here's what ya timmy, you center the ball to me, run five paces forward and cut to your right. five steps forward and cuts to the right. okay. ♪ come on, get rid of it will ya? twenty-one, twenty-two, hike. ♪ i sure missed that one, steve. give it to me. i wanna try catching some more. reach for it. you better give it to me, steve. how ya gonna catch a pass if ya can't reach for this? you better stick to games for little kids. football's too rough for a shrimp like you. who are you calling a shrimp? did you ever take a good look at yourself? maybe i am

littler than you are, but i am almost as old as you. i bet i can keep up with you anytime. oh, yeah? yeah. prove it. you want your ball, let's see ya get it. why don't ya pick on someone your own size? you keep out of this. you too, lassie. this guy can't scare me. what are you waiting for, shrimp? ♪ ♪ alright, timmy, let him have it. ♪ come on, timmy.

hey, for a little shrimp, you're alright. who are you calling a little shrimp? hold on, what i meant was you've got what it takes. you're a pretty good fighter too. let's shake on it. go on down field tim, i'll pass you one. there's the pass. i'll see you tomorrow, alright? okay, see ya. you know what, he's a pretty nice guy. and so are you. what's wrong girl? i guess she was worried about me. i'm alright. i think she's trying to tell you something. yeah, but what? you got a black eye. a real shiner? oh, boy.

see ya tomorrow. alright, timmy. there, now. oh, is it that time already? well after such a greeting i would say that you deserve a nice biscuit. hi, mom. hello, dear. oh, timmy. you're hurt. what happened to your eye? it's a real shiner. oh! my poor baby. mom. i'll have this nice and cold in a minute. poor, timmy, here now. there i know it hurts but this is the very best think for a black eye. will it take the black away? yes, some of it. but i want it black.

you tell me how this happened? it was a well of a fight with steve talbot. steve talbot? he's twice your size. no he isn't, mom, he just looks it. well he's a bully and he has no business fighting with anyone who is as small as you are. i'm almost as old as he is. that makes it a fair fight. don't you worry, mom. i'm alright. come on, lassie. ♪ what's the matter ruth? timmy's been hurt. badly? you should see him, he has a black eye. no kidding! he was in a fight with a boy twice his size, steve talbot. timmy stood up to steve talbot? what are you so pleased about? well what i mean is that... have you ever seen steve talbot? he's a giant

compared to timmy. i'm going to phone his mother and tell her what i think about this. now wait a minute, ruth. what was it all about? i don't know. i don't know anything, except that bully, gave timmy a black eye. calm down. it's not the first or last black eye timmy will ever get. you've got a long way to go before you raise a boy to where he's a man.

besides, lassie, isn't it a beaut?

well how's the other fellow? you know what steve said? he said i've got what it takes. then he shook hands with me. i bet he won't call me shrimp anymore. oh? and if he doesn't none of the other kids will either. i see. and that's what the fight was all about, huh? well, once in awhile a fight is necessary to convince people of certain things. fighting and self defense is a necessary evil sometimes. i'm glad you understand, dad. but a fellow shouldn't go around looking for one. what do you mean? he challenged me, i had to fight him. i know what you mean, son. make a fist for me. now that is the surest way i know to get a broken thumb. now look. keep your thumb outside, and

tight and hit with the knuckle. see. ♪ gosh, thanks, dad. now suppose we go clean up some of that battle dirt, huh? and i'll go reassure your mother. dad? when mom saw my black eye she didn't understand. how come you understand and mom didn't? well, in the first place, mothers are worriers. as a matter of fact, mothers not only worry about their children, they worry about their husbands too. so when she saw that black eye she didn't realize what it meant to you. i get it, dad. mothers are pretty special and we've got to keep in mind that when they worry about us, it's because they love us. i won't forget. thanks, dad. ♪ ♪

how is he? oh, he's fine ruth. oh sure he's got a black eye, but he wouldn't trade that for a million dollars. paul martin, you act as though you're proud of him? as a matter of fact, i am. what you've got to understand is that being one of the fellows is the most important thing in his life right now. well to be one of the fellows, does he have to use his fists? he's got to show that he can hold his own with other boys his own age. how can he when he's so small compared to other nine year olds? well, the big part of growing up is to rise about your limitations. our timmy may be small in size, but darling, he's a young man of stature. you don't have to worry about ♪im. now mother ♪ ♪

