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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-Copy !req
3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,Copy !req
4. a journey into a wondrous landCopy !req
5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.Copy !req
6. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.Copy !req
7. Rachel,
open up in there.Copy !req
8. Got my arms full.Copy !req
9. Well, old man, what are
you hollering about?Copy !req
10. You going to
suffocate in thereCopy !req
11. from lack of air.Copy !req
12. Why don't you leave
the door open?Copy !req
13. I got to keep that dogCopy !req
14. out of the house
somehow-Copy !req
15. coming in here
with his fleasCopy !req
16. and with
his ticks.Copy !req
17. Aw, old woman, don't start
that commotion up again.Copy !req
18. When I go in the house,Copy !req
19. rip goes, too.Copy !req
20. That dog saved my life.Copy !req
21. Well...Copy !req
22. let the ornery
thing come in.Copy !req
23. And another thing-Copy !req
24. don't talk about him
like thatCopy !req
25. when he can hear you.Copy !req
26. Rip's got feelings.Copy !req
27. I don't want them hurt.Copy !req
28. I'll let him
in the house,Copy !req
29. and I'll feed him,
but I'll be switchedCopy !req
30. if I'm going to start
sweet-talking him.Copy !req
31. Old woman,
you tickle me sometimes.Copy !req
32. Uh, when's the last time
you got yourself kissed?Copy !req
33. Well, the way
I figure it,Copy !req
34. it was in the spring of
nineteen and twenty-four.Copy !req
35. Well, I figure
you got one coming.Copy !req
36. Don't you come
near me, old man.Copy !req
37. Yes, sir,
I've been thinkingCopy !req
38. about giving you a kissCopy !req
39. for the last
month or two.Copy !req
40. Oh, hyder, you sit down
and eat your supperCopy !req
41. and stop talking silly.Copy !req
42. I'll have my supper
now, old woman.Copy !req
43. There you are.Copy !req
44. Old man...Copy !req
45. I never said
this to you...Copy !req
46. but we have
endured powerful wellCopy !req
47. over the years together.Copy !req
48. Hmm?Copy !req
49. Nearly 50 years
we've been married, eh?Copy !req
50. Come october 16.Copy !req
51. Long time to travel together.Copy !req
52. Well, I wouldn't have had it
any other way.Copy !req
53. Thank you, old woman.Copy !req
54. Me neither.Copy !req
55. Here, rip.Copy !req
56. I'll feed that dog
after supper.Copy !req
57. He ain't going to be
here after supper.Copy !req
58. Where's he going?Copy !req
59. Where I'm going-
coon hunting.Copy !req
60. Oh, hyder.Copy !req
61. I wish you wouldn't
go hunting tonight.Copy !req
62. Why not?Copy !req
63. Well, three
nights ago,Copy !req
64. I saw blood
on the moon.Copy !req
65. You ought to have been
in bed sleeping.Copy !req
66. You wouldn't have seen it.Copy !req
67. And two days ago,
a bird flew in the houseCopy !req
68. and lit on your side of the bed
and nearly scared me to death.Copy !req
69. There you go,
trying to spoil a good hunt.Copy !req
70. Well,
I'm a-going anyways.Copy !req
71. Them signs
don't bother me at all.Copy !req
72. Well, they bother me.Copy !req
73. Now, you be careful,
old man.Copy !req
74. Don't you worry
about me, old woman.Copy !req
75. I'll be back even before
midnight, more'n likely.Copy !req
76. An old man
and a hound dog named ripCopy !req
77. off for an evening's pleasure
in quest of raccoon.Copy !req
78. Usually, these evenings endCopy !req
79. with one tired old man,
one battle-scarred hound dogCopy !req
80. and one or more
extremely dead raccoons,Copy !req
81. but as you may suspect, that
will not be the case tonight.Copy !req
82. These hunters won't be
coming home from the hill.Copy !req
83. They're headed for the backwoods
of the twilight zone.Copy !req
84. Smell him out there, boy.Copy !req
85. He's around here somewheres.Copy !req
