Scottie believes he may be able to acclimatize himself and be cured.As she supervises, as a mother might do, he first starts out with a small stepstool.He hopes to gradually get used to the sensation as he chants: "I look up, I look down":We""ll start with this.When the townspeople soon realize that he""s a "ni-," they hreaten to shoot him.To divert the mob, hold them at bay and escape, Bart holds a gun to hisownneck, shouting:Hold it.The next man makes a move, the nigger gets it...Drop it! For I swear, I""ll blow this nigger""s head all over this town.Oh Lordy-lord, he""s desperate.Do what he say.Do what he say.When he successfully holds the lynch mob at bay and is allowed safe passage out of harm""s way, he marvels at his accomplishment and congratulates himself for bluffing them: "Oh baby, you are so talented, and they are so dumb.Thorin was brought before the Elven King Thranduil, a blonde Elf with a crown of leaves and twigs, who was immediately suspicious of Thorin""s greedy motives and quest:Some may imagine that a noble quest is at hand." An equally plain girl Clara Snyder (Betsy Blair) is in the process of being rejected at the dance by Herb (Alan Wells), her blind date.