S02E05 - The Roots
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01:00When I was growing up on Walton's Mountain, the Great Depression cast its shadow over
01:22us as it did over everyone, but we were more fortunate than most.
01:28We were a close-knit family, and the house we lived in was as solid and secure as the
01:33mountain itself.
01:36Because I had always lived in it, I took our house for granted.
01:39Then, one hot summer afternoon, I met others less fortunate.
01:45Through them, I learned the real meaning of home.
02:06Thank you, Miss Grant.
02:08Hey, wait a minute.
02:10You're not 12.
02:11Here, take that and split.
02:13Bye, Rebecca.
02:14Bye, Jessica.
02:16Much obliged.
02:17How old are you, son?
02:18Twelve.
02:19Well, here you are.
02:20Thank you, Mr. Denton.
02:21I'll bet you ate more than you picked.
02:22I suppose you're 12, too.
02:23Thank you, Mr. Denton.
02:24You're a mighty fine worker, little lady.
02:25That's because I hate peaches.
02:26Thanks.
02:27Jody, I reckon you and your daddy will be moving along now.
02:28Yes, ma'am.
02:29I'm going to miss seeing you every day.
02:46Me too.
02:48Jody.
02:49What?
02:50Would you send me a postcard sometime?
02:52Sure.
02:53Send me one.
02:54You always want everything I want.
02:56Well, I'd like to have one, too.
02:57So do you mind putting me on your list, Jody?
02:59I'd hate to lose track of you after we became such good buddies.
03:02Yes, Bill.
03:04Much blood.
03:08Mr. Denton, thank you.
03:09Uh, you mind if we took some of those culls?
03:11Keep yourself. Their brew's no good to me.
03:13Appreciate it.
03:15Step up.
03:16Any more work here?
03:17Sorry. Might try the next orchard.
03:19Fruit's all been picked here.
03:24Take some home. Mom will make us some peach pie.
03:26An applesauce?
03:27Not an applesauce.
03:28Mom, peach pie.
03:29I have got peach pies all over me.
03:31Well, we'll get home in a minute so you can wash yourself off.
03:33Hey, Jason, would you drive the truck over here?
03:35Sure.
03:36Since when does Jason get to drive?
03:37Listen, children should be seen and not heard, Erin.
03:39I'll have it over here in a second, John Boyer.
03:41Yeah, be careful, though. It's been heating up again.
03:43It's only 100 feet away. It won't have time to get warm.
03:45Hey, Mr. Foster, help yourself to some culls. Okay, Bill.
03:48Oh, thank you, John Boyer.
03:50A dollar. Used to be I made that much an hour.
03:53A dollar an hour? That's good pay.
03:55Them days are gone forever, it looks like.
03:58Yeah, I reckon they are.
04:01Oh, Mrs. Grant, we'll be leaving in just a couple minutes.
04:03There's no hurry, John Boyer.
04:05There's nobody waiting at home for me.
04:08Look, John Boyer, a tree.
04:10Well, what's left of one.
04:11Is it a peach tree?
04:13Yeah, I believe it is.
04:14Can we have it?
04:15Now, what do you want with that thing?
04:17We can plant it and grow peaches.
04:19It'll never grow.
04:21Couldn't we try, John Boyer?
04:23Well, why don't you ask Mr. Denton about it?
04:25If it's all right with him, it's all right with me.
04:27Do we have to? He threw it away.
04:29Well, why don't you ask him anyway?
04:33Hey, Jim Bob, there's something wrapped in roots in it.
04:35Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Grant.
04:37Have you been promptly introduced to Mr. Foster here?
04:39Sure have. And he's been telling me some stories, too.
04:42Some of them were even true.
04:47Will it grow for real?
04:48Sure, my grandpa can make anything grow.
04:50You got a grandpa of your own?
04:52Sure, everybody has one.
04:53Not me.
04:54Why not?
04:55I don't really know what one is, to tell you the truth.
04:57A grandpa is your mother's and father's father.
05:03I don't have a mother either.
05:05You got one?
05:06I got a mother, father, a grandma,
05:08and all those brothers and sisters and millions of cousins.
05:11You one little thing.
05:13Okay, kids.
05:15Now, what do you want?
05:16Can I have this peach tree? I found it over there with the cows.
05:19What are you going to do with that tree?
05:21I'm going to plant it and grow peaches.
05:23I just reckon you can have it, then.
05:26You living around here?
05:27Yeah, Walton's Mountain, about six miles.
05:29Too bad.
05:31Too bad?
05:32I heard you mention that truck when I came up.
05:34I was hoping you was travelers like me and my boy Jody.
05:36We could bum a nice long ride.
05:38Sorry, kid.
05:39I heard you was travelers like me and my boy Jody.
05:41We could bum a nice long ride.
05:43Sorry, can't oblige you.
05:44We might not even be going your way.
05:46Oh, yeah, you would.
05:48You're not headed any place particular, are you?
05:50One's as good as another when you're traveling,
05:52whichever way your thumb takes you.
