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00:00Hi, kids. Welcome to VeggieTales.
00:03I'm Bob the Tomato.
00:04And I'm Larry the Cucumber.
00:06And we're here to answer your questions.
00:09Hey, Bob, you remember the Ballad of Little Joe?
00:12Uh, yeah.
00:14Wasn't that a great show?
00:16Well, sure, Larry. It was terrific.
00:18You just gotta love westerns, don't you?
00:21Well, you don't have to, I suppose.
00:24But I do enjoy a good western every now and then.
00:26Great.
00:28Today's letter is from Wesley Thomas of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
00:32Wesley writes,
00:33Dear Bob and Larry,
00:35Can you do a sequel to the Ballad of Little Joe?
00:37Your friend, Wesley.
00:40Uh, Larry, that's a nice letter,
00:42but we answer letters for kids
00:44who are having moral and ethical dilemmas.
00:47Ethel who?
00:48You know, kids who have questions
00:50about what's right and wrong.
00:52Who want to know what the right thing to do is.
00:54Exactly.
00:55So to Wesley I say,
00:57A sequel to Little Joe is the right thing to do.
01:00But does the letter say anything
01:02about having problems listening to his parents
01:04or losing interest in school?
01:07No, but now that you mention it,
01:09I did get this one from Mr. Sammy Tidwell
01:11of Brentwood, Tennessee.
01:13Dear Bob and Larry,
01:14Don't miss this exciting opportunity
01:16to take advantage of our low interest rates.
01:19Who's screening your mail?
01:22I don't know.
01:23Look, Larry, I'm sure a sequel
01:25to the Ballad of Little Joe would be nice,
01:27but, uh, well, listen here.
01:30Dear Bob and Larry,
01:32I fight with my brother a lot.
01:34In church this week I learned
01:35that I'm supposed to be loving, joyful,
01:37peaceful, patient, kind, good,
01:40gentle, and self-controlled.
01:42I know God wants me to be all that to my brother,
01:45but I don't think I'm strong enough.
01:47What do I do?
01:49Your friend, Elise.
01:51You see, Larry,
01:52that's the kind of letter we answer on the show.
01:55Wait a minute.
01:57I've got the perfect story for Elise.
02:00You do?
02:01Yep, it's the story of Moe and the Big Exit.
02:04Moe and the Big Exit?
02:06Or as the Indians called it, the Lone Stranger.
02:09Either way, it's Little Joe Part 2.
02:12Roll film.
02:14♪
02:20♪ In the great painted desert a long time ago
02:25♪ Twixt the feet of the Rockies and the Big Horn Plateau
02:29♪ Lived a man of great calling, a man of great skill
02:34♪ In the city of Dodgeball they sing of him still
02:40♪ Oh, Lone Stranger
02:44♪ Your mask hides your face
02:46♪ Who you are we can't say
02:49♪ Oh, Lone Stranger
02:53♪ They sing hi-ho sliver a-way
02:58To tell the story of the Lone Stranger,
03:01you gotta start with the first big hero of Dodgeball City.
03:05That'd be Little Joe.
03:07Now, Little Joe was what you might call a visionary,
03:12but his dreams ticked off his brothers
03:14who sold him off to a group of desperados.
03:17Oh, dear.
03:18And after traveling in a ziggy-zaggy line,
03:21he ended up in Dodgeball City,
03:23where his hard work and scrupulous character
03:27landed him in the pokey.
03:29But with God's help, he got the mayor out of a bind
03:32by figuring out that hard times were on the way.
03:36The mayor granted him a reprieve
03:38and a job in emergency management.
03:41Little Joe organized the town,
03:43gathered up seven years,
03:45grew up, and saved the day.
03:48He also saved his own family.
03:50He forgave his brothers for selling him off
03:53and set them all up with nice lives
03:55right there in Dodgeball.
03:58But times changed.
04:01Well, after Little Joe and his brothers passed,
04:04their descendants multiplied like prairie dogs
04:07till the new mayor and the people of the town
04:10started to worry that they'd be overrun.
04:13So they set taskmasters over the sons of Little Joe
04:17to afflict them with heavy burdens and keep them down.
04:24They set them to dig in with shovels and picks
04:29and drove them to building with boulders and bricks
04:33till tired and battered, they fell to their knees
04:37and cried to the heavens,
04:40deliver us, please.
