Il THINK I CAN HEAR IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOUR STUPID SEA MONSTER.
IT CRAWLED OUT OF THE SEA, INTO THE LIGHTHOUSE.
IT WAS BIGGER THAN A CART HORSE, WITH TENTACLES AND BIG RED EYES.
AND EACH TENTACLE HAD A SNAKE'S HEAD AT ITS END.
DAVEY, YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ME.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING'S IN THERE,
THEN WHY DON'T YOU GO IN?
WHY DON'T YOU?
I DARE IF YOU DARE.
[ SLAMMING ]
WHY WOULD A SEA MONSTER COME IN HERE ANYWAY?
'CAUSE...UM, IT'S HUNGRY.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE A BIT OF SENSE.
OOHH...
IT'S ALL RIGHT, DORA. IT'S ONLY ME.
[ LAUGHING ]
YOU...YOU PIG.
[ THUMPING ]
QUICK, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
IT COULD BE THE GHOST OF
CAPTAIN CRANE!
PHEW...
MY STARS, I'D FORGOTTEN HOW MANY STEPS THERE WERE.
BUT THE VIEW WAS WELL WORTH IT.
WHAT ON EARTH IS THE MATTER WITH YOU CHILDREN?
YOU LOOK AS IF YOU'VE SEEN A GHOST.
EASY NOW, IT'S STILL A BIT WET. THERE WE GO.
VERY GOOD. VERY NICE INDEED.
AHEM.. WHERE IS MADAM SECRETARY?
CLEARLY, THIS BIT OF AUTHORITY HAS MADE EULALIE BUGLE
EVEN MORE PUFFED-UP THAN USUAL.
SOMETHING I'D NOT HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
WELL, ORGANIZING THE ENTIRE FALL
FAIR CAN'T BE AN EASY JOB.
OH, NONSENSE, I VOLUNTEERED
AS SECRETARY EIGHT... EIGHT YEARS RUNNING.
REALLY, THAT WOMAN DRIVES ME TO DISTRACTION.
WELL, HERE I AM.
AFTERNOON, ALL.
THERE YOU ARE. WE WERE BEGINNING TO WONDER.
OH, AM I LATE?
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I DON'T
KNOW WHETHER I'M COMING OR GOING.
WELL, I SEE I'M NOT THE LAST.
WE CAN'T START WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT.
MR. TREMAYNE WILL BE ALONG SHORTLY.
HE'S, UH...BRINGING ALONG A, A GUEST TO THE MEETING.
OH?
AND, UH, THESE...GENTLEMEN HERE
REFUSE TO DISCLOSE
WHO THE GUEST IS, OR WHY HE'S COMING.
IT'S MOST AGGRAVATING.
THE GENTLEMAN IN QUESTION APPROACHED
THE KNIGHTS OF P.E. ISLAND WITH A CERTAIN, UH...
PROPOSITION,
AND MR. TREMAYNE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU HIMSELF.
WELL, I GUESS THE EXCITEMENT IS TOO MUCH FOR RACHEL.
I HEAR SHE'S OUT PICKIN' DAISIES.
NO, SHE'S...
VERY WELL THESE DAYS.
SHE'S FULLY RECOVERED. ISN'T SHE HETTY?
OH, RACHEL'S FINE.
UH...NOT ENTIRELY HER OLD SELF, PERHAPS, BUT...
SHALL WE PROCEED?
YE-- OH.
I THOUGHT YOU'D GROWN OUT OF THOSE SILLY PRANKS.
SORRY, DORA.
BUT SHE STARTED TO BELIEVE THERE WERE REAL
MONSTER THINGS UNDERNEATH THE SEA.
OH, HO, AND YOU DON'T.
NO...N-NO, THAT'S BABY STUFF.
WELL, MAYBE IT ISN'T.
THINK OF ALL THE STRANGE SEA CREATURES WE ALREADY KNOW EXIST.
OYSTERS AND STARFISH,
SHARKS AND WHALES.
JELLYFISH.
CRABS WALKING SIDEWAYS, LOBSTERS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ODDER THAN A LOBSTER?
THINK OF
SEAHORSES AND SELKIES AND...MERMAIDS.
NO,
YOU'RE NOT THROUGH WITH SURPRISES TILL YOU'RE DEAD.
YOU SURELY AREN'T.
[ SIGHING ]
HETTY'S GOING TO GIVE ME GYP
FOR MISSING THAT FAIR BOARD MEETING TODAY.
TOO BAD.
TOO NICE A DAY TO STAY INDOORS.
THAT'S WHY I CAME OUT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND,
IN CONCLUSION, AS ALL THE PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO
THE AVONLEA FOUNDLING HOME, LET'S MAKE THE AVONLEA FAIR
OF 1911 THE BEST FAIR EVER.
OH, YES.
