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easily
then it's up to you
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breakfast come and get it ah flat
terminal
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go slugger strikes again
wasn't disappointing
just one small thing first
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sorry meow mates an important matter to
be attended to
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there you are my good deed for the day
but you know what
i reckon that tree gets more water than
what they do dehydrated donkeys
cheer up brothers it's in a noble cause
hi steve
breakfast but for me thanks no breakfast
nope
i miss my boss
bus
where are you going
that away
i've got to go but steve
i've got the weekend off
what do you mean
i mean the colonel said i can have today
and tomorrow off
bye
it's steve
i'll see you when i see you
oh
surprise surprise eggs and bacon
tell me
did you know about steve having the
weekend off well yeah now you come to
mention it
why didn't you tell me because he asked
me not to
really
he didn't want to bother you i suppose
bother me why should i be bothered
i was just thinking of the work that's
all
now is that nice
i ask you is that night
what do you think i'm here for nate i
don't normally come in on a saturday do
i or hadn't you noticed
you knew as well
well yeah now you come to mention it
wait what about your breakfast
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hey
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cheer
up i'm all right
just tired that's all
yeah
hey
are you any good on your pins
waggling yell one two
dancing you know
this sort of stuff
hey
i don't know
because there's a
local opt down at village hall tonight
oh it's nothing classy just a bit of the
old uh
you know that sort of thing
how would you like to come
i don't know the modern dances there's
nothing to it
straight up you just uh
you know shake it about a bit and
i'll tell you what
you follow ron you'll soon get a knack
do you good
all right
that's a girl
i'll pick you up at alpha 7.
if i can get the bike to work
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hello gran
it's deviant of course it is what do you
think it was one of your boyfriends
wicked lads
milly
it's steve
steve what a surprise
lovely surprise grand prize surprise he
said he was coming didn't you lad
no why you did of course you did we had
tea you sat there said you'd come back
soon you remember
that was two years ago grant no no no no
don't be so daft
have you had anything to eat
no
i'll get you something
you are looking very well
fine thanks
auntie yes
have you heard anything about mum
what's that
i was asking if you'd heard anything
about mum
that lot allah told her she'd come to no
good
now graham
don't now ground me
i told her didn't i in this very room
can't be more normal for the girl you've
seen her
take the notice love
find yourself a nice steady man and
start again
remember millie remember my telling of
that
that's when you were about four a mine's
a bit muddled
that's when steve's dad was k*lled
graham thought she ought to marry again
but your mother went all to pieces
poor soul it was a terrible shock
and you've heard nothing from her since
no
i told her just other day
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come and help me mct
we're just going to put kettle on
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we haven't seen hannah hide of your
mother since what
when you were four was it she left you
at that orphanage
all we've had from her was the one
letter no it was a postcard telling us
what she'd done and where she'd left you
and you've heard nothing since no
well not really
what do you mean auntie
well we had a policeman round a couple
of weeks ago
asking us if she was here
because of this
what's that love i don't know why i saw
it i just did oh you will have to read
it i'm respect son
a woman was arrested last night for
disorderly conduct after being evicted
from a council flat in seton
it's no liverpool isn't it
evicted for non-payment of rent appears
before magistrates today
she was where is it
catherine ross 43
that's mom isn't it
yes
what's happened to her
what did the police say nothing they
want to find her that's all
no one knows where she's gone
oh steve it's all for
the police and the newspapers and all
your mother
these things happen auntie
yes sir i suppose they do
folly foot folly foot
to washi sperm i can't say is have ever
heard of anything like that before
it's not only that
it's for old horses that have retired or
sick ones injured ones
i like an old people's all but for
horses
we look after any that need help
you should have been with me a place i
would have the other week man there had
a norse a wild and andy beaten the very
daylight said a bit you could tell there
were blood
begging your pardon miss thank you
you should have told the rspca none of
my business is it it is yours i suppose
he can do what he likes we it what beat
it i know then why didn't you do
something you could you're a stranger
i've got to live in he's our postman
just helps outness at me are jumping in
a bit of gardening
spotting that horse we sort of in the
course of my duties you might say
we're trusted you know but you could
tell me no one need know
i
but mind you don't say note
but no one did ought to treat any
creature like that come to think on it
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uh
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hello
colonel steve i'm a skeptic i gotta have
the horse box get a grip on yourself
what's the trouble
it's a horse it's dying well whose is it
i gotta have the horsebox is the owner
there
