“Opie Taylor: [entering the courthouse] Hi. You seen my pa? He's the sheriff.
Bobby Fleet: You mean he's human enough to have kids?
Opie Taylor: Huh?
Bobby Fleet: Never mind. He stepped out for a minute.
Opie Taylor: Oh. [looking at all the fellas] Pa musta rounded up a gang. You look like from the city. Are you a criminal?
Bobby Fleet: According to your pa I am.
Opie Taylor: Pa's never wrong. What crime did you do, criminal?
Bobby Fleet: I didn't do anything. Your old man framed the whole thing—the hick troublemaker. [Offended at this, Opie kicks Bobby in the shin]”
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