Summer's End

<v Kathy>That's how good they are, everybody's read 'em a hundred times. <v Narrator 1>Funding for Summer's End was made possible by the Arkansas Educational Television Network <v Narrator 1>Foundation and by the American Film Institute, in association with the National Endowment <v Narrator 1>for the Arts. <v Boy>[bell chiming] [car driving] [kids cheering and yelling] Ow! <v Dad>Time out, time out. Where did it hit ya son? <v Boy>I'm OK, Dad. Ow...

<v Dad>You think you can stand on it? <v Boy>Sure. <v Dad>[grunts] Here, come on, lemme help you up. <v Boy>Ah! Ooh- <v Dad>You're gonna have to let somebody else finish the game for ya, son. <v Boy>Oh, don't take me out Dad. <v Dad>Alright come on, we'll put some ice on it and we'll fix it up real good now. <v Uncle Dudley>Thanks a lot, ?inaudible?. Okay, guys, let's finish the game now. <v Boy 2>Who's gonna pitch? <v Kathy>Uncle Dudley you said I'm the substitute pitcher. <v Boy 4>I can pitch. <v Boy 5>I'll do it. <v Uncle Dudley>Maybe we oughtta let somebody else pitch. <v Kathy>But Uncle Dudley you said I might get to play in the last game. <v Kathy>Please Uncle Dudley you promised! <v Uncle Dudley>All right, get on out there. [all the boys complaining]. <v Kathy>Yes sir! <v Uncle Dudley>Come on you guys let's play ball now come on let's go! <v Boy 6>[boys yelling and complaining] I'm gonna knock it all the way to Little Rock! [hopeful music playing] [hits baseball]. <v Uncle Dudley>You're out! [boys cheering] All <v Uncle Dudley>right you guys, form up over here ?'round? me.

<v Uncle Dudley>I know your school's gonna be starting Monday and your minds are gonna be on other <v Uncle Dudley>things. But next summer, I wanna see every one of you back out here and we're gonna go <v Uncle Dudley>right back at it again. [boys cheering] Here, <v Uncle Dudley>let me help you with that, Kath. <v Uncle Dudley>You tell your mama we'll see y'all later, yeah? <v Kathy>OK Uncle Dudley. [shouting] I am ?inaudible?! <v Kathy>Hi ?inaudible? ! <v Neighbor>Hi ?inaudible?! [laughing]. [inaudible yelling at neighborhood girls]. <v Peter>Hey Kathy, got the new ?inaudible?! <v Kathy>Woah, boy, easy now!

<v Kathy>Woah boy, good boy. ?inaudible? Let me see 'em. <v Kathy>Have you read 'em yet? <v Peter>Yeah. What'll ya give me for 'em? <v Kathy>I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you five out of my used ?stack? <v Kathy>for these two. <v Peter>You mean the ones with no covers? <v Peter>No deal, mine are brand new. <v Kathy>All right. I'll tell you what I'll do. <v Kathy>I'll give you 6, just because you're my best friend. <v Kathy>That's all I can do for you, so you can take it or leave it. <v Peter>Just for two? <v Kathy>OK. <v Peter>The Joker almost kills Batman! He puts this explosive device under the hood of the <v Peter>Batmobile [inaudibly continues speaking]- <v Peter>and the Batmobile turns over and the Joker gets away. So Robin swings down <v Peter>on a telephone pole and the Joker is forced to take out

<v Peter>through ?inaudible? house. <v Peter>So then, Robin climbs up on top- <v Kathy>Peter, if you tell me the whole story, what's the use to my reading it? <v Mother>Kathleen, is that you? Kathleen! <v Kathy>Yes, ma'am. <v Mother>Come eat your lunch and take your bath. We have to be ready to go by one o'clock. <v Kathy>Why? <v Mother>Because your Aunt Estelle will be here to take us to your appointment. <v Mother>Have you forgotten? Now come on. <v Kathy>[birds chirping] Petey, you wanna go mash this penny with me? <v Peter>Your mama said you have to go inside. <v Kathy>Peter, do you wanna go mash this penny with me or not? <v Mother>What a child wants is not always what's best for 'em.

<v Mother>Honey, drink your milk, you have to get ready to go too. <v Mother>While Kath's at the beauty parlor we're gonna get your school supplies. <v Father>I think uh maybe we oughtta just give her a little more time. <v Father>Maybe she'd decide to do it on her own. <v Father>My momma kept me in long curls 'til I started school. <v Father>Then I wanted to be just like everybody else. <v Mother>Kath' doesn't give a hoot about being like everybody else. <v Mother>None of the other little girls her age have worn pigtails for two years. <v Mother>They're out of style. <v Father>Well, she's just an individual. <v Ray Jr.>What's an individual? <v Mother>Ray Jr., eat your food. <v Father>An individual is somebody that's not like everybody else. <v Mother>I had hoped she'd want it herself. <v Mother>[dishes clanking] But I can't wait any longer. <v Mother>I can't let her start the 6th grade with those pigtails, she's gonna look utterly <v Mother>ridiculous. Besides, with Ray Junior startin' school, I am not gonna have <v Mother>time to braid 'em every morning. <v Mother>Where is she? Estelle's gonna be here and she's not gonna be ready. <v Father>Well, I gotta get back to work.