04:43Oh, lone stranger,
04:47your mask hides your face,
04:49who you are, we can't say.
04:52Oh, lone stranger,
04:56we sing, hi-ho, slither, away.
05:01Oh, lone stranger,
05:05we work like the dickens but don't get no pay.
05:10Oh, lone stranger,
05:15please come take us away.
05:19We really don't want to stay.
05:24I've had a really bad day.
05:28Singing, hi-ho, slither,
05:32away.
05:46Something wrong, Mayor?
05:48There's too many of them, Wyatt.
05:51Ah, too many of who?
05:53Too many workers. Look at them all.
05:57Isn't that a good thing?
05:59I mean, you can't dig the Grand Canyon,
06:01build Monument Valley and paint the Painted Desert
06:04with just a few guys.
06:06And what happens if they decide all at once
06:08they're no longer interested in working for free?
06:12Ah, I see your point.
06:15Well, what do you want me to do?
06:18Thin the herd.
06:21Thin the herd?
06:23No, make sure there are not so many.
06:27I'm not sure I...
06:30Gather up all the baby boys
06:33and send them up the river.
06:37Up the river?
06:39Up the river.
06:49Now the mayor thought his plan was awfully clever.
06:52But God had his eye on one special boy
06:56he was going to use to turn this whole mess around.
07:14What in the world?
07:23Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
07:26Uh.
07:28Ah!
07:30Oh!
07:32Now I've been told when you pan for gold
07:35Out West of Illinois
07:38It ain't rare to find a bear but not a baby boy
07:42I think I'll name you Nugget.
07:44And if you do one thing is true
07:47If to kindness you are prone
07:49You line your pack with bubble wrap
07:51And take that baby home
07:54I know. What about Moe?
07:56It's Indian for looking for gold and finding a baby.
08:00Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
08:03She picked him up and named him Moe
08:05Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
08:07She took that baby home
08:09She named that baby Moe
08:14Sincerely yours, Mayor Nezza.
08:17Okay, read that back to me.
08:19Da-da-da-dash-dash.
08:21Hi, Daddy!
08:22Oh, hi, sweetheart. Any luck today?
08:24I found a baby!
08:26Oh, that's nice.
08:28Whoop!
08:29Oh, little Moe began to grow
08:31But not as strong as others
08:33Couldn't hold a cup or measure
08:35Up to his big zucchini brothers
08:41To compensate little Moe
08:43Got great at working on his draw
08:45It knocked you flat if you're standing at
08:47The wrong end of that ball
08:52Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
08:55Look out for that mighty throw
08:57Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
08:59Man, that boy can throw
09:01The boy that we call Moe
09:11In his defense it made good sense
09:13But made his mother nervous
09:15To take those skills and pay his bills
09:17Through a life in public service
09:20He joined the Corps of Badge War
09:23Zucchinis for companions
09:25With Mom's consent soon off
09:27He went to guard over the canyons
09:30Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
09:33Standing high and looking low
09:35Singing hi-yo the boy can throw
09:37That's our brother Moe
09:39Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
09:41Standing high and looking low
09:43Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
09:45He's not that big we know
09:47But man, that boy can throw
09:49The boy that we call
09:53Moe
10:01Howdy.
10:03Hmm.
10:06Erk! Erk!
10:08Erk! Erk!
10:11Here, let me help you.
10:13I don't need your help.
10:15Erk! Erk!
10:16I was just trying to...
10:17Well, it's too late for that, isn't it?
10:19Must be nice growing up pampered in the mayor's house
10:22Instead of out here breaking your back
10:24Along with the rest of your kin.
10:26How did you know...
10:27Your sister told a few friends
10:29He told a few friends
10:31And I reckon everybody knows by now.
10:33They do?
10:34Besides, you're the spitting image of little Joe himself.
10:37Course he'd be spitting if he saw you wearing that badge.
10:41Traitor.
10:42Huh?
10:44Everything okay here, Moe?
10:46Uh...
10:47Yeah, everything's fine.
10:49Sure it's fine when the mayor's your granddaddy.
10:53We all know your rightful place is down there.
10:56He giving you a hard time?
10:58Yeah, what if I am?
11:00Don't talk back to me.
11:03It's okay, Bill.
11:05No, it's not okay.
11:08No one talks back to me.
11:11Especially a low-life descendant of little Joe.
