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- No, I didn't. - Yes, you did.

- I did not. - Yes, you did. Just let me play with it.

- Come on, you promised. - No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did. - I did not.

- Yes, you did. You... - Hey, hey, hey.

- What's the problem? - Nothing.

Well, then chill out.

Dad, he promised to let me play with it.

And now he says he didn't, and he won't.

Did you? Did I what?

Did you promise?

Well, yeah, but no big deal.

Yes, it is.

Yes, it is a big deal.

You can't just say, "I promise”, and then forget about it.

"I promise” are the most important words you'll ever say.

Well, almost the most important words you'll ever say.

You know what I mean?

- No. Why? - No.

Well, because I say so, that's why.

No, because it only takes a second to say, "ll promise” but the commitment can last the rest of your life.

Okay...

You guys,

remember I told you guys about your uncle Bobby and me when we were just kids?

Well, yeah. “Of course.

Well, I didn't tell you the whole story, because...

Well, I left out a bunch of stuff because I just figured you guys were too young.

Well, I guess now is as good a time as any.

Yeah, in fact, now is just about perfect. Okay.

All right, listen up.

But I want you to remember something.

History is all in the mind of the teller...

Truth is all in the telling.

Understand?

Not really.

Well, don't worry about it, you will. Okay.

To understand the whole thing,

understand why a promise is such a big and important deal, you gotta go back.

You gotta go back to be...

Well, before any of it ever happened.

Back to before we ever lived in novato,

before we even came fo California.

Back even before we were born.

- Go ahead. - You have to go way, way back

to a kid named Fisher

who wanted to be a legend.

Come on, guys. We're almost there.

Careful, all right? Hold it steady.

- I got it. I got it. - Me too.

Six-eight-zero, traffic, 11 to 12 o'clock. Two miles, eastbound.

Fisher, it can't be done.

- It can be done. - No, it can't, goddamn it.

It's far as a football field to that fence.

Come on, fish, listen to us. We're your friends.

This is nuts, okay? You're gonna get hurt.

- Don't do this. - Cape.

- We're wasting our breath. - Come on, keep it steady.

- Don't let it fall, okay? - He's not gonna listen.

Cherokee, 4-4-7-2-5.

This is 7-8-0, squad 1-2-0-0. Radio service terminated.

And that's exactly how Fisher got remembered...

- Flag it. - As a legend.

Ten years later, when we finally got to California,

his legend would change our lives forever.

Be careful, man.

- God. Watch out. - God, what have we done?

Oh, my god!

Fisher.

- Hang on, fish! - We're coming for you!

Oh, man. He's...

Alive.

- Oh, fish, your leg. - It's twisted

- don't touch me. - You did it, man. You did it. You flew.

- Yeah. - All right, fish.

- Yeah. - He did it.

I did it

I really flew.

Bobby, close the window. You've been flying for three hours.

- But I like the wind. - Yes, I know you do.

It's my scoop. You had the last one.

But that is the last one.

Okay, we'll share it, fifty-fifty. Here.

One day before the long trip, our dad didn't come home.

Our mom knew why, but she never told us.

And we never asked her, because we knew it made her sad.

That's eight jars, mom. How far is that?

Mom? “What?

How far is that? Eight jars.

I don't know. You'll have to check it out.

One thousand, five hundred miles. Does it snow in California?

Nope. It doesn't rain either.

- Thank you. - Here she comes. Hurry, Mike.

Mom had waited about three months for him to come back.

And when she was pretty sure he wasnt,

she packed everything we had in our car and told us we were going west

- for a fresh start. - Here, eat your ice cream.

I want ice cream.

Our dad was never around much anyway,

so after those first 1,500 miles,

me and Bobby just forgot all about him.

And mom

well, mom pretended like she did.

By that time, I knew that I would never see him again.

And that now [ Was the man of the family.

Go west here, mom. Go right. Go right, mom.

Bobby. It's lethal.

- I didn't do it. - What's wrong?

Mikey. 'What. I didn't do it.

- Shane. - It's that dog.

Oh, it's deadly. Come on.

- Come on, out of here. - Get out of here.

Come on. Out.

It doesn't help that much.

"Want to know more about the old west?

Exit one-half mile ahead and see the best

just mosey on in. Geronimo bill's buffalo farm and wild west adventure"

can we go, mom? Please.

Except for the giant dinosaur in Missouri

that they had turned into a hamburger stand when it died,

what we saw in Oklahoma was the greatest thing we'd ever seen.

Thanks a lot, mom.

Hey, can we stay the whole day? Can we please stay the whole day?

- Yeah, please? - How many buffaloes do they have?

I bet there's millions.

Keep your eye on that dog, Eugene.

Hi, boys. “Hi

welcome to the Geronimo bill buffalo farm and wild-adventure souvenir shop.

That'd be three for 75 cents, ma'am.

Would it be okay if I just set them up on the fence, so they could see the buffalo?

Well, ma'am, today is your lucky day.

You see, it's free-admission day for all folks from out of town.

Hey, we're from Jersey.

Well, that don't make you all bad.

So you go on in and stick to the path and enjoy yourself.

- All right. - Hey, look at that.

Come on, mom can't afford that.

- Thanks a lot. - Thanks for coming.

Okay, troops, keep your eyes on the buffaloes.

- Go ahead, mom. - Thank you.

Don't let your dog get my buffalo, son.

Thank you.

Wow, lookit...

Wow, he's huge.

Oh, he's huge, mom.

Bobby, look at him. Look at him, Bob. “Isn't he beautiful?

- Look at that. - Well, where are the other ones?

Think he's the only buffalo left in the world?

Maybe he is.

- Oh, gosh, mom, he looks lonely. - I'm sure he is.

Mom, what's gonna happen to him?

So sad.

- Why? - I don't know, Mikey.

