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00:00Hi, kids. Welcome to VeggieTales. I'm Bob the Tomato.
00:04And I'm late for my book club.
00:06Uh, book club?
00:08Hi, everyone. Sorry about that.
00:10It's okay. We started without you.
00:12Discussing the book?
00:13No, eating the snacks.
00:15And they were delicious.
00:16I would put them on par with the snacks from two months ago,
00:19but they paled in comparison to the snacks from last month.
00:23What are you guys reading?
00:25It's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
00:28Oh, that's a classic. What did you think?
00:34Personally, I found the book riveting.
00:36Full of flawed characters and classic American humor.
00:43What's this? Norm's notes?
00:45Condensed outlines of books for the vegetable on the go.
00:49You didn't read the book?
00:51You just read notes about the book?
00:53Do you guys allow this?
00:56It does make everything go a lot faster.
00:58Norm's got notes on every book you could ever want.
01:01War and Peace took me 15 minutes.
01:03I found it riveting.
01:05Full of flawed characters and classic Russian pathos.
01:09I hate to interrupt, but Larry, we've got a letter to answer.
01:13Oh, right. Who's it from?
01:15This one comes to us from Zachary Alexander in Glen Allen, Virginia.
01:20How long is it?
01:21Just one page.
01:22Oh, I'm sure I'll find it riveting.
01:25Right. It says,
01:27Dear Bob and Larry, there's a kid in my school named Joseph who gets made fun of a lot.
01:32I feel really bad for him, but I'm afraid if I help him out, I'll get made fun of too.
01:37I guess I'm just not sure if I should get involved.
01:40What do you think?
01:41I think that's enough reading for the day.
01:43Yes! Who brought dessert?
01:45It was my turn!
01:47Well, Zachary, I think you've got a real problem.
01:51Sometimes the best thing to do is...
01:53...is to watch this story about Huckleberry Larry.
01:57Uh, Huckleberry Larry?
01:59We couldn't get the rights to Finn.
02:01Wait a minute. Are you saying we can watch the story from our book club?
02:05That's right.
02:06That's three minutes of my life I'll never get back.
02:24Oh, hello there. Glad you could stop by.
02:27I'm Clark Wayne, a storyteller.
02:30It's a perfect night for a story, don't you think?
02:32A story set on the big river?
02:37Yes, the Mississippi River, from the woods of northern Minnesota to New Orleans.
02:43They say a drop of water that falls into Lake Itasca way up here will be in the Gulf of Mexico 90 days later.
02:50Of course, most people like to get down the river a little quicker than that.
02:54This is a story about just such a fella.
02:57And to tell it, we're going to have to take a little trip down the old river ourselves.
03:02Hello, Chato.
03:05Not a soul out here at night.
03:07We should have the river all to ourselves.
03:14Oh, the mighty Mississippi
03:16It's flowing strong and wide
03:19Just me and you in an old canoe
03:22With a trusty Indian guide
03:25Yeah, I'm a trusty Indian guide
03:28I prefer Z-Town, Native American.
03:31Did you say something?
03:32Ready?
03:33Okay!
03:35Gonna take a trip on the mighty Mississippi
03:37Gonna take a little trippy on the mighty Mississippi
03:41Must be a slumber party.
03:44Gonna take a trip on the Mississippi
03:46Gonna take a little trippy on the mighty Mississippi
03:48Gonna take a trip on the Mississippi
03:50Gonna take a little trippy on the mighty Mississippi
03:53The mighty Mississippi
03:55It's flowing strong and wide
03:57Just me and you in an old canoe
03:59With a trusty Indian
04:01Oh, I'm sorry.
04:02With my trusty Native American guide
04:07Gonna take a trip on the Mississippi
04:09Gonna take a little trippy on the mighty Mississippi
04:12Gonna take a trip
04:13Not so loud, Chato.
04:15This is where our story starts.
04:18Timber!
04:21Dooley and Son's Lumber Camp.
04:24That's Mr. Dooley himself.
04:26He was in the tree removal business.
04:28In fact, Dooley had a way of removing anything
04:31or anyone who lumbered in his way.
04:34Get it? Lumber?
04:38Better! Harder! Faster!
04:41We're loggers! We're loggers!
04:43And for Pete's sake, no singing!
04:47What seems to be the holdup, Otto?
04:49Oh, we're having a bit of trouble with this big one.
04:53Call Big Jim.
04:56Now, Otto.
05:02Big Jim, strong as an ox and twice as tall,
05:06struck fear into anyone that laid eyes on him.