11:15Leave him alone, Bill.
11:16Looks like you need a little lesson in respecting your superiors.
11:23Leave him alone, Bill.
11:25Whoa!
11:29That's enough.
11:31Stop!
11:32Huh?
11:37Yeah, right.
11:49This is Bill's forever!
11:53He was gonna hurt Charlie.
11:55I was helping you.
11:57If the mayor finds out, I'm a goner.
12:00Come on, guys, we're family.
12:02You gotta hide me.
12:04Or what?
12:05You're going to whack us, too?
12:07What's going on here?
12:12Huh?
12:15Huh?
12:29If you find him, bring him to me.
12:32This time, I'll see to it myself he goes up the river.
12:37Now, there weren't much for Moe to do but head for the hills.
12:41He did a few loop-de-loops to keep the mayor and his gang off his trail,
12:46and eventually, Moe made it to the Rockies where he was safe.
12:56Well, except for the bears.
13:01That's the thing about mountains.
13:03They got bears.
13:06Well, after he lost that bear, he...
13:09Whoops.
13:11Bear's still around.
13:14Grrr.
13:16Aaaaaaah!
13:21Grrr.
13:23Grrr.
13:25Grrr.
13:27Grrr.
13:29Grrr.
13:35Home, home on the range,
13:40where the deer and the cantaloupe play.
13:49Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
13:56and the skies are not cloudy all day.
14:01But fortunately for Moe, bears aren't the only ones who live in the mountains.
14:10Come on, Zippy.
14:12Are you thirsty, boy?
14:20Mmm. Oh, wow, Zippy.
14:23It's... it's heavier than last time.
14:31Aaaaah!
14:34Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
14:36That's okay.
14:41You startled me.
14:44My, you're a tall drink of water.
14:47Uh, not that tall. You should see my brothers.
14:51Oh, you dropped your hat.
14:54Thanks. Nice buffalo.
14:57What were you doing at the bottom of the well?
15:00What were you doing at the bottom of the well?
15:03Bear.
15:04Bear?
15:07Not again.
15:09Hey!
15:11I'm tired of running, and I'm not going back in that well.
15:18All right, bear. Find another cucumber to chase.
15:31Whew. I'm going to hang on to this.
15:34Wow. That was an awfully brave thing to do.
15:38You think so?
15:41My name is Sally, and this is Zippy.
15:46Hi, Sally. And Zippy. Pleased to meet you.
15:50My name's Moe.
15:53When the larks go tweet, a-tweetle-dee-dee
15:57When the larks go tweet, a-tweetle-dee-dee
16:00And the doves say coo, a-coo-dee-oo-dee-oo
16:03And the sun hangs high in the Rocky Mountain sky
16:07You know it must be love
16:10You must be starving. Would you like to join us for dinner?
16:14Well, ma'am, that's mighty kind of you to ask. I'd love to.
16:18Now, some matches are made in phosphorus factories,
16:22while others are made in heaven.
16:25Either way, it all starts with a little chemistry.
16:29Oh, when the ducks go quack, a-whacky-whacky-whack
16:33And the owls say hoo, a-hoo-dee-oo-dee-oo
16:36And the stars shine bright in the Rocky Mountain night
16:40You know it must be love
16:43Well, Sally and her folks were mighty thankful to Moe
16:46for saving her from that bear.
16:49And Moe was mighty thankful to feel appreciated,
16:52and with all of that cordialness and niceness going around,
16:56it weren't long before they were all thankful for other things.
17:02Yep, Moe and Sally got hitched and started a family.
17:06Oh, when the bees go buzz, a-buzzy-wuzzy-wuzz
17:09And the little butterflies flutter-tutter by
17:12And the clouds folk prayer through the Rocky Mountain air
17:16You know it must be love
17:19Moe took the domestic life like butter to a biscuit.
17:23Gone were the days of canyon garden and dodgeball throwin' wine.
17:28Any more, Moe couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a dodgeball,
17:32nor did he try.
17:34He was content caring for his family and walkin' zippy.
17:39Oh, thank the Lord above
17:45You know it must be love
17:54Come on, boy. Let's go for a walk.
17:59Did you remember Sliver?
18:01Yep. Never leave home without it.
18:03Moe named his walkin' stick Sliver.
18:06On account it was a sliver of wood he pulled off that tree the day he met Sally.
18:11He never went anywhere without it.
