The Littlest Horse Thieves Page #2

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Manager, Tell Me,

What Do You Propose

To Do About That?

I'd Like To Explore

The Possibility

Of Using Machinery

In The Pit, Milord.

Machinery?

[Laughing]

Are You Suggesting

We Might Use Machinery

Instead Of Miners,

Perhaps?

Um, Well, No, Milord.

But It Might Be Possible

To Bring The Coal

From The Face To The Shaft

By Means Of Machinery

Instead Of Ponies.

Hmm?

Well, Yes, Yes,

At Least I'm --

I'm Prepared

To Explore That Idea.

Hmm? Look Into That For Me,

Will You, Sandman?

And Find Out

All About The Costs,

And Show Me Things,

Like Plans And So On.

You Know,

That Sort Of Thing.

I Will, Milord.

My Goodness,

Just Look At Those Rabbits

All Over The Lawn

Simply Ruining It.

[Barking]

Alice:
Go Away!

Go Away, You Horrible Dog!

Go Home!

It's A Girl Up A Tree.

Aye.

Come On.

Go Away,

You Horrible Dog!

What Are You Doing

Up There?

Go Away!

Can You Get Down?

Yes!

Of Course I Can.

[Gasps]

No!

Come On.

I Want My Kite.

You Don't Want Much,

Do You?

You Best Get

Yourself Down First.

Come On--

That's The Way.

Go On--

Down A Bit More.

[Gasps]

Be Careful!

Why Did You Put

Your Kite In A Tree?

I Didn't Do It

On Purpose.

I Can't Run Fast Enough

To Get It Up In The Air

Properly.

Dave Could.

Pull, Dave, Pull.

It's Nearly There.

Run Faster, Dave.

Dave:
There It Goes --

I Can Feel The Wind Take It.

Come On, Kite.

Come On!

Oh, Dave, It's Flying!

You've Done It!

Oh, Well Done.

Oh, Let Me Have A Go,

Please.

Here You Are.

Thank You.

Why Aren't You

In School?

Why Do You Think?

Summer Holidays.

You're Lucky--

I've Got A Horrible

Governess Coming,

And She'll Want To Stay

Indoors All Day Doing Lessons.

What's A Governess?

She's A Sort Of Teacher,

Ain't She?

Why Don't You

Go To School Like Us?

Because It's A Colliery School,

And She's A Lady.

I'm Not A Lady!

Oh, Yes, You Are.

I'm Not A Lady!

I'm Not!

I Only Said

You Were A Lady.

How Dare You Call Me That?

Take That Back!

Nothing Wrong With That.

Yes, There Is--

The Way You Said It.

Watch What You're Doing.

You'll Tear Your Dress.

I Don't Care!

I'm Not A Lady!

Take That Back!

Stop It!

That's Enough!

What?

Ladies Don't Fight.

Alice:
I Wonder What

It's Like Down The Pit.

Haven't You Ever

Been Down?

We Go Down All The Time.

You Can't.

You're Too Young.

Boys Aren't Allowed

To Work Down The Mines

Until They're 14.

We Don't Work, Exactly.

We Help Bert

With The Ponies.

The Ponies?!

You Help With The Pit Ponies?!

Yes. We Go To The Stables

Near Every Day.

We Help Look After Them.

You'll Miss Them

When They're Gone, Won't You?

Gone?

The Ponies!

Mum, The Ponies!

Now,

Where Have You Been?

The Ponies!

What About The Ponies?

They're Gonna

Get Rid Of Them.

They're Putting

Machinery In Instead.

What'll Become

Of The Ponies?!

What Will They Do

With Them?!

What Can They Do

With Them?

Nobody's Going To Pay

For Their Keep

If They Can't Work.

Come On, Sit Down

And Have Your Tea.

What Will Happen To Them?

How Should I Know?

Be Thankful It's Only The Ponies

They're Getting Rid Of

And Not The Men.

Of Course,

You Wouldn't Care!

You're The One That Left

My Father In The Pit!

You Got Out Yourself

And Left Him To Die!

Luke!

Dave...

...How Could You Say

Such A Thing To Him?

I Don't Care.

He Has No Right

To Be Here In Our House.

It's His House Now.

He Works All Day

Down That Pit

To Keep Us In Food

And Clothes, And You--

I Don't Want Him Here.

Nor Do I.

