"original uploader .... "strucni_prevodi"" "SO DEAR TO MY HEART" "The greatest wealth a man may acquire... is the wisdom he gains from living." "And sometimes out of the small beginnings... come the forces that shape a whole life." "So dear to my heart" "That Septembery day" "When that old shady lane" "We strolled" "Was just turning scarlet and gold" "So dear to my heart" "So dear to my heart" "That Decembery day" "When that first touch of frost" "And snow" "Had painted each tree" "In the road" "So dear to my heart" "So dear to my heart" "I still can picture the flowers in a shower" "And that picnic in July" "And I still treasure" "Each and every hour" "Of those years" "That had to fly" "They're locked in my heart" "In a corner apart" "While I tenderly hold" "The key" "As long as I live" "They will be" "So dear" "To my heart" "I can still see the old Kincaid homestead... just the way it was then-- the red barn... and the chinked log cabin with its little loft bedroom... where I used to do my dreaming." "And I can still see Granny out there in the field... and General Jackson pulling her plough." "Fulton Corners... the crossroads of my small world." "you could get most anything... from jackknives to fishhooks or candy." "if you had the money." "And if you didn't... you might get to see Old 99 go highballin' through." "come on!" "she's a-stoppin'!" "I'll be." "Stoppin' right here." "please." "Give us plenty of room." "bring him out." "boy." "I can hardly believe my eyes." "Dan Patch himself." "The greatest racehorse in the world." "I'd collected a lot of pictures of him... but I never dreamed I'd get to look right at him!" "right in Fulton Corners." "And they'd stopped the Limited just so he could get some exercise." "Mr Burns." " He gets restless travelling' so far." " He'll have that shoe off time we get to Louisville." "sir." " Could I get you to clinch a new nail in his shoe?" " Sure." "sir." "boy." "kid." " All right." "He can have it." "is it?" "All right." "You can give it to him." "black nose... and his warm breath on my hand." "And I couldn't help thinkin' how wonderful it'd be to own a horse like him." "What do I owe you?" " I'll just keep this nail." " Thanks very much." "please." "Board!" "get out the way for old Dan Patch" "De diddle di diddle do Dan Patch" "Get out the way for old Dan Patch git git out of the way" "Bet you wouldn't take $ 1 00 for it." "no!" " City folks been payin' as much as 50 cents... for just a single hair out of his tail." " My goodness!" " Know what?" " What?" " I'm gonna get me a colt... and raise him up to be a world's champion like Dan Patch." " Betcha Granny wouldn't let ya." " Don't know why not." "I bet." "I wouldn't be too sure about that." "I'm afraid your horse'd have quite a handicap." "knowing' your granny..." "I'm afraid he'd have to do all of his racing' with a plough hitched onto his tail." "all right." "For Granny's job was more than just raising me." "She had to run a farm single-handed... and what with ploughing and planting... spinning wool... she had little time or patience for my daydreams." "as I added today's big idea to the collection in my scrapbook..." "I knew my chances were pretty slim." "Granny'd probably say no." "we'll gather... nothing gained." - at the river beautiful river" "Gather with the saints at the river" " That flows by" " Granny!" "Jeremiah Kincaid." "You still awake?" "Why don't we trade General Jackson for a mare?" "What's the matter with old General Jackson?" "We don't need no mare." "we could get a colt." "We don't need no colt." "Don't see why we couldn't trade him off." "What good's an old mule anyhow?" "A mule is steady and reliable... and he earns his livin' by doin' honest work... and that's the last time I wanna hear you criticizing poor old General Jackson." "ma'am." " You get on back to bed." " Can't sleep." "and you'll go to sleep." "Yes'm." "Reckon the lambs were born yet?" "The lambs'll be born in the Lord's good time." "I reckon I had better go and see." "Granny." "Please?" "I reckon." "As long as you're so wide awake and full of ginger." "ma'am!" " Put on your jacket!" " Yes'm!" "sir." "Three