I guess that's what happens when you're alone.

There's lots more to see. Come on.

You boys take care of your mom now, you hear?

We promised we would.

We never broke that promise.

Downtown

just listen to the music of the traffic.

Jimmy, Jimmy, Bo-bimmy banana, fanna, fo-fimmy

fee, fie, mo-mimmy, Jimmy

or

Mark, Mark, Bo-bark banana, fanna, fo-fark

fee, fie, mo-Mark, Mark

buck, buck, Bo-buck banana, fanna, fo-fuck...

I'm sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry.

I didn't mean... it was an accident.

Somebody give me some soap. I'll do it myself.

Finally, after 22 jars of peanut butter, and just as mom ran out of money,

we made it to the apartment of an aunt we didn't even know we had.

- I'm driving. - It's too low, mom.

- It's not too low. - Yes, it is. Not that one.

- Mom. - This one.

- Oh, no. - I told you.

Michael, I told you to tie it on tighter.

- Oh, mom. - Oh, mom. My bike.

- Mike, it's you... you didn't tie it. - You broke my bike.

Oh, my god, they're here. Oh, Mary.

Lois. Hi. How are you?

Oh, you got here.

- Bill, honey, they're here. - Hey, this is Bobby. And this is Mikey.

- Oh, hi, Bobby. - Hi. How you doing?

- Oh, Mikey. - Who's the dog?

And this is Shane. Don't worry, he's housebroken.

- But they're not. - Oh, mom.

As it turned out, we didn't have to stay there too long,

because about a month after we got there, he entered our lives.

Oh, Jack.

Mom liked him right away.

After she'd known him for a little while,

she said that he was the answer to all her prayers.

I want those two top cards. Keep me in.

Okay, you guys remember what I told you now. Cover up.

- Yep, okay. - All right.

We called him the king, because that's what he liked to be called

here's some cold ones.

- Thanks, mom. - That looks good.

He's fixing the bike you broke, mom.

Come on, Bobby, blow them, blow them! Make a wish.

- Come on, sweetheart. - Hurry. Come on. Blow them, Bobby, blow them!

All right, Bobby.

Wow, a radio flyer.

Do you like it? Yeah.

- You do? - Thanks, mom.

- I thought you would like it. - I love it.

Happy birthday, Bobby.

Ride them, cowboys.

Hey.

Hey, I can't see a thing.

It was at a carnival where, for the first time,

I knew there was something different about my brother.

I could tell by the look in his eyes that night that he knew

about a special secret thing that all kids know

only he knew more.

A lot more.

- Are you sure? Sure it's the right one? - Here you go.

- This one? - Yeah, that's right.

Okay, look. See this? You close that up.

Just like a safety pin. “That's it.

Okay, here. Pick that up.

Now, let me cast it out there for you. See, you wanna bring it back,

let it go at about 1 o'clock. Bingo.

- Whoa, that was far. - Not bad, huh?

- That was a good cast. - Yeah. There you go. Whose turn is it?

- It's Bobby's. - Here you go.

Here we go. All right, you're gonna catch a big one.

- Yeah. - All right.

Here we go. Reel it in, but don't pull too hard, now.

- Hey, he got one. - Hey, I got one. I got one.

Reel it in. Reel it in. Come on, hurry.

- Push it and pull. It's a honker. - Okay, reel it in slow. Nice and easy.

- Don't pull too hard. - Come on, you got a honker.

- Come on, reel it in. - Easy. Easy.

- Reel it in. Here. - Reel it in nice and easy.

- Reel it in. - Come on, don't pull so hard.

You bent it too much. Darn.

Goddamn it, Bobby.

What the hell's the matter with you?

I told you not to pull so hard, didn't I?

Didn't I, huh? What's the matter, you deaf or you just stupid?

Hey, I'm talking to you. Listen to me.

Knock it off, or I'll really give you something to cry about.

That was a 5-dollar-lure, for chrissake.

All right, all right.

Here

there, use mine.

I'll set you up with a new lure on this one.

Remember, the good fish wait for no man, right? Right?

We never told mom about that day.

And that bothered me a lot.

Comb that hair back for you.

Get you to look like a real man here. Okay.

Look at you. Look at this hair.

I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride.

In the summer of 1969, we moved to the suburbs,

where everybody had a house and a car and two and a half kids.

So we figured we fit in really good,

because with Shane, that's exactly what we were.

Check this out. “Hi

ask who they are.

- Hey, who are you? - Yeah, who are you anyway?

What happened to Tom and Scott? “Who's that?

But the king bought the house from a family named the marshalls.

And there were two boys about our ages living in it when it got sold.

- Kicked out the marshalls? - They kicked out the marshalls.

Me and Bobby never kicked anyone out of anywhere,

but for some reason,

the rest of the kids on the block always said we did.

- Come on. - Shane, out of the way. Come on.

We need the key.

Yes, the key! Watch out, Shane.

Give me a kiss. Give me a kiss. I love you guys. I love you guys.

It was there, when all of mom's prayers were just about answered,

when everything seemed like it was going to be happy and good for the rest of our lives,

that it really all began.

- Come on. - Okay. He's cute.

- It's official now. Sold. - It's ours, the house.

- Great, Jack, it's official. - Don't need this anymore, do we?

Yeah. Yes, it's ours.

Hey, hi. Welcome to the neighborhood. How y'all doing?

Come on, let's go. Yeah

hi

Hi, guys. “Hi

- what's your name? - I'm Mike, and that's Bobby.

- Bobby. - This is our dog, Shane.

- Hi. How do you do? I'm Jim daugherty. - Hi, I'm Mary McKenzie.

I'm over at the sheriff's office. Need anything, come on over.

- Come on. Come on. - I'm coming.

Hey, mom, can me and Bobby go exploring?

Is your room put away? Is your room put away?

