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03x04 - Miss Him When He's Gone

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.

03x04 - Miss Him When He's Gone

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down in the midle where the wind be in

the middle of a fields on the lightning

tree it lims all Tor from the day it was

born for the tree was born in a

Thunderstone grow grow the lightning

tree it's never too late for you and me

grow grow the lightning tree again into

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we down in the M the

wind thee trees come when you want you

want to it's up to

you

lightning easily lightning

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tree don't look fresh you can't tell

finging them mosa fresh sorry I spoke

I'm

sure good

morning all the same they're all the

same hey you'll bruise them look you

want them don't you what's the onion

stand blast you stand with here aons you

won't get po old Bobby you get it all

day don't you you can get them at the

supermarket wrapped and all don't bother

me then up he's such a lovely man doing

anything Saturday

been for the bus F to talk with years

ago just give us

two is he all

right two k*ll on the estate these Ladi

as white as a she s of CW I was getting

a cauliflower it didn't look too good

not that Temple were any worse just the

same as usual I'd say I'll see what was

it you said to Mrs single stop bothering

me she was buying from him stop

bothering me miss me one have

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gone

here oh not another so why Mr Bley wants

me to school dark song

I get tired just thinking of the work

she does you want to try some sometimes

it's not as bad as it

looks careful girl she's wilder than bar

terrible job getting her

in oh she's

beautiful aren't you

beautiful why are you so grumpy as

someone being unkind to you I have to

meet bar Arnie she was just the same

wild and angry and

untrusting wo wo wo steady steady steady

she'll be all right won't

you don't believe it would you she fatly

kicked me to

death good girl

steady you just wait till Buckley wants

her

back she gets too

fonded never wants to let him go

see they're welcoming you it's your new

home

sh good

girl eat

it do as your father says don't need you

to tell him should know by

now honor thy

father Mouse

many of the

mous your father's not well I

heard all right is it is to give up work

the doctor's been I'll start

Monday you'll not touch that

card try and stop me there's money if

it's worked right you sted the factory

if there any customers at is he probably

frighten them off take the insults watch

them all always had the best on that

cart always took a

pride what do they know treat you like

dirt history lesson something they used

to say before Dad came along the

customer always right oh help me hip it

and swipe it you'd have made a packet if

you treated him right he work for

respect H You're Nobody with awesome cat

nobody that's what you're afraid of but

I'll make a go of it

get a van be somebody that's enough I

will too it's money wins respect Brian

you keep out of this not touch that a

and card do you hear

me I'll start

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Monday I'll see that hor Dead first

hello is this where they keep horses

yes oh what did you do let's have a look

it's all

right give me a hanky you get dirt in it

no wonder you fell

over yeah

lick

this now tie it

around aren't you cross your mother's

cross is she being cross all the time

makes you ill didn't you know is she you

no it's Dad he's always cross the doctor

says if he cross again really

cross m

what it's like an

orange he said it'd hurt Bobby bobb's a

horse so Brian can't have the

car can I hide Bobby

here D will think he's escaped just run

off he wouldn't mind

that he doesn't want Brian to have him

can I hide him

here can

I I'll bring him as soon as I can

hi this is Bobby you should have knocked

it's cold mom will be crossy from

late I'll be down he likes apples just a

minute come on

Bob come on Bob come on good

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boy you don't tell anyone will you it's

just for a few days who's is he where

are you from promise

I promise but I have to know who you are

I'll be back he likes hles don't you

Bobby hey just a

minute

hey who uh who was all that a boys just

left him

who I don't

know oh great that's just great it's

only for a few days yeah I've heard that

before a few days but don't get attached

to him eh when he's got to go let

him I have to

Winter I

gu Where Have You Been then looking for

Bobby well where is he then I don't know

the door was open For Heaven's Sake just

look at your

knee you didn't lock up I suppose of

course I

did the doctor says he's not to get

upset probably let Bobby loose you're

not to talk like that you heard what he

said of course honor thy father yes you

better tell the police no

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I'm no hand at this I wish you'd do

it you won't touch

it oh come on girl I do anything for

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you

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no mustn't get to like

Steve's right I get too

involved this

way and he has to go

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back I won't

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care don't go blaming the doctor woman

it's you you take the side against me

you respect you're the

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mouse he's very ill nothing wrong with

his tongue we're all dirt are we even

you see if the police have got

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C have you seen a stray horse one's

missing no well the police have been on

I can't understand it every time hor is

stolen they think we've got

it

stolen are you at your

mind why didn't you tell him it's

probably not the same one you know Jolly

well it is oh don't tell me he's a nice

old horse and someone's got to love

him

no not this time

time you mean when he has to go back you

let

him

yes that'll be the

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day I don't care if you eat or not it's