SO SAY ALL OF Us, MADAM SECRETARY.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
AND WE -- THE KNIGHTS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THAT IS --
HAVE COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT I'M SURE
WILL GIVE OUR ORPHANS A REASON TO CHEER.
IN SHORT,
WE HAVE
DECIDED TO ADD TO THE ATTRACTIONS OF OUR FAIR...
A TRAVELLING MIDWAY.
WHAT?
[ GASPING ]
LADIES, PLEASE, NOW, HEAR ME OUT.
SIMON TREMAYNE! NEVER...NOT ONCE IN ALL OUR DAYS HAVE WE--
I KNOW IT'S NOVEL.
NOVEL? DEPLORABLE'S MORE LIKE IT.
OH, A FEW RIDES AND AMUSEMENTS.
AND LET'S FACE IT, THE FATTEST
PIG IN THE COUNTY'S NOT EXACTLY
THE DRAW IT USED TO BE.
MIDWAY...OH, THOSE ROUSTABOUTS ATTRACT A CERTAIN ELEMENT.
HOBBLEDEHOYS OF EVERY STRIPE.
USING CUSS WORDS AND SPITTIN'...
OH, AND DRINK... AND GAMING, I HEAR, AND...
WOMEN OF RELAXED MORALS.
EULALIE, THE LESS SAID
ON THAT SUBJECT THE BETTER.
NO, TO PUT IT SIMPLY.
NO, IT WON'T DO.
YOU CAN'T THINK I'D ENCOURAGE THAT
SORT OF MIDWAY, HETTY KING.
WELL, IS THERE ANY OTHER SORT?
INDEED THERE IS, MA'AM.
INDEED, THERE IS.
ALLOW ME
TO INTRODUCE MR. LEMUEL SNIBB,
OWNER AND PROPRIETOR OF SNIBB'S TRAVELLING MIDWAY.
AND PRIVILEGED TO BE YOUR GUEST.
I PRIDE MYSELF THAT I OFFER INNOCENT AND WHOLESOME DIVERSION
FOR ALL AGES.
WHAT YOUNG HEART IS NOT THRILLED AT THE SIGHT
OF A FERRIS WHEEL?
AND AS FOR SIDESHOWS,
NOTHING THAT COULD BRING A BLUSH TO THE MOST MAIDENLY CHEEK.
MR. STIBB HAS OFFERED TO DONATE
THE MIDWAY PROCEEDS TO US, TAKING A MERE
10% PROFIT BEYOND HIS OWN COST.
UH, VERY AFFECTING, MR. SNIBB.
BUT I'M AFRAID WE DECLINE.
NO, NO, THANK YOU.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT. I'VE ALREADY SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.
WHAT?
WHICH, AS FAIR BOARD PRESIDENT,
I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO,
SO THAT'S THE END OF IT.
SIMON TREMAYNE HAS LOST HIS MIND.
RACHEL, HERE IS THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE,
SIMON TREMAYNE HAS GIVEN THE MAN A DEPOSIT OF $100.
AND, YOU SEE...THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
WELL, THEN, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
BEST OF IT?
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE IT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED TO SHAKE US UP A BIT.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
OH, RACHEL, RACHEL...
PHEW...
WH-WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU OF LATE?
THERE YOU ARE OFF WANDERING ABOUT HALF THE DAY.
I SAW YOU...
YESTERDAY, SITTING ON DORA'S SWING.
WHAT?
YOU HAD A DIZZY SPELL, DID YOU?
NO, NOT A BIT OF IT.
THEN WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
I JUST FELT LIKE A SWING.
A SWING?
YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ME.
RACHEL...
I SPEND A GOOD DEAL OF TIME AND ENERGY NURSING YOU AND--
YOU BROUGHT ME BACK TO HEALTH.
THERE AREN'T WORDS TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM.
I WILL NOT HAVE THAT WASTED.
IF YOU KEEP
CARRYING ON LIKE THIS, WELL, LORD KNOWS WHERE IT WILL LEAD.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN A BURDEN--
NO, NO, NO, YOU HAVEN'T.
NO, DEAR. NOT AT ALL.
IF YOU COULD JUST TRY TO KEEP YOURSELF ON AN EVEN KEEL.
I'll BE MORE CAREFUL.
[]
DORA, LOOKIT!
EVERYONE! EVERYONE! THE MIDWAY'S COMING!
MY DEAR FRIENDS,
I PRESENT SNIBB'S
WORLD-RENOWNED TRAVELLING MIDWAY
AND EXPOSITION OF MYSTERIES AND CURIOSITIES OF NATURE.
IN TANDEM
WITH YOUR OWN FAIR,
JOIN US TOMORROW.
WE OFFER YOU FEATS OF SKILL AND DARING,
GIANTS, MONSTERS, MERMAIDS.
MERMAIDS, MISTER? YOU'VE GOT MERMAIDS?
WOULD I DECEIVE YOU,
MY FINE LAD?
