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[Ward Narrating]
When you were young,
you had your own set of values—

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values that nothing could change.

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An ice-cream (one was
a sno-capped mountain of sheer delight.

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An autographed baseball
was more precious than rubies.

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And a note from the teacher
meant only one thing— disaster.

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And that’s our story tonight
on Leave It To Beaver.

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[Announcer]
Leave It To Beaver.

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Starring Barbara Billingsey,
Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow...

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and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver.

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[Girl]
"Mother and Father went to the picnic

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“Alice and I...

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“went with Mother and Father
to the picnic.

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“Mother and Father had fun
at the picnic.

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“Alice and I had fun at the picnic.

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We all had fun... at the picnic.”

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That's very good, Judy.

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Now can anyone tell us
What a picnic is?

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Harold.

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A picnic is where you
go out in the country
and eat food off the dirt.

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Oh, well, that's not bad.
What else do we know about picnics?

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Theodore?

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When we go on a picnic,
we eat hot dogs and “hamburglars.”

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Hamburglars?

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He means hamburgers, Miss Canfield.
Beaver always talks that way.

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Oh. Thank you,, Theodore.

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Now—
[Bell Rings]

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That's all for today, class.

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[Children Chattering]

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Oh, Theodore?

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Theodore, I —
My name's Beaver.

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Beaver?
Is that your given name?

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Yes, ma'am.
My brother “given“ it to me.

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Well, in the classroom,
I'd better call you Theodore.

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Yes, Miss Canfield

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Theodore, I have a note here
to your mother and father.

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You'll be sure to give it
to them, won't you?

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Well, hadn't you better put that
in one of your pockets?

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Uh—uh.
They're full of dirt for my turtle.

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Oh.

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What did she do to you, Beaver?

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Didn't do nothing.
She just gave me a note to take home.

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For your parents?

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Sure. What's wrong with that?

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You must have done
something really awful.

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I don't remember it.

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How about the time you hid
in the locker during fire drill?

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Jackie Pryor took a note home
and was expelled.

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I'll bet you're gonna get it.
They'll throw you right out of school.

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Won't they throw him
out of school?

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Thank you, dear.
Mm—hmm.

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Well, no dessert, Beaver?
No.

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No, what?

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No, I won't have any.

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You have a new teacher— Miss Canfield.
What's she like?

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Uh, all right, I guess.

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What happened at school today?

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She called me Theodore.

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Can I be “scused”?

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Yeah, I guess so.

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Well, Wally, uh, what about you?

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How you like Mr. Wilkerson?
Oh, he tells jokes in class.

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Funny jokes?
No.

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— May I be excused too?
— Yeah.

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I want you boys to take a bath tonight
before you go to bed.
Okay, Mom.

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Don't forget.
Okay.

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Wally, weren't we
supposed to take a bath
before we went to bed?

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Oh, yeah.

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Hey, Beave, uh— Well, what happened
to you in school today?

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[Water Running]

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Well, they remembered
to take their baths.

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I'll get that.

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You're gonna be expelled,
out of the second grade?

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What gave you that crazy idea?

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Miss Canfield gave me a note
to take home.

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A note? Well, what's in it?
I don't know.

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It's a note, all right.

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There's a lot of writing in there.

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Why didn't you give it to Mom?
I'm “a—scared” of what's in it.

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But you don't know what's in it.
That's why I'm a—scared.

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Wally?
Yeah?

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Did you ever get a note from school?

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Yeah, once.

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What happened?
I had to go to summer school.

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—Wally?
—What is it now?

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Would they “spell“ ya
If you hid in a locker during fire drill?

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I don’t think so.

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One of the big kids from the third grade
said they just might “suspender” me.

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Well, they did that
to a couple of kids last year,

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but they're not gonna throw you out
unless you done something really bad.

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What else did you do?

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Well,

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me and Billy Andrews
hid in the cloak room...

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And jumped out at all the girls.

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That's kid stuff.

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They wouldn't expel you for that
They wouldn't even suspend you

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Hey, weren't you sent out
of the cafeteria on Thursday?