05:10He was so tough, he could...
05:13Do I know you?
05:15Oh, don't mind me. I'm just the narrator.
05:18Okey-dokey.
05:20Get a move on, Big Jim.
05:22I'm not paying you to stand around all day.
05:24Actually, you're not paying him at all.
05:27Oh, yeah. That's right, isn't it?
05:31Unlike the other loggers,
05:33Big Jim was not an employee of Dooley and Son's Inc.
05:36Five years ago, he was caught in Elk River, Minnesota
05:39with 1,100 pounds of stolen turkey jerky.
05:43As a sole witness, Mr. Dooley testified against Jim in court.
05:47Jim didn't go to prison.
05:49He was, however, sentenced to three years of community service
05:53at, of all places, Dooley and Son's Lumber Camp.
05:59Good work, Big Jim.
06:01Here, have some jerky.
06:06Mr. Dooley, there's been an accident.
06:09What happened?
06:11This Silverstein, he got a splinter.
06:13A splinter?
06:15Sorry, there's not much time.
06:17Oh.
06:18Hey, you there. Keep an eye on Big Jim.
06:21There are times when fate reaches down and grabs you by the lapels.
06:26This was one of those times.
06:28The logger in question, Steve,
06:30was not the sharpest blade in the sawmill.
06:33What Dooley said was,
06:35keep an eye on Big Jim.
06:37What Steve heard was,
06:39please run into town and get me a strawberry smoothie.
06:43Which is exactly what he did.
06:46For Big Jim, the cookie of opportunity was clearly on the table.
06:52He grabbed it.
06:58Where's Big Jim?
07:02Hey, why didn't you stop him?
07:05Oh, I'm the narrator.
07:07You're supposed to get involved.
07:09I know.
07:13Get him.
07:15Come back here, you scallywagger.
07:18Stop, Big Jim.
07:20You're going to be in soup.
07:23Come back here.
07:26Steve, come here.
07:35Was that your dog barking?
07:38No, that was Steve.
07:40He likes to bark when we chase things.
07:56Yeah!
08:15Well, that's just great.
08:20Is that a smoothie?
08:25Not every day on the Mississippi was quite so exciting, nor every situation so rife with turmoil.
08:37Take this scene, for example.
08:41That there green fella is Uncle Bear Larry, though most folks just call him Huck.
08:47And the red guy is Tomato Sawyer.
08:51Most folks just call him Tom, since, well, Tomato seems a little obvious.
08:56These two happy bachelors are homesteading.
09:00What's homesteading?
09:01Well, when the U.S. government settled the West, they cut it into little pieces of land called homesteads.
09:08Now, if you could live on a piece of land for five years without starving or getting run off by bears, the government would give it to you.
09:16These fellas been living on their homesteads for four years, 362 days.
09:21Yep, come Friday, just three days away, this land will be theirs.
09:27Three more days, Huck, and this land will be ours.
09:30Our dreams are coming true.
09:32Can I borrow some more nails?
09:33Sure thing, they're in my tent, behind the record collection.
09:37Once I own this land and finish my theme park, I'll be selling tickets and turkey jerky to all the jerky-loving folks on the riverboats.
09:44I'm gonna call it Jerky Land.
09:46Mr. Jerky will be my mascot.
09:48Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
09:51Where'd you say the nails were?
09:53Behind all the records.
09:54Now, before MP3 players, there were circular vinyl discs called... oh, forget it.
10:02You and your obscure music.
10:05Bobby Roberts and his Happy Monkey, Mama Bell and Little Jimmy?
10:09Mama Bell and Little Jimmy are not obscure.
10:12They sold over a million albums before Little Jimmy disappeared five years ago.
10:16Huh.
10:17You know, Huck, the theme park business is very capital intensive.
10:21It's hard to make any money in it.
10:23I'm not in it for the money, Tom. It's the action.
10:27Right.
10:28Hey, have you thought any more about joining me in my new business?
10:31There's a lot of action in tax preparation.
10:35I still don't know what that is.
10:36Well, I'm gonna help people prepare their federal tax returns each year.
10:40It's very complicated, but I've got a good head for numbers.
10:43I'm sure you could pick it up, too.
10:46Could you give me a hand?
10:48Sure. Always glad to help a friend.
10:51You know, there isn't a single tax preparer on the Mississippi anywhere between Minnesota and New Orleans.
10:57The market is wide open.
10:59What the tomato may have missed in his business plan is that this is 1904.
11:04And the federal income tax will not be established until 1913.
