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03x10 - The Helping Hand

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Follyfoot". Aired: 28 June 1971 – 15 September 1973.*
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Originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.

03x10 - The Helping Hand

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down in the midle where the wind in the

middle of the fields and the lightning

tree it SLS all Tor from the day it was

born for the tree was born in a

thunderstorm grow grow the lightning

tree it's never too late for you and me

grow grow the lightning tree again into

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we down in the meow in the

window in the lightning tree trees come

when you want to you want them to then

it's up to

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youning to EAS lightning Tre

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you seen Ron no flaming

layabout I've been at it since 6:00 this

morning be dark before we

finish that's what we want do it

yourself horses don't eat your bedding

he's got plenty of hay why does he eat

his

mattress oh Ray must be half

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time never stops does it I don't want it

to oh G break that time tea break you

says tea break you've been on tea break

since breakfast oh very

witty where have you been this place

looks like a pigy do you know we haven't

cleaned tack for a

fortnite and you what having an odd in

the hay were you hey what

hay oh the hay yes the

hay at least he doesn't eat his

mattress my God me bread I'm cooking a

Loa fake is not been I forgot to order

sorry

slugs for God's sake

smoke get the horse

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get out of the way door open the door

get r

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you blithering air brain ninker fool the

blazes you think you're doing

Steve leave him how many times do we

have to tell him I know I know just

leave

it you're all right

no harm Dan it's

forgotten we' said a thousand times

don't smoke in the barn he won't again

oh and who's going to stop

him it hasn't occurred to you we should

get rid of him I suppose no getting

someone who can help this will be a

shambles by the time he's finished with

it BL me me

bread Tinker tayor fireman Baker Jack of

all trade here where a fire and me a

puppy bread out can't be right can it

hey you there can't stop May Bread on

fire is

it afternoon hello F Fox old friend of

the colonel is your be Dorothy Dora

colel suggested I might help keep an eye

on the place know what I mean well shut

the gate shut the gate there a horses

loose it's ladyb bird she won't go out

can't assum anything with horses what's

that one lelot he never goes far they're

unpredictable shut

it what's that better doing

Colonel forgotten his army discipline

it's nothing to do with Uncle that's

obvious two horses in one stall and

start a kicking match they like being

together put them in a field Hercules

has

rheumatism

so it's going to rain

how old's a lady

thing Lancelot I don't know ought to be

put down he's very happy

rubbish

uhhuh ah a nice Ying who's training

her I am send her to a professional I

don't see why don't

you what's that place C fire we had a

bonfire to near the horses should be the

the back of the house FK lying there I

see you'll a horse if you're not

careful it's horrible it's like a book

of

rules I'll end you someone from my place

get you organized show you the ropes

it's trickier than you

think you're happy aren't

you what do you want with a rule B

Stables need running girl and a boss it

was just one of those mornings like

yesterday and the day before look if fox

wants to help then let him we need

someone come on

lollipop got to buy him lovely

pet you're not

you're not going to ride him I'm

might feel like a

Gallop but

exercise how much Dora 50 Quid 25 done

saddle thrown in where are we going to

keep him has to be don't enough to get

it

off do you mean you leave it on all the

time I have to how long have you had him

couple of months Steve is back 25 I

think we said you can take it off when

it it's

yours and a left and another left and a

beautiful upper cut and yes it's all

over the battling Slugger stun it

again anybody

there ah I'm Phyllis Weatherby hi yeah

who do you want to see I'm the new

manager from right how didn't you Mr Fox

sent me oh you come the wrong place Mrs

we don't have no managers here we all

manage or just about

anyhow will you have manager

now I'll go get my things

right you fell smack into that

one we're up to here as it is two more

coming from major Lewis for schooling

how many more do you

want say

little

hello aha I'm Phyllis Weatherby the new

manager manager I told her and it's Mr

Foxy I'm taking a room in the

village there's a spider in your bath

and he tried to poison me lovely too

that was I'll bring sandwiches thank you

very

much don't think Mr Fox didn't warn

me gracious there'll be some changes

right

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it's a takeover Giants at a city

struggle for Folly foood is there oil

under the mcky right Fox is only trying

to help he's doing a colonel a

favor huh let's do ourselves a favor eh

tell her to push off yes you're the

boss

huh she's right about that for

start mine's smashing BL me I've put out

the wrong lot what wrong lot I made her

a chef special didn't I extra

bicarbonate of

soda rich a favor and the spider in the

barath must have just fell

in it's a bigan too oh you got to hand

it to him round one to you me own mate

right

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it's when I answer back you want to

worry Ron yeah where can I get

£25 I thought you were loaded Rich

family and all that no an alliance for

clothes that's all I've spent it

Copper's new saddle the blanket for

ladybird that vet bill well it just goes

ah dear dear

dear you're uncle in can't get hold of

him he's away anyway I'm not supposed to

have any more horses oh right but Ron I

must just

one oh well one good turn eh

I'll have to think of

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something hurry up you tell her e

