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[mysterious music]

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I'VE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE
ON NORMAL STREET.

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THERE'S A QUIET LAKE
AT ONE END

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AND A FOREST OF SHADY TREES
AT THE OTHER.

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AND SOMEWHERE IN-BETWEEN
IS AN OLD LADY IN AN OLD HOUSE

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SITTING ON TOP
OF ULTIMATE DOOM.

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THAT'S ME.
GORTIMER GIBBON.

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AND YES, I'M COVERED IN MUD.

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IT'S EVERYWHERE,
IN MY EARS, UNDER MY EYELIDS,

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EVEN IN MY UNDERWEAR.

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THAT'S MY BEST FRIEND RANGER.

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RANGER AND I HAVE BEEN
FRIENDS FOR SO LONG

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OUR MOTHERS USED TO PUT US
IN THE BATH TOGETHER.

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QUIT STALLING.

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I CAN'T TAKE MY SHOES OFF.

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THEY'RE ALREADY RUINED.

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THAT'S MY OTHER
BEST FRIEND MEL.

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HER NAME'S REALLY MELODY,
BUT NOBODY CALLS HER THAT.

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LET'S JUST GET THIS
OVER WITH.

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IF YOU'RE WONDERING
HOW COME I'M COVERED IN MUD,

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WELL, IT ALL STARTED
WITH A BROKEN WATERMELON

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AND KIND OF SPIRALED
OUT OF CONTROL FROM THERE.

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[exhales]

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HIT IT.

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[Beethoven's Ode to Joy]

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IT WAS THE HOTTEST
DAY OF THE YEAR

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FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW.

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AND IT WAS ONLY
9:00 IN THE MORNING.

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SHOULDN'T SUMMER
BE OVER BY NOW?

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THIS ISN'T FAIR.

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IT WAS SO HOT,
INSTEAD OF EATING HIS POPSICLE,

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RANGER APPLIED IT
DIRECTLY TO HIS BODY.

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AHH.

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HE WAS STARTING TO CRACK.

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YOUR POPSICLE IS PUDDLING.

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IT'S NOT NATURAL,
THIS HEAT.

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SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

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MAYBE IT'S SOME
KIND OF PUNISHMENT.

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FOR WHAT?

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CHOPPING DOWN
THE RAINFORESTS.

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ABUSING FOSSIL FUELS.

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REALITY TV SHOWS.
I DON'T KNOW.

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REALITY TV SHOWS
DON'T CORRELATE

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WITH THE SEASONAL CHANGES
IN TEMPERATURE.

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PEAS AND CARROTS.

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I'M SO HOT I THINK MY BRAINS
ARE GONNA MELT OUT MY EARS.

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WE WERE TRYING TO HELP
RANGER SWEAR LESS

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BY GETTING HIM TO SAY FOOD NAMES
INSTEAD OF CURSE WORDS.

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GARDNER, GET INSIDE.

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MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS ALWAYS
SNEAKING THINGS INTO MY POCKETS

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WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING.

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NO. STOP... I DON'T WANT...

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MOM, GARDNER'S TRYING
TO GIVE ME SOMETHING.

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OH.
[chuckles]

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HONEY, IT'S JUST HIS WAY
OF SAYING, "BE MY FRIEND."

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I THINK IT'S
HIS WAY OF SAYING,

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"I WANT TO PUT DIRT
IN YOUR POCKET."

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[blows raspberry]

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AND WHAT'S HE SAYING NOW?
"I LOVE YOU?"

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WELL, IT WOULDN'T
HURT YOU TO SAY IT.

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MOM.

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GARDNER NEEDS
MORE SWIM DIAPERS.

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HOW FAST CAN YOU
GET TO THE STORE?

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IT'S TOO HOT TO WALK.

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SON, YOU'LL BE FINE.

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YOUR BROTHER NEEDS TO STAY COOL
IN THE POOL TODAY.

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YOU KNOW
HOW OVERHEATED HE GETS.

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YOU CAN GET YOURSELF
AN ARCTIC SLUDGY.

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COME ON.

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YOU GUYS COMING?

