 Your coca-cola bottler presents, Claudia, based on the famous play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke and now Claudia Mama? Where are you? I'm here in the kitchen. Why? Oh, I just wondered. You want something? No You're going to be long? But then I'm making a dessert. What do you want? Nothing. Where are you? What are you doing? How long you're going to be and then when I come in to you You don't want anything. Oh the house is so sort of empty I was just trying to make up my mind whether you were coming back in here Or if it was worth the trouble to go out in the kitchen to find you and it wasn't worth the trouble Well, you were coming in The house is sort of empty without David I I suppose it is sort of good training training. What? David's off hunting with Jimmy Men make such an important business of the things they do with men I suppose when barbie grows up he and david will be off together all the time on men's business Just what do you include under the heading of men's business? Oh Fishing hunting David walking off the fields with one 12 year old boy and one 22 rifle hunting expedition He's sweet, isn't he Jimmy? Yes, he's a sweet boy. I didn't mean Jimmy. I meant David Forgot you have a single-track mind Yes, David's very sweet too I'm going to have a lot more sons Because David's sweet What better reason? He's wonderful with boys Be a great waste if a whole lot of boys didn't have him for a father See I'm going to make a career of it for him It's awful for a child not to have a father, isn't it? It's always a tragedy Never easy Mom, it must have been awful for you With me after father died. It wasn't awful. It just stopped being wonderful I wish boys and men didn't feel they had to play with guns They're dangerous. I think you can set your mind to rest with David He's quite a competent man, you know, and he has after all been through a war Anything can happen with a gun anything Anything can happen anytime walking across the street driving to the station I learned that lesson with David's accident If people didn't feel they had to kill things The world would be a better place to live in Even little boys can be made callous to suffering And begin to think of guns as the way to settle Now try for the big red tomato in the middle of the can again, Jimmy Only this time I aim just a little to the right See there's a crosswind blowing and just a hair high to compensate compensate for the distance And keep my eyes open Yeah, yeah, now this time squeeze Squeeze don't pull the trigger but squeeze it Slowly now slowly squeeze I hit it All right now load up and try again Okay All right All right now take your time easy does it Eyes open squeeze Let it rip I hit it again Now go over there and look at it I have an idea you'll find two holes right in the middle of the tomato How about it Two holes right in the middle of the tomato Here look Mr. Norton right plum in the middle of the tomato That's all right shooting isn't it Right plum in the middle of the tomato is the best shooting there is Jimmy When it comes to a bullseye there isn't anything better than the best With a good rifle like this good rifle up along with my dad I guess that made it easier Yeah it's a fine rifle my good gun never hurts but it's the marksman behind the gun who hits the bullseye I mean I'm a marksman One of the best and David Norton will give witness and testimony to the fact anytime you want it Now how about setting up a can again and trying some more shots Oh gee Mr. Norton just shooting at a tin can that's not hunting anybody can hit a tin can You weren't so good when you started this morning But I hit the bullseye twice after you learned me how to squeeze right and keep my eyes open Gee look up there on that branch that robin You don't shoot robins jimmy I bet you I could hit it no bet jimmy I'm sure you could but there's certain things that a sportsman shoots and Certain things he doesn't and robins isn't one of them. No No, no sportsman shoots songbirds A sportsman shoots either what he has to eat or can eat or destructive animals. Oh Well woodchucks are destructive I suppose you could call them destructive but not very There's a woodchuck hole right over there by that stone wall if we walk careful We might catch him out of his hole, but we're careful All right jimmy careful does it Where right beside that big stone? He's sitting up He's just a little fella He looks like a baby bear washing his face with his paws He's dangerous. He is He looks awfully small to be Dangerous jimmy Don't make a noise or we'll lose him Of course you you might let him grow up a bit more. He's great big now. They don't grow much bigger than he is Now we'll be right quiet Eyes open Squeeze Oh, that did it. Oh, gee flip flop right over his back and into his hole. You scared him Jimmy I I didn't see that branch. It was clumsy of me. I I don't know how I could have stepped on that branch Hunter's got to be like indians. No noise at all If we'd been out after a big game, he would have lost it. Well, it was a small woodchuck and we lost it anyway How about going back to the tin can and we can get some real shooting in I'd be sissy to shoot at a tin can Hey, there's another woodchuck hole just up the wall always With your knowledge of every woodchuck's address in the county I don't know if they'll be grateful to me for teaching you how to shoot straight Now this time it won't make any noise More careful All right. I won't make a sound Look over that away I don't see anything