 of the woodland! Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, showing rare courage in the face of disaster, in the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad car. Ranger Bill, his mind alert, already smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission. And all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done! I must, hold on. Gotta get up. Can't. In and back. My leg. Must be broken. Too near the edge. This is a fine fix. The bottom of this small canyon. No one ever knew I went hunting this morning. Where'd my rifle go? I don't see it. I wonder if I could crawl over to that small waterfall. I should have something to drink. It's getting so warm. Maybe that's enough for now. So much pain. Listen to me. No one can hear me down here. There isn't anyone to hear me. Probably isn't anyone within miles. Suddenly so dizzy. Oh boy! We're right on the happy birthday song, and when the time finally comes to spring it at him all he can say is, boy! Maybe this one rare time that Henry had lost for words. This very is. You guys, boy! You haven't seen the half of it, pal. We've got a few presents here for you. Oh, you shouldn't have. That's exactly what everybody says, and people do it anyhow. That's right. Gray Wolf got those gifts out of hiding, will you? You sure fooled me. Yeah, your presents, Henry. You open up. I think we sing it enough, Stumpy. Gray Wolf's right, old timer. Let's just let Henry get to the presents, huh? Heller works out a tune, works hard to put it together, and they only use it once. So it's party. Okay, Stumpy, if you want to play it, I'd like to hear... Oh, stop it, Henry! Let's see what you got for your birthday. As if you didn't know already. Hey, this one's kind of heavy. Let's get it open, Henry. You like it, pal? Like it? I'll say. I've been saving for a camera, but I've never been able to buy one like this. That must have cost a lot of money. Both Stumpy and I gave it to you, pal. We figured since your grades have been up and you were interested in photography, we might as well encourage you to do the best. Oh, that's just like you guys. How can I ever say thanks? Just use it well, Henry. This camera's too good to fool around with. I'll have to take good care of it. What's this? Well, you open and see. Well, this is from you, Gray Wolf. Oh, that's so... That's so swan and lightin'. Well, I rather stingy, all right. It looks like some kind of ticket or something. Well, you read. This entitled bearer to one... Hey, Bond! Do you know what this is, Plorn? What's that, pal? You know that terrific helicopter with a scenic cruise over the mountains? The one that takes all afternoon and flies over all the most tremendous places? Yeah, what about it? Well, that's what this ticket is for. I can take that ride. Boy, how many times I've wanted to ever, since it started, say you'd knew it all the time, didn't you? Well, we weren't too secretive about what we were giving, yeah. Ah, we glad you like our gifts. We's your art, pal. Happy birthday. Thanks a lot. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't stumpy. I think Henry here enough of our nice voices. Why, you fellas are the best friends a guy could ever have. Manatee agency who arranges flights want to know how soon you take scenic flight. He say that soon many people will want to fly over beautiful sites and it harder to get time you want. That's right. They only take a few people at a time in those little copters. I sure am anxious to go. Why not go this afternoon, pal? It's your birthday. Well, weren't you expecting me to help out here at the ranger station? On your birthday, not on your life. If you want to take flight today at a good time. It is? Yeah, man, tell me, there are plenty of rooms this afternoon. I somehow think you might want to take it today. Well, if it's all right. It's okay here, pal. Go ahead. Great. Hey, what's that, Henry? I can take my new camera along and get some swell shots from the helicopter. That's a good idea. And by the way, it's all loaded and ready to go. Oh, boy. There's a boy again. Well, you'd better get ready, Henry. Looks like you're going to have an eventful day. I call mine and tell him you take flight today. I can hardly wait to start taking shots of that beautiful mountain country. I used to think this was a beautiful country. Some beauty. I stare at that waterfall much longer without a drink. I'll dry up. I wonder how bad I'm hurt. Must have fallen a long way. I can't afford to get dizzy and pass out again. I wonder how long I've been down here. I'm so hungry. On Thursday, only someone would come along. They'd never hear me, even if I called. I don't have much of a voice left. How could I do a thing like this? Go off without telling anybody. They're great, aren't they? No, look at me. Probably most of my bones broken, lying at the bottom of a ravine without any... Hey, hey, what's that? Am I hearing things? No, I'm not. I mean, yes, I am. That's a plane. There it is. Hey, help me. They'll never hear me. Hey! They didn't even see me. So then we made a sharp bank and started back through the area near Moose Club. Oh, that far away. You really got money's worth. Your money's worth, Grey Wolf. And we