11:09For the next nine years, he will, in fact, have the market all to himself.
11:14What he will not have is customers.
11:18Am I to the...
11:19I could tell him this, but as the narrator, technically speaking, I'm not supposed to get involved.
11:26Who's that guy?
11:27I think it was Colonel Sanders.
11:28Really?
11:34Where's your dog?
11:35What?
11:36Oh, that's Steve. He likes to bark.
11:40We're looking for a man. A dangerous man.
11:44Have you seen him?
11:47Wrong poster.
11:50No, I don't think so.
11:52Well, think harder. He tore up a factory with his bare hands.
11:56And he's headed your way.
11:59This is a signal flare. If you see him, set this off and we'll come running.
12:05Why did he tear up the factory?
12:07He was looking for something.
12:09What?
12:10Turkey jerky.
12:20What are we going to do now?
12:22We're going to Muscatine.
12:24But we've got to get back to camp. The boys won't know what to do without us.
12:31What are we supposed to do without them?
12:34We could say...
12:37Some in our dentists and some in our cops.
12:39While others run delis or bicycle shops.
12:41We fancy our flannel an extra long sauce.
12:44We'd only be happy with this job because...
12:46We're loggers! We're loggers!
12:51Logs!
12:55You got the flare?
12:56Yes, it's right here in my tent.
12:58You got the matches?
12:59Yes, I have the matches.
13:00But honestly, why would he come here? We don't have any turkey jerky.
13:04No, but we're gonna as soon as I open Jerkyland.
13:08Well, sure. But nobody knows that now.
13:12Do they?
13:15Do they, Huck?
13:16I might have put up a sign or two.
13:20Twenty-nine.
13:21Twenty-nine signs? Where?
13:23Along the river.
13:30It's advertising, Tom.
13:32My amusement park for dummies book says I have to do it.
13:35Well, does it tell you what to do when your advertising attracts a homicidal turkey jerky loving maniac?
13:41Does it?
13:42I don't know. I'm only on chapter three.
13:47What was that?
13:51It's just birds.
13:52Okay, we need to come up with a plan.
13:55We need to take down all those signs.
13:57Tom?
13:58We need to build a fort with cannons.
14:00Tom?
14:01We need, say, 60 to 70 tall pine trees and iron ore for the cannons.
14:05Tom!
14:06What?
14:09He's right behind me, isn't he?
14:22Do you know the way to St. Louis? I want to zing with my mama.
14:27We don't have any turkey jerky. I haven't bought my inventory yet.
14:31I don't like turkey jerky.
14:34Well, of course you don't. None of us like turkey jerky. Do we, Huck?
14:39I love turkey jerky. I'm building the whole thing.
14:44Signal flare.
14:46What?
14:47So, you aren't looking for turkey jerky.
14:52You just want to sing with your mama.
14:55In St. Louis. She said, meet me in St. Louis, Louie.
15:00But your name is Jim.
15:02My middle name is Louie.
15:04Right.
15:06Signal flare.
15:08So, tell me, Jim Louie.
15:10Mama Belle called me Little Yimmy.
15:13Mama Belle and Little Yimmy?
15:16Well, sure. I could see why they'd call you Little Yimmy.
15:20Little Yimmy?
15:22Mama Belle and Little Yimmy. So, you were named after these guys?
15:26Mama.
15:28That's your mama?
15:30And me, Little Yimmy.
15:34That's you.
15:37I grew.
15:39Well, sure you did.
15:42Et gay the air flay.
15:45K-O-A.
15:47A-K-O-A-A.
15:48Hey, hey.
15:50Okay.
15:52I'm just gonna go put the record away now.
15:55In the other tent.
15:58Why don't you take a nap on your boat?
16:02Or whatever.
16:04And we'll go call for help.
16:11We have a signaling device.
16:14How do I light it?
16:15With the matches next to my books.
16:19Oh, here they are.
16:21So, rest well.
16:23Got it.
16:25Wait, not in a tent!
16:35Thank you for helping me.
16:38It's the least we could do.
16:41You rest now.
16:43Help is on the way.
16:45Okay.
16:51What am I gonna do for a tent now?
16:54I didn't know it was gonna do that.
16:56What did you think it was gonna do?
16:58The emotion of the moment was overwhelming.
17:00Wait, the reward.
17:02What?
17:04Hundred dollar reward.
17:06That's right.
17:08You could buy a new tent.
17:10And you'll have enough money to finish Jerky Land.
17:12This day has turned out all right after all.