NO. 'CAUSE YOU WON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. SNIBB.
THESE CHILDREN
WON'T BE ATTENDING YOUR TAWDRY SPECTACLE.
AND IF I HAD MY WAY,
NEITHER WILL ANY OTHER CHILD IN AVONLEA.
INSIDE, BOTH OF YOU.
AW, COME ON, LADY. HAVE A HEART.
DON'T YOU SPEAK TO ME, YOU...FLOSSY FLIRT.
WELL, IF THAT DON'T BEAT THE DUTCH.
I HAVE TO SEE A MERMAID.
I HAVE TO.
EDWARD,
DRIVE ON.
DAVEY...
JUST PILE THEM THERE.
CHARLOTTE, HERE.
THANK YOU, HETTY.
EXCUSE ME, DEAR. THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
DAVEY WOULD HAVE PESTERED YOU
TO PERDITION ABOUT THE MIDWAY.
NO, HASN'T MENTIONED IT ONCE.
IT ONLY GOES TO PROVE MY POINT THAT, UM, PROPERLY BROUGHT UP
CHILDREN DON'T, AS A RULE, SUCCUMB TO FRIVOLOUS IMPULSES.
I WANT TO COME WITH YOU.
WE'LL GET IN AWFUL TROUBLE IF WE'RE CAUGHT, YOU KNOW.
ALL RIGHT, I'll TELL YOU WHEN.
NOW, THATTA BOY. HOLD IT UP.
WATCH THOSE GLADIOLI, THEY DON'T GET IN YOUR EYES.
YES, MA'AM.
OH, GOOD BOY. THANK YOU. YES, PUT IT RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU, SON.
WELL, EULALIE,
LOOKS AS IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE
FIRST PRIZE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I'M AMAZED YOU FOUND THE TIME.
OH, I JUST THREW IT TOGETHER.
IT TURNED OUT RATHER WELL,
THOUGH, DIDN'T IT?
WELL, RACHEL, ARE YOU GOING TO ENTER YOUR CABBAGES
AGAIN THIS YEAR?
NO, NO, THIS YEAR I THOUGHT I MIGHT
TRY MY HAND AT SOMETHING A BIT ARTISTIC.
I'VE PUT A FLORAL DISPLAY IN MYSELF.
OH, RACHEL LYNDE,
YOU NEVER GAVE TWO TWEAKS FOR ANYTHING ARTISTIC.
I GUESS I'M FEELING SORT OF DIFFERENTLY THESE DAYS.
HETTY, MOVE, YOU'RE BLOCKING MINE.
AHHH!...OHH...
UH.. W-WHAT'S THIS, UM, GRASS AND SO ON.
OH, AND A...HA, HA, HA...
A SUNFLOWER, RACHEL? HA, HA, HA.
THERE SUCH BIG, OLD HOMEY OLD THINGS.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE THEM.
THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE: HONEST, HOPEFUL.
MMM...QUITE.
THE SUNFLOWER IS
A PERFECTLY RESPECTABLE FLOWER.
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. HA, HA HA.
CAN I GO LOOK AROUND Now?
GO, GO, GO ON.
WALK UP, YOUNG HEROES!
10 PENNIES TO PIT YOUR STRENGTH AGAINST GOLIATH.
ENDURE BUT TWO MINUTES... YOU WIN $5.
YOU THROW ME...IT'S $10.
AHH! COME ON.
STEP UP, GOOD PEOPLE. STEP RIGHT UP.
THOSE BOLD ENOUGH
TO GAZE UPON THE BEAST, EARN THE REWARD OF BEAUTY.
MELUSINA THE MERMAID.
HOW MUCH, SIR?
JUST ONE THIN DIME.
[ BARKING AND GROWLING ]
LA
DA, DA, DA
LA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA
LA, DA, DA, DA
SHE'S...SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
LA, DA, DA, DA
DAVEY.
DAVEY...DAVEY!
UH, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
A MERMAID! RIGHT HERE IN AVONLEA!
I DON'T THINK SHE'S REAL.
SHE IS TOO. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU WANT TO SEE THE WOLFMAN?
OH, I'D BE SCARED, DONNY.
PROMISE YOU'LL HOLD ON TO ME.
IT'S JUST A STUPID COSTUME.
I THOUGHT YOU SCAMPS WEREN'T ALLOWED IN THE MIDWAY.
YOU STAY CLOSE TO ME.
STEP RIGHT UP,
GOOD SIR AND CHARMING LADY.
SIR?
I'VE GOT SIX PENNIES.
BUT I ONLY WANT TO SEE MELUSINA.
I HAVE TO.
HMM...TOO SOFT-HEARTED,
THAT'S MY TROUBLE.
HE'S ONLOFF YOU GO.LF THE SHOW, MISTER, THAT'S FIVE PENNIE
WHY ARE YOU SO SAD,
MELUSINA?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ENGLISH?