What Does It Matter

What You Want?!

Go To Bed, Both Of You!

You Can Go Without Your Tea!

Perhaps That Will Teach You To

Remember Who Earns It For You.

I Brought You

Some Bread And Milk.

Come On.

Ta.

If He's Asleep,

You Eat It All.

Shove Over A Bit.

Dave, You Know

Luke Didn't Leave Your Father.

Yes, He Did.

No, He Didn't.

Luke Was Injured

In The Fall,

And Your Father Went In

To Rescue Him.

Then The Second

Explosion Came.

I Know...

But Luke Could've Done

Something To Help Him.

He Was Brought Out

Unconscious.

What Could He Do?

God Bless.

Well, That's The Lot.

The Rest Of My Men

Will Be Here On Saturday.

Right.

I Wish I Could Go Down And

See The Ponies Before They Go.

Girls Aren't Allowed

Down The Pit.

Nor Are Boys.

But You Get Down,

And I'm Bigger Than You Are.

But Not Much.

Alice!

No, Alice, You Can't.

Morning, Bert.

Morning, Boys.

Hi, Bill.

Got Some Spares?

There You Are.

Thanks.

Sir?

If I See Those Boys

Going Down Again,

You'll Be Dismissed.

Watch It.

[Pony Neighing]

And Jester

And Bertie And Bluey.

And You Know

Which One This Is?

No.

This Is Flash.

Flash? Flash!

Watch It!

He's Not Used To Strangers.

He Might Lash Out.

Oh, Flash, You Wouldn't

Hurt Me, Would You?

Seen The Machinery On Top?

Machinery?

Them Big Crates With

The Engineers From Sheffield.

Poor Beasts--They Won't

Be Here Much Longer.

That's Wonderful.

Wonderful?!

What Do You Mean, "Wonderful"?!

If They've No More Work

For Them,

They'll Be Brought

Up Out Of The Mine

And Let Out

Into The Fields.

We Can Go Visit Them

Every Day

And Feed Them

And Look After Them.

Flash, And Jester,

And Bluey, And All Of Them.

They'll Be Able

To Run About In The Sunshine

And Be Happy And Safe.

That's What You Think,

Is It?

[Pony Neighs]

Ask Thee Father.

Ask Thee Father What Will

Become Of The Pit Ponies.

Father!

Mother,

Do You Know Fa--

Mrs. Sandman:
Alice...

Alice...

This Is Miss Coutts.

She Has Come To Be

Your Governess.

Had You Forgotten

She Was Arriving Today?

How Do You Do, Alice?

Dear Me, We Are

Miss Grubby Paws, Aren't We?

I'm Afraid We Have Rather

Let Her Run Wild.

Never Mind, Mrs. Sandman.

I'm Sure We Shall Soon Get Alice

Back Into Ladylike Ways Again.

When Will Father Be Home?

I Wanted To Ask Him--

Alice!

Where Are Your Manners?

Miss Coutts

Was Just Going Upstairs.

Would You Like To Go With Her

And Show Her The Schoolroom?

Will They Really

Put Them In The Field

And Let Them Run About?

Yes, Of Course They Will.

They'll Like That,

Won't They?

Aye, That They Will.

Good Night, Tommy.

Night, Dave.

Dave:
There, Flash,

What Do You Think Of That?

See The Sunshine, Flash?

Look--

There's Grass And Trees.

Alice:
Bluey, Oh, Bluey.

[Indistinct Murmurs]

You'll Like It Here.

They All Like It.

Come On, Flash, Sandie,

Jewel, Jester, Soldier.

Come, Star--

Flash Will Show You The Way.

[Indistinct Conversation]

...And No Tubs To Pull,

Neither.

They're Free,

Aren't They?

They're Free.

Flash, You're A Beauty.

And You Can Run About

As Long As You Want...

Clara:

I Showed My Love A Chicken

That Had No Bone

I Told My Love A Story

That Had No--

Morning, Clara.

Morning, Love.

I Showed My Love A Baby...

Mother, I Must See Father.

Do You Know

If He'll Be Home For Lunch?

Alice, Dear,

You Mustn't Bother Him.

He Has A Lot

On His Mind.

And, You Know,

Little Girls

Should Be Seen

And Not Heard.

But I Must

Ask Him Something!

Well, Alice, Perhaps I Can Tell

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