17:15As long as Little Yimmy doesn't get hungry and eat us
17:17before that scary guy with the Steve dog gets here.
17:20You're right.
17:23Do you hear something?
17:25Sounds like singing.
17:33Wait a minute.
17:45Happy River.
17:47Happy River.
17:49Happy River.
17:51Happy River.
17:53Happy River.
17:55Happy River.
17:57Happy River.
17:59Happy River.
18:01Happy River.
18:03Happy River.
18:05Happy River.
18:07Happy River.
18:09Happy River.
18:11Happy River.
18:13Happy River.
18:15Happy River.
18:17Happy River.
18:24He's telling the truth.
18:26What?
18:28He's Little Yimmy. It's him.
18:30But he's huge.
18:32He grew. It's him I tell ya.
18:34No one else can sing with Mama Belle just like that.
18:36And we just called that scary guy and barking Steve
18:38to come take him back to whatever nasty place they came from.
18:40I don't know.
18:42We gotta help him get to St. Louis
18:43so he can sing with his mama.
18:45Wait a minute. He tore up a factory.
18:47He couldn't have.
18:49He's allergic to turkey jerky. See?
18:51Huh?
18:53Little Yimmy sings the
18:55I'm allergic to turkey jerky blues?
18:57It's the scary guy and barking Steve.
18:59Run Little Yimmy.
19:02We gotta go wake him up.
19:04But the reward money.
19:06We gotta save Little Yimmy.
19:09Too late. They're here.
19:14All right. Where is that big ox?
19:21I should have known Little Yimmy
19:23would try to get back to his mama someday.
19:25See? It is Little Yimmy.
19:27Hey boss. Look at this.
19:29That's where they lit the signal flare.
19:31But where are they now?
19:33Uh, boss?
19:35Big Jim?
19:37Is that you?
19:39Stop!
19:41Get back here!
19:43Watch out!
19:45Big Jim!
19:47Go get him!
19:49I can't swim.
19:51He only doggy paddles.
19:53I'll track you down
19:55if it's the last thing I do.
19:58Mama?
20:00No, Little Yimmy.
20:02That's not your mama.
20:04But we're gonna find her for you.
20:06Aren't we, Tom?
20:08All Tom could think about
20:10was the $100 he just lost
20:11and the fact that if he wasn't back
20:13at that homestead by Friday
20:15when the man from the government showed up
20:17he was gonna lose a whole lot more.
20:25You're on.
20:27What's my line?
20:29Just read the script.
20:31I don't have one.
20:33Larry, where's the script for the silly song?
20:35Oops.
20:37Don't tell me you forgot.
20:39I've got a song.
20:42The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
20:45It lies atop a mound of snow
20:47High in the hills where the cold winds blow
20:49It's the Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
20:52Come on, let's go!
20:54The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
21:00Our bags are packed and ready to go
21:02Let's start the van and be gone
21:04Start the van and be gone
21:06Now our bags are all packed and we're ready to go
21:08Let's start the van and be gone
21:09Start the van and be gone
21:11Come on, let's go!
21:13The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
21:15Oh, what did you say?
21:17We can't leave yet today?
21:19You've just got an errand to run.
21:21I just have to stop at the bank.
21:23You just have to stop at the bank?
21:25Well, if you insist, I suppose.
21:27We can deal with a minor delay.
21:29Deal with a minor delay.
21:31Say, Archibald,
21:33who made this biscuit anyway?
21:35Oh, I thought you'd never ask.
21:36Sir James McNab of the Guild of Do
21:38He made the biscuit so long ago
21:40And the people, they travel to see it glow
21:42The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
21:45Come on, let's go!
21:47The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
21:49Oh, what is it now? This isn't the way.
21:51I just need to stop for some goldfish food.
21:53You don't even have a goldfish.
21:55No, but I was thinking of getting one
21:57and I wouldn't want him to go hungry.
21:59Anybody need anything?
22:01Maybe a venti half-caff vanilla hazelnut latte?
22:04Hold the whip cream.
22:06And maybe one of those
22:08little chocolate-covered graham crackers?
22:13So, Archie,
22:15what's so great about this biscuit anyway?
22:17Well, if you really want to know,
22:19The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:21Was lost to the world many years ago
22:23Until my great Uncle Archibald
22:25Stubbed his toe on the frozen dough
22:27Of the Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:29Come on!
22:31Let's go!
22:33The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:34Not again! It's just not fair!
22:36You've got to have a map!
22:38A what?
22:39A map!
22:40A what?
22:41A map!
22:42A map!
