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00:58yeah
01:01yeah
01:11I want to ride a horse like a horse.
01:33To say nothing much happens in a town as small as ours is probably an understatement.
01:38But every once in a while something special like a troupe of actors comes to town.
01:43Take today for instance.
01:45A group is going to be putting on a play called Trials and Tribulations of Little Lisette.
01:50Lisette was the real name of the young actress who was the star of the play.
01:54And after me and Huck lit eyes on her, we had to see this play no matter what it cost.
01:59I promised Huck I would buy his ticket too.
02:01And that had me worried.
02:03You see, the tickets cost fifteen cents a piece.
02:06And my three cents weren't enough to buy one, much less two tickets.
02:11On top of all that, I know that I couldn't borrow it from Aunt Polly.
02:14Cause it was just yesterday she told me I couldn't have no more.
02:19Then she said I'd have to earn whatever money she gave me from now on.
02:23I thought long and hard.
02:25But the more I thought, the more I felt there was just no way I was going to be able
02:30to keep my promise to Huck.
02:33Where there's a will, there's a way, they say.
02:36And all I really needed was one good idea.
02:39But it just wouldn't come to me.
02:43Then the answer dawned on me.
02:45Hey, Sid, of course.
02:47He's always got money.
02:48Why didn't I think of that before?
02:53Hey, Sid, old buddy.
02:55Wake up.
02:56Get up, Sid.
03:00Let me sleep.
03:01Hey, Sid, come on.
03:02This is really important.
03:04It's vacation time and I get to sleep in late, so leave me alone.
03:08But, Sid, this is a matter of life and death.
03:10Life and death?
03:11Well, sorta.
03:12I made a promise to Huck, you see.
03:14And now I don't think I can keep my words, so I need some advice from you.
03:18It's important to keep promises we make to friends, don't you agree?
03:21Yeah, sure it is.
03:23But what if circumstances are such that I just can't do what I said I'd do, through no fault of
03:28my own?
03:29A promise is a promise.
03:30I know that, and I sure don't want to let Huck down.
03:33Yeah?
03:34Quite a problem.
03:36I need your help.
03:37I just don't think I could live with myself if I don't come through for my friend.
03:40My name would be Mud, Sid.
03:42Gee, what did you promise to him?
03:43It's really nothing that important.
03:45It's just, well...
03:46What is it, Tom?
03:48Well, it's like this, Sid.
03:49And I ain't joshing you none.
03:51You're the only person in the world I can ask for help.
03:53But how can I help?
03:55Does that mean you're willing to help me out, then?
03:58I'll help you anywhere I can.
04:00You know that, right?
04:01You will.
04:01You have no idea how much this means to me.
04:03I can't thank you enough.
04:05Hooray!
04:07Tom, you're squeezing me too hard.
04:11So how much money have you got stashed away for a rainy day, Sid?
04:15Not very much.
04:16I bought a couple books yesterday.
04:18I don't need very much.
04:19How much you got?
04:20All I got left is 32 cents.
04:22Gee, I thought you'd have a lot more than that.
04:25Well, how much money do you have saved up, Tom?
04:27Shucks, I've only got three pennies left.
04:29What's all this talk about money leading up to anyhow?
04:32Must be something pretty important to be waking me up this early in the morning.
04:36Hmm.
04:37I thought for sure you'd have more money than that.
04:39But that's all I need, so I'll appreciate you letting me borrow it.
04:42Nothing doing.
04:43Why not?
04:43You just said you'd help me any way you could, and I'm depending on you.
04:47Yeah, but I didn't know that meant lending you money when I said that I'd help you, Tom.
04:50But, Sid, you promised me.
04:52Can I help some other way?
04:53No!
04:54What I need is money.
04:56All right, just let me borrow 27 cents.
04:59That's really all I need, because I got 3 cents.
05:02Why do you need so much?
05:03Well, you see, in order to keep my promise, I need to have 30 cents altogether.
05:07Wait, wait a minute.
05:09I'm getting it.
05:10You want to see the play today.
05:11That's it.
05:12Uh, well, yeah, Sid, of course I do.
05:15You know tickets are 15 cents apiece, don't you?
05:18I know, but Huck didn't have any money, see, and so I promised to pay his way in to see
05:22the play.
05:23I guess you can't go back on that promise to Huck.
05:26All right, I'll lend you the money for Huck's ticket.