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FINE.
IF I DON'T MAKE IT BACK,

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YOU GUYS CAN SPLIT UP
MY STUFF.

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[sighs]

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MY BROTHER GETS NOTHING.

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[shoes squeaking]

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MY SHOES HAD COLLECTED
FIVE BLOCKS WORTH OF LEG SWEAT.

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IT'S SAID THAT THE PECULIAR
SOUNDS THAT THE MACHINE MAKES

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WHEN BIRTHING
AN ARCTIC SLUDGY

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ARE THE LAWS OF PHYSICS
SCREAMING IN PROTEST.

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HAVE YOU GOT IT ALL?

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EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR?

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IT WAS A RARE THING TO SEE

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MS. HUDSPITH
OUTSIDE OF HER HOUSE.

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SHE WAS FAMOUS ONCE,
FOR SOME REASON,

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UNTIL SHE WENT BLIND.

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THE WATERMELON,
THE DUCT TAPE...

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ONE GENUINE SILVER FORK,
ON SPECIAL ORDER.

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AH, STERLING SILVER.

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YES, I BELIEVE SO.

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WELL, IS IT OR ISN'T IT, EGG?
BE CERTAIN.

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RANGER HAD ACTUALLY TRIED TO
REACH OUT TO MS. HUDSPITH ONCE

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ON DO A GOOD DEED DAY.

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HE OFFERED UP ONE OF
HIS MOM'S SIGNATURE BROWNIES,

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WHICH NO HUMAN BEING
BORN ON THIS EARTH

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IS PHYSICALLY ABLE TO RESIST.

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[sniffs]
OH...

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STERLING. I'M CERTAIN.

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I ALSO ORDERED A BROOM HANDLE.
RIGHT HERE.

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MUST HAVE THE PROPER
HEFT AND BALANCE.

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WHAT'S THIS?

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IT'S YOUR BROOM.
I WANTED A BROOM HANDLE.

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WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH
THIS STRAW STUCK ON ONE END?

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WELL, MS. HUDSPITH,
MOST PEOPLE SWEEP WITH IT.

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DON'T GET SMART, EGG.

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THIS IS MY LIFE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

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MY LIFE.

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both: OH!

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WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

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I'M SORRY, MS. HUDSPITH.

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WHO'S THERE?

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IS THAT THE GIBBON BOY?
GORTIMER?

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YES, MA'AM.

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MY WATERMELON,
IS IT RUINED?

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TELL THE TRUTH, NOW.

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IT STILL LOOKS
GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT?

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OKAY, BYE.

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HEY, BUD.

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MS. HUDSPITH JUST CALLED.

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SHE WANTS YOU TO COME OVER
RIGHT AWAY.

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NOW?

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YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU
AND YOUR BROTHER CAME ALONG,

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I USED TO STOP BY ALL THE TIME
AND CHECK ON HER.

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THINK OF HER AS FAMILY.

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SHE'S REACHING OUT,
GORTIMER.

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DID SHE SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT A WATERMELON?

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[laughs]
COME HERE, BUDDY.

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HEY, I KNOW THIS HOUSE.

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IT'S THE LADY THAT
TRASHED MY BROWNIE.

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PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

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YOU JUST DON'T THROW AWAY
BAKED GOODS LIKE THAT.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK
SHE WANTS?

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I WANT YOU TO GET RID
OF THAT FROG.

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I BROUGHT YOU
AN APOLOGY MELON.

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SHOULD YOU BE USING CARPENTRY
TOOLS LIKE THAT, MS. HUDSPITH?

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OH, I'M CAPABLE OF A LOT MORE
THAN A BOY LIKE YOU KNOWS.

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DID I EVER TELL YOU
HOW I LOST MY SIGHT?

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WE NEVER ACTUALLY
TALKED BEFORE TODAY.

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[mouths silently]
GET OUT!

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LISTEN, HOW 'BOUT
I LEAVE THIS HERE AND GO?

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I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU.

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[metal scraping]

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I GAVE UP A LOT
TO BE A FASHION MODEL.

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FAMILY, FRIENDS,
EVEN MY SELF RESPECT.

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THEY SAY BE CAREFUL
WHAT YOU WISH FOR...

