1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Once upon a time, not long ago, and not far away, there was a friendly farm. 2 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:34,000 There's the house with the dog on the front porch. 3 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Is there a pony on this farm? Not near the windmill. 4 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Not in the barn, anyplace, just a big old cow. No pony. 5 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:04,000 There's a big boot. Now look up, look way up. 6 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:17,000 That was my boot. A giant wears giant boots, friendly giants too. 7 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,000 The ponies wear boots. If he'd found a pony, would he have boots? 8 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:31,000 He'd have shoes, like small horse shoes. 9 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Well, let's go to the castle. I'll hurry over first and go in the back door so that I can let the 10 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 drawbridge down and open the big front doors for you. 11 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 You ready? Here's my castle. 12 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Here we are inside. 13 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:14,000 And here's one little chair for one of you, and a bigger chair for two more to curl up in, 14 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:20,000 and a rocking chair for someone who likes to rock. 15 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 There. 16 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Now look up, look way up and I'll whistle for Jerome. 17 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,000 He always whistles back, doesn't he? When I whistle this little tune. 18 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:55,000 He didn't whistle back. Shall I whistle once more? Maybe he isn't coming. 19 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,000 I'll whistle once again. 20 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Oh, oh. 21 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,000 There. Jerome, that's why you didn't whistle back. 22 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:14,000 I couldn't whistle friendly. You had a horse shoe, and you were carrying it in your mouth. 23 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Well, it isn't one of your shoes. Oh, no. It's not a giraffe shoe. 24 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 No, it's a horse shoe. Where'd you get it? I found it. 25 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Found a horse shoe. On the ground? Well, let's hang it up here. 26 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Careful. I won't hurt you. No, I meant that you shouldn't drop it and maybe lose it. 27 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Oh, well. It'd be bad luck to lose it. Oh, Jerome. Bad luck to lose a horse shoe? 28 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Well, it could be bad luck. I don't think so, really, Jerome. That's something that you hear, 29 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:57,000 but it doesn't really mean that you'd have bad luck just because you lose a horse shoe. 30 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Well, it might be. It happened to a friend of mine. 31 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:10,000 It did, really? Yes. What happened? Well, he was on a long hike, and he lost a horse shoe, 32 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:16,000 and he had trouble getting back home. He had bad luck. 33 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Really? Yes. Well, that's too bad. Anyone I know? 34 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I don't think so. He was a horse friend of mine. 35 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Oh, I see. He was a horse, and it was one of his own shoes, a lot. 36 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Well, that would be different. It would be bad luck for a horse to lose one of his own shoes. 37 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:42,000 It was for him? He'd have trouble getting back from that hike because it would hurt his foot. 38 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Yes. It would go without a shoe gone. Excuse me, Jerome. 39 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:51,000 It would be the same if he were a pony. Ponies are like horses, a little smaller. 40 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:57,000 There's a book about a pony who lost a shoe. See? 41 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Oh. That's a shoe for my pony. Do you know who wrote it? No. Margaret Frisky. 42 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Oh. Mm-hmm. And there's a picture of the pony right there. 43 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Oh. Oh. And the book is by Margaret Frisky. 44 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:24,000 And the pictures are by Jean Edgerton. She drew that picture and all the other pictures in the book. 45 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Nice picture. Do you know who made the book? No. Children's Press. 46 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:35,000 And I see. And it's about a pony who lost a shoe. Oh. 47 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Like my friend? Yes. Let me get over here where everyone can see all of the pictures. 48 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:54,000 I hope he found it again. We'll see. We'll see. It's about a little boy who owns the pony. 49 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Oh. There. I can see it now. Can you see it now? Mm-hmm. 50 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:07,000 And the little boy says, sometimes I wear no shoes. I run through the grass with no shoes. 51 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,000 You see, he goes barefoot. 52 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:18,000 But I have shoes. I have high shoes and low shoes and walking through the town shoes. 53 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:27,000 And boots for walking in the rain. Like giant boots, aren't they? 54 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,000 My pony has shoes too, but he lost one. I can't ride him. 55 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,000 He wants a new shoe, a bright shoe, a nail it on tight shoe. 56 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:43,000 So I went to find a shoe for my pony. A little duck had no shoes. 