brand new ones!" "All pert and sassy too." "Fetch me that pitchfork." "look!" "Jezebel's got twins!" "Gee!" "Ain't he a beauty?" "Black as a lump of coal." "Granny." "He ain't a bit afraid." "Nothing's born afraid." "Nice boy." "little fella?" "Jezebel." "This little fella's hungry too." "Granny." "you fool sheep?" "you." "What's the matter with her?" "Is she crazy?" "sometimes they're like that... with twins." "Especially when one of them's black." "You mean she won't take him?" " You mean she's gonna let him die?" " Well." "Maybe she'll take him after we get outta here and she can't see that he's black." "Here." "Better wrap the little critter up against the cold." "suppose she don't." "Suppose she don't take him." "that's in the hands of the Lord." "and their ways are the ways he give 'em... and there's nothin' we can do about it." "The ways of nature seem cruel sometimes and hard... but there's a plan behind it all." "he knoweth every sparrow that falleth." "fetch me another one of them flower sacks for this little critter." "Jeremiah!" "I said to fetch me one of them" "Tarnation." "I'm puttin' my foot down." "I mean it." "you got another think comin'." "it ain't sanitary and it" "Well." "One of my best dish towels." "It's got to be boiled anyway." "you'd better take it in by the fire." " You mean I can" " I mean that you can get it warm... before you take it back out where it belongs." "it'll get to be a pet." "you'll wanna keep it." "it's black." "I don't fancy black wool." "Never did." "And you know well as I do we can't afford critters around here that don't earn their keep." "Hard enough to make ends meet as it is." "Granny." "Granny." "he'll grow up to be underfoot." "I know the nature of them black sheep." "Especially a ram." "He'll be into everything." "It ain't practical." "It just don't make sense." "boy?" "Might as well warm his insides too." "Granny." "Hasn't he got a cute little face?" "if you ask me." "You gonna let me keep him?" "we'll see." "that's how it all came about." "I'd traded my dream of owning a champion racehorse... for a measly little old black lamb." "As the wise old owl put it..." ""A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."" "I" "I knew Granny would never let me keep him for good." "Not if he turned out to be just an ordinary sheep." "Danny would have to amount to something." "Something extra special." "for instance." "you better keep your chin up... and your feet on the ground." "There." "That's better." "Makin' a champ out of a critter like you... won't be an easy thing to do." "let's see now." "and we'll take a look." "Maybe get some help from the wisdom book." "just 'cause you're a little old sheep... don't mean you can't get to the top of the heap." "there's a way." "Every dog has his day." "I'll admit... but we oughta find somethin' that'll help a bit." ""A rolling stone--"" "that don't fit." "Danny." "This is it." "It's what you dew" "Eh?" "Oh!" "Y-Yes." "sir." "It's what you do with what you got" "And never mind how much you got" "It's what you do with what you got" "That pays off in the end" "You gotta start with with what you got" "If what you got ain't such a lot" "To make the most of what you got" "Here's what I recommend" "You start by a-tryin'" "And applying'your best" "If you try there ain't no denyin'" "There's a way to feather your nest" " Hey!" " You gotta add how what you do" "And multiply by what you do" "You think you can't win but you do" "And you get back dividends" "It's what you do with what you got" "And never mind how much ya got" "It's what you do with what you got" "That pays off in the end" "It's the means you "applyeth"" "That raises your stock" "Look what David did to Goliath" "With a little old hunk of rock" "It's what you do with what you got" "And never mind how much you got" "It's what you do with what you got" "That pays off" "In the end" "son Stop a-sittin'" "Gettin'somewhere takes some gettin'" "You can't sit and 'spect" " To get it" " Do oo-oo do oo-oo" "Now the road to fame takes muscle" "Lots of work and lots of hustle" "So start right in and hit it" "Now if at first you don't succeed" "A