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BECAUSE YOU MIGHT GET IT.

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WHAT THEY MEAN IS
THERE'S A HIDDEN PRICE

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THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT.

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WISHES ARE NEVER FREE.

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YOU GAVE YOUR SIGHT
FOR A WISH?

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I GAVE NOTHING.

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MY SIGHT WAS TAKEN FROM ME.

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ME, A RADIANT BEAUTY, GRACING
BILLBOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

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SEEN AND ADORED BY MILLIONS.

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ME, WHO COULD NO LONGER
SEE ANYTHING.

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WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?

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IT WAS A FROG.

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THE FROG.

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AND NOW HE'S COME BACK FOR MORE.

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WHAT MORE DO I HAVE TO GIVE?

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NOT SO FAST.

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OH, MY GRAVY.

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SHE'S SPEAR FISHING
FOR WATERMELON.

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GORTIMER, GET OUTTA THERE!

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SHE HAS REALLY GOOD AIM
FOR A BLIND...

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HE TAUNTS ME.

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DON'T YOU HEAR IT?

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DAY AND NIGHT, CALLING.

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LISTEN.

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WHAT WAS THAT?

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I HEAR IT EVERY MINUTE
OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY.

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HE'S COME BACK.

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AND HE'S BROUGHT
THE HEAT WITH HIM.

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HE MEANS TO ROAST US ALL
UNTIL HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS.

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TAKE IT.

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IF YOU EVER WANT TO FEEL
A COOL BREEZE

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FOR THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE, TAKE IT.

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IT'S IN
THE CRAWLSPACE BENEATH.

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WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
WITH THIS, EXACTLY?

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OH, SAVE ME, GORTIMER.

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SAVE US ALL.

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ARE YOU REALLY GONNA
KILL A FROG WITH A FORK?

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THOUGHT IF I JUST POKED IT
A LITTLE IT MIGHT JUST HOP AWAY.

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ARE YOU SURE
IT IS A FROG?

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- WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE?
- COULD BE A TOAD.

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THERE'S A DIFFERENCE?

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TAXONOMICALLY SPEAKING
THERE'S NO REAL DISTINCTION.

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PORK AND BEANS!
OF COURSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

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TOADS HAVE POISON GLANDS
BEHIND THEIR EYES.

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THEY CAN SQUIRT POISON AT YOU
WITH THEIR EYES.

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[sighs] THAT'S
A RARE ADAPTATION.

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AND ANYWAY,
IT'S NOT THE EYES.

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THERE'S A SPECIALIZED GLAND
BEHIND THE EYES

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THAT SPRAYS THE POISON.

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HMM.

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YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD
THE TALE MS. HUDSPITH SPUN.

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SOMETHING ABOUT A WISH
AND THE FROG AND THE HEAT.

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THE FROG OF ULTIMATE DOOM?

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MY GRANDPA TOLD ME THAT ONCE.
DIDN'T I EVER TELL YOU GUYS?

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OKAY, SO ONCE,
THERE WAS THIS KID

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AND HE WANTED TO MAKE A WISH.

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SO HE RUNS TO THE TOP
OF WISHING HILL

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AT THE END OF NORMAL STREET.

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HE WISHES FOR WINTER TO END

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SO HIS FAMILY WOULDN'T
LOSE ALL THEIR CROPS.

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HE WAITS TO HEAR
THE COIN HIT THE WATER,

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BUT IT NEVER MAKES A SOUND.

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HE LOWERS THE BUCKET,

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BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE A SPLASH.

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AND THEN... AND THEN...
UH, WAIT.

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I CAN'T REMEMBER.
HOW DOES THIS PART GO?

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OH, YEAH, SO THEN THIS KID
CATCHES SOMETHING HEAVY

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AND HAULS IT UP.

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AND THERE IN THE BUCKET
IS THE FROG OF ULTIMATE DOOM.

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THE FROG SAID
HE'D GRANT THE BOY'S WISH.

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BUT IT DEMANDED
MORE THAN A COIN.

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"HOLD OUT YOUR HAND,"
THE FROG SAYS.

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CHOMP!
BITES A FINGER RIGHT OFF.