05:54You don't seem too unhappy about it.
05:56Unhappy?
05:57Why, it's the greatest life there is.
05:59You ever been to Alaska or Wyoming, Arizona?
06:02You ever stuck your toe in the Mississippi River?
06:04Don't think I'd care to.
06:06Me and Jody been all them places.
06:08It's the real reason we're traveling.
06:10I'm showing him the world.
06:11Oh, yeah, well, what about his schooling?
06:13Why, the world's his school, and I'm his teacher.
06:16What's that little fellow, your brother, what's he studying?
06:18Well, uh, I don't know.
06:20Let me see.
06:21Last time I helped him with his homework,
06:22he was studying geography.
06:23Alaska and glaciers and such.
06:25We've been to Alaska, seen a glacier, stood on one,
06:28studied it upside down and crossways.
06:30Then you're a teacher.
06:32Well, no, ma'am, I'm an auto mechanic,
06:34but things are kind of slow in that line these days.
06:39John Boyd, Mr. Denton said I could keep it.
06:41We're planting it as soon as we get home.
06:43Pa, could we stay and watch him plant it?
06:46We got to get back on the road, son.
06:48I always say being in one place too long
06:50is like being stuck in jail.
06:52Ain't that right, son?
06:53Right, Pa.
06:54Well, look, Mr. Foster, we could probably drop you off
06:56on the main road to Charlottesville
06:58if that'd be a help.
06:59That'd be good.
07:00Lots of us traveling these days.
07:04Hey, Jason, Vinnie, here!
07:12Well, we made it.
07:13Easy as pie, John Boyd.
07:14When do I get to drive, John Boyd?
07:16Your time will come.
07:17Hey, help me.
07:21Come on.
07:26That looked like I was going to have to drive home for a minute.
07:30Okay.
07:31Any more peaches? Is it there?
07:32Well, this is all I get.
07:33Don't forget anything now.
07:34Take my hat.
07:35Take my hat.
08:01She's a bit bad.
08:04Well, thank you, John Boyd.
08:05Okay, you're welcome.
08:07Oh, here, I get this.
08:08We're going to get ourselves a new truck
08:09one of these days, I swear.
08:12Bye-bye.
08:13John Boyd, tell your mama I'm going to come over
08:15and help her with the cannon.
08:17I owe your daddy for a delivery of wood
08:19and I'd appreciate a chance to pay it back.
08:20Oh, I'm sure that'd work out just fine.
08:22Good.
08:23Bye-bye.
08:24Bye, ladies.
08:26You know, I left a nice pitch of lemonade
08:28in the icebox this morning.
08:30Why don't you all come in and enjoy it with me?
08:32Well, that sounds awful good.
08:33There's a lot of us, though.
08:35The more, the merrier.
08:36Come on in the house, everybody.
08:38Come on.
08:41Give this truck a little time to cool off.
08:44Look at that.
08:46Just as well, give it a chance to cool off.
08:48Don't touch your head.
08:50She's been beating up heads for weeks like that.
08:52That's her helper, Dick.
08:55Time for lemonade.
09:03Did Paul let us have the dollar?
09:05Oh, I reckon they'll go to court soon.
09:12Snow!
09:14Look, Bob, he's shaking in there, snow.
09:17Sure is, Jodi.
09:18My daughter gave me that at Christmas.
09:25What's that?
09:27It's a shell.
09:28You can hear the ocean in it.
09:29Listen.
09:30You pull on my leg.
09:33Hold your breath, and you can hear it.
09:37Yeah, it is true.
09:39Waves, they go, shh, shh.
09:42Someday I'm gonna sail across those waves
09:44on a big ocean liner all the way to Europe.
09:46Maybe you were running to me and Jodi there.
09:48We always head in some place.
09:50Well...
09:53Right now, we better just be heading on home.
09:55So soon, John Boy.
09:57It's getting late. Mom will be wondering.
09:59Well, Jodi, I hope we'll see each other again real soon.
10:03Me too.
10:04Don't speck we'll be around much longer.
10:08Oh.
10:10I'm sorry to hear that.
10:12Those cookies are real good.
10:14Well, there's some more left.
10:16Well, we really should be running home now. I'm sorry.
10:20All right.
10:21Thank you very much.
10:22Thank you for coming by.
10:24You're a really good man.
10:25It's a pleasure to meet you.
10:28Oh, I'll take it.
10:29Okay.
10:30Thank you for the lemonade. The cookies are really good.
10:32You're welcome, Harry.
10:33Bye, Miss Manning.
10:34Bye.
10:38John Boy.
10:40Yes, ma'am.
10:42You, uh...
10:44You made a pretty good teacher to me one time.
10:48How are you at matchmaking?
10:52Well, you wouldn't believe it if I tried to tell you.
10:54John Boy, this old house gets real lonesome.
10:59And I may not be a spring chicken, but I've still got my looks.
11:04And what are you trying to tell me?
