Son of Lassie Page #2

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Laddie, you get bigger,

but you never grow up.

Does he, Lassie?

Here.

Lassie, are you glad we're both grown-up?

There's one thing you don't like about it.

It means you're getting old.

The things I used to do with you

I do with him now.

But thanks for giving him to me anyway.

While you were about it,

why didn't you give him some brains?

Perhaps you did at that.

A shoe is more useful than a stick.

Come on, tyke.

This is only for Laddie.

Run on home, old girl.

Hut, two, three, four.

Hut, two, three, four.

All right, Smith, get going.

Get them in line.

Quiet.

Come on, Johnson. Keep moving.

Hut, two, three, four.

Heel.

Quiet.

Heel.

- Two more recruits for us, sir.

- You'll win the war single-handed.

We'll train more dogs

than they know what to do with.

Corporal, take these dogs in.

Yes, I have a recruit myself.

You have? And what dog's that?

Laddie, son of Lassie.

Fine, but I thought that boy

of yours didn't want him trained.

I talked it over with him last night.

He's on his way to active duty.

And now, with Lassie too old,

and the kennel's in the war...

- ... I think he sees our point.

- Good for him.

You hear that, Priscilla?

- Young Carraclough's enrolling Laddie.

- Yes, Grandfather, I know all about it.

Well, my boy, you-

You look better than usual.

- Thank you.

- I'm glad to have Laddie join up.

Oh, here's- Here's his collar.

- Do you think he can do it? The training?

- Put it on him.

Hard discipline teaches it to man and dog.

I don't think you could

ever teach it to Laddie.

Here, Joe. You're off for duty,

so you'll have no more to do with the dog.

The training will be good for him.

Come along. We'll take him to the field.

- Come on.

- Yes.

The army will make him a champion, Joe.

Come along, Priscilla.

Up!

We find it best to let backward dogs

see others leap hurdles successfully.

It makes them want to do as well.

Do you think so, sir?

Well, let me show you. Come on. Over!

- Hut! Hut!

- Hut! Hut!

Attaboy.

Good fellow.

There you are.

Now, then, Laddie. Are you ready, huh?

Come along.

Now, then. Come on. Over you go.

He's not very bright.

No. No, he isn't.

Well, at least he's resourceful.

Come along. Bring him out here.

Stop it!

This is a test of courage

and a fighting heart.

Like a good soldier,

a dog must be steady under fire.

We train dogs in other things...

...but a dog that breaks under fire

is unfit for military purposes.

- Now, watch this. All right, let him go.

- Go get him!

Come on, Laddie. Go!

A perfect dog on points

who's a perfect fool.

No matter what anyone says, Laddie,

you're still the finest champion ever.

May I take Joe away now?

- Go run along, Priscilla.

- With Joe? That's what I came for.

Here, Joe. Here's our picnic.

I'd like to have a word with you, miss.

Oh, Grandfather.

It's pointless to worry the lad.

He's not "the lad. "

He's Sergeant Joe Carraclough.

I intend to worry him as much as I can.

Priscilla, you're distinctly offside.

I'm on Joe's side, Grandfather.

You're not free to be.

You're very old, Grandfather...

...and you think very old things.

You're very young, my dear...

...and you think very young things.

Run along, run along.

If you don't run, you won't catch him.

Good morning, Mr. Carraclough.

Good morning, miss.

I- I was just taking a little walk.

The bus will be passing here soon.

Laddie, come back here!

Do you-? Do you think he'll come back

when he gets hungry?

I doubt it, miss.

That's where his heart is.

Yes.

And mine.

For the first day, you didn't do badly.

I guess you'll fly with me.

- Thank you.

- Don't thank me.

I could have replaced you,

but the boy I'd get would be just as bad.

Say, you wanna see a swell pinup?

Here.

That's Boots. It's the sharpest dog

in all of Canada.

He can do everything.

He really smokes that pipe.

- I don't think I'd want my dog to smoke.

- What is your dog?

I have two collies, Lassie and Laddie.

What tricks can they do?

Well, Lassie does some,

but Laddie doesn't do any.

- No good, eh?

- Oh, he's a champion.

You mean he's a fighter?

No, not a fighter. They're both champions.

When the Duke of Rudling owned Lassie...

...she walked from Scotland to England

to come home to me.

That's a champion.

That stops you.

Good night, Eddie.

If I'd known you were part of a duke,

I'd never have picked you.

Oh, I'm not. We're cottagers.

It's only the dogs that are champion.

You know, Joe,

you're not a bad little kid.

Not very sharp, but not a bad little kid.

Laddie, what are you doing here?

Quiet! Hide him under the covers.

Try not to disturb the men.

He's my dog, sir.

I don't know how he got here.

I remind you that the possession

of a dog is an infraction of regulations.

He has no right here.

He's creating confusion.

He's- He's...

...beautiful, isn't he?

May I have permission to take him home?

He's tired. It's 40 miles from here.

Forty miles?

- Smart dog.

- That's what's so wonderful.

He's never done anything so wonderful.

- And he had better never do it again.

- Yes, sir.

What's this?

That's- He was sort of enlisted...

...but I don't think it ever quite took.

Right in here, sir.

- That the boy?

- Yeah, that's him.

- Father, what are you doing here?

- I came for the tyke. Four hours on the bus.

Well, you'll run away no more,

my fine lad.

- Come on. Goodbye, Joe.

- Goodbye.

This is Eddie, the chap

I was telling you about.

- How do you do, sir?

- How do you do?

- Oh, this is the warrant officer.

- How do you do, sir?

Pleasure, I'm sure. Well, goodbye, Joe.

Oh, Father.

Wasn't it clever of him to find me?

I never thought he could do it.

Happen he's Lassie's pup after all.

Well, I must run along.

Goodbye, Father.

Goodbye, Laddie.

- Oh, Eric?

- Yes?

I'm a fool to lend Joe to you.

Last week, I lent you my razor...

- ... and I didn't get it back.

- Anything good I don't give back.

- Goodbye. See you in a couple of hours.

- So long, kid.

Take care of him until I get back.

Stay here.

Laddie, come here!

Laddie!

When Carraclough comes back, he can

spend a month's pay shipping him home.

Come on, Laddie.

Boy, you sure are stubborn.

Guess you're in love, huh?

Well, he'll be back in a couple of hours.

Just watch for four planes coming home.

Mattie.

What happened to Eric and Joe?

Last time we saw them was over the target.

Started lagging behind, and...

Better list them as missing.

So you finally coughed your way home.

Yes, Jerry gave us a few. I had

to bring her home with one engine.

But I brought your navigator back,

so you can use him again tomorrow.

- What'd you do with Laddie?

- I didn't do.

Come on, I'll show you.

Hey, now, Laddie.

Everything's gonna be all right.

You'll have to sleep out here with him.

Can't take him into the barracks.

- Yeah, I suppose I'll have to.

- Sleep well.

- We've got a reconnaissance job tomorrow.

- I'll be ready.

Oh, look, Joe.

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