18:13What with the bears and all.
18:16Now, with Moe's stories, this could be what you might call a happy ending.
18:20Look at that.
18:22He's even walkin' off into the sunset with his buffalo.
18:25But this is different for Moe's stories, and I expect it's just gettin' started.
18:33Hello?
18:36Who's there?
18:38All right, bear. I've got Sliver.
18:41I suggest you stay away.
18:49Moe had never seen a burning tumbleweed before.
18:53This tumbleweed was not only on fire, it seemed to have a mind of its own.
19:00Now, if this were just an ordinary burning and talkin' tumbleweed,
19:05the story should have just ended with the sunset.
19:08But God himself was using this tumbleweed to speak to Moe.
19:13God told Moe he had a job for him to do.
19:17What? Who, me?
19:21God told him that he had heard the cries of Little Joe's family
19:25and that he was sending Moe to go to the mayor and demand he let them leave Dodgeball City.
19:32But who am I to go to the mayor? Look at me, I'm puny.
19:36I used to be pretty good with a dodgeball, but I put that behind me.
19:40God told Moe that he would help him, that he would be Moe's strength.
19:45But what if the people don't believe me when I tell them it's you who sent me?
19:49Tell them I am who I am, God said.
19:54Tell them I am has sent me to you.
19:58Okay, got it. I am has sent me to you.
20:02But, okay, what if, you know, they're still like, yeah, right.
20:07This? Oh, this is sliver. It's my walking stick and berry pellet.
20:13Throw it on the ground? Okay.
20:16God told Moe to pick up the snake.
20:19That's a rattlesnake? Highly venomous?
20:23Hey!
20:25Hey!
20:27Hey!
20:29Hey!
20:31Hey!
20:33Hey!
20:35Hey!
20:37Hey!
20:39Hey!
20:41Hey!
20:43Hey!
20:45Hey!
20:47Huh?
20:50Okay, God, I think I can do this.
20:53But can I ask a favor?
20:56I've got this thing about public speaking.
20:59Really, it terrifies me.
21:01What? Imagine everyone in their underwear?
21:04Yeah, tried it. Didn't work.
21:07Scared the willies out of me.
21:10God told Moe he'd have someone waiting for him outside of Dodgeball City
21:15to help him out with his public speaking, too.
21:19So Moe went back to tell his family he needed to go on a business trip.
21:24God's business.
21:26Come on, Zippy. Thanks for the new outfit, Sally.
21:30You're welcome, Moe. You're gonna need it.
21:33It'd be best if the mayor doesn't recognize you.
21:35He'll have you sent up the river.
21:37Oh, I almost forgot.
21:44You be careful now.
21:47I'm gonna miss you, Sally.
21:49Gherkin, you listen to your ma now, you hear?
21:52Goodbye, Moe.
21:54Now you go do what God says.
21:57You're a good woman, Sally.
21:59All right, Zippy, let's go.
22:01Zippy?
22:04Hi-ho, sliver!
22:06Away!
22:08Bye, boys.
22:10Bye, Zippy, and don't forget to take care of each other.
22:13Say hi to the mayor for me.
22:35Howdy.
22:40You good at public speaking.
22:45You ever have to use the
22:47imagine everyone in their underwear trick?
22:55Moe!
22:57Shh! How did you know my name?
23:00I'm Aaron, your brother.
23:02What are you talking about? You're not a zucchini.
23:05Wait a minute.
23:07You're my brother-brother.
23:09That's right. I was adopted.
23:11Plus, your wanted poster is still up all over town.
23:14Anyone within 100 miles of here knows your name.
23:17You'd better keep that mask on.
23:19I didn't recognize you with the mask, which is good.
23:22The mayor still has it in for you.
23:24Moe told Aaron everything God had sent him to say
23:28and about all the miraculous signs
23:30he had commanded him to perform.
23:44So, I do the talking,
23:47you do the thing with the stick,
23:49God does the rest, and we all go free?
23:52Exactly.
23:54Huh. All right.
23:56Well, I won't have to sell rubber tomahawks anymore?
24:00Not unless you want to.
24:02I'm in!
24:07Don't you get bored out here?
24:09Oh, dreadfully.
24:11But it beats working in the canyon.
24:13You know, my sensitive skin, it just doesn't hold up.
24:21Looky there.
24:24Who is that?