11:06And I've also got an awful lot of love to give to you.
11:09What are you trying to tell me?
11:11I'm trying to tell you that I love that child.
11:14And Mr. Foster's a fine-looking man.
11:16My Bertie Grant, I declare.
11:17See what you can do.
11:20Well, I'll certainly try.
11:22Well, I'll certainly try.
11:26You're welcome.
11:27Bye, Mom.
11:28Bye.
11:44Boy, I sure hope we make it home.
11:46Yeah, it's getting worse.
11:48Well, she's steaming like a kettle.
11:53Oh, no, I think it's on fire.
11:56Oh, she's on... I'm telling you, she's on fire.
12:01Let me out!
12:02Let me out!
12:03Let me out!
12:04Ow!
12:05That's hot!
12:07Keep away!
12:08I think I'm going to get into some real trouble.
12:12Let's get this open.
12:15Hey, well, look at the flames.
12:16Stand back.
12:18Okay, she's out.
12:23Boo-hoo!
12:39Mr. Foster put the fire out and then he got the truck started again.
12:42Well, how much obliged, Mr. Foster?
12:44Well, it wasn't anything, Mr. Walden, just a little trouble in the carburetor.
12:47He saved our lives.
12:48And the trucks, too. They were just about ready to explode.
12:50Mom, this is Jody.
12:51Hi, Jody. How are you?
12:52Won't you both stay for supper with us?
12:54Thank you, ma'am.
12:56Timba, what have you got there?
12:58A tree, Mama. I'm going to plant it and grow peaches.
13:00Can I watch?
13:01You can help.
13:02Yeah, well, go ahead and help.
13:03Come on.
13:04And then wash up for supper.
13:06Let's go get a shovel, okay?
13:07Go get your shovel.
13:08I'll be right back.
13:17That was a wonderful meal.
13:18Jody and I thank you.
13:19It's our pleasure.
13:21You're welcome to spend the night if you'd like.
13:22Yeah, why don't you stay here?
13:24Well, I wouldn't want to put you out.
13:26Well, didn't you just save our truck?
13:28Yeah, well, anybody would do the same.
13:31You could spend the night and we could take you to the main road in the morning.
13:34It's gotten right chilly.
13:36Night air is not good for a child.
13:39Well, if Jody would like to, do you ride nice?
13:42Yeah, Pa. Then we could see the tree in the morning.
13:45Thank you, Mr. Walden.
13:46Thank you, Mr. Walden.
13:48All of you.
13:50What do you do for food when you're on the road?
13:53Oh, we follow the crops.
13:54Get hired on like today.
13:56Dollar here, dollar there.
13:58Must get mighty tough sometime.
14:00It does. More of us after the same dollar.
14:02It's a lot tougher.
14:04Mr. Roosevelt's doing all he can.
14:06Yes, ma'am, he is.
14:07I just wish he'd do it a lot quicker.
14:10There's Miss Grant.
14:11Well, hi, Bertie.
14:12Come on in. Have a seat.
14:13Good evening, everybody.
14:14No, thank you. I can't stay.
14:16I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I have some information that I thought might be of interest to Mr. Foster.
14:22And Jody.
14:23What is it?
14:25Well, I had some shopping to do down at Ike Godsey's.
14:29He runs the general store here.
14:31And in talking, he happened to mention that he had a problem.
14:34See, the Baldwin lady's car broke down.
14:37And they left it with Mr. Godsey to fix.
14:39Ike? He doesn't know one end of a car from the other.
14:42That's what he told them.
14:43But they just wouldn't listen.
14:44And they told him they'd come and get it when it was ready.
14:47What's he gonna do?
14:49He's going to hire Mr. Foster.
14:53That's news to me.
14:55I told him all about you.
14:57Being a mechanic and everything, and he says for you to come and see him in the morning.
15:02We're leaving in the morning.
15:06Pa, couldn't we stay?
15:08We got to get back on the road, son.
15:11Why don't you sleep on it?
15:14Okay.
15:22Who's he?
15:24Well, he's got a couple over here.
15:31You sure you won't be needing this lantern tonight?
15:33Oh, no thanks, John boy.
15:35I'm as ready for sleep as Jody.
15:37Well, then I guess I'll be saying goodnight.
15:39Goodnight.
15:44You know, Verdi Grant is one of the finest ladies I've ever known.
15:47Ain't no doubt about that, John boy.
15:49If a man was looking to settle down, he'd be right smart to pay attention to that lady.
15:55Well, goodnight, Jody.
15:57Goodnight, John boy.
15:58Did you see the tree?
15:59I helped plant it.
16:01I heard about it.
16:02I helped water it, too.
16:03Jim Bob said someday it'll grow peaches.
16:06Well, I expect it will.
16:10Goodnight, now.
16:11Goodnight, John boy.
16:13Night, son.
16:14Night, Pa.
16:16Pa, sure is nice here, isn't it?
16:20You get some sleep, now.
16:42Goodnight, Pa.