♪ mom? mom? i'm coming. what in the world's shattering news brings you home so promptly? the fellows voted me in the football team. there's a place here where you sign for permission. where's a pen? football? it's the first time the fellows ever asked me. uh uh, no football. but mom, all the other kids are playing. i don't care who else is playing. you're not, it's too rough a game for a small boy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ hi, dad. hi, son. how did everything go today? i got voted in the football team. how about that? will you sign my permission card? i sure will. you will not. now don't look at me like that. i've already told him he can't play. but, ruth. there is not but, ruth, i've made up my mind. i'm not going to have any child of mine coming home with a broken arm or a leg, and that's final. well i don't always agree with your mother's decisions, but we do abide by them. isn't that so, timmy? go on in and wash up for supper. i'm not hungry.

timmy, we all sit down and eat supper together. yes sir. is it alright if i bring my football tomorrow? i promised the kids they could use it, even if i don't play. well, yes of course you can and i'll make a bucket of lemonade. the kids are use to water. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you look at me that way.

and don't you touch that card. i'm gonna tell the fellows i forgot it. at least i'll get one days play with the team, before i have to tell them. my mommy won't let me play and you better not tattle if you know what's good for you. i'm mean today. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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(9 ♪ ♪ ♪ i left my football on the work bench and it's not there.

lassie, alright where is it? you heard me say i would let the fellows use my ball, everything else is bad enough. are you gonna make me break that promise too? well? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ golly whose side are you on anyway? ♪ ♪ eddy, you and steve go down the sidelines and cut into the pass. you mean run out and spread formation? just like we talked about. okay let's go. right.

eighty-seven, twenty-four, seventy-seven, hike. ♪ ♪ i got him. i got him. nice pass, tim. timmy! you got another black eye. what's your hurry fellows? you first, lassie. ♪ oh, what's the matter lassie? did they send you back for a patching job? she doesn't look mad. that's because she hasn't seen me yet. we'll wait here till you go in. sometimes i think my mom's gonna be mad at times, but then she fools me. my mom too.

sometimes i'm scared to go in, then it's nothing. keep your chin up. yeah. see you tomorrow, tim. so long, tim. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hi, mom. hi, mom. hello, dear. not again? it wasn't a fight. we won by three touchdowns. we better go to my room. and you let him play.

wow, he's in for it. i'll say. well, timmy again? another fight? you heard me tell him he was not to play football. you mean he really played football today? i can't understand his doing it, it's not like him at all. you know ruth, if you could have seen him with his friends this morning. whether i was right or wrong is beside the point, he deliberately disobeyed me, that's what's important. paul i'm afraid you're going to have do something about him before this kind of rebellion gets any further. honey, aren't you taking this whole thing too seriously? do you think he should be allowed to defy me? you know better than that. well then you're the father, it's your duty to discipline him.

yeah. yeah, i suppose you're right. ♪ well, timmy? call me, tim. will ya, dad? sure, tim. this is gonna hurt me as much as it will you girl. dad's right. you won't like this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i know what's going on in there. timmy deserves it and you know it.

i didn't wanna disobey mom, honest i didn't. then why did you do it? well, after steve gave me that black eye, the fellows stopped calling me shrimp. we're not talking about the fight, we're talking about football. i know, but don't ya see? that's why they asked me to play. they asked me. i didn't ask them. and if i would have told them my mom wouldn't let me play, they would have started calling me shrimp all over again and sissy too. now do ya see? of course i do tim. but, you still deliberately disobeyed your mother. i'm nine and a half.