lot of spunk is what you need" "Or someone else will take the lead try again" "Just get up when you fall down" "And don't be forlorn" "Look how Joshua busted that wall down" "With a little old measly horn" "It's what you do with what you got" "And never mind just how much you got" "It's what you do with what you got" "That pays off in the end" "That pays off" "In the end" "In the end" "You ornery critter." "That's the last damage you're gonna do." "You got no business being' a pet anyhow." "You're just a sheep." "And you're gonna stay where sheep belong." "Granny." "Honest he won't." "It's not only what he's been doin'." "It's what you ain't been doin'." "Night and day from the time he was born... you've had nothin' else on your mind 'cept that critter." "I was gonna" "And winter cord wood ain't been piling' up like it ought to." "you're not to be neglecting' your chores." "And that critter's not to be runnin' around loose." " Do you understand?" " Yes'm." "Danny." "she don't understand." "She thinks you're just an ordinary sheep." "Ya know what?" "I'm gonna build you a pen... so's you'll have lots of sunshine and exercise... and fresh air." "I saw some real wire fencing at Grundy's store... and I'm goin' down there right now and see how much it costs." "This ain't as though you were runnin' around loose." "Promise to behave if I take ya?" "Danny!" "Danny!" "now!" "Danny!" "watch out!" " Infernal thing!" " Danny!" " Get out!" " Danny!" "Danny!" "If you ever bring that black varmint in my store again..." "I'll draw and quarter him!" "so help me Hannah." "Look at my screen door!" "Mr Grundy!" "You're mighty right you will!" "You're mighty right you will!" "Wasn't Danny's fault." "He was just standin' there lookin' at the candy." "Old Fud Grundy snuck up and shot him with a bean blower or something." "and some eggs fell out of a basket." "It was Mr Grundy knocked over the flour barrel... and he chased Danny through the door." "Who chased him through this door?" "Uncle Hiram." "All anybody ever sees is the bad things." "Nobody ever notices all the good things he can do." " For instance." " Well... he can jump higher and run faster..." "I'll bet." "he'd be a world's champion... when he grows up." " Uncle Hiram." " Mm-hmm." "Horses get to be champions by winning' races." "for instance?" "um-- for instance." "for instance?" "you'd take them to the county fair." "you take like that ram of yours." "make like that I was the judge... for instance." "Mr Kincaid... sir." "folks." "little girl." "young man." "That animal looks to me like he's a killer." "Judge." "Chest:" "1 2 feet and 1 1 inches." "Height to shoulder:" "twenty-two feet and four inches." "Teeth like a buzz-saw." "Eyes like shootin' stars." "Mr Kincaid... you've got quite an animal there." "and as judge of this county fair... it's not only my privilege and honour but my bound and duty... to present you with the grand champion blue ribbon... and... the cash award." "Judge." "look at all the clover." "he'll get to be a champion." "A champion?" "Him?" "I'm gonna take him to the county fair and win the blue ribbon and cash award." " You are not." " I am so." "but I will." "If I helped you feed him and everything... maybe I could go to the fair too." "Huh?" "Here she comes!" " Danny!" "Danny!" " Danny!" "Danny!" "Danny!" " Danny!" " Danny!" "Granny don't like black sheep" "She grabbed him by the throat" "Looks like this here black sheep" "Is a-gittin'Granny's goat black sheep what trouble you've put Granny through" "black sheep" " It ain't so much what the lamb is doin' to me... as what it's a-doin' to the boy." "'cause I made up my mind." "I know what you're thinkin'." "Outright disobedience is one thing I won't stand for." "the boy ain't exactly disobeying' you." "ain't it?" "and so is the boy." "The lamb ain't a-runnin' around loose." "The boy's got him under control." "Now." "and... less'n I have to... but you don't know the half of what we've been through... and the very next time that little varmint busts something or gets into some" "What's that?" "eh?" "Granny!" "I'll catch him!" "give me strength." "Goodness' sake!" "Go that way!" "Head him off!" "Danny!" "Danny." "gee whiz." "The lamb'll be better off." "Mr Turner'll stop by in the morning and take him away... and find him a good home somewhere." "It ain't as if I was sellin' him on the market." "Do you hear me?" "Jeremiah... 