 Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill. Pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions. Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. Sometimes, fellas and girls are inclined to persecute the fella who lives next door or goes to school with them. Oh, they don't do it deliberately. It's done because they think that a fella who doesn't care the fist fight is a city. You know what I mean. Right now, you're thinking of someone like this. But fist fighting doesn't mean that a fella is a gentleman, or that he's got courage and determination. I know a teenage land who has a great ability with music. But he doesn't like fist fights. His name is Roger Holmes. Listen for the story of the fighting system. Come on, Raj. Put up your dukes and fight. Come on, I had a tiny thing to do. What's the matter, you're afraid? No, I'm not afraid of you, eh? I'm afraid I might hurt my hand. I'm afraid he might hurt his hand. He's afraid of you. I am not. He's afraid he might hurt his paws. I'll fight that fight. Come on, Hag, stop sculling. Let him have it. Well, this won't take long. Raj, I'm gonna clobber you. What for? I haven't done anything to you. That's because you think you're so smart at the piano. That's why. You mean you're going to beat me up because I like music? Yeah. You're always so snooty about it. That's the why I always talk to you so much. That ain't cool. Hag, make him take that back. Come on. You're calling me a liar, Roger? Take it any way you like. I'll show you what I like. Right in the nose. Come on, Hag. Come on, I'm stuck around. Come on, here. All right. Come on. Come on, come on, come on. Hey, hey. What's going on here, fellas? Uh, we're having a fight. Hello, Roger. Hello, Bill. What's the trouble? Just the difference of opinion, I guess. The difference of opinion, my eyes. The good thing you showed up right here, your friend would have gotten a turn up out of it. Hey, look, you fellas are about to shove off. How many does it take to fight one? Go on now. Run along. Right now. Just go on. You all right, Roger? Yeah, I guess so. Let me drive you home. We can talk things over on the way, huh? How'd you happen to come along at the right time, Bill? Well, that's a good question, Roger. I must have had something on my mind. Turned into the street, pulled up into the alley, turned around. It was like a Lord's plan that I should find you in trouble, huh? I don't know what you mean, Bill. You mean the Lord's plan that you should find me here? Roger, many times strange things happen. You don't realize the Lord's plan is to happen for a definite purpose. I still don't get you, Bill. That's no wonder, Roger. I guess that made myself clear. That's your house up ahead there, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, we study it fast. I'd like to explain a little more when I said about the Lord if you wanted to. Sure. What's the commemple, Wild Bill? I'd like to play for you, too, if I could. Hey, I'd like nothing better than to hear you play, Bill. You've got an audience. Ah, with a fine solo, Roger. Play any other instruments? Yeah, the organ. I'd like to sit in the high school auditorium. I'd like to hear you. You have real talent in music. Yeah, but I can't... I can't do much else. I like fighting. I'm no good at all. Well, do you think that's absolutely necessary? Well, I'd like you to send myself when the soloist starts picking on you. Ah, they're just jealous of your musical ability, Ron. Say, have you ever thought of using your musical talent for the Lord Jesus Christ? You're talking over my head again, Bill. What do you mean? Well, you go to Sunday school or church, don't you? No, my dad doesn't believe in it. He thinks I'm a city because I like music and I want to go to church. So rather than have trouble, I stay on way. See, well, you've heard about God, haven't you? Oh, sure. Everybody has heard about God. God has a son, Jesus. Oh, I've heard about him, too. But do you know him, Ron? Jesus isn't only God's son. He's our savior, too. You need a savior. I don't understand. Please explain. Sure. Let me tell you all of what God has done for you. You see, in the beginning of this world, God tested the first man as to what sort of stuff he was made of. And Adam, sorry to say, chose to disobey God, and thus has affected his descendants all down through the years. Men today have a tendency to sin. Just take a glance at the paper tonight and you'll find that item after item tells about man's sin. Yeah, I guess you're right, but I'm not the bad sinner. The Bible tells us that all that sin has come short of God's glory, Roger. Now, this doesn't mean just violence. Why could we say that we sin even when we don't include God in our life? Just sort of ignoring. But the bright side of the truth is this. That despite man's failure, God is made a way to blot out all the past and give man a new start. It's through the death of Jesus Christ. For in that, he was punished for our sins. With the penalty of our sins paid, we have eternal life. Then it's all automatic. No, that's where we as individuals come in, Roger. God has made it possible for us to be saved from our sins. But we have to agree to it. We have to receive Christ as our own Savior. That, briefly, is what God calls the gospel. The good news of salvation. Bill, how can I become a sinner? Well, the first thing is to be sorry for your sins and come to Christ for