01x01 - The Witch of Avonlea

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fancy going to sleep in that retrieved

the wind was rocking it

why weren't a human girl

think I'd like to be a bee and live

amongst the flowers yesterday you wanted

to be a seagull don't be so

fickle-minded and help me fold the

laundry oh give me another word spell

Marilla and make it the most abstract

word you can think of the most what it

means difficult

I don't know why you can't just say what

you mean Anne that's just it Marilla I'm

trying to say precisely what I mean oh

please give me a word to spell I don't

want to let down my team you're only

going up against students from Comedy

exactly and the winning School receives

a brand new bell Carmody school doesn't

have a bell and they are all exceptional

spellers well Avonlea could certainly

use a new school bell since ours is

broken oh Marilla don't remind me what

if I make a mistake I'll be mortified

quick give me a word

um

ridiculous oh

thank you that's a very abstruse word

r-i-d-i-c-u-l-o-u-s whatever are you

talking to yourself about Anne I didn't

give you that word of course you didn't

the toad did now that truly is

r-i-d-i-c-u-l-o-s

o u s even so you have the most curious

imagination

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look a witch

hush and it's only Peg bowling

what can we do for you today Peg I'm

looking for my toad Marilla

I'm begging you hold her off there he is

save me little girl please why do you

want a toad Pig no business of yours

Marilla nor yours little girl yes why do

you want a toad I'm curious Marilla says

I'm too curious she's always saying and

Shirley curiosity k*lled the cat but you

really have to wonder about that there's

certainly an abundance of cats and Abby

Lee and they all seem curious to me you

let him get away you did that on purpose

now Peg really a toad you're making a

mountain out of nothing if you don't get

him back I wouldn't want to be in your

shoes reeling pen what a lot of Falls

we're all

go away now we're busy a curse upon you

both

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answer is just cast a spell on us

Fiddlesticks Peg bowling is nothing but

a Wandering gypsy

foreign

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what kind of spell that's what's so

excruciating about it Diana I don't know

so far nothing seems different then how

do you know she cast a spell if you'd

been there you'd know she cast a spell

ensures my name is Anne Shirley

yes Miss King you're supposed to be

practicing you're spilling but I have

been practicing Miss King every waking

minute well let's see what you know come

join your team

now you three know we're counting on you

to win the school bell at the County

Spelling Bee and we only have two

blessed days to prepare

we are certainly ready Miss King

think of it a triumphant new bell to

ring Us in chorus to assemble morning

noon and day's end instead of that

broken piece of Steel up there it'll be

a source of Pride for years for the town

and the students who study here

no class who has a word for and to spell

yes Diana

Adventure

very good Diana

Adventure a d v e n c

h c h

um

okay no that's silly T and Shirley I

thought you said you'd been practicing I

have Miss King honestly I've done

nothing but spell spell all week

spell oh dear it started I'm cursed a

team is only as strong as its weakest

link and Charlie honestly Miss King I

don't know what would be so terrible if

we didn't win how dare you say anything

so traitorous you had better not let

this class down or you'll never be able

to hold your head up in avently again

I won't I promise I promise not to let

anyone down

Matthew

the most indescribably appalling thing

has happened

um Marilla Now where's that teapot

what's happened to the house

the place isn't a bit of a tip isn't it

oh there it is

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goodness knows where my glasses have

gotten to I'm completely upside down

without my spectacles it's not your

spectacles Marilla it's pegball and

spell wherever do you get such Notions

and Shirley remember what Peg said a

curse on both of us well I couldn't

spell a single word at school and you

can't keep the house in order

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Stop Believing every half-imagined

notion that pops into your head or you

can go straight back to the orphanage

where you came from I'll try to do

anything you want me to Marilla it's a

million times nicer to the Anne of Green

Gables than Anna of nowhere in

particular

oh

formidable I have

f o r

m

a

I I of course it's I not a d i b l e I

knew that

oh I'm going to let everybody down

I should have just let that witch have

her toad

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do you dig girl

I'm in the most uninjurable predicament

Because of You Mr Toad me by the way I'm

not a toad well whatever you are if I

hadn't saved you Peg bone would never

have cast a spell on me then it's my

turn to save you isn't it

come on I I

um

where are we going in my experience if

you're under a spell it's best to go to

the source of the problem you mean Peg

Bowen oh not the witch no please take me

back whoa

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you must have heard the dinner bell

you're just in time or what

don't ask join me in some alphabet soup

all that's missing is some a-n-n-e

-a-n-n-e that's a that's me

and you'll be in the soup if you can't

spell why won't you go on prove yourself

spill embarrassment

m b a r e no no no wrong last chance

spell Fiasco Fiasco oh dear

f e e no no no

you're is cooked

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that's the most deplorable nightmare

