The Long, Long Trailer Page #5

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- Poor Grace?

She's Aunt Anastacia's daughter.

And I forgot Uncle Edgar.

Oh, there it is.

There's the house.

There they are. Hi.

Hey, Tacy.

Hi, honey.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, darling.

Aunt Ellen!

Oh, and, Grace.

How nice to see you, dear.

Oh, and the twins.

Look how they've grown!

I just wouldn't know you. Dottie?

Oh, I'm wrong.

- Oh, Tommy.

- Oh, darling.

How wonderful to be here,

I just can't tell...

And this...

And this is Nicky.

- Aunt Anastacia.

- How do you do?

And Uncle Edgar.

- Nicholas.

- How do you do?

- And this is Aunt Ellen.

- How do you do?

- And my Uncle Bill.

- How are you?

And Aunt Ellen's family.

Dottie and Kay, the twins.

You met them at the wedding.

I never can tell them apart.

- And this is Jody.

- Joe.

Oh, Joe. That's right.

I gotta remember.

- And this is little Tommy.

- Hello, Tommy.

- Glad to know you.

- How about that face?

- Grace.

- Oh, and poor... And Grace.

How do you do? Glad to know you.

My, I never saw anything so big.

- Imagine dragging a thing like that.

- Look at that. It's enormous.

I don't see how you ever

had the courage to pull that.

- It would scare me to death.

- Oh, it's nothing, really.

Don't you believe it.

He's a wonderful driver.

You have to be to haul that.

- Oh, now, Tacy.

- Well, you are. You know you are.

You should see him

going through towns and everything.

How much would a thing

like that weigh?

- Oh, a little over 3 tons.

- Three tons!

- Imagine pulling 3 tons.

- Weren't you scared?

Well, I'll be honest, the first 100 miles...

First 50 miles...

...I was a little nervous, but after you

get the hang of it, there's nothing to it.

Nothing to it at all.

You know, I daresay a thing

like that is pretty expensive.

Oh, 5000. Six thousand with the extra,

but that's not really expensive.

No. You have to think of it as a home.

And where could you find

a home, fully equipped, for $6000?

- Can we go in?

- Can we see what it looks like inside?

Well, not just now, kids.

I'll have to stabilize it first.

He has to stabilize it.

Hook it down so it doesn't jiggle.

We thought you could put

it there in front of the garage.

That way you could hook in

on the electricity.

Oh, that's very good, yes.

- Just back it in.

- Yes...

- Back it in?

- Yeah.

That way you can have use of the car.

Oh, sure. Of course. Yes.

Well, here goes.

You're going to be his family now,

all of you.

I know he's gonna love you,

and I hope you're gonna love him.

- Of course we are.

- I'm sure we will.

"To back a trailer coach...

...place your hand at the bottom

of the steering wheel.

Move your hand right, counterclockwise,

to back the trailer to your right."

Counterclockwise.

"Move your hand to the left, clockwise,

to back the trailer to your left."

Clockwise, left.

Counterclockwise, right.

Right, counterclockwise.

There...

Go, go! That way.

- Hold it!

- Do it that way.

Hold it! Hold it!

No, no! The other way!

Oh, Aunt Anastacia, this is terrible.

I'm so sorry.

It's all right. It doesn't matter.

I know what he's been doing wrong.

It'll be fine now.

- Pull forward!

- A little more to the right.

Turn the other way!

The other way!

My rose! My rose!

You tore down my rose

with your lousy, stinking trailer!

- What's the matter? This is awful.

- I don't know what's the matter.

Everybody's yelling at the same time.

I'm turning right, the guy says, "Turn

left. " I turn left, he says, "Turn right. "

- I read the book. Counterclockwise...

- Nicky!

Now sit down and be quiet.

You sit down and relax.

I'll take care of this.

Now listen, everybody. Quiet!

There's too many people

telling him what to do.

You're confusing this poor boy.

Only one person should give instructions.

Start the motor, darling.

Don't worry about a thing.

I want absolute silence, you hear?

Come on, darling.

Don't worry about a thing.

All right, now. Okay.

Now. Now go right back. Take it easy.

Now a little to the left.

Little to the left. That's right.

Take it easy. Now little bit to the right.

Straight back. Now, little to the left.

Little to the left. That's right.

Take it easy. Now straight back.

Right, straight. Straight back. That's it.

Straight, straight, stop!

Dear, you're all right.

Get back. All right, hold it now.

Stay right there.

I just wanna get lined up here.

Okay, okay. Come on, now.

But slowly. Take it easy.

Slowly, slowly. That's right.

That's right.

Straight. Straight.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Beautiful morning, isn't it?

- Yeah, great.

That certainly was a lovely dinner last

night, the bread pudding and all.

- Shame you have to rush off like this.

- Well...

Look, I wish you'd let me pay for that.

I would feel better.

No, we wouldn't think of it.

At least this one thing.

We won't take this present.

Oh, now, don't do that.

We insist on your having that.

- Don't we, Mother?

- You heard him, Edgar.

- lf it makes him feel better...

- It certainly does.

Well, we'll say goodbye again.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

- Bye.

- Goodbye.

You giving back that check.

I was gonna get us a Deepfreeze.

You're getting a deep freeze right now.

Look at those faces.

- You're a wonderful cook.

- Well, thank you.

I'll be a lot better

when I get to know that stove.

We'd better start eating those peaches

if you want to finish that whole lot.

Nicky. They're not for eating.

I'm gonna put them up.

- Up where?

- I'm gonna can them.

- Here in the trailer?

- You don't understand.

You have to grab these

when they're in season.

You wait till next winter.

We're gonna have peaches...

...and tomatoes and raspberries and...

Nicky, it isn't so bad here, is it?

You feel better about the trailer,

don't you?

I got news for you. You could make me

happy living in a cave.

Oh, I haven't even begun

to make you happy.

You're gonna have a real home.

Gonna find a place

for all your books and everything.

I'm gonna get a television set.

I think that's a good place,

over there.

Aren't you afraid you're gonna spoil me?

I like being pampered, you know.

I'm liable to get real lazy and...

What on earth is that?

Isn't it beautiful, darling?

- Our first rock.

- Our first what?

Put it down here, honey.

You see, what I thought,

we'd get a rock wherever we went.

When we get to Colorado,

we'll put them around the patio...

...and whenever we look at them,

we can think of the wonderful times.

Every one a memory, you know?

You're like a magpie building a nest.

Picking up a piece of straw here,

a thread there.

Be nice to me

or I'll take my trailer and go home.

Well, I'll tell you a secret. Your trailer

is no good without my car to haul it.

Like me. No good without you.

Keep thinking that.

- I thought you wanted this one.

- No. The other one.

- Pick up the other one.

- That one there?

- Yeah.

- All right.

This is a beauty.

Oh, look at that. Isn't that terrific?

Heavy, huh?

I wanna drive, Nicky.

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