Harry Carey Jr.: Bill Burnett
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Bill Burnett : Have you counted your horses this morning?
Ollie : Have you counted your riders?
Bill Burnett : I'm looking for Marty. He snuck out early for some reason.
Ollie : Again? How many times have you lost that one?
Bill Burnett : You know how Logan is about boys taking out horses alone, new boys, at least.
Ollie : And what gives you the idea he'd be taking out a horse?
Bill Burnett : Ollie, will you wake up? Marty's nowhere around, and you know how sensitive he is about having to ride Skyrocket around the corral with the smaller kids.
Ollie : A fellow could learn a lot doing it by himself. Like the bridle. Must've been no easy job snagging Skyrocket with that.
Bill Burnett : Ollie, you did see him. What's the matter with you?
Ollie : I didn't say I saw anything. Just one bridle I didn't see.
Bill Burnett : And one horse named Skyrocket. You better get out there and haul him back, or else I will, before Logan finds out.
Ollie : If the kid wants to do anything that bad, let him. He ain't gonna be hurt.
Bill Burnett : He really snuck out Skyrocket by himself?
Ollie : Spin Evans pulled the same stunt his first summer. Wound up makin' camp rodeo.
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Col. Logan : What's the matter with him?
Bill Burnett : He's scared of horses.
Col. Logan : I didn't know that.
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Bill Burnett : Marty, just because a gang of kids laughed at you...
Marty Markham : It isn't that.
Bill Burnett : Are you sure it isn't, Marty?
Marty Markham : No.
Bill Burnett : You know, every boy has something he's pretty good at. Believe me, when it comes to foot racing, you're pretty terrific. I'd like to time you around the track someday.
Marty Markham : I don't want to be a foot racer.
Bill Burnett : You didn't want to be a boxer, either, Marty.
Marty Markham : I know how crazy I've acted Mr. Burnett, and maybe someday I will learn how to ride - alone.
Bill Burnett : No, Marty, I doubt if you'll ever learn, not if you run away from it this time.
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Bill Burnett : You said you might like to try it alone sometime.
Marty Markham : What?
Bill Burnett : Here, Skyrocket. He's yours, isn't he? Come on, nobody's watching.
Marty Markham : Mr. Burnett...
Bill Burnett : Why don't you call me Bill? All the other boys do.
Marty Markham : Oh. Bill, you mean I should get on him now?
Bill Burnett : Well, sure, why not?
Marty Markham : No.
Bill Burnett : Marty, all your life, you've had to do everything alone, so it's more than just being afraid of horses, isn't it?
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Marty Markham : They're still at the corral.
Bill Burnett : Well, it may have seemed like a long time, but it's only been a half-hour or so.
Marty Markham : I better get off.
Bill Burnett : Hey, wait a minute. The corral gate's wide open. Marty, your trouble is just being afraid of getting on a horse. It's something a lot tougher that you've got to learn right now.
Marty Markham : I don't understand.
Bill Burnett : Yes, you do. How 'bout it? You willing to show me some real bravery?
Marty Markham : What?
Bill Burnett : Go ahead, ride him in.
Marty Markham : Well, all right. Come on, Skyrocket, not too fast.
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Bill Burnett : Speck, you can stand a little kidding, can't you?
Speckle : Sure, Mr. Burnett, go right ahead.
Bill Burnett : [singing] Speckle came to the Triple R, collected a frog and a snake in a jar. He caught a chipmunk, so he thunk, but the stripes were white and boy, how it...
[Bill holds his nose]
Speckle : That wasn't a skunk, that was Louie!
Louie : Hey, I do not!
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Col. Logan : Burnett, I thought you had better sense. I bring you out here to run the place for me, and look what happens.
Bill Burnett : I didn't tell him he could go out alone. And don't blame Ollie, either. He was just anxious to help Marty, that's all.
Col. Logan : Sorry, Bill, I guess I'm just a cantankerous old worrier.
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Ollie : Is he hurt, Bill?
Bill Burnett : Looks like he's got a broken arm. He better get him back to the ranch.
Col. Logan : I'll ride ahead and get the doc.
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Marty Markham : Dr. Spaulding said it'd be healed long before summer camp was over. Maybe I could just stay here.
Perkins : I'm afraid that's up to her, not us.
Marty Markham : Why can't you tell her that Dr. Spaulding won't let me go, that I have to stay in this climate for it to heal right? Mr. Logan's going to talk to her. Please make him argue with her!
Bill Burnett : We'll do all we can, Marty.
Marty Markham : Oh, it won't do any good. Nothing will. You don't know her. I'll probably never get another chance to ride Skyrocket again in my whole life.
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Marty Markham : Just like a big dog. Only I never had a dog.
Bill Burnett : Folks can learn a lot from animals.
Marty Markham : I used to think you had to fight a horse, make him do what you wanted.
Bill Burnett : Well, you do have to be firm. You have to be with your horse and understand how he thinks and feels before you can really be a good rider.
Marty Markham : You know the only trouble with this arm now? When I ride him around bareback, slowly, like you said I could, I have an awful time climbing up on his back. But Ollie's teaching me a new trick. You can't see it yet, though. Skyrocket and I have to work on it just a little more.
Bill Burnett : You two sure get along together, don't you?
Marty Markham : Sure do.
Bill Burnett : Maybe someday you'll learn to get along with people, too.
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Bill Burnett : Now you remember what Doc Spaulding said about letting that arm heal up first.
Marty Markham : Well, he took the cast off, that's all I care about.
Bill Burnett : Oh, it hasn't been that bad, has it?
Marty Markham : No, but the summer's almost over.
Bill Burnett : You strengthen that arm slowly like he told you to and it'll be ready in plenty of time for the rodeo.
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Bill Burnett : We get a kid every year who's afraid of the horses. Last year was a boy named Spin Evans.
Marty Markham : Spin Evans!