86. You can get him.Copy !req
87. Tree'd him, didn't you, boy?Copy !req
88. Rip,
don't want to doubt your word,Copy !req
89. but there ain't
no coon up there.Copy !req
90. Trick ya, didn't he, boy?Copy !req
91. Hold it back
there, rip.Copy !req
92. Come back
here, rip!Copy !req
93. Don't go
in there!Copy !req
94. I'll pull you out, rip!Copy !req
95. Come back here, rip!Copy !req
96. Hold on, hold on there, rip.Copy !req
97. Come back here!Copy !req
98. That coon'll drown you, rip.Copy !req
99. That coon's got him down.Copy !req
100. Huh! I'm coming, rip.Copy !req
101. I'm coming, rip, hold it!Copy !req
102. I'm coming!Copy !req
103. Rip...Copy !req
104. we must have trailed
that coon half the night.Copy !req
105. Hungry, ain't you, boy?Copy !req
106. Yeah, me, too.Copy !req
107. So let's mosey along homeCopy !req
108. and see what rachel's got
for breakfast.Copy !req
109. That old woman gives us
"hail, columbia"Copy !req
110. for staying out all night.Copy !req
111. I figure that's
about deep enough.Copy !req
112. That ain't more
than three feet.Copy !req
113. Three feet's deep
enough for a dog.Copy !req
114. Any ordinary dog, maybe,Copy !req
115. but according
to old man simpson,Copy !req
116. rip ain't no ordinary dog.Copy !req
117. Then you dig it.Copy !req
118. It'll be kind of lonesome around
here without old man simpson.Copy !req
119. Morning, boys.Copy !req
120. Reckon them miller boys
gotten hard of hearing.Copy !req
121. What you old boys up to?Copy !req
122. Say, what you doing?Copy !req
123. All right,
don't answer me, then.Copy !req
124. I don't give a hoot
what you're doing.Copy !req
125. If I ain't mistaken,Copy !req
126. you're digging this hole
on my land.Copy !req
127. Now, if you want to dig,
dig on your side of the fence.Copy !req
128. Get moving.Copy !req
129. I say get moving!Copy !req
130. I ain't talking
just to move the wind around.Copy !req
131. You get a move onCopy !req
132. or I'm going to fill your
britches full of lead!Copy !req
133. I figure that's just
about deep enough.Copy !req
134. Have a little care.Copy !req
135. It's just a dog.Copy !req
136. Not to some folks.Copy !req
137. Why didn't you tell me
you'd lost a dog?Copy !req
138. How'd it happen?Copy !req
139. Don't reckon I blame you
for not talking.Copy !req
140. I don't reckon I would myself.Copy !req
141. Well, rip, we're butting in
on other folks' troubles.Copy !req
142. They're just
too heartbroke to talk.Copy !req
143. And speaking of trouble,Copy !req
144. that old woman's going to have
plenty of that for us.Copy !req
145. Come on.Copy !req
146. Looks to me like, rip, maybe
we got us a stroke of luck.Copy !req
147. Could be the old woman's
still sleeping.Copy !req
148. Morning.Copy !req
149. All dressed up
like the fourth of july.Copy !req
150. Old woman,
if you're figuringCopy !req
151. on leaving me on account
on I stayed out all night,Copy !req
152. you got another thing coming.Copy !req
153. Lord be with
you, sister.Copy !req
154. Amen, brother.Copy !req
155. I appreciate your coming,Copy !req
156. even though he
didn't belongCopy !req
157. to the church.Copy !req
158. I just never could
get him to go.Copy !req
159. I realize
brother simpsonCopy !req
160. wasn't a
religious man,Copy !req
161. but I figure he's
still entitledCopy !req
162. to a christian
burial.Copy !req
163. Now, just...
just hold everything.Copy !req
164. Anybody's going to give
brother simpson a burialCopy !req
165. you'd better ask brother simpson
how he feels about it.Copy !req
166. I just been sitting here...Copy !req
167. trying to figure it out.Copy !req
168. It was just
last night.Copy !req
169. He was sitting there
at the supper table.Copy !req
170. I begged him not to go.Copy !req
171. There's
been omens.Copy !req
172. I've seen signs.Copy !req
173. But he went.Copy !req
