Skipper Learns a Lesson (1952)

[Music] once upon a time in a neighborhood pretty much like yours perhaps there were some children who played together all the time there was Betty Mike Pete and Larry they had lots of fun digging in a vacant lot one day a new girl moved into the neighborhood her name was Susan and she had a dog whose name was Skipper Skipper was was a cute little dog and Susan was very fond of him she liked to pet him and play with him she liked to teach him tricks too of course Skipper loved Susan he liked to play with her and he liked to do the trick she' taught him but fond as Susan was of Skipper she didn't want to play with him all the time and when the children who Liv in the neighborhood came along she was glad to see them they invited Susan to play in the vacant lot with them Larry said come and play with us we're digging a trench Mike said if you'll come and play with us you can have one of our shovels you should see our trench Pete said it's long and wide and deep too we're having fun I'd like you to play with us said Betty I've been hoping a girl would move into our neighborhood please come Susan decided to play with the children she asked Skipper to come along but Skipper refused to go he didn't like the looks of these new children and he wouldn't play with them while Susan and her new friends went off to have a good time Skipper stayed at home on the porch I won't have anything to do with such funny looking children he told himself so he just stayed there and soaked now there were some dogs in this neighborhood they belonged to Susan's new friends they played together too when they saw Skipper sitting alone on the porch they came over to ask him to join them but when the first dog came up and invited Skipper to play Skipper looked at him and barked a mean bark I won't play with you he said you have a funny shape the first dog's feelings were hurt so he turned around and left the second dog came up to Skipper come and play with us he said but Skipper didn't like the size of this dog he was too big so he snarled and barked at him telling him to go away the big dog backed away he was a nice dog and didn't want to fight Skipper looked at the third dog who was still sitting on the lawn and he snarled and barked again in the meanest voice he could manage I don't like the color of that dog's coat he said to himself he snarled and barked some more and he chased the new dogs all the way down the street as Skipper trotted back to the porch he thought to himself I certainly won't play with dogs like those I don't like their looks I'll just wait until a dog who's the right size shape and color comes along or I won't play at all so Skipper just sat and sat and sat but soon he got tired of sitting he decided to look for something to do no Skipper don't go into the garage there's poster paint in there no Skipper Skipper uh-oh poor skipper poster paint all over him and off he went to find Susan to ask her to clean him up as he started down the street he met the first dog go away said the dog go away you look funny Skipper was surprised no one had ever spoken to him like that before but the new dog sounded so angry that Skipper thought he'd better leave and then he met the second dog the second dog looked at Skipper and said go away you're funny maybe you don't remember me Skipper said to him I'm Skipper you wanted to play with me before not now said the second dog go away he sounded angrier than the first dog and just as Skipper was about to leave the other dogs came up hiding behind the big dog the third dog said go away Skipper we don't like you Skipper had had enough look he said you're all being pretty silly this is just paint on me it's only on the Outside Inside I'm no different than I was before you're the silly one said the big dog we don't care what you're like on the outside it's inside that matters and inside you're not a nice dog and then the three dogs chased Skipper all the way home back on his front porch Skipper fell F very sorry for himself he whimpered and complained in the saddest voice he could [Music] manage in the vacant lot where she was playing Susan heard Skipper with the other children following her she raced off to see what was wrong as soon as she saw him she knew what was wrong she went into the house for soap water and a wash tub in the backyard all the children helped give Skipper a good bath and while they washed him Skipper did a lot of thinking I have been a silly dog he said to himself imagine not liking others because of their looks while the children dried him he thought some more size shape or color make no difference after all being nice is the only thing that counts and being nice is something inside nothing else really matters after Skipper was washed and dried everyone went back to play in the vacant lot the other dogs were there Skipper said to them I'm sorry about the way I behaved I'd like to play with you now if you'll let me after that everyone played together and had a good [Music] time and of course Susan was very proud of [Music] skipper