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01x08 - Moonstone

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.

01x08 - Moonstone

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oh

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so

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it's her

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is

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is

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oh

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he won't even take his bow now he's

beared up too tight he can't get down if

you keep tugging at his head

are you proposing to stay here all

afternoon they're not even going to rub

him down oh for heaven's sake well he'll

catch coal well they must know what

they're doing now do come along cali i'm

sure we're not supposed to be here

i do think people are wicked what can we

do mommy nothing of course

look kelly there's nothing i can do

anyway i don't expect it's as bad as you

think it is it is

you've got to do something got two got

what do you mean got to

now look

if i took in every ill-treated horse

that was reported to me i'd have half

the horses in the country here

look you're as bad as dora

you could buy him oh so that's it you

want me to buy moonstone can't you

no

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dizzy

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cali

what are you doing steve you've got to

help me

why

where can i hide him

who's is it where do you get it from

it's moonstone i've taken him from the

circus

you've what

i've taken him from the circus i had to

steve no one else cared you stupid knit

what do you expect us to do now

hide him

don't be so deaf we can't yes we can

now look

i've been in trouble with the police

once already what do you think they'll

do if they find this on my hands you're

helping him stealing him that's what

they call it

please steve

no one will know

it's only until the circus leaves until

tomorrow

then

i don't know i'll think of something

please steve

well they can't stay here that's for

sure

i was thinking what well that shed down

by the lake and no one ever goes there

oh what am i letting myself in for now

thanks steve

you're a pet

look left hurry up it's getting light

you take him down the shed and i'll get

some hay

casey

and thanks

come on

do you know what they say

the lord helps those who help themselves

and they load up those who are caught

helping themselves

oh

i thought someone here might have seen

him

well they do sometimes run away there's

other horses yeah i was a circus you

know

oh yeah

live it yours is it wasn't that

bareback act i've not seen him

i told him

the night watchman said he saw him

running off

but he'd been untied

have you uh

give me to the police well it's worth

you know what these country covers alike

it's them who told me about this place

oh it's not here

hey you

have you seen a loose horse i've lost

one

she's from the circus no i've not seen

one

he used to work in a circus boxing

if that's not one of the ugliest things

i've ever seen

i do keep these old wrecks alive they

burn to rest

oh that's my boyfriend

better not keep him waiting

home frill nags eh

well i better go otherwise they might

think you've taken me in

now come on out with it what i can

always tell when you're lying you have

got her horse is the one callie was

upset about isn't it

where is he steve

i won't let on

okay

but you're not to tell kelly i told you

she wants it between me and her

she would what do you mean don't you

know what it means when girls want to

share secrets with fellas you promised

not to tell

i promise

it's in the old shed down by the lake

oh steve

someone's sure to find it

it's only till the circus goes

that's tonight's of calluses

then i think it's something else you

better have you'll never keep this quiet

for long

thought i went to cali mind you promised

hey

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we're sharing a secret now

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hello

hello where have you been

collecting plants what's that a new

hobby or something it's for school

so where are they

i didn't find any i'll have to try again

later

well well

so we collect plants now do we

a dandelion a day keeps teacher away

lots of people collect flowers there's

nothing wrong with that collecting

flowers no

but in a shed

so

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nice

the great arm of the law at work

it's an inspiration to us all in it

gives us

confidence as law-abiding citizens

now you think

you know

keeping law and order and all that

they'll make mince meat are you mate if

they cop you what would your record shut

up

steve

oh steve

bert's looking for that circus horse you

haven't seen him anywhere have you no

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shed a little tear

a little tear i

shed shut up ron

shut up

yeah that's good girl

shut up a little tear

in a shed

oh no kind of thing if it's not so good

is it

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what's that down there then

what

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oh that oh you've used it for years

uh

well i want to look everywhere i suppose

oh that's no good it's much too damp

it's terribly muddy down there isn't it

steve yes it is

hey

well if you see anything colonel perhaps

you'll let me know

and of course

you know at seven o'clock every morning

i clean my boots

listen to the news and polish them

come out past state i might just sort of

save me time

there's a lot to be said for pavements

you know

townsfolk don't know how lucky they are

well there's a fine thing in it

abandoning the trail because he didn't

want to get his big boots mucky oh shut

up rock go and find yourself some work

to do bro governor

shed a little tear

you know that is a bit of an eyesore

gosh i've lived around here for years

i've never noticed how ghastly that

looks

steve wonder what time you might take it

down you can always use it for firewood

yeah okay

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there we go

she's 15.