- Let me check. - That's what I thought.

Mike

- hey, get me out of here. - Get out. Get out. Come on.

Come on, let's go. We checked. It's clean.

Are you kidding me? You've only been in there for 27 seconds.

Mikey. Bobby. Come on.

All right.

Don't scratch it.

I bet there's some secret entrances. The Marshall kids must've built it as a fort.

- Anything? - No, nothing.

Come on, Bobby. Come on. This must be it.

Shane. Shane. Don't go in there. No.

It's

it's a turtle.

That's what I was gonna say.

I ook at that chain.

He must've busted it and climbed into the clubhouse.

- We gotta name him. - Yeah, but what?

Hey. Good one, Shane.

- Samson. - Samson? Why?

Hey, stay back. Because he was so strong to break the chain.

Yeah, yeah. Right. Samson. Welcome to the family.

- Back into your old home, Samson. - Yep.

Carefully put him down. Ready? Yeah

one, two, three. Three. Three

okay?

Hey, what's that?

Hey, look at this, Bobby. This board's loose.

- Okay. - I ook.

It's a coffee can.

- Nothing in here. Wait. Wait. - It's a bank.

Nothing else under here but a bunch of spiders.

Darn, it's empty.

Hey, Bobby. Well, we can stash money in this thing.

- Don't tell anybody about this, okay? - I swear. Pinkie promise.

Yep.

I'm telling you, you're not supposed to pick your nose.

Your brains will fall out.

Will not. “Will so.

You'll make a hole in your head, and your brains will fall out.

- Will not. - Oh, yeah? Well, let's go ask mom.

- Okay, let's ask her. - Fine.

Mom.

- Mom, the room's clean. - Clothes are washed and folded.

Fed Samson and Shane.

- Picked the poop up. - And grass is watered.

Okay.

Guys.

Yes, mom?

I want you to be back here before your dad gets home.

And I have to work double shifts all summer long...

So I don't want you out too late.

- Okay. - Okay.

Guys.

- Yes, mom? What is it now? - Yes, mom?

Nothing.

- Oh, mom. - I love you.

Yeah, we love you too, mom.

- Hi. Hi! - How are you? Hi!

Hi

Before anybody ever grows up, there are magical things,

impossible for adults, that can still happen.

The reason these things are lost to the grownup world is simple,

in the quick second between the age of 12 and your 13th birthday,

the great secrets to them all are replaced in your mind

with thoughts of the opposite sex.

Don't call me stupid.

- Say uncle. Say uncle. - Uncle, uncle.

Give? Uncle.

There are seven of these lost secret fascinations and abilities.

They are, that animals can talk.

Your favorite blanket is woven from a fabric so mighty

that once pulled over your head, it becomes an impenetrable force field.

- Great. - Great.

Nothing is too heavy to lift with the aid of a cape.

Mikey, you did it. You did it.

Your hand, held forefinger out and thumbs up, actually fires bullets.

Hurry.

Jumping from any height with an umbrella

- is completely safe. - Geronimo.

Bobby. Bobby. Hey, you okay?

I did it, Mike. I did it. I flew.

Monsters exist that can both be seen and done battle with.

Two, three!

And the greatest, most special and regrettable loss of all...

The ability to fly.

From what we'd heard around about that kid Fisher,

and what he'd done 10 years before we'd moved into the neighborhood,

we knew the second we saw it.

That must be the place.

Truly. It's a big hill.

That's why they called that kid Fisher a legend,

because he did the greatest thing anybody's ever heard of.

- He wasn't that great. - What do you mean?

- Well, he got killed, didn't he? - No, he didn't.

- Yeah, he did. - No, he didn't.

Yeah, he did. Look at that jump. You know, the barn?

It's a long way down, probably two miles.

He probably did a good try.

He just did it wrong.

- We should do an expedition up there. - Yeah. It's probably cool up there.

- Not today, though. - Yeah, not today.

No, too busy.

We will

later.

No

Please. Help.

No. Don't. Stop.

Please don't. Help.

Help.

Bobby.

Bobby.

- Bobby. Bobby. Bobby. - No, don't. Don't. Please stop.

- No, don't do it. Stop. - Oh, my god. Bobby.

Bobby, it's me.

It's me, Bobby.

What happened? What happened to your back?

Oh, god.

Don't you ever tell mom, Mike. Don't you ever.

- Promise? - Promise.

Okay.

What was the dream? What was the nightmare about?

You swear you won't tell mom? Yeah

the king.

He was chasing me, and I couldn't get away.

Did he do that to your back?

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

I was afraid you'd tell mom. She's happy now.

At that moment, I realized that Bobby was my responsibility.

I had to think up some way to help him.

I made sure we left our house when the sun came up.

And we never went home until just after dark.

That way, Bobby could avoid the king all day.

So we spent all our time expeditioning.

Come on. Come on. Come here. Come here, frog. Come here.

- Here's a frog. - Okay, we got one.

Okay. We got two, you mean. Open it for me, will you?

- Open it for me. Mike. Mike. Mike. - Okay.

I ook at this.

We knew we were in trouble instantly.

The way kids always know they're in for it when bigger kids appear in front of them.

It's a sixth sense that you never lose.

And we knew we were as good as dead.

You're dead. You're both dead.

Frogs?

Hey! We're the only ones that can catch frogs.

Yeah, you need Victor's permission to go in the pipe.

You need Victor's permission for everything around here, sissies.

It ain't your pipe.

You're both dead.

- Hey, man, tell your mutt to stay there. - He's a killer German Shepherd attack dog.

If you move any closer, he'll kill you.

Okay, man, just tell him to cool down. Tell him to stay.

- Say please. - Say pretty please.

Kiss my butt. Yeah.

Okay, Shane. Kill.

Okay. Okay, please. Pretty please.

You're dead meat dead as a doornail.