'cause I never did say you could keep the lamb." "I said we'd see." "So don't you go feelin' mean... and put out with your old granny about it either." "You hear me?" "You hear me?" "Jeremiah!" "Jeremiah?" "What's a body gonna do?" "Granny Kincaid made a vow to get rid of that lamb" "She didn't know how" "She changed her mind by a happenstance" "Gonna give that black lamb one more chance" "If you get outta this pen you ornery critter" "You'll end up a fried lamb fritter" "If you don't be good and settle down" "You'll be roasted a golden brown" "Danny?" "You can't squeeze through anywhere." "or you'll spoil everything." "horse-high and... bull-strong." "look how big his chest and shoulders are gettin'." "He's lookin' more like a champion every day." "Jerry?" "she hasn't quite forgave him for bustin' her rockin' chair." "Don't worry about that." "I got it fixed already as good as new." " You have?" " You have?" " Yeah." "I tell ya what." "Suppose when I take it back tonight... that I just accidentally happen to mention something about the county fair." "And before she knows what's goin' on..." "I'll put it over." "Lavender's blue Dilly dilly" "Lavender's green" "If I were king Dilly dilly" "I'd need a queen" "Who told me so Dilly dilly" "Who told me so" "I told myself Dilly dilly" "I told me so" "If your dilly dilly heart feels a dilly dilly way" "And if you answer yes" "In the pretty little church on the dilly dilly day" "You'll be wed in a dilly dilly dress" "Of lavender blue Dilly dilly" "Lavender green" "Then I'll be king Dilly dilly" "And you'll be" "My queen" "Billy boy where have you been charming'Billy" "I have been to seek a wife She's thejoy of my life" "She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother" "Billy boy" "Is she often seen in church charming'Billy she's often seen in church" "With a bonnet white as birch" "She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother" "Billy boy" "Can she bake a cherry pie charming'Billy" "She can bake a cherry pie" "Quick as a cat can wink its eye" "She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother" "Billy boy" "How old is she charming'Billy" "Three times six Four times seven" "Twenty-eight and eleven she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother" "She's a young thing" "And cannot leave her mother" "Do do dee dee doop Boop-boop boop-boop" "Do do dee dee doop Boop-boop boop-boop" "Do do dee dee doop Boop-boop boop-boop" "Jerry?" "That's the tune you most usually hear on a merry-go-round." "that tune making me think of merry-go-rounds." "the last time that I heard a merry-go-round was at the county fair." "Granny?" "I know we ain't goin' to no county fair... if that's what all this rigamarole's leadin' up to." "Who said anything about goin' to the county fair?" "You was fixin' to." "These children washing' dishes without bein' told." "wait a minute." "Jeremiah?" "Granny." "I was a-thinkin' about these "kiwers" of yours here." "Thought maybe you'd like to let the outlanders see what a kiwer really looks like." "Sometimes I think you ain't a day older than these young 'uns... with all the tomfool notions you get in your head." "Lots of folks don't think county fairs are such tomfool notions." "All the best kiwer makers in Pike County... will more'n likely take their kiwers." "And one of them kiwers is gonna win the blue ribbon... and the cash award." "'cause I ain't goin'." "Granny." "Why not?" "'Cause I ain't a traipsing' woman in the first place... and I don't make my kiwers for the sake of blue ribbons and cash awards." "I make 'em 'cause they pleasure me." "Mama's already sent away for the pattern for my new dress." " What's that got to do with it?" " I was gonna wear it to the fair." "Tsk." "Honey." "It's time you learned not to go setting' your heart on the daydreams of menfolks." "it was just an idea." "Maybe I shouldn't have