I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. ANYTHING.
TAKE HER FOR A NICE
FISH SUPPER, BUT KEEP HER CLEAR OF THE CANNERY.
YOU SHUT UP.
WHOO-HOO. HA, HO.
DAVEY, I GOT YOU A CENT BACK.
THEY'RE LAUGHING AT HER.
OH, DAVEY, SHE'S NOT SO PRETTY.
OH, DON'T GET IN A LATHER, DAVEY,
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF TRICKERY HERE.
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU.
IS THAT YOUNG DAVEY I SEE?
HO, HO, HO. THIS IS RICH.
HETTY KING, SO HIGH AND MIGHTY.
AND I CATCH YOU SNEAKING IN.
WELL DONE, MADAM.
AND THE FIRST PRIZE IS TAKEN BY...
MRS. JASPER DALE.
OH! IT'S YOU, OLIVIA.
OH, YOU HAVE A BIT OF PIE,
RIGHT THERE.
WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, HETTY KING.
WHO SHOULD I FIND WANDERING AROUND THE MIDWAY
HAPPY AS A LAMB IN CLOVER, BUT THIS YOUNG RASCAL.
MUCH OBLIGED, ARCHIE GILLIS.
YOU NEEDN'T TROUBLE YOURSELF MORE. GO ON.
WELL, DAVEY KEITH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND--
SHH...
GO BACK?
THERE'S A MERMAID THERE. I HAVE--
MERMAIDS? YOU...SHH.
OH, DAVEY, DAVEY, WHEN WILL YOU GROW SENSIBLE?
NOW, THE ONLY PLACE YOU ARE GOING, YOUNG MAN, IS HOME,
WHERE YOU WILL STAY TILL I RETURN, YOU HEAR?
AT WHICH TIME, WE WILL DISCUSS YOUR PUNISHMENT.
NOW, GO ON, GO.
HETTY!
I'll COME WITH YOU.
I'M NOT GOING HOME.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT MERMAID.
SO WHAT IF I AM? IT'S MY BUSINESS.
SEE IF I CARE.
OH, HETTY, BOYS WILL BE BOYS.
MORE'S THE PITY THAT.
I'M MORTIFIED. HOW COULD HE?
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT HE'D TAKEN
ONE STEP FORWARD, HE TAKES TWO BACK.
WELL, THE MIDWAY IS TEMPTING.
OHH...
IS THIS RACHEL'S ENTRY?
YES, EVIDENTLY.
WELL... IT'S DIFFERENT.
000, I SORT OF LIKE IT.
WHERE IS RACHEL, ANYWAY?
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
WANDERING ABOUT, NO DOUBT.
SHE'S AS BAD AS DAVEY.
[ HUMMING ]
GOLIATH, THE STRONGMAN.
STEP UP...
AND THE RUNNER-UP...MRS. BUGLE.
AND THE FIRST PRIZE IS AWARDED TO THIS
TRULY LOVELY AND ORIGINAL WORK
OF MRS. RACHEL LYNDE.
000...YES.
UM, I-I'll TAKE IT ON RACHEL'S BEHALF.
I AM SURE RACHEL WOULD
WISH ME TO EXPRESS HER GRATITUDE FOR THIS...
GREAT AND, UM, UNEXPECTED, HONOUR.
FOUL. GRIEVANCE.
I AM FILING AN OFFICIAL OFFICIAL GRIEVANCE.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
THE COMPETITION IS FOR FLORAL DISPLAYS.
THIS THING IS GRASS
AND WEEDS AND SUNFLOWERS.
I LIKE SUNFLOWERS.
YES, THERE'S NOTHING IN
THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY HANDBOOK
THAT SPECIFICALLY FORBIDS THE USE
OF WILD FLOWERS.
THE RULES SAY THAT THE FLOWERS MUST BE GROWN BY THE ENTRANTS.
NOW, DID RACHEL GROW
THOSE WEEDS?
THEY GREW ON OUR PROPERTY.
OH, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE -- RULE BENDER.
HAIR-SPLITTER.
YOUR HONOUR, YOU MUST RULE.
OHH.
NOW, LOOK HERE. THESE...
[ HUMMING ]
MRS. LYNDE.
MR. TREMAYNE.
DO YOU NEED ANY...ANY HELP?
DO I LOOK LIKE I NEED HELP?
NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
THANKS ALL THE SAME.
UM...WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?
OH, MY, THAT'S TASTY.
I'll HAVE TO GET MYSELF SOME OF THAT.
WITH MY COMPLIMENTS.
WELL, THANK YOU.
MMM.
AIM OVER TO THE RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.
COME WITH ME.
YOU'RE PRESIDENT -- YOU CAN CHOOSE
BETWEEN THESE TWO HENS.
HENS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUDGING THE FLOWERS, NOT THE POULTRY.