<v Mother>Don't forget the catfish. <v Father>I won't. <v Peter>[bike hitting railroad tracks]. It's coming! <v Kathy>Woah! [bike falls]. <v Peter>Kath? Hey Kath! Kath get up it's comin'! Kath wake up! [train whistles] Kath it's coming! Come on, Kath! Come on wake up! Come on! Come on! [train whistle getting louder] Come on, <v Peter>Kath! Kathy come on! [Kathy laughs]. <v Peter>You mean devil! You're insane! [inaudible yelling] [Kathy laughing] You're a brat! You're a smart aleck! [Kathy <v Peter>beats her chest and cheers] I don't care, you're nothin' but an ol' sissy girl anyway.

<v Peter>[music plays] <v Kathy>Peter, I'm sorry I scared ya. <v Peter>I'm sorry I called you a sissy. <v Kathy>Hey, how about a game? <v Boy 7>No. <v Peter>You're jus' chicken. I bet she can take both you with one arm tied behind her back. <v Peter>[making chicken noises] [laughter]

<v Mother>[car honking] Estelle! Come on in. Kathleen's gone off and I'm talking to Ray on the <v Mother>telephone. <v Girl 1>What does she mean she's gone off? <v Estelle>There's no telling. <v Mother>I have called until my voice is hoarse, she's just out and out to ?find me?. <v Mother>Well come straight home as soon as the paper's off the press. <v Mother>I will. <v Estelle>Where is she? <v Mother>I don't know. It's not like her to go off like this without telling me where she's goin'. <v Estelle>Well didn't she know she had a beauty parlor appointment? <v Mother>I've been telling her for two weeks. <v Estelle>I am gonna be so embarrassed if we don't keep this appointment. <v Mother>Well, let me check outside again. Kathleen! <v Ray>[horses walking] [inaudible talking] What'd'you

<v Ray>got for me Carl? <v Carl>Hello Ray. How about it, I got a couple beauties here. <v Carl>[inaudible speaking] That'll be about 10, 11 pounds. <v Ray>All right go ahead and weigh those up and uh wrap 'em up. <v Ray>I'll be back in a minute. <v Carl>OK Ray, sure will. <v Uncle Dudley>Hey, where's the paper? <v Ray>Uh it's supposed to be ready in about an hour. <v Uncle Dudley>You better hurry up. Everything in it's gonna be old news by the time we read it, innit <v Uncle Dudley>that right? [men laugh]. <v Ray>Look uh, can I talk to you for a second? <v Uncle Dudley>Yeah, sure. <v Man 2>We've got to go. <v Uncle Dudley>We'll see y'all, don't get in trouble now. <v Ray>How'd everything go at the ballgame? <v Uncle Dudley>Great. Kathy got the pitch cause ol' ?Eddy? <v Uncle Dudley>hurt his knee. <v Ray>Kathy got to pitch?

<v Uncle Dudley>Yeah, matter of fact, you threw the winning pitch. <v Ray>Is that right? <v Uncle Dudley>Yeah. <v Uncle Dudley>[laughs] Ol' ?inaudible? tried to slap one by her and she jumped on it like a little <v Uncle Dudley>frog. <v Ray>But nothing happened to upset her? <v Uncle Dudley>Upset her? No. Last time I saw her, she was grinning like a mule eatin' ?inaudible?. <v Kathy>Shoot. <v Peter>It's OK. You'll get it next time. <v Boy 7>Get it this time. <v Boy 7>Come on! <v Boy 8>Shut up. <v Peter>[cheering] I knew it! Nobody can beat 'er! She's the marble champion of the world! <v Kathy>Peter I'll give you half of 'em. <v Peter>OK! [shouting]. <v Kathy>Get off uh him! <v Boy 8>Put her ?down?! Don't let her up!

