Rosemary.
25:52Oh, thank you, Matthew.
25:53You're very welcome.
25:55They're so beautiful.
26:24Help!
26:25Help!
26:26Help!
26:27Help me, I'm slipping!
26:29Help!
26:30Help!
26:31Somebody get me down from here!
26:32I'm gonna slip!
26:33Who is it?
26:34Hurry up!
26:35Somebody get me down!
26:36What's she doing up there?
26:37Trying to spy on Ben.
26:39What's she doing up there?
26:40Spying on Ben.
26:41Ben, he's in the kitchen.
26:42We'll get her down.
26:43Get the ladder, will you, John Boy?
26:44Hurry up!
26:45Hold on, honey.
26:46We'll get you down.
26:48I can't wait for the church picnic.
26:50It'll be good to see friends there I haven't seen all year.
26:53Daddy, are you gonna be in the railroad bike-driving contest?
26:55I don't think so, son.
26:56Why not?
26:57I'm so good with that axe, I'm not sure it'd be fair.
27:00Is it gonna be potato sack racing again?
27:02Sure, honey.
27:04If it was a guitar-playing contest, I'd enter it.
27:06Is that how you ever think about Jason?
27:08Oh, when John Boy was a kid, he was a guitar player.
27:10He was a guitar player.
27:11He was a guitar player.
27:12He was a guitar player.
27:13He was a guitar player.
27:14He was a guitar player.
27:15He was a guitar player.
27:16Is that how you think about Jason?
27:17Oh, when John Boy wins that essay contest, he's gonna loan me some money so I can learn how to read and write music.
27:21John Boy's gonna loan me some money for a new baby suit from that fancy store in Charlottesville.
27:24What's the matter with your old one?
27:26Everything.
27:27Well, everything's a matter of the new ones.
27:29Flimsy, indecent things, that's what they are.
27:31Oh, what goes far as to say that, Esther?
27:33Oh, what would you know, old man?
27:35I know a pretty ankle when I see it.
27:37In my day, that's all we showed, ankles.
27:40Oh, Grandma, times are changing.
27:42Well, indecent is indecent, and I don't care what time it is.
27:45If I could borrow 20 cents, John Boy, I could fix up that old bike.
27:48Look, don't count on getting any money from me.
27:54I don't even know how I'm gonna enter that thing in the contest.
28:16Working on your essay, son?
28:18Nope.
28:21Working on something else?
28:22Mm-hmm.
28:25For the contest?
28:26No, no more contests.
28:34What kind of a thing is it you're writing?
28:37Listen.
28:38Suddenly, that face assumed an air of cold detachment.
28:41The lady now seemed hardly conscious of his presence,
28:44as if a veil of indifference had been drawn before those features in that manner
28:48which he had been dumb...
28:50which he had been foolish enough to hold so dear.
28:53It's clear how you feel.
28:56You wrote that real well.
29:01I think it's a little more honest than what I've been doing.
29:06I think it's a little more honest than what I've been doing.
29:08Now, Miss Hunter'd know more about that than me.
29:13Well, I don't think Miss Hunter can help me with this.
29:16I think she'd have hurt feelings she heard you say that, John Boy.
29:20Well, not for long.
29:22She's got plenty to occupy her mind these days.
29:25You think so, huh?
29:26Mm-hmm.
29:29John Boy.
29:31Got your essay.
29:32Oh, no, I'm not going there tonight, but thank you.
29:36I told Miss Hunter I'd send over these buttons for her new dress at the bar.
29:39Mama, I'm not going there tonight.
29:46I ran into her like Godsees.
29:48She told me how distracted she'd been after school.
29:51Said she hopes you understand.
29:53I hope so, too.
29:56I understand.
29:58I understand.
30:00John Boy.
30:03I'd like to show my appreciation to Miss Hunter for all the help she's been giving you.
30:07So, here, you just take these to her now, with my thanks.
30:28Come on.
30:49Shh, shh, shh.
30:58Shh, shh, shh.
31:09Mrs. Brimmer?
31:11Oh, John Boy.
31:13Hope you don't mind Reverend Fordwick dropped by.
31:17Anyway, we have just a few little changes to make and then it'll be ready for the typewriter.