24:33I've never seen him before.
24:35Isn't that the rubber tomahawk guy?
24:38Who is that masked man?
24:41He must be a stranger.
24:44I'm sorry, I had to...
24:46Yes?
24:51Wait a minute.
24:53You're that worker who sells souvenirs
24:55outside of town, aren't you?
24:57Isn't that boring?
24:59Eh, beats the canyon.
25:01But it beats the canyon, too.
25:03What?
25:05I don't know.
25:07I don't know.
25:09I don't know.
25:11Eh, beats the canyon.
25:13Huh. Who's this stranger?
25:15He come with you, or did he come alone?
25:18Ah, yes.
25:20He's the, uh...
25:22He's the lone...
25:24The lone stranger.
25:26The lone stranger, eh?
25:28You know how to talk, stranger?
25:30Ah, he's a bit shy.
25:33He prefers to have me speak for him.
25:36You forget to buy a backbone
25:38with that new cowboy hat, stranger?
25:40Well, what do you want? I don't have all day.
25:43Ahem. This is what the Lord God says.
25:46Let my people go.
25:48What's that?
25:50Let us go. Set us free. We want to leave.
25:52No more digging and stacking and selling rubber tomahawks.
25:55Adios, amigo.
25:57Let you go?
25:59God said so.
26:01Yeah, well, we'll just see what the mayor has to say about...
26:04Oh, sorry.
26:06What is it?
26:08You're hauling 20 wheelbarrows an hour.
26:10I'm old.
26:1230's the minimum.
26:14I can't do 30. I'm 80.
26:1630's the minimum.
26:18Oh, you drive 30 at my age, you ungrateful...
26:20That's enough. You heard the God.
26:22The rule is 30.
26:24If you can't do 30, it's up the river.
26:26No. Please.
26:28Take him away.
26:30Uh...
26:32Hold this.
26:34But... But the plan...
26:39Nobody draws a dodgeball in the mayor's office...
26:43but me.
26:45You want me to let you go, eh?
26:47Well, how's this?
26:4960 barrels an hour.
26:51And that goes for everyone.
26:53And you're gonna dig without shovels or picks to boot.
26:56How we gonna do that?
26:58You figure it out.
27:00And you, you can go back and tell your people
27:02you just made their lives even more miserable.
27:06Now get back to work!
27:11Needless to say, Moe and Aaron's first meeting with the mayor
27:15did not go well.
27:17And not only did they not get their request granted,
27:20but the mayor more than doubled the workload for everyone.
27:24And in case you're wondering,
27:27the children of Little Joe were none too appreciative.
27:32So, that mouse guy's name is...
27:35the Lone Stranger.
27:38He's the one to thank for this?
27:40He's the biggest goofball to come around here
27:43since that Moe guy. Remember him?
27:46That guy was a piece of work.
27:53Let's go home, Zippy.
27:55I'm just making it worse.
27:57I don't know what I was thinking.
28:00What are you doing? You can't leave now.
28:03But have you seen what I've done?
28:05They're better off without me.
28:07That's true.
28:09But that's the whole point.
28:11When you just rely on yourself, on your own strength...
28:15I do the talking, you do the thing with the stick,
28:18and God does the rest.
28:20That was the plan, remember?
28:22God's plan.
28:24Well, I guess I did kind of blow it in there.
28:27And if I'm not mistaken, that's not the only time
28:30you've gotten yourself into trouble with a dodgeball.
28:33But that was a long time ago,
28:35and only because I was trying to help.
28:37All your life you wanted to be strong,
28:40but what God has called you to do here
28:43is far beyond your own strength.
28:46So I can't do this on my own.
28:49I can only do this if I let God do this.
28:54La-ta-da-ta-da
28:56When the earth was born
28:59Who lit the light in the dark?
29:02God did.
29:04That's right.
29:06When the rain came down
29:08Who drew the plans for an ark?
29:11God did.
29:13Uh-huh, precisely.
29:15And in case you ever wondered
29:17When old Abe turned a hundred
29:19Who took the reins and gave him diapers to change?
29:22God did.
29:24Exactly. And when the...
29:26All right, all right, I get your point.
29:28It isn't my strength that's going to help my people.
29:31It's God's.
29:33And since God called me to do this,
29:35he'll supply the strength I need.
29:37I'm going to stick to the plan.
