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01x06 - The Charity Horse

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Follyfoot". Aired: 28 June 1971 – 15 September 1973.*
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Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.

01x06 - The Charity Horse

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thee

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wasone for you and me grow grow tree

never get to easy

the

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your breakast in the

pan I'm going out in the yard let get do

it

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oh don't bother with that now have you

fed him yeah good go in and get your

breakfast oh can't I H you to the car

you know you can't manage that by

yourself now go along in go on

where's mom looking out Sandy blasted

animal more trouble than he's

worth

Mom where's me shoes

coming it's all for me no here give jip

some

no I don't want any you'll have to Hitch

Sandy up yourself chip can't manage him

and he's too much for me damn animal no

no

no served your father well enough got

rest his soul yeah but that's over we

don't need him anymore so what are we do

throw him on the scrap Heap that place

we was talking about they check him no

For Heaven's Sake mom don't want him and

I don't want him you're the only one but

Dad wouldn't want us to take but Dad

ain't here

I can look after him I used to help

Dad you're a good lad but I don't want

to see him go I want Sandy here with

us have you taken that floring up to

Winchesters yet he called again you know

I know Mom he told me he'll have it

today there's your boots I clean them

well he'll be glad of that as he've been

waiting a long

time sure old grumbler uhuh he was very

good to your father I know Mom he have

it today I told you

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hey K what's that you're shouting what

oh when you call what you say oh

firewood Timber oh that's good that's

nice I like those old Street

cries and you're your dad you know sorry

he's gone recognize his cry anywhere the

beute it was you could hear in the mile

off you going to carry on the business

well I don't know I suppose so look I

could do a nice little story on you uh

taken over from your dad following in

the family tradition and all that would

you call in on the office on the way

back uh well talk it over at any road

well and we'd pay you not much of course

but uh two quid but you wouldn't mind

would you you're picture in the paper

and Sandy here and'll be good for

business a bit of publicity

okay all right then on your way back off

you go

then come on let's hear you

shout on

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take

the play

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hey Dora try jumping him that'll be the

day won't it boy go on boy go on show us

all come on we you just show him come

on come

on you just show him

L go on

go

on come on come on

that's it's like an old man getting out

of the bath how do you

know hey who's

that oh it's okay on and suer can see

what they want

this is the place all right it must be

look at all the

horses they all look unhappy to me what

so silly how do you know I just do it's

like prison don't

be oh hello Mrs hello young um well my

name is Mrs Williams we were told to

come here was you well this ain't no

tourist at attaction as far as I know oh

no I mean you see we've got this um this

old horse

Sandy well my husband's just

died I'm

sorry Colonel

shop what you better come in then oh

look and you go look at the oers

horrible great things right I come and

get you one the D

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come

here come

here yeah

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come on

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here hey

do y I want you to take a picture

picture of that boy in that horse him

yeah who is he the son of the firewood

man who died I've got an idea for a nice

little Story come

on fire

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you flying the

donkeys D old

things who are you then jip jip Williams

me mom's in there it's not another horse

I hope what do you mean look mate we got

more than we can cope with already we

can't take anymore yeah we got one Sandy

your mom wants to bring him here

oh listen

s don't let her it's too cruel I don't

think I could bear it he whips him you

know oh yeah and starves him hates him

he does he gets his pleasure out being

cruel like a a torturer I've seen

him his

face the see it's all screwed up an

horrible clutching his whip in his hand

and

sometimes

what C of

Nils do you know about them

things the torturing

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first his dad then his horse yeah it's a

