Napoleon and Samantha Page #2

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is a whole cow.

- [Clucking]

- [Seth] Oh. Well.

One thing at least.

He started the hens back to laying.

Uh, uh!

Oh, Grandpa. Golly.

Well, I declare.

- Bye, Grandpa.

- You're off to school?

Don't dawdle on the way.

I don't want that teacher

complaining about you again.

Bye, Major. Have a nice day.

See you when I come home.

- You'll watch him for me?

- Of course I will.

- And you remember what I told you.

- I will.

Don't gossip about him.

The authorities hear about him,

they'll take him away. Darn busybodies.

Yeah.

Bye, Grandpa.

Drop this off in the post

on your way, will you?

- Where's it going?

- New York.

Oh, yeah. Goodbye.

Yeah.

Thas right.

A couple of old timers, you and me.

- Les go see Charley.

- No, I gotta go home.

- Well, why?

- I just gotta. Thas why.

Want to come over to my house

and play?

- No.

- Can I come to yours?

No!

I'm sorry.

- Now, can you keep a secret?

- You know I can.

- Then come on.

- Am I supposed to guess, or what?

You're not supposed to do anything.

You see it when you see it.

Is a real live lion!

His name is Major.

Think I could come in and pet him?

Come on in.

He won't hurt you. Pet him.

See? He's nice.

Sure is a nice lion.

Sure is.

Couldn't be any nicer.

He drinks milk.

Must drink an awful lot.

He does.

See? Look. See what he's doing?

He won't even...

26 quarts in three days?

Sure gonna make a dent

in the pension check.

Oh, yeah. Thas right.

- There you are, Napoleon.

- Thanks, Mr. Gutteridge.

Thank you.

You know, Seth...

You're lookin' a mite peaked lately.

You feeling all right?

Right as rain, Amos.

It stands to reason with

all that milk you've been drinking.

I'm not drinking it.

What are you doing,

bathing in the stuff?

- [Seth] How did you guess?

- What?

Any doctor will tell you. Milk baths.

When a man gets to be my age,

milk supples the flesh.

You ought to try it

on that ornery hide of yours.

Can you help me, Napoleon?

So long, Amos.

So long, Seth.

Goodbye, Mr. Gutteridge.

Thanks again.

Bye, Napoleon.

You napping, Grandpa?

What, what?

Me? Napping? No, no!

Just squinching my eyes.

Looking for smoke signals.

Smoke signals? Where?

Over yonder hill there.

Wild Indians send out their messages

about this time of day.

Didn't I ever tell you?

No. Golly.

I do believe there is one now.

No, is just a cloud.

No, Grandpa,

I think that is a smoke signal.

Yeah.

Come on, Maj. Giddyup.

Ah, you're slow as molasses.

Gosh.

Now get... come on.

Thas OK. It was a good ride.

Even if you can't gallop.

OK.

Come on, Maj.

You get in there.

Now, come on.

Get in there.

Your milk's waiting and everything, Maj.

Maj, get in there!

There. Finally.

Golly.

I'm gonna go see Grandpa, OK?

Hi, Grandpa.

Mornin', officer.

Me and Major have had our ride already.

You were sleeping so sound

I didn't want to wake you.

You getting up?

I thought maybe

I'd spend a day in bed.

I'm not feeling so well this morning.

Is your tummy bad again?

Something like that.

Hey, want me to fix you

breakfast in bed, Captain?

I'd like that.

OK, I'll fix you something real special.

[Seth coughs]

Well, thank you.

My, my, this looks good.

- Whas this?

- Oh, thas an onion sandwich.

No.

Whas this?

Oh, thas chocolate, strawberry,

and vanilla ice cream. All melted up.

Oh, my, my. That is tasty.

I think I'll just save that.

Set it over there, will you?

I'll just take my coffee.

Oh, thas the instant kind.

Since I don't know how to perc.

But I put in two extra spoons.

Good. Is good.

But I think I'll just save this too.

Set it there.

I better go clean up the kitchen.

- Napoleon.

- Yeah, Grandpa?

Come here a minute, will you?

Sit down. I want to talk to you.

- What are we gonna talk about?

- Us, Napoleon.

We are going to talk about us.

We've been a good crew, haven't we?

The two of us. Shipmates.

We've had some good times together.

We sure have, Captain.

The trouble is,

your grandpa's getting older.

We both are.

I'm going to be 11 in August.

Trouble is, this old body of mine

is just getting older.

Wrinkled old hands,

tired old muscles,

tickerjust keeps missing a tick

now and then.

Then I take a deep breath,

and I just keep coughing all the time.

But everybody coughs, Grandpa.

What are you going to do

with an old machine

thatjust keeps breaking down?

You fix it.

What about when you

can't fix it no more?

Well, you gotta trade it in

for a new one.

Thas just what I'm going to do.

I'm going to trade this

old machine of mine in for a new one.

What do you mean, Grandpa?

Is nothing to be concerned about,

or scared or frightened about.

Is just that my old body's dying.

I'm not surprised.

Is a wonder it didn't do it

years before, the way I treated it.

I never knew anyone who died before.

Nobody ever really dies, Napoleon.

The thing thas real in you

just keeps going on and on forever.

You know, in a way...

we're like the seasons. Life is.

You're born in the spring,

then you grow up

during the hot, warm summer,

then autumn's the time

when you reach maturity.

You hit your peak.

Then... then, there's the winter.

It gives us all a chance

to go quickly back to spring

and start all over again.

But you still have to go away

and leave me, don't you, Grandpa?

No, that doesn't follow at all.

You see, I always wanted to

take my rest up there on the hill

where we used to like to sit

and watch the sunset.

'Course, I've made my peace

with the Almighty.

I know he's not going to be

too concerned

about my not having

an expensive funeral and all that.

Besides, your uncle.

He'll see to all those things.

You never said I had an uncle

or anything like that before.

Well, you have.

He's your last living relative.

He's the one I wrote,

and told him all about you.

Is he gonna come and stay with us?

I haven't heard from him yet,

but he'll be here,

and when I go away, he is the one

thas going to take care of you.

Whas his name?

Charley Hammond.

I know a horse named Charley.

Do you now?

Gee, I hope your grandpa's

feeling better.

I'm going in

and see him right now.

We'll feed Major a little later.

Wait here, will you?

All right.

Grandpa, I'm home!

I'm sorry, Grandpa.

I didn't know you were asleep.

Grandpa?

Grandpa?

[Seth] Remember, son,

is nothing to be frightened about.

Just means that old grandpa's set free

to get around again.

Whas the matter, Napoleon?

Something wrong?

Did you ever know anyone

that died before?

[Sam] No.

Did...

[Napoleon] My grandpa just did.

Oh, Napoleon.

Is...

Is nothing to be

scared or worried about.

Just means that...

my grandpa's free

to do what he wants to now.

See, thas just his old body in there.

You know, my grandpa said that...

nobody ever really dies because...

the thing thas real inside of you

goes on and on forever and ever.

I think thas very beautiful,

Napoleon, but...

who's going to look after you now?

My uncle.

Where's he?

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