17:13Sure is nice looking.
17:15Sure is.
17:16I can't remember this car ever having any trouble.
17:21Oh, man.
17:22I sure would like to work on that engine.
17:24Well, let's go find Ike.
17:25Thank you, man.
17:32Hey, Ike.
17:33Hey, Ike.
17:34Hey, Ike.
17:35Hey, Ike.
17:36Hey, Ike.
17:37Hey, Ike.
17:38Hey, Ike.
17:39Hey, Ike.
17:40Hey, Ike.
17:41Hey Ike.
17:44Okay, we got some all.
17:46And ...
17:50But I'm going to have to order that bowl of cloth.
17:52I don't have that in here.
17:53So, I'll have everything else ready in oh about 30 minutes or so.
17:56Alright.
17:57Maybe we ought to come back a little later.
17:59Alright, he'll be finished in a second.
18:03Well, now's as good a time as any to get it over with, I guess.
18:06I hear you've been looking for work.
18:15Well, I'm always willing to pick up a little change when I can.
18:18Change? If this works out, there's going to be a lot of business from all the folks around here.
18:23You know, the nearest mechanic is in Charlottesville, and if your car breaks down, there's no way to get it there.
18:28You know, I think this could be a real paying proposition.
18:30Well, I wasn't thinking about anything too steady.
18:33I wanted somebody that's reliable, somebody who'll think about staying, you know, if it pays good enough.
18:38Oh, you don't have to worry about Mr. Foster. He's got a son to look after.
18:41That's bound to make a man reliable, isn't it?
18:44Well, here.
18:47Well, let's get going. I'll show you what's the matter with Baldwin Lee's car.
19:04Mr. Foster? Mr. Foster!
19:09Good morning.
19:12Hello, Miss Gray.
19:13I see you got the job.
19:15Yeah, I just started.
19:16Me too. I'm helping out at the Waltons. There's an awful lot of peaches to can.
19:21Oh, Mr. Foster, by the way, I found these in my attic.
19:27My son wore them years ago. Do you think Jody might be able to make use of them?
19:32Are you sure they'll fit?
19:34Well, if they don't, I can always alter them.
19:37I'm a very fine seamstress, even if I do say so myself.
19:41Good looking woman, too. I bet you'd make some man a real fine wife.
19:46I would indeed.
20:03Oh, don't you realize how hot that is, you old fool?
20:07Not as hot as my kisses.
20:09Grandpa, Jody wants to water the peach tree, and I told him no.
20:12Did you water it yesterday?
20:14Yes, sir.
20:15Well, don't drown it. Just remember it's a tree, not a fish.
20:19Jody, how do those pans fit?
20:22Fine, Miss Gray.
20:24Well, I guess they are right.
20:28Run along now.
20:32You're going to wear out that spoon stirring like that.
20:45Sorry, Mrs. Walton. Just got to daydreaming.
20:48Can't imagine about what.
20:51I was just thinking how much like his father that child is.
20:55Sometimes I wonder who you're more interested in.
20:58You're just wasting your time with that man.
21:01The way he wanders around from pillar to post, always on the move.
21:05There's no room in his life for a woman.
21:07Don't you believe that? He just hasn't met the right one.
21:11Until now, you mean.
21:13Well, I'm not exactly past the age of being interesting to a man.
21:18I'd say you're just about the perfect age, Bertie.
21:21And I'd say that you're both wrong.
21:24He's just footloose, that's what he is.
21:26Well, his feet are here now.
21:28And there's no time like the present, right, Bertie?
21:31That's the truth.
21:40Hey, Harley.
21:42Harley, didn't expect to see you so early.
21:44Good morning, Mr. Foster.
21:45Morning, Al.
21:46I thought I'd have some lunch with Jody. Is he around?
21:48Well, he's around here somewhere. How'd it go this morning?
21:51Oh, I have that generator ready this afternoon.
21:53Jody?
21:54Here it is, Pop.
22:00Pop, you know what Ben says?
22:02It's true. A hundred years ago. Right, John Boy?
22:04What, Ben?
22:05This tree. Our great-grandpa Walton planted this tree.
22:09That's right, Jody.
22:10It's been here for a hundred years?
22:12At least that. And you see those up on the mountain there on the ridge?
22:14Those great big ones? He planted some of those, too.
22:18Will that peach tree ever get that big?
22:20It's not your peach tree, son.
22:22It is, too. Jim Bob said it's part mine.
22:25We're sharing it.
22:26Oh, well, okay.
22:28Look, I came back from Mr. Godsey to see if you'd have lunch with me.
22:31Now, how about it?
22:32Already ate.
22:33It was Grandpa's lunch for all of us.
22:35And John Boy said he's gonna read the book to us.
22:39I'm gonna need John Boy in another few minutes.
22:41Jason, you'll help me bring this in time, huh?
22:43Sure, Daddy.
22:44Hey, Ben, I'm just gonna be a little while. Why don't you go in the house and get the book?
22:47Sure.
