martin. what do we need it for mom? timmy i wanted one for so long. i can't say i blame ya much mrs. in. just about all my old ice customers have deserted me for refrigerators. won't you be coming around anymore mr. cuppy? oh we'll still be getting coal and oil from mr. cuppy in the winter. gotta keep up with the times son. well, goodbye. and good luck with the new contraption. thanks mr. cuppy. i'm glad you understand. i understand. guess there is no harm in tellin you now. my own wife insisted on getting a refrigerator. five years ago. bye. he sells ice and she's had an electricqllyúópwósteovpvn ♪ careful. it's very heavy. everything is under control. lassie move. lassie. lassie stop barking. get out of the way lassie. you're in the way lassie. please move lassie. lassie. stop that barking. what's that barking about? she doesn't like anything about the whole idea. oh nonsense. lassie stop barking. there we are. there it is. how does it look? it's gorgeous. pretty nice. can i help? anything to keep you happy. no, no fine i can do it. well, there is nothing left now but to p

timmy, timmy martin. hello? mom, mrs. larson's house it's on fire. it is? one i just got. well, then ring the larson farm will you? ♪ ♪ it's what? off the hook? oh. alright, thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, thank heaven you're here. mrs. larson's inside. ♪ ♪ mrs. larson? that's alright, dear, dad's getting her. you alright, boy? look after her, ruth. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ well, fire's out. you're a brave boy son. thanks for getting dad girl. we'll take mrs. larson home with us until she's feeling better. yeah and until we can help her get her kitchen fixed. you see this young boy was tending a sheep and he thought it would be fun to scare his folks. so he rushed home and he shouted "wolf, wolf." it was fine for a time or two, then one day a wolf really did come. the boy rushed home, he shouted wolf. nobody believed him, and the wolf killed all the sheep. gosh, that same thing almost happened to me and it would have. if it hadn't have been for lassie. we'll always believe you from now on, timmy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

timmy martin. well hello, timmy. i see you're feeding the birds at the christmas season. very nice thing you're doing, my boy. they go hungry because they can't find any food because of the snow. yes, i know. ♪ hey! ♪ i guess she isn't afraid anymore. ♪ oh, holly. did you think i'd forgotten you? huh? ♪ i'd never forget you, old friend. ha ha. mister nicholson, are you a mender of toys? that's what i am, son. there aren't many of us left. boy, we could really use you fo - oh? well you see, my mom and some of the other ladies at church, they're gathering up old toys and fixing them for the kids at the children's hospital in capital city. there's a whole bunch of stuff in our barn. there's a lot of fixing to be done. i'd be very glad to assist your ladies, timmy. i'll offer them my services tomorrow. but for today, holly and i have come an awful long way. we'll have to leave you now and seek out a place to spend the night. it's been a great pleasure making your acquaintance, timmy. and you, too, lassie. mr. nicholson, why don't you co

caldwell, this is timmy martin. ah, hello timmy, you got a subscription for me?he went away with mr. vance to rob the co op. he locked lassie and me up in the wood shed, we just broke out. well, timmy it's a good story no doubt about it. but the first thing you've got to learn about reporting is that the newspaper must have facts not fiction. i mean the stories have to real, you can't make them up. but i'm not making it up, honest i'm not mr. caldwell. i heard them plan the whole thing, clear as anything. if you won't believe me maybe, sheriff miller will. now timmy, suppose the sheriff went out on this wild goose chase and supposing an emergency came up while he was gone and he was really needed. how would you feel then? i admire your zeal timmy but why don't you just stick to getting subscriptions, huh? now goodbye, timmy. i guess i'll have to help lassie stop that robbery myself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ alright, where is it? over here. ♪ it's a real old timer, eddie. this ought to be a cinch for you. for me? you're the expert. go on, eddie, time's a wasting. my fingerprints

and his name is timmy martin. and i'm billy joe. billy joe. yochim. y-o-c-h-i-m.not very long. my work's about done now. i'll be moving on. reckon it'd be ok for me to... look around? well of course, son. make yourself at home. oh, this is a figure i'm working on, you see? look at this clay. it comes from the hills around here. - what do you use it for? it's especially good for modeling. i'm a sculptor. ♪ billy joe, what's come over you? cut it out. uh uh uh... it's my jaw. it done gets nervous and falls out of place. well, are you sure it's alright now? i reckon it couldn't be better. ♪ ♪ timmy! ♪ i swear, if that ain't a spittin' image of mitchell... i've never seen anything like it. mitchell was billy joe's hound dog. and he was also his best friend. oh? where's mitchell now? he was shot. oh, i'm sorry to hear that, son. i keep hoping that lassie will have a litter, so that i can give billy joe one of her pups. ♪ lassie? ♪ have you ever seen anything so beautiful, lassie? honest, it looks just like my mitchell. "beautiful." funny, i never thought abou

martin, timmy's mother. i invited her here today to speak to you about an important subject.e heard of unicef? the united nations children's fund. unicef is an organization that helping by trick or treating for unicef on this halloween. that means that as well as the candy and the cookies that you get, you also ask for a penny. for a needy boy and girl. now with this trick or treat penny, unicef can provide five large glasses of milk. and this is the container with the band around it in which you put your penny. yes willy? mrs. martin, you mean people put money in those containers and we give it to unicef? yes that's right. you mean we don't get to keep anything? oh yes, you get to keep your cookies well, i understand...i tell you what supposing you just all talk about it among yourselves and if you think you'd like to, ms. haslet and i have all the containers and the bands. i'll be back this afternoon for your decision. thank you. thanks ms. haslet. thank you mrs. martin. especially money. that was your mother's idea. mrs. martin's doing it for unicef. that's right. well you

what radiation there is on him must have come from timmy here. mrs. martinam 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

timmy. why would you ever do something like this? it wasn't his fault mr. martin, we thought it would fly.lmost did. the three of you are old enough to know that it takes years of study to learn how to build something to fly. yes sir. yes sir. and test pilots are trained men timmy. you're just lucky that lassie was brave enough to risk her life for you. i know, dad. timmy you should know that anytime you do anything dangerous like that, lassie would risk her life for you. i think you should all learn to have more consideration fore those who you. yes ma'am. yes ma'am. bye, timmy. bye. so long, timmy. well, i think lassie says she's had enough for today. and so have you timmy come on let's go home. i'm alright, mom. thanks girl. i really was scared and lassie knew i was. i just didn't listen to her. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ when that truck driver was getting gas, how did he know mom was saving coupons for a toaster? he didn't. but he was from out of state and he didn't need the coupons and he gave them to me. now i have enough. well i gotta admit, it's quite a gadget. ♪ ♪ ♪ yeah, but it won't taste bisc

martin, if you don't mind, i think i'll just stick around for a while. you go sit down. say, timmyu ever hear a story of a dog named balto? there's a big statue of him in central park in new york city. a statue of a dog? see, he was a dog hero, too. now the children in nome -- that's a city in alaska -- were terribly sick, and the only medicine was 650 miles away. well, this was snow country. the only way to get that medicine to nome was by dog sled. so they got teams of dogs and they arranged for relays. balto was to carry the next to the last. then, a blinding storm came up, and he never met the team who was to relieve him. but half frozen and weary, balto carried that precious diphtheria syrum to nome. and he saved all those children's lives. i bet lassie would have done that, too. ♪ ♪ is she alright? i can't tell you, timmy. we'll have to ait until the x-rays are developed. as soon as i see the plates, i'll call you. she's moving! you're gonna be alright. well now, it looks like lassie's ready to speak for herself. let me take her home, please. that's where she belongs.

timmy. everybody come through as good as you kids, in no time at all before we have hospital. where are you going? to help the junk man. martind new too. look here, look at all the money that timmy and the other children raised for their paper drive. two dollars and twenty nine cents. well, i might as well give it you straight. mr. blalock is a lot more opposed to a hospital than we thought. he carries a lot of weight with calverton business men and he's got most of them persuaded that we don't need a hospital. well, it wouldn't take a lot of money for us to buy the land we need it, would it? i couldn't even raise a little. couldn't you speak to them again? i hate to say it, but i think we've got throw in the towel. our only hope it blalock we've got to change his mind. fat chance. when he says no he doesn't mean maybe. well, i'll wait till the morning to tell timmy about it. ♪ let me give you a hand jason. well go on. say what you're thinking. about what? about my wall. i was thinking about the hospital. oh, i'm sick and tired of hearing about the hospital. i told you before and i'll tell you again, it's a waste of money. an

timmy.- hello. um, mr. dennis? that's my name.- i'm ruth martin. we live nearby. ainted and i just thought you might enjoy this.- well, that's kind of you mrs. martin. inside children. but we are not objects of charity. well, i didn't mean it that way.- we don't need a thing. thank you.- but, i'm just trying to be neighborly. i'm sure you were. well i've never been so let down in all my life. ♪ come on timmy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm sorry children, but we can't ♪ take any chances. you both know that.- couldn't we have just ♪ kept a little of it? ♪ you want us to stay together don't you? --then we can't have any ♪ strangers coming around. ♪ gosh. must be terrible to be hungry at christmas time. lassie, we'll do it again. but this time we'll try it a different way. ♪ ♪ ♪ pick it up lassie. ♪ okay, go on girl. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ daddy! bobby! ♪ oh lassie. ♪ ♪ please, daddy. ♪ ♪ ♪ okay. we'll keep it.- oh thanks! ♪