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grow
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what happened it's the old rag and boom
fella it must have been take new or
something
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here what about his horse you are
can't leave it here
don't look at me
ought to do something
i know what i'd do with the horse
i'll sh**t it sh**t it
and take it down to the knackers yard
and have it done in
doing what's good i must say it's a bag
of bones no hey you mustn't sh**t him
what's your name son he's not a bag of
bones what's your name chip
his name's chip
what's the matter with him
do you know where he lives who
the boy that just run off
search me
okay
i'll take the horse
uh what you gonna do with it why do you
want it no not me
right i'll take it then
i've got an idea
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there you are marty nearly finished
where's ron this morning he's supposed
to be doing this
you know what slugger calls him the late
ron striker
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i don't know what's the matter with
sultan this morning you're all behind
him this morning what have you been up
to we're nearly finished there's
something wrong with sultan where was
the manor wouldn't touch his feet this
morning well don't put him inside give
him a run in the middle okay can you
take martial yeah
come on
when can i ride dancer well not at the
moment but not until i've scooted him a
little
he's much too full of beans at the
moment steady
easy easy please flaming the way he came
out through that door i thought he was
full of dynamite
whoa whoa whoa you see
if she once got the bit between her
teeth you'd never be able to hold him
now look nobody nobody at all must ride
her at the moment do you understand whoa
steady steady
is that the last of it
the last of it he says the last of it
that'll be the day when we've run out of
this
now i want her saddled up whoa whoa
steady look she's much too frisky
where's ron
i'm not sure
oh i see
late again
steady
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hey
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what's all that about them
hey what'd you do that for
we'll never get home at this rate
you want a proper breakfast don't you
talk about the blind leading the blind
come on
what do you think of sultan
can't tell
he's not himself that's for sure he's
sickening for something
he should be in his store with a blanket
uh
tackle up tight not joking
well the colonel said that tonight yeah
he didn't have to groom him this morning
he still knows
so do i
so now you know everything about horses
no i don't
just because you're losing the argument
have a horse now me too
here horsey oh just wait
look
where else did he get that from
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the colonel sees that you'll be furious
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too late
striker
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you stupid idiot leading a horse on that
infernal thing
come here and see me
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tell you what john john
horses are always trouble meow mate
always
come on
his name's ron striker
ron striker is it
yeah well we know all about him
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this is where he was he was here
yeah well he's not here now is he sonny
he's taking john john up to folly
it's a terrible place they touch your
horses
that's where you'll be
whoa
oh there's still still there stand still
and get back stop forget
it said there you great fruit just
because your name's darth i don't need
to do island fling
so the colonel gave you telling off him
did he
why did you do it then why bring the
horse back
horrible looking brute
i always thought you said that horse was
work on four legs
yeah but i've got this plan see
it's like um
well it's sort of uh
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a good deed
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well i can do a good deed if i want to
can i oh good deed he says good deed you
joined the boy scouts or sonny
thing is mate i need your help oh yeah i
thought there'd be a catch in it
somewhere
look do you remember that young williams
kid jep
oh you came here with his mother about a
horse that's him yeah
yeah well uh i sort of scared him off
once see i'm not surprised you
frightened me all the time do you want
to hear my planner don't yes oh yeah
yeah yeah i'm fascinated right well i
scared him off see yeah i told him we
tortured our horses
that was only a joke anyhow he believed
me when he sees me this morning he runs
a mile doesn't he
you don't know where he lives do you
chip me
no
no
cause you see i was thinking he could
look after john john
oh no not here but down at simkin's yard
just till the old geezer comes out of
hospital well he loves horses he'd be
ever so pleased
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so you uh you like the idea do you yeah
where do i fit into it oh well
i was hoping you could just nip down to
wherever jip lives and tell him
me yeah
i'll just snip over i'll do your actual
nipping yeah
what are you gonna do
nothing i told you you won't talk to me
oh marvelous i'm glad you like it oh
yeah yeah it's marvelous not only do you
get a nice happy warm feeling doing a
good deed you also get a nice happy warm
feeling knowing that you're not gonna
bother about your horse yourself
no
no you're right son it is no it's your
good deed you do it
not me mate
i think it's a rotten idea i thought you
like chip i do
but he doesn't know the first thing
about horses
if yes me your idea stinks oh all right
my pardon me for breathing
you won't go
slugger won't go i can't go how am i
supposed to do a good deed if no one
will help me
better ask the colonel aren't you
the colonel
come in
oh it's you you want to see me
yes colonel
and i want to see you
now what's this nonsense i hear from the
police that you told young jib willens
that we were cruel to our horses it was
only a joke
so you did say it
you know i can scarcely credit it even
from you
you're a lazy shiftless idol workshop
young layabout you know that yes colonel
and why i put up with you i don't know
no colonel
any more of this nonsense and you're out
do you understand yes
now
what do you want to see me about
it don't matter
course i will run be glad to oh that's
smashing dora tar and to find you at
williams when i find him ask him if he
wants to look after john john for a
couple of weeks down at simkin's yard