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Yes, but that wasn't my fault.

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Larry Mondello pushed me,
and I bumped into Mr. Thompson's cocoa.

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Maybe Miss Canfield
just has a grudge against you.

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If she's gonna be mean,
mustn't she have a reason?
Of course not.

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When you're an older person,
you don't have to have a reason to be mean.

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Hey, you know something, Beaver?
What, Wally?

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You'll be the first kid to ever be
thrown out of the second grade
in the history of the school.

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Wally.

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couldn't we open the note?

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Of course not.
That'd be dishonest.

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[Plug Pops]

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Hey, Beave, can I borrow
some of your turtle dirt?

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Sure, Wally.

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It'll leave a ring.

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[Boy]
Good—bye, Miss Canfield.
Bye.

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Bye.
Bye.

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Uh, Theodore.

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I found this under your desk
at lunch hour.

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Uh, somebody must've
dropped it there.

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Isn't this the note I  asked you
to give to your parents last night?

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I must've “gots” it.

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Oh, you mean, forgot it.

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I must've “forgots” it.

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But, Theodore, you promised me
you'd give it to them.

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Well, I was gonna,
but there was a fire.

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What fire?

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Our stove blew up.

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Oh, dear. Was anyone hurt?

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Yea— No. My big brother Wally
quick put it out.

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He grabbed a “stinguisher.”

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It went—
[Blowing]

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Well, that's a shame,

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but, uh, couldn't you have given your mother
the note after the fire was out?

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She had to go bring back Dad.
He was in the hospital.

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Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
What's the trouble?

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I think the doctor said
he's got symptoms.

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Can I go home now?

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I have to help my mother.

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Well, of course.
I-I know how busy she is,

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but do try and bring an answer
back from her tomorrow, hmm?

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Yes, Miss Canfield.

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Isn't that the little Cleaver boy?

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Having problem with a note, Mrs. Rayburn.
He forgot to give it to his parents.

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Well, they have such important things
on their minds at that age.

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Well, I know he's upset.

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It seems they brought his father
home from the hospital last night.

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Oh, what a shame.

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He's on our fathers' committee.

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I'll tell you what.
Before I drive you home,
let me stop at the office.

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I'll send him some flowers.

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Hello, Miss Canfield,
Mrs. Rayburn.
Oh, Wally.

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Quick thinking last night
with your father laid up.

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Oh, yeah.

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Well, that's funny. He looked
as though he didn't know
what I was talking about.

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Well, he's in the eighth grade.
It's a stage they go through.

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This note you sent home
with little Theodore—

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He's not getting in trouble
in class, is he?
Oh, no.

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We're having our fire prevention
pageant next month.

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I want him to play
Smokey the Bear.
Oh.

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J; [Whistling]

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Mmm—mm!

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Okay, what did you buy?
I didn't buy anything, silly.

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It's what you did,
and right out of the blue.

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Oh, darling.
I t overwhelmed me!

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The new seat covers on the car?

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No, silly. The flowers.
Oh, the fi—

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They just came. Come on.
[Mouths Words]

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Oh, Ward, they're lovely.
You haven't done this in years.

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I still haven't done it.

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I didn't send 'em.
Oh.

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Well, then who did?
Huh. Maybe you have
a secret admirer.

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I don't, but you do.

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“Hope to see you back on your feet soon.
Cornelia Rayburn.”

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Who's Cornelia Rayburn?

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And when did she see you
off your feet?

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The only Rayburn I know
is Mrs. Rayburn,
the grammar school principal.

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Well, why would she send you flowers?

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How should I know?
Maybe it's Arbor Day.

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“Hope to see you
back on your feet again.”

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Why, she intended this
for someone who is ill.

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Well, I'll call her up tomorrow
and let her know.

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Ward?
Mm—hmm.

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Why don't you ever
send me flowers?

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I'm the kind who says it
with seat covers.

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Hey, how could you have lost the note
in the first place?

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I don't know.
I didn't go anywhere.

