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your mother was my friend

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what do you want for me I want to help

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I'll bring you the alien the creature

the being you really are my father

yes do you think we'll ever find my mom

we'll find her

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thank you

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what now we need to get away from the

highway stay out of sight for a while

camping out again huh you know Fox

wasn't too far behind us we ought to

blend in here lay low till he thinks

we're gone

well can we try like a hotel or

something I mean they're all sorts of

wild animals out here worried I won't

let anything

eat you yeah that's easy for you to say

sighs we don't have enough money for a

motel where have I heard that one before

where are you going

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they may be a way to blend in I couldn't

leave him there no one else could have

helped maybe they won't say anything

hey mister you gonna help the bird yes

Botha there's a vet just up the road

okay thanks a lot we'll find them

it's a vet

veterinarian dr. Franz do you know

anything about birds well I have that

pet canary once zimas Waldo

I don't get it why don't you just take

out the old silver sphere SAP the bird

make it better and we move on because I

don't know what's wrong with it

wanted it seems you're gonna tell me

what your powers really are one of these

days maybe you'll know it's a wild herd

my dogs going crazy get that thing out

of here he's hurt you've got no business

coming into her like that and scaring my

little silly she has a nervous

commission as it is I'm sorry what kind

of a pet is that to have anyway

thank you

I don't believe it bring that in the

back room quickly I'll be right back

peregrine falcons wild just sat on your

arm all the way over here you always had

this magical effect with wild birds of

prey didn't you I wouldn't hurt it i'm

JC Flynn I'm Paul Forrester you're not

from around here are you

no we're not we my son Scott and I the

boy in the waiting room we're just

passing through

well mr. Paul Forrester now we've gotten

you and me and Scott taken care of okay

we got a name for this poor bird

Waldo Waldo uh he's a she you know I

like Waldo well let's take a look at all

Waldo here aha oh yeah

it's broken probably flew into a wire I

won't be able to do anything now she

needs to be tranquilized once I set that

wing it'll be at least three weeks

before she's mended I'd like to help her

fly if I can

okay let's get her comfortable for the

night we just have to find a cage for

walk over here it's okay since she's in

shock she needs to be quiet for now you

have quite a way with animals don't you

I could use an extra pair of hands

around here just be feeding the animals

cleaning the cages giving them vitamins

that sort of thing I mean it wouldn't

pay much but I do have a spare room in

the back if you need a place to stay I'd

like to help with Waldo of course and I

have a job for your son babysitting

this is Joey Joey

Saylor Scott I guess your magic touch

only works with Cougars and birds come

on you guys I'll show you your room you

got us into this because she's pretty

right well it is a nice place to lay low

tofox goes away

so after my husband left I decided to

move up here what you do seems like a

nice way to make a living it would be if

I were see I thought I could get some

work from the farms in the area but it

hasn't worked out that way I'm just not

getting by taking care of the local cats

and dogs would you like another ear

no thank you

I have all I need excuse me Kasey's

Animal Farm we're closed okay Harold be

right there

Buono jeans just plain miserable maybe

this won't be so bad after all

nice house pizza for dinner kids sort of

cute he likes you how can you tell I'm

an alien

I have these powers

Harold come on in I really appreciate

this case she's been chewing on that

Paul all day she's gonna be okay

just pick her up after the weekend okay

try and get some sleep now darling oh by

the way be extra careful for the night

like all your doors and windows what are

you talking about well it's been on

police calls all day a man about 35 he's

traveling with a teenage kid heads after

him

god only knows what he did you just be

careful you hear Harold what is a case

you seen somebody like that no it's

nothing goodnight

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Joey

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oh honey is something wrong no no it's

just uh it's past your bedtime I don't

want him to get too excited

why don't you guys clear off the table

okay

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you know I feel like I told you my whole

life story over dinner and I don't know

anything about you what would you like

to know do you really do it for a living

I'm a photographer work that bad you're

just not very good at it

I don't understand snapped up this job

as if you needed the money I do are you

afraid of me no should I be

if I make you uncomfortable we can leave

no no I just gotta tie hurt that's all

where are you and Scott headed south

where's mrs. Forrester

there isn't one I'm sorry I guess I

should have asked you all these things

before I hired you for all I know you

could turn out to be an escaped murderer

I'm not it's really important for you to

stay and help that bird isn't it yes why

I don't know

I feel for it good night

good night Izzy

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chief gali mm-hmm

chief I'm George Fox I'm with the

Federal Security Agency that's your car

parked outside yes it is one of my

officers sees that you're gonna get

yourself a ticket I'm here on government

business chief mister my officers would

give a citation to Air Force One if they

found them parked in the red zone well

I'll take my chances chief super cell

come on in miss Fox have a seat thank

you what can I do for you oh no sir

don't sit there that's Mona Jean spot

she kind of likes it too itself all

right she's not here right now but Jeep

Jeep it's all right believe me it's all

right now what I'm doing is looking for

this man and this boy they're known to

be traveling in your thing on them on

the radio what's he done

I'm afraid that's classified information

chief come get classified national

security very secret and very important

you mean the charge is classified that's

right

what is it some gonna spot I can't tell

you that chief that's why they call it

classified oh that sounds serious it is

serious very and what do you want from

me I'd like to have your cooperation I'd

like to have you put all your men on

alert if you find him hold him for me

hold both of them for me this is where

I'm staying

oh no I don't know around here we like

something to hold a man on but you'll do

it for me anyway won't you chief yeah

professional courtesy one lawman to

another

where are we going Foundation for birds

of prey a captive breeding program pay

attention you'll be making this trip by

yourself starting tomorrow you sound as

if you don't like this place

I don't why they have a different

approach to things than I do

I don't believe in interfering with

mother nature can they do that here just

a bit why doesn't someone make them stop

now why didn't I think of that

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Paul this is Paul Forrester my new