- Good boy, Shane. Good going. - Good boy, Shane. Yeah.

Come on.

- Hi, guys. - Hi, mom.

What's cooking?

- Guys. Guys. - Yeah, mom?

Who stepped in what here?

- It wasn't me. - Me either.

- Where were you? - We were frogging.

Where? Sewers

that is just disgusting.

It's perfect. Okay, come on, big boys first.

- Mom, I can do it myself. - Come on, I'll help you, Bobby.

- You're first. Come on. - I can do it myself. Mike.

Oh, Michael. You guys are nuts.

I have no time for games. I have to go to work.

I can't believe you guys. Finish your baths.

All filthy clothes in the wash. I'm going to work.

Thanks, Mike.

Yeah

- Hi. - Hi, honey. Good night.

Goodbye, I love you.

It's coming down. It's coming down.

I know, I know.

It's alive. It's moving. He's alive.

Oh, he's alive. It's alive. It's alive.

It's alive!

In the hame of god. Alive.

Hey! What are you doing up? Go to bed!

(50 to bed!

- Not you. Bobby, come here. - Yeah, but...

- Mikey, you go to bed. Bobby, come here. - But I wanna stay.

(50 to bed.

Come here, Bobby.

Come here!

Come here.

What did I tell you”? Why don't you listen to me?

Why don't you ever listen to what I'm telling you to do?

Get to bed, you little son of a bitch.

We can't stay up so late anymore.

Are you real? Sure.

Touch my nose.

But how did you get here?

The window was open.

Michael, it's getting worse.

Why is this happening to Bobby and not to me?

Because Bobby cannot fight back.

But you can.

You have to help him.

But I don't know what to do.

I can't tell mom. I can't tell anyone.

I can't break my promise to him.

Keep your promise. But listen to Bobby.

Bobby already has the answer.

It is for you to help him find it.

Goodnight, Michael.

Goodnight, Bobby.

Goodnight, buffalo.

The dream had given me a strength, a sudden sense of purpose.

Hey, look! A house!

Oh, cool.

- You okay? - Open her up, Mike. Open her up.

Cool

an engine.

Like, from an airplane or a grass cutter.

Oh, you mean a lawnmower.

- Yeah. - Groovy.

But, Mike, how do we get it?

Well, we don't.

Well, we shouldn't anyway.

Come on, Shane.

It ain't ours.

Mike, it's been in there a million years.

The owner's probably dead.

Yeah, probably.

Wait a sec. What do we need it for?

Don't know, yet.

- What? - Nothing.

Oh, no. The flyer!

- Shane, get it! Hurry! - Hurry up, Mike!

- It's starting to get away! Hurry! - Get it, get it! Get it, Shane!

Come on, Shane, get it!

(50.

- Whoa, not too fast. - Come on.

- Would you just wait, Mike? - Bobby!

"Fisher's landing."

We finally got up enough nerve to climb that big hill.

We called the top the wishing spot

because we reasoned that god would have fo hear a wish made that close to heaven.

And we made a lot of wishes up there, but mostly just one...

For the king to stop hitting Bobby.

Although he always started again after a while, at the times we made those wishes, he always stopped.

So we knew, beyond a doubt, that the wishing spot worked.

It was just a little too far away from heaven for god to hear them all.

God did hear a certain wish that Bobby made a thousand times up there.

And I never even knew he did.

One day, we discovered a part of how that wish would come true.

It was in the biggest... Yard I've ever seen.

I think it's a golf course.

There can't be very many of them. Otherwise, they'd take up the whole world.

Yeah

damn.

Hey, why are those guys hitting those balls into the water?

I don't think they're doing it on purpose.

Shit.

Yeah there must be 11 million balls out there.

- Oh, shit. Son of a bitch. - Hey, that gives me an idea.

Yeah what?

[T was money.

I didn't know how it was going to help,

but I knew that we were better off if we had some than if we didn't

get your golf balls! Thirty cents apiece! Two for a quarter!

So we collected as much as we possibly could.

- I've got eight of them, guys. - Eight of them?

- Eight. - All right.

All right. Okay. Two bucks.

- How many you have”? Here you go. - Oh, thanks.

One, two... thank you very much. Thanks.

Here. Thank you very much. Thanks.

Thanks, boys. Thanks a lot.

You bet. That's how many I lost today.

Golf ba... oh, here.

- Mister? - You want some golf balls?

Thirty cents apiece?

That's $3. Three.

Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine.

A = tt

Hey, hey, hey. What are you doing? That's a brand new ball.

- Hey, whose dog is that? - It's not our dog.

- Look, 10 bucks. Ten bucks. - I know.

Put it in there.

Wait, wait, Walt.

From this time on, Mike and Bobby,

who know the context of the secret hiding cubbyhole place,

will never, ever, even if they are tortured to death,

ever tell anyone who asks or don't ask

what is inside the secret cubbyhole place and where it is.

- Pinkie promise. - I swear.

Amen. Amen.

Thanks. Thanks.

Four, eight, 12, 14.

Fifteen, 16, 17, 18. Okay, boys.

Hey. Hey, thanks, buddy.

Hey, that's 19.

Nineteen. Okay.

- There was 19, right? - Okay, 19.

- Hey, groovy. - Groovy.

There, that's 20, right?

Shane.

Sorry.

Oh, we're millionaires. Yeah

oh, what are we gonna get with it?

Nothing.

Can't spend any of it.

Promise we won't, Mike.

Okay, Bobby.

Don't worry. We won't.

I still didn't know what Bobby knew, but [I felt it.

And I knew that whatever I wanted to spend it on

was nothing compared to what Bobby was going to need it for.

When we were kids, there were still plenty of things to be afraid of

because in those days, there were no video games and no computers.

Monsters still existed because they hadn't yet been rounded up

and made to live only in electronic games or on floppy discs.