29:40So Moe and Aaron headed back to Dodgeball City
29:43to follow God's plan.
29:45I've got two more verses.
29:47Now y'all sit tight to see how things turn out.
29:54And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry.
29:57Check it, me old dude.
29:59Yo, me and the boys had an idea
30:01about another way to tell this Moe story.
30:04Right, boys?
30:06Yo!
30:09Yo!
30:11Listen to the boys and we'll tell you how
30:15How losing your cool and having a cow
30:18Can run you out when your lip gets flipped
30:21And get your mug up all over again
30:24Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
30:26Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
30:28On the banks of the Nile, born and raised
30:31In the grip of the Pharaoh in his teenage days
30:34Chillin', kickin', wearing silk jams
30:37He's learnin' hieroglyphics from his granddad
30:39Ramsey's when a whack Egyptian
30:41Black belt kung fu
30:42Started whoopin' it up
30:43On his homie Negro
30:44Coulda called the cops, stood back, but instead
30:47He took a big stick upside his head
30:49The stress down in Egypt
30:51Our troubles are severe
30:54Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
30:56Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
30:59The stress down in Egypt
31:01Increases more each year
31:03Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:06Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:11Now word spread fast and he got all scared
31:13He'd be better off by avoidin' the Pharaoh
31:16He packed his bags, thinkin' if he'd stay
31:18They'd be punishin' him in a capital way
31:21Now Lord only knew, but he thought he might
31:24Stay a while in the desert like a Midianite
31:26To disengage his rage and become equipped
31:29To return to his home as a Prince of Egypt
31:31I guess down in Egypt
31:33No moving day is near
31:36Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:38Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:41Unless the Prince of Egypt
31:43Will take us out of here
31:45Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:48Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:50Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
31:52Hey!
31:55Uh, no. Let's stick with the Western.
32:02See ya, guys.
32:08Great-granddad loves his little coochie-coochie-coo.
32:11Your mama's gonna be back soon, you cutie-cootie-cootie-cootie.
32:15Who's your favorite great-granddad?
32:18Who's gonna be the mayor someday?
32:20Who's gonna hootie-cootie-cootie?
32:22Oh, uh...
32:25What do you want?
32:26We've come back to assure you that God means business.
32:30What's that supposed to mean?
32:32If you do not set the workers free, you will face dire consequences.
32:38Excuse me?
32:43Hi-ho, sliver!
32:45Away!
32:48So then, you'll turn all our sticks into snakes?
32:52Ooh! I'm so scared!
32:56So then, you'll turn all our sticks into snakes?
32:59Ooh! I'm so scared!
33:13That's the sorriest snake I've ever seen.
33:16You couldn't do better than that?
33:18No, you can't.
33:20It's the best snake I've ever seen.
33:23That's the sorriest snake I've ever seen.
33:25You couldn't do better than that?
33:26I was on the spot.
33:31Big deal.
33:32So you're better at snakes.
33:34I'm still not letting anyone go.
33:37Get back to your souvenir shack
33:39and take What's-His-Name with you
33:41before I lose my patience.
33:43♪♪
33:49So, what's next?
33:52Now, in the Old West,
33:54taking a bath was a special occasion.
33:56And for the mayor,
33:58that occasion came every Saturday morning.
34:00But the mayor's bath was about to turn sour.
34:04Ahem.
34:05Ah!
34:06Along with the rest of his week.
34:08Good morning, Mayor.
34:10You two again.
34:12Didn't I tell you to...
34:13God has sent me to tell you,
34:16let my people go!
34:19Hi-ho, sliver!
34:20Away!
34:21♪♪
34:29Huh?
34:31Huh?
34:34What is it?
34:35It's tomato juice.
34:38Eh.
34:41Well, the river turned sour.
34:44Eh.
34:47Well, the river turned red.
34:52And the mayor wouldn't listen.
34:59Let my people go!
35:02Fever!
35:03Hi-ho, sliver!
35:05Away!
35:08Barf!
35:09Ooh...
35:18Huh?
35:20Ah!
35:23Ah, prairie dogs!
35:26And the prairie dogs spread.
35:31And he still wouldn't listen.
35:36Let my people go!
35:38Uh-uh.
35:39Hi-ho, sliver away!
35:41♪ And the grasshoppers called ♪
35:46♪ And the bear wouldn't hear him ♪
35:51♪
35:54Hi-ho, sliver away!