174. The lord works in
mysterious ways.Copy !req
175. Rachel,
listen to me-Copy !req
176. there's been
a misunderstanding.Copy !req
177. Miss rachel,Copy !req
178. if you're ready, ma'am.Copy !req
179. Well, he's in there.Copy !req
180. Oh...Copy !req
181. don't take on,
old woman.Copy !req
182. It's just a dream.Copy !req
183. We'll wake up in a littleCopy !req
184. and everything'll be
like it ought to be.Copy !req
185. What you old boys
got in there?Copy !req
186. What you old boys
taking out of there?Copy !req
187. Oh!Copy !req
188. Who's in that box?Copy !req
189. We'll find out
what all this is aboutCopy !req
190. in a minute or two, rip.Copy !req
191. The graveyard's just over
the top of the hill there.Copy !req
192. Now, who in the tarnation
built this fence up here?Copy !req
193. Rip, we must have taken
a wrong turn.Copy !req
194. I don't memorize
ever seeing this fence before.Copy !req
195. Well, we're bound
to come out somewhere.Copy !req
196. Hello!Copy !req
197. Anybody home in there?Copy !req
198. Howdy, neighbor.Copy !req
199. Howdy.Copy !req
200. I wasn't expecting
nobody this morning.Copy !req
201. Don't want to put you
to no trouble, friend,Copy !req
202. but it seems like
I lost my way.Copy !req
203. That's what everybody
says at first.Copy !req
204. Now, what's
your name, friend?Copy !req
205. Simpson- hyder simpson.Copy !req
206. I belong to that
bunch of simpsonsCopy !req
207. lives over on
whale's mountain.Copy !req
208. Rip and me here-Copy !req
209. we never have traveled
this far before.Copy !req
210. Never have
traveled so farCopy !req
211. we couldn't see the top
of whale's mountain.Copy !req
212. How old are you,
neighbor simpson?Copy !req
213. Well, sir, I been
walking the earthCopy !req
214. for something
like 70 year now.Copy !req
215. Arrived at the gate,
uh, 10:45...Copy !req
216. I know it's none
of my business,Copy !req
217. but would you tell meCopy !req
218. what you're writing
down in that book?Copy !req
219. One more thing,
neighbor simpson-Copy !req
220. how'd you die?Copy !req
221. I was born
with a cheap set of ears.Copy !req
222. I'm not sure I heard you right.Copy !req
223. I said, "how did you die?"Copy !req
224. Who claims I'm dead?Copy !req
225. You wouldn't be here
if you wasn't dead.Copy !req
226. Man, that's solid
flesh and bone there.Copy !req
227. You feel that.Copy !req
228. Think back, neighbor.Copy !req
229. What did you do last night?Copy !req
230. Well, sir, I'll tell you
exactly what I done.Copy !req
231. Me and rip, we left the house
long about suppertime,Copy !req
232. and rip,
he picked upCopy !req
233. a coon trail
right away,Copy !req
234. and like a coon will,
it headed for the waterCopy !req
235. and rip didn't do nothingCopy !req
236. but go in
after him.Copy !req
237. About that time, I got there,Copy !req
238. and I was running out
on this log and I...Copy !req
239. hey, friend, what's
on the other sideCopy !req
240. of that gate there?Copy !req
241. Well, that pasture
right up thereCopy !req
242. they call
the elysian field.Copy !req
243. Cross that and you come
to the golden streetCopy !req
244. that takes you right
to the celestial palaceCopy !req
245. where the old master
has his headquarters.Copy !req
246. Then I take you would aim
to be st. Peter.Copy !req
247. I keep the gate, that's a fact.Copy !req
248. Well, I'm mighty proud
to have met up with you.Copy !req
249. Just as proud to have you here.Copy !req
250. I always thoughtCopy !req
251. there was a lot of singing
and dancing in heaven.Copy !req
252. How come I don't hear no music?Copy !req
253. You're on the outside.Copy !req
254. Once inside, you'll hear
your favorite hymn.Copy !req
255. Well, I don't care much
for hymn singing.Copy !req
256. I favor guitar music myself.Copy !req
257. Don't stand out here
