00:13Now, today we're going to learn about my favorite book.
00:21It's called Pippi Long.
00:45If anyone teaches him about this, they'll have me to deal with.
01:05Good morning.
01:12Hello.
01:14My name is Ruth Levinson.
01:16I'm Daniel's teacher.
01:19I came here because I'm slightly concerned.
01:21He's falling asleep in class.
01:23We were surprised to learn that Daniel McDonald was being raised by a half-brother and his wife.
01:29Neither seemed to care if he ate or starved.
01:32He's a very bright boy.
01:35Infinite pretension.
01:37Maybe I could tutor him after class?
01:40All right.
01:42Yes?
01:57Yes.
02:22I think this was my point.
02:29are you a wolf? no ma'am. are you a bear? no ma'am. are you a boy? yes ma
02:42'am. boys use
02:45I have sent books. yeah. okay. what star is that? then what star? valerius. good. look.
03:12that was because she didn't want to turn around to get home. when she went to all this man of
03:17his game, she stopped.
03:23pretty soon the tutoring was every day. and sometimes he stayed for dinner.
03:41we never said he was the child we could never have. but even so...
03:56what do you think? she's making her son dinner. right? yeah.
04:09i hate taking him back, sir. why can't we adopt him? because there is legal guardians.
04:14there's nothing we can do. did you speak to the lord? i did and that's what he said.
04:17they don't care about him. they don't. they're his next of kin and they're proud people.
04:22they're not going to let us take the ice cream. there must be something more we can do.
04:36ruth? we better go.
05:13we better go.
05:14we better go.
05:21you're good, okay? okay.
05:26maybe i'll raise chickens.
05:28i'll work at the factory.
05:30if that's what you want.
05:32you can be anything you want, Daniel McConaug.
05:35anything at all.
05:36A farmer, a lawyer, an astronomer.
05:40You're a very clever boy.
05:43You really think so?
05:44Yeah, I know so.
05:48All right, come on.
05:57I'm just saying goodbye. You can't stop me.
06:02I'm just saying goodbye.
06:06There's nothing we can do. There's nothing we can do.
06:08Please reconsider.
06:10Please reconsider.
06:11There's nothing we can do.
06:11I think he deserves better than...
06:13I'm sorry, get in the car.
06:15I need to get in the car as well.
06:16They don't care!
06:29Ruth.
06:33Ruth.
06:39What was I supposed to do?
06:46Fight for custody.
06:48From a half-brother in small-town North Carolina?
06:51Come on, we wouldn't have had a chance.
06:53And then who knows what they would have done to Daniel?
06:58We were a family.
07:05We were a family.
07:06We are a family.
07:12Ruth, you are my family.
07:31I want the kids too, you know.
07:43We never saw Daniel again.
07:47We never saw Daniel again.
07:51as a family.
07:52She is a family.
07:59She looks to us.
08:02We were the friends who I eat.
08:02I made a family.
08:02She is always a child.
08:03She is a family.
08:03She is a son.
08:04She is a pig.
08:04I'm a kid.
08:19I can't do this anymore.
08:26I'm going crazy.
08:33I know it's not your fault.
08:38I have to go.
09:24I know it's not your fault.
09:27I know it's not your fault.
09:27I need to say something.
09:34You know, I fell in love the first time I saw you.
09:37You're just the most amazing, beautiful girl I ever met,
09:40and somehow, I don't know, somehow you chose me.
09:46But how I loved you then, it's nothing compared
09:50to how I love you now.
09:54I love you.
09:55With everything inside of me, I think you should go.
10:04You see, I love you so much, I just want you to be happy.
10:08Even if that happiness no longer includes me.
10:11I see.
10:13Wonderful.
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