for heaven's sake she would have an idea

of right and wrong by now but she has

that's the point she has dog poppycock

she's blinded by sentimentality not the

same thing

damn it all anna i practically lied to

that policeman told him the hut hadn't

been used for years but you didn't know

that wasn't a

lie anyway

what do we do now that's the problem

what do we do now

have you any idea what courage it must

have taken her

to do what she did

what a way to bring up a child do

anything you want as long as you have

the nerve is that it

why doesn't she rob a bank that's not

the point she did it to save moonstone

look i've seen that horse and it's

perfectly healthy always a bit thin

perhaps but nothing to suggest ill

treatment

he's too old maybe but then aren't we

all

ah you women are all the same

you flatter yourselves that you're

compassionate but half the time it's

just thoughtless sentiment

no reason no logic

and you teach your children to be

sentimental too that's the worst of it

you know kelly used to have a good

friend at school

becky something daughter of that farmer

up at withersthorpe you know the one you

told callie was a m*rder*r because he

shoots pheasants you remember i didn't

say he was a m*rder*r i said it was

m*rder to sh**t first he shoots

pheasants by the hundred and kelly

hasn't spoken to her since you said that

then there was prissy tarber the

squire's niece

didn't you say hunting is a barbaric

ritual of cruelty

anyway chrissy and callie came to blows

and half the form won't speak to cali

now they sent her to coventry for a week

too yes but haven't you always said we

must remember the difference between

necessary cruelty like k*lling cows for

meat and unnecessary cruelty like

k*lling foxes for sport

and frightening horses into doing circus

tricks but that's totally i don't think

you realize how much cali hero worships

you

do you know she she's prepared to lose

all her friends just to stand up for the

things you've taught her to believe in

you're going to let her down now

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oh you mean you mean the circus horse ah

well

uh mind your boots sergeant it's like a

bog over here

yeah we lost paul slugger that way see

i was just joking officer you want to

see him do you he's over at the house

i'll hold your bike boy if you like

superintendent oh hang on hang on i'm in

no worry

not used eh

do you want to take your boots off save

them getting dirty

i'll own them for you if you like

your majesty

hello it's you again

yes i uh

this is for you

the can only had 40 in cash but there's

a check for another 60.

it's for moonstone

the colonel's your bosses yeah

seems to me like your boss is trying to

buy his way out of a whole heap of

trouble

do you know where the colonel might be

do i know where the colonel might be

says

no i wouldn't and i wouldn't tell you if

i did oh not too smug you are mate i

think i don't know a cop oil he's onto

something

yeah there's no trouble is there

well lisa

could be a matter of a stolen horse

would you believe

i was treating him badly harry said so

too

he was too old

oh he's a good horse in his time we were

old pals

but

he got too old and will you sell him

you've got another one

we look after him give him a nice home

let him relax and enjoy himself for a

bit

please

purely routine you understand oh what is

it

oh

i see you've been down to the hut yes

sir

now then

i had occasion at 12 25 a.m this morning

p.m

a.m this morning p.m hey

afternoon

yes p.m

to ever look in a shed on your property

and you'll find a horse a horse which

answers to the description

of one removed by a person or person's

unknown

from a visiting um

circus

he's here

well i'm sure there's an easy

explanation sir

just routine

but i have to ask

if you're the owner of your horse

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yes i am

oh

yes

well his description answers that of

moonstone or maybe

but he's mine

i'm the owner of the horse what's its

name um

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he's called my hero

after steve

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i wish someone would explain

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is

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is

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come true

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