brought it up in the first place." "it's best they sit around the fire and bake their shins." "Meanin' me." "Granny." " I'll live to dance on your grave." "that your dancin' days are over." "I can dance you down any day!" "go turn on "Cricket On The Fryin' Pan."" "Hiram Douglas!" "That's right sassy talk for a granny-woman!" "" huh?" "I'll show you who's old." ""The Soldier's Joy" played by the Kentucky Quintet." "A Morning Glory record." "buckle your belts and tighten your traces" "All clap hands We're off to the races" "Right hands cross How do you do" "Left hand back And how are you" "Take your honey and give her a swing" "Allemande around the great big ring" "Tra la la la la la la" "Tra la la-la la-la" "Swing old Adam Swing old Eve" "Swing your own before you leave" "Chase a rabbit Chase a squirrel" "Chase that pretty girl 'round the world" "Now the possum Now the 'coon" "Chase that pretty boy 'round the moon" "Promenade eight till you get straight boys And don't be late swing your dog Swing that girl from Arkansas" "Swing your grandma 'cross the hall She ain't been swung since way last fall swing her low Wanna keep on swingin'that calico" "When you get to your gal again" "Swing your sweetie with a once and a half" "turn on "Fire In The Briar Patch."" "then turn it off." "or eat them words and eat 'em proper." "You're as spry as a chickadee... and can outdance anybody at the county fair!" " We're gonna go!" " We're goin'!" "huh?" "That's it." "the Ferris wheel and everything." "And when Danny wins a blue ribbon and the cash award... everybody'll be there." "he'll turn green as a summer pickle." "Jeremiah." "I didn't say that we were going to the county fair." "it costs money to ride on the train... and it costs money after you get there." "kinda help out in that direction." "but I've always paid my own way... and I hope Jeremiah'll always pay his." "I was talkin' about a little loan." "We'll have plenty of money when Danny wins the cash award." "The Kincaids never spend money they ain't got... and we've no way to get it... so just best forget the whole thing." "Granny." "I know we can." "We can pray for it." "we don't pray for cash money... only for things of the spirit." "Tilda." "We better be gittin'." "It's time you were in bed." "Jerry." " Goodnight." " Goodnight." "Hey." "Hey there!" "Don't tell me you're givin' up?" "Now where there's a will there's a way to do it" "But you'll never get there if you don't stick to it" "Now let me tell you about a fella who had the right stuff... and wouldn't give up even when the goin' got rough." "uh" "Christopher Columbus a-livin'in Spain" "Showed capacity for usin'his brain" "Studied his geography Had it down pat" "Said I'm gonna prove that the world ain't flat" "Because she thought he was right Queen Isabella one night" "Gave him three small boats two three the boats were kinda leaky Started to sail" "Came a hurricane A furious gale" "Waves were a-lashin' Future looked black turn back" "On that eventful day what did Columbus say" "I said stick-to-it-ivity" "If you got that stuff" "Called stick-to-it-ivity" "You're gonna do all right" "Old man adversity's" "Gonna have his bluff called" "Stick-to-it-ivity" "Never lost a fight" " Yes siree" " Yes siree" " Yes siree" " Yes siree" "You can clear the deck for opportunity" "By applyin' stick-to-it-ivity" "If ya got that stuff called" "Stick-to-it-ivity" " You're gonna do all right" " Land ho!" " Land ho!" "We're gonna do all right" "don't think Columbus was the only one... who did what folks said couldn't be done." ""'Taint no use"..." "Remember Robert Bruce" "Robert was the bravest king Scotland has ever known." "Came the enemy to threaten his throne" "Twice he went to battle Twice he met defeat" "Headed for the Highlands in retreat" "He thought he'd give up the fight but it so happened one night" "He saw a spider at work Back and forth and back" "Up and down and up" "Spider kept a-swingin' Swingin'on his thread" "Tried to hook it to a limb overhead" "Spider kept a-missin' every time he tried" " You're never going to make it." " Robert cried" "On that eventful day" "What did the spider say