05:28You will?
05:29Thanks, Sid.
05:31Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm.
05:34I'm going to the play too soon.
05:37I need 15 cents.
05:39Huh?
05:39But you wouldn't like the play.
05:41Well, yes I would.
05:43I enjoy plays.
05:44But what if Aunt Polly doesn't let you go?
05:47You haven't even asked her permission, have you?
05:49Doesn't matter what she says.
05:50I'm going to that playtop, mark my word, and I can only spare enough money for Huckleberry.
05:56It was easy to understand why Sid wanted to see the play.
06:00You see, David Garlick II and his troupe of actors were famous in these here parts.
06:04And the word had spread like wildfire that Lisette, their star performer, was an entertainer not to be missed.
06:11Why, even Huck had been taken by her when he met her at the town water well yesterday.
06:35I don't believe I've had the pleasure of your acquaintance.
06:38You sure have. Yesterday, at the old town water well. Now, do you remember me?
06:42Oh, yes. I remember Huck, right?
06:44Yeah. You taking a walk?
06:46I have some time before the play starts. I thought a walk would be very nice.
06:50Do you live in that house?
06:52Well, I call it home for now.
06:53What about your parents? They live there, too?
06:56I don't have any parents. I live by myself.
06:58Gee, I'm sorry to hear that.
07:01Hey, I'm going to be coming to see you in that there play today.
07:04Yes, please come. But I want you to attend as my guest.
07:08Really?
07:09You won't have to pay. I'll just leave a ticket for you at the box office.
07:13Besides, I wouldn't feel right if you had to pay.
07:15You don't have to worry about that, ma'am.
07:17My best friend Tom Sawyer is going to buy me a ticket.
07:20We're going to be coming to see your show together.
07:22Well, that's a real good friend you have there.
07:26Yeah, me and Tom goes back a long way since we was kids.
07:29Tom Sawyer? I think he may be the one who helped me put up posters yesterday.
07:33Mm-hmm. That sounds like Tom, all right. He's friendly.
07:37He's nice. I surely do envy people who have friendships like yours.
07:41I figured you'd have a lot of friends.
07:44Not so. Since we always move around so much, you see, it's very difficult to make friends.
07:50Almost impossible.
07:52Never thought of that.
07:53If I walk down a ways, will I be able to get a good view of the Mississippi?
07:57Well, now, the best view of the Mississippi is up in my living room.
08:04Ah!
08:06No siree, Bob. I told you. No more advances on your allowance, young man.
08:10Hmm? I'm asking for a loan, not an advance.
08:13Why are you so all-fired anxious to see this play anyhow?
08:16Aunt Polly, I'll just die if I don't get to see that play today.
08:19That's a lot of hogwash.
08:20It's not hogwash. I gotta see it.
08:24Oh, Aunt Polly, I'm begging you, please let me borrow just 15 cents.
08:29How do you propose to pay me back? That is, if I lend it to you.
08:32I can work for it.
08:34I haven't said I'll do it yet. Do you promise me faithfully you'll pay off your debt?
08:38I promise I'll pay it back.
08:40You haven't told me how yet.
08:41Well, maybe you could take it out of my next week's allowance in advance, Aunt Polly.
08:45No, that's absolutely out of the question.
08:48But why?
08:49Aw, gee, Aunt Polly.
08:52I'm gonna find some kind of chore for you to do, and then afterwards I'll pay you the 15 cents,
08:57all right?
08:58Hmm, boy!
09:00Thank you, Aunt Polly.
09:02I'm not so sure you should be thanking me already, Tom, because I haven't told you yet what chore I've
09:07got planned for you.
09:08I don't care as long as I can earn 15 cents, Aunt Polly.
09:12Golly, I'm so happy I could shell peas for a whole year.
09:14Stop it, will ya?
09:16Uh, wait a second, Jim.
09:19I'm a-waitin'.
09:20Now you just picks up your feet.
09:21I'll go slow.
09:22Are you ready now?
09:23Yeah, I'm ready.
09:24All right, Tom, now here we go, real slow, one step at a time.
09:29All right, easy now.
09:30I can make it.
09:32Boy, this is heavy.
09:35You okay, Tom?
09:36Yeah.
09:37Can't say is how I agree with Miss Polly making you have to carry such a heavy load.
09:41Don't blame her, Jim.
09:43Truth is, I asked her to let me.
