cut to a shot of rose on the stone patio of the hillyer house, an attractive area with outdoor furniture and crabapple tree limbs overhead. rose is busy sweeping. the camera pans to follow her and we pick up mrs. hillyer, mother. it is a nice day and she is studying out on the patio, books and notebooks piled around. rose glances down curiously at her.
another angle, on daddy as he gets out of the model-a. he has his usual straw hat on the back of his head. the camera follows him as he walks onto the patio.
cut to a shot of rose and buddy as they walk out onto the patio of the house. rose walks down the steps to the flower garden and buddy follows.
a shot of mother on the patio studying. it is a sunny afternoon. mother looks up idly, looks back down at her notebook, then looks up again with a frown.
cut to a shot of buddy outside on the patio, listening intently at the window. he leans forward with a keen interest, eyes wide.
cut to a shot of doll walking up onto the patio with schoolbooks. the camera follows her as she walks over to buddy, who is crouched down eavesdropping at another window. she whispers to him.
cut to a shot of buddy on the patio. he has eight or nine gourds on an outdoor table and is cutting round holes in them and emptying out the seed. he glances up as rose walks up to him, pocketbook in hand. she seems a little sad. but she smiles at him.
cut to a shot of daddy putting out seed for birds on a table on the patio. daddy now is a very old man, but his personality and style are the same as ever. he looks up with a stern frown as willcox hillyer comes out on the patio.
cut to a shot of willcox hillyer and daddy as they walk with their drinks out to the patio.