Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991 TV Movie)

Christopher Bell: Caleb Witting

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• Anna Witting : [playfully]  I thought when you were born, I said you were homely and plain. And you had terrible holler and a horrid smell.

  Caleb Witting : [sadly]  And that it was my fault mama died the next morning?

  Anna Witting : [walks over to Caleb and hugs him]  I never thought that Caleb. Never. I forgot to say good night to her, that's all I could think about.

• Caleb Witting : What color is the sea when it storms?

  Sarah Wheaton : Blue and gray and green.

  Caleb Witting : Now I know what's missing from your drawing. Colors. Colors of the sea, blue and gray and green.

• Caleb Witting : Go after her papa!

• Caleb Witting : Seal was worried. The house is too small, we thought, and I am loud and pesky.

  Anna Witting : We thought you might be leaving us because you miss the sea.

  Sarah Wheaton : Well, I'll always miss my old home, but the truth of it is, I'd miss you more.

• Caleb Witting : [after dancing with Sarah]  Papa! Jess took Sarah away!

  Jacob Witting : It's called cutting in, Caleb.

  Caleb Witting : You cut in! Take Sarah back!

• Caleb Witting : What colors are seen in storms?

  Sarah Wheaton : Blue and gray and green. Why?

  Caleb Witting : Now I know what's missing from your drawing.

  Sarah Wheaton : What do you mean?

  Caleb Witting : Colors. Colors of our sea. Blue and gray and green.

• Caleb Witting : We thought you might be leaving us because you missed the sea.

  Sarah Wheaton : Well, I'll always miss my old home, but the truth of it is I'd miss you more.

• Caleb Witting : Do you remember Mama's songs, Anna?

  Anna Witting : Kind of. Some of them.

  Caleb Witting : Maybe if you could remember her songs I could remember her, too.

• Caleb Witting : God, thank you for all the food except the turnip.

• Caleb Witting : Do you miss the sea a lot, Sarah?

  Sarah Wheaton : Yeah. Yeah, I do... but the land here rolls a little like the sea and when the wind ripples over the grass... it looks just like the wind on the sea.

• Caleb Witting : And that it was my fault Mama died the next morning?

  Anna Witting : I never thought that, Caleb-- never. I forgot to say good night to her. That's all I could think about.

  Caleb Witting : And Papa didn't sing anymore?