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AND THAT WAS THE COST
OF THE WISH.

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SOME WISHES COST MORE
THAN OTHERS, APPARENTLY.

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BUT THE BOY GOT
HIS WISH, RIGHT?

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WELL, SUMMER CAME THAT DAY
AND THE CROPS WERE SAVED.

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UNTIL A FEW MONTHS LATER
WHEN SUMMER DIDN'T END.

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THE CROPS WITHERED
AND THE SUN KEPT BURNING.

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BUT THE HEAT ENDED
AT SOME POINT.

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SOMEONE HAD TO BEAT
THE FROG OF DOOM.

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HUH?
OH... YEAH.

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THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT, LIKE,
A FORK OF DESTINY OR SOMETHING.

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OR MAYBE THAT WAS ANOTHER STORY.
I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER.

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00:11:45,238 --> 00:11:48,108
BUT THE FINGER CHOMPING?
THAT IS HARD TO FORGET.

230
00:11:48,175 --> 00:11:52,045
WAIT A MINUTE.
FORK OF DESTINY?

231
00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:53,552
LEAVE IT TO RANGER TO SKATE

232
00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:56,083
RIGHT OVER THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE STORY.

233
00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:58,519
WHATEVER WAITED FOR ME
UNDER THAT HOUSE,

234
00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:00,415
I WANTED TO BE PREPARED.

235
00:12:00,487 --> 00:12:04,657
YOU'LL NEED PROTECTION FOR THE
EYES, SOMETHING FOR THE FINGERS.

236
00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:07,034
[upbeat music]

237
00:12:19,506 --> 00:12:22,876
HERE WE GO.

238
00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:37,318
THE FORK OF DESTINY.

239
00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:39,360
DON'T DROP IT.

240
00:12:41,895 --> 00:12:46,865
- LET'S KICK SOME FROG BUTT?
- [sighs]

241
00:12:46,934 --> 00:12:48,874
THE MIND IS THE ULTIMATE
BATTLEGROUND.

242
00:12:48,936 --> 00:12:50,596
DON'T LET HIM
GET IN YOUR HEAD.

243
00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:53,910
AND KEEP YOUR FINGERS OUT
OF CHOMPING RANGE AT ALL TIMES.

244
00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:56,682
WHAT'S THAT FOR?

245
00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,513
SO WE CAN RETRIEVE
YOUR CORPSE.

246
00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:02,948
EMERGENCY ESCAPE SYSTEM.

247
00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:04,916
TUG THREE TIMES
AND WE'LL PULL YOU OUT.

248
00:13:04,985 --> 00:13:06,885
OR WHATEVER'S
LEFT OF YOU.

249
00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:08,994
GIVE ME A SOUND CHECK.

250
00:13:09,056 --> 00:13:11,086
I CAN'T BREATHE.
I'M GONNA BE SICK.

251
00:13:11,158 --> 00:13:14,588
KEEP TALKING
SO WE KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE.

252
00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:18,171
MAKING PROGRESS.

253
00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:21,871
JUST GET IN THERE, POKE THAT
FROG, AND GET OUT, GORTIMER.

254
00:13:24,838 --> 00:13:26,838
HEAT UP
THE FRYING PAN, MEL.

255
00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:29,637
WE'RE HAVING FROG LEGS
FOR DINNER.

256
00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:34,179
[all scream]

257
00:13:38,785 --> 00:13:40,785
SPIDERS.

258
00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:42,964
WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SPIDERS?

259
00:13:43,023 --> 00:13:46,393
KEEP MOVING, GORTIMER.

260
00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:51,925
UGH. I'M ALLERGIC TO MOLD.

261
00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:54,699
WHAT'S THAT?
YOU'RE BREAKING UP.

262
00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:56,337
[static over earpiece]

263
00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:59,143
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, MEL,
I'M PRESSING ON.

264
00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:13,392
[frog croaking]

265
00:14:16,789 --> 00:14:18,359
THE FROG OF ULTIMATE DOOM.

266
00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:24,127
I'M SORRY,
BUT SUMMER HAS TO END.

