Boy, i bet those beehives are just full of honey, arent they, opie . I wish they was. This late spring has got us messed all up. The late spring . Yeah, the clover aint bloomi and the fruit trees aint either. You know what, boys . Theres hardly enough honey around to keep the bees eatin. Well, if the bees cant find anything to eat, whatll they do . Its kinda hard to tell. Sometime, they just swarm up and leave. Leave . You mean for good . Opie yup. I might even have to leave with em, move to the country or someplace. Jeepers, opie, dont move away. Me and tommy will help, wont we, tommy . Well help the bees find honey. Sure, we will. How . Well, maybe find some new flowers for em or somethin. Yeah. We got flowers in our yard. Thats right. And mr. Wilsons got a yard full of flowers, opie. Two spoonsful for this one hey, theres good old mr. Wilson feeding the camellias their lunch. Hello, mr. Wilson. Why do they have to bother me now . Hi, mr. Wilson. Taking your nerve medicine . Thats what it is, all right. It smells awful, dont it . Yeah, he makes that stuff himself, dont you, mr. Wilson . Hey, mr. Wilson, you wanna play football with us . Yes, id love to play football with you, dennis. Swell. Catch. Did you see him catch that ball, tommy . Boy, youd make a swell allamerican, mr. Wilson. You hear me . Lets keep it over in your own yard. Ooh. Oh, my goodness. Whatoh, what did i oh, my. Dennis, is this your football . Sure, dad. You gave it to me for christmas, dont you remember . Well, if you cant watch where youre throwing, im gonna put it away. You nearly knocked my head off. Besides, you could have broken my glasses. Anyone who throws a football without looking where hes throwing it mitchell, im terribly sorry, but dennis did not throw that. I did. You . Ii dont know what to say. I know it was a very foolish thing to do. Boy, ill say. You could have knocked his head off. Yeah, and you might have busted his glasses. Yes, i know. Ino harm done, mr. Wilson. You should never throw a football without looking, mr. Wilson, because you might all right, dennis, thats enough. Run out and play. Isay, these are beautiful camellias. Are they new . Oh, this is my experiment here, mitchell. This is a crossbreeding of the best camellias ive raised in the last five years. Well, youve raised a lot of em. It must be a fascinating hobby. Oh, yes. Yes, sir. Some exciting things can happen sometimes with this crossbreeding. You never know. But you said you needed advice. Oh, yes. One of the men in our office is retiring and weve all chipped in together to buy him some garden equipment. I thought maybe you could advice me what i shoo. Oh, these bees, pesky things are getting to be a nuisance around here. Shoo. Darn bees. Jeepers, mr. Wilson, dont hit em. Theyre opie swansons bees. Theyre opie swanson . Opie swansons got some beehives. Theyre having a hard enough time trying to find honey without people hitting them. Well, gee, when they get all the honey out of mr. Wilsons flowers, opie is gonna give me some. Well, if theyre gathering honey for you, dennis, its all right. They can use my flowers. Gee, thanks, mr. Wilson. [music] boy, it sure is a good thing we looked in the house. Ill say it was. Theres enough flowers here for a barrel of honey. You dont think mrs. Wilson will get mad, do you . Heck, no. Mrs. Wilson loves kids and bees and besides, shes been seeing her mother in iowa. Oh. Mr. Wilsons sister is keeping house for him, and she wont mind either, and mr. Wilson said we could use his flowers. Thats what he said all right. Bees. Duck. Boy, the bees sure are glad about us bringing those flowers out. Theyre buzzing all around them. Hmm. You know what theyre not buzzing around . Those camellias. Look at that. They dont even go near em. Maybe they havent got any honey in em. Oh, i bet these big, fat camellias are just busting with honey. Say, i bet i know why the bees dont try em. They dont smell like anything. Youre right. They dont smell at all. If they smelled good like the honeysuckle and stuff, i bet the bees would go for em, all right. Sure they would. Hey, i got it, tommy. I know exactly what to do. Yeah. Come on. [music] ohh, thats no good. Boy, when i get through with those camellias, theyll smell sweller than any flower in town. It takes a lot of stuff to make your mom pretty. It does not. My mom was born pretty. She doesnt need all this stuff. Why does she buy it then . She just likes to spend money, thats why. My dad said so. My dad says that, too. He says mom is gonna send him to the poorhouse someday. Well, when my dad goes to the poorhouse, my mom will probably go with him, i bet. They go every place together. Hey, this smells good. Maybe the bees would like this. No, thats not perfume, anyhow. Thats called hairlocker. Hairlocker . Mom uses it to lock her hair down, so the wind wont blow it. Its the only thing we got thatll hold this down. Want me to give it a squirt . Heck, no. It makes my head feel puckery. Hey, i know just the stuff, tommy. [music] boost me up, will you, tommy . Mom said shes gonna throw this stuff away, but it smells real pretty. I bet the bees will go for this all right. I would if i was a bee. I bet theyll come zoomin right at those camellias when they smell this. [music] plenty of bees around here, all right. These oughta show em where the honey is. That smells good. It smells kinda like my grandpas apple trees. cause thats exactly what this perfume is apple blossom. Bees like apple blossoms. Sure, they do. Hey, look. Here comes one now. Hey, theres lots of em. We better get out of here and give em room cause we dont wanna make em nervous. No, sir, cause theres nothing worser than a nervous bee. Come on. I certainly appreciate your help, mr. Wilson. You really hammered merivales prices down for me. Oh, i always drive a good bargain with old merivale. Hes tighter than a short shoe, but he never makes a dime on me. Well, youre a tough dealer. Gee, your garden smells good. Yes. Hmm. Natures own perfume. Lovely. Well, thanks again. Ill be seeing you. Ah, see you later, mitchell. Oh, sis. Oh, sis. Are you home . I just got home, george. What is it . Oh, come out. Smell the garden. The flowers have never been better. They do smell sweet. Hmm. What a variety of fragrance. Smell that honeysuckle and those roses . Mmhmm, but, you know, the strongest odor seems to come from these camellias over here. Oh, your nose is mixed up, sis. Oh, camellias dont have any odor. Oh, that doesnt have any odor, huh . Oh, they may have a little springy smell, some of them, but no special fragrance. This is my own experiment here, these plants, you know . Ive been crossbreeding these and i they do have a fragrance, beautiful fragrance. June, smell this. Wait, george, im the one who said they had an odor, remember . Why, they smell like apple blossoms, dont they . You know, i think they do at that. Why, this is yes. Theyre very nice, george. Very nice. Why, do you realize what ive got here . There isnt another camellia in the world like this. George, thats wonderful. What a triumph. Somehow ive crossed just the proper type to breed a fragrance into them. George wilson fragrant camellia. Thats a good name for them. Lovely. Why, every gardener in town will be excited about this. Theyll all want one of em, of course, ill every gardener in townwhy, every gardener in the country will be excited about this. Why, theres a fortune in it. But you havent got that many. All right, ill grow them or have them grown, acres of them. Oh, this thing has unlimited possibilities. Goodness. I didnt realize. Say, maybe ill let him handle em for me if he can come up with enough money. If not, theyll go to the highest bidder oh, june. Why, this is going to make horticultural history. [music] well, merivale, are you satisfied now . By golly, wilson, i cant believe it. A fragrant camellia. Its aits sensational . Well, lets just say its a bit unusual. Oh, no. Lets say sensational. Worth more money that way. Well, i probably could make a few dollars with them if we handle them right. You see, its not easy to why, merivale, you old fraud. Why, i could get 100 a piece for these plants right now and you know it. Oh, well, now, wilson, you dont well go in and talk. If not [music] well, i hope youre not gonna be too hard to deal with now, wilson. Weve been friends a long time. Friends . Oh, say, if i didnt keep my mouth closed tight every time i deal with you, you wouldve had my back teeth long ago. Oh, please, dont heckle me, wilson. Ive had a bad day. Good for you. To top it all off, that neighbor kid of yours has been twice today just pestering me to death. Dennis . Well, what did he want . Oh, something about the flowers and honey, and would i leave the hothouse windows open so the bees could come in at night. Oh, that confounded kid. [laughs] well, you just relax, merivale. Now, you sit there and figure out your best deal on those camellias, then double it. [music] there he is, tommy. Hi, mr. Merivale. We saw your truck outside. Were you looking for us . I certainly wasnt. Have you changed your mind yet . Are you gonna leave the windows open so the bees can get to the swell flowers in the nursery . Oh, of course not. Thats ridiculous. Now, you boys run along. Mr. Wilson and i are talking business. Boy, you must have to talk pretty loud. Mr. Wilsons not even here. Hes in the kitchen. Will you leave one window open . The bees can get in one window. No, i will not leave one window open. Ioh. [music] hey, would you like a banana . Mr. Wilson wouldnt mind. No, thanks. Yes, but i cant eat them today. Ive got a nervous stomach. You have . Tommys cats the same way. Yeah, if you scratch his stomach, he bites. Mr. Merivale, if somebody scratches your stomach, do you bite . Kids, for heavens sake. Dont you want me to talk about it . No. Dont ever talk to anybody about