35:57You keep away from here, you!
35:59Huh?
36:00♪ And the cattle fell to the ground ♪
36:04♪ And the cattle fell dead ♪
36:09♪ And he still didn't fear it ♪
36:14Hi-ho, sliver away!
36:16♪ And the pimples came off ♪
36:22♪ In every dimension ♪
36:27Hi-ho, sliver away!
36:30No!
36:33♪ And the winds blew in ♪
36:38♪ Still he wouldn't pay attention ♪
36:43♪
36:46♪ Oh, the river turned red ♪
36:47♪ And the mare wouldn't listen ♪
36:48♪ And the prairie dogs spread ♪
36:50♪ And he still wouldn't listen ♪
36:51♪ And the grasshoppers came ♪
36:52♪ And the mare wouldn't hear it ♪
36:53♪ And the cattle fell dead ♪
36:54♪ And he still didn't fear it ♪
36:56♪ And the pimples came up in every dimension ♪
36:58♪ And the winds blew in ♪
36:59♪ Still he wouldn't pay attention ♪
37:02♪ Moe could not get through ♪
37:07♪ Oh, what could he do? ♪
37:15Moe and Aaron had done everything God had asked.
37:19But the mare still wouldn't budge.
37:22So one more plague was visited upon Dogsball City.
37:27The worst, saddest one of all.
37:33Oh, it was terrible.
37:35But the mare, well, he had brought it on himself.
37:40Now, God told the children of Little Joe
37:42to place a sign on their door to keep them safe.
37:46But for the rest of Dogsball City,
37:49all of the firstborn boys were taken by the river.
38:00Moe, the mare would like to see us.
38:04♪♪
38:12♪♪
38:16Leave us.
38:17Go away, all of you.
38:20And get out of Dogsball City.
38:24♪♪
38:30♪♪
38:36And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud
38:41to lead them along the way.
38:44There they go.
38:46Good riddance.
38:49We're going to have to figure out
38:50who's going to do all the work now.
38:53Who was that masked man?
38:58It's Moe.
39:00Huh?
39:01The lone stranger.
39:03He's Moe.
39:04He just took off his mask.
39:06Give me those.
39:11Moe.
39:13Round up the posse.
39:15The score is settled.
39:22Death Valley.
39:25Huh?
39:26God wants us to go through Death Valley?
39:29We can't do that.
39:31We'll be barbecued.
39:34We'll die.
39:39Maybe we can just go around
39:41and catch up with the cloud on the other side.
39:43I don't know if...
39:44Sir?
39:45Not now.
39:46How many could we fit on your buffalo?
39:48Did anybody bring flip-flops?
39:50Sir?
39:51Can't you see we have a...
39:53problem?
39:56It's the mayor.
39:58And he's got a posse.
40:00Get your bag.
40:01Get your phone.
40:02What do we do?
40:03What do we do?
40:04Thanks a lot, Moe.
40:05We should have never left Dogsball City.
40:07Yeah.
40:08We'd be better off serving the mayor
40:10than dying in the desert.
40:13Perhaps I could ride out
40:15and ask the mayor to take it easy on us.
40:18Did anyone bring any dodgeballs?
40:20Aaron, the plan, remember?
40:22I do the thing with the stick.
40:30Hi-ho, sliver!
40:33Away!
40:42Huh?
40:52Looky up there!
40:54What is that stuff?
40:56What's going on?
40:58What?
40:59It's snowing!
41:01I'll be!
41:03I'll be!
41:05I'll be!
41:07I'll be!
41:09I'll be!
41:11I'll be!
41:15Wow, look at that!
41:17Snow in the mist!
41:19I ain't never seen snow before.
41:31I'm not gonna let you get away again.
41:34Come on, boys!
41:41Come on!
42:11Come on!
42:41Come on!
42:56Hold on!
42:58This doesn't look good!
43:00This is bad.
43:11Whoo-hoo!
43:13Whoo-hoo!
43:15Whoo-hoo!
43:17Whoo-hoo!
43:19Whoo-hoo!
43:21Whoo-hoo!
43:23In the great painted desert
43:25A long time ago
43:27Twixt the feet of the Rockies
43:29And the Bighorn Plateau
43:32Lived a man of great calling
43:34A man of great skill
43:36To trust the Almighty
43:38His plan to fulfill
43:41Oh, you did it, Moe!