22:48Bring it up in the treehouse.
22:50It's on the table by the radio.
22:52Okay.
22:59Oh, thanks, Ben.
23:00Sure.
23:03I heard you talking. Got your lunch right here.
23:07Looks good. You gonna have some, too?
23:10Let's go over there and sit where it's cool.
23:12All right.
23:17Was your lunch all right? Everything to your liking?
23:20First class.
23:22It's a pleasure to see a man enjoy his meal.
23:27You've been awfully good to Jody, Mrs. Granin.
23:30Well, I just wanted you to know I appreciate it.
23:34Can't help it.
23:36He's a good child and he needs affection.
23:39I give him that?
23:41Oh, I didn't mean that the way it sounded.
23:44I know you love him.
23:45What I meant is he could do with a little female affection.
23:50Well, I could do with some of that myself.
23:55Mr. Foster, I was wondering.
23:58The canning will be over in a day or two and I'll be back home.
24:03Would you and Jody like to come over one evening for supper?
24:08Well, I don't see why not.
24:15Wishing Dante.
24:17The prisoner followed the jailer into a room almost underground
24:20whose bare and reeking walls seemed as though impregnated with tears.
24:25Here is your chamber for tonight, said he.
24:27There is bread, water and fresh straw
24:29and that is all a prisoner can wish for in the chateau deep.
24:32Good night.
24:34And before Dante's could open his mouth,
24:36the jailer disappeared, taking with him the lamb.
24:40Dante was alone in darkness
24:42and in silence cold as the shadows that he felt breathe on his burning forehead.
24:48And that is all for today.
24:51That's it. That's it, Mark.
24:52I got work to do.
24:53I gotta go.
24:55One page.
24:56I got work to do.
24:57One little page.
24:58I got work to do.
25:01Hey, Ben, will you put these in my room, please?
25:03Oh, sure.
25:05You children have chores to attend to.
25:07Okay.
25:08Jim Bob, did you straighten up your room?
25:10It'll only take five minutes, Grandma.
25:12Well, why don't you this time change your sheets and your pillowcases?
25:14Dante was alone in darkness and in silence.
25:17That was the best a prisoner could ask for in the chateau deep.
25:20That's the Count of Monte Cristo, isn't it, John Boy?
25:22That's right.
25:23By Alexandra Dumas.
25:26Jody, do you know that his grandma was colored like you and me?
25:31Is that so?
25:32That's right, Grandma.
25:33Oh, Jody, when you grow up,
25:36reading will be one of the greatest experiences of your life.
25:40Won't it, John Boy?
25:41I can vouch for that.
25:44Come on, Mrs. Grant.
25:45Let's get these peelings in the compost pile.
25:51John Boy, it was like a jail, wasn't it?
25:53Hmm? What? What was?
25:55The chateau.
25:57Chateau?
25:58Chateau deep, yeah.
25:59That's exactly what it was.
26:00Jail.
26:01And he couldn't get out or anything?
26:02And he had to stay there for a long time?
26:05That's right. He had to.
26:06That's right. He had to.
26:22Hey, you get it rolling already?
26:23All set and rearing to travel, John Boy.
26:26Hey, Jody, how you like it, son?
26:28Come on, hop in. Let's take off.
26:33Hey, come on.
26:36Come on.
27:00Jody?
27:01What is it, son? What's the matter?
27:03I don't want to go.
27:05It's only for a drive.
27:06I don't want to go nowhere.
27:08I want to stay.
27:10Pa, can't we stay?
27:11Please?
27:30First class fence.
27:32Yeah, first class peep tree.
27:34Reckless!
27:37That reckless sure can be a pain sometimes.
27:40Reckless figuring everyone else is watering that old tree. Why shouldn't he?
27:44Morning, John Boy.
27:45Mr. Walton.
27:46Morning, Miss Grant.
27:47Leaving us?
27:48Finished up the cannon.
27:50Thanks very much for your help.
27:51You're welcome.
27:53I'll see you later.
27:55Jody seems to be all right this morning.
27:57Yeah, he seems that way.
27:58I guess Mr. Foster explained to him all he really wanted to do is just take Jody for a ride in the car.
28:03And Jody misunderstood.
28:04Yeah.
28:06John Boy, you think I'm doing the right thing.
28:10Well, I don't know that I can rightly tell you that, Mrs. Grant.
28:14Maybe I am being selfish, but I do think that child needs a mother.
28:19Yeah, but it could be his daddy doesn't agree with you.
28:23He could do with a little cherishing, too.
28:25I don't know.
28:27You know, I invited him over for supper one evening, him and Jody.
28:31He accept?
28:33He didn't say no.
28:35John Boy, just let me get his feet under my table.
28:38I do believe everything else will work out fine.
28:47What are you doing?
28:49I'm sending a letter to Sam Taylor about some money he owes me for work I did last week in Charlottesville.
28:54Forgot all about it.
28:55Getting a little absent-minded in the old days.
28:57Very funny.
