John Meillon Jr. credited as playing...
Kit Quayle
- 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.
- 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: 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?