22:44The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:46The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:48The joy!
22:49The thrill!
22:50I think I spilled!
22:52The Biscuit!
22:54The Biscuit!
22:56The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:57The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
22:59Bo?
23:00Uh-oh.
23:03Mmm. Sausage gravy.
23:05Huh. I might have made a wrong turn.
23:08The Biscuit of Doug?
23:11Back to the van! Back to the van!
23:13It isn't too late! Let's go!
23:15So high in the hills where the cold winds blow
23:17The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
23:19We're almost there!
23:20Oh, isn't this great?
23:21Who needs to take a party break?
23:23Me!
23:24I'm here!
23:25No!
23:27Me!
23:28The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
23:30It lies atop a mound of snow
23:32High in the hills where the cold winds blow
23:34The Biscuit of Zaza-Miranda-Bo
23:39I suppose this has been Silly Songs with Archie.
23:43Tune in next time to hear Larry say...
23:47I always thought you were the announcer.
23:50So did I.
23:58Hmm.
24:02Ah!
24:04Buck? Buck?
24:06Good morning, Tom. Beautiful day, isn't it?
24:09How long was I sleeping?
24:11Where are we?
24:13I figure we're coming up on...
24:15Hold on.
24:18Coming up on Davenport.
24:20And we're making good time.
24:22Making good time?
24:24We're making terrible time!
24:25Because we're not supposed to be going anywhere!
24:27We've got to get back to...
24:29Wait. Follow me.
24:31It's important to keep the raft balanced.
24:33On account of Little Yimmy being so...
24:35big.
24:37We've got to get off this raft
24:39and get back to our campsite before...
24:43Before the government man gets there
24:45and decides we starved
24:47or got run off by bears!
24:49Look, Tom. I have it all figured out.
24:51A couple hours ahead is a little town called
24:52Muscatine.
24:54So we can hop off there
24:56and put Little Yimmy on the train to St. Louis.
24:58We can walk back home by Thursday.
25:00Plenty of time.
25:02Fine.
25:04Okay, Huck. Muscatine.
25:06But no further.
25:09It is a lovely day on the river.
25:12Ah!
25:17Lovely.
25:19Hmm. Refreshing.
25:21Snoring.
25:24When you're slippin' down
25:26The Mississippi
25:28There ain't no need
25:30For gettin' lippy
25:32Laze in the sun
25:34Or take a dippy
25:36The fishin's always due
25:38Try this one.
25:40It's like a...
25:42Just grab a pole
25:44And drag a liner
25:46Lie on back
25:48There's nothin' finer
25:50Than a carp
25:52Or a redfin shiner
25:54A-bidin' like they should
25:56Ha ha!
25:58Well, the river
26:00Is my neighbor
26:02Excuse me.
26:04This is the narrator's song.
26:06Oh.
26:08I thought you were the chicken guy.
26:10Not a word, Chato.
26:12Well, the river
26:14Is my neighbor
26:16And the river
26:18Is my friend
26:20There's a story
26:22Hidin' round
26:24Each river bend
26:26That's right.
26:28So take me down
26:30The Mississippi
26:32Your hair is long
26:34It needs a clippy
26:36Bring a coat
26:38The night's gettin' iffy
26:40On this you can depend
26:42Oh, the river
26:44She's my friend
26:46Whoa!
26:47Village!
26:49M! I! Crooked letter! Crooked letter! I!
26:51Crooked letter! Crooked letter! I!
26:53Humpback! Humpback! I!
26:55Must be a slumber party.
26:57Lovely.
27:03So the bad man in the mask
27:05Dumped the jerky in your hands?
27:07Right when the police showed up?
27:09Yes. That's why I spent five years
27:11At the lumber camp.
27:13But you only had to serve three years.
27:15Mr. Dooley thought I couldn't count.
27:17Shouldn't we be coming up on...
27:19Muscatine!
27:21There it is.
27:23Muscatine.
27:25Okay, Jim. We're gonna...
27:27You're going to put me on a train
27:29To St. Louis
27:31Then you're walking home
27:33To meet the government man
27:35By Thursday.
27:37Right. That's right.
27:39Huck, run up ahead
27:41And look for the train station
27:43While I tie up the raft.
27:45Aye, aye, Captain Tom.
27:47Yes. Everyone deserves donuts
27:49For a job well done.
27:53Excuse me, sir.
27:55Would you happen to know
27:57Where I can find a train station
27:59Conveniently located next to a bakery?
28:01You head down the street yonder, young fella.
28:03Thank you.