57 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,000 His feet were webbed for swimming. 58 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:53,000 And a little lamb had no shoes. And what did the lambs say, Jerome? 59 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,760 Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah..." 60 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,300 That's what the lion said. 61 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:00,080 And the little kitten had no shoes. 62 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,980 He had soft pads for tiptoeing. 63 00:07:02,980 --> 00:07:08,080 He had claws that he can push out when he wants to climb a tree. 64 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:15,720 And so do all the cats have paws and claws, tigers and lions... 65 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:16,980 What's the big lion? 66 00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:19,880 He has paws and claws. 67 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,880 Rabbit had no shoes! 68 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,800 he could dig with his front feet and thump with his back feet and jump right over the tulips. 69 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:36,440 My cow had no shoes. She wasn't going anywhere. She just stood in the grass and what did she say, 70 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:49,160 John? Well, my pony was limping and I had to walk and lead him. Some little bird will tell us, 71 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:59,080 where we can find a shoe for you. Who said the owl? Who? He clung to the tree with his long, 72 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:07,720 sharp claws. The old hens clucked and scratched for their dinner and the rooster 73 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:16,280 crowed on the fence. We saw squirrels with their nimble feet and they could hold nuts with their 74 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:24,440 feet or jump through the trees and catch on to the branches. Then we met a clown with shoes as 75 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:32,040 big as paddles. Oh, he says your pony needs a shoe. Go across the bridge and into the town 76 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,880 and turn to the right and look for a chestnut tree. 77 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:51,080 So we did run up the road, cross the bridge, turn to the right and underneath the spreading 78 00:08:51,080 --> 00:09:01,000 chestnut tree was a black smith. Your pony needs a shoe. He said, bring him in, bring him in. 79 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:09,080 The black smith had a new shoe, a bright shoe, a nail-ed-on tight shoe and he put it on my pony. 80 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:17,640 You see, he held the pony's leg between his legs and nailed it on and away went the little boy 81 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:24,520 riding. Clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, 82 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:31,240 clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap, clippity-clap. That's all. I was still 83 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:38,920 riding. Yes, that's the sound the pony made when he had all four of his horse shoes, pony shoes, 84 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:47,080 pony shoes, pony-clap, clippity-clap. What is this you made of? Iron? 85 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:56,440 Now, how is it put on the foot as a horse as a pony? Well, I think it's nailed on. 86 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:03,640 That's what the blacksmith does. Do you think that hurts? No, friendly. No, because a horse or a 87 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:11,960 pony has special feet, hard, something like my feet. Yes, but do you have horses? No, you don't 88 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:19,320 have shoes. Well, you don't have to walk on hard roads much, do you? No, not much. You can walk 89 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:30,440 where it saw grass and fields, things like that. Well, now we know that it's bad luck to lose a 90 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:38,760 horse shoe if you're a horse and a bad luck to lose a pony shoe if you're a pony. 91 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:53,400 Clippity-clap, clippity-clap, who wrote the book? Do you remember Margaret Frisky? Yes. You know, 92 00:10:53,400 --> 00:11:03,080 who made the pictures? Gene Edgerton. Gene Edgerton. And you know who made the book? 93 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:17,240 Children's Press. And it was about a pony. And not only a pony, but all the other animals. 94 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:25,800 Oh, yes. Who don't have shoes? That's right. Because they can do special things with their 95 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:33,400 feet. And if they had shoes, they couldn't, like a duck. That's right. They couldn't do all those 96 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:39,080 things. No, a duck couldn't swim as well if the duck had shoes to get full of water. I never thought 97 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:44,120 that. Or a squirrel. If a squirrel was wearing shoes, he couldn't climb a tree. That's right. 98 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:55,800 But it's nice for some of us to have shoes. Giant has to have big boots. You ready? I'm tired. 99 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:17,080 Good night, Jerome. Good night, friendly. 100 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:28,680 It is late. This little chair will be waiting for one of you. And the rocking chair for another. 101 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,800 There's a big arm chair for two more to curl up. And when you come again to our castle, 102 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,760 I'll close the big front doors and pull up the dropper jacket you've gone. 103 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:51,720 Maybe the cowl will jump over the moon. It will be a horse. Good night. Good night. 104 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:54,840 The friendly giant is Bob Humming. Jerome, the giant giraffe, is Ken Oast. Ed Sprague is the 105 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:01,000 director. The friendly giant is created and produced for Wisconsin's educational television 106 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,320 station WHA TV by Bob Humming.