👏🏼Andy Griffith on parenting: “You can’t let a youngin decide for himself. He’ll grab at the first thing with shiny ribbons on it. Then when he finds there’s a hook in it, it’s too late… All a parent can do is say, “wait. Trust me” and try to keep temptation away.” pic.twitter.com/vuA6vhBvTV
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) June 16, 2022
A short while later Barney hauls David Browne into the courthouse again, this time for purse snatching. Barney has caught the drifter red-handed with Aunt Bee’s pocketbook. When Opie realizes what Mr. Browne has stolen from his own Aunt, he is heartbroken. He returns the homemade fish lure that Mr. Browne gave him and walks dejectedly out of the courthouse. When Opie leaves Andy confronts Mr. Browne with the fact that the purse he supposedly stole was, in fact, one that Aunt Bee threw away. As Andy opens the cell to release the prisoner a train whistle sounds. Andy suggests that Mr. Browne be on the train and out of Mayberry forever. When Andy tries to thank the drifter for setting things right, Mr. Browne just smiles and says “Like you said, sheriff, I got a train to catch,” and walks off.