mr. Merivales stomach, tommy. Now, thats enough, boys. You get out of here. Go and bother somebody else. Okay. All right, merivale, time for another one. There now. You feeling better . Yeah. Thanks, wilson. Much better. I say, look at that hand. That nerve medicine took the shake right out of it. Oh, those kids. Yeah, i know. Yes, they used to bother me too, but this is my secret weapon. Mmhmm. Whered you buy it . Oh, this stuff cannot be bought. I make it myself. Make it yourself, huh . Oh, by the gallon. And old indian guide gave me the recipe many years ago. Well, here, take it along with you. Be my guest. Well, fine, fine. Thanks. Well, wilson, now, about those camellias oh. The i tell you i was excited as a kid about this. Why, theres no telling how much money we can make. Oh my, that is exciting. Thats wonderful, mr. Wilson. Of course, its too big for merivale to handle by himself, but hes got this retired millionaire who he thinks might finance us. Outside banking. Good. Of course, merivale says hes a crotchety old codger, but hes loaded with money and hes willing to invest it in anything that he can make more money with. My goodness. One of these days you may turn into a regular luther [music] i left the camellia with him last night. He said hed be here for lunch at 1 00 today. Well, its almost 1 00 now. Well, hell be here. Now, look, wilson, like i told you, stacy is a peculiar old duffer with a very snappish temper, so you better let me do the talking. Oh, fiddlefaddle. He doesnt intimidate me. Well, he was in a foul humor last night when i got out there, mad at the chauffeur or somebody. Fact is, i wound up leaving that bottle of nerve medicine of yours. Say, where are the rest of the camellias . You got more than this. Oh, i put them out there behind the house. I want to see if the sun has any effect on their fragrance these are okay, tommy. They still smell swell. Yup, the bees are finding them all right, see . Yeah, it sure was a good thing i came over here early this morning though. These flowers didnt have one single smell on em. Not any of em . No, sir. Right before breakfast. Now, so therell be no misunderstanding, wilson. Lets go over our agreement again before stacy gets here. Oh, good heavens, merivale, i know it by heart. If stacy wants to put up the money, we give him 40 percent of the deal. That leaves 60 percent 40 for me, 20 for you. Well, i think it ought to be even steven with you and me, wilson. Well, okay, 40 20. Well, naturally, ill be president of the company. Excuse me, mr. Wilson. Could you move your chair a little bit . Oh, my chair. Oh, yes, of course. And i suppose stacy will probably want to be the treasurer. So you candennis, what are you doing . What do you boys want anyhow . We dont want anything. Thank you. Were just putting some perfume on the camellias again. Ohyou what . You must have missed this one this morning, dennis. It doesnt smell like anything. I meandid you sure. Weve been perfuming all of em so the bees would find them and get the honey. Ii thought i oh, no. You and your fragrant camellias. Ha. The only thing about this whole deal that doesnt smell is your camellias. Mr. Wilson, mr. Wilson, camellias dont smell like anything if you dont put perfume on em. You know that. Dennis, home. Home. George, your visitors here. Oh, come on out, sir. Thank you. Mr. Wilson, im mark stacy. How are you, sir . Oh, how are you stacy. How are you, merivale . Well, i wont waste time, mr. Wilson. Youve got a great thing here. Id like to talk business. Well, mr. Stacy, theres been a terrible mistake. Great scott, merivale, say something. Oh, oh. Well, wilson claimed the i mean, he sorry we bothered you. Bothered me . Well, i dont quite know how to say this. But you see, the the camellias arent true, mr. Stacy. I mean, they just arent so. I mean, they dont camellias, that thing. That confounded potted plant caused my wife an allergy. I havent seen her sneeze like that in years. But ii thought you wanted to talk business. I do. I want to talk about this wonderful nerve medicine. My nerve medicine . Yes, sir, i took some of that last night and my nerves havent been calmer in 20 years. You sell me that formula on a royalty basis, and were in business, mr. Wilson. Well, ill be darned. My old nerve medicine. Yes, sir, theres a lot of money in that. What do you say . By golly, gentlemen, this calls for a toast. Oh, mr. Wilson, can we have some too . Oh, dennis, young boys dont need nerve medicine. Oh, its not for us, mr. Wilson. Its only for the bees. Theyre getting awful nervous. Well, all right, dennis. If it hadnt been for you boys, this good fortune wouldnt have happened. Ill give you a whole bottle. A whole bottle . Well, gentlemen, our toast. Heres to mr. Wilsons nerve medicine, good for what ails man and beast and bees. [music] [music] tell dennis ill bring him a present from chicago. Hell be so disappointed he didnt get a chance to