he's drunk he wouldn't know he wouldn't
care
look even's as bad as you say it is
it's dying all right i believe you but
we can't take a horse without permission
we've got to it it's half dead he could
die tonight die anyway by the sound of
it
look i'm at scepter eckersley lay i'll
be waiting in the road i can't have this
steve it's miles away now get back here
at once and we'll talk about it i'm not
coming back without a horse
what i am not coming back without the
horse
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it's gone midnight colonel yes i know
any sign of dora no
where's she gone she called down didn't
she we've run
dancing
not a hope
there's nothing i can do
you've got to now look there must be
something
it hasn't helped moving her if you want
to know
course it's helped she's had rest and
she's had food and she's i love hasn't
she
would you ever die any other way
you've done your best steve we know that
sean be a moment
what are you gonna do
look she's in pain
riddle with sores she's starving she
can't eat she can't stand
she's dying
what do you expect me to do
no it would be kinder no it wouldn't
she go without knowing
without knowing what love is
look you remember charlie the pit pony
how many times did you say then
give him a little time in the sun
give him a few more days but this is
slightly different i've seen where she's
been
and what she's been through
call me in the morning eh
you'll stay with her william
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telephone if you want anything
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the meaning of that
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that's
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have a good dance
yes
fun was it
yes
good
didn't think it'd be your sort of scene
village hops
ron
it wasn't
really
you still had fun
yes
what's the matter steve
i've got a dying horse haven't i
it's not enough
is that what it's all about
really yes
really
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steve
oh steve what is it
chucked out on the streets
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and who gave her dad do you know
who gave her damn
gone to pieces and nobody cared
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there's got to be someone
someone's got to care
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here
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how is she
so so
has she eaten anything
no
would you like me to stay with her while
you get some sleep no i'd rather
anything you want
no
okay
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no point in asking if he wants any
breakfast i suppose
no
well he or two set him up for the
morning but he'll break some bacon
remember thanks for the proper breakfast
texas
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come on no long faith be over in a day
or two
something's changed
i feel it
no it hasn't nothing's changed it has
i'm frightened slugger
i'm frightened
come on try
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how is she
oh this is intolerable he had no right
to bring that thing here in the first
place he has no hope in hell of saving
her and now he won't let us put her out
of her misery
i agree with you you're the boss
right come on let's go and have a look
at him
there's not much sign of any work being
done this morning
i know i'll do it
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steve
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she may live a day possibly more two at
the most in pain all the time she ought
to be put down
no
my bad's in the car
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so much for all we stand for
all you've taught us to believe
don't give up
they're entitled to their day in the sun
why put down horses when they useless
and not cats and dogs or people you're
deliberately misunderstanding what i
said am i
you know very well you are
you tell me what you hope to achieve by
keeping that horse alive
a day in the sun
we're too late steve
we're too late
what did your grandmother have to say
aren't you getting things a little
muddled up
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no one knows where she is
no one cares
except you
nobody knew where she was
but she was found
too late of course that's the trouble
but she was found
give anything to save that horse
wouldn't you
with love you owe somewhere else
isn't it time you faced up to it
and gave it where it is really needed
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ah uh
what time is it
just go on six he'll miss his butt if
you don't look sharp
steve hi
steve must you
the colonel's right daughter
he always is isn't he
i wish i understood
it's my mother dora
she's in trouble
somewhere
she's alone and she's in trouble
i've got to find her tell her it's all
right
somebody cares
her day in the sun
yeah
her day in the sun
will you come back
would the colonel let me
yes of course
so speaks to mistress of oliver
then i'll be back oh steve come on i
know that
some horses in here need feedings
don't want them to see you being crying
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see you when i see
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ah
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uh
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is
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to
your trees
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you
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01x13 - A Day in the Sun
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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.
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.