Ride a Wild Pony (1975)

John Meillon Jr.: Kit Quayle

Quotes 

• Jeannie Quayle : I don't like Scott Pirie. Mary Strapp has to sit next to him. She says he smells.

  Mrs. Quayle : Jeannie, he has all the farm chores to do before he comes to school in the morning.

  Jeannie Quayle : He could still have a bath.

  Mrs. Quayle : Could he? The Piries have no running water on their farm. Every drop they use has to be pumped up and heated on the stove.

  Kit Quayle : Anyway, I like Scotty.

  Jeannie Quayle : You would.

  Kit Quayle : Just because you go and visit Josie Ellison in her big rich house.

• Jeannie Quayle : Hey, there's Scotty walking!

  Kit Quayle : Hey, Scotty, where's Taff?

  Scotty Pirie : Dunno. He broke out.

  Kit Quayle : Can't you find him? Hey, maybe some straggler picked him up.

  Jeannie Quayle : Or maybe he wandered off and can't find his way back.

  Scotty Pirie : Not Taff.

  Kit Quayle : Hey, maybe he fell in the river.

  Jeannie Quayle : Or seen Mr. Ellison's herd of ponies on the other side and wanted to get to them.

  Scotty Pirie : You don't know Taff! I tell you nothing would make him go near the water!

  Kit Quayle : He could've found a dry crossing.

  Scotty Pirie : I looked. There's not one near our place.

  Jeannie Quayle : Well, where is he, then?

  Scotty Pirie : He'll turn up. He always does.

• Mrs. Quayle : Why, Mrs. Pirie, do come in.

  Mrs. Pirie : Scotty is gone.

  Mrs. Quayle : Gone? You mean he disappeared? How long ago?

  Kit Quayle : He hasn't been in school since Tuesday.

  Mrs. Pirie : My husband has gone to the police.

  Mrs. Quayle : Well, come in and have a cup of tea.

  Mrs. Pirie : I thought maybe Kit could go and look for Scotty on the river.

  Mrs. Quayle : You mean on the Ellison property?

  Kit Quayle : Yeah, of course I'll go.

  Charles E. Quayle : Scotty's missing? There's, uh, no need for Kit to go. I shall... uh... ring Mr. Ellison.

• Jeannie Quayle : Hey, there's that bush boy back.

  Charles E. Quayle : How long was he gone this time?

  Kit Quayle : Four days. I'll bet he had fun.

  Charles E. Quayle : Don't use that cheap expression. You don't bet anything. Kit?

  Kit Quayle : Yes, Dad?

  Charles E. Quayle : Running away can become a habit. I hope you won't forget that.

• Kit Quayle : What's his name?

  Scotty Pirie : Well, I don't know. He's a Welsh pony. Taff is a Welsh name. I reckon I'll call him Taff.

• Kit Quayle : Maybe someone stole him. Took him off to some town nearby and sold him.

  Scotty Pirie : Yeah, but then that means, Taff could be anywhere.

• Scotty Pirie : There's Taff!

  Kit Quayle : Where?

  Scotty Pirie : There, that's him!

  [Scotty starts unhitching the pony from Josie's buggy] 

  Josie Ellison : Leave him alone! Take your hands off him!

  Kit Quayle : Scotty, that's Bo. That's her pony. That's not Taff.

  Scotty Pirie : It's Taff!

  Josie Ellison : Go on, Bo, go on!

  Scotty Pirie : Stay where you are, Taff, stay!

  Josie Ellison : Dad! Dad, stop him! Stop him!

  James Ellison : What do you think you're doing? Stop that!

  Scotty Pirie : He's Taff! He's my pony!

• Jeannie Quayle : Well, I think it's wicked and cruel of Scott Pirie trying to take Josie's pony.

  Kit Quayle : It isn't her pony. It's Scotty's.

  Charles E. Quayle : How do you know it is?

  Kit Quayle : I just know.

  Charles E. Quayle : Well, what if Josie Ellison just knows that it's hers?

  Mrs. Quayle : But supposing it really is Scott Pirie's pony? What happens then?

  Charles E. Quayle : Only a court of law can decide that.

  Jeannie Quayle : If it did go to court, Father, who do you think would win?

  Charles E. Quayle : Well, I'm not prepared to act as judge.

  Jeannie Quayle : Come on, Father, which do you think?

  Charles E. Quayle : In this case, possession is nine-tenths of the law.

• Kit Quayle : How do you know it's Taff?

  Scotty Pirie : How do I know? I know who you are, don't I?

  Kit Quayle : Well, Bluey said he caught him in a wild herd. I suppose he could've seen a herd and swam across the river.

  Scotty Pirie : He'd never do that.

  Kit Quayle : Well, maybe he wandered right along the river and found a dry crossing, one that you just didn't know about.

  Scotty Pirie : Anyway, it's Taff. That's all I know.

  Kit Quayle : They'll never let him go.

  Scotty Pirie : What did your father say?

  Kit Quayle : He said that in a case like this, possession is nine-tenths of the law.

  Scotty Pirie : What does that mean?

  Kit Quayle : It means Josie Ellison's got the pony and you haven't.

• Jeannie Quayle : Hey, Scotty, did you get Taff back?

  Kit Quayle : Well, did you get the pony back or not?

  Scotty Pirie : Mind your own business.

  Kit Quayle : I'll bet he has.

  Jeannie Quayle : Well, if he has, he ought to be ashamed of himself.

  Kit Quayle : Hey, how'd he get Taff back across the river?

  Jeannie Quayle : If that pony crossed the river, it must be Bo.

• Scotty Pirie : No, no! They're taking him away!

  Charles E. Quayle : Scotty, stop it!

  Scotty Pirie : Let me go!

  James Ellison : Can't you control that boy?

  Charles E. Quayle : Scotty...

  James Ellison : I simply want to take the pony to my daughter, or do you object to that?

  Charles E. Quayle : No, go right ahead. Kit, will you tell him it's all right?

  Kit Quayle : Scotty, honestly, they won't take him away.

  Scotty Pirie : How do you know they won't?

  Kit Quayle : Because my father won't let them.

• Kit Quayle : You can't take him. The gate's locked.

  Scotty Pirie : Yeah, but look who's got the key.

  Kit Quayle : Well, Mr. Ellison can't take him, either.

  Scotty Pirie : He's rich. He can do what he likes.

  Kit Quayle : No, he can't. Scotty, he made an agreement, and he wouldn't break it. Anyway, my father won't let him.

  Scotty Pirie : Do I have to go to court?

  Kit Quayle : Yes, I suppose so. Mr. Ellison is suing you for the return of the pony. But it's a civil case.

  Scotty Pirie : What does that mean?

  Kit Quayle : It means you're not on trial. You're on equal terms with the Ellisons.

• Scotty Pirie : What is *she* doing here?

  Kit Quayle : She's allowed to see the pony as long as she doesn't take it away.

• Jeannie Quayle : Kit, what happened? How it's going?

  Kit Quayle : I don't know. Father, well, he seems to be...

  Jeannie Quayle : What?

  Kit Quayle : He seems to be trying to prove that no one can tell whose pony it is.

  Jeannie Quayle : What will happen?

  Kit Quayle : They'll give the pony to Josie.

  Jeannie Quayle : Well, it is her pony.

  Kit Quayle : Is it?