say goodbye. I hate it what on earth . Dennis. Oh. Boy, it worked. Oh, dennis. Why on earth did you do a thing like that . Its a Burglar Alarm for while dads away on his trip. All i do is tie this string i see. But i dont think you have to worry about burglars. Besides, ill only be gone for two or three days. Yeah, but mom gets scared at night. Itll be okay, mom. cause if any crooks run into my Burglar Alarm, ill come downstairs and hit em with something. Thats very nice of you, dear. But well talk about it later. Right now, your father has to get to the office. I thought he was going on a trip. I am, son, but ill spend most of the day in the office then ill take the train right from there. You got a train that goes from your office . Well, ill let your mother answer that question after im gone. [honking] the taxis here, honey. Bye, darling. Goodbye. Bye, son. You take good care of your mother, now. I sure will, dad. Good. Gee, honey, id give anything if i could be here for your birthday tomorrow. Oh, as i said before, dear, dont worry about it. These things cant be helped. Yeah, but you shouldnt be alone on your birthday. And this darned trip came up in such a hurry, i didnt have a chance to buy you a gift. You just take care of yourself. Thats the only gift i need. It is . Honey, you know what . I almost forgot my overcoat. Oh, ill get it. Son, ill send your mother some flowers from the office. A little present from you. Gee whiz, dad, thats only gonna be two presents for her. I know. But ill bring her a present from chicago. Now you see that she has a nice birthday, you know what i mean. Sure, dad. Thisll be the neatest birthday good old mom ever had. Good boy. Thank you, darling. [honking] i guess i better run. Bye, dear. Bye, dear. Dennis bye, dad. Goodbye, dear. [music] there, i got it. Theres your gum, tommy. How much money is that . Well, this is the dollar my dad gave me, and this is the dollar my grandpa sent me for having the chickenpox, and this nickel and these two pennies, i saved myself. Yeah. How many presents you think i could buy my mom with all this money, tommy . Youre gonna spend it all on her . Yeah. I wanna get a whole bunch of presents on account of its no fun just opening one. You think shed like it if i got her a candy bar for a present . Sure. You got a nickel . Uhuh. But i know where theres the pop bottle. Come on, tommy. [music] when johnny comes marching home again when johnny comes marching home again whos ththe . Its us, mr. Wilson. My only hope is someday, hell grow up and go away to college. What . Nothing. Now, you may not watch me paint, you may not help me paint, you may not test the paint to see if its wet. Gee, whyd mr. Wilson say all that . cause sometimes before you even ask him. Oh. All right, boys, im busy now. What do you want . We wanna ask you how we can get to some place. Some place away from here . Uhhuh. Well, fine. Im all ears. Gee, no, youre not, mr. Wilson. If youre all ears, you couldnt smell stuff. Yeah. Hah, yeah well, where do you wanna go . Well, tomorrows my moms birthday. And my dad went on a trip. So dennis is gonna give her the best birthday she ever had. Boy. Hmm. But we dont know where theres a Good Department store so we can buy the presents. Well, there are lots of em. Theres dennisons, laceys. Yeah, except, were not allowed to cross the street. Hmm. Well, that is a problem, isnt it . How about finchs . Well, actually its a drugstore but they have all kinds of gifts and you dont have to cross any streets to get there. Ill tell you how to get there. You just go right down to the next corner, turn right, go down another block, turn right again. Gee, that sure sounds a long ways off. Yeah. My mom cries if i get lost. And if i get lost, my mom wont have any birthday at all. All you do is turn two corners. How in the world could you possibly get lost . Real easy. Its up to you, dennis. Although it seems to me, i have seen you at finchs many times with your mother. Hey, is that the one with the yellow front to it, mr. Wilson . Yes. Thats the one. Oh, sure. I know how to get there. All you do is climb over to mr. Wilsons fence then you go down the alley, then you go through margarets yard yeah. And then you go through that ladys yard that has all them goofy cats. Yeah. And then you go through that mans driveway that always yells at kids and thats where the store is. Gee, thanks mr. Wilson. Well, now that youve simplified the trip, you better get started. Okay. Oh, can tommy have that pop bottle thats in your garage . Theoh, yes, i suppose so. Gee, thanks, mr. Wilson. Williams, i dont think i have to remind you about this birthday sale here comes trouble. Oh, arent they cute . Two small boys alone without their mother in a drugstore are not cute. Get rid of them. Maybe they wanna buy something. They never wanna buy anything. They come here for the express purpose of reading comics, breaking toys, and putting t