31:21Miss Hunter has been very complimentary about your essay, John Boy.
31:24Well.
31:28What's in the bag?
31:31Uh, some buttons my mama said you wanted and some preserves from my grandma.
31:36Oh, how nice.
31:42Well, if you'll let me have the essay, then...
31:44That's it.
31:45Oh, yes.
31:46Excuse me.
31:52You're coming to the church picnic, I trust?
31:55Certainly.
31:56You know, in divinity school, I often wrote essays.
31:59One of them about God's love of man won me a special letter of praise from our bishop.
32:05I'm just a beginner.
32:07You're better than that, John Boy.
32:09Of course, now I don't have much time for writing, except for Sunday sermons.
32:15Well, that's certainly much more important writing than what I do, I reckon.
32:19Uh, John Boy, could you come over here a minute, please?
32:21Excuse me.
32:26Did you leave a word out here?
32:29Yeah, yeah, gentle and forthright manner. That was stupid.
32:34I always found that long walks in the woods or quiet moments of meditation were most conducive to inspired writing.
32:41Well, I usually just go up in the barn loft myself.
32:46Have you ever thought about writing of, uh, higher themes, such as temptation, love of God, sin, prayer, moral fortitude?
32:56Well, I don't really think I have the know-how to tackle such as those, Reverend.
33:00You're too humble, John Boy. Miss Hunter tells me you are a clever writer.
33:05John Boy is a very sensitive writer, Matthew.
33:08Oh, yes, sensitive. That's what I meant.
33:14Perhaps if you're willing to, uh, write something suitable, I could read it at the Sunday service, after my sermon.
33:22Oh, well, I'm afraid my talent's so small I can't hardly find it myself.
33:28False modesty is deceitful, John Boy.
33:31No, honestly, I...
33:32Well, perhaps with, uh, Miss Hunter's encouragement?
33:36Well, it's certainly very flattering of Reverend Fordwick to invite you to write something for the church service, isn't it, John Boy?
33:43Yes, ma'am.
33:44Then it's settled.
33:45Of course, I'll, uh, I'll have to read it over carefully and, uh, perhaps make some suggestions to maintain the, uh, quality of thought and language that must be maintained in the house of our Lord.
33:57But I'm sure we'll have no trouble working together.
34:00Of course, John Boy's writing is unique and his style is just in the formative stages.
34:06It's strong, but evolving, and perhaps it would be premature to have him write something for a church service before he's had a chance to experiment fully.
34:16Well, his writing certainly can't be that unique as to be beyond the service of the church.
34:21Oh, no, of course, I didn't mean that. I just meant that, uh, well, perhaps if you heard some of it, you'd understand the nature of his...
34:29Oh, no, no, no, this is really not...
34:31Oh, come, come, John, because Hunter has raved so much about your writing. Don't deprive me of hearing just a little bit of it.
34:37Yes.
34:38Oh, Miss Hunter, please.
34:39Stand here.
34:42Here, now read this part about her kindness.
34:48Just that.
34:50She never lets her anger out at younger people.
34:55And if she has any anger at all, it's very likely that she keeps it inside herself and only lets it explode when she's alone and can't hurt anyone.
35:06Like a flower, her kindness is there for everyone to admire, to be soothed by, to want to remember.
35:16Like a flower, she only gives...
35:20I can't read this.
35:25She never lets her anger out at younger people.
35:29And if she has any anger at all, it's very likely that she keeps it inside herself and only lets it explode when she's alone and can't hurt anyone.
35:36Like a flower, her kindness is there for everyone to admire, to be soothed by, to want to remember.
35:46I can't send this in. This is just a bunch of lies.
35:48John Boyd.
35:49Miss Hunter, a couple of days ago I tried to tell you that this essay is about you and not about my aunt.
36:01But at the time you were busy and you were really too busy to listen to me.
36:11But it doesn't really matter because this isn't really about you anymore because I don't really feel this way about you anymore.
36:19And it's just a bunch of lies. I've got to go home.
36:22John Boyd.
36:31John Boyd.
36:50I was hoping you'd have a chance to talk with John Boyd this morning.
36:53He didn't come to church today.
36:55He got terribly upset when he came by last night and I should have come over and talked with him afterwards.
37:00But the reverend was there too and well...
