Quotes
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Perkins : Young man! I say, young man!
Ambitious : Who, me?
Perkins : Yes, what's going on here? I saw Master Martin through the window. Which way did he go? Why is Mr. Burnett chasing him? Well?
Ambitious : He just said he was gettin' out, that's all I know.
Perkins : He can't get out of anywhere without me. It's against instructions.
Ambitious : I guess he forgot.
Perkins : Well, they aren't actually his instructions, they're mine. That is, they're his grandmama's. Well, his grandmama instructed me... Oh, what's the use? Which way did he go?
Ambitious : He went thatta-way, through the grove.
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Ambitious : Marty, how come you're so stubborn?
Marty Markham : I'm not!
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Ambitious : People who waste so much ambition are just stupid, anyway.
Marty Markham : Yeah, I've noticed you're just about the most ambitious guy I know.
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Spin Evans : Last year, a kid bust his arm by standing on his head in an upper bunk.
Louie : I could do that.
Spin Evans : You shoulda seen how fast his folks yanked him outta here.
Ambitious : I'll bet his grandmother's instructions didn't say anything about this.
Alfred "Al" McGrath : Grandmothers are even worse than parents about blood and stuff.
Ambitious : Poor Marty. Just when he was startin' to like the Triple R.
Frank : Liked it? He called it a dirty old farm, and he kept tryin' to run home, didn't he? So let him! Honestly, who cares about a drip like that?
Spin Evans : Why don't you stick your head in a bucket?
Rick : Boy, that guy didn't even cry.
Freddie : And it hurt, too, bad. He took out the horse all by himself, and then he fought a rattlesnake single-handed.
Speckle : I wish he had remembered to cut off the rattle for my collection.
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Col. Logan : Well, Marty, I see you're in time for the pack lesson.
Marty Markham : Yes, sir.
Ambitious : Hey, lemme see your arm.
Marty Markham : Well, I have to take it easy for a while, no hard riding for anything.
Joe : Hey, did you hear the news? We're goin' to a new place on the pack trip!
Ambitious : Yeah, the rain washed out something, so we're goin' to a place called Haunted Valley.
Marty Markham : Where?