OHH.
NEVER MIND, DONNY, I DON'T CARE
ABOUT SOME DUMB FLOOSIE DOLL.
IT'S A ROOK. I'M TELLING YOU.
A PRIZE. I'll BE JIGGERED.
R WINS
THAT SILVER MIRROR, PLEASE, MISTER.
BACK TO SEE IF YOUR SWEETHEART'S GOT A FISHY TALE TO TELL?
[ LAUGHING ]
OH, OH.
THERE'S ROSE COTTAGE.
I CAN SEE KING FARM.
YEAH!
OH, WHAT A BRUTE.
GET IN.
COME ON!
YEAH! ARGH!
YEAH!
COME ON, YOUNG SPORTS! WHO IS NEXT?
PUT GOLIATH DOWN!
WIN YOURSELF 10 SHINY SILVER DOLLARS.
OH, CALL YOURSELVES MEN?
FOR SHAME.
OH, HERE'S A STRAPPING YOUNG BUCK.
WHAT DO THEY CALL YOU, HANDSOME?
D-D-DONNY.
I CAN TELL A FELLOW'S QUALITY WITH JUST ONE LOOK.
NOW, LET ME SEE.
I CAN TELL THAT YOU AIN'T THE SORT
TO TURN TAIL ON A CHALLENGE.
ARE YOU A SPORT, DONNY?
BY GOLLY, I'll DO IT, TOO.
YAY! LET'S HEAR IT FOR HIM!
GO GET HIM, DONNY BOY.
ALL RIGHT, DONNY.
GET UP, DONNY!
OH!
HE'S UP!
COME ON, LAD.
YOU CAN DO IT, SON, MOVE!
COME ON, DON!
SO MUCH FOR YOU, GOLIATH.
DONNY, I CAN'T RECALL THE LAST TIME GOLIATH WAS THROWN.
THEN GIVE HIM THE $10 MY DONNY'S WON.
COME ON, I'll GIVE YOU YOUR PRIZE, IN PRIVATE.
IN PRIVATE? YOU MINX!
DONNY, I WANT TO GO HOME.
THERE'S NO CALL FOR THAT. HOLD YOUR HORSES.
DONNY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO CAUSE A BRAWL.
SHE'S NOT REALLY MY GIRL.
AH.
DAVEY.
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
I CAME TO SEE THE MERMAID.
THE MERMAID?
THERE'S A MERMAID HERE.
REMEMBER, MRS. LYNDE? YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THEM.
AND SHE'S GOT A BIG FISHY TAIL.
AND, AND SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
AND I JUST HAD TO SEE HER AGAIN.
AGAIN?
I GOT SENT HOME ONCE ALREADY.
[ SIGHING ]
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THIS?
I'LL HAVE TO OWN UP TO IT.
AND I'll TAKE MY LICKS,
BUT COULD WE JUST SEE MELUSINA FIRST?
THAT'S HER NAME, MELUSINA.
WELL, I MUST ADMIT, I'M CURIOUS.
I SHOULDN'T BE SAYING THIS, DONNY,
BUT THE MOMENT I CLAPPED MY EYES ON YOU...
MY POOR LITTLE HEART JUST TURNED RIGHT OVER.
IT WAS-- AHEM...
IT WAS THE SAME FOR ME, TRISSIE.
NO.
I WON'T DO THIS TO MYSELF.
YOU HAVE TO GO AWAY NOW, PLEASE.
WHY? WELL, TRISSIE...
WE'RE MOVING ON TOMORROW.
I WON'T EVER SEE YOU AGAIN.
UNLESS...
WHAT?
TELL ME!
GOLIATH, HE'S A BEASTLY, UGLY TEMPERED BRUTE.
MR. SNIBB WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO BE SHOT OF GOLIATH.
BUT EVERY MIDWAY NEEDS A STRONG MAN,
AND WE'VE NEVER FOUND ONE TO SUIT...
UNTIL NOW.
WELL, YOU MEAN...ME?
WELL, WHY NOT?
THERE'S NOTHING TO KEEP ME IN AVONLEA.
OH, DONNY, IT'S THE ONLY LIFE.
AND THEN MAYBE WE'D STAND A CHANCE.
WE COULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
TRISSIE, I'M YOUR MAN.
OH, BUT THERE IS THE MATTER OF YOUR STAKE.
AT THE MIDWAY, IT'S ALL FOR ONE.
WE ALL BUY A SHARE, AND THEN WE SPLIT
PROFITS EVEN STEPHEN -- YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY BACK IN NO TIME.
I GOT MONEY FROM WORKING AT THE STORE.
OH, DONNY, THAT IS SO FINE.
I'll TELL MR. SNIBB.
YOU BRING IT BY TONIGHT, AFTER WE CLOSE UP.
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, TRISSY.
OH!
YOU GOT ME IN A TIZZY. I FORGOT ABOUT THE TIME.