37:02I understand.
37:03The deadline for the essay contest is in just a few days and if only he'd let me have it, I could type it up and get it in.
37:11The essay is about me, you know.
37:13Yes, I know.
37:16We just can't let him miss the opportunity of entering this contest. It's so important for him and he's worked so hard.
37:23I'll see what I can do.
37:25Bye-bye.
37:27Bye.
37:28Bye.
37:31It's really incredible how I depended on her, just hung on every word and every look to see if I could see what she was thinking.
37:37But of course now that she's all involved with Reverend Fordwick and I think she's probably going to marry him.
37:43It's not going to be like that anymore and that's probably just as well for me, I think.
37:47Well, now you're saying if she happens to marry Reverend Fordwick, she's not going to be interested in your writing anymore?
37:53Why should she? She's all wrapped up with him.
37:56And I think it's kind of a shame because she used to really appreciate the way I felt about my writing.
38:02Son, don't you think after this Gordon thing settles down a little bit, things get back to natural?
38:07I mean, she'd be willing to help you then. Don't you want to wait a while before you make up your mind?
38:12I don't see if it's going to be any different. It's over. We just sort of outgrew each other, I reckon.
38:17I'm coming! Elizabeth, honey, stop honking the horn, please.
38:24Are you sure you don't want to come to the picnic? Oh, yeah.
38:33Son, could it be you're just plain jealous?
38:46No.
39:17Hey! Hey!
39:21Oh, for heaven's sake, will you stop your dawdling? There'll be a horde of hungry people here before you know it.
39:26Come on, Grandma, we're going to miss the spike driving contest.
39:29Yeah, and I don't want to be there when Vin has his turn.
39:31Aaron, uncover the potato salad.
39:33But I don't like potato salad.
39:35You don't have to like it to uncover it.
39:38Real good, Mr. Godsey. Looks good.
39:40Oh, thank you.
39:43Mr. Walton, how's everything over here?
39:45Well, Reverend, it did turn out. Nice seeing you, Miss Hunter.
39:49You got your dog, too.
39:52John, you think we could try again to see if John Boyle will come?
39:57Liv, no.
40:02Now you all settle down. Don't sit down. No more swimming until after your biddles have digested.
40:08Oh, Grandpa.
40:09That swimming hole is not a go anywhere.
40:12I remember one time I went out swimming after a heavy meal and I went right down to the bottom of the pond.
40:18I must have stayed there over 35 minutes.
40:21That's the biggest whopper you've told yet, Grandpa.
40:24Whopper? I have never stretched a truth in my life.
40:28Except possibly once or twice when I was courting your grandma.
40:31Sure. What about that story about your dog, Bo, Grandpa?
40:34Oh, that story is a gospel truth.
40:38You know, that conductor on the Norfolk line, he was a meanest-minded man I've ever seen.
40:43He didn't want to allow my dog, Bo, on board. He threatened to throw him right off the back end of the train.
40:48But I remember how strong my dog, Bo, was. Why, he had muscles on his legs bigger than Jason's arms.
40:54So I tied him to the rear end of that caboose and he trotted along pretty as you please.
40:5835 miles an hour or so. Never even working up a sweat.
41:02There you are.
41:04You telling that awful story about the dog again?
41:08Excuse me, Esther, you're interrupting my tale.
41:10Grandpa, no dog can run as fast as a train. Maybe a deer, but not a dog.
41:15Are you telling this story, young lady, or am I?
41:20Might make more sense if she told it.
41:22No comments from the peanut gallery, if you please.
41:25Well, as I was saying, that mean old conductor went and told the engineer to fire up the engine.
41:30And here we were, highballing along, 65 miles an hour.
41:34So I remembered old Bo and I rushed to the rear end of the train.
41:37But that dog's leash had snapped and old Bo was gone.
41:40Was he killed?
41:41I was afraid so.
41:43But all of a sudden, the train come to a screeching stop.
41:48And there, up ahead on the tracks, was my dog, Bo, with a red flag in his mouth, waving down the train.
41:55It seemed there was a washout in the tracks up ahead.
41:58Whatever happened to that wonderful dog, Grandpa?
42:01Bo? Why, the railroad company offered him a job as a flag man.