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I twas in my shoe
when I left school.

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Then I went to the candy shop,

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and then I watched the men
change a tire on a bus,

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and then I helped johnny Cooper
look for four—leafclovers.

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I couldn't have lost it.
Somebody must've “tooken” it.

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Boy, you're in a mess.

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If I  don't bring an answer
to Miss Canfield,

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she's gonna send for Mom.

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Miss Canfield might even hit me!

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Only the coach can hit you.

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Wally, they're gonna “spell“ me sure.

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If— What are we doin'?

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We're writin' an answer to the note,
and wipe your nose.

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How can we write an answer to the note
if we don't know what was in the note?

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Look, it's from your teacher,
so it has to be something bad.

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But I don't remember
what bad I did.

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I'm writing an answer that'll cover
anything bad you ever did.

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That's a good idea.
Do you think it'll work?

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“Dear Miss Canfield,

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“I have received your note
dated two days ago—

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the one you sent home with Beaver.”

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She calls me Theodore.

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“The—

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“O—

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“dore.

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“I have whipped him.
His father has whipped him.

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“He is very sorry.
We are very sorry.

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Your friend, Mrs. Ward Cleaver,
the Beaver's mother."

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She calls me Theodore.

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“I have whipped him.

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“His father has whipped him.

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“He is very sorry.

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“We are very sorry.

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“Your friend, Mrs. Ward Cleaver,

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Theodore's mother."

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I know the household must be upset...

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with the fire
and Mr. Cleaver in the hospital,

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but why would they punish
the little boy...

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simply because I want him
to play Smokey the Bear?

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Miss Canfield, this is your first term
with the second grade.

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There's something you should know
about little boys and notes.

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Yes, Mrs. Rayburn?

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I think the best way
to clear the situation...

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is to have Mrs. Cleaver
come in tomorrow for a little talk.

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I'll call her this evening.

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Hurry up, boys.
You're gonna be late for school.

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[Door Closes]

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Bye, Mom.
I'll be home right after school,

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and tell Dad to bring home
the fish food.

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Beaver!

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Bye, Mom! I love you,
and I'll pick up my room later!

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[Exhales]

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[Sighs]

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Mom, are you goin'
someplace today?

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Yes, Beaver. As a matter of fact, I am.
I'm going down to your school.

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Any idea why your principal
would want to talk to me?

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Uh, maybe Wally done
something bad.

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Bye!

241
00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:15,363
Bye.

242
00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:20,909
Mr. Cleaver and I'd be only too happy
to let the Beaver be in the pageant.

243
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,448
I'm sorry he misunderstood
about the note,

244
00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:26,110
and I'm gonna speak to Wally
about his part in it too.

245
00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:28,517
Well, I hope Theodore isn't too upset,

246
00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:31,853
and I hope he'll be back
in school tomorrow.
Yes, well, good—

247
00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:36,454
Back in school tomorrow?

248
00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:38,861
But he left home this morning.
Isn't he here now?

249
00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:41,764
Well, I'm afraid not.
Miss Canfield reported him absent.

250
00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:45,326
Gee, that was over two hours ago.
Where do you suppose he is?

251
00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:47,668
I wouldn't worry.

252
00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,867
They never go far.

253
00:17:03,089 --> 00:17:06,081
Oh, Ward. Do you really think
he's run away?
[Wally Shouting] Beaver!

254
00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:08,319
No, but I'd feel a lot better
if we found him.

255
00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:11,124
Beaver! Beaver!

256
00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:18,033
Is he in there, Wally?
No, but he's been here.
Here's his lunch box.

257
00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:23,141
Oh, wouldn't you know?
Didn't eat his tomato again.

258
00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:26,201
Now look, Wally. I want you
to take us every place
you think he might be.

259
00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:28,270
Okay.

260
00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:32,840
Beaver? Beaver!

261
00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:37,789
[June]
Beaver. Beaver.
262
00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:44,026
Well, he was around here the other evening
Brought me a mason jar full of fireflies.

263
00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:46,564
Don't believe I've seen him since.

264
00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:49,624
These people looking for your brother
'cause he done something wrong?

265
00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:51,897
We're looking for him
because we're his parents.

266
00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:55,134
His parents, huh? Hmm.

267
00:17:55,207 --> 00:17:57,675
You sure don't look like
he described you.

268
00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:06,674
Beaver? Beaver!

269
00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:10,512
[Ward]
Beaver?

270
00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:13,582
Beaver/

271
00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:18,853
No, Wally, I ain't seen the Beaver
in a couple of days.

272
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:22,264
He was in last Saturday
to borrow a can of grease off of me,

273
00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,860
but I ain't seen him since.

274
00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:27,337
Yeah, well— well,
thanks a lot, Fats.

275
00:18:27,406 --> 00:18:31,069
Yes, much obliged, uh, Fats.

276
00:18:36,749 --> 00:18:40,549
Yeah, they were here.
Been looking all over for you.

277
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:42,611
What've you been up to?

278
00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:47,517
You won't say anything,
will ya, Gus?
Course not.

279
00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:51,085
I'm running away
'cause I got “spelled“ from school.
Oh.

280
00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:53,654
I gotta go now.
You won't say anything?

281
00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:56,566
Not a word.
Thanks, Gus.

282
00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:59,036
Say, Beaver, that father of yours—

283
00:18:59,105 --> 00:19:03,098
You're sure he's the one
that run the whole navy during the war?

284
00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,141
I don't know where else
he'd be, Dad.

285
00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:21,150
Hey, uh, have— have you fellows
seen a little boy?

286
00:19:21,227 --> 00:19:24,162
We just been playing.
We ain't seen anybody, mister.

287
00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:26,698
[Sighs]
Well— Well,
he's about eight years old.

288
00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:28,757
He's my brother.
Your brother, huh?

289
00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:31,428
What's he look like?

290
00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:33,699
You know,
he looks like a kid.

291
00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:37,198
He was wearing jeans
and a blue sweater.

292
00:19:37,276 --> 00:19:41,440
Does he have
a baseball cap on, lady?
Well, yes!

293
00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:43,914
Would that be him up there?

294
00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:52,114
Beaver, what in the world
are you doing up there?

295
00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:55,354
— Sittin' in a tree, Dad.
— Well, come down out—

296
00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:58,226
Ward, don't frighten him.
He might fall.

297
00:19:58,297 --> 00:20:01,926
Uh, well, Beaver, come on down, boy.
Supper's ready.

298
00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:04,663
Uh—uh.

299
00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:07,069
Beaver, please come down
out of that tree.

300
00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:08,902
I can't. You'll hit me.

301
00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:10,965
He's been up there an hour, lady.

302
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,034
Well, we've been
looking for him all day.

303
00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:16,172
Beaver, come on down here.
What's the trouble?

304
00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:18,739
There's a boy up there
in that tree.

305
00:20:18,818 --> 00:20:21,651
Oh, I thought it was a cat.
Come on, dear.

306
00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:26,648
— Hi,Wally.
— Hi, Beave.

307
00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:30,992
— You squealed on me.
— I had to.

308
00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,531
You know how it is.

309
00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:38,502
Theodore Cleaver, I demand
you come down out of that tree
this minute and stop this foolishness.

310
00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:41,631
I’m not coming down.
You’ll hit me!

311
00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:44,039
Well, you just better bet I—

312
00:20:46,612 --> 00:20:49,172
Oh, why, Beaver,
you know we never hit you.

313
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:53,074
What about the time
I  spilled the ink on the rug?

314
00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:57,345
Uh, never mind.

315
00:20:57,423 --> 00:21:00,915
I don't think he's coming down.
He'll come down, all right.

316
00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:04,656
Beaver, you come on down out of that tree,
or I'm coming up there after you.

317
00:21:04,730 --> 00:21:09,292
Uh—uh. I'm gonna stay here until I die,
and then you'll be sorry.