28:05Wow. What a great town.
28:07This place has got it all.
28:09Friendly town people
28:11Shopping
28:13Baby with a signal flare
28:15Huh?
28:18Whoa!
28:23Ah!
28:27Whoa!
28:29Excuse me.
28:31Whoa!
28:33Really sorry about that.
28:35Excuse me.
28:37Is there something
28:39I can help you with, sonny?
28:41Ah!
28:43Hey!
28:45So, you play any football
28:47In high school?
28:49You got the size for it.
28:51No. I was in musicals.
28:53Really?
28:55Tom! Tom!
29:00Tom!
29:07We gotta get out of here!
29:09What are you doing?
29:10What are you doing?
29:12Huck! What's going on?
29:14Beware the babies!
29:20Ooh. Pretty.
29:24Maybe no one noticed.
29:30They all know about Jim.
29:32The posters are everywhere.
29:34Even the babies have signal flares.
29:36The babies?
29:38Yeah, Tom. The babies!
29:40I...
29:42No!
29:44Huck, I said I'd go to Muscatine.
29:46That's it. I did my part.
29:48We gotta get back home
29:50Or we'll lose everything.
29:52I know.
29:54Do you wanna be bachelors
29:56Living in tents for another five years?
29:58No.
30:00But I wanna help little Yimmy
30:02Find his mama.
30:04Let's just get back on the river
30:06And think this over.
30:11Come back with my donuts, you thieves!
30:14And my good faker!
30:16Your own sign said,
30:18Free sample!
30:20It also said,
30:22Take one!
30:24Simply a rounding error on my part.
30:26Rock.
30:28You accept my apologies
30:30As graciously as I have accepted
30:32Your free sample!
30:34It's back here!
30:36It's back here!
30:37Ha!
30:39Looks like these two rascals
30:41Are in a heap of trouble.
30:43I wonder what Tom, Huck, and Jim
30:45Are up to.
30:55That was close.
30:57Yeah, real close.
30:59Oh, dear.
31:01Good day, gentlemen.
31:03Our vessel is proving
31:05Yourself less than seaworthy.
31:07Absolutely not.
31:09No more helping.
31:12There could be a donut in it for you.
31:17You're really a king and a duke?
31:19Indeed.
31:21Of what?
31:23Well, my good tomato,
31:25You are looking at the king of Memphis
31:27And my good friend here,
31:29The Duke of New Orleans!
31:31Pleased to meet you.
31:33But we don't have royalty in America.
31:35Obviously.
31:37Who might your prodigious compatriot be?
31:40I'm sorry?
31:42Who's the big guy?
31:44Oh, that's Jim.
31:46As in Big Jim?
31:48Do you know the way to St. Louis?
31:51I want to sing with my mama.
31:54St. Louis?
31:56That's the site of the World's Fair.
31:58Is that where your mama is?
32:00Meet me in St. Louis, Louis.
32:02Meet me at the fair.
32:04I love that song.
32:05Meet me in St. Louis, Louis.
32:07I thought his name was Jim.
32:09His middle name is Louis.
32:11What town are we coming up on next, Duke?
32:14I don't know.
32:16I'll tell you what, friends.
32:18Since you were so kind as to snatch us
32:20From the river's icy jaws,
32:22The Duke and I will escort your large compatriot
32:24Down to St. Louis.
32:26And as a token of gratitude,
32:28We will give each of you ten dollars
32:30For train fare back north
32:32To wherever you came from.
32:33Did you hear that, Huck?
32:35Train fare back up north!
32:37They'll take little Yimmy to St. Louis
32:39And we can get back to our homesteads on time.
32:41Um...
32:43Put us ashore at whatever town we come to next
32:45And we'll telegraph ahead
32:47And let your mama know
32:49That we're on our way to the fair.
32:52Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do...
32:57Where are they?
32:59They've been gone almost an hour.
33:01If we leave right now,
33:03We might be able to make it back
33:05Before the government man shows up.
33:07Uh, yeah.
33:09Look, Tom, I've been thinking.
33:11Maybe we should ride along
33:13Just to be safe.
33:15Have you forgotten about my tax office?
33:17And Jerky Land?
33:19Isn't that what you've always wanted?
33:21Yes.
33:23But I want to help little Yimmy, too.
33:25I've got news for you.
33:27I didn't hurt little Yimmy.
33:29I'm not the one who sent him up the river
33:31Away from his mama.
33:33I want to help him.
33:35Sometimes, not helping is the same as hurting.
33:38What? That makes no sense.
