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03x01 - The Distant Voice

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.

03x01 - The Distant Voice

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down in the M where the wind in the

middle of a field on the lightning tree

it lims all torn from the day it was

born for the tree was born in a

Thunderstone grow grow the lightning

tree it's never too late for you and me

grow grow the lightning tree never get

into

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we down in the m in the

window the lightning trees come you want

you want then it's up to

you the

lightning too easily lightning tree

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come on ladyb bird room service off you

go come on come

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on do you have to make that blasted

racket oh paron me I'm

sure and if you bust that gate you'll

have to fix it yourself

sir morning your

ladyship peasant number 999 port for

Duty about time to hey you're only 2

hours early you'll have to do better

than that Dora is that kidding or is it

for real it's for real hang about why

because I like having you around

Co how you do you yeah

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the heck do you think you're playing

that sorry I'm sure got to clean up

after you now have we I'll do it haven't

we got enough to do without all this

fooling

about go on is's right clean it up I'll

start schooling the twins will you help

you're the boss

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yeah why don't they get

giddy you've got to go around the other

way as

well

oh oh they're beautiful aren't they I'll

hate it when they go

go go where well they belong to Mr

Colton oh that old

Snoop birthday presents for his

daughters we're schooling them for

him morning Mr the

C watched by the

BDI he thinks I'm too

young everything all right no problems

don't have look around no no of course

not they're very valuable you know to me

anyway she knows what she's doing I'm

sure you're right she should take it Up

full time training I mean there's room

for a good place with the colonel giving

up maor Lewis was asking he's got a

couple of three-year-olds s need

schooling she won't she's got her uh

dropouts maor Lewis is looking for

someone she should think about

it I

no you should you shouldn't why not but

it's not right is it it's my job isn't

it you're doing mine yeah well let's

hope your coffee is better than my

adding up eh problems yeah

yeah there's this feed Bill see now we

got what 17 OES yes uh3 each a

week right yes 5

weeks

255 yeah hey

255 yes oh God blam you here's me

telling him he's overcharged and he Ain

ched

enough they said the better

eh I better stick to making coffee I'm

not much hand at

this something

wrong no no

no a lot salt instead of sugar makes a

nice chains doesn't it

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this young man tells me the dear

Colonel's not here anymore that can't be

right he has to rest oh dear what am I

going to do what's the matter it's a

horse

Dora my dear husband passed away they

slip from us don't they those we depend

on one doesn't know where to turn

I said we can't take anymore but he

promised he always said when tany got

too much he give her a home he promised

Dora there's a reason well if Uncle

promised of course you can bring her and

since she stopped eating stopped eating

yes I was telling this young man I told

her to call the

vet why doesn't she eat she's pining she

misses my husband they were very close

you know he'd never forgive me if

anything happened to

her Steve we have to go and look we

can't keep out of it

Dora

no I'm coming with you see what's

wrong

Ron follow us down will you then you can

bring me back

you've been a naughty boy

then orders his orders me mate you got

to learn to love

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him used to do the milk round when the

new floats came along Harold used those

but he kept tany will'll be Wicked not

to all the years they've been together

can you get some more more run there's a

tap next door in the dairy let it

run it's a chill I suppose she's been

coughing I told the young man coughing

yes short ones

hard how long she been like this about a

week and now she doesn't eat nothing

Ron get the horse box we'll take her

back to Folly foot she's going to be all

right isn't she I don't know what Harold

will say if of course she is Ron tell

Steve to clear the stable in the donkey

pen put the donkeys somewhere else poor

old donks I ain't going to like that Ron

don't argue oh right old ma'am as you

say ma'am sorry I spoke

ma'am the man R across there said she'd

have to be put down Harold would never

forgive me that's where the colonel was

so wonderful while there life there hope

he used to

say a day in the sun that's right that's

what he used to say didn't he oh Harold

did so like him you're carrying on are

you you're not a bit like him I am in

some ways looking after tany because he

promised yes

he'd approve of that

hat what's up you're not bringing that

horse in Dora not till the Vets had a

look at it just a quick checkup better

to be safe than

sorry what's the betting its

flu spreads like wildfire Dora every

horse on a place will get it it's not

flu Steve what is it then

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strangles you spotted this did you yes

you know how infectious it is yes and if

we haven't caught it in time the poor

creature will die anyway I think we're

in time oh you do do you and you're

prepared to put all your animals at risk

for the sake of one horse it's not a

risk I know what to

do of all the DAR things I've ever heard

that takes the biscuit what there's no

risk I know what to do you try telling

carton

that someone had to look after her you

could have left her there and let Mrs

padet watch her

die oh so you haven't caught it in time

eh she's frightened Steve you heard

her look how do you think she'd feel if

a couple of weeks after her husband died

tany died too hardly her

fault she'd have failed

him dor

right he's

dead it's not that

easy

Steve my uncle ran Folly for for 30

years all right he's had to give up move

away does that mean he's nothing to this

place

anymore he's he's in these walls Steve

he's in the stones he's he's in the air

we

breathe he's here still in in what we do

and what we believe

in a distant

voice and everything he stood for I

stand

for everything he wanted I

want everything he

pledged I

pledge I'm serious

Rob come on it let's get them dunk

shifted oh certainly C shove them all in

a field yeah look after them out there

you just worry about p*nsy pan see your

Gess cre pel by any other name

would that's

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sweet help me

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Steve I'll get tany

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great big

germ right between the

eyes oh come on don't take all

day it's crawling with germs mate

whopping great Airy ones I'll give you a

whopping great every one in a minute and

all

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don't be afraid

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morning you lady ship you got trouble

