03x10 - Humility - Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue

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Whoo!

Yahoo!

Whoa!

( laughing ): Whoa!

A-Annie, watch out for that blind corner!

Hey, I know what I'm doing.

Yeah!

Whoa!

I'm queen of the mountain!

Well, would her majesty mind cooling it a little?

I-I don't want to hug any trees at miles an hour.

Watch it! You're in my way!

If the competition's too hot, find another mountain.

Oh, yeah! Like, this one belongs to the wolf pack!

( howling )

Think so? Well, the last one down the mountain

eats snow for breakfast!

Annie, you don't have to prove anything to those guys.

I don't have to-- I want to.

( grunting )

Ecch!

Looks like I got the free meal.

Ecch!

Ha! Not bad for an amateur!

Amateur?

How about a triple spin off that rock?

If you've got the nerve.

Hey, I've got ice in my veins.

( all gasping )

( all shouting )

Whoa! Whoa!

( yelling )

( grunts )

Whoa!

( grunts )

The ice queen rules this mountain.

And since the wolf pack only lets in the best

I guess I qualify.

It takes more than one fancy spin

to get into this pack.

Come on, Moon Dog.

You think you can take Dead Man's Bluff?

( all gasping )

Dead Man's Bluff?!

Annie, nobody can ride that slope!

I can.

Talk is cheap.

I'm not just talking.

Tomorrow at noon.

You're on!

Good! Are you nuts, Annie?

They don't call it "Dead Man's Bluff" for nothing.

I can do this, Zack.

I'm good, really good.

Yeah. Bragging got you into this into the first place.

I'm not bragging.

You're not?

I'm just telling the truth.

Hi, Annie. What's up?

Oh, hey, Aurora.

Just practicing my snowboarding.

Way up here?

Yeah. I got to be ready.

I challenged two guys to a race down Dead Man's Bluff.

Oh, I don't know about that, Annie.

It's steep and full of hidden crevices and...

I know what I'm doing.

Oh, my, I better tell the others.

Uh, are you sure this is a good idea, Soc?

Sure I'm sure.

It's the only way to keep up with that fancy snowboarder Annie.

Maybe then we can talk some sense into her.

Okay, Ari. Ready... go!

( both yelling )

Hey, Annie

uh, can we talk?

Soc? Ari? Not you, too!

Look, I can handle this mountain.

I've got all my moves down pat.

Well, sure you do

but it's like my granddaddy Billy Bobcat once said:

"You got to look before you leap," and...

You better take your own advice, Soc!

( Socrates yelling )

Whoa...!

Annie: Whoa! Watch out!

( yells )

( grunts )

Ow... my ankle--

I twisted it!

Aw, gee, that's... awful.

Yeah. Now you won't be able to race.

Yes, I will. A little sprain isn't going to stop me.

Well, then we should, uh...

go to Plato's Peak and take a look at it.

That's a good idea.

Maybe Plato can talk some sense into her.

You're really going to love Plato's soup, Annie.

Nothing tastes better on a cold, winter's day.

What is this race, Annie?

Did you enter a contest?

Not exactly. It's just a little, you know

challenge between me and a couple of guys.

You mean a dare.

I'm very good at snowboarding, Plato.

What's wrong with proving it?

Oh, why, nothing, Annie.

But sometimes, the fires of our pride

can blind us from doing what is wise.

Boasting can lead us to do things we shouldn't.

Humility is the missing ingredient

that helps us calm our pride.

From what I can see

Dead Man's Bluff is way too dangerous.

I'm not backing out now.

I want to be in the wolf pack, and this is my ticket.

Well, then, while you're waiting for the swelling to go down

there's just enough time for...

A story about another young lady

who let pride keep her from seeing

that she was biting off more than she could chew.

Slewfoot Sue was a spirited young gal

who had fallen head-over-saddles in love

with the most famous cowboy of them all, Pecos Bill.

Ukulele, anytime now

Bill will be riding up the Rio Grande with his herd

and when he does, he's going to find me-- Slewfoot Sue.

( chattering )

( chattering )

Of course he's going to fall for me

'cause I'm the best ropin', ridin', cowherdin' cowgirl

in all of Texas!

And the prettiest, too.

( chattering )

What do you mean, it's not like me to brag?

Bragging's part of being a cowboy.

