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03x15 - If E'er the Twain Should Meet

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Gerbert". Aired: May 1, 1988 – December 25, 1991.*
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A friendly, loveable puppet named Gerbert teaches children about making right choices and learn different lessons about life.

03x15 - If E'er the Twain Should Meet

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well hello there friend Rory and I are

so glad to see you you'll always make us

feel so good hey before we begin our

story I have something to show you look

here

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here here yeah

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yeah ah yeah

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huh wait

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[Applause]

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I just got to say I want to spend my day

with you you are my best friend I want

to share the things you do little baby

make me

smile W I just want to spend my day with

you

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baby make me

smile I just W to spend my day with

you I just W to spend my day with

you out walls are more respectable than

pirate said

Huckleberry Tom saw agreed and added and

we won't let anybody in our game that

ain't

respectable do you like that story about

The Adventures of Tom

sa they like it

to this man is Mark Twain gee he was

born a long time ago November 30th

1835 wow he must be really old by

now and he's got a straw hat on just

like mine

wow hero Tom sawer in

1876 he probably wrote a lot of stories

about Tom sawer he probably knew Tom

sawer really

well I kind of like Tom Ser don't you

think so Rory

he used to pretend all right and I like

to pretend all right too I wish I was

Tom sawer then all these stories would

have happened to me now that would have

been

something hey now I am Tom sawer and I'm

a going fishing so as to catch me a fish

what you think

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I'm a going fishing going to catch

myself a bacon leave all my chores

behind not a worry on my mind I'm a

going fishing going to catch a big

wapper rolling down the river just a

fishing all the

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way I'm

fishing on the Mississippi the m

Mississippi just a passing time

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away

rolling rolling down the river and

mighty Old Man River want a away to

spend the

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day I'm aony Sawyer I'm Mighty glad to

meet you Adventure is my name ask again

I'll say the same I'm a Thomas I'm a

catching me a catfish I mean a really

fatfish going a catfish off

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Fila I'm

fishing on the Mississippi the muddy

Mississippi just a ping time

away

rolling rolling down the river and

mighty Old Man River what a way to spin

the day

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fishing on the Mississippi the mighty

Mississippi just a passing time

away

rolling rolling down the river and

mighty Old Man River what a way to spin

that day

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they wonder who that is over there

Rory seems like I've seen him somewhere

before well isn't this

theight dear great grandfather how are

things wonderful we hope and you believe

it you have a great great

grandson we've named him Samuel Shel

here is his

picture and of course a bubblegum

cigar we love you and think of you

all I wonder what that is he has there

looks like a looks like a

cigar love you and think of you

awful and we miss you you your great

grandson

Andrew did you see that Rory I can't

believe

it he's eating a

cigar oh he's going to get a tummy ache

he's really going to get

sick hey why remember where I seen him

before there was a picture of him in my

Tom saw book that's Mart

Twain remember Mark Twain had a mustache

remember and so does he and they both

like

cigars that means we're on the

Mississippi river

boat wow this is a mighty exciting

Adventure we're having story on the Old

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River I'm soy I guess I'd reckon I'd

find you

here well it's you it's really you Mark

Twain aren't you feeling a little sick

to your stomach sick to my stomach H

I've never gotten sick on a river Bo

young man you ought to know that no no I

meant we saw you eating that cigar Oh

you mean one of these Tom yeah you call

me Tom again why are you calling me Tom

sir just Tom you added

sir but why now how would I know why you

added sir boy this is

confusing no I me why do you keep

calling me Tom

okay I'll explain it to you I see you

need a little help here your name is Tom

Sawyer I'm Tom so you of course you

are but everybody calls you Tom except

your aunt Paulie when she's mad at you

she calls you

Thomas have heard of Aunt paully

before oh we're getting

somewhere well maybe this will help you

remember your aunt Paulie and Tad more

clearly couldn't have been more than a

couple of Sundays ago your aunt paully

was punishing you for swimming in the

Mississippi River when you should have

been in

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school don't go away will be R

back and now more G

Lord time the good books say a man born

to a woman is short a day and full of

trouble and I tell you he's talking

right about you you played hookie at

school and now you're going to have to

work your whole

Saturday do I have to paint the whole

thing the

whole

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thing well this sure will k*ll me well