just pass Snoopy cartton coming here

yeah oh

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heavens BL old fast pots early Where's

Dora with tany the blazes do we say

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good morning what's all this well

nothing just uh just giving one of the

horses in what those macintoshes oh we

uh we use them what the hell for what's

going on here looks to me you're

isolating one of the horses we are but

just a precaution don't go in

come on what's up what have you

got it's tany she's

ill something infectious is

it yes well don't you keep that place

clean or something she didn't catch it

here we uh we brought her in what an

infected animal we know what we're doing

do you what about my horses they're okay

they're over there well away now you get

them out put them in the field I'll pick

them up later on but don't you butt me

Miguel you think I'd leave them here

with that what's the matter with it

anyway

strangles my God and your uncle said I

could rely on

you you shouldn't be AOW of

burier now you get those horses out

and if there's anything that matter with

them God help

you I've met some stupidity in my time

wait till the Kel hears about

this

now come on don't let me down eat up and

get

well come on tany you've got to eat

something

just

try look it's

beautiful carrots turnips LM seed all

the things you like what do you

say oh

tany nothing's easy is it

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of course I don't want that ATT F the

infected maybe it can be cleaned off but

I still don't want it cheaper to buy a

new lot come on close this out you can

burn it or do what you like with it

hurry I'll close it

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out thanks

sugar it's better than

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Sal I thought all you had to do was do

what Uncle would have

done but you

can't you have to do what you believe is

right and

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hope hope he believes it's right

too marvelous Flo the colonel one of

those

I never thought there'd be another like

him but there is there's so much of him

in

you it's like starting life all over

again

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colel not here

yet what's he going to say Ron her back

tensy how's she

doing cuz if she pulls through not

guilty if she

doesn't you feel that

too yeah I'm on tral

hello sag

H Uncle oh

Uncle am I so

frightening you looked as though

judgment day had

come hasn't it well we'll see shall

we it's strangles I gather yes far gone

yes glands all swollen yes when do you

think they'll burst tonight tomorrow

it's difficult to say yes it

is the worst will be over then do you

want to see

her looks as though you know what you're

doing

who goes in only you yes do you handle

other horses

no

good it's very

quiet they're all out in the field

except for

ladybird the twins have gone oh yes the

twins Carlton telephoned me you

know said that you were never negligent

and irresponsible shouldn't be allowed a

budger

g

and oh I think you can manage more than

that Uncle

negligent no you've done everything

possible

irresponsible Slugger Colonel dor and

I'll have tea and what' you use the

study for an office

no I feel like a

trespasser it'll still be there when you

come and see us use it Dora it's

yours I want to leave it as it is here

we

are t for two and two for

tea like all times is it except we have

salted our tea

now how is he strong ien on him I love

him yes he's a

rock he says we're

alike now

we please tell me Uncle shouldn't I have

brought tany

here why did

you because Steve said no and I'm

Mistress of

fifoot was that the only reason

no a horse needed help and you'd give

Mrs padet your word which counted

most I don't know then I can't answer

you can

I she wants to say hello to tany how is

she well she's trying but it's so hard

come and see yes I'd love

to just a

minute don't disturb

her she's

eating oh bless her she must be mending

Harold to be so pleased he never would

have forgiven

me she's going to be all right isn't she

yes

yes Colonel did promise such a kind man

you're taking after him I can tell that

now oh bless him he's come to see her

Steve it wasn't because you said

no it was part of it and I'm

sorry but tany eating getting

better that's what really

matters she'll have her day you see her

roll in the meadow just like Uncle

promised that's why I brought

her I know

I'm not irresponsible Steve and you'd

better not

be cuz major Lewis is bringing you two

horses he wants you to school them major

Lewis

how Colonel phoned him before we left

the

cottage he said you were a chip off the

old block and if he'd like what the old

block had done young chip would do it

just as

well he said that

even before he came before he saw

yeah you must have said

something what did you

say that Fifer would never

change that we all believed he was still

here keeping a watchful eye on us

helping us do the right

thing that his voice was

younger and

prettier but it was his voice all the

same

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down in the With The Wind in the west

the lightning tree faed to the T his

heart went s when it took the W the

terrible W of the Thunder CL 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 the window

scen 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 G to easily

lightning

tree lightning tree

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