The Littlest Horse Thieves Page #2

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What Exactly

Is The Problem, Dear?

Alice, Do Drink

Your Soup Quietly.

The Real Problem Is That

We Can't Get The Coal Out

In Sufficient Quantities.

And Therefore,

It's Too Expensive.

At That Price,

We Can't Sell It.

That's Why They Had To Stop

The Night Shift.

What Will You

Have To Do, Father?

Well, For A Start,

I Shall Try And Get Rid

Of Those Pit Ponies.

[Steam Whistle Blows]

[Barking]

Come On, Tom,

I'll Race You To The Top!

That's Not Fair --

You Started Off First!

Don't Worry--

I'll Wait For You

When I Get There.

Oh, No, You Won't!

I'll Beat You Yet!

See If I Don't.

Bye, Daddy.

Goodbye, My Dear.

Have A Nice Day.

Alice!

Alice,

Where Are You Going?

Just Going To

Fly My Kite, Mother!

Don't Go Too Far.

I Don't Like Her

Going Up In The Moors Alone.

Well, It's A Bit Lonely

For Her Here.

I Don't Want Her Playing

With Any Of Those

Rough Miners' Children.

I Shall Be Glad

When The Governess Arrives

To Keep Her

Out Of Mischief.

Well, Goodbye, Dear.

Hmm.

I Do Hope His Lordship

Is Agreeable.

Yes, So Do I.

Uh, Mr. Sandman

To See Lord Harrogate.

His Lordship

Is Expecting You, Sir.

Now, Then, Sandman,

What Do You Propose To Do

About This Colliery

Of Mine?

Well, Lord, One

Of The Problems Is That--

Uh, No, Thank You--

Is That Emsdale

Is A Small Colliery,

And The Seam Is A Long Way

From The Surface.

Yes, Yes.

I Know All About That.

But The Point Is That

It Doesn't Make A Profit.

Now, Kirkdale's Colliery

Makes A Profit,

But My Colliery

Does Not Make A Profit.

In Fact, My Colliery

Keeps Losing Money.

Now You, As My New

Manager, Tell Me,

What Do You Propose

To Do About That?

I'd Like To Explore

The Possibility

Of Using Machinery

In The Pit, Milord.

Machinery?

[Laughing]

Are You Suggesting

We Might Use Machinery

Instead Of Miners,

Perhaps?

Um, Well, No, Milord.

But It Might Be Possible

To Bring The Coal

From The Face To The Shaft

By Means Of Machinery

Instead Of Ponies.

Hmm?

Well, Yes, Yes,

At Least I'm --

I'm Prepared

To Explore That Idea.

Hmm? Look Into That For Me,

Will You, Sandman?

And Find Out

All About The Costs,

And Show Me Things,

Like Plans And So On.

You Know,

That Sort Of Thing.

I Will, Milord.

My Goodness,

Just Look At Those Rabbits

All Over The Lawn

Simply Ruining It.

[Barking]

Alice:
Go Away!

Go Away, You Horrible Dog!

Go Home!

It's A Girl Up A Tree.

Aye.

Come On.

Go Away,

You Horrible Dog!

What Are You Doing

Up There?

Go Away!

Can You Get Down?

Yes!

Of Course I Can.

[Gasps]

No!

Come On.

I Want My Kite.

You Don't Want Much,

Do You?

You Best Get

Yourself Down First.

Come On--

That's The Way.

Go On--

Down A Bit More.

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