33:40Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do...
33:42If we see someone who needs help
33:44And we can help them,
33:46I think that's what God wants us to do.
33:48But you...
33:50I'm going to make sure little Yimmy finds his mama.
33:52I...
33:54Oh!
33:56I say, good news, friends!
33:58Everything is arranged.
34:00The telegram is on its way
34:01And it's for train fare.
34:03I...
34:05I'm going to make sure
34:07Little Yimmy finds his mama.
34:09Is that more important
34:11Than the last five years of hard work?
34:13The situation is under control.
34:15The Duke and I are skilled...
34:17Raft...
34:19Drivers.
34:23I'm going to make sure
34:25Little Yimmy finds his mama.
34:28Then you'll be by yourself.
34:32Goodbye, Huckleberry Larry.
34:35Goodbye, Tomato Sawyer.
34:40I'm sorry, Huck.
34:43Let's go find your mama.
34:46No point in both of us losing our land.
34:49Besides, I'm sure little Yimmy will be fine.
34:51Hello!
34:53Hello!
34:55Hello!
34:57Hello!
34:59Hello!
35:01Hello!
35:08Ahem.
35:10May I help you?
35:12Oh, yes.
35:14I need a ticket.
35:16North to Dubuque
35:18Or south to St. Louis?
35:20North.
35:27Excuse me, sir.
35:29Could you hand me my fishing pole?
35:31Besides, I'm not supposed to get involved.
35:34Well, of all the...
35:39My lucky fishing pole!
35:41That guy could have helped me.
35:43Listen, buddy.
35:45I hope you learn someday that
35:47Not helping someone
35:49Can be the same thing as hurting them.
35:53Not helping...
35:55Little Yimmy.
35:57That'll be five dollars and seven cents.
35:58Here's ten bucks.
36:00I'm going south to St. Louis.
36:02Hang on, little Yimmy.
36:04Help is on the way.
36:12Yes, it looked like everyone was headed
36:14For the St. Louis World's Fair.
36:17What?
36:19Wait, you want the story to end
36:21In the pocket lot of a Kentucky Fried Chicken?
36:23Trust me, this'll be fun.
36:25Oh, here comes little Yimmy.
36:26Hulking those two rascals now.
36:28Wow.
36:30Most of this was built in my honor, you know.
36:32What, me being the king and all?
36:34Yeah, me too.
36:36It's time to find your mama, little Yimmy.
36:38But first, we need to lose the pickle.
36:40I thought he was a cucumber.
36:42Oh, look at the log ride.
36:45Ooh.
36:47Ah, yeah.
36:49Why, Huck, if you look closely
36:51You'll see my name engraved in that log.
36:53I don't see any.
36:54Lean a little further.
36:56You'll see it.
36:58No, I still don't see it.
37:00Ah!
37:02Oh, there's so much to see here.
37:04Please remain seated
37:06While the vehicle is in motion.
37:08Are you okay?
37:10I'm fine, little Yimmy.
37:12We'll find your mama in a minute.
37:14Oh, look, little Yimmy.
37:16Here comes your mama now.
37:18There he is.
37:20It's Big Jim, the turkey jerky bandit.
37:22Huck.
37:24He's been coming back with me, Big Jim
37:26For a long, long time.
37:28Leave him alone.
37:30Huck.
37:32Ahem. Before we turn him over
37:34There is the issue of reward.
37:38Ha ha. He's all yours.
37:42Bye.
37:44Get back here.
37:46Where do you think you're going?
37:48We gotta get him.
37:50Little Yimmy, where are you going?
37:52I'm coming to help you.
37:54Oh, that's okay.
37:56I'm doing fine.
38:05I'll help you, Huck.
38:07I'm good. Thanks, little Yimmy.
38:10That's my meal ticket.
38:12Otto, get me a flare.
38:17Oh, dear.
38:20Fire in the hole!
38:25Goodbye, mother.
38:27Goodbye, father.
38:29Goodbye, turkey jerky.
38:31Oh, mama!
38:34Mother!
38:36Ah!
38:38Ah!
38:40Ah!
38:46You forgot about me, didn't you, little Yimmy?
38:49Oh, no.
38:51Oh, no.
38:53You forgot about your good friend, Tomato.
38:56And your lucky fishing pole.
38:58I'm sorry, Huck. You were right all along.
39:00We do need to help others, even when it's not easy.
39:03I forgive you, Tom.
39:05Little Yimmy!
39:11Do you know the way to St. Louis?
39:14Straight down.