<v Peter>He broke my glasss. My mama's gonna kill me. <v Kathy>Why don't y'all take me on one at a time? <v Mother 2>?inaudible? Stop that fightin'. Get up off the ground and get in the house! I said stop it right this minute! Get inside. I <v Mother 2>can't wait until school starts next week. Now, what have you done? <v Mother 2>That's what you get for playing rope with boys. <v Mother 2>I'd be ashamed of myself actin' like that. <v Mother 2>[Kathy: You're gettin' it on your hanky] it's all right. Just hold your head back 'til it stops. <v Mother 2>And go on home now. Get in your room you're not playing outside again today! You may not even play outside next week! <v Mother>She's determined not to get a permanent in her hair, and I'm determined she is. <v Girl 1>Why don't you give her a ?inaudible?. <v Estelle>Now, that's a good idea. <v Estelle>Sarah Anne, have you seen Kathy? <v Sarah Anne>No, ma'am. <v Girl 1>Sarah Anne, I'm coming to your birthday party tomorrow. <v Sarah Anne>I know it. <v Mother>[sighs] Sarah Anne Phillips is having a birthday party tomorrow? <v Estelle>Yes. And that reminds me, I haven't bought her a present yet.

<v Estelle>We'll have to go by Henrietta's and tell her what happened. <v Estelle>Then we'll go to the drugstore and we'll get their school supplies and presents for Sarah <v Estelle>Anne, then I'll take y'all home. <v Estelle>Kathy is going to the birthday party too isn't she? <v Mother>Maybe Mrs. Phillips invited her and she forgot to tell me. <v Mother>[music plays] <v Mother>Kathleen! Kathy!

<v Mother>?Elamine?, this is ?Gretch?. <v Mother>Yes, I agree. Nothing is uglier than a little girl fightin'. <v Mother>Please let me know if you see her again. <v Mother>She's gettin' to be as bad as my cousin Shirley. <v Mother>We all just hated her, we didn't want her to play with us or do anything we did. <v Ray>Hey listen, Kathy's not like that- <v Mother>Well then why did you keep encouragin' her to play baseball, <v Mother>and to build clubhouses and model airplanes? <v Mother>She's not gonna know what it is to be a girl. <v Mother>Don't you see that it's just confusin' her? <v Ray>[sighs] What do you think we should do? [music playing] [hammering] <v Kathy>Daddy, what're you doin'? <v Ray>Well uh, this board here was loose and I- afraid

<v Ray>ya, ya might hurt yourself on it. <v Ray>I guess we didn't get it on here too good. <v Kathy>Oh. Daddy, I got to pitch in the last game. <v Kathy>[hammering]. <v Ray>Yeah, I heard that. <v Ray>Dudley said uh, said you won the game. <v Kathy>I did, I threw the ball into home and the runner was tagged comin' in from third. <v Ray>[hammering] Come here. Now, you know that, uh, your mother's real upset because you <v Ray>didn't show up for your beauty parlor appointment today. <v Ray>What happened? Why'd you do that? <v Kathy>I hate girls. They're sissy! <v Ray>Oh, you couldn't be sissy.

<v Ray>I don't care what they did to your hair. <v Ray>Sissies are coward. <v Ray>You're as brave as anybody I know. <v Kathy>I don't wanna be a girl. <v Kathy>Girls don't have any fun. <v Ray>[birds chirping] Well, you know it's not uh, not always easy <v Ray>being a boy either. <v Ray>We all gotta do things that uh we don't wanna do sometime. <v Ray>What's really important, sweetie, is <v Ray>uh is what's deep, deep, deep down inside of you, way down inside uh you. <v Ray>Nobody can ever take that away from you, ever. <v Ray>I don't care what they do to your hair, I don't care if they shave your head.

<v Ray>[chuckles] You know, if the world was perfect... nobody <v Ray>cared what ya did as long as it didn't hurt anybody. <v Ray>The world's not perfect. Let's go inside and tell your mother you're OK. <v Ray>?inaudible? <v Mother>In here. <v Kathy>?My things? ! <v Mother>Where have you been, young lady? <v Kathy>Why are you taking my things down? <v Mother>Look at her. She looks like she belongs down on the levy. <v Kathy>Give me my things! My plane, you broke my plane! <v Mother>If you think that you can run away to defy me the way you have today young lady, you have

<v Mother>got another thing comin'! <v Kathy>[crying] My ?inaudible? <v Ray>?Can I speak with you? ? <v Mother>[radio playing] Do you know how you just made me look in her eyes? <v Mother>Do you [Ray: We'll talk-]? Did you take down the clubhouse today the way we decided? <v Mother>You didn't, did you? You always leave the discipline to me, and I end up looking like a <v Mother>monster- <v Ray>Hey wait a minute! I discipline her. I discipline her when I see a good reason. <v Ray>I don't see wearin' pigtails a reason. <v Mother>It's not the pig tails! <v Mother>She doesn't fit in! <v Radio Announcer>KBRI radio in Brinkley, Arkansas, playing all the hits for you <v Radio Announcer>this hot Saturday afternoon, 92 degrees out there. <v Radio Announcer>And here's the big song of the day. [music playing] <v Mother>Darlin', it breaks my heart to do this when I know you don't want it. <v Estelle>[inaudible speaking] [giggling] ?Chip and Linda? went to Little Rock the other day.