29:02Hey, Jody.
29:03Hi, Jody.
29:05You didn't eat much breakfast this morning. You hungry?
29:07Yes, ma'am. Thank you.
29:10Mr. Walton, how come you stay home all the time?
29:13Because my work is here, son.
29:15That sawmill out back and that wood we cut, that's what keeps this family going.
29:19My dad says he needs to keep moving to keep us eating.
29:23I used to feel like that.
29:25I used to go away to work.
29:27And I thought maybe I'd better come back here.
29:29So on Christmas time I didn't. I never left again.
29:33We had Christmas in a freight car last year.
29:36Well, this year I hope you're celebrating in a nicer place.
29:40Celebrate?
29:42That means to do something special, so everybody can look back and remember what a good time they had.
29:46I know a present I'd want.
29:48What's that?
29:49A bed, just for me.
29:52You better talk to your daddy about that.
29:54He says most folks got a bed for each person.
29:57Like you all do.
29:59But anyway, he says sleeping on the stars is better.
30:02Well, that can be nice.
30:04Sleeping outside, looking up at those stars, smelling the night air.
30:08I'd like a real bed better.
30:11Jody, come on out. You can water the tree now.
30:17I hope you're not sorry for that little boy.
30:20I guess his father doesn't have too many choices.
30:23Sweet little thing.
30:24I can't help wanting to pick him up and hold him in my arms until he feels safe.
30:28Mr. Walton! Mrs. Walton!
30:30What is it, Jody?
30:31Look, all the leaves came off. It's gonna die.
30:34No, it's not, son.
30:38But the leaves are all dead.
30:40Because they're old.
30:42Matter of fact, that could be a good sign.
30:44It could?
30:45Mm-hmm.
30:47When you transplant, sometimes that happens.
30:49You keep watching, there'll be new buds coming out any time.
30:51Jody, how'd you like to take this down to Ike's store and mail it for me?
30:56And say hello to your papa.
30:57You wanna do that, Jody?
30:58Yes, ma'am.
31:01Mrs. Grant isn't here, is she?
31:03No, she went home. She only came to help out with the cannon.
31:06Oh. Well, here.
31:21Oh, thank you.
31:52There you go. There's your change. See you later, now.
31:55Harley, how would you like an advance?
31:57You know, usually I have less than $10 in here, but today it's like $19.28.
32:02Advance?
32:03Yeah. Well, I know it's two days before payday, but now that we got the Jordan car to work on,
32:07I thought I'd like to secure my investment.
32:09I'm obliged, Mr. Gotsi.
32:11You're a good worker, Harley.
32:12Thank you, Mr. Gotsi.
32:13You're welcome, Mr. Gotsi.
32:15Mr. Gotsi.
32:17Mr. Gotsi.
32:19I'm obliged, Mr. Gotsi.
32:20You're a good worker, Harley.
32:21Thanks, but I still got the dollar from picking peaches. I'll wait.
32:25Okay. Suit yourself.
32:27Might ask one favor, though.
32:29What's that?
32:30Few minutes extra this noon. Give me more time with my boy, Jody.
32:33He was kind of upset last night.
32:36Nothing serious, I hope.
32:37Nothing I can't handle, Mr. Gotsi.
32:42What's that, Harley?
32:43What's that, Harley?
32:52Sorry, Harley. I couldn't hear you with that saw on. Where's Jody?
32:56Haven't you seen him?
32:57I've been down night.
32:58I sent him down night to mail a letter.
33:00I thought he wanted to say hello to you.
33:02I didn't see him.
33:03Well, if he's not down there, I wonder where he's got to.
33:07I got a pretty good idea.
33:14We got this before my husband died.
33:18When my son Albert was younger than you are.
33:22Here. It tells where it came from.
33:25What does that say?
33:27I don't know.
33:29Sure you do.
33:31S-E-A.
33:34What does that say?
33:36I don't know what it says.
33:38Jody, you must have had that word in school.
33:41I don't go to school.
33:42Me and Pa don't stay in one place.
33:46Of course.
33:48I should have realized.
33:54Mr. Foster!
33:56Don't you know how to knock?
33:57I figured my boy being here was the invitation enough.
34:01Jody, I'd like for you to wait for me outside.
34:04Pa, can I...
34:05Outside.
34:06Pa, can I...
34:07Outside.
34:11I brought you some licorice.
34:13You take it now, you hear?
34:26Giving him candy ain't what he wants.
34:28Why? You feed him already.
34:32I didn't give him anything.
34:33Except a lot of female foolishness.
34:36I'm sorry.
34:38I know I had no right to interfere.
34:41Thing is, it's hard enough for a black person to do anything worthwhile in this life.
34:47But with no education and no feeling of belonging...
34:50I had a real education.
34:52Went through high school, made good grades.
34:55You think it didn't mean any good?
34:57Shucks, I might as well spend the time loafing on the riverbank.
35:00You got a trade.
35:01You must have learned it someplace.
35:03I learned it the hard way.