43:43Nah, God did.
43:45I just followed the plan.
43:47Hold on, stranger
43:51Your mask hides your face
43:53Who you are we can't say
43:56Hold on, stranger
44:00We sing hi-ho sliver away
44:04It's time for a manna buffet
44:09We sing hi-ho sliver away
44:18Hi-ho away
44:27Wow, Larry, you were right.
44:29That was the perfect story for Elise.
44:31See, I told ya.
44:33What a great story about God's strength
44:35and following His directions.
44:37Come again?
44:39You know, God's strength.
44:41The whole point of the story.
44:43Oh, yeah, but
44:45I was thinking about the whole
44:47fighting with the brother thing.
44:49Elise is having a problem
44:51fighting with her brother,
44:53just like Moe,
44:55except his brothers
44:57mostly fought with him.
44:59What's your point?
45:01Well, all Elise needs is a big stick.
45:03Come again?
45:05What's your point?
45:07It's time to talk about
45:09what we've learned today.
45:11And so what we have learned
45:13applies to our lives today
45:15and God has a lot to say
45:17in His book.
45:19If the stick doesn't work,
45:21a dodgeball might.
45:23No.
45:25You see, we know that
45:27God's word is for everyone
45:29and now that our song is done
45:31we'll take a look.
45:33It's all about God's strength
45:35and following His directions.
45:37When Moe did things his own way,
45:39he just made things worse.
45:41To free his people,
45:43Moe had to rely on God
45:45and follow His plan.
45:47Oh, yeah, and there's that, too.
45:49Let's see if Cordy
45:51has a verse for us today.
46:03So we can call on God to help us
46:05and follow His directions
46:07when we know we can't do it by ourselves.
46:09Just like Moe.
46:11Cool!
46:13So, Elise, you're right.
46:15You aren't strong enough to do everything
46:17God asks you to do,
46:19but neither was Moe.
46:21But just like Moe,
46:23God can give you the strength
46:25to do what He asks.
46:27If you let God be your strength
46:29and follow His directions,
46:31you'll get through it all,
46:33and, well, you got one.
46:35Two for one.
46:37How about that?
46:39You know, Moe's story reminded me
46:41a lot of the story of Moses
46:43in the Bible.
46:45Oh, yeah, now that you mention it.
46:47But it was a little different,
46:49in a Western kind of way.
46:51Yahoo!
46:53Well, that's all the time we have for today.
46:55Remember, God made you special.
46:57And He loves you very much.
46:59Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
47:01Standing high and looking low
47:03Singing hi-yi yippee-ki-yo
47:05He's not that big we know
47:07But, man, that boy can throw
47:09The boy that we call
47:13Moe
47:17Oh, the river turned red
47:19And the mayor wouldn't listen
47:21And the prairie dogs spread
47:23And he still wouldn't listen
47:25And the grasshoppers came
47:27And the birds cheered
47:29And the pimples came up
47:31In every dimension
47:33And the wind blew
47:35And still he wouldn't pay attention
47:37Oh, when the ducks go quack
47:39The wacky-wacky-wack
47:41And the owls say ooo
47:43And the stars shine bright
47:45In the rocky mountain night
47:47You know it must be love
47:51La-ta-da-ta-da
47:57La-ta-da-ta-da
47:59La-ta-da-ta-da
48:01La-ta-da-ta-da
48:03La-ta-da-ta-da
48:05La-ta-da-ta-da
48:07La-ta-da-ta-da
48:09La-ta-da-ta-da
48:11La-ta-da-ta-da
48:13La-ta-da-ta-da
48:15La-ta-da-ta-da
48:17La-ta-da-ta-da
48:19La-ta-da-ta-da
48:21La-ta-da-ta-da
48:23La-ta-da-ta-da
48:25Oh, lone stranger
48:27Your mask hides your face
48:29Who you are we can't say
48:33Oh, lone stranger
48:35We sing hi-ho sliver
48:39A-way
48:41It's time for a manna buffet
48:45We sing hi-ho sliver
48:51A-way
48:53Hi-ho A-way
48:57A-way
49:27A-way
49:29A-way
49:31A-way
49:33A-way
49:35A-way
49:37A-way
49:39A-way
49:41A-way
49:43A-way
49:45A-way
49:47A-way
49:49A-way
49:51A-way
49:53A-way