me lad:" "Stick-to-it-ivity" "If ya got that stuff called" "Stick-to-it-ivity" "You're going to do all right" "Old man adversity" "Going to have his bluff called" "Stick-to-it-ivity" "Never lost a fight" " Yes siree" " Yes siree" " Yes siree" " Yes siree" "You can clear the deck for opportunity" "By applyin' stick-to-it-ivity" "If you've got that stuff called" "Stick-to-it-ivity" " You're going to do all right" "Aye" "Aye" "Aye" "We're gonna do all right" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Aye!" "Yes siree Yes siree" "You can clear the deck for opportunity" "By applyin' stick-to-it-ivity" "If you've got that stuff called" "Stick-to-it-ivity" "You're going to do all right" "You're going to do" "All right" "Old Jeremiah the sassafras man" "He'd eat sassafras fast as he can huh?" "sir." "Mr Grundy?" "Two cents a pound comes to thirty-six cents." "July... eight" "That's $2.1 4." "cipher it for yourself." "it's not gonna be enough." "Jeremiah?" "Goin' to college?" "Mr Grundy!" "Mama wants a pint of wild honey." "and Mama wants to make some wild honey cough syrup." "I ain't had a drop of wild honey in this store in I don't know how long." "Must be three years or better." "Go ask your mama if tame honey won't do!" "Jeremiah." "go out and find yourself a wild bee tree." "cash money." "Mr Grundy?" "just find a bee and follow him home." "Mr Grundy!" "do ya?" "What's time to a boy?" "King it." "Watch him now." "Watch which way he goes." "He's just flyin' around in circles." "Maybe he ain't got no home." "Every bee's got a home." "There he goes." "He's flyin' straight ahead." "Come on!" "He's headed for the swamp." "That's six of'em that's headed in the same way." "we can't go in there." " Why not?" "'Cause." "Nobody ever goes in there." "It's full of bog holes and briers and everything." "That's just it." "That's where I'd hide my honey if I was a bee." "but-- haven't we?" "It's gotta be in there." "Look!" "What's that?" "just some old bones." " Whose bones?" "Just an old cow or somethin'." "What killed it?" "Nothin'." "It just died." "that's all." "go on home." " I'm not afraid." " Then come on!" "look out!" "See that?" "That's a bog hole." "you never would get out." "Don't you step anywhere I don't step." "Don't take such long steps." "What's that?" "just some old dogs hunting' a rabbit or somethin'." "the sheep killers." "And maybe they" "They won't bother us." "We ain't no sheep." "Papa said the wolves have all been killed off around here long ago." "Uncle Hiram said so too." "So did Granny." "There goes a bee." "Jerry?" "Papa said sometimes it took bee hunters-- grown men even-- two or three years to find a bee tree." "there goes another one!" "Wasn't nothin' but an old dragonfly." "Come on." "Guess we might as well go home." "Look!" "There's a redbird." "where?" "here."" "them crazy old redbirds don't know nothin' about bees." "There's a martin!" "They eat bees." "Come on!" "Listen." " There it is!" " Where?" "In that old redwood tree!" "I found it!" "I found it!" "Jerry Kincaid followed a bee till he come to a cottonwood tree" "Sawed that tree off to the ground Two tons of honey is what he found we ain't braggin' So much honey the wagon's saggin'" "Hope them axles don't break down before we get this load to town" "This load of honey means money for the fair Jerry Kincaid is a millionaire we're goin'to town" "Old Pete Grundy Here we come on a lucky Monday yellow as gold Aged in a bee tree 1 2 years old" "Mr Grundy!" " All that honey outta one tree?" "Pete." "nineteen... twenty-two." "Mr Grundy." "I always knew that young 'un was a smart one; always said so." "Jeremiah?" "What are you gonna do with all that money?" "I'm takin' my prize lamb to the county fair." "The only prize he'd win would be the booby prize." "not you." "don't ya?" "You durn fool!" "Hold still there!" "folks." "I'll send this tub to the city." "Tildy!" "Tildy!" "all right." "Whoa." " Have you seen Tildy?" " What's wrong?" "I been tramping' them woods for an hour and callin' till I'm hoarse as a rain crow." "Do you know how much money I got here?" "not now." "I'm tryin' to tell you that Tildy is