42:07He was paid more salary than I got at the shipyards.
42:10Last I heard of him, he was elevated to a superintendent.
42:20Jeb, you cold?
42:23This ground's too damp to sit on.
42:32Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
42:45Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
42:49Light this way for The Big Deal and Spike Driving Contest.
42:52Boys and gents. Boys first.
42:54Line up in a column. Two by two.
42:56You take a nail. You take your hammer.
42:59Take your hammer, and the winner takes the winner till we find the best.
43:04Uh-huh.
43:05Drive the nail in till you hit down to the hip.
43:08Get ready.
43:09All set.
43:11One, two, three, go!
43:24I'm sorry, Ben. Better luck next time.
43:27And the winner is Willie Dempster.
43:36Hey, Naomi. Next.
43:39Ben.
43:40Yeah?
43:47You do have the reddest hair.
43:50What?
43:51Red. It's my favorite color.
43:57Go!
44:06Welcome, sweet springtime.
44:10We greet thee in song.
44:15Murmurs of gladness fall on the ear.
44:24On your mark.
44:26Get set.
44:28Go!
44:38Hurry, hurry, hurry.
44:40Right this way for the spike driving contest.
44:43This is for the men.
44:45I like you coming in.
44:46I'll take him, Mr. Walter.
44:47Oh, Ben, you coming up?
44:49All ready.
44:51Get set.
44:52One, two, three, go!
44:57Ah!
45:09Ah!
45:11And the winner is...
45:13Hey!
45:15Next!
45:17Now, Reverend, you coming up?
45:20Here you are, Reverend.
45:21Excuse me, would you mind if I went against you, Reverend?
45:25By all means, John boy.
45:37Take a spike.
45:39And roll your log.
45:42You set your spike, no more than a quarter of an inch.
45:46I've been working on the railroad.
45:51All right.
45:52One, two, three, go!
46:09Sorry, Grandpa.
46:11Ah!
46:12Reverend, congratulations.
46:14Well, it looks like there's your contest to go on.
46:16We've got to have a new sled.
46:17I got another one in the back of my truck, Mr. Walton.
46:19Fetch her!
46:23Well, I reckon you were right.
46:33Miss Hunter, I'd like to talk to you for a minute, if...
46:35Sure.
46:45John boy, I want...
46:46No, please.
46:50I'm really ashamed of what I said the other night.
46:54It embarrasses me to admit it to you, but the fact is, I was just plain jealous.
46:58Oh, John boy.
46:59No.
47:00No, really, it was foolish of me.
47:02And the only reason I said what I did was because I was jealous.
47:07Well, I accept your apology.
47:09But please, don't ever give up your writing,
47:12no matter what vain or foolish thing I may do or anybody else does.
47:17And that's easy for me to say, but it's very important, John boy.
47:21And I'll always care about you and your writing.
47:24And I'll always have time to work with you,
47:26whether I marry Reverend Fordwick or end up an old maid.
47:31And I want to thank you with all my heart
47:33for all the wonderful things you wrote about me in your essay.
47:36I can't believe they're true, not really.
47:39But that's not the point.
47:41It's a fine piece of writing, and...
47:43Well, I couldn't bear it if anything I did
47:45prevented you from sending it into the magazine.
47:48Miss Hunter,
47:51those things I wrote about you are true to me.
47:54I was to know many teachers,
47:56but none so dedicated and gifted as Miss Rosemary Hunter.
48:00Even today, I can feel her influence.
48:03For like any good teacher,
48:05she left an indelible mark on my work and my life.
48:09She was a great teacher,
48:11and she was a great teacher to me.
48:13She was a great teacher,
48:15and she was a great teacher to me.
48:17She was a great teacher,
48:19and she was a great teacher to me.
48:21She left an indelible mark on my work and on my life.
48:27John-boy?
48:28Yes, ma'am?
48:29After Preacher Fordwick marries Miss Hunter,
48:32you reckon he'll call her Rosemary?
48:34No, I expect he'll call her Darlene.
48:37I got called that today.
48:39Naomi?
48:40You betcha.
48:42All right, you Romeos, pipe down.
48:44It's bedtime.
48:46Good night, Daddy.
48:47Good night, boys.
48:51Good night, Daddy.
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