i'm not that old. well he wants his mom to treat him like, like a fellow. not like a baby. i knew it was wrong, i knew i would be punished for it. but i had to do it. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, timmy. they say that children go through growing pains when they are growing up. well, i found out that parents and especially, mothers, go through growing pains too. it hurts when you see your child growing up. but, it's kind of

a nice hurt, once you get to understand it. i'll be glad to sign your permission card. thanks, mom. ♪ you can call me timmy now, dad. ♪ ♪ ♪@ú@@@ú@ú@@@@@@ @@@úú0hhx@p@@@@@@@@@@ú@@@@@ú@@@@

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let's do something. like what? i don't know but i'm tired of kid stuff. ♪ why don't we explore out there? maybe we'll find buried treasure. in those rocks? sure. or maybe a wild animal? take your wagon just in case. come on get your wagon. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ listen. i hear something. look! that's only an old squirrel. yeah but he's wild. he's not wild enough.

listen to lassie. sounds like she's really found something. ♪ ♪ ♪ wow! boy! that's more like it! a parachute! bet it's the first time you ever saw a real parachute. lassie has found something else. let's see. boy oh boy! what is it? i don't know.

but it must be valuable. see...it was tied onto the parachute. nothing like what i ever saw before. maybe it's a...weather measurer? a what? you know...something they send high up in the air and when it comes back they take its temperature. just to see how cold it's gonna be. yeah well whatever it is let's take it back to your house. help me. do you think we should? why not? well... okay. ♪ something's inside it. ♪ ♪ are you afraid?

no. neither am i. come on. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this end is loose. what are you gonna do? see what's in this thing. be quiet lassie. go ahead. look in it. ♪

♪ ♪ it's a monster. run. ♪ ♪ ♪ is it coming? no...what kind of monster is it? the kind that's dark and... fuzzy... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's gone. that's good. who wants to tango with a monster?

boy didn't i tell you we would find something special out here? help me lift it. maybe we'll get some reward for finding this...whatever it is. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lassie! we're going home and get our reward. come on! ♪

(9 well the rocket was fired the day before yesterday. how far into space did it go, colonel? nearly 14 hundred miles...when the rocket was halfway across that band of radiation that surrounds the earth, a signal from our installation caused the rocket to eject the nose cone. why are you so sure that it landed on our farm colonel? we're not. we're only sure that it landed within a 20 mile radius. unless somebody discovers the space capsule by accident, our only hope of finding it is by combing every foot of this area. well you certainly have our permission. just what does a space capsule look like?

well this particular one is cone shaped, about 3 feet long and nice inches across the base. ♪ does it contain anything besides instruments? this one did. it contained a passenger...a ginny pig! a ginny pig? well... i thought it was a monster. now one word of warning: if you should happen to find that space capsule before we do...please don't touch it. not under any circumstances. we understand. well thank you both. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ golly! suppose the army finds out we touched it and lost the ginny pig? they aren't gonna find out. what are you doing with alexander? we'll put him in the capsule and take it back where we found it. but don, he's my pet! you heard what the colonel said. do you want to go to jail? no but maybe if we told my folks we didn't know this thing belonged to the army...you think that'll matter? alexander you're drafted. here you can carry him till we get back to the parachute. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hurry up they're coming. goodbye alexander. i sure hope they take good care of ya. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey! ♪ ♪ he's alive! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

well did you find it? yeah! the radio transmitter in the nose cone stopped working just before the nose cone landed here. now i thought it would be a much larger object. now i can see it must have been like looking for a needle in a haystack. well hardly as bad as that. the parachute was a pretty good landmark. what would you have done if you couldn't have found it? we would have to send up another rocket on the same mission. i'm sure you both realize the enormous amount of work and study and money that goes into one of our space experiments. thank goodness you own't have to do this one again. colonel mitchell? excuse me sir may i speak with you alone a moment?

mr. martin? yes colonel? this isn't the ginny pig we sent into space. are you sure? look for yourself, sir, this one isn't ours. besides, the one we sent up wore an identification band on his front leg. is it my imagination or does he look familiar? he looks like alexander. alexander is my son timmy's pet. well if this is his ginny pig then... ♪ ♪ it is alexander. it's just a small boys prank. isn't it? i'm afraid it's much more serious than that ruth.