( chattering )

Besides, Ukulele

I ain't that shy young lady no more.

I've left that girl behind me

like a sidewinder sheds his skin.

Pecos Bill needs a gal who can match him toe-to-toe.

( chattering )

What's so special about Pecos Bill?

Why, he's about the greatest cowboy there ever was.

Aristotle: When Bill was a baby, his family was moving out west

and their covered wagon was full up with young 'uns.

So, when Bill fell out into the desert

nobody noticed.

Well, not exactly nobody.

And so little Bill was raised by a family of coyotes.

And because of Bill's unusual upbringing

he could run

from sunup to sundown and as fast as a deer.

Last one to the river's a blue-nosed gopher!

He could jump further than a bighorn sheep...

( roaring )

...and wrestle a bear just for the fun of it.

And after a hard day in the desert

Bill would get together with his coyote brothers

and howl at the moon.

( howling )

So you see, Ukulele, Pecos Bill's no ordinary cowboy.

So it's going to take a special gal to rope his heart

and that gal is me.

It's Bill!

Now's my chance.

( chattering )

There was Bill

riding on his mighty horse Lightning

slung over his shoulder

a -foot rattlesnake for a lasso.

Little did the king of cowboys know

that he was about to meet his match.

Come on, Bossy!

Get a move on, Elsie!

Buster, get the lead out!

Slewfoot Sue: Yee-ha!

Whoo-hoo!

Hey, Bill, get a load of the size of that catfish!

Holy coyote! It done snatched up that young gal!

I'll have her rescued in two shakes of a rattlesnake's tail.

Okay, Pete, do your thing.

( grunts )

Howdy, Bill.

Nice to meet you.

Uh, pleasure's mine, ma'am. Uh...

Glad to have had the opportunity

to rescue a young lady such as yourself.

Rescue?! Young lady?!

Why, it seems, Pecos Bill

that you have no idea who you have just lassoed.

Lightning, she look familiar to you?

Well, seeing as you don't know

I am the world's greatest catfish-ridin'

alligator-wrestlin', cowpunchin' hand in these parts.

Not to mention the most gorgeous cowgirl you'll ever meet.

They call me Slewfoot Sue.

I think she left out "exceedingly modest."

...and I'm here to join up with the famous Pecos Bill

and his cattle drive

to Kansas.

What do you say to that, Bill?

Well, I.. I...

I got to ask my partners

Clem and Jake.

And my horse Lightning.

Well, Miss, cowpunching--

oh, that is, cattle herding--

is a tough and dangerous undertaking.

Clem's plumb right.

It requires years of practice and know-how.

Not me.

I was born with spurs on my boots

and a lariat in my hand.

And if Bill would step down from his pretty white horse

I'd gladly show you all a thing or two.

Uh... uh... ride Lightning?

Uh... well, uh...

maybe, after the... the roundup.

So does that mean I get to join up with you, Bill?

Sure. Come on along, Slewfoot Sue.

Aristotle: Sue set her mind to proving

just how good a cowpuncher she really was.

That way, Pecos Bill was certain

to ask her to marry him.

I can't show Bill how I can punch cows

on this old bag of bones.

Why, she's prettier than a cactus in the moonlight.

Don't you think so, Lightning?

You okay, Bill?

You look all feverish.

Well, I do have this warm, fuzzy feeling

in the pit of my stomach.

Which, I think, means I'm in love with Sue.

In love with Sue?

You sure it weren't that possum we ate for supper?

Nope. It's Sue, all right.

Now, that's more my style.

Now, watch closely, Sue

and I'll teach you

how to tame the wild Texas longhorn.

That's okay, Bill.

I can handle it.

Now to reel him in.

Yee-haw!

I'm coming, Sue!

Go, Lightning, go!

( Sue laughing )

( laughing )

( grunting )

( grunting )

Now, why did you go and do that, Pecos Bill?

I was just about to wear him out.

I-I-I-I... uh...

I could have roped him

just like I can ride your highfalutin horse

if I set my mind to it.

Whoa, partner.

That's tall talk.

But it just might take a tad more practice

not to mention patience.

Maybe a slice of humble pie.

I don't need any of those things.

Oh! Whoa up, there!

If the great Pecos Bill can rope a Texas steer

so can Slewfoot Sue.

Ooh-whee! She sure is feisty.