267
00:14:37,644 --> 00:14:40,054
WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE?
THE RADIO WENT DEAD.

268
00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,323
DID YOU GET HIM?

269
00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:50,790
MS. HUDSPITH!
MS. HUDSPITH!

270
00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:54,357
GORTIMER, IS IT...

271
00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:56,427
IS IT OVER?

272
00:15:10,177 --> 00:15:14,677
I WAS JUST A KID MYSELF
WHEN THIS STORY BEGAN.

273
00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:23,089
OH, I WAS YOUNG ONCE.

274
00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:26,126
AND MISERABLE.

275
00:15:26,193 --> 00:15:29,033
I HAD SUCH BIG DREAMS.

276
00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:32,066
BUT I LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN.

277
00:15:34,734 --> 00:15:38,374
WHOA. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

278
00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:46,383
YOU MADE THESE DESIGNS,
MS. HUDSPITH?

279
00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:49,076
OH, FOR A LONG TIME
THAT WAS AS CLOSE

280
00:15:49,149 --> 00:15:51,519
AS I DARE COME TO MY DREAM.

281
00:15:51,584 --> 00:15:53,424
THEN ONE DAY...

282
00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:57,216
THE HOTTEST DAY IN MEMORY,
AS IT HAPPENED,

283
00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,260
EVERYTHING CAME TO A BOIL.

284
00:15:59,326 --> 00:16:01,686
I RAN TO THE WISHING WELL.

285
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,731
I HAD NO COIN TO OFFER.

286
00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:06,666
- THE ONLY THING OF VALUE...
- THE RING.

287
00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:10,203
I DROPPED IT INTO THE WELL.

288
00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:14,840
AND I WISHED.
I WISHED SO HARD.

289
00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:18,107
THEN HE APPEARED.

290
00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:21,348
I HAD NEVER SEEN A BOY
SO BEAUTIFUL.

291
00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:26,324
HE LOOKED AT ME WITH THOSE
STRANGE, SAD EYES.

292
00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:30,156
I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN,
I DIDN'T SEE IT,

293
00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:33,633
BUT WHAT WAS
IN THOSE EYES WAS LOVE.

294
00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:35,903
I HELD OUT MY HAND.

295
00:16:35,962 --> 00:16:38,102
HE SMILED THAT
BEAUTIFUL SMILE

296
00:16:38,165 --> 00:16:40,725
AND SLIPPED THE RING
ON MY FINGER.

297
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,870
EVERYTHING CHANGED.

298
00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:46,605
I WAS EVERYWHERE.
I WAS IN DEMAND.

299
00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:49,613
I HAD BECOME EVERYTHING
I WANTED TO BE AND MORE.

300
00:16:51,178 --> 00:16:52,778
I WAS LIVING MY DREAM.

301
00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:57,915
BUT LIKE ALL DREAMS,
THIS ONE CAME TO AN ABRUPT END.

302
00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,424
THE BOY REAPPEARED ONE NIGHT.

303
00:17:00,487 --> 00:17:02,257
I HADN'T NOTICED
UNTIL THAT MOMENT

304
00:17:02,322 --> 00:17:05,662
THAT I WAS STILL WEARING
THE RING ALL THOSE YEARS.

305
00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:10,825
HE THOUGHT I HAD
PROMISED MYSELF TO HIM.

306
00:17:10,897 --> 00:17:13,427
BUT ALL I DID WAS MAKE A WISH.

307
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:17,470
A PROMISE TO MYSELF TO KEEP
WORKING FOR MY DREAM.

308
00:17:17,537 --> 00:17:20,207
I DID THE WORK,
I PUT IN THE HOURS,

309
00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:23,083
I SURVIVED,
IT WAS MY TRIUMPH.

310
00:17:23,143 --> 00:17:25,183
I OWED NOTHING TO ANYONE.

311
00:17:25,245 --> 00:17:28,275
SO I THREW THE RING
BACK IN HIS FACE AND I RAN.

312
00:17:28,348 --> 00:17:30,548
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
I SAW HIM.

313
00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:40,785
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
I SAW ANYTHING.

314
00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,560
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

315
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:47,829
HE HAS CURSED MY LIFE
WITH MISFORTUNE EVER SINCE.