you remember the colonel had told us that rocket had been sent up into a belt of deadly radiation which surrounds the earth? yes. the capsule became highly radio active. and by handling it...timmy has been exposed to radiation. ginny pigs probably been exposed to enough radiation to kill a thousand men. lieutenant! oh no! that's a theoretical statement. mrs. martin, even if your son has our ginny pig there is a chance it's a slight one but still it's a chance. how? because the purpose of this experiment was to see if the material covering the capsule would protect the ginny pig from the radiation in space. of course until we find that ginny pig, we won't know if the covering was penetrated by radiation or not. timmy's in danger. colonel, we better find him before it's too late. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ paul look! it's timmy's wagon! ♪ ♪ ♪ hold it mr. martin! it's probably contaminated. go ahead.

what does it mean? it's contaminated. it's radio active. most likely from the capsule. maybe from the ginny pig. ♪ ♪ ♪ do you think he's around here lassie? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you found him lassie!

♪ boy, you're so little no wonder you're so hard to find. we better get you back to the army right away! even if i have to go to jail for it. ♪ ♪

paul it's lassie! ♪ ♪ paul! he's holding the ginny pig. ♪ we didn't know he belonged to the army. honest we didn't. timmy! mrs. martin stay away from him. he's our son! there is not point in your being contaminated too.

is that what i am? contaminated? you're radio active son. contaminated by this ginny pig here. i feel alright. i mean i don't feel sick or anything. you don't feel radiation until it's too late, son. timmy, did anybody else touch that capsule? it's very important that you tell us. don did. we both touched it. we're going to test you for radiation timmy. will it hurt? no son this won't hurt a bit. ♪ ♪ the reading... it's high. alright. go ahead.

unless this machine has gone haywire this ginny pig's practically clean. what radiation there is on him must have come from timmy here. mrs. martin we better get him to our base immediately to be de- contaminated. he's going to be a mighty sick boy. what does he mean mom? i haven't seen any radiation. honest. timmy, you don't see radiation and you don't feel it either. but it's very dangerous and when you picked up that space capsule some of it rubbed off on your hands and clothes. gosh! we better get to that other boy! please hurry! on the double young man! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

boy! i sure am glad mom never gave me a bath like that. takes the skin off as well as the dirt, huh son? yes sir. almost. but why did they burn my clothes? did they think i was going to stay in the army? no timmy. they were contaminated. they are full of radioactive material from the space capsule. because of that they were dangerous they had to be destroyed. i sure am glad the little ginny pig wasn't radioactive. so are we timmy. means the surrounding coating on the capsule was a success! ♪ ♪ to... i was just reading all about space to lassie, dad. ah huh. come over here son.

timmy, do you realize what almost happened today? not only did you attempt to conceal something that you knew was wrong... but you almost ruined a very important and expensive government experiment. i know dad. but i didn't mean to do anything wrong. timmy i know that you didn't realize what a space capsule was... but i hope this teaches you a good lesson. now whenever you come across anything which is unfamiliar to you, something that you don't recognize or understand, don't ever touch it. i won't dad. i promise. what will you do? i'll leave it be or i'll come and find you or mom. good boy! you know something? you did a very fine thing in finding the army's ginny pig. you not only saved its life, you saved the army's experiment as well. your mother and i are proud of you! very proud!

there's the one that did most of the work! lassie! ♪ you know suddenly i'm hungry mom. so am i! coconut cake? and milk too! we've got a treat for you too lassie. we're all celebrating! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪the roy rogers show ♪starring roy rogers, king of the cowboys, trigger his ♪ ♪golden palomino and dale evans, queen of the west ♪ ♪with pat brady, his comical sidekick and ♪ ♪roy's wonder dog, bullet ♪ well as near as i can figure out that new land i bought ends right about here. yeah but the way a river bed changes how can you tell? the only sure way is to get a surveyor out here and find out if i'm in this county, the next county or no man's land. what is it bullet? he seems to be worried about something. yeah. let's follow him. hope it isn't a jack rabbit.