- Watch it. - Why don't you watch it?

Of course, Bobby and me believed in all the reqular monsters

like Frankenstein and the 50-foot woman.

But we didn't totally fear them.

Back then, they just made movies.

Mostly, it was only one particular monster we feared.

And we couldn't get rid of him.

Mike

the best way to be sure you didn't fall prey to any of those ultimate bad guys

was hot to summon them into the world.

Rajah board...

Is there really a bigfoot?

- I'm not moving it. Are you? - You must be doing it.

Well, I ain't.

The window.

No, no. I don't believe in this stuff. Do you?

Yeah, yeah. It's just a game.

Let's go check, anyway. Yeah

I'm not into it.

No, I don't believe in this stuff. “Wait for me.

Okay.

Ready? Yeah

one. Two. Three. “Two. Three.

The ad promised that it was a 100 percent absolutely, positively guaranteed anti-monster potion.

- Or your money back. Void where prohibited by law. - Dearborn street. City and state?

- Novato, California. - Thank you.

"Novato."

Perfect. All right. Let's go mail it. Come on.

The board had told us that the anti-monster potion would work,

but it didn't tell us that it would get there just a little too late.

Want to go to the airport today? Yeah

and see that plane that we saw yesterday? That was fun.

Oh, yeah, that was fun.

Here you go, buddy. Thanks.

Let's get it in before she sees it.

Why did he do it, Mike?

Why did he do it?

Who knows?

Come on. Let's clean this up.

Your new shirt.

It's all right.

Here. You hold this. Thanks.

What is it, Shane? Shane.

- Yeah. What's the matter, Shane? - What are you barking at?

Having a yard sale?

- Your dog can't save you now, sissies. - That's right.

- Come on, Bobby. - Get them. Get them.

- No. No! No! Help! Help! - Get off me.

(Set off me!

Get off Mel - sissies.

No, no. No!

Get away!

- Let go of my brother! - Help, Mikey!

(Set off me!

- No! No! - Your dog can't save you now.

- Leave my brother alone! - No! Let go!

Let go of me.

- Mike, help! - Leave my brother alone.

Sissy. Mike! Mike!

I told you to leave my brother alone!

Hold it!

You okay?

The cops are here. Yeah

what's going on here?

- We didn't do anything. They started it. - Oh, they did?

- They started it. - They did?

You were just minding your own business?

- Yeah. We were just here. - We didn't do anything.

All right, come on. Get out of here.

Get your bikes, get your friend, and get home before I call your parents.

Come on, Victor, get up.

Move out! Move!

- Pick it up! Come on, come on! - I'm coming. Let's go.

You all right, Victor? Come on. We're gonna get you out of here.

He told us to get our bikes.

Bozo.

You're dead meat!

We're coming back! Just wait until next time, you little puke!

I'm gonna get you, Mike.

You boys all right?

Yes, sir.

Are we in trouble?

Are you in...? What”? Come here.

Are you in trouble? No, you're not in any trouble.

Did you make this mess on the lawn?

Well, if you didn't, who did?

- I don't know. - I don't know.

You boys need some help?

No, sir.

We have to clean up now, before he gets home.

Son?

If you need me, I'll be here.

Yeah, thanks.

Thank you. Thanks.

Mike?

Mike, we got it.

- Look. - Bobby! Yeah!

You sure you're gonna be all right?

- Yeah. We're gonna be all right now! - Oh, yeah.

- Yes, sir! - Okay.

Pick it up.

- "One frog." - Frogqg.

- "Newt's eyes." - "Bat's wings."

- "One potato bug.” - "One potato bug."

"Locust guano. Bull sweetbread." "Guano. Bull sweetbread. ”

- "Magma from hell. Brain of zombie." - "Magma from hell. Brain of zombie."

"Locust guano"?

- Dictionary. - Dictionary.

- "Guanine. Guano. Guan." - Okay.

- "Manure of seabirds." Manure? - Manure?

Manure. Manure!

- Manure! Poop! - Poop!

- Samson's poop! - Samson's poop!

- Ready? One... - Don't, don't, don't.

"Newt's eyes." Newt's eyes?

Marbles!

What are bull sweetbreads?

- Don't know! Skip it! - Okay.

"Brain of zombie"?

Hamburger meat.

That should do it.

Yuck.

- Yuck. - Boy, this is disgusting.

Let's cover it up.

There we go.

I gotta go to the bathroom. “Think I'll watch some TV.

Hey. I just saw a ghost.

Was he a fat one? Yeah

that was me!

- Take it easy now. - Stand back.

Don't push us. “It's a bomb! Stand back!

Stand back, or I'll mail you to the undertaker. Yeah

come here. I mean it. I mean it

Shut it off! Shut if off!

Holy crap.

Oh, my god.

Mike

- if he gets home first... - Maybe not.

Maybe mom will get home first and she'll help us.

Watch out.

Oh, that's it.

Hey, what are you doing”?

Mike, we gotta save some to protect us if he gets home first.

You're right. Come on. I'll give you a hand.

Oh, Shane, off! Out, Shane!

Out! Now! Out! There!

It won't be that bad.

Not for you.

I'll hide this cord. It won't be so bad for you either.

Not if he can't find old trusty way in the back.

Think he'll find it?

No way.

Thanks, Mike.

It was the only time in our lives that we were ever glad that he went into the garage to get drunk.

There's only one way he'll never find out.

The wishing spot.

Right.

When we took mom to the wishing spot once, she said she thought it was pretty and had a nice view.

We knew that she had no idea of its true power.

That day, we wished the king never find out about the mess we made.

He never did.

Mike?

Yeah?

How come he does it?

How come he drinks?

Well, I guess beer means more to him than we do.

Yeah

I guess that makes sense.

By design, a younger brother is a tag-along.

