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never give
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if you want
then it's up to you
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come
on oh come on kalinka
there's nothing to be afraid of
you want to play this silly game again
do you
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alright i'm off
now come on
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what
good
might be a funny game to you but that's
four times i've been off this afternoon
chomping you out again
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come on girl
it's all right there's nothing to be
afraid of
oh kalinka no for heaven's sake
if you think i'm getting off again
you're wrong
look i've had enough of your silly games
now come on
dora
steve
i'm over here
in the river
i thought you were kidding oh steve help
me out
why what's up it's kalinka she keeps
stopping
on
come on
come on you've got to get off she won't
go unless she'll leave her what do you
mean get off
come on stop messing about come on it
smells good i've had it all afternoon
then why did you ride into the river
well i'm planning out the cross-country
course for saturday
oh yeah
dora's great sports gala
it's a good idea
thought out and planned stuck in the
middle of the river it would be fun you
see
look how you're going to help me around
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you are a naughty girl now look what
you've done
pardon my own gentlemanly behavior
in front of a lady too
i was referring to kalinka of course
of course
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dora
um
this gymkhana thing you're organizing
for saturday
yes
can i invite wendy
on tammany of course
you can see how they're doing
i suppose so
she's a bit old isn't she it's meant for
children
i thought there were some things for
older girls
the cross country that's all
that's fine
tammy should be good at that
or can i
yes all right
invite who you like
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oh
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i said forget it it's giving everybody
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facing in the same direction it's a race
you've got them in a circle looks like
the merry-go-round of hampton people get
back
right now then watch it now watch it on
your line now then come along head up
chin in chest out now all set now don't
forget i'll just recap once you go and
burst the balloon over the flower pot
through the tires eat the apple and back
here as quick as you go right go
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just like the good old days they slugger
yeah bit of army discipline smarten them
up
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ah
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so there we have it folks first miss
bucktooth 1972
second an horrible little girl in
pigtails hey watch it watch it now can i
have the first three please over here
for your lovely prizes come along
steve you're supposed to be down at
folly foot planning out the course for
the cross country i know well it starts
in a minute
see you very good well done
a nice teddy bear for you penelope well
done that's jolly good and what's your
name
andrew a sword for you sir andrew
there we are well done
said the lord
just the cross country
we're racing against wendy i see
yes
well no prize for the winner no
you're that short of winning are you i
might oh there would be a prize i think
so you stay on this side
they'll all come down round the lake
you've got to point their way back okay
now go to the colonel's place
ah
but don't worry i'll come back
hello
hello
she's beautiful
it's a he
right now you all ready now you know the
way don't you through the trees down to
folly foot by the lake and back here
steve and slugger are down there and
they'll show you the way right now when
i drop the flag ready
steady go
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oh my god
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i just couldn't get him going
oh trust dazzy to buy me a slow one
time when he's not slow you know
it's you
you're too tense
horses can tell are nervous ryder
dora's good isn't she
it's what she's all about
she lives for horses is that why she
doesn't like me because i've only got
two legs
dora doesn't dislike anyone
she's just not that interested in people
just horses
really
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steve
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yeah
hey i thought seven had to go past there
was only six do you think once chucked
it in
wendy
oh
hello miss
you better be off i'll be waiting for
you uh we could phone tell the colonel
she's here
stay for tea
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well
i enjoyed that
i can't say i'm sorry it's over i'm not
very good at buns lemonade and proud
parents
well i think we deserve a cup of tea
don't you i just need a copper won't be
long right
thank you
i say yeah
are you doing anything this evening
there's a little hop down the village i
just wondered if you'd like to come
along
well i hello wendy
hope you enjoyed yourself yes thank you
ver good tea yes
coffee at the disco then
touch of the old ray maps eh no thank
you
i was hoping steve would what
give me some help with my riding lessons
yeah i'd love to i don't seem to be very
good you've got to get used to tammany
first
who won a race or need and i asked you
needn't ask