sure did. Did you get the good pictures, Henry? I hope so. They sure were some pretty sights. I used up two whole rolls of film. Have any trouble holding still while you were taking them? The helicopter sure was bouncy. But the instructions on the camera said that with that fast film I was using, it wouldn't hurt a lot to move. I'll be anxious to see those pictures. Oh, me too. Say, did you know about a little waterfall that's way back in that part of the forest? A waterfall? Can't say it. I've never heard of it, too. Or seen it, for that matter. Seems to me I have heard that there's one back in there. That's a pretty dense country, though. But the only reason we'd ever go back that far is for a forest fire or something. Did you see the falls? Sure did. The pilot hovered over them for a little while. Let me take some really swell shots if they turn out. No, take meters. Never stop amazin' me. Think of being able to hang in midair just about anywhere you want to. Did you drop down near the falls? Oh, no. It's way too small. The pilot said that there wasn't any way to get into that little crevice, except to fall into it, I guess. It's so small that even a helicopter couldn't land in there. Sounded like a nice little place, Henry. Oh, it really was. Kind of clean and untouched, you know? Like nobody had ever been there, and I was the first person seeing it. I really couldn't tell the pilot how it made me feel, but it was just great. I'd be anxious to see pictures taking a small fall. Me too, Sonny. I never heard you talk that way about a place before. Must be something all right. I've got an idea. Why don't you develop those pictures tonight, Henry? How could I do that, Bill? Well, we have that developing equipment over at the ranger station. We get over there this evening and run your films through. Sure. I forgot about that stuff. Do you know how to develop films? Oh, sure. Back in the old days, when we weren't so busy around here, I used to dabble in photography as a hobby. And that's why that equipment is there. That'd be swell, Bill. I was anxious to see the pictures as anyone. Good. Stumpy and Grey Wolf will do the dishes. Hold it right there, Bill. Thanks for stopping him, Grey Wolf. I had a mouthful of coffee. Who's going to do the dishes? Well, I just thought that... Maybe you lost during working hours on an emergency, Bill. But when it comes to housework, you just bill Jefferson. Come on, fellas. Don't you want to see the pictures? That's right. Don't you want to see the pictures? I think I'd enjoy them a lot more if I knew that the dishes were done. I agree with Old Timer. Well, then do them. Easy as all that. Boy, I spent all afternoon flying over beautiful natural wonders and take two old rolls of film that would inspire y'all. And what do I come back to? I give up. Hey, something just come to mind. What's that, Grey Wolf? Henry, only one of us who hasn't worked hard all day. Why not he do the dishes? It's my birthday, fellas. Besides, I have to unload my camera. Thanks. I'll get right to gathering the film and stuff and meet you at the station right away, Bill. See you there in a few minutes. Well, fellas, if you'll excuse me, I'm wanted over at the station for important business. Be sure to use lots of good hot water. Grey Wolf. Yeah? How did we get stuck? I'm not sure, but we stuck. Who ever thought I'd get stuck in a place where drinking water would be so good? Oh, that's good. I must crawl the whole day to get here. Looks like the sun is starting to go down. Some speed, about 20 feet a day. I have to sign up another person since that helicopter went over early today. I wonder if anyone ever comes near this place. So hungry. My back is throbbing. So why did this have to happen to me? What did I ever do to deserve a thing like this? God! God, I guess there's just you and me around here. Why did this happen to me? Well, I guess I really didn't expect one. I'm as good as anybody if I deserve this everybody does! Oh, what's the use? I must be cracking up. Here I am trying to talk to God. Just like you hear about people doing before they die. Well, I don't need to talk to you, God. I never talked to you before. Well, I start now. Think all of them came out? I don't know yet, pal. They're about fixed now, though. Now, let's throw them up this red light and see. They look pretty good. Kind of hard to tell with just the negatives. Can't really make some friends. Now, these negatives will have to dry a bit first. We'll wash them, pin them up, and it won't take long to dry. Good. There, that's a quick wash. Now we'll hang them up, and then we'll just wait in the other room. Good idea. Sure does get hot in here with that dryer on. Well, you should notice a difference out here in the office. Might even be nicer outside while we wait, huh? How much time will it take? Better give them about 15 minutes to dry. Then can we make up some prints? I really want you to see some of them. Especially that little falls. Oh, sure. We'll do it as soon as they've had a chance to dry. Right now, let's step out and enjoy some of this night air. Let's stay, sir friend. We're gonna die. We might just as well get used to the idea. The only way anyone could get down here