You're a little bigger, a little stronger, only because you were born two years earlier.

So you're always looking back to see if he's still there

and always embarrassed of him in front of all of your bigger friends.

Let's go, come on.

- Go ahead. - Anyone for football?

- Ready, go. - L. Ast one is a tomato.

Duck, Bobby, duck.

- Yeah, we are! - Hey, Mike.

We're gonna go play some football. Wanna come?

- Come on, Mikey. Let's go. - Yeah, let's go.

- Yeah, come on, Mikey. - Come on. Come on.

Mikey. We need another player.

- Yeah, come on, man. Come on. - Let's play. Let's go.

- They're only saying that so... - Maybe not.

Maybe they wanna be friends with me.

We need an extra player. Let's go, Mikey.

- Yeah. Come on. - Come on.

- Come on. - Let's go, Mikey.

Come on, Mike.

You don't know. They could be cool.

Come on. You don't know.

But

- just stay here, okay, Bobby? - Mike, we need you, man.

- Come on. - You're too young.

All right, Mikey. Wait. But. Mike...

Stay here. Mike

- get your bike. - Here, you can have my pez.

Mike, come on.

- All right. - Let's go, Mike.

Come on. I'll race you.

Come on, man. Burn out.

Let's go. Burn some rubber.

Come on. I'll beat you there.

No, Shane.

Let's go.

- Yo, Mike. - This is gonna be lots of fun when we get there.

Go, come on, Mikey!

- Come on, let's go. - L. Ast one's a rotten tomato.

Yo, Mike, ever play kill the carrier?

Yeah, sure.

You sure? Okay. This is how it goes.

Okay, bikes are free.

If you get through, you're safe, if you get there.

Yeah! Mike.

No no. No.

Now you're bleeding, huh, little sissy? Get up.

- Yeah. - Come on.

Hey, guys.

I think this is not the way we play it where I come from.

Too bad. Get him, guys! Yeah!

That's it, guys.

Oh, goddamn it! Jesus Christ.

Bobby? Bobby!

Where are you, Bobby?

Bobby!

Come on. Yeah! Kill him!

- Yeah! - I ook at that

what the hell's the matter with you didn't you think I'd miss this?

What were you thinking about, putting that in there? What were you thinking about?

What's the matter with you? What do I have to do to teach you, Bobby?

- You sissy! - Come on!

- Get him. Get him. - Come on.

You little baby!

Get him. He's gonna get away.

- Yeah! Yeah! - Get him!

Yeah, man. He made it. He made it. Yeah, Mikey, you made it.

- All right. - Damn cheater.

Hey, Victor, leave him alone.

- I can call him a cheater. Shut up! - That's enough.

- Victor, leave him alone. - Hey, I did it, man.

Yeah, right, you damn cheater.

- What are you talking about? - You got a problem?

Yeah. Now it's yours.

All right, Mike. All right, Mikey.

- Yeah, get out of here, man. - Go, go.

- Yeah, he's gonna kick... - Hey, man, you should start wearing a cup.

You okay?

Hey, Bobby. Bobby! Bobby!

Bobby. I...

Bobby. Bobby.

I did it again, Bobby. I got him in the you-know-what.

Bobby? Bobby?

Bob?

Oh, god, please.

Make him all right.

God, please?

Please, make it that he'll be okay.

I'm sorry, Shane.

I'm so sorry. I know I shouldn't have left him, even though I did.

Oh, Shane.

I promise I'll never, never leave him again.

Sweetheart.

I'm so sorry he did this to you.

I promise this will never happen again.

He's in jall.

It's gonna be all right, mom.

Don't worry.

Mom, can I talk to Mike for a minute?

Yeah

Is Shane all right?

Yeah

did he find the secret hiding place?

No, it's still there.

(00d.

It won't be long now.

I can feel it.

For what?

Can't tell you yet.

But it won't be long.

- Make your move. Come on. - Seven, eight. Good.

Yeah!

Take your man. That's it. I go. I go. “That's it.

One, one. I'm out. I'm out. Go ahead. Go, go, go.

Okay, five.

- I'll get it! - No, no. I'll get it. I'll get it.

- No, I'll get it. - I'll get it. I'll get it. Oh, man.

Oh, man. Hello?

I wonder who it is? Hello?

- Five. - I et's see.

- Hello? Yes, this is she. - One, two, three...

- No, I can't hear you. Just a minute. - I got it.

But, Mike, I already got this.

Yes, I'll pay the charges.

When did it happen?

I see.

I'm sorry to hear about your mother, Jack.

It sounded like the king. “What's he want?

Don't know, but it was bad news.

I can't handle it.

It's okay, mom.

Oh, mom, it's gonna be okay.

It's gonna be all right. Don't cry.

Please, mom?

Mom. Mommy?

- Mom? - Mom, monsters.

- Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Look. - Mom. Hey, mom, look.

Stop!

Can't you see I'm on the phone?

Go to your room! It's bedtime, anyway.

- Go to your room, boys! - But, mom, the sun's still out.

Please.

Just leave me alone. I'm sorry, boys. Go to your room for now.

Goodnight.

Yes

yes

no

They said no.

They said they're going to repossess your truck. You haven't paid up in the last two weeks.

They don't care.

I don't know.

I have to go now.

He's coming back, Mike.

It's not mom's fault.

But he's coming back.

Fire

I could be one of those girls.

No, you're prettier than them, mom.

- No, I'm not. - Yeah, but they make more money.

- I'm sure they do. They're on television. - You are prettier than them.

- I got it. - I'll get it.

And now, ladies and gentlemen...

Hi

Hi

I got you a couple of presents. I'm sorry.

I think you boys should go to your rooms, okay?

Oh, god, I'm sorry, Mary. I'm so sorry.

- Mom had said he was never coming back. - Please, forgive me.

But here he was bringing presents, saying he was sorry.

We thought he was in jail, but he had got out on a temporary release

so he could attend his mother's funeral.

We heard him cry.

Tell mom that he had changed.

That he would never drink again. That he was sorry.

That he loved us.

And especially her.

We knew that it had not been only the drinking that had caused him to act the way he had,

but we'd never heard a man cry before.

It shocked us.

We guessed it had shocked mom too.

We knew that she still heeded him.

We were too young then to understand about how a man and a woman loved one another.

How, because of that love, they can believe all sorts of things about the other person that are just not true.

But we did understand that mom was faced with about the hardest decision she ever had to make.

- Don't get any on you now. - Oh, mom.

Two for us, please. “Two?

Tickets, thank you.

- How many? - Two, please.

- Thank you. - Come on.

How many?

While I watched Sinbad do battle

with the massive, irate, two-headed chickens of colossa island.

My mind started putting together all the important things we discovered that summer.

You see, in those days, because they never made you leave after the movies were over...

There you go.

We saw two movies 12 times.

Help!

Come back, grandpa!

Hey, grandpa, come back!

Where is this thing going?

- Look out! - Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!

He made it. Yes!

Oh, it's fantastic.

Hey, grandpa.

You're a genius.

It was then, during the 10th show...

When I saw that look in Bobby's eyes again...

That I got the greatest, scariest, biggest,

most dangerous and incredible idea

any kid in the history of all time ever got.

That's when I got...

"The big idea", that's what I'm calling it.

Because it's so huge and dangerous.

Hey, Bobby. Yeah?

- Who's the greatest flyer of all time? - Red baron, of course.

Why?

What color is it?

Red.

What's it say on the side?

Well, radio flyer.

Radio flyer.

Flyer.

Radio flyer.

Thanks, Mike.

Told you it wouldn't be long.

It's all for the big idea.

Struts have to be stronger.

Is the tail as big as that one?

Up here? Okay, okay.

Oh, don't forget the top supports.

Okay, see, that's the main support, the Cox motors.

Using the king's tools was suicide.

He'd kill us just for touching them.

Besides that, he could be coming home at any minute.

Where's the bikes?

Got it.

Be careful. Don't just put it there.

Five dollars, right there. Thanks.

Thanks.

Yeah, thanks a lot.

- Hey, cool. - All right.

I ook at this one.

It turned out that the guy who owned the lawnmower engine was dead.

So it wasn't like stealing or anything.

We just claimed it in the hame of the United States of America.

Come on, Shane. Hurry up.

- Hurry. - Come on.

Whoa, not too fast.

Slow down, will you?

- Okay, I think it's gonna make it this time. - Come on.

- Come on. - I think it's gonna make it.

- Come on, keep going. - Come on, start. Start.

Darn.

All right, I'll get the propeller. I'll get it.

Okay, come on.

All right, it's gonna work.

Let her rip.

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Damn thing. Come on.

Oh, man.

- Okay, it's going. - It's going. It's going, Bobby.

Stopped again.

- It's balanced. - Keep it steady.

Start. Darn.

- Start. - Oh, darn.

Come on. Damn.

(Gol

Start the Cox.

Groovy. Yes. Yes, it works.

- Come on, start. - Yeah, you got it.

It's gotta go.

It's still going. It's still going.

- It's going. It's going. - I think it's gonna make it. It's going.

It's gonna make it. It's working.

It's not stopping. All right.

All right, Bobby! Yes.

Yes!

It took six days to build the flyer.

Okay, let's close her up.

But on the seventh day, we were done.

So we planned to go in two days.

Good morning, Shane.

Hurry.

Shane, get him!

(Go. Go. Get him.

Come on, hurry.

Shane, get him!

Bobby. Bobby.

Bobby, they're trying to bust into the clubhouse.

Morning, boys.

- There's no milk. - Use some orange juice.

I don't like orange juice.

Boys, tell me, what happened out back”?

Nothing. Some kids wanted to get in the clubhouse, that's all.

- Yeah. - Why'd they wanna get in there?

I don't know. You don't know?

Could it have anything to do with what you're building in there?

Look, don't worry, I didn't peek.

I don't know what's going on in there,

just that if it's difficult, when you need a hand,

maybe you could wait until your dad gets back.

- It's okay. - No. It's okay. We don't need any help.

No

Guys, come here a sec.

I wanna talk to you.

It's gonna be different, you know.

Everything's gonna be okay.

I promise.

I wish you'd please believe me.

We believe you, mom. “We do. Yeah

okay. “We do.

Don't be late for school, and don't forget your lunch.

Mom.

I love you, mom.

I love you too, sweetheart.

We had worked as fast as we could,

but it wasn't fast enough.

The king came home two days early, before even mom expected him back.

Hey. They took my sideviews.

Damn it. Goddamn it.

Mike? Yeah?

My stomach hurts.

- Why don't you just throw out your sandwich? - Okay.

Mine doesn't feel good either.

- Can we ride home? - Okay.

We should go home, Mike.

I know, but we gotta get... no.

Something's wrong. My stomach hurts. We should go home right now.

Yeah, you're right. My pain's getting worse too.

Shane.

Shane! Shane!

Shane.

Shane!

Where are you, Shane?

Shane! “Where?

Mikel

oh, my god.

Oh, my god. Shane.

(God.

Oh, Shane.

Hey, you guys.

Don't ever touch my tools again.

Put those sideviews back on my bike.

Oh, Shane.

Mike

Shane.

- Shane. - Is he okay?

He's alive.

Bobby, you have to go tonight.

I know. He's coming with me.

Oh, Shane.

Shane had risked his life to stop the king from finding the flyer.

It was only right that he go with Bobby that night.

Shane.

Dear mom.

Me and Bobby went to the wishing spot with the radio flyer.

I will be back, but Bobby...