after t then
hmm
yeah fine
high up storm coming
you've put tammany in copper's stable
there wasn't another empty one you know
how upset copper gets okay i'll shift
him go and have some tea i want to rub
him down settle him
but can't wait just five minutes
all right leave it i'll do it myself
keep your hands down and even
look through his ears that's it
hands down
look
you're all tensed up
just just sit into your saddle and relax
you gotta sit naturally
you're all stiff no i'll never be any
good yes you will
i don't want it
yeah anymore
i'll ask dora if tammany could stay the
night
does she run the place oh dora
well not really
it's more hers than mine if you see what
i mean i see all right
she thinks only of the horses yes so you
keep saying
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what's up with the horses today
nothing why
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oh no
oh kalinka
oh no
hi hello steve town is nearly ready dora
suggested we try a different saddle
it'll make it easier
dora has
yes
steve i don't feel like riding today
i brought the pygmy campbell with me can
you come for a drive
i'm not sure
you have to ask dora of course
no
just tell her that's all
but she's out
be brave
live a little
okay
will you drive
will i
oh that's smashing looking bodywork
i wouldn't trust him with it myself
i take it you refer to the call
and what else do i refer to may i ask
slugger
can you call the vet it's polinka
there's something wrong with her it's
her eyes
it's known as moon blindness you're sure
are you i'm afraid so
well how long did you give her
before she's totally blind well that's
very difficult to say
of course she may not go totally blind
poor old girl
there's always something isn't that
you'll take care of her when she'll
give her the best we've got
she's the daughter of a big wig
ambassador somewhere
buenos aires i think
somewhere like that
and they've got lots of money
that's all i know really
and you
me
i'm a coal miner son
he was k*lled when i was a kid
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and my mother runs an all-night coffee
store in the liverpool docks
so she bosses you around
now look
dora does not boss me around
i know what you're thinking
okay so she is mistress of folly foot
she is also one of the kindest
gentlest nicest people i've ever known
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hey why wasn't there a prize for the
cross-country race on saturday
i suppose she knew she'd win
she's as confident as that is she
about horses yeah
oh there ought to have been a prize
will you drive me over to my place we
need the horse box so i can take tammany
home
i want to pick something up too
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let's get another cat holding
call it chopped dry in a minute hey hang
about mate you're making me wobble
wobbly says you wouldn't think i shifted
a great car because would ya
look it's an art in it making toast
you're the sort of shift old rembrandt
while i was in the middle of a
masterpiece
oh
sorry i jogged your arm rembrandt my old
mate but i've got to make the tea
hey honey my masterpiece masterpiece
done to a nice golden black
mastic
yeah well it's your fault you distracted
me
hey
cheer up
chin up
tee up
you don't have to worry you know
that's steve
leave it run
look you can work it out can't you
she's flash ain't she she's my type
don't go for me those sort of birds do
yeah i've noticed
so if they go for me i'll swinging wrong
they ain't likely to go for an old
square like steve now are they i ask you
qed
quad erat
whatever it is
demonstrandum hey
oh yeah that's it
so you see oh going all classy this
afternoon thank me first of all
rembrandt now french
italian wow whatever it is it's the
darkest bit of framework i've ever heard
look i know steve he's not the type no
him if you know him you're the only one
that does ain't that right
he's a dark horse that's his trouble
never know where he's going to jump
you just trust all ronnie
now stop moving come and have your team
stop it stop it do you hear how can i
get finished
oh kalinka
laura
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yes
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oh yeah
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saga just told me
i'm sorry
poor old thing
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it's not your day is it
win a few lose if you eh
oh steve
come on
there's someone to see you
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it's wendy
she's uh
come to collect her horse
hello dora
i'm terribly sorry about kalinka
i wanted to thank you for letting me be
in the cross-country race on saturday
that's all right i wasn't very good
tammany can be funny sometimes
it wasn't tammany it was me
as i've been told in no uncertain terms
counts a lot in this place doesn't it
are you are with horses
anyhow i brought a present for the
winner
thanks for the race
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i ought to have had it inscribed
to one of the kindest gentlest nicest
people i've known
end of quote
you're giving away state secrets
come on
let's get your horse
is
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dreams come true if you want them too if
you want them to then it's up to you
grow and grow
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02x08 - The Prize
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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.