David Stollery: Marty, Martin 'Marty' Markham
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Marty Markham : Just as I suspected. The Triple R is nothing but a dirty old farm.
Spin Evans : Well, what's our dirty old farm comin' to?
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Marty Markham : Did you see Perkins while you were out there?
Russell : Did we see Perkins!
Speckle : If it wasn't for Perkins, we won't be here! We woulda been eaten up by a bear!
Marty Markham : What do you mean? What happened to Perkins?
Speckle : We were in a tree, and a bear was down below, and Perkins comes riding up. He rides right up to that bear, and the bear takes one look at him and high-tails it way over the mountain!
Russell : He sure is a brave one!
Marty Markham : But what happened to Perkins?
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Ambitious : Marty, how come you're so stubborn?
Marty Markham : I'm not!
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Ambitious : People who waste so much ambition are just stupid, anyway.
Marty Markham : Yeah, I've noticed you're just about the most ambitious guy I know.
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Col. Logan : Marty, every year I pick a new boy to demonstrate things for us at the first lesson, and this year, you're it, so climb right up there on him.
Marty Markham : I - I can't.
Col. Logan : What?
Marty Markham : I just learned those words.
Col. Logan : Oh, come on. Get up there in the saddle and show us something.
Joe : Hey, he's scared!
Alfred "Al" McGrath : How do you like that? Scared of a horse!
Marty Markham : What if I am? I just haven't learned how to do it yet, that's all. I didn't mean to lie. I just didn't want the other guys to think I was...
Col. Logan : Marty, I'm sorry.
Frank : What a phony!
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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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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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Marty Markham : I'll bet you thought it was funny too, didn't you?
Spin Evans : Why do you care?
Marty Markham : He's my responsibility, that's why.
Spin Evans : If you're so worried about him, why don't you go out there and find him?
Marty Markham : You know I can't, but in a few days, I'm gonna have this cast off, and then...
Spin Evans : Then what, pedestrian?
Marty Markham : Don't call me that!
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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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Col. Logan : Well, Marty, I see you're in time for the pack lesson.
Marty Markham : Yes, sir.
Ambitious : Hey, lemme see your arm.
Marty Markham : Well, I have to take it easy for a while, no hard riding for anything.
Joe : Hey, did you hear the news? We're goin' to a new place on the pack trip!
Ambitious : Yeah, the rain washed out something, so we're goin' to a place called Haunted Valley.
Marty Markham : Where?
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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!
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Marty Markham : Ambitious, they're beautiful!