35:05Knocking on doors and begging for a chance.
35:07Don't you wish better for your son?
35:09I wish the world for Jody.
35:10And that's what I'm giving him.
35:11Showing it to him and sharing it with him.
35:13A poor excuse for itchy feet.
35:16Just because you've got sand in your shoes...
35:18Is no reason for you to mess up that child's life.
35:21You've got a responsibility to him.
35:23He deserves a chance to...
35:25You say enough, Miss Grant.
35:26That's all you women ever think about is settling down.
35:28Home, sweet home.
35:30Jody's mine and ain't nobody taking him away from me.
35:32That's just plain foolishness.
35:34Are you trying to tell me you wouldn't like for him to stay around here?
35:36It would be better for him if he did.
35:38At least then he could go to school.
35:40He don't need school.
35:41He learns it plenty just traveling around.
35:43He can't even read or write.
35:45What do you want him to be when he grows up?
35:47A shoeshine boy?
36:04Mr. Gossett.
36:05Hey! Howdy, Jody boy.
36:07A little earlier you asked me about an advance on my pay.
36:09That's right.
36:10I think I'd like to take you up on that if you don't mind.
36:12Why, I don't mind at all. Come on in.
36:14Jody, I'll be right out. Now, don't you move, you hear?
36:24Hey, Jody.
36:25Everything all right?
36:26Yeah.
36:27What's the matter?
36:28Nothing.
36:29What's the matter?
36:30Nothing.
36:31What's the matter?
36:32Nothing.
36:33Hey, Jody.
36:34Everything all right?
36:35No, it ain't.
36:36Pa says we're leaving.
36:39Something happen over Mrs. Grant?
36:41I don't know what happened.
36:43John boy, I don't want to go.
36:47Yeah, I know.
36:52Okay. Here you go.
36:56This is too much, Mr. Gossett.
36:57Well, it's a whole week's salary.
36:59I ain't worked a week here.
37:01Well, what's the difference?
37:03I'm working past today. I'm leaving.
37:06Well, you can't leave.
37:07All I'm taking is what's coming to me.
37:09Yeah.
37:10You know, wait a second. You can't leave now.
37:12I mean, we got a good business going here.
37:14I mean, all it will take is just a little bit more time.
37:32Charlie's leaving.
37:33He was a family man.
37:35And you said you'd stay on. You promised.
37:37I wish I could, Mr. Gossett, but I just can't.
37:40Jody? Where's Jody?
37:42I think he went inside.
37:43Inside? I didn't see him.
37:47Jody?
37:51Jody?
37:52Didn't you hear me calling?
37:54It's time to go.
37:55Yes, Pa.
38:02Mama, Jody says he's leaving. Is he really?
38:18Seems so, Lisbeth.
38:20What about Mr. Foster's job?
38:22Mr. Foster decided to give it up.
38:25I got a feeling it has something to do with Mrs. Grant.
38:28Something happened over there.
38:31She's going to take his leaving mighty hard.
38:46Jody?
38:54I brought you something.
39:17They are leaving, aren't they, John Boyd?
39:23How'd you know that?
39:24Mr. Godsey told me.
39:26What happened, Mrs. Grant?
39:29Mr. Foster and I had words.
39:33What kind of words?
39:36I hurt his pride.
39:38Worst thing you can do to a man is hurt his pride.
39:59Didn't expect to see you again.
40:02So you're going.
40:03Oh, Pa.
40:04You're running away.
40:05From you?
40:06No.
40:08I don't matter, Mr. Foster.
40:10That child is the only thing that matters.
40:13And what you're running away from is your responsibility to him.
40:17Go away, Mama.
40:18I gotta go say goodbye to the Walden.
40:23I thought I'd try once more.
40:28I should have known it wasn't any use.
40:48Holly?
40:50Sorry you're leaving.
40:51I'll make up my mind to go.
40:53I'll go.
40:54Holly, we made up some sandwiches for you.
40:58Thank you, ma'am.
41:01I gotta say, traveling around, we've met up with some mighty cold shoulders.
41:05But you folks, well...
41:08You've been so nice.
41:10Real decent.
41:12I want you to know we appreciate it.
41:21Hello, everybody.
41:22Hold on a minute.
41:29Well.
41:30I see you're still here, Foster.
41:32I was expecting you to be gone by now.
41:34About to be.
41:36Well, I got here just as fast as I could.
41:38Ike?
41:40There's some money missing from my cash register.
41:43Twenty-three dollars, to be exact.
41:46Foster?
41:47Well, sure, I got your money, Mr. Godsey.
41:49But you gave it to me.
41:50I didn't take it.
41:51I don't mean your pay.
41:53If it was twenty-three dollars and some change,
41:55and there's just change there now.
42:01All right, go ahead.
42:02Go back to the garden.
42:03Go play.
42:04Come on, sweetie.
42:05Go play.
42:07Now, Ike, these are pretty serious charges.
42:10Believe me, I don't enjoy it.
