01x04 - The Best Partner

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Once Upon an orphanage my life was a

near tragic State

I longed to find a brighter place

somewhere full of love and grace I dream

of fields with a cool Ocean Breeze a

home for my own family

when I got my wish I pinched myself to

make sure this home was real

they said for a boy but then I was a

girl my dreaming had just let me down

again if I came as a queen this long

ebony hairs and maybe they'd feel I was

worth it for them I'm a good worker in

spite of My Talking I belong to belong

here for all of my life don't send me

away without seeing what I see

everything I touch is full of delights

I'll do my best to not let you down I

can imagine in a world full of joy just

give me your hand and I'll teach you to

hope you'll find that I have something

worthwhile just let me stay here

for forever I promise a life full of

smiles

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morning Anne catch up Mr Gresham my time

keeping duties demand utter precision

waiting for the train nope

whoa

Gilbert he's training for the Heavenly

games three minutes and 22 seconds

my best time yet

as this year's games Marshall I'd say

you're likely to win the tandem bike

race now all I need is a partner who can

keep up

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are you waiting for someone Mr Gresham

my nephew Benjamin just imagine reading

a long lost relative uh he's only from

Charlottetown uh still I give anything

to have a relative to wait for at the

train station and best of all he's here

for the games

that boy was lucky enough to attend the

Olympics in Paris Olympics golly I think

I just found my new partner

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Benjamin

hello Uncle Arnold

let me help you down these bothersome

steps goodness his legs Benjamin I'd

like you to meet Anne Shirley and

Gilbert Blythe how do you do uh hello

a pleasure to meet you Benjamin

nice bike thanks it's for the two-seater

braces

I mean races well Ben your Auntie has

fish and chips on the go my favorite see

you soon I hope

did you see that

he's quite charming and so worldly

foreign

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you're dragging behind

me your legs are too short whoa oh

hey feeling

God

go on at this rate I'm never going to

win a single ribbon anyway

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so he couldn't walk well he needed

crutches

wrench French poor boy how sad not to be

able to play like other kids

here he comes

gosh I hope I don't say something stupid

again hello everyone

my uncle's been showing me your lovely

town uh oh um Ben this is Diana hi I'm

afraid there isn't much to see in

Avonlea but we make up for a lack of

sights with exciting events

like the Avon League games are you

training

alas my three-legged race leaves

something to be desired

mine too

and with all the work I have I thought I

should find an assistant to help me with

the games Mr Gresham I would be deeply

honored to be your faithful servant

wonderful I'll help make them the best

games ever but Anne that means you won't

be able to compete perhaps this year she

prefers to exercise her mind instead of

her body well said Benjamin

hey my turn to practice I gotta shake a

leg

laughs

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and I was thinking we might make a few

um changes to the games this year Mr

Gresham great minds think alike

wonderful

your imagination is just what these

games need oh however we'll have to

discuss these changes tomorrow just say

the word and I'll be there

oh no

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huh

hard-boiled

these are only practice eggs Gilbert duh

[Laughter]

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group of Austria when he won the javelin

toss

and this was the marathon

wow you drew these uh-huh these sketches

of the Olympics are truly inspired well

it was a truly inspiring place to be

they even had an Olympic torchbearer

with the flame that they brought all the

way from Greece Greece that's it

Benjamin you've inspired me

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the Greek Olympics your uncle told me to

make some changes to the games this year

the ancient Greeks invented the Olympics

why not follow their example yes but now

let's see the first thing we'll need are

banners lots of banners

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you need some help these pesky steps are

everywhere

I'm used to it

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thanks

see your uncle and I agree I've always

had enough of obstacle races and bean

bag tosses it's time for the decathlon

The discus throw the shot put except the

ancient Olympics weren't also wonderful

and

the losers were banished did you know

that no Benjamin that's precisely the

kind of knowledge we'll need

nice catch we make a great team now we

need to borrow marilla's bed sheets

bed sheets

I am not wearing a dress it's not a

dress Felix it's a toga

I don't care what it is there's no way

anybody can run in this

oh

will this do first shot put isn't that a

cannonball

from the Battle of Louisburg it's my

father's it's perfect Diana

oh

are you sure about these new games Anne

Mr Gresham asked me to make some

creative changes and that's just what he

will get how are those posters coming

along Gilbert decathlon is spelled with

a c brother

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oh yeah hey Ben we make a good team

the egg and Spoon race was my best race

how could you cancel it I'm afraid it

didn't fit in with the other games

Lloyd

was Victor's crowns coming along I

couldn't find any olive leaves but this

looks close

I hate to tell you this but

that's poison ivy

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oh dear

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ready Felicity

so what do I do you run and when you

reach the sand pit you jump

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ouch not bad uh only next time try to