lost." "look how much" "Jeremiah." "She brought a wagonload of clover up there to feed that fool lamb... it bolted." " She let Danny get away?" "The critter hightailed it for the deep woods... and the poor child run after it trying to catch it." "What business she have openin' that gate?" "What'd you let her do it for?" "Jeremiah!" " Which way did Danny go?" "Down by Indian Creek." "But they ain't there now." "I've searched every inch of it." "drat that boy." "All he cares about is that fool lamb." "Uncle Hiram!" "Thank heaven!" "child." "You had me that worried." "I looked everywhere and called and called." "you're soaking' wet." "I fell down in the creek too." "let's get her home right away and into some dry things before she gets a chill." " What about Jeremiah?" "Jeremiah can take care of himself." "Jeremiah!" "Jeremiah!" "Granny!" "Granny!" "Granny!" "Now I can find him with the lantern-- and you're shakin' and shivering'." " Come along!" " I gotta find him!" "I just got to!" "listen to me!" "come along now." "Granny" " Now!" "You hardly touched your supper." "I thought maybe you'd get hungry later." "Maybe." "Said your prayers?" "I know." "It's a vexing' thing." "having' your lamb run away." "Maybe Danny found a holler log and crawled into it... where the dogs couldn't find him." "Maybe he's snuggled up under the roots of a big old tree." "it's beyond our power to help." "All you can do is just hope for the best... but be prepared for whatever happens." "He ain't dead." "He ain't dead!" "I didn't say he was." "I'm only tryin' to tell you to remember... that the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." "he can't have him." "He can't take Danny." "You're not tellin' the Lord what he can do or can't do." "The Lord'll do the telling'." "this is all my fault." "I've seen it comin'." "I've seen it comin' all along." "You've turned your heart away from the things I've taught you... ever since you were a little baby." "you can't do this." "blaming' poor little Tildy for letting your lamb get away... when all she was tryin' to do was to help you feed him." "blaming' me." "But it's another thing when you start blaming' your maker." "and that's why I let you keep him." "True love ain't a harmful thing." "True love's a good thing." "It's good for the spirit." "But you don't love that lamb any more." "What you love is blue ribbons and cash awards." "things of this world-- until you forgot all about the things of the spirit." "you start burdening' the Lord." "You ain't thinkin' of that lamb." "You're just thinkin' about yourself." "Jeremiah... but you'll have to find it in your own heart to do what's right." "Danny!" "Danny!" "No luck." "It's like lookin' for a needle in a haystack." "much less the lamb." "there's one thing you can be sure of." "The boy ain't lost." "There's more ways of bein' lost than in the woods." "Granny." "but" "Granny!" "Granny!" "He found him!" "He found him!" "Uncle Hiram!" "Look!" "He found him!" "Must've been a guardian angel somewhere in them woods last night." "Happened one was more needed right here in this house last night." "either one of'em." "That's good." "Figurin' on takin' 'em to the county fair?" "I reckon it won't make much difference." "All we have to do is get the foxtails out of his wool... and he'll be just as good as ever." "He was way over on the far side of the swamp... just a-waitin' for me." "boy?" "How about some oatmeal mash?" "come on." "and a ribbon and a hat to match." "I'll stop by in the morning and pick up the tickets." "if you say so." "if it's all right with you." "I reckon." "Tildy?" " We're not going to the fair." "What's that?" "H-He said he wasn't going to the fair." "Why not?" ""God."" "He's got plenty of foxtails on him." "but he ain't got a scratch on him." "Tildy was cryin'." "and you and Uncle Hiram." "You don't figure to go?" " Changed my mind." " You did?" "I wouldn't take him to the fair." "And he did!" "Well" " Well now... if this ain't a fine how-de-do." "It happened that-- it happened that I made a promise too." "I" " I promised God that... that we would go to the fair." "I reckon... it'll be all right with