they'll find me dead and only halfway

through I got to find somebody to

help hey there's my old buddy

Ned hey Ned old buddy old pal what do

you say I run F you some soda while you

white wash for a while are you kidding I

hate what washing

fences oh you don't know what you're

missing well this is good exercise

exercise you don't look like you're

having very much fun well this is great

fun I think I'll go exercise my fishing

pole see you later

Tom oh this is awful Saturday and here I

am white washing

fences too bad Tom got you working on a

Saturday

working well little there b why this

ain't

work why ain't that work Tom it sure

looks like work to me well maybe it is

maybe it

isn't you mean you like it like it why I

love it I just wish I could do this

every day you

do say Tom why don't you let me do it

just for a little bit oh no Ben I just

couldn't oh come on huh just a little

bit

please I don't know I wish I could on EX

engine but um my aunt paully she's

Mighty particular about this your

offence of her

I'll do good Tom I'll do real

good I don't know Ben I mean if

something want to

happen I'll give you my

Apple well I suppose I can let you do it

for a little while thanks

Tom suck

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get

polly have you seen Tom and the boys oh

well I saw Tom a little while ago he was

trying to get out of whitewash in the

fences and you know that's something

he's been trying to get out of for quite

a while now that sure sounds like Tom

always trying to get out of doing his

chores all supposed to go on a picnic

down by the river well if you go catch

up with Ned and Ben I'm sure you'll have

a fine day honey but where would I find

Ned and Ben I saw them a little while

ago matter of fact they were pretty

excited about eating some cookies at

your mama bakes so I wouldn't worry too

much about having a picnic all alone

honey but they were supposed to meet me

an hour ago aun p no don't worry child

maybe you should go on down to the fence

and ask Tom if he's seen him that's if

Tom hadn't snuck off and gone

fishing now he wouldn't dare consider

that idea Becky I know that Tom gets

into Mischief but this time he knows

that fence is his

responsibility bye it thanks for bye

honey have

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fun say what are you doing over here I

gave T my Apple so let me whitew watch

his fence for a little while you did

what now don't let yourself get all

excited there Billy cuz well I can't let

you do

it what if I give you my kite be really

really careful otherwise I might have to

take the brush

back hey

nice what on Earth are you boys doing

well we're just white washing nothing

Fier that seems like such hard work on

such a hot daylight today yeah who are

you guys doing this for Tom Tom Tom is

he paying you well uh not

exactly well they're paying

me it's kind of hard to

explain what in the world did you tell

these boys to get them to do such a

disgusting job you know aun Polly said

that you were supposed to do this this

isn't bad Becky we're having a lot of

fun aren't we well I sure we are well

we're having a Time Of Our Lives are you

kidding well don't listen to this girl

she's just jealous because she can't do

it I'm not going to listen to any of

your tricks Tom Sawyer wait until Aunt

Polly hears about this

and

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P oh tells me my need for your services

is just

exp don't go away G will be right

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back and now more

ger well did I finally get the whole F

white watch

you got the whole fence white watched

all right but you hardly did an ounce of

work yourself you somehow got all the

kids in the entire neighborhood to offer

you their prized possessions just to get

you to let them help

wow what all did like

P 12 marbles piece of blue bottle glass

to look through six firecrackers and a

key and that fence got so pretty it

shined as bright as

Bri is

com I really am Tom

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S I'm really glad I read that Tom saw

your book Ro hey you know that you were

in this Great Fairy boat with me and we

even met Mr Twain himself

hey gerbert I see you're reading one of

my favorite books oh yeah Mr retel that

Mark TW really knows how to write a

story so you've been uh reading a lot of

Adventures lately huh yes and having

them too Mr

TW Mr

TW Tom Tom soyer

it sure was fun pretending to be Tom saw

Rory but you know I think I kind of like

just being plain old

man it's so much fun to think of things

I think I'd like to

do to sail boat or fly a plane or ride

up a

kangaroo sometimes I wonder how i' be if

I or someone

new but I see God made me me and God has

made you

you see you later in

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G well thank you for spending part of

your day with me friend I always like

being with you I think you're so needle

oh before we go

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brother

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p

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[Applause]

[Laughter]

I love you friend remember keep

wondering keep dreaming cuz that's how

you grow after a while crocodile

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wow what a neat

letter I just love it when people write

me letters you can too here's

howx D Texas 7354

he

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