I wonder if

underneath all that bragging and boasting

is a wonderful gal I might like to marry.

Oh, what's a cowgirl got to do

to get Pecos Bill to marry her?

She's got a lot of spunk, that Sue.

But riding Lightning?

That's even crazier than trying to rope that steer.

She'd never get her foot in the stirrup.

Only Bill can ride that horse.

Aristotle: Like a prairie fire out of control

the words of the cowboys

had fanned the flames of Sue's pride.

No horse is going to get between me and my Bill.

If I can ride a -foot catfish, I can ride that Lightning.

Well, that settles it.

If I can lasso a cyclone, I can tame that girl.

Sue? Bill?

I've got something to ask you.

Uh... me, too.

You go first, Sue.

You just got to let me ride Lightning.

But I can't, Sue.

It's too dangerous.

Why he wouldn't even let me ride him

when we first met.

Bill: I had to chase him all the way north

to the Arctic Circle.

And then, all the way south again

but I still couldn't catch him.

So I hitched a ride

on a lightning bolt 'cause it was the only thing

as fast as that gol-darn horse.

Easy, boy.

I think I'll call you Lightning.

So you see, Sue, he...

he don't take too easily to new riders.

Well, I'm different.

I'll show you I can ride your old bronco

just as fine as you.

But you can't, Sue.

Why not?

Because I don't want you to break your pretty little neck

before we get mar... mar...

You mean married?

Yep. As soon as we reach Kansas.

( Sue yelling )

Aristotle: The wedding day finally arrived

but Sue was restless

her pride still stinging like a nest of angry hornets.

Sue, I got something for you.

Oh, what a beautiful wedding dress, Bill!

But there's one present I want more than anything else.

What's that, Sue?

I want to ride Lightning on my wedding day.

I'll let you ride my horse someday-- any day--

but not on our wedding day.

I got to go get the parson.

I'll show you and all the rest of Texas

what Pecos Bill's girl can do.

Yep. What more could I ask for, Clem?

You as my best cowboy

and the prettiest girl in Texas for my bride...

if she shows up.

Yee-haw!

I'm Slewfoot Sue, and I'm queen of the cowboys!

( all gasping )

Bill! Uh... help!

Sue!

My Sue!

She's bouncing for the moon!

Lightning, that's no way

to treat my bride-to-be.

Now you help me save her.

Help!

Help!

Okay, Pete, I only got one chance

before she bounces all the way to the next darn galaxy.

Oh!

Can you ever forgive me, Bill?

I shouldn't have done all that boasting and bragging

and letting my pride make me do foolish things.

Well, that's a good start.

Go on.

I'm really not like that, Bill.

I'm really kind of shy and modest.

I just thought you wouldn't fall for me

if I was myself.

Well, gosh, you didn't need to prove nothing to me

or my horse, Sue

'cause I love you just like you are.

Right, Lightning?

Oh, Bill!

Aristotle: And because Slewfoot Sue learned her lesson

she and Bill lived a long and prosperous life together

taming the rest of the wild west.

( all howling )

So you see, partner

a little humility can go a long way

'cause if you let your pride make you do rash things

you could end up on the moon, or worse.

Cool story, Ari. Very cool.

How's your ankle, Annie?

Much better. Thanks.

Ooh! I'm going to be late.

But... but, Annie, come back!

What's she going to do, Plato?

The right thing, of course.

Whoa! Totally radical!

Check that mondo slope.

She's late.

I didn't think she'd show.

Oh, well. Guess she lost her nerve.

There she is!

It's about time, Annie!

You ready to shred this mountain

like a true wolf?

I'm not going down.

Hah! I knew she was chicken.

Nobody calls me chicken!

Unless it's the truth.

And the truth is, only a fool

would go down that slope.

Hey, I ain't no fool.

Then give up this stupid dare

unless you'd rather break your neck.

It was your idea.

Yeah, and a stupid one.

I thought I had to prove to the world

I was Number One to get into the pack.

Well, if that's what it takes to be a wolf

I'll pass.

I guess I win by default.

You coming, Moondog?

Uh... why not?

It's like Plato always says, Aurora:

"Pride comes before a fall."

And Annie learned it just in time.

Oh, speaking of falls.

( yelling )

( yelling )

Ooh!

Oh! Ooh!

Oh... uh...

Who put that tree there?

Oh, brother.