09:45I'll help you.
09:49I'll help you.
09:50Watch out.
09:53Well, we finally finished loading the wagon.
09:56Ha, yeah.
09:57You see, for my 15 cents, I had to help Jim haul some old furniture across town to the Ferguson
10:03ranch.
10:04We didn't have no use for it any longer, so Aunt Polly had sold it to Mr. Ferguson.
10:08We had to travel three whole miles to get to the ranch, and I was just hoping and praying we'd
10:14get back in time for me to see the play.
10:17I sure hope we can get back home by 2 o'clock, Jim.
10:21Don't you worry.
10:22The wagon's going to be empty on the way back, and we'll make real good time, Tom.
10:25But the play begins at 2.15.
10:27We'll get you there.
10:33Jim, do you suppose we could go just a little faster, please?
10:39It's just beautiful.
10:40Really, really beautiful.
10:42Sure is a sight, ain't it?
10:43I really like it a lot.
10:50That whistle that I'm hearing, it sounds like it's a riverboat on its way to New Orleans.
10:55You know, that's my hometown, New Orleans.
10:58That's the best part of being an actress, being able to travel on the riverboat.
11:03Have you ever been to New Orleans?
11:05Me? Uh, no, I haven't.
11:08I suppose you're not having any kin, it'd be really difficult for you to journey all the way down to
11:12New Orleans.
11:13Yeah.
11:14Well, I guess I should be going now.
11:17It's getting late.
11:19You see, otherwise they'll think I've escaped again.
11:22You've run away?
11:24Yes.
11:25Twice since I joined up with this troop, I've made an attempt to run away from them.
11:29I don't feel the need to run away from them anymore.
11:32I figured for sure you were that troop master's daughter.
11:35No, I was sold to the troop master by my father when I was just a little baby.
11:40What?
11:41That's awful.
11:45Seems like you and I have a lot more in common than either of us thought at first.
11:50Gotta go.
11:51Wait, I want to ask you something.
11:52What?
11:53Sounds to me like the people in that acting company mistreat you somewhat.
11:57Sometimes.
11:58Yeah?
11:59Are you telling me they beat you?
12:01If I'm bad.
12:02What?
12:03How can they do that to a helpless little girl?
12:05I'm young Huck, but I'm not helpless.
12:08And I can't be stubborn.
12:09There's only so much I'm willing to put up with.
12:12It's really not quite as bad as it may sound.
12:15I mean, there are also some rewards.
12:18How come you put up with that anyway?
12:20Well, when you have a career like mine, you learn that you must take the bitter with the sweet, as
12:25they say.
12:26I love acting, I guess.
12:28Hey, Huck.
12:29Huh?
12:30Oh, hi, Sid.
12:31What brings you up to these parts?
12:33Tom's not here if you're looking for him.
12:35I brought you the money for your play ticket.
12:37But what happened to Tom?
12:39Ain't he going to see the play?
12:40I don't know.
12:41He's gone to the Ferguson Ranch on an errand for Aunt Polly.
12:44He's helping Jim.
12:45But he said he was going to go see the show with us, Sid.
12:48He said he'd try and make it back in time.
12:50Huck, I have to go now.
12:52I'll see you later.
12:52Bye.
12:53Bye, Lisette.
12:54Be careful.
12:55I'll see you for sure this afternoon.
12:58Oh, my gosh.
13:00Lisette, that there's Tom Sawyer's brother, Sid.
13:02Sid, meet Lisette.
13:04So, you're Tom's brother, are you?
13:06Hmm.
13:07You don't look anything like him.
13:08But you sure are a good-looking boy.
13:11Please, come see the play.
13:14Bye now, Lisette.
13:16Bye, Huck.
13:16I really liked meeting you.
13:20Well, Sid, what do you think?
13:25I tell you what.
13:27What's that, Sid?
13:29I just this minute fell desperately in love.
13:43See you later.
13:46I ain't seen a real stage show before.
13:49I ain't seen nothing up in the two counties.
13:51Let's go see a stage later.
13:53I can't wait to see that thing.
13:54I can't wait to see you.
13:56I can't wait to see you right here.
13:58I'm ready to see you soon.
14:01Ben, is that you?
14:02What can you see?
14:05Oh, hi, Becky.
14:06Nah, there's nothing to see.
14:07The stage is empty.
14:08Have you seen any of the actors walking around in there?