Just under that blueberry bush. See it's white tail. It can even see its nose wiggling Yeah, I see it now. It's a It's a little cotton tail rabbit Don't move this time. Rabbits is scary. I won't move Are you uh Are you sure you want to shoot it eyes open Squeeze slow Did I hit it Don't you know I closed my eyes I'm afraid jimmy that you not only closed your eyes, but you Jerked the trigger Did I oh Well, it wasn't a very big rabbit. No, he wasn't a very big rabbit and you did everything all wrong But I'm afraid you hit him anyway. He fell over behind that turf grass It was sort of an accident I didn't deserve to hit it I won't share the rabbit up too much Now come on. Let's go to it. Do we have to? Yes, jimmy a Sportsman doesn't kill game and leave it in the field he shoots what he can use and no more but he uses it There there he is He's moving. He isn't dead. No, he isn't jimmy. Here's another lesson to learn never let living things suffer And if you ever wound an animal follow it for 20 miles if you have to so that you won't be guilty of letting it die a lingering death and torment Now you better finish what you began jimmy Maybe it isn't hurt bad. Maybe he won't You look at a mr. Norton. We'll both look at him jimmy. That's another lesson A real man never starts anything. He doesn't finish He's such a little rabbit. He was big enough when you aimed at him Look here second jimmy Now you didn't hit this rabbit Now that's an old wound somebody else shot it It's been hit by a shotgun pellet here in the leg Gee that's good. Is it good? You tried to shoot it I I didn't really try I I closed my eyes and jerked the trigger Why? So you wouldn't think me sissy Anyway, who wants to shoot a rabbit like this here little one? Say mr. Norton What do you think a hunters who shoot a rabbit and go off without finding and seeing if it's hurt or something? Do you know what I think jimmy? I think you've got the makings of a real sportsman in you I think you're a boy your dad would have approved of Will it die? Do you think? It's not badly hurt might pull through You could doctor it up. Maybe and I could nurse it and it'd be all right again And I could keep it for a pet. Yeah, she might live Look jimmy if you keep a rabbit for a pet It's going to spoil any fun. You'll ever have hunting rabbits Oh, who wants to shoot rabbits? Oh, I'll carry mr. Norton. I'll luzzle him inside my shirt if you'll carry the rifle Hey mama the mighty hunters of return Where? They just crossed the lawn to the door. David was carrying the rifle and jimmy was carrying Something it's natural for men to kill things. So just pretend you don't object You think I could eat anything that was Hey Hello darling. Hi. Hello mama. Hi mr. Norton. Well the hunters have returned. Welcome home There's a pot waiting on the stove. What do we eat venison wild boar caribou steak? No as I live rabbit Rabbit stew claudia. Where did you put that bottle of iodine one of you hurt yourself the iodine's here and then hooked up But I've given no casualties nothing to worry about. I brought home a rabbit. It moved. It's alive somebody shot it Here's the iodine some bandage and gauze. Who's hurt the rabbit mama Look jimmy take this first aid material and the rabbit and you'll find fritz out in the barn He's very good at fixing up animals. She thanks mr. Norton and thanks mr. Norton Mr. Norton learned me a lot about hunting. He's a real sportsman. He's a very remarkable man jimmy Very remarkable You go off hunting you bring back a wounded rabbit Wouldn't it have been simpler not to shoot the rabbit in the first place? There's such a small rabbit Well, it's uh It's a long story I'll uh, I'll tell you all about it when I get cleaned up I Have a sneaking suspicion There's more to this than meets the eye It is the wisdom of women claudia to let a man tell his hunting and fishing stories in his own time in his own way Just pray that he doesn't tell them too often Waiting for parcels waiting for service any kind of waiting is irksome even though you have time to spare That's why so many department stores and beauty shops have installed coca-cola coolers If there's a cooler handy you can drop a nickel in the slot get ice cold coke and wait refreshed Say mr. King mind if I interrupt you a second. Oh not at all jimmy What's on your mind? Oh nothing special except Except uh except that you've decided not to become a hunter. Is that it? Yeah, I guess so I decided that once for myself too. You did that's good That mr. Norton. He's got a right idea. I'm glad you agree with him. What a swell guy It must be great to be like him always know what you're doing Oh, I wouldn't say that david always knows what he's doing By jimmy there are times when claudia has him pretty rattled really well monday for instance A short episode at a second hand car lot rattles david plenty But then I I don't blame him. It's a pretty rattling experience boy I'll sure be around to find out what that is. Oh, I got to go home tomorrow So long mr. King. So long jimmy. Yeah good hunting Every day monday through friday claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again monday at the same time And now this is joe king saying olive wire And remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and ice cold coca-cola is everywhere The parts of claudia and david on this program were played by catherine bard and paul crab three And the entire production is supervised and directed by william brown maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola