Good Deeds

## Stats

**Good Deeds** is the fourteenth episode of *The Neverending Story*. It aired on March 2, 1996. While it was the fourteenth episode to be aired (at least on HBO), it was the fifteenth episode to be produced.

## Summary

A flood suddenly outbursts in a little town that is inhabited by fairies. Meanwhile, Bastian is on the phone and learns that his friend gets paid more than he does by cutting lawn, but his dad says that two dollars is probably all Mrs. Jenkins can afford to give him. Bastian goes to Fantasia and finds Barktroll, who is searching for water, which he finds. He drains the water which caused the village to be underwater, causing them all to thank him.

In return, the fairies give him a bag of fairy dust, which turns Barktroll small, and he can even fly. Bastian also turns small, and the two chase each other around until Barktroll bumps into a bird who is mad at him. Eventually, the dust wears off and the two grow back to normal size. That's when Bastian finds a canteen and assumes that somebody lost it. Barktroll thinks about finding its owner in an effort to get another reward. The two adventure off to find it, but Barktroll is really thirsty. He can sense water nearby, which causes him to go crazy and almost fall off a cliff.

Down the cliff, they see an orange barrel on wheels that belongs to Trail, a Southern lizard who owned the canteen. Because Barktroll found the owner he asks for a reward, so Trail fills the canteen up with water from inside the barrel, which he is going to deliver to the others on his island due to the water drying up there. He starts his journey back there when the two decide to help him. Of course, Barktroll wants a reward. As they pull the barrel, they stop to catch a breath, and Barktroll decides to reward himself by taking a few drops of water from the barrel. He doesn't turn the faucet off all the way through, causing water drops to leak out as they walk more. Barktroll brings up that after all Trail has been through, he should get a reward for tiredly delivering the water, something that he agrees on. When they arrive at the area where a crowd of lizards is anxiously waiting for something to drink, they get provoked when Trail requests getting a reward, and they get more upset when it is discovered it is empty.

They set off to get more, and climb up a rocky mountain struggling more. Barktroll tries ramming into the barrel and it rolls up quickly, but down the hill even quicker, and it rolls down the hill with Barktroll. After briefly getting caught in a fire, he pulls the barrel up the hill and Bastian and Trail quickly get on. But it rolls down the other side fast and they fall off a cliff and crash. They run into three burning wolves as they did before, and Barktroll thinks this is his fault for wanting rewards and throws the fairy dust bag. Some of the dust lands on Bastian, causing him to turn small. He flies around and chases and tricks the wolves and hides into a little crack in a wall, but he starts to grow, so he quickly tries to find a bigger place in it, and he finds a place full of water. Outside, Barktroll starts to go crazy again when he can sense water, and removes a rock that was blocking the cavern Bastian is in, causing the place to fill up with water. They thank him, and Barktroll wishes not to tell anyone so he doesn't get any reward.