14:11No, they're probably over at the hotel resting up.
14:14Huh, Joe?
14:14Probably.
14:15Who are you looking for, Becky?
14:17Didn't Tom come with you?
14:18We've been around here all day today, Becky,
14:21and neither of us have seen hide nor hair of him anywhere's about.
14:24Isn't that right, Joe?
14:25Yep.
14:26Oh, well, we've got two more hours before the play begins anyway.
14:30That's true, Becky, but it's just not like Tom not to be here hanging around.
14:34Shoot, I wouldn't expect old Tom to miss this for anything in the world.
14:41Oh.
14:42Hey, Jim, look, there's a Ferguson ranch.
14:44Oh, no, it ain't, Tom.
14:45That there's the Koopa ranch.
14:47I'm sure it's the Ferguson place.
14:49You look a little closer, Tom.
14:51You'll see I'm right.
14:54Hmm, it is the Koopa ranch after all.
14:56You don't have to be in such a hurry, Tom.
14:58I told you I was going to get you to the play on time, and I will.
15:07There's the Ferguson ranch, Tom, right up the road a piece there.
15:10You see it?
15:12Well, hurry up, Jim.
15:13Hold your horses.
15:14We'll get there soon enough.
15:34Listen, do you hear that, Mother?
15:36What, dear?
15:37Don't you hear it?
15:42I guess they're getting ready to begin their show.
15:45It's just the opening festivities.
15:47I certainly hope Tom gets back in time to see them.
15:50Tell me, do you think I was too hard on Tom?
15:52Maybe you were.
15:54Maybe you weren't, Mother.
15:58Listen here, y'all.
15:59We're much obliged you're bringing this furniture out so quick and everything.
16:02You're welcome, Mr. Ferguson.
16:04Next time, y'all have to stay a spell longer so I can give you a taste of my apple
16:08pie.
16:08Maybe next time.
16:09Bye now.
16:10Bye.
16:12Be sure to thank your Aunt Polly for us.
16:14I sure will.
16:16Goodbye, Tom.
16:17Bye.
16:21Bye.
16:22Get going.
16:24All right, Tom.
16:25Bye.
16:27Kim was sure true to his word.
16:29As a matter of fact, I don't remember ever traveling on a wagon so fast.
16:33Of course I wanted him to go faster, but as he promised, we were making good time getting
16:38back to town.
16:39Hey, Tommy, when's the show gonna start?
16:41That's what I'd like to do.
16:43Hold him.
16:48So, what do you think?
16:50I have confidence in Tom.
16:52He'll show up.
16:53Ah, hey, Huck!
16:55Becky, hi.
16:56Hi, Sid.
16:57Isn't Tom coming to see the play?
16:59He said he'd be here.
17:01Well, where is he then?
17:03Giddy-up.
17:05Giddy-up.
17:06We gotta go faster, Jim, faster.
17:09Don't go no faster.
17:10Tom, horse will fall and get hurt.
17:11Oh, I'll be late.
17:14Hiya.
17:16There, that's perfect.
17:2215 years later, my mother.
17:24Where in the world could Tom be, Becky?
17:27If he hadn't promised to lend me the money to see the play, he wouldn't have had to go
17:31all the way up to Ferguson Ranch in the first place.
17:33Why didn't he just ask me for the money?
17:36It's really kind of awkward for a guy to ask a girl for money.
17:39Do you think he'll make it, Huck?
17:42Well, if he doesn't, I'm gonna feel real guilty.
17:47Ha!
17:49Ha!
17:50Yeah!
17:51Yeah!
17:53Ha!
17:56Ha!
17:58Giddy-up!
17:59Get on!
18:01Oh, no!
18:02What happened?
18:03The wheel!
18:04Oh, Huck!
18:05Oh, stop!
18:08Stop the wheel!
18:09Tom!
18:09There's a wheel!
18:11Yeah!
18:12Ah!
18:13There it goes, Jim!
18:15Ah!
18:16Oh!
18:20Oh!
18:23You okay, Tom?
18:24Yeah.
18:30Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, thank you for coming to Davitt Garlick's the Second's
18:35Company of Actors' Special Children's Performances this afternoon.
18:39The show is about to begin.
18:40It would be nice if we actors were independently wealthy.
18:44Unfortunately, we are not, so we shall be collecting a fee from each and every one of
18:48you for today's diversion.
