Follow That Dream Page #9

Holly, somebody's sneaking

around our porch.

- It might be Pop.

- No, it ain't Pop, he's down on the dock.

Here, hold this.

Got you.

He's being so touchy about a little joke.

What was he doing here?

I don't know, he was

carrying this stuff here.

What is it?

- Kerosene. Must belong to Nick.

- Oh, I'd better take it back over to them.

- Hi, Toby.

- Hi, kids.

Where's the boat?

We'll have to drive down

and load it onto the car.

Come on, we'll tell Pop about it.

- Hey, I got another one.

- Good, good, good.

You pay for the fish by the pound,

you pay for the line by the yard...

...then keep fishing, keep fishing. Good.

- It's a big one. Did you see that?

- A good one, big one.

- Good evening, folks.

- Hello, Tob.

- How's the fishing?

- Good, good.

- Don't make a move, Nick, look what he got.

- Yeah, I see it.

What kind of gun is that you got there, son?

Well, it's just a little old burp gun, Pop.

What will those kids take

to lay off that stuff?

All right, kids, quit it.

You're getting the dock all bloody

and everything.

Nick...

I think I'm gonna be sick.

You think you're sick at your stomach, huh?

Oh, that's bad, makes you feel

like you're gonna die, don't it?

He's driving me nuts,

playing around like this.

No, I ain't playing.

Pop, I'm gonna need the car

for a little while...

...on account of something that happened

back out there in the woods.

Help yourself, son.

Would you gentlemen be interested

in taking a little ride with me?

Okay, boys, ready for bed.

- Do we have to?

- Yeah, you have to. Go on.

- Evening, gentlemen.

- Evening.

Toby, do you have to carry

that awful gun around?

Oh, it's just to scare people with, Holly.

- Is he kidding?

- I just don't know anymore.

Oh, your friend Blackie, he left a jug

of kerosene and a package under our porch.

I took them back to your place.

- You what?

- Our place?

Yeah, it's right inside the door.

You can find it easy enough.

We can, huh?

Ten, nine, eight...

...seven, six, five...

Do you do

the multiplication tables, too, Nick?

...three, two, one.

I'll be doggone, your place blowed up, Nick.

It's on fire, too.

- He must be kidding.

- I'm still not sure.

We're getting out of here. For good!

- Do you think he'll let us?

- Let you?

Why, the sheriff ain't got no say-so

about where you go.

Come on.

Me, I'm just as glad they're gone.

I never did cotton up to them.

It ain't nice to say it, Pop...

...but I never did truly believe

them fellas was honest.

Never did.

Pop!

Pop!

They took the kids away.

They took the kids away.

Take it easy, now, Holly. Take it easy.

Just slow down, honey.

Tell us what happened.

I went to the school to pick up the twins

and I had Ariadne with me.

And then they wouldn't let the twins go.

They took Ariadne, too.

Who did?

I don't know. He had a policeman

and a State Trooper.

And he said that he was taking them

to the Welfare Department.

He said that it was the law and that

there was just nothing he could do about it.

The Welfare Department.

That means that Claypoole woman

had something to do with this.

- You're quite right, Mr Kwimper.

- What are you two doing in my house?

One for you, one for you, and one for you.

Mr King, you're a witness that action

took place legally.

Well, you can witness this, too.

This here is our sheriff...

...and he's gonna arrest this woman

for snitching our kids.

We're gonna get those kids back

or she's gonna get locked up in the john.

Prison, I mean.

The children are under the custody

of the State Welfare Department...

...by the court order of Judge Waterman.

Judge Waterman respects my opinion

as State Welfare supervisor...

...and it is my opinion that you people

are simply not fit to raise children.

What a dirty thing you are.

A dirty, dirty, dirty thing.

- Why, that's quite a vocabulary...

- Now you just hold on, ma'am.

You just hold on.

Did them twins do something wrong?

No, the twins did nothing wrong.

Nothing they could help,

considering their environment.

The hearing is at 9:00 tomorrow morning,

but we might consent to a postponement.

- All right, what's the catch?

- Quite simple.

If you were planning to go back

where you came from...

...the court would probably

relinquish jurisdiction...

...let you take your problems home

with you.

We're supposed to

up and leave our property here...

It's not your...

As a public servant, I must tell you again.

This whole area was put in

for the public's benefit.

How can you get your hat on

with your head so crooked?

Do you think the people is one thing

and the public is another thing?

You're like every department jackass

I ever knowed.

You do nothing for a single, solitary soul...

...and that is because you're pretending

you're doing something for everybody.

For the public.

Who do you think the public is

but me and him and her?

God, please turn your head away.

And you and you.

Now get out of here and leave us alone.

- But don't you...

- Don't argue with him, Arthur. Let's go.

Some mighty fine talking, Pop.

I'd have done better

to save my gums for tomorrow.

We'll get the kids back, won't we, Pop?

I ain't gonna lie to you, Holly.

I'm worried, I'm right worried.

Everybody, please rise.

This is a hearing based on a request

by the Department of Public Welfare...

...for a court order, giving the Department

control and guardianship...

...over these three children I see here.

Mr Kwimper,

are you represented by counsel?

Come again, Judge?

Have you got a lawyer?

No, sir. Don't believe in them. Never did.

- Don't you indeed?

- No, sir.

Well, suit yourself.

Thank you, Judge.

Now then,

since this is a hearing and not a trial...

...let's keep it simple and informal.

- Miss Claypoole, would you start us off.

- Thank you.

Your Honour, the Department

of Public Welfare is charged...

...with the responsibility of ministering

to the well being of all its citizens.

Particularly those of its children.

The cases of these three children

have caused the Department deep concern.

Why, the twins live in a home...

...that is hardly more than a breeding

ground for delinquency and crime.

The Kwimper adults are immoral,

defiant of authority...

...and strongly suspected of illicitly

obtaining funds from government agencies.

And they are also known

to have associated closely with gangsters.

I shall document each of these charges

when the time comes.

As part of our proof that the Kwimpers

are unfit to raise children...

...I shall ask Mr King to report

on his dealings with the Kwimper family.

By taking advantage of a technicality,

Your Honour...

...these people set their own interests

above those of six million taxpayers.

When I tried to persuade the Kwimpers

to abandon their antisocial point of view...

...I received nothing but abuse...

...in the course of which,

the elder Kwimper boasted...

...that he habitually received relief funds

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