is the way I did. Fall in. No one ever comes as far into the forest anyhow. I'm going to die. I never thought about it before. Really, I'm going to die. Why me? God, what did I ever do to deserve this? What am I talking about? Everybody dies. What am I, something special? Besides, what did I ever do not to deserve this? That's a good question, isn't it? Done some nice things in my life. But so has everybody. That's nothing special. Done some bad things too. So what? If what good and what bad you do decides I will stand with God, it'll be too easy to fool around with. Always do enough good to make up for the bad. Oh, that's nuts. God wouldn't go for that. I'm going to die. And I'm no better than anyone else in the world. I figured it would, Grand Wolf. Ah, you fast washer old timer. You should have had a lot of practice with this time, don't you think? Well, you should have, but I'm not sure you have had. Ah, just what do you mean by that, remark young fella? Well, something you do when we do dishes make me think you fast because you're in a hurry. Not because you know what you're doing. Ah, give me a, for instance. Ah, for instance, you put all greasy pans in water to be washed first. Well, they were the dirtiest. Dish water even dirtier when we get to plates and glasses. And the lesson. What lesson? Chief Gray Wolf here was just about to give lessons on the right way to wash dishes. I think old timer could use them. Are you two still trying to get those dishes done? They're done, they're done. Chief Gray Wolf wants to get them out and start again. I'd much rather take a look at pictures Henry bursting to show us. Why, do they turn out swell too? Here they are. Hey, they really do look good. That camera pretty easy to work. Nothing to it. Now look at this one. Know who those men are? Like that. This young whippersnapper took one of us from up in the air. Look like your hair thinning on top, Stumpy. It sure does, old timer. It's just the way the light was shining, that's all. And look at it. Here's a shot of naughty pine from the air. Look how it's growing. Becoming more like big city every year. That's what the pilot said too. Hey, sonny, where's that little ravine and waterfall you were talking about before? I'd like to see that right off. I'd like to see that too. Here they are. I got a couple of good shots of it. Can you see okay, Bill? We looked at them over at the station. Looks like a beautiful spot, all right. I'll say. Well, it sure looks beautiful, all right. And you say no one ever goes up there? Well, that's what the pilot said. He said that the country was so rugged that it was almost impossible to get there. Might be a nice place to try to get to on a vacation sometime. I was thinking the same things, Stumpy. You sure no one ever go there, Henry? Well, as far as I know, why? Well, a funny thing in this picture. Look a little like man. Oh, let's see. You look too, Bill. See? Right there in your big tree. Now that you've mentioned it, Grey Wolf, it does look a little like a man. Kind of hard to tell, huh? I wish we had color film. That'd be just a shadow or a rock or something. Yeah, that's probably it. I have hard-worked imagination. I don't know, Grey Wolf. Now that you've mentioned it, it looks more and more like a man lying at the bottom of that crevice. Oh, God. God, if everybody does good at bed, how is anyone supposed to get right with you? I'm going to die here. And I'm starting to get scared about it. It isn't fair. Why didn't somebody make me think about this a long while ago? No, it's too late. Here I am ready to die, and I know I'm what the preachers would call a sinner. And I know it's too late to do anything about it. God, God hear me. I can't die now. I've never paid any attention to you at all. And I'm afraid that you won't pay any attention to me now. Oh, Father, why didn't Heaven... How does that go? Oh, God, please help me. Please save my life. If you do, if you will, with your help, I'll live all the rest of the life the way you want. I promise, I promise, I promise. Take a look through this magnifying glass, Gray Wolf. I'm more sure than ever that that is a man down there in this picture. I think that too. It's a good thing that that's such a clear shot. Let's see those other pictures of the Falls area, Henry. Yeah, here they are. I want to see every inch of it. Hey, look here. Just at the very edge of that picture. That part of man all right. Part? Just part of him in the picture, Stumpy. Fellas, we've got to get up to that little crevice. If that really is someone down there, he's in trouble. Sorry to have had to get you out on this time of night, pilot. That's all right, Ranger. I wasn't asleep long anyhow. You really think there's a man down in that little Falls, huh? Well, we have good reason to suspect so. Funny we didn't see him today, kid. We didn't, but my camera dead. Oh, is that so? We'll be there pretty soon. These landing lights are plenty bright enough to search that place out. The only one trouble... Oh, what's that? Well, even if you do see someone down there, you're still in kind of a mess. Trouble? Oh, yeah, I forgot. Sure, like I was telling the boy here this afternoon, there's no way to land this