cleansing. But Bill, I haven't done anything wrong. We've all come far short of what God wants us to be, Roger. Isn't that true? It must be true, because God says it is. I see. That is... Let me play the piano for you again, Bill. You all right, Roger? Is that piano alone? Oh, hello, Dad. I was just playing for Bill. Bill? Bill who? Dad, this is Ranger Bill Jefferson. Bill, I'd like you to meet my dad. How do you do, Mr. Holmes? My name's Frank, Ranger. Glad to meet you. Your son's a very fine musician, Frank. That's all right, as long as it isn't his whole life. I want him to grow up to be a man, learn to handle his fists, defend himself. Well, I think he'd be proud of his ability. Some folks would give their right arm to have his talent. Yeah. You've got to know how to face the struggles of life. That's the most important thing. You don't get it sitting down at the piano. That's as much a part of the struggle as anything else. But you don't know the facts. Well, every lad in the neighborhood tries to beat his ears off. Just because he can't defend himself. That's only a matter of instruction. You think so? And I tried to teach him the matter of forgetting about music and doing other things. See? Well, I'll be running along. Glad to have met you. Thanks for listening to me play, Bill. Thank you for playing, Roger. I'll give you some more some time. Sure, come over anytime. You needn't bother, Mr. Jefferson. He gets enough encouragement from his mother. Goodbye. Goodbye, sir. Bill, we go get reports from them on sick black bears. No, I agree, Wolf. If they're over a dozen sicks, we'll have to keep the tourists out of the park until we round up the crabby broons. That's right. Here come Roger Holmes up the street. Don't let Stumpy sleep too long. I'll see you later. Okay, Gray Wolf. Well, Roger's coming here, huh? Stumpy met the hitter, not in the log. Hello, Bill. Oh, Roger. This is a surprise. Good about in. Are you busy? I don't want in enough. Never too busy to have a chat. You have a chair, young fella. Thanks, Bill. Very kind. Forget it. I like to talk to people, especially young people. Hey, Stumpy, we got... Well, what's wrong, sonny? We've got a visitor, Stumpy. I'd like you to meet Roger Holmes. Roger, this is Stumpy Jenkins. Hello, Stumpy. I'm glad to meet you. Me too, young fella. You're the lad who can tickle the ivory so pretty, huh? Bill has been telling me about you. Well, I'm just average. Yeah, maybe so, but if you keep exercising those fingers of yours for the next five years, you'll be a witch. Thanks, Stumpy. Only I didn't come over to talk about music. I want to talk about fighting. Fighting? What do you mean, Roger? Bill, you think I could learn how to defend myself? Well, you sure you can, Roger. What's the stop? Well... Well, nothing, I guess. Only is it possible to learn without hurting my hands? It's hilarious, sonny. Only an amateur hurts his hands fighting. Yeah, but I'm not even a beginner, Stumpy. Well, I know the fella that can make you a veteran. You do? Are you asking to teach me? Ask him yourself. He's sitting right alongside of me. Hello, Bill. I'm here for my first lesson. Right on time, too. Roger, I'd like you to meet another of my rangers. This big fella here is Gray Wolf. Gray Wolf, this is Roger Holm. Ah, I met your dad. I'm plenty glad to meet you, too, Roger. So you're Gray Wolf. I've heard about you from Henry. Gray Wolf's going to work out with us for a few times, right? He and I will demonstrate how it's done. And we'll teach you. That's wonderful. I don't have any boxing gloves yet. You don't need boxing gloves for a long while. Bill and I teach you jiu-jitsu. Jiu-jitsu? But you can break somebody's neck with that, can't you? Take it easy, fella. We're only going to teach you some of the less dangerous old, mmm, than after you learn jiu-jitsu, we'll show you a little how to handle fists. Maybe I'm not going to be able to learn. Now, listen, young fella. Let's not have any doubts at all. The verse in the Bible that says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Remember those words? They were spoken by the Apostle Paul, a man who suffered from infirmities and doubt as to his own abilities. But he depended on the Lord for his strength and health. I will do them. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. That's it? I feel better already, Bill. Yeah. Now, let's go into the back room. Get some gym mats on the floor there. Now, Gray Wolf and I will show you some jiu-jitsu holds. Watch and see how it's done. I'll watch closely, Bill. And you can try some holds. The biggest factor is surprise. Now, look. Boy, that's a good hold, Bill. Yeah. Now, it's your turn to try. You make sure you move funny and quick. Can I go through it first in slow motion? And, oh, boy, Roger. You think I'm catching on quickly enough? Catching on. You're doing it like a professional. Do you think Roger will play you for the rally, Bill? I don't know, Alzheimer. I hope so. Now, the auditorium's down at the end of the hall. Hey! The addition made to the high school sure makes it a big build, doesn't it? I'll say it does. Hey, Bill. I can hear the young failure squeeze in the pipe now. Yeah. It does a good job, doesn't it? Now, here's the door, something. That was terrific, Roger. Made me tinkle right down to my little toe. Thanks. Now, Roger, I came over for a special purpose. To ask you to play at the Youth for Christ rally a