stiffness in news summon up the blood

ain't that

it

right you

there me yes you were you in charge

Mr Fox says you have an extraordinary

lot

here must be able to tell the good from

the bad you know no point in hanging on

to everything that's what Folly foot so

I

gather we have to sort them out right

now there's no point in keeping donkeys

ponies yes donkeys no silly looking

creatures if she's on about me I'll Thum

her look she's only trying to help ah

good not before time either I've never

seen such a filthy lot and look up there

cobwebs done with them at once right we

use them to catch flies flies or flies

it's asking for coughs down with them

right

right and this disreputable creature oh

God so the crow she's on about me again

this

thing what hold

L he needs more exercise

exercise get away he's too stiff if

you'd kept him working he needn't have

stiffened up but he's retired he's past

it and he shouldn't be kept alive that's

what Mr Fox said everyone wants to put

him down well if Mr Fox said it it's

right after all he is a master

Horseman if you were the oldest horse in

the world you wouldn't want a master

Horseman you'd want a friend here they

are sentimental bouldered a*s you can't

have it both ways either he shapes up or

we put him down right

no we'll

see she's not going to stay my mind's

made

up that's right girl you tell her show

her who

boss I want to play anymore surprise

surprise and what would you move if you

did have I

lost didn't drown that spider I hope

next time you want helping in mate ask

me I know a few Sergeant majes would

like another go she'll help us get

straight we are straight Steve you keep

on us so we don't know what we're doing

there's not one horse out there isn't

healthy clean properly fed and properly

groomed they all have exercise and

they're all happy there's a proper way

Dora her

way her Way's got no love in it

Steve I love my

horses every silly obstinate helpless

one of

them I don't care if they're not useful

I don't care if they wi away their day

lost in thought or or

memories why

not I'm not going to change it

Steve nor is

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she you're late for parade told you

didn't I flaming sergeant major had a

nightmare dreaming of her thought when I

woke up at go away but it hasn't has it

I like to say good morning to them no

wonder what's happened don't we

all

slugs do you think Uncle knows I mean do

you think he's agreed about having a

manager do you mean do I think he trusts

you of course he does this is Foxy's

idea you can bet your life on

that hello what's

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this hang a ridiculous you haven't done

a broke since I came I'm resting in

I I've told him to go no smoking in the

barn he'll have us reduced to Cinders

I've never seen anything like

it pack your

things I'm not having it

Steve he won't do it again of course he

will girl

Steve I'm sorry Dora she's right For

Heaven's Sake we FL our got that while

Los around the place treating it Like a

Holiday Camp he's pushed his lock too

far SE him

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right

Steve help

me I

am he's useless get someone

else I don't want anyone else I want

Ron I'm mistress here m Mistress of

fifoot then be

mistress it's not just owning the place

Dora it's running it it's being the boss

and not just a name but with disciplines

command Authority or

loyalty love what loyalty has he ever

shown he lets you down as soon as look

at

you don't Bank on loyalty girl all

love she's got it right on with a job

and no

nonsense you learned that and and

what and Mistress of fifoot will mean

something then

uncle called me

that it sounded so

beautiful I'm giving it to

you Mistress of

follyfoot and I ran and

ran and here it

was mine

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when I was a child slack and I first saw

the

sea I remember running down the

sand and the sun was

warm and the Sea speckled with a

thousand silver

stars I wanted to run forever because it

beckoned inviting me

I remember how cold it

was how it dragged my feet so I couldn't

run

anymore and the buffeting waves and

underneath pulling away my

feet it frightened

me what bubbles we make as children so

easily

burst the shore was there of course and

Nanny but do you know what I kept

thinking

slugs suppose it had been dark hey

hey where is the Sha

sluger it is

dark and I am frightened

now and there's no Helping Hand

run

hi what's

that 25

quid but where did you get it major

Lewis but I thought Steve was fetchy

yeah I got there first didn't I I had

this bit of business what business what

are you doing what business time doesn't

waste you

know how' you spell schooling schooling

s c h Oh e no okay no why well like to

make out a bill didn't I to Professional

Services school in two horses cash in

advance here run you're a genius what

are you doing here I thought I told you

to go right it's brains isn't it right

yeah where's that horse lollipop what

horse what what are those two doing

here there's a number on the pad by the

phone right he said he bring him over as

soon as we had the money right right

I'll give him a

ring Ron yeah I thought you weren't

coming when you're

late you're the Mistress of folly foot

girl I'll go when you tell me anyway i'

hadd bring these didn't I and the other

one are you mad

these and another one what am I supposed

to do with them all put them upstairs

plenty of room on top ding

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dingora W

on stand Dora

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have you got the money then it's coming

now it's cash on delivery see yeah

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yeah what is it it's not so good in

there Ron oh great give us the

money tell me something you are the boss

right well be the boss girl you're

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needed 25

quit what's happening what's wrong what

are you doing it's uh it's llot Dora she

said you knew knew

what she's

um she's asked me to take him away to

put him

down

no oh lelot no

never never while I'm

here this is my farm my H is in my care

they're here for love and protection

from people like

you don't you know me better I was

surprised I don't mind telling you

that's why I

waited you'd put down a horse out of

spite if I'm manage I must manage my

way tell Mr Fox thanks but I'll

manage will

you yes my way Mr Fox spoke to your

uncle they were worried

worried Uncle of

course I thought he trusted

me Dora if your uncle was

worried then it would be for the same

things that worried

me that you'd wear yourself down that

you wouldn't have time to give each

horse your special love

and if we don't have time for

that and we don't have time for what

fif's all

about but your way the rule

book

spite the time to

die I'll go Dora's

way thanks all the saint

wind in the west the lightning tree

faced to the T it's hard when snap when

it took the W the terrible W of the

thunder clap grow grow the lightning

tree it's never too late for you and me

grow grow the lightning tree never get

too

easily down in the in the window screen

I whisper in the lightning tree dreams

come true when you want them to if you

want them to then it's up to you grow

grow the lightning tree never give too

easily lightning

tree lightning tree

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