<v Mother>Ray Jr., I don't wanna have to tell you again to stop playing and eat your dinner <v Mother>[giggling]. <v Mother>[inaudible speaking] [more giggling] Ray Jr. <v Ray>That's real good. <v Joe>Dad, can I go too? <v Man 3>Joe we're all gonna go. <v Man 3>[laughter]. <v Estelle>Have you finished Kath's school ?dresses? ? <v Mother>Just the hems. You can have those patterns back. <v Joe>?Mallory?, is there any more where this came from? <v Mother>I made another piece just for you. <v Joe>[laughs] Sure is good. <v Joe>What do you think of the ?inaudible? do it? <v Ray Jr.>She looks like a ?rag mop? [laghter]! <v Ray>Ray Junior get up and leave the table right now. <v Ray>Right now, go to your room. <v Ray>And stay there. [door shuts] [radio program playing] <v Radio Announcer>He got him! I can see smoke speakin' from the other planes!

<v Radio Announcer>?inaudible? Success at hand. <v Radio Announcer>On this Monday's real packed adventure, the double cross! <v Radio Announcer>On tonight's, we have a thrilling secret code message from Captain Goodbye to the new <v Radio Announcer>1948 secret code and every secret's ?inaudible? <v Radio Announcer>well do 1948 mirror magic hologram can work it out in a hurry. <v Radio Announcer>Now here's tonight's message: an exciting clue about ?inaudible? <v Radio Announcer>adventure and ?master code? <v Radio Announcer>19. <v Radio Announcer>First word. <v Radio Announcer>Five. <v Radio Announcer>Nineteen. <v Mother>[knocks on door] Kathy. [inaudible speaking]

<v Mother>I know you said you weren't uh hungry, darlin'. <v Mother>But I thought you might change your mind. <v Mother>Why don't I just set this here on the chair in case you do. <v Mother>They they called me from the Girl Scout Council last week. <v Mother>And they asked me to take over your troop. <v Mother>First, I I told them I didn't have the time since I have to get both you and Ray Jr. <v Mother>ready for school every day. <v Mother>But I, I been thinking that maybe I could make the time.

<v Mother>It gives us something that we could do together [voice breaking]. <v Mother>I think we could have a lot of fun going campin' and roughin' in the woods and putting up <v Mother>our tents. <v Mother>'Course i- it's gonna take a lot of courage to stay out all night in the woods and you're <v Mother>gonna have to help th other girls be brave. <v Mother>You're gonna have to help me, too [sobbing], because I've never done anything like that, <v Mother>but I'm willin' to try if you'll help me. <v Mother>I want you to think about it. <v Mother>And I want you to let me know whether or not you want me to be your leader. <v Mother>[emotional music plays] [kids giggling] [music continues] <v Narrator 1>Funding for Summer's End was made possible by the Arkansas Educational Television Network

<v Narrator 1>Foundation and by the American Film Institute, an association with the National Endowment <v Narrator 1>for the Arts. <v Narrator 2>Major funding for Good Health from Jane Brody's Kitchen is provided by

<v Narrator 2>the Hillcrest Foundation with additional funding from Campbell Soup Company. <v Narrator 2>Makers of Campbell's pork and beans, the high fiber food that is low in fat <v Narrator 2>and a good source of protein. <v Narrator 2>And from American General Corporation, an insurance based, diversified financial <v Narrator 2>company with more than $20 billion dollars of assets. <v Narrator 3>[music playing] Good Health from Jane Brody's kitchen with Jane <v Narrator 3>Brody and Jane's special guest, Dr. David Watts. <v Narrator 3>Today's menu, eggplant cheese pie with zucchini crust, <v Narrator 3>three ?sea? soup, citrus and spinach salad. <v Jane Brody>Hi, I'm glad you could join me on Jane Brody's kitchen.

<v Jane Brody>You know, almost every family has one picky eater. <v Jane Brody>There's Susie who won't touch anything green. <v Jane Brody>Jeffrey who refuses to drink milk. <v Jane Brody>And Uncle George, who, after 50 years of eating, has yet to touch a salad. <v Jane Brody>At your house, it could be 15 year old Amy who's never up in time to do her makeup <v Jane Brody>and eat breakfast before school, or 16 year old Michael, whose diet <v Jane Brody>consists of fatty fast foods from the nearest drive-in. <v Jane Brody>What about your next door neighbor? That young professional who starts the day with a cup <v Jane Brody>of coffee and ends it with a gourmet frozen dinner? <v Jane Brody>Our question is, are any of these eaters getting their fair share of micronutrients? <v Jane Brody>What are micronutrients? Watch this. <v Daughter>Hi Dad. Whatdya got there? <v Dad>Micro nutrients. <v Daughter>Micro what? Are those for your computer? <v Dad>[scoffs] No!