WHOA!
[ HOWLING ]
[ SNARLING ]
[ HOWLING ]
ISN'T SHE WONDERFUL?
SHE'S VERY, VERY LOVELY.
HELLO. I WAS HERE BEFORE.
SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.
OH.
I GOT YOU A PRESENT.
YEAH, FOR YOU.
I WON IT.
[ WHISTLING ]
JUMPING. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I PULLED HER OUT OF THE POND?
WELL, IF YOU DID, I'D HOPE YOU
THROW HER BACK -- LOOK AT HER.
HEY, COME ON IN.
THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON IN HERE.
SHE'S TERRIBLY UNHAPPY THERE.
OH, DO YOU THINK SO?
I WISH I COULD HELP HER.
BACK AGAIN, DAVEY -- I THOUGHT
YOU'D BEEN SENT HOME IN DISGRACE.
DAVEY IS WITH ME,
ARCHIE GILLIS.
OH, UH...MRS. LYNDE,
UH...
1, UH, I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU'D BE,
UH...
I MEAN...I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SO EASY TO MISS.
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
I, UH...
I, UH-- IT'S, UH,
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU LOOKING SO WELL.
NO NEED TO GIVE HIM SATISFACTION.
I GUESS I'D BETTER GET IT OVER WITH.
[ RINGMASTER ]: THANK YOU, SIR, STEP RIGHT UP, PLEASE.
THIS WAY, THIS WAY.
WEEDS ARE WEEDS.
RACHEL DID NOT CULTIVATE THEM.
THEY JUST SPRUNG UP.
AH, BUT THEN, SHE DIDN'T DIG THEM OUT, DID SHE?
ERGO, SHE ALLOWED THEM TO GROW.
ERGO, THEY WERE CULTIVATED.
HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED.
HOPELESS IS THE VERY WORD I'D USE.
OH, RACHEL, RACHEL, AT LAST YOU ARE HERE.
GO ON, SPEAK UP FOR YOURSELF.
MRS. LYNDE, YOUR VICTORY IS IN CONTEST.
YES, OF COURSE, EULALIE CLAIMS
THAT THIS FIRST PRIZE RIBBON IS RIGHTFULLY HERS.
GRACIOUS.
WELL, IF IT MEANS THAT MUCH TO HER,
YOU HAVE IT, EULALIE.
I ENTERED FOR THE PLEASURE
OF IT, NOT FOR THE RIBBONS.
OH, MRS. LYNDE WITHDRAWS, THE CONFLICT IS RESOLVED.
RACHEL, HOW COULD YOU?
AND AFTER ALL THE AGGRAVATION I'VE ENDURED ON YOUR BEHALF.
I'M SORRY, HETTY,
BUT I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO.
AHA.
WELL, YOUNG MAN, DAVEY KEITH.
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK HERE?
FACE THE MUSIC, YOUNG DAVEY.
WELL?
I'M SORRY YOU GOT CAUGHT.
I GUESS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE.
I DON'T CARE.
I'M GOING BACK AGAIN TONIGHT.
DAVEY.
I HAVE TO. SHE'S LEAVING TOMORROW.
IT WAS A FINE DAY ALL AROUND.
I THINK THE SCHOOL DISPLAY TURNED OUT REAL WELL.
IT SEEMS AS IF THE MIDWAY WAS QUITE THE SUCCESS AFTER ALL.
YOU OBVIOUSLY ENJOYED
YOURSELF THERE.
OH, I DID.
IT WAS VERY COLOURFUL.
HAVE YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE EATEN COTTON CANDY?
IT'S LIKE AIR, ONLY TASTIER.
IS IT?
WELL, IT'S THANKS TO THOSE BLESSED MIDWAY CONCESSIONS
WITH THEIR AIRY CONFECTIONS THAT THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE BOOTH
ENDED UP SELLING NEXT TO NOTHING.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WOMEN
TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN PREPARING
GOOD, WHOLESOME FOOD FOR THAT BOOTH.
WELL, THIS WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
HA, INDIGESTIBLE, YOU MEAN.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN TRY IT.
WOULD YOU EAT SOMETHING CALLED A...HOT DOG?
I DID.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ARGUING OVER FOOD.
WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE,
WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT BOY TO DISOBEY ME.
YOU KNEW HE WAS FORBIDDEN TO GO THERE.
SOONER FORBID THE TIDE TO GO OUT.
IF THERE'D BEEN A MIDWAY IN TOWN WHEN I WAS DAVEY'S AGE,
I'D HAVE RISKED HANGING TO GO, AND SO WOULD YOU, HETTY KING.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]
BECKY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M COMING WITH YOU,
AND THAT'S THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN, I CAN'T STOP YOU.
NOW, WHERE WOULD THEY KEEP HER?
COULD BE ANYWHERE.