in the cold, cold world.Copy !req
258. Reap your
heavenly reward.Copy !req
259. Come on, rip.Copy !req
260. Hold on, neighbor.Copy !req
261. You can't take
that dog in there.Copy !req
262. There ain't no fleas
on that dog.Copy !req
263. That don't make no nevermind.
He can't come in.Copy !req
264. How come?Copy !req
265. This is
folks' heaven.Copy !req
266. There's a place we can put him,
though, up the road.Copy !req
267. You just tie him
to the fence,Copy !req
268. and I'll walk
him up later on.Copy !req
269. Come on, rip.Copy !req
270. Hold on,
neighbor simpson.Copy !req
271. Where do you think
you're going?Copy !req
272. Thank you, but I don't reckon
in there is any place for me.Copy !req
273. Why not?Copy !req
274. Well, any placeCopy !req
275. that's too highfalutin for rip
is too fancy for me.Copy !req
276. How thoroughbred
does a dog have to beCopy !req
277. before you let him
in there, anyway?Copy !req
278. Ain't no dogs allowed at all.Copy !req
279. What kind of outfit
don't allow no dogs?Copy !req
280. They got that special place
for dogs.Copy !req
281. Me and rip will go on
down there, then.Copy !req
282. You won't get in.Copy !req
283. The dog, maybe, but not you.Copy !req
284. What kind of heaven would it be
with just dogs?Copy !req
285. A dog's got a right
to have a man aroundCopy !req
286. just the same as a man's got
a right to have a dog around,Copy !req
287. if he wants to be happy.Copy !req
288. Neighbor, let me make you
a little proposition.Copy !req
289. Why don't you go on in the gate,
and a little later on,Copy !req
290. I'll slip the dog
through the fence to you.Copy !req
291. It's breaking the rules,
but I'll do it.Copy !req
292. Friend peter,
if I go in that front gate,Copy !req
293. rip's going in
that front gate likewise.Copy !req
294. I don't want him to get to
feeling that he ain't welcome.Copy !req
295. I got another idea.Copy !req
296. What are you doing there,
mister?Copy !req
297. I'll hold on
to your dogCopy !req
298. and let you see
how you like it.Copy !req
299. I don't have to go inside
to make up my mind.Copy !req
300. Let me ask you
a practical question:Copy !req
301. What kind of coon hunting would
I have in there without rip?Copy !req
302. Man, they don't allow
no coon hunting.Copy !req
303. Oh, you don't say.Copy !req
304. Where do you think
you're going?Copy !req
305. Me and rip's
going somewhere.Copy !req
306. There ain't no
place else to go.Copy !req
307. We'll go wherever
that road takes us.Copy !req
308. Oh, that road
don't lead nowhere.Copy !req
309. This is eternity road.Copy !req
310. It just keeps on,
never stops, leads nowhere.Copy !req
311. Me and rip'll do all right.Copy !req
312. Neighbor, this
is a right serious
step you're taking.Copy !req
313. I'd say the best thingCopy !req
314. is to sit out there
and think it over.Copy !req
315. You've got all eternity
to make up your mind.Copy !req
316. Good day to you, sir.Copy !req
317. If you change your mind,
just let me know.Copy !req
318. Much obliged.Copy !req
319. I'll do that.Copy !req
320. Eternity's a powerful
long spell to goCopy !req
321. without a coon hunt,
ain't it, rip?Copy !req
322. Don't you go off your feed
or nothing over this thing.Copy !req
323. Wouldn't surprise me none
if I don't sneak in thereCopy !req
324. and talk to the judge,
or somebody.Copy !req
325. Might be able to get you in.Copy !req
326. Wonder what kind of a tea party
they keep in there, anyways.Copy !req
327. Must be city folks, mostly.Copy !req
328. They'd be the ones most likely
to outlaw coon hunting.Copy !req
329. Let them sit in thereCopy !req
330. tootin' on their harpsCopy !req
331. or whatever they do
for relaxation,Copy !req
332. me and youse stays together.Copy !req
333. Just like we was when
we was traveling down below.Copy !req
334. Hmm...Copy !req