copter down there. As far as I can remember, there is anywhere nearby to land, either. How about this hoist? Does it work? Sure. We'll be using to pick up and deliver things during the off season. Like it hold my weight? It'll hold four times your weight. Oh, oh, I see, sure. He's not someone down there and you want to go down? I guess we could lower you that way. Good enough. Maybe if I go a long down, you might need help. That's a good idea, Gray Wolf. We'll see what we can see first. You got the first aid kit, Stubby. Ah, sure do, Sonny. But if it's all the same to you, I think I'll stay up here in this aid meter. I never was too interested in doing circus acrobatics. There's the place. Up ahead there. Ah, that place on picture, all right. Now if you'll hover right over the falls there, and try and those powerful landing lights around, we'll see what we can see. Great. Try over that way. That's where man was in picture. I don't see anything. Now there's nothing there at all. Then we know he's here. What? That's right, Sonny. If the picture showed a man and there ain't anything at all there now, that means he moved. Bill, look there. My falls. How about that? It's a man, all right. Looks like he's out cold. Either that or it did. Let's get down there and take a look. He alive, all right, but in bad shape. Well, fella, Mr. Fallon almost all the way down from the top up there. It's like both legs are broken. How'd you tell her what's wrong? Take it easy, fella. Great Wolf. Yes, Bill. Let's gather a few branches and make a makeshift stretcher. Then we'll hook it up to the hoist and take this fella out. All right, Bill. We better hurry. Helicopter not have enough gas to last all night. What are they doing down there? That beats me. It looks like they're gathering branches or something. Do you think they're making a fire? I don't know what for. Well, whatever it is they're doing, they better hurry up. I can't hover all night on one tank of gas. Look, we're going to put those branches together. Sure, they are. I see what they're doing. Yeah, what's that? It's an old jumble stunt. They're making a stretcher to put that fella on. Looks like a good idea. It is. Boy, they sure are putting it together in a hurry. Well, Bill's a sick man up here. Looks like he wants more line. He probably wants to hook that stretcher up. Let's take on to that fella in time. I look like they understand you, Bill. Here come more line. Good. I think this stretcher will hold nicely. Let's move this man on to it and get him up there. You take head. I'll get his feet. All right. I think we better cradle him more, though, Gray Wolf. No telling how many bones are broken. Right. Easy now. That's it. Got it. Got it. Oh, God. God. Easy, fella. God has hurt you. I promise. That's your all set, Bill. Okay to take off. Good. I'll signal them up there. There he go. He in bad shape. Physically, maybe. But I'm not too sure spiritually. What do you mean, Bill? I got the idea just now that he's made a promise to God. It might be well for us to keep in touch with him while he recovers. Maybe we can be of help when he's strong enough to think about that promise. So you see, Fred, how much good or how much bad we do really isn't the deciding factor. As far as that goes, we're all pretty much in the same boat. Only takes one sin to make a sin. That's what I figured out down there in the valley, Bill. But what about you? You don't do bad things, do you? Well, if I don't, it's only by the grace of God. You see, his Holy Spirit has come into my life to change me, Fred, to remake me into what God would have us all to be. All I must do now is to be open to his work. That's hard to understand, Bill. But I can see that in your case, what you say must be true. How can I have this for myself? I made a promise, you know. Yes, I know, Fred. Well, God begins to remake a man the moment that he accepts God's verdict on his sins. There's no other verdict for me but guilty. Oh, yes, there is another verdict. What's that? Forgiven, on the basis of God's own working. How many times have you seen those signs, Christ died for our sins? Lots of times. I never thought much about it except that something religious. You see, Fred, to be forgiven, sin must be punished. And God sent his only son into the world to live the exact kind of life we ought to live. And to die and suffer the exact punishment that we should suffer. But it doesn't sound fair to Christ, I mean. Only a concern, a love, far beyond anything we can hope to understand would go through with an act like that, Fred. And he did. And all we must do is to see our need and believe that as the signs say, Christ died for our sins. That's when the transformation takes place. Bill, Bill, I want to accept God's way. I want to tell God how much I need him. Go ahead, Fred. I can guarantee that he's listening right now. You know, boys and girls, the Bible says that all things work together in a pattern for good to those that love God. Fred learned that the minute he began to love God. And maybe you know it too, huh? Well, see you next week for more adventure with... RANGER! Ranger Bill was produced in the radio studios of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.