good story not with us to blame it

isn't we should do something about it

really have something to

help yeah why

not why don't we run a so story boy Los

his dad his friend he horse and his job

the examiner comes to his rescue help

this poor your boy on His Feet Again The

Examiner finds a horse for a boy who's

lost his only

friend how much would it cost a new

horse not much 50 70 something like that

we can start a contribution fund

subscription all the readers send in

their shiing to help a saded boy start

life again yeah I can see it now come

on you think it'll work I'm sure it will

come

on come

on for

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oh my

word Willie how's that then eh front

page and

all appeal what's the appeal for a new

horse they're getting us another one

another one we don't want another horse

we didn't even want Sunday no this is

different we might get a good one but

what do we we don't want

one oh my goodness what am I going to do

with it we can't even afford to keep it

we will with that we'll get more

business you see people are

soft-hearted I've lost the only true

friend I

had now I'll have to get a barel and

push the wood around myself did you say

that well yeah something like that oh

how could you that that that's just a

pack of Lies but where's the harm we get

a horse they get Sandy off their

conscience business will improve so

everybody's happy oh I don't know if

only your father was still alive then

when it's all died down we'll get rid of

the thing like you were getting rid of

Sandy up at that Home Place what's wrong

with

that don't worry Mom I know what I'm

doing it's not the old horse I want any

more than you do it's the other things

not being a nobody in this town people

coming to us for their Timber being able

to tell Winchester to go jump in a lake

that's what I want

the horse who wants a

horse take one more for

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luck one more

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and a right scono neg they found for him

too I can't see him pulling a cart

anywhere let alone bringing happiness to

a local boy look at this The Examiner

helps to wipe away the

tears you wouldn't believe it would you

money pouring into this wred newspaper

office people sobbing over a cooked up

story and probably they've got a dog

chained up at home and starved of

affection but this one's deserving I

mean he needed the horse needed it

needed it nothing he didn't even want it

I his mother up here a couple of weeks

ago trying to get rid of a horse why

they have to give him another one Heaven

only

knows and where's all this extra trade

we've heard so much about I've seen none

of it oh give over Mom how was I to know

all that's come out of this is is just a

broken down old horse that your father

wouldn't have given house room to all

right leave it it can't pull the c or

nothing I don't know what they were up

to buying a thing like that

where he going out yes well don't expect

me to look after your horse I've got

enough to

do I'll look after the oh now jip don't

you start but I will I know how look I

know you would if you could love but you

don't know anything about it I do now

jip don't argue you've never had to look

after a horse I looked after d and

you're not going to start now we'll just

get rid of it before we get too far it

right no no Mom

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no

jip oh whatever's the matter love don't

send him to that place oh but it's nice

T he Ching they're cool they'll beating

don't be so silly they will I know they

will just being silly it's the best B

for in that place they know how to look

after horses there that's their job now

come on come back

inside keep

yours what are we going to do no one

loves you except me

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well we can go and another a look can't

we know I'm in

looking but if you don't like it we'll

come home again how's that

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I hear knocking but you can't come

in should do that outside open the

cage nice see you bright and early

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a

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come on come on you obstinate boot come

on

Telephone Colonel's in

there Steve Dora that jamn newspaper

horse has run off and the little boy

with it Polie say he's heading this way

get your horses go by the ridge

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the

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well you see we were going to send him

to the Colonel's place you know po oh

Folly foot only uh well jip got so upset

so we didn't of course not they're

Inseparable real pales well of course

they are saved the boys's life didn't

they examiner's gift for saves boys's

life it's the great story eh

colel look he's thin and in poor

condition his coat is dull his hoof

needs seeing to he really does need care

how much would it cost but why don't you

let us take him look I'll talk to him

but the horse saved the boy's life oh

look he did what any tired horse would

do he stood still on Hill because he

didn't want to go any further the police

would never have found the boy if it

hadn't been for the horse and he want

him to suffer for that but he won't

suffer I can look after

him y Jim he's not in any condition but

what do you expect them to do if they

haven't the money then you shouldn't

have given them a horse it's been the

best story for years marvelous stuff

well you've had your money's

worth look listen listen G we can feed

him properly give him nice hay lots of

hor nuts fields for him to run in and

look you can come and see him anytime

you want to just to see that he's all

right and then there's Dora and Steve

they know all

about thank you what the great great

human Colonel bef friend's horse lover

we'll get a shot of the colonel and the

horseed what's the use you're

impossible well thanks very much for

trying anyway sir oh we'll

manage will

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you of course we will work with you

we'll

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manage the terrible of the

for you and me

grow to

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EAS to

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