316
00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:52,840
MAN... YOU HAVE ALL THE LUCK.

317
00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:54,765
[frog croaks]

318
00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:57,611
[shudders]

319
00:17:57,677 --> 00:17:59,577
ARE YOU SURE YOU
DON'T WANT A HELMET

320
00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:01,446
OR SHOULDER PADS
OR SOMETHING?

321
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,684
NO. I JUST WANT
TO TALK TO HIM.

322
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:06,320
WHAT ABOUT
THE FORK OF DESTINY?

323
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:08,486
I DROPPED THE FORK WHEN I WAS
IN THERE THE FIRST TIME.

324
00:18:08,555 --> 00:18:10,385
SON OF A BLUEBERRY,
GORTIMER.

325
00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:13,427
YOU DON'T DROP ANYTHING
WITH "DESTINY" IN THE NAME.

326
00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:16,463
THAT IS WHY IT SAYS "DESTINY."

327
00:18:16,529 --> 00:18:19,229
SO THERE WILL BE NO DROPPAGE.

328
00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:22,999
I'M GOING IN.

329
00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:25,809
- GOT IT?
- I'M GOOD.

330
00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,680
HELLO?

331
00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:31,812
WE NEED TO TALK.

332
00:18:33,746 --> 00:18:35,916
I'M NOT LEAVING... WHOA!

333
00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:38,322
[grunts]

334
00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:50,058
UM, I CAN STILL
GET OUT OF HERE, RIGHT?

335
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:52,699
OKAY, LOOK...

336
00:18:54,401 --> 00:18:57,601
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS,
BUT I TALKED TO HER

337
00:18:57,670 --> 00:19:00,270
AND SHE'S JUST
NOT INTERESTED.

338
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:03,610
SHE JUST KIND OF MOVED ON.

339
00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:06,346
I'M SORRY IF THIS ISN'T
WHAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR.

340
00:19:06,413 --> 00:19:09,923
WHATEVER SHE PROMISED YOU SHE'S
NEVER GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU

341
00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:13,052
NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU WAIT.

342
00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,089
OKAY, LOOK, WE CAN'T BE STUCK
IN SUMMER FOREVER.

343
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:19,525
YOU HAVE TO END THIS.
YOU HAVE TO LET HER GO
AND MOVE ON.

344
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:22,202
SHE'S ALREADY GIVEN UP
HER SIGHT.

345
00:19:22,262 --> 00:19:25,732
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?

346
00:19:27,234 --> 00:19:29,374
POISON EYES.

347
00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:32,640
OH...

348
00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:39,975
[coughing]

349
00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:42,676
WAIT, IT'S...

350
00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:44,449
STOP CRYING.

351
00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:49,617
IT'S NOT A BAD THING
TO BE FR... FR...

352
00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:04,301
HEATSTROKE.
HE PASSED OUT.

353
00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:07,841
OH, TURNIPS.
OH, RADISHES. OH...

354
00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:09,607
- CARROTS!
- RANGER, FOCUS.

355
00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:12,006
WE HAVE TO COOL
HIM DOWN QUICKLY.

356
00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:14,508
OH, I'M ON IT.

357
00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:20,948
HEY, THAT'S MY GRANDMA'S
PITCHER!

358
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,190
RANGER!

359
00:20:22,255 --> 00:20:24,585
I WILL BRING IT BACK!

360
00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:34,997
[gasping]

361
00:20:36,303 --> 00:20:37,803
WHAT THE BEAN DIP?

362
00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:40,510
- YOU FAINTED.
- I SAID A SWEAR.

363
00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:44,513
- OH. I WON'T TELL.
- OKAY.

364
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:51,979
WHAT HAPPENED
IN THERE?

365
00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:54,351
I FAILED.

366
00:20:56,055 --> 00:20:58,215
THE ARCTIC SLUDGY
WAS COURTESY OF MEL.

367
00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:00,761
SHE WALKED ALL THE WAY TO
THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND BACK

368
00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:04,257
IN THE RAGING HEAT
JUST TO GET IT FOR ME.