39:18He's on the Ferris wheel!
39:20He's on the Ferris wheel!
39:22Follow me!
39:30He's headed for the amphitheater!
39:37The river is blue
39:39Because it's full of my tears
39:42Poor little Yimmy
39:44Can't see him in years
39:47I wish I could
39:49Hi, little Yimmy.
39:51Hi, mama.
39:53Little Yimmy?
39:55Mama?
39:57Little Yimmy!
39:59Mama!
40:01Little Yimmy!
40:03Mama.
40:05Little Yimmy.
40:07Not so fast!
40:09That guard is a wanted criminal!
40:11Miami?
40:13That fella belongs to me!
40:19Officer! Hey, officer!
40:21Someone ran off with all my turkey jerky!
40:24I was going to come back and pay you for every last stick!
40:29Officers, I suggest you re-examine the Elk River turkey jerky case.
40:35We have a new suspect.
40:37Gotta go.
40:41May I?
40:43Be my guest.
40:49I thought you couldn't get involved!
40:52Well, that's just it.
40:54When you see that someone needs help and you know you can help them,
40:58you just have to get involved.
41:01Sing me a song as we paddle along the Elk River
41:06So things ended up pretty well.
41:08Mama Belle and little Yimmy were making music again.
41:11Why, they even released a new album.
41:13We had a special quiver and it gave away three eyes
41:17We paddled down the river just like Yimmy and me
41:20We ate half a loon when the river bowed to two
41:23Happy River
41:25Happy River
41:29I heard the food table was down here.
41:32Oh good.
41:34You know, I'm so hungry I could eat a whole...
41:37Donut!
41:39Huh? You guys!
41:40Get back here with those donuts!
41:47Yep, everything worked out pretty well.
41:50Wait a minute.
41:52What about me and Huck?
41:54We've got nothing left except one tent and a broken fishing pole.
41:58It's a lucky fishing pole.
42:00He's got a point.
42:02I guess.
42:04Come to think of it, I got a nice piece of land down by the river.
42:06Hardly use it except strumming my banjo on the dock.
42:10You want to set up your businesses there?
42:13You're not worried you raise your chickens?
42:15Not a word, Chato.
42:17It's chicken free.
42:19You interested?
42:21Well sure we are.
42:23I'll have a tax preparation office up in no time.
42:25Oh yeah.
42:27I've been meaning to talk to you about that.
42:29No need complaining.
42:31I've got miles that are remaining.
42:33Happy River
42:34Happy River
42:37Like sister and brother
42:39We'll be helping one another
42:41The burden we're bearing
42:43When we're helping we're sharing
42:45Happy River
42:50Personally, I found this story riveting.
42:53Full of flawed characters and classic American humor.
42:57I enjoyed how the author intertwined complicated moral dilemmas
43:00with light-hearted vegetable frivolity.
43:05It's time to talk about what we learned today.
43:12What happened to the song?
43:14Mimes know its version.
43:16For the vegetable on the go.
43:18Let's see if Qwerty has a verse for us today.
43:22Very funny, Qwerty.
43:26Ah, James 417.
43:28If you know what is right to do, but you do not do it, you sin.
43:33So, the Bible tells us that not doing the right thing
43:36is the same thing as doing the wrong thing.
43:38Uh, yeah, Larry.
43:40I think that's right.
43:42When you know what you should do and don't do it,
43:45you're actually doing something wrong.
43:47That's what I said.
43:49I know that's what you said.
43:51Because that's what the Bible says.
43:53Yes. Anyway.
43:55Zachary, it's wrong for the kids at school to make fun of Joseph.
43:58But it's also wrong to see it happening and not do anything about it.
44:00The right thing to do is to get involved.
44:03Let the other kids know that it's not nice to make fun of other people
44:06because it hurts their feelings.
44:08Tell your parents or a teacher what's going on,
44:11and they can help, too.
44:13And even though it'll be hard, you can feel good
44:15knowing that you're doing the right thing by helping Joseph.
44:18Just like Huck knew the right thing to do was to help little Yimmy.
44:21If he wouldn't have helped him,
44:23he would have been doing the wrong thing.
44:25That's right, Larry. Nice story.
44:27Thanks, Bob.
44:28I say next month, we skip the book and go straight for dessert.
44:31I second the motion.
44:33All those in favor, say mm.
44:35Mm.
44:37Opposed?
44:39The umps have it.
44:41Remember, kids, God made you special.
44:43And he loves you very much.
44:45You shouldn't talk with your mouth full.
44:47Goodbye!
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