land in the sand

oh whoops Gilbert soccer was not as

sport in ancient Greece just working on

my coordination

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toss it over here Ben

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nice throw Ben

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oh yeah

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I'm pleased to report that aside from a

few minor scrapes and bruises

and one most unfortunate rash things are

going along swimmingly oh and

um they're wonderful ideas but it's not

exactly hey look everybody I'm shouting

output I mean I'm sure in the shot

no

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are you all right Diana

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and when I suggested we make some

changes this year I had something a

little less Herculean in mind

you did the decathlon was fine for the

ancient Greeks but perhaps not for the

children of evolution

oh I guess I got carried away after

seeing Benjamin's drawings well it's

because of Ben that I was thinking we

could make games that everybody could

play

hahaha

Mr Gresham I see exactly what you mean

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well I'm glad you're not too

disappointed okay everybody choose your

partner for the real Avonlea games

Gilbert would you like to be my partner

uh in the games

sure you said we make a good team

remember

so I did

well sure great

yeah great

come on and what games can he play he

can't run he can't ride a bike

he should be

disqualified he has as much right to

play as anybody so I'm supposed to lose

every race winning isn't everything easy

for you to say you're not even playing

Gilbert I can't disqualify him it would

hurt his feelings fine in that case I

quit that makes two of us

oh

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Diana was right there is nothing to do

in heavenly

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you're good

I'm better at things than most people

think you don't have to quit the games

I'll be your partner I don't want your

charity

it's not charity your assistant games

Marshall and the only reason you're

offering is because I'm in a wheelchair

but what makes you think your silly

obstacle races are fun every day is an

obstacle race for me

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what am I going to do

oh thanks to me Ben's having the worst

holiday ever

let's find rain can ruin any holiday

dryad I have the most terrible problem

still I always say the good thing about

rain is

a rainbow

oh oh it's beautiful

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even I never imagined this I've got to

try you can't why not you don't have

wings how can you get up there

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that won't stop me I'll just use a

little Ingenuity

now that's the spirit

so just what do you have in mind hmm

laughs

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it's working oh my goodness

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put the bricks on thanks YouTube

Here I Go

foreign it worked that's it

what's what well with a little

imagination no one needs to miss out on

the fun

at least somebody's having fun

Diana what happened my toe swirled up

like a big pickle

all because of that silly Cannonball how

Dreadful now I can't compete in the

games me neither thanks to that long

jump of yours thanks to that poison ivy

Lloyd has to keep this bandage on

which leaves Amy without a partner face

it Anne as assistant games Marshall you

were a failure oh

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the Heavenly games are canceled

all because of me you missed one

Benjamin

Uncle Arnold told me he had to cancel

the games oh it's my fault I was so

wrapped up in my ancient Olympics I

didn't consider the other kids abilities

and I wasn't paying much attention to

mine what use would I be in the tandem

bike race all I could do is steer yes

all you could do is

dear that's it and what are you talking

about we could modify the bike race the

person in the back would pedal well the

person in front steers that's right if

we made changes like that for all the

games everybody could play even the

injured kids exactly Benjamin sometimes

I'm overwhelmed by our brilliance

ugh

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those new games of yours certainly have

everybody curious it wasn't just me I

had help from

my goodness

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we still need to find you a partner oh

that's all right but don't you want to

compete sure but it's too late now maybe

not

you still interested in being Partners

um I know Gilbert you think you can pull

your weight

I'll do my best so long as it's okay

with the assistant games Marshall

our last minute entrance

will all the participants kindly

assemble for the bacon and eggs race

bacon it's where piggybacking meets the

egg carry see

on your box

this is gonna be a cinch get set

go

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sorry Felicity

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hang on Ben Victory Is Ours

hooray we won we won

um it appears victories theirs don't

worry partner next time

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next up is the basket and Bale obstacle

Race contestants in the wheelbarrows

sh**t three ba*ls into the basket while

their Partners weave through the hay but

don't miss a basket or you are

disqualified on your marks get set

um oh go

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good work partner come on come on Felix

we can do it oh

huh darn

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well now the final event of the day

worth 10 points any team can still claim

the championship

this used two-seater bike race is a

little different

true test of teamwork teams on your mark

get set

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come on Gilbert you can do it we're

almost there

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we did it partner we sure did

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this was the best holiday ever you're

welcome back anytime I'll say

oh Benjamin come back soon I will miss

your worldly knowledge your Artistry

your competitive spirit

I'll be back next year to claim another

ribbon right Gilbert you bet

All Aboard I'll name my crutches Uncle

Arnold not this time you won't

gosh where did that come from

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gee thanks guys you're the best Partners

a boy could ever ask for

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thank you

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foreign

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