week from Saturday night at the Goose Lake Auditorium. Well, I, uh... I, uh... Now, don't just sit there and make noise like a bullfrog, Ron. I don't feel that I could live up to the expectation, so... Listen, Roger. Remember what the apostle Paul wrote? Yes. I can do all things through Christ with strength in His name. Right. With a promise like that, you don't have a thing to worry about. Okay. I'll play for the rally. Keep your chin in, Roger. Nobody don't hang one on it. Like this? Yeah. Now, keep your left in my face. There are the men all the time. Save your right for the sledgehammer punch. Watch for an opening now. Use your right. I didn't mean to hit you, Bill. Never mind that. Watch for another opening. Then go your heavy-duty punch. Change your headquarters to build everything, speaking. Hello. Come home. How are you, sir? What do you mean, Frank? Call that Tommy Ruffin. You heard me. Do you think I am a sissy? You have one small doubt that I am a sissy. I'd be glad to show you otherwise. According to your logic, I am a sissy, Frank. I like music. I attend church and Sunday school, and I don't go around picking fistfights. In fact, I do everything I can to avoid trouble. Why is it different? I plead. Why can't? The fact of the matter is that you haven't taught your son the real values in life. Let me tell you something, Frank. You've given the boy a good home as far as physical comfort is concerned, but you haven't developed his spiritual and moral life. Some of our greatest men came from poor homes. They were taught to fear God and to love his son. They were given sound spiritual training. As Christ is his savior, he'll be grounded on a solid foundation. Believe me, Frank, there is no other foundation that will weather the storms of life. Do now. Well, that's something we'll have to find out. Again, force, Roger. All we can do is teach him. And pray. And wait. Here comes Roger, you guys. As soon as he gets to the alley, we'll jump in. He won't get away. Okay, get him! Okay, Bob. Now, be hanged before it rains, you're friends. So you'd like to get ducked, huh, Roger? So you're gonna get the beating you've got coming. Grab him, buddy, so he can't run. Now, wait a minute. All right. You're asking for it. Go! Hey, that's dirty fighting. Smile on him, gang. What's the matter, Hank? Are you playing a joke on me yourself? I'll show you if I'm afraid. That's complete peace. Somebody's taught him to give to him. Can't fight with his fists. He's got to use that fancy stuff. Go ahead and show him, Roger. Hey, it doesn't rank him up. Will, where'd you come from? I've just been keeping an eye on you. Look, if these fellas want to fight fairly, I've got boxing gloves in my car. Get them and take a couple of these fellas over the ropes. Yeah, go ahead. I don't want to. Hey, Roger, remember what Paul said? Paul? Paul who? Oh, sure, Bill. I'll get the gloves. I won't be but a minute. Last time you hit me, Roger. Yeah, come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, come on, come on. Yeah, come on. Maybe. You missed. Wonderful, Roger. I don't think you'll have any more trouble when the word gets around if you feed up two of the toughest guys in school. The credit's all yours, Joe. It was a pleasure, right? And we'll see you Saturday evening at Goose Lake, huh? Yeah, I'm all practiced up. Good. Say, Roger. Yeah, Bill? Why not invite Hank and Bonnie's gang to the meeting? A good idea. I'll do it. See ya. Hello, Roger. Hello, Frank. Hi, Bill. We got here a lick of time. It's like we're in for a bad storm. Yeah. It's bad, all right. Shall we go inside? Yeah, it'll be a good idea. Big gang of kids. Yeah. We got a good crowd tonight. The meeting's about ready to start. Bill, I think Leighton's hit the building. We better do something before these kids stand to eat. You all right, Frank? All right. Get to the target. Wait right here. Wait. Let's get out of here, boy. The building's cracking up. Yes, we will. Yeah. Give me a hand. Come on. Come on. Yeah, let's get this picture, Mayor. Okay. Gentlemen, please, please. Ladies and gentlemen, we're here to pay tribute to a courageous young man. He climbed the stampede of young people by playing the organ until they were safely outside the burning auditorium at Goose Lake. He risked his whole life to save the lives of others. As Mayor of Naughty Fine, it gives me real pride to present this medal of merit to you, Roger Holmes. Ladies and gentlemen, a reception will be held in my office. You're all invited to help us honor Roger Holmes. Bill, how's my dad taking all this? You think I convinced him? I'm not a city. You'll find out, Roger. Here he comes now. Hello, Bill. Thank you for everything you've done. Roger, will you forgive your dad for being such an ordinary old mule? I'm ashamed of myself. Dad, what are you ashamed of? None that I ever called you a sissy. But Dad, I was scared. Dad, I can't believe some. But I was. When I was playing the organ, I was so scared I almost forgot how to play. Then I thought of what the apostle Paul said. The apostle Paul? What did he say? He said, I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me. That's right, Roger. The Lord can give you the courage and strength to meet any emergency or any problem. I guess Bill proved that you don't judge a man by the size of his knuckles, but by the courage and faith he has in his heart. Well, see you next week for more adventures with Ray!