Pennies from Heaven Page #7

Well, go ahead.

Slap my face. It was worth it.

Oh, don't be silly.

- I've been looking all over for you.

- You've been looking for me?

Gee, I've been

looking for you for weeks.

Why, I even put an ad

in the personal column.

Larry, you shouldn't be here.

The police are looking for you.

- You've got to leave town.

- Leave town is right.

I'm not going to eat!

I'm on a hunger strike!

I've lost three pounds in the last

two days, and I'll be dead soon!

She's perfectly capable

of carrying out her threats.

Mr Carmichael, I've got

my own health to consider.

I'm on the verge

of a nervous breakdown.

So they found you, Poole.

Yeah, I decided to come on back

and take my medicine.

Patricia, come back here.

- No.

- See? That's what I get all the time.

Now, I want this matter

settled here and now.

You've got to take this demon

out of my institution.

She's disrupted the discipline,

tried to set fire to the place...

smashed the furniture,

broken the windows...

and now it's a hunger strike.

And if I don't die of hunger,

I'm gonna jump out of the window.

I've written a letter

blaming everything on you...

and I'm going to mail it to

all the newspapers before I kill myself!

You see! You've got

to do something about this...

even if you have to

adopt her yourself.

Me? I'd rather resign my job.

Young man...

you said you were ready

to take your medicine.

It may prove to be bitter medicine,

but you've got to help me out.

- Help you out?

- Yes, with this brat.

We've had nothing but trouble

ever since we sent her to the orphanage.

Shortly after she came there, carnival

people put on a show for the children.

She tore open the bass drum

and tried to escape in it.

Since then, she's made life

miserable for everybody.

She refuses to go

with anybody but you.

- Couldn't you take her off our hands?

- Well... Huh?

You mean to say that's why

you had those cops bring me here?

I'm terribly sorry, but you see

the desperate situation I'm in.

You're the only one

in the world who can help.

And there was no other way

of finding you.

Well, I guess you boys know

the penalties for false arrest.

Who said you were

under arrest?

We were told to find you

and bring you here, and we did it.

First, you do everything to put this

child in an orphanage, and I'm the goat.

Now you're doing everything

under the sun to have her...

taken out of the orphanage,

and I'm still the goat.

Looks to me like I'm "Joe Goat" around

here. Why should I do anything for you?

It isn't for me. I'm only acting

in the best interest of Patricia here...

this poor little motherless child.

Well, Susan,

what do you think?

First of all, I think

Mr Carmichael owes you an apology.

I do, and I apologize

most humbly.

- And you owe Miss Sprague an apology.

- I do.

- Hey, what about me?

- Shut up!

And then I think Patsy should be adopted

by a respectable married couple.

Well, what's the matter with us?

Aren't we respectable?

Yeah, what's the matter with them?

Oh, let's eat. I'm just dying of hunger.

Say goodbye to the nice man.

G... Oh. No, never mind.

When I'm waitin'for you

Three, four

Open up the door

Now hurry, dear

Hurry, for heaven's sake

I count each step you take

when I'm waiting for you

Five, six, now my heart does tricks

as I picture all your charms

Seven, eight

You're at the gate

And you make me dizzy

when you're walking right into my arms

Nine, ten, kiss me again

Tell me you get such a thrill

Just as I hope you will

When I'm waiting for you

Hey, hey, hey!

Look out there!

Hey, hey!

Look out! Look out!

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