NO, NO, SHE'D NEED TO HAVE WATER.
[ RUMBLING ]
MERMAIDS, INDEED.
OF COURSE, JASPER DALE'S TO BLAME.
FILLING HIS HEAD WITH FANCIFUL NOTIONS
SUCH AS FLYING MACHINES, AND LORD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
HETTY, WHERE'S THE HARM?
THE HARM IS HIS MIND.
IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUSTING WITH ADDLED FOOLISHNESS
SUCH AS THIS MERMAID BUSINESS.
AND THEN TO TOP IT OFF, YOU TAKE HIS PART,
GOING BEHIND MY BACK.
I'M TRYING TO RAISE THE LAD PROPERLY,
AND EVERYONE'S AGAINST ME,
IT SEEMS.
HETTY, I NEVER MEANT TO SUPPORT DAVEY AGAINST YOU.
BUT I ADMIT I WENT TO SEE HIS MERMAID.
YOU DID?
SOME VULGAR BIT OF TRICKERY, NO DOUBT.
OH, YES.
BUT DAVEY SAW SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS AND MAGICAL.
OH, I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT IN HIS EYES.
WOULDN'T IT BE TERRIBLE
IF HE LOST THE IMAGINATION
THAT MADE HIM WANT A MERMAID TO BE REAL?
OOH, STOP IT, RACHEL.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
YOU'VE CHANGED, YOU'VE CHANGED SINCE...
...SINCE I ALMOST DIED.
WE CAN SAY THAT NOW.
THAT STROKE TOOK ME TO A DARK PLACE, HETTY.
EVERYTHING I HAD AND EVERYTHING I KNEW
WAS SNATCHED AWAY FROM ME.
THERE WAS NO TIME, NOTHING.
THEN THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT, HOME.
AND YOU WERE HERE.
AND YOU HELPED ME.
YOU LET ME OUT OF THAT PLACE.
LIFE IS A WONDER, HETTY.
THAT'S WHAT I'D FORGOT.
AND I PROMISED MYSELF NEVER TO FORGET IT AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN DAVEY'S EYES
WHEN HE LOOKED AT THAT SILLY GIRL WITH HER FISH TAIL.
WONDER.
OH, HETTY, YOU AREN'T GOING
TO BAWL, ARE YOU?
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M IN SUCH A RUSH FOR HIM TO GROW UP ANYWAY.
THEY JUST GROW AWAY FROM YOU, CHILDREN.
HETTY, DAVEY NEEDS YOU MORE THAN EVER.
BUT YOU DON'T.
DO YOU, RACHEL?
NOT ANY MORE.
NEVER NEED MY DEAREST FRIEND IN ALL THE WORLD?
HETTY KING, FOR A SMART WOMAN, YOU CAN BE BLESSED DAFT.
DAFT?
DON'T LOSE IT OR I'll SKIN YOU.
YOU GOT THE PLAN STRAIGHT?
GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE DAWN.
MEET YOU IN
CHARLOTTETOWN MONDAY.
I KNOW TO THE PENNY HOW MUCH IS IN THAT BAG,
SO DON'T TRY ANYTHING ON.
I WISH I COULD BE HERE WHEN THE HAYSEEDS COME FOR THEIR CASH.
YOU TELL THEM
SOME SCOUNDRELS STOLE IT IN THE NIGHT.
THEY CAN SEARCH THE WHOLE CAMP.
THEY WON'T FIND A RED CENT.
WE'VE GOT TO TELL THEM.
AND THEN WE'LL SET MELUSINA FREE.
SPEAKING OF HAYSEEDS,
DON'T I SPY YOUR NEW BEAU,
TRISSIE?
THEY DON'T COME ANY MORE DULL-WITTED THAN THAT YOKEL.
ARE WE GOING TO STAY UP
ALL NIGHT TO FINISH THIS?
COME ON, BECKY.
YOU GO.
DONNY CAN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.
NO, HE CAN'T.
MR. SNIBB IS PLEASED AS PUNCH ABOUT YOU JOINING UP WITH US.
GRAND.
OH, I GOT MY STAKE.
I'll TAKE IT TO HIM.
THEN WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT?
OH, HA, HA.
OH, DIDN'T YOU KNOW?
[ HUMMING ]
[ LAUGHING ]
OH, YOU'RE A CAUTION, TRISSIE.
SOME YOUNG MAN GAVE THIS TO ME TODAY.
OH, DON'T WORRY.
IT'S JUST SOME HALFWIT KID WHO GOT STUCK ON ME.
IT'S JUST CHEAP TRASH ANYWAY.
[ BREAKING ]
OH.
HEY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY GIRL?
WHO SAYS?
SHE AIN'T YOUR GIRL.
SHE DOES AND SO DO I.
AND DON'T MAKE ANY TROUBLE ABOUT IT.
I WHIPPED YOU ONCE, BY GOLLY.