42:12Well, neither do I, being called a thief.
42:15You trust a guy.
42:16You give him a job.
42:18Well, I thought before I called the sheriff,
42:20I'd just give you a chance to...
42:22Well, I thought before I called the sheriff,
42:23I'd just give you a chance to...
42:25prove me wrong.
42:26Which you happen to be.
42:28Here, John boy, hold my thing.
42:32Now, there's my pay.
42:33Ten dollars for five days' work.
42:35And that's all.
42:36Now, empty out my pockets.
42:38There.
42:39There.
42:40Empty.
42:43John boy, will you look through the rest of my stuff?
42:45No, no, I don't want to do that.
42:48Hey, Ike, I'm sure you're mistaken.
42:49Isn't it possible someone just came in the back way
42:51while you were out filling somebody's gas tank
42:52while you were out filling somebody's gas tank
42:53or something like that?
43:15Take a platter.
43:17Your hat.
43:18And cup and saucer.
43:21I just don't think Harley took that money.
43:25It was in his pocket.
43:26That's just it.
43:27I swear he didn't know it was there.
43:28He looked more surprised than anybody
43:29when he took it out.
43:31I'm just trying to figure out
43:32exactly what happened at Ike's.
43:34Ike was outside with you
43:35and Harley went inside.
43:37There was no one else there, right?
43:38No, no, Jody was in there.
43:40Jody?
43:41Yeah, Harley went in to fetch him.
43:42You mean that child saw his father take it?
43:44No.
43:46No, not necessarily, Grandma.
43:47Maybe he saw somebody else in there take it.
43:51I'm gonna ask him.
43:57Hey.
43:58Girls, would you excuse Jody and me for a few minutes?
44:01Why?
44:03Come on, Mary Ellen.
44:06Thanks.
44:12Girls.
44:17Jody.
44:19When you were at Mr. Godsey's store this afternoon,
44:22before your daddy came in to get you,
44:25did you see anybody else go in there?
44:27I didn't see anybody.
44:34Then did you see your daddy
44:35take any money out of Mr. Godsey's cash register?
44:38John boy, can I ask you something?
44:41Yeah.
44:42My pa'll go to jail, won't he?
44:45Maybe.
44:47He'll have to, won't he?
44:49Like in the town of Monte Cristo.
44:52Wait a minute, Jody.
44:53Just hold on a minute.
44:54And if my pa's in jail,
44:55then we can stay here, can't we?
45:02You took that money, didn't you, Jody?
45:05Yes, John boy.
45:15That's why I took it, pa.
45:17You always say being in one place is like being in jail.
45:20I took it and put it into your pocket.
45:23Because I wanted us to stay.
45:31Jody.
45:37It's all right, son.
45:40It's all right.
45:44It's all right.
46:00Mr. Faustin.
46:01Morning, Miss Grant.
46:02Got a minute?
46:03Well, I...
46:04Morning, Miss Grant.
46:07Jody.
46:08John boy.
46:12Come in.
46:15Come in.
46:23I thought you were leaving.
46:25We're staying.
46:29I'm glad for Jody.
46:31And for you, too.
46:33We got us room and board at Reverend Dooley's starting tomorrow.
46:36So as I can be near my job.
46:39Right near you, too, so it seems.
46:41Yes.
46:42He's only a half a mile away.
46:44Jody will be going to school and to church.
46:48We'll settle down.
46:51Miss Grant, you said some awful mean things to me yesterday.
46:57Yes, I did.
47:00I thought about it.
47:02I did a lot of thinking last night.
47:04Please.
47:05You don't have to explain.
47:06I do.
47:08You see...
47:12Miss Grant, you was right.
47:14About Jody, anyway, and...
47:17Well, I'm doing it for him.
47:22You might even get to like it yourself.
47:28We'll see.
47:35Then what?
47:36Then what, John boy?
47:38Well, then when all those tiny blossoms fall away, there's gonna be the fruit.
47:41Tiny.
47:42Tiny peaches.
47:44They get bigger and bigger.
47:46All peach-colored and juicy.
47:48And the tree gets tall, doesn't it, John boy?
47:51Well, not all at once, but it gets there.
47:55John boy, next year, when the peach is ripening, can I have one?
48:02Jody, next year when the peach is ripening, you can pick one.
48:06The very first one.
48:12Harley and Jody did put down roots in Walton's Mountain,
48:16and the romance that blossomed in a peach orchard
48:19was to flower and bear fruit of its own.
48:22Almost four decades have passed,
48:25but my own roots are still there,
48:27in that house where I was born
48:29and grew up with my brothers and sisters.
48:34Mama?
48:36Yes, Elizabeth?
48:38Can I sleep tonight without breathing?
48:39Why? Some special reason?
48:41Uh-huh. Jim Bob and I are gonna have a breath-holding contest,
48:44and I thought I'd practice.
48:46Well, you can try, dear.
48:48Good night.
48:49Good night, Mama.
49:09Good night.
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