entirely up to you doesn't bother me

oh Bobby why don't you can I do I mean

three

days have to eat something I no no

intimacies you two it's hate Bobby week

remember

visitors who the

colonel with a

copper show

diplomat's daughter caught red-handed

with stolen

horse you're get into such trouble well

that kid oh yeah uh shut the door behind

you would

you hello Uncle everything all right

Dora no

problems except for

overcrowding Steve says that you happen

a spare stall in the place no you see

she couldn't have taken any lost horse

even if she wanted to could you no the

officer's looking for a horse that was

stolen from the town a red

Road he was seen coming this way a small

boy now who have you got in here uh dark

song Hercules

Domino um well let's have a look shall

we

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[Applause]

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oh we still room for one more then with

the empty

store hey

Dora look what I just

found wondering about

stay he's not one of ours is he I've

never seen him before of you no he doing

some gra butter look of him which his

owner will have to give

him that's

him that's the one there's a turn up eh

yes you ought to keep that back door

closed you now you could get a horse

wandering in without you knowing it give

us the address and we'll take him back

for you see him back to where he belongs

sh be a minute I'll just find where they

want

him oh good it leave it some busy

bu yeah Mr Foy yes we found the

horse the police said he was yours great

Gavin yes Bob's

back good

and get

started show where you went wrong

interfering Busy Body why couldn't you

leave it who said you could come I Tred

take her side take her side what do we

want with it you speak for yourself

you'll not have it I'll do what I

want do you know what that means there

there not there do I

say take a those away

do with it what you like you can't do

that it's my horse no son of mine

begging on the streets that's all you

are mammad Aon card he a

beggar no more not you me none of

us not touch that

cart yeah share the

Stables end of the first week I'll buy

you something nice something you'd

like some beggar you made couldn't even

afford to do that could

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you here you are you better feed him

doesn't touched to think thanks

for you'll be all right will he he can't

do anything you've seen him he's

finished I shocked you didn't

I you hurt him when I get M present I'll

hurt him again

more what do I do not get

one she's not even had a kind from

him God knows it cost little

enough there's money in this I make

twice what Dad got and a bit for

Mom Telly cour for the winter electric

iron you think I Hur

him there's only one kind thing I could

do for Dad

now be a failure be like him

what's the

matter he still won't eat leave some hay

he'll eat it when he wants it hey he's

going to be all right isn't he dad used

to feed him perhaps he's missing dad

that'll be the day come on Bobby for

Evan's sake work tomorrow New Management

don't go letting me down whatever you do

Tom you was in bed

girl all standing around worrying about

Bobby we should have been standing

around

him he's

old

ill they despise him Slugger

Poor

Man Poor

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Man go on off go on go on bless you have

done with

you god get

up don't you know

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always wearing opposite

C go on get up get off

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will remember when we

started hey was going some wasn't

we one

card then a

dozen maybe a

van said looked up to us

then hope for he done right for

himself that's what it

said had a

b had a b something nice

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[Applause]

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hello whatuh yeah Folly

foot all

right I tell

yeah yeah

right that was a police there's been a

bit of an accident it head Foley he's

dead they wanted to go down the boy

asking something about an horse I'll get

wrong you better take the horse box

come on in it's liberty

all all few remaining friends

welcome you got the box then

yes he uh uh Mr Foley burnt the stable

down Mr Foley

Mr

fory we're getting very respectful all

of a sudden aren't

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we

backy

a

back he can't complain say I was a good

wife did my

duty I never want to hear his name

mentioned in this house

again we should have clung on to him I

should have made him eat I'd loved him a

little do you see Ed might still if if

if are you blaming me no

we can go three

ways we can follow the

mind but I couldn't have worked it out

stepen neither could

you knowing what not to do so this

wouldn't

happen or we can follow our

instincts intuition

but who could have

guessed or we can follow the

heart silly capricious misleading old

heart if I had

Steve I would have clung to Bobby and

loved him and never let him

go or taken him where Mr Foley said I

should anything but what I

did and this wouldn't have

happened wasn't you it was me

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where are the

others no one else just

us they want to miss

him Bob is still not eating you were

right he's missing your father

Bobby loved

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him his heart went s when he took the

the terrible of the thunder clap grow

grow the lightning tree it's never too

late for you and me grow grow the

lightning tree never get too

easily down in the menow in the window

scen I whis in the lightning tree dreams

come true when you want them to if you

want them to then it's up to you grow

grow the lightning tree never give to

easily lightning

tree lightning tree

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