I've ever had

morning Anne oh goodness Marilla we are

in deep trouble

look at this place I still haven't found

my glasses that Peg bones got us both

under her curse what do we do

we're gonna put this Witch of Avonlea in

her proper place

Pig born oh please Marilla you can keep

me at the bottom of a well and feed me

bread and water but speaking to Peg

would be a fate greater than death

itself it's time we settled this matter

once and for all and put your

over-exaggerated imagination to rest

I believe this wood is haunted

I feel the fingers of a hundred ghosts

and goblins crawling up my spine

nonsense and it's only a spruce wood

like any other

well

she's frightened out of her wits by your

high-handed accusations yesterday Peg I

want you to settle this matter once and

for all explain to this child that you

my good woman are no witch so you've

lost your skills have your pet I can't

spell for love nor money Miss Miss Bowen

you see do you honestly believe that

spells are that easy to erase Marilla

Cuthbert now Peg I mean business what do

you think child I I don't know you're a

reasonable woman but your sense of humor

goes too far sometimes maybe yes maybe

no

spells are real if you believe them and

as you do believe and surely I know your

kind compassionate witch I've been told

they're both bad witches and good

witches I swear you must be the latter

as Miss Cuthbert says you're so

reasonable but finding your toad is like

finding a needle in a haystack I'll

never find him in a Month of Sundays

that's not my problem is it

you find it by sunset or you'll never

spell a game

I hope you're pleased with yourself pen

Bowen come on Anne we've had enough of

this remember sunset or else

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foreign

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would you like me to help you study

thank you Marilla but

perhaps there's something to take care

of first

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oh please Mr orangey brownie thingy

whatever you are wherever you are lost

something I'm underspelled and I've

gotta find this creature who looks like

a toad before Sundown or a loose the

County Spelling Bee spell something for

us will you oh not now spell Snapdragon

spell mustache no smell chrysanthemum

chrysanthemum well CR

I no no no no it is

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I'm in the depths of Despair is

something wrong my child she said she

was in the depths of Despair didn't she

there's no need to snap you always snap

only when you overlook the obvious which

you always do I was merely showing

empathy for the child whereas you never

know how excuse me go ahead child don't

mind him me you're the one who started

it started what it was you who thank you

for being so understanding but can you

please just tell me if you've seen an

orangey brownie Toady thingy that talks

I'm obliged to find him Before Sunset

have you tried calling him nonsense

toads and frogs never come when they're

called no harm in trying ribbit ribbit

oh since when have you spoken frog I'm

speaking Toad and I took language

courses when you were a mere sapling

that's it I'm finished sun setting Peg

bones right my goose is cooked

oh Matthew I've asked everyone from the

violets in the veil to the tadpoles in

the lake of shining Waters and nobody

saw a talking toad well somebody better

find marilla's glasses or we'll never

get fed it's not the glasses Matthew

it's this curse I'm gonna lose the

spelling bee and every time that new

school bell rings in comedy they'll say

it's thanks to and surely we have this

belt and Evan Lee doesn't

you already have what you need to win

the spelling bee

it's right in there easy for you to say

when you don't have a curse on you my

dear end

you're bigger than any curse

paintballing could possibly cast you can

spell you just need to get your

confidence back

come on spell my name that's easy you

think so m-a-t-t-h

-80w like I said

not much of a curse

if you look

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huh

what's this Rose chicken of course

Marilla I think you cooked the wrong

part of the bird

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Lance sakes

what a disaster this house is

I'm never Matthew fetch me that broom

and help me set these plates right there

was no curse at all

and Felicity Gilbert need I remind you

that all of Evan Lee is counting on you

to win that Bell we know you'll enjoy

the sound as much as we will miss King

I only hope that nobody on the team lets

us down I'll do my best Felicity that's

all I can do the contest starts any

minute you head on in

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there you are toad wait

I am not a toy toe everything's fine I

just want to turn him to me

he's not a toad and I don't believe that

orangey brownie thingy whatever it is

wants to be caught Peg Bowen that's none

of your Affair is it now help me get him

I'll do no such thing then that curse

remains and you'll fail your team I

don't believe I ever was under a curse

you're nothing but a Great Imposter

there's more hoax than Hocus Pocus in

all your finger pointing

better think twice about trying to

frighten redheads or Marilla and I will

make sure all of Adam Lee runs you out

of town you dare to take that chance

with pleasure

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oh mercy I think's a million for your

help you saved my life I only hope I

didn't destroy mine

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laughs

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and Shirley

your first word is carrots

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carrots

c a r r o t s

carrots that's correct

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precise

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p-r-e-c-i-s-e-w-i-r-y wiring entry

i n t r

oh

scientific

s c

i e n t i f i c

scientific

surgeon s t u r j

sturgeon

s-t-u-r-g-e-o-n hallucination

h a l u s

and now for the final question

the correct speller will take home a

spanking new bell for his or her school

the word is

abstruse abstruse

a b s t r u c f

and Shirley you can spell abstruse you

win the spelling bee

abstruse a b s t r u s e fstrus that's

correct

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well miss King you got your bell and

Anne really showed those folks from

Comedy

she's our end I knew you'd come around

to our way of seeing things Hattie now

and we need to head back to Green Gables

and finish tidying just a minute I'll

catch up did you see that well kid you

did it I didn't worry about the Bell or

winning or anything I only thought about

doing my best I don't know if you're

real or imagined but I'm so happy I

could kiss you uh

don't let me stop you

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I'm free I'm free I'm free

I've been waiting for years for someone

like you to come along uh allow me to

introduce myself I'm dryad a wood nymph

Peg's been trying to catch me she's

worried about me wielding my Powers over

her your wish is my command thank you

but I I don't have any problems that

need solving right now uh maybe not but

knowing you the bit I do I dare say you

will

oh

you were right Matthew I was was I I was

bigger than Peg bowling's curse but I

was so frightened of losing I guess I

just couldn't see it well I'm glad you

found your confidence again and

gorilla and me were

both awful proud of you

I'm going to imagine that I'm the wind

blowing in those Treetops

when I get tired of the trees I'll fly

over Miss King's Garden and the lake of

shining Waters and ripple it all up

there's so much more scope for the

imagination in the wind don't you think

so Matthew

am I talking too much Marilla says

she'll send me back if I do I won't talk

anymore Matthew you talk and imagine all

you

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want

foreign

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foreign