The open book rested upon stark black-and-white photographs of the present-day palace.Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), first viewed faceless and from behind, was summoned from her classroom (where she was instructing young female Indian students in mathematics), to speak to the Reverend Mother.They are on their way to Brushwood Gulch (only two miles away).Stan fails to stop a buckboard by hitching a ride with his thumb.To stop the next vehicle - a stagecoach, Stan parodiesIt Happened One Night (1934)by showing his leg to the stagecoach driver.As a newcomer to the school, he is warned about stepping on Dawson High School""s insignia on the school""s steps and eyed suspiciously by many of the students.The woodcarver hums and sings "Little Woodenhead" as he dances around the workshop with his puppet boy, and Figaro prances behind him:Little wooden head go play your partBring a little joy to every heartLittle do you know and yet it""s trueThat I""m mighty proud of you."" [Note: In Greek myth, ""Chimera"" was a monster with the head of a lion and the tail of a serpent, while ""Bellerophon"" was a princely-warrior that slayed the monster.