Woh't

please don't get mad. Oh, we took Samson and Shane too.

Your son..

Mike

okay.

6:45. Let's go.

No other kids in the history of the world had ever had a better idea.

And if they did, they never built it.

The radio flyer was going to soar.

Suddenly it became clear to me why Bobby always got those faraway looks in his eyes

whenever he looked at the radio flyer.

He had known something I didn't:

He had known the true potential of the wagon.

He could see right through the metal of it and imagine the way it should've been.

See, it wasn't just the bright red paint, or the logo that was written on it

so it looked like the words were gonna fly right off the sides.

It was what the wagon represented.

It meant escape.

Who the king of terrors couldn't see,

who he couldn't look into the soul of,

and who he couldn't get his hands on...

He couldn't hurt.

Bobby was going away

fo faraway places where the king could never hurt him again.

That was what the flyer was for.

And that, pretty much, was the big idea.

(Goddamn it.

Fill her up, please.

With super.

If there's anything left of her halfway down, you got a chance.

At the bottom, just before you grab air, ease off.

Don't pull up, you'll stall out.

The angle's too great.

You got it?

Here

Fish, telephone.

Fisher.

Good luck, kid.

Fisher.

Fisher's flight had been doomed from the beginning.

Because he tried it way after he lost all the knowledge of the seven great abilities and fascinations.

You see, he was 14.

There you go. This one's on the house.

Pick it up, Shirley.

It's kind of slow. Why don't one of you go home?

- I'll stay. - Oh, yeah.

Thanks.

Groovy.

It's been swell

night, Mary.

(Sosh.

She's beautiful

she's amazing.

"Dear mom, me and Bobby... wishing spot."

I told those guys to stay off of that hill.

Too risky. You gotta wait until they all take off.

Yeah

Mike? Bobby?

What's going on here?

Answer me. I'm home.

Hello?

Shane?

Oh, come on.

Dear mom, me and Bobby went to the wishing spot with the radio flyer.

I will be back, but Bobby won't.

Please don't get mad.

Oh, we took Samson and Shane too. Your son...

That's one, Bobby.

There's only two more to go.

Hey. Hey, you gotta get ready. Come on.

Yeah

you promised me. You promised me!

There's stamps in there for you to send me the postcards.

- And you'd better send them to us. - Thanks, Mike.

Mikey. Bobby.

And that music. That music.

Please, I need to speak to officer daugherty right away.

What are you doing?

No, Mike. Mike, that's your favorite jacket.

No, Mike. Mike, that's your favorite jacket. Come on.

It's yours now. You gotta keep warm.

I wanna go too. I wanna go.

You can't. You gotta stay home and take care of mom.

I'm gonna miss you. I'm gonna miss youl.

I wanna be with you.

You gotta get ready.

So long, Shane. I love you.

Take care of Bobby.

Samson, be a good turtle.

Have a good ride.

Mike, the third one took off. We gotta go.

Hang on, Bobby, I'm gonna get that rock out.

Come on.

I can't get this thing loose.

Come on.

You little son of a bitch.

No! Stop!

Shane!

Free the wheel! Hurry!

Mike, hurry!

- Mike! Mike! - Hang on, Bobby.

Start it, Mike. Start it.

- Hurry, Mike. - Hang on.

- Hang on. I got it. I got it. - Hurry up, pull the cord.

- Got it. - I love you, Mike.

I love you, Bobby. I love you.

Mike, I'm in the slot.

Do you read me”? Do you read me”?

Bobby. Bobby.

- Can you hear me? - I'm in the slot, Mike.

Mike. Mike, I'm falling. She's going down.

- Do you read me? - Bobby, listen to me, the Cox engines.

The auxiliaries. The thing above your head, pull it. Now.

- Mike, I'm flying. I'm flying. - He's flying.

It's flying, Bob. I knew it, Bobby. I knew it.

I'm trying to turn her, Mike, but there's a lot of wind.

Bobby, I see you. You're right over the airport.

Mike, can you hear me?

Take care of Shane.

Take care of mom.

Goodbye, Mike. I love you.

Goodbye, Bob.

Goodbye.

There!

Where's Bobby?

Mike™? You're done.

Mike

Mikey, where's Bobby?

- Mike, where's your brother? - Mom.

- Michael, where's your brother? - Mom.

What?

Michael, where is he?

He made it, mom. He made it.

What are you talking about?

He's gone, mom.

He's gone.

Where is he?

Like Bobby said, it's gonna be okay now.

He's safe.

He's okay now.

However many times I tried explaining to mom what had happened,

being grown-up, she could never recapture the frame of mind needed to really understand.

But being our mom, she never stopped looking.

Never, that is, until the day I ran home from school

and all her fears and worries were laid to rest.

The day I got the first postcard.

Mom. Look. Look!

Mom. Look, mom.

Mom. Mom, look. Look.

It came, mom. It came.

Dear mom and Mike, I am fine. I hope you are too.

The flyer works great.

I scared the buffalo, flying too low, but Geronimo bill was nice.

I love you. Bobby.

I told you, mom. Told you he'd write.

Time passed and I grew up, and I went to college.

But I never completely lost all knowledge of the seven great abilities and fascinations.

Every time I felt them slipping away...

I got another postcard.

Bobby traveled all over the world

and visited places we dreamed about visiting when we were kids.

You see, in time, he grew up to be exactly what he was born to be...

A flyer.

You guys understand what I meant about history being in the mind of the teller now?

I think so. Yeah

(00d.

(Good because that's how I remember it.

Dad, can we ask you a question?

Yeah, sure.

Is that where we got Samson?

Yeah

yeah, that's right. That's exactly where we got him.

Really”? You promise?

You pinkie promise”?

I pinkie promise.

You see, that's what makes a promise such a big deal.

Once you make it, it'll last forever.