[ GROANING ]
YOU HAYSEED.
YOU WANT ANOTHER BEATING, EH?
OH, AH!
GIVE IT TO HIM! COME ON, BOY.
[ GRUNTING ]
YOU'D BETTER DISAPPEAR BEFORE I WRING YOUR MISERABLE NECK.
ALL RIGHT. I'll GO AS SOON AS I GET MY MONEY BACK.
OH, GOLIATH, MY DEAR, I DON'T WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
SHE'S GOT MY MONEY!
YEAH? SO WHERE IS IT THEN, HUH?
IT'S...IT'S IN HER...HER DRESS.
WHAT?
IF I EVER SET EYES ON
YOU AGAIN, I'll KILL YOU.
ARGH!
YOU DIRTY SWINDLER!
AH!
MMM.
OOH, BABY DOLL.
YOU JUST WAIT TILL WE MEET UP IN CHARLOTTETOWN.
YOU'RE THE SWINDLERS! ALL OF YOU!
IT'S ALL JUST A SWINDLE
AND A CHEAT.
YOU'D EVEN STEAL FROM ORPHANS!
GET BACK HERE!
I'll GET YOU, YOU LITTLE RODENT.
HEY!
THAT'LL FIX THE LITTLE RAT.
HEY, YOU GOT TO LET ME DOWN FROM HERE!
GO GET LEMUEL.
AND TAKE YOUR TIME.
I'M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS.
HE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.
HELP!
LET ME DOWN!
WELL, WHAT IT IS, CHILD?
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]
GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!
I THINK THERE'S A STORM COMING!
I'M TELLING YOU, THE LITTLE RAT
KNOWS THE WHOLE PLAN.
THAT IS A QUANDARY. YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE HIM OFF WITH YOU.
THAT LAD'S GOING TO JOIN THE MIDWAY WILLY-NILLY
TILL I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.
PLEASE, HELP!
RETURN THAT BOY TO ME.
THIS INSTANT. DID YOU HEAR ME?
YOU THINK WE'RE AFEARED OF A FEW WOMEN?
STAND BACK.
YOU'D WANT TO BE.
HA, HA, I GOT YOU.
THEY'RE STEALING YOUR MONEY!
YOUNG BECKY'S TOLD US.
NOW, NOW, MY FRIENDS.
HOW CAN YOU CREDIT SUCH A TALE?
THAT ONE COULDN'T TELL TRUTH FROM FICTION.
YES, WELL, I BELIEVE EVERY WORD OF IT.
YOU NEVER FOOLED ME,
MR. LEMUEL SNIBB, UNLIKE SOME.
THAT HUSSY
DUPED DONNY OUT OF HIS LIFE SAVINGS.
TRISSIE...
OH!
YES, WELL, YOU ALL HAVE
A GOOD DEAL TO ANSWER FOR.
NOW, GET THAT BOY DOWN, NOW.
WHERE'S THE MONEY?
HA, HERE IT IS!
I'VE GOT IT!
SCOTCH GIT...
GIVE ME MY MONEY.
YOU, YOU BULLY!
COME ON.
MEET ME AT THE LIGHTHOUSE.
MISS KING, I'M SO SORRY.
I MUST BE THE BIGGEST DUNCE THERE IS.
NO, NOT QUITE, NOT THE BIGGEST.
I'M SORRY I DID WRONG.
I'll, I'll TAKE ANY PUNISHMENT.
YES, WELL, AHEM.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A WALK.
A WALK?
AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT?
WELL, WHY NOT? SINCE WE'RE UP.
WELL, BESIDES, IT'S A WILD
AND BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.
AND I KNOW JUST WHERE I'D
LIKE TO GO, SO COME ON.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING ]
WE'LL GET CAUGHT IN THE RAIN IF WE DON'T WATCH OUT.
NO, NO, WE'RE SAFE.
THE STORM'S STILL A LONG WAY OFF AT SEA YET.
PHEW.
OH, LOOK AT THAT, DAVEY.
ISN'T IT A MARVEL, THIS ISLAND OF OURS?
WHO NEEDS A SHABBY OLD MIDWAY ANYWAY?
OR A GIRL IN A SILLY FISH TAIL?
I WANTED MERMAIDS TO BE REAL.
AND WHO SAYS THEY'RE NOT?
DO YOU THINK THEY ARE?
I'M YET TO BE CONVINCED, FRANKLY, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
THIS MORNING I TOLD JANET KING
THAT I THOUGHT YOU'D COME A LONG WAY RECENTLY.
I GUESS YOU DON'T THINK SO NOW.
I HAVE HAD MY DOUBTS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS DAY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE GROWING UP, DAVEY, THERE ARE HARD LESSONS
TO BE LEARNED, OF COURSE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
LETTING GO OF THE WONDER OF IT ALL, DOES IT?
OH, NO, WE MUST NEVER DO THAT.