okay great
time dora he'll make it up to him see a
good deed
look
it's john john she's escaped hey
hey quit you get out
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come back here
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dancer you damn fool i said no one was
to ride her she'll break her neck
steve try and cut her off but take it
easy and don't excite her
doing on that horse
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now
laura
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knock it off ron
that doctor's been up there a long time
oh she's all right
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hello
what do you want uh i've come to see mr
simpkins
well all right then only be a few
minutes
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hello chip
oh thanks for the comics
there's a change
you're right mr sinkins i'm not bad what
happened i was going towards john john
when all of a sudden i felt faint and
then i just blacked out
they've taken john john up to folly for
they'll never keep john john at folly
foot
no but she's up there now well she find
a way home
she could do it blindfolded do you think
she will
there'll be no stopping at you
she'll be home before they realize she's
gone
probably she's home now
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[Applause]
john john
you found your own way back
come in
i uh
well we were worried about you are you
okay now
you give us a nasty turn for a minute
hey good job you didn't break nothing
arose by any other name
oh something oh wrong they're lovely it
really is your day for good deeds yeah
well they're probably full of earwigs my
good days usually are
i was going to help you in everything
yeah well it was only an idea won it did
you catch jontron
blooming thing now we never
i'm going looking for him in a couple of
minutes
it could be mars away by now certainly
took off as though he knew where he was
going yeah
that way
but what's that way
simpkins yard for a start
so scotland mate if you go far enough
simpkins yard me
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don't make it bad
take a sad song and make it better
hello chip
what are you doing here
mr simpkins let me be here
come for john john
but she doesn't want to go she don't
want to go back to folly fort
you know that's not true
you've seen folly foot and horses like
you there but she came back didn't she
look you never come and see your horse
he's very happy but it's the other one
who i don't like
wrong
you don't have to worry about him he's
all right
but anyhow it's like an old person's
home
what's wrong with that
oh people don't want to move
hey what
oh people
migrant didn't and mr simpkins didn't
nobody wants to leave their own home
don't know about that
would you
hey would you
folly foot's my home
the only one i ever had
come on
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[Music]
now then
i'll tell
what are you going to say if he gets his
great snout down your orange aid hey go
on hop it
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right to your mum young lady
you haven't written one since you've
been here have you oh slugger
oh slugger she says old slugger horn do
as you told for a chance what do i tell
her
dear mummy i've just been thrown from a
dangerous horse and slag has built me a
beautiful deathbed yeah don't say things
like that that's tempting problems that
is
touch wood before you say
slugger
it's more yourself in it you're feeling
better now
all right
now you think it's something nice to say
to your mum
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hi hi
you okay
hello mate i brought you good deed back
great steve
but uh
what am i supposed to do with it oh same
old stuff feeder
waterer groomer exerciser muck out
change your bedding
usual thing
looks as though john john's your problem
again
i should have left you where you were
mate in a street
work on full legs horses
and you lying like robinson crusoe
you're not much help to me neither
hey
i know what i'll do
i'll see jip
yeah that's it
i'm gonna get him to look after you mate
if it's the last thing i do
hey jay
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jay
go away
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hang about mate
i want to talk to you
what if you done to that a*s
i got this idea for john john
you want to hear it
no look mate it's not like you think
told a copper about you
come off it who you trying to kid that
cop will get you
hey come back
i want you to look after john john
not me you
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i want you to look after him
you stupid earth
what are you doing look you ought to be
walking about you ought to be sitting
down it's colic we should have guessed
colic let me have a look
well he's not sweating has he been
kicking no pouring the ground no trying
to lie down well no
hello
when did you first notice it when he
wouldn't touch his feet well who groomed
him this morning i did well it must have
been once over lightly is that the way
you usually groom your horses i groomed
him okay if you'd groomed him okay you'd
have noticed this bruise look
he's been kicked
look what came about was the worst thing
that you could do
all right put him in the stable now keep
him quiet give him a mash
slip some trickling that ought to make
him eat
go on boy
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you should have asked me oh shut up ron
you're supposed to be looking after john
john in case you'd forgotten player a
tune
that's what jip does down at simkin's
place
hey
chip
yep down at simkin's place
that's right
looking after john john
right
so every time he takes off from here
he's gonna see jip
yep
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take my
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falling in love
with you
like
you did that on purpose
i thought he liked music maybe he does
hey look at him guy look at that they'll
never catch him
straight back to simkin's yard
and jib
perhaps you've done your good deed after
yeah yeah
feeling better sultan my god he is well
feeling better well i told you didn't i
it's me music me playing
trico
what is
down
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is
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easily
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01x09 - Stryker's Good Deed
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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.
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.