18:50Come on, Tom.
18:51Time's a-wasting.
18:52You should have been here already.
18:54Fifteen cents.
18:54The publicly announced price of admission.
18:57The hat will be passed amongst you, and shortly thereafter, the play will begin for your enjoyment
19:02and pleasure.
19:07Hi, Lisette.
19:08Do you remember me?
19:11Of course.
19:12You're Tom's brother.
19:13Is he coming to the play?
19:14He should be getting here any minute.
19:17Tell the truth.
19:18It's hopeless, isn't it?
19:19I wouldn't say that.
19:24The chances of you fixing it right away are slim, aren't they?
19:27I'm doing the best I can.
19:28Have a little faith, Tom.
19:30Jim, I just gotta get to town in time to see the play.
19:34This ought to do it.
19:36Uh-oh.
19:37What?
19:38Sorry, Tom.
19:39It's gonna take a little more time than I thought.
19:41I sure feel bad I let you down.
19:43Well...
19:43But I think I can still do it.
19:50I'm gonna run back to town.
19:51See ya.
19:52You better stay here now, Tom.
19:53I can't, Jim.
19:54I gotta see that play.
19:55But it's more than a mile.
19:57I know, but I don't have any choice.
20:00If and I get the wheel fixed in time, I'll pick you up.
20:03Yeah?
20:04Plays don't come to St. Pete but once a year, and that's reason enough to be running all
20:08the way to town, but I promised Huck we'd see the play together, and I was gonna keep
20:12my promise.
20:20Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, without further ado, we now present for your amusement
20:25and pleasure, the play for which you have been waiting, The Trials and Tribulations of
20:30Little Desette.
20:32I gotta do something.
20:35Enjoy the show.
20:36Hey, wait a minute.
20:37Hold everything.
20:38Wait.
20:38You can't start yet.
20:40I beg your pardon?
20:41Why not?
20:42Cause Tom's not here yet.
20:44It won't hurt nothing if you wait another couple minutes for Tom before you start.
20:48Who is this Tom?
20:49My friend, a paying customer.
20:54I'm afraid it's highly irregular.
20:56We don't even know if your friend is coming to the play.
20:59And these people have been waiting.
21:02I can't ask them to wait a minute longer.
21:04I'll see you again.
21:06I'll see you again.
21:06I'll see you again.
21:07Huh?
21:08See you again, Huck.
21:09Come on, everybody.
21:10Just be patient a few more minutes.
21:12Tom's gonna make it, I promise.
21:14You wouldn't want him to miss the show, would you?
21:16You're all his friends, aren't you?
21:23Huck's right.
21:24Tom will get here.
21:26I think we should wait a little longer.
21:28If Tom's not getting long, we can wait longer.
21:31Quiet down.
21:32Please, quiet down.
21:34What?
21:37For whatever it's worth, I'd like to wait for him, too.
22:03I can't hold him off much longer.
22:08In my entire career, I've never held a curtain this long.
22:15This is preposterous.
22:19We've waited long enough.
22:21Please, just a few moments longer.
22:23I won't allow it.
22:24I tell you, the curtain is going up.
22:28We aren't going to wait any longer.
22:30I've decided that this Tom can come to see one of our evening performances.
22:34Hey, Aunt Polly would never let Tom see an evening performance.
22:37They're only for grown-ups.
22:39Be that as it may, we shall continue.
22:40The show must go on.
22:42Let the show begin.
22:44There he is.
22:45Hey, hold it just another minute.
22:47I see Tom coming now.
22:49Uh, hurry, Tom, hurry.
22:55He's Plum tuckered out.
22:57Hey, come on, you can make it.
22:59Hurry up, Tom, hurry.
23:00Come on, I saved your seat.
23:05He made it, everybody.
23:07Tom made it.
23:08I told you he would.
23:09Ah, made it.
23:13Oh, no.
23:14Speak to me.
23:16Here you go.
23:17Come on, now.
23:19Sid told me about everything you've done for me today.
23:21I want to thank you.
23:22Did I make the show, Hook?
23:24You sure did, partner.
23:26Oh, that's good.
23:27Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
23:31Well, better late than ever, huh, Tom?
23:34I haven't started yet.
23:45Finally, let the show begin.
23:48After all the trouble I went through that day, there's something I learned.
23:53Keeping a promise makes you feel good.
23:55It tightens the bonds of friendship, too.
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