Don't Get Angry (1953)

[Music] have you ever been as angry as Susan seems to be right now do you remember how quickly happen right in the middle of a game just when you were having a lot of fun and can you perhaps remember how you wished as Paul does that you could take your anger out on the person who made you angry oh no and have you too felt like throwing things or breaking them as Carol does because she's angry at her sister Susan and at Priscilla everyone gets angry now and then and feels like destroying or hitting something as Eddie is doing feeling angry is a natural thing just as natural as feeling glad or sorry things are disagreeable they make you act and look as well as but let's go back and see what made these boys and girl Angry then maybe we can better understand what happens to us when we get angry it all started in the park when Susan and Carol and their friend Priscilla were having a good time jumping rope you miss I did I said I did I saw you it's not your turn anymore it's Priscilla's turn now you take her I will not you and made Miss on the argument with Carol made Susan very very angry we all have arguments once in a while and it's natural to get angry and so when Carol refused to give in Susan quit the game and went home Susan nestled down on the soft couch and tried to forget her anger but somehow her feelings of anger didn't go away and Susan could not read or think of anything she wanted to do the trouble was that Sue's anger was still bottled up inside of her she felt as though she were bursting with unhappiness how could she get rid of her anger let's listen to what she has to say to Carol Susan may I borrow your tenis and I want to play with Priscilla no no you can't use anything of mine not ever I'm so mad at you what's the matter with you she's angry because she couldn't have her way when we were playing jump r she didn't play there oh now wait a minute let's talk it over Susan tell me all about it gradually Susan is getting rid of her anger angry feeling should be gotten rid of one way or another but always without hurting someone else let's leave Susan and her family now and see what made Paul angry and what happened to him Bo I bet this plane will fly for five minutes let fly longer Peak hey be careful there Eddie don't break it that's Peak boy wait till PE gets here we can take them out and slly them all around hi oh hi PE look at the planes I'm they wonderful come on let's go I'm not going to fly planes today I'm going to play ball but you said we fly our plane I said I would but I changed my mind besides that Jack said I could play first a we can fly planes tomorrow you're a heck of a guy first your promise then you break your promise so what that's the broken promise and disappointment have made Paul furiously angry things like this happen to all of us and we're pretty likely to get angry for a moment Paul stopped and thought about going to the gym where he hears Mr Jackson working with a punching bag but then he decided he didn't feel like going to the gym or like watching Mr Jackson so he went home like Susan Paul wished he could forget his anger but the more he thought about Pete the angrier he got [Music] you can see he didn't feel much like playing baseball nothing seemed like fun the anger was still in him he felt thoroughly [Music] upset perhaps we can understand better how Paul felt if we understand what happens to all of us when we get angry it's as if suddenly many parts of our body work harder and faster we feel great excitement hearts beat faster and the blood seems to rush quicker through the body sometimes a lot of blood rushes to the head our face gets flushed sometimes blood rushes to the stomach anger makes us feel sick all over sometimes we clench our fists or bite our nails often we feel as though we were like cattles filled with steam the angrier we get the stronger the pressure inside of us like the cett we must find some way to let the pressure out when Susan got angry at Carol in the park she got all stirred up inside and when Paul got angry at his friend P he too felt as though he were boiling over with anger but when Susan went home she didn't let her anger out and Paul made the same mistake you can see that Susan and Paul would have felt better if they had found a good way to let the steam off sooner because it is important to let out our angry feelings let's think of some different ways of getting rid of them one way would have been for Susan to tell Carol right away that she was furious at her then she might have gone on turning the rope and waiting for her turn to jump perhaps Susan would have jumped so hard that she could have jumped higher and better than she ever had and the girls would have admired her for doing so well or Susan could have looked for her mother as soon as she came home and told her all about her trouble talking difficulties over with friends parents Home Room teachers or the coach are good ways to get rid of anger if Susan had tried any of these ways she would have let her anger out and pleasant feelings would gradually have returned Susan then would have soon forgotten her troubles and gone on playing now let's see what Paul might have done to get rid of his anger when he passed by the gym he might have entered and then hi Mr Jackson hi Paul boy it sure feels good to get the old muscles loosened up again but I thought you going to be finding your model plane this afternoon we were but he ditched me well how'd that happen we were just about to fly our planes when Pete decide to play baseball here Paul you want to hit the bang had Paul started talking to Mr Jackson as soon as Pete left him or even decided to punch the pag his disappointment and anger would have dissolved and he would have begun to feel better right then perhaps as Paul pounded the bag he might have thought it was Pete every swing was a swing at Pete you think that would have helped Paul get rid of his anger anyhow with his feelings taken out on the punching bag Paul may have found that he wasn't Angry Anymore that evening Pete telephoned Paul to apologize for changing plans without talking first with Paul he knew that he'd been wrong when Paul told him how angry he'd been Pete asked if he could come right over and work with Paul on their airplanes so they had a good time together after all there are other ways too of getting rid of anger for instance see what Eddie is doing he is getting rid of his anger by drawing a picture of his aunt who a few hours before had scolded him his mother isn't home yet so he can't talk to her but he can make a funny picture of his aunt and that makes him feel better he's having so much fun drawing the picture that he forgets all about his anger perhaps you like Carol can imagine dreaming up a story about animals or people that would help you get the anger out of your system all these are good ways to get rid of anger they free us so that we can start having fun again you see the important thing is to let out our anger in some active Way by running or jumping or hitting the punching bag but we must be sure that we don't hurt or make others angry because if we remember what happens inside of us when we get angry we'll be more careful about making others angry and perhaps too when we get angry we'll think of the best ways to work our anger out of our system can you remember some of the good ways that helped Susan and Paul get rid of their anger what would you have done if you'd been Paul or Susan [Music]