318
00:21:09,368 --> 00:21:11,359
All right, I—

319
00:21:11,437 --> 00:21:14,929
Well, all right, Beaver.
If you wanna stay up there,

320
00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:19,000
I guess your father and Wally and I'll
just have to go home and have supper.

321
00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:21,342
You're gonna leave me here alone?

322
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:23,472
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Well, that’s what you want

323
00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:27,542
But if it rains, I'll get all wet.

324
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:29,986
Yes, I guess you will.

325
00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:35,822
Maybe I better come home
and get my raincoat,
and then come back up here.

326
00:21:37,196 --> 00:21:39,187
You know, that's a good idea.

327
00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:43,190
Boy, when they get him home,
they'll really kill him.

328
00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:51,871
I gave the Beaver a hot bath.
He was a little worse for wear.

329
00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:55,175
[Chuckles]
I'm not in such good shape myself.

330
00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:59,077
Ward.
Uh-huh?

331
00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,984
Do you think he would really have
stayed up there until he died?

332
00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:04,648
Sure. I would have
when I was a kid.

333
00:22:04,723 --> 00:22:07,214
If you said you were
going to, you did.

334
00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,824
Ward.
Uh-huh?

335
00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:17,232
Oh, the note and the Beaver
being scared and running away—

336
00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:20,101
You think Miss Canfield
will understand all that?

337
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:24,108
She might. I think there's
a pretty good chance
she was a kid once herself.

338
00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:40,054
Theodore, you can catch up
with the rest of the class tomorrow.

339
00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:52,360
You know now
what was in that note I wrote
to your mother and father, don't you?

340
00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:56,306
Yeah. You wanted me to play
Smokey the Bear.

341
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,366
Well, that's right.

342
00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:03,008
Why did you assume
that what I wrote in the note
was something bad?

343
00:23:04,016 --> 00:23:07,884
I don't know.
Well, you must've had a reason.

344
00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:11,252
Well—
Well, what?

345
00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:13,314
I guess it was
'cause you're a teacher.

346
00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:21,929
Well, Theodore, teachers aren't
the natural enemies of little boys.

347
00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:24,663
You know, it's very hard
to be a good teacher.

348
00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:28,605
Well, someone once said
that a good teacher is like a candle.

349
00:23:28,674 --> 00:23:31,302
I t consumes itself
to light the way for others.

350
00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:34,806
Do you understand?
Kinda, sorta.

351
00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:39,313
You know, this is your first year
in the second grade,

352
00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:41,649
and it's my first year too.

353
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,348
We could learn a lot from one another.
Would you help me?

354
00:23:44,423 --> 00:23:46,755
I’ll try.

355
00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:48,759
For one thing,

356
00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:51,295
don't make the boys wear aprons
when we do finger painting.

357
00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:57,028
Well, that's a very good suggestion.
I'll remember that, Theodore.

358
00:23:58,170 --> 00:24:01,503
Miss Canfield,
will you do me a favor?

359
00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:04,007
Sure.
Call me Beaver?

360
00:24:05,577 --> 00:24:08,068
It's a deal, Beaver.

361
00:24:08,147 --> 00:24:10,479
Can I go home now?
Of course.

362
00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:26,622
Hurry up, boys.
You're gonna be late for school.

363
00:24:26,699 --> 00:24:29,099
[Door Closes]

364
00:24:29,168 --> 00:24:33,571
Bye, Mom. I'll be home right after school,
and tell Dad to bring home the fish food.

365
00:24:35,374 --> 00:24:37,365
Beaver!
[Door Closes]

366
00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:42,506
Bye, Mom. I love you,
and I'll clean up my room later!

367
00:24:42,581 --> 00:24:44,947
Oh!

368
00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:47,349
Hey!

369
00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:50,411
— What's this?
— It's my shrunken head

370
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:53,151
Oh. So it is.

371
00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:55,625
Why are you taking it to school?

372
00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:59,320
I thought Miss Canfield might like it.

373
00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:04,898
You know, I think she might too.

374
00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:06,961
Here.

375
00:25:11,477 --> 00:25:13,468
Bye.