him if I keep my promise." "Go get them cardin' combers." "We've gotta take these foxtails outta him." "Yes'm." "Lord." "I meant to tell you before." "Had it in the back of my mind all the time." "ho-dee-ay" "What a great big wonderful day" "Not a care in the air" "Everybody you know from Matilda to Joe" "Will be there at the county fair ho-dee-I" "What a great big beautiful sky" "All the clowns like the crowds" "You can bet will be dressed in their brightest and best" "For their stay" "At the county fair" "The teenage misters will be shooing'little sisters" "To the Ferris wheel up above" "And they'll be gettin' their best gals for pettin'" "In the Tunnel of Love hey-dee-oh-ay" "Come and throw your troubles away" "Just a grin gets you in" "On this day of the year when there's nothing but cheer" "To share at the county fair" "To share at the county fair" "Congratulations." "The judging for the champion ram lamb... of the Pike County Agricultural Livestock Fair... will now take place in this arena." "Granny?" " I reckon it is." "Granny?" "I got the same kind of feelin' I had just before I found the bee tree... and just before I found Danny in the holler log." "please." "Where in the name of time is Hiram with that neat's-foot oil?" "here it is." " Took you long enough." "look what Uncle Hiram won... just by throwing hoops over walking canes." "Granny." "you'd just get in the way." "please." "I mean." "I'll tell ya." "Main thing that you gotta remember is-- is that only one of them lambs is gonna win." "The rest are gonna lose." "he will win." "I just know he will." "Hope he does." "But happen he don't... walkin' proud." "all contestants in the ring!" "Remember the county fair." "Buy your pennants right here." "One-tenth of a dollar." "One dime." "Buy your pennants here." "Step right up and get your pennants." "Get your pennants" " McGrew." " Lynn County." "52 80." "and his sire is Kerr Sage of Green Acres." "sir." " Walker." " Brown County." "sir." "And out of ewe number 4 7 8 and sired by Starks Prince Perfect." "sir." " Holloway." "Johnson County." " Sire and dam?" " Rambouillet number 692... and his sire is the Duke of Crenshaw." "sir." "Marshall." "Pike County." "number 1 084." "Out of Highland Lassie Queen." "sir." "Kincaid." "Kincaid!" " F-Fulton Corners." " Sire and dam?" "sonny." "What's his breeding'?" "mister." "His ma's name was Jezebel." "But I don't know who his daddy was." " Lewis." "Jasper County." "sir." "he could whip them other lambs any old day of the week." "sir." "Nice strong back." "Good job of blocking'." "Granny did that." "Remember the county fair." "Buy your pennant right here." "Your judging committee has awarded the blue ribbon... to Mr Marshall." "Mr Marshall." "boy." "son." "That's a fine lamb you have there." "I wanna compliment you on him." "As fine a grade of wool as I ever come across." "it's-- it's black." "There ain't much market for black wool." "Kinda puts your lamb in a class by himself." "folks." "This lamb is in a class by himself." "And while he has no pedigree... it just goes to show what extra special care will do... in the raising of fine livestock." "It's what you do with what you've got that counts." "This little lamb is a champion in every sense of the word." "it is the unanimous decision of your judging committee... that there be awarded the breeder a special prize... which we have not given in four years-- a special award of merit... to Jeremiah Kincaid." "Mr Jeremiah Kincaid." "Danny." "gee whiz." "Pa!" "She's a-blowin' for a stop!" "you better stand back now and give us plenty of room." "We got a prize lamb here that won the special award." "Jeremiah." "Welcome home." "Fulton Corners is proud of ya." "Mr Grundy." "As I was about to say on this auspicious occasion... there ain't no flies on Fulton Corners." "Yea!" "I got two cases of soda pop and six watermelons in my icebox... and it's my treat." "Yea!" " But what'll I do with Danny?" " Bring him along." "It's his party." "Yippee!" "Hurray!" "get outta the way for Jerry's ram" "Hi-ditty-lo for Jerry's ram git outta the way git outta the way git outta the way" "So dear to my heart"