369
00:21:04,331 --> 00:21:06,331
I FELL ASLEEP BEFORE
I COULD FINISH IT.

370
00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:10,939
BUT I WOKE TO A SOUND I HADN'T
HEARD IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

371
00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:14,473
[rain pouring]

372
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:23,081
AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE SUMMER
THAT WOULDN'T END WAS OVER.

373
00:21:23,149 --> 00:21:25,689
[phone rings]

374
00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:27,252
HELLO?

375
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,520
GORTIMER, COME QUICKLY.
THE CRAWLSPACE IS FLOODING.

376
00:21:33,426 --> 00:21:34,986
IS HE IN THERE?

377
00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:38,801
HE'LL DROWN DOWN THERE.
GORTIMER, HELP HIM, PLEASE.

378
00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:43,968
HELLO?

379
00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:49,609
HEY, KID... FROG.

380
00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:52,350
FROG KID!

381
00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:54,312
ARE YOU IN HERE?

382
00:21:56,416 --> 00:21:58,846
YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

383
00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:09,098
RANGER WILL BE SO PLEASED.

384
00:22:15,134 --> 00:22:16,604
[screams]

385
00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:20,569
GORTIMER?
GORTIMER!

386
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:27,677
WHAT HAPPENED?

387
00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:32,448
I'M HERE, MS. HUDSPITH.

388
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,428
GORTIMER?

389
00:22:45,565 --> 00:22:48,095
HE'S GONE,
MS. HUDSPITH.

390
00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:50,597
OH...

391
00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:02,753
NOW THAT THE HEAT
HAD FINALLY LEFT NORMAL STREET,

392
00:23:02,815 --> 00:23:05,845
WE COULD ALL GET BACK TO...

393
00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,748
WELL, NORMAL.

394
00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:14,128
OOH!

395
00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:16,203
[chuckles]

396
00:23:16,262 --> 00:23:19,572
[upbeat music]

397
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,160
[ring clinks]

398
00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:57,669
[footsteps approaching]

399
00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:05,041
ARE YOU THERE?

400
00:24:06,546 --> 00:24:08,546
IT'S GORTIMER, MS. HUDSPITH.

401
00:24:08,615 --> 00:24:11,875
- AND MEL.
- AND ME. RANGER, I MEAN.

402
00:24:14,687 --> 00:24:17,617
WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT
FIND YOU HERE.

403
00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:19,430
MY MOM MADE
SOME BROWNIES.

404
00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:20,762
WE BROUGHT ONE
FOR YOU,

405
00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:23,997
IF YOU PROMISE
NOT TO THROW IT AWAY.

406
00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:25,933
I...

407
00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:29,368
I WAS JUST WAITING
FOR AN OLD FRIEND.

408
00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:32,905
YOU GOT THREE.

409
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:35,472
MS. HUDSPITH?

410
00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:37,242
CAN WE HELP YOU HOME?

411
00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:46,153
YOU KNOW...

412
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:50,088
I HAVE SOME WHIPPED CREAM
IN THE FRIDGE.

413
00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:54,856
SHOULD GO GREAT
WITH THAT BROWNIE.

414
00:24:54,927 --> 00:25:00,127
THOUGH SHE WISHED IT, THE
GOLDEN-EYED BOY DID NOT RETURN.

415
00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:02,569
THEIR STORY HAD ENDED.

416
00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:04,465
IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW STORY.

417
00:25:04,537 --> 00:25:06,907
A NEW BEGINNING.

418
00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:13,009
HOLD ON TOO TIGHT
AND LOVE CAN BURN.

419
00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:17,149
CLOSE YOUR EYES TO IT AND
YOU'RE LEFT ALONE IN THE DARK.

420
00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:21,716
IN A WAY, MS. HUDSPITH WAS
SEEING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.

421
00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:23,858
AND WE WERE SEEING HER.

422
00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,459
THEY SAY LOVE IS BLIND.

423
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:32,798
BUT THE REAL DANGER
IS BEING BLIND TO LOVE.

424
00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:46,980
HEY, GARDNER.

425
00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,376
LOVE YA.

426
00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:51,678
[blows raspberry]

427
00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:08,898
[upbeat music]