335. least we ain't
the only onesCopy !req
336. wandering
aroundCopy !req
337. by ourselves
on the eternity road.Copy !req
338. Howdy, son.Copy !req
339. Howdy.Copy !req
340. Ah...Copy !req
341. I'm looking for
a mr. Hyder simpsonCopy !req
342. and a hound dog
name of rip.Copy !req
343. Well, that's us.Copy !req
344. Well, I figured it was.Copy !req
345. Well, if you
and rip's all set,Copy !req
346. we might as well
mosey along.Copy !req
347. Mosey along where?Copy !req
348. Heaven, mr. Simpson.Copy !req
349. Well, now, like I told
that other fellow,Copy !req
350. I ain't going to set foot
in heaven without rip.Copy !req
351. You didn't get messed up
with nobody in there, did you?Copy !req
352. That fellow at the gate.Copy !req
353. He wouldn't let rip in,
so I didn't go.Copy !req
354. Son...Copy !req
355. that'd be a hell of a place
without rip.Copy !req
356. Mr. Simpson...Copy !req
357. you ain't far wrong.Copy !req
358. Thatishell.Copy !req
359. Heaven's up
yonder apiece.Copy !req
360. Well, I'll
be jiggered.Copy !req
361. Now, how come
that fellowCopy !req
362. would want
to lie to me?Copy !req
363. Well, they don't
never give up.Copy !req
364. Always trying to get
folks in thereCopy !req
365. right down
to the last minute.Copy !req
366. Well, what reason
would they haveCopy !req
367. for wanting
to keep rip out?Copy !req
368. They was a-feared
rip would have warned you.Copy !req
369. And he would have, time he got
a whiff of that brimstone.Copy !req
370. You see, mr. Simpson,Copy !req
371. a man- well, he'll walk right
into hell with both eyes open,Copy !req
372. but even the devil
can't fool a dog.Copy !req
373. You wouldn't be st. Peter,
would you?Copy !req
374. Oh, no, no, I... I'm just
a regular angel here.Copy !req
375. Well, where's your wings, son?Copy !req
376. Shucks, I don't use
them half the time.Copy !req
377. I appreciate
walking myself.Copy !req
378. You, uh...Copy !req
379. about ready to go,
mr. Simpson?Copy !req
380. Uh... uh, rip.Copy !req
381. How's the coon hunting
up here, boy?Copy !req
382. Oh, just fine,
mr. Simpson.Copy !req
383. There's one tonightCopy !req
384. right after
the square dance.Copy !req
385. Want to come along?Copy !req
386. Wouldn't miss it
for the world.Copy !req
387. Welcome to heaven,
mr. Simpson.Copy !req
388. Thank you, son.Copy !req
389. Right proud to be here.Copy !req
390. Uh, rachel-
that's my old woman-Copy !req
391. she won't have any troubleCopy !req
392. getting past that fellow
up the road, will she?Copy !req
393. Rachel? No, not her.Copy !req
394. And she'll be along
directly, too, I'm told.Copy !req
395. Well, glad to hear it.Copy !req
396. Come along, rip.Copy !req
397. Travelers to unknown regions
would be well advisedCopy !req
398. to take along the family dog.Copy !req
399. He could just save you
from entering the wrong gate.Copy !req
400. At least,
it happened that way onceCopy !req
401. in a mountainous area
of the twilight zone.Copy !req
402. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,Copy !req
403. will tell you
about next week's storyCopy !req
404. after this message.Copy !req
405. And now, mr. Serling.Copy !req
406. Next week we offer you
a hollywood television cowboyCopy !req
407. who takes in several bills
a week for killing off bad men.Copy !req
408. Mr. Larry blyden portrays
one of these phony baloniesCopy !req
409. who always wins in the end.Copy !req
410. But in this little item
he draws from the hipCopy !req
411. and realizes his opponent
is smack-dab out of this world.Copy !req
412. We invite your attention to
"showdown with rance mcgrew,"Copy !req
413. next week's stagecoach sojourn
in the twilight zone.Copy !req
414. This is an age
of amazing feats,Copy !req
415. and the fuel
that has kept us going is faith.Copy !req
416. Worship together this week.Copy !req