assistant Brian Willis he runs this

place

hello no assistant huh yeah keep your

mitts off the Sawbones come on I'll take

you around back and show your car

that'll only be a minute you know your

assistants not a bad-looking guy I hope

you got some references not a one

jealous no should I be

he works cheap Jeannie ran off on me you

know I got the obvious solution to you

being broke and short-handed all the

time oh yeah what's that marry me I'll

pay all the bills if you keep your

opinions to yourself about my program

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come on Joey

give me a break would you my dad's

expecting me to write a book report on

this by next week

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keep the usual records on these chicks

sighs wait you'll get the regular

boredom fear hey see there's a falcon

back there in a cage

looks like Waldo but it has something on

his head Waldo its Falcon with a broken

wing KC's gonna fix it apparently any

identification no I assumed it fool that

I am that you were gonna tell me about

this why so you could bring it here and

put it in a cage with all the other ones

stick it under a microscope poke around

see if you can prod it into mating you

know that's not how it is case she's a

peregrine general what that means it

means to wander that's what she was born

to do she can't live locked up when

she's well and if she can be returned to

the wild she will be oh yeah I know that

little trick of yours that's where you

put a little transmitter on her foot so

you can find her nests and then steal

her eggs how would you like it Paul if

you came home one day and found that

somebody swiped your kid hey wait a

minute I didn't create this mess I'm the

guy that's trying to make it better how

she's a wild creature Brian you can't do

this to her it's cruel it's ugly

tomorrow Kacie I'm coming for the bird

he's gonna take Waldo from you like

bring her here she's a peregrine she's

on the endangered species list

what have you been

don't you know anything about this not

much I've got a feeling for Waldo use

your imagination

how do you think you do locked behind

bars it's people watching you examining

every move you made you think you could

make love have babies raise a family

under conditions like that

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how was it my boy huh what do you say we

go inside and rustle you up some dinner

no no come on we got to get out of here

why Fox is here in town some on the

street today he could be going from

house house for all we know all right

but we'll leave in the morning in the

morning

dad we're morning

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you want to go back out there don't you

to be free to race against the sky me

too

our troubles aren't so different are

they

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you

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who are you really I'm a photographer I

saw what you did with that silver ball

in your hand the blue light

I couldn't let Waldo go back to that

place to that cage there's no way that

bird could have flown so soon what did

you do

you wouldn't understand KC I'll try just

tell me something none of this makes any

sense

it's just energy you don't fuse a broken

bone in two seconds with energy

it's like heat heat from a steel ball

this is nothing on this earth that does

nothing that I know

don't be afraid when you said you wanted

to go back out and race across the sky

you meant that whoo I mean what are you

an endangered species like Waldo

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please don't run

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No

I won't hurt you take this don't worry

now look at me here

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Scot and I will go now now I know why

they're after you do you know about that

the chief said something why didn't you

tell him about us I don't know maybe it

was the way you cared for that Falcon

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morning morning just alright sure like

one coffee yes sure do I want a black

and by the way I'm looking a couple of

people I thought maybe you could go on

take your break I'll get him

Thanks oh good morning what'll it be

everything looks good

cantaloupes hard well I guess I won't

have a candle off coffee be fine now

wonder if you could tell me have you

seen these two individuals recently

neither one of them well no not that I

know haven't seen him

you sure yeah sorry coffee black

case I'm sorry we keep butting heads

about this thing look I've been flying

birds because fish Calvin isn't here

Brian what I was checking it out in the

yard this morning and I guess the

restraint came loose what the hell are

you talking about it just blew away

there's nothing I could do about it you

said it had a broken wing I must have

been mistaken mistaken you let it go

didn't you Brian please no well you take

the cake you know that you can't get me

to change my mind about captive breeding

so your next move is sabotage you don't

understand you damn right I don't

understand if this was anybody but me

Casey you'd be in serious trouble now

Casey didn't let Waldo go I did well now

I guess chivalry isn't dead is it

I'm sorry mr. Casey's gonna have to take

her own heat on this one

Brian wait it's the truth I let the bird

go I don't care who held the door open

she's responsible

I saw the cage you had the other Falcon

and you don't know much about captive

breeding do you mr. Forester maybe you

ought to learn something about it before

you start sabotaging what we're trying

to do here I don't think things should

be put into cages this may surprise you

mister but neither do I it's just that

right now it happens to be necessary

what about the hood on its eye so it

couldn't see it's just used to keep the

bird calm

let me explain this over here we keep

records of where the nests are located

if you take the eggs out of the nest

back to the foundation where they hatch

we hand feed the birds for a few weeks

then put them back in the nests where

they belong

why do you take the eggs because the DDT

that they used to use around here made

the eggshells so thin they break very

easily in 1970 there were two pair of

Peregrine's left - today there are 76

pair 152 birds now without captive

breeding or other recovery methods your

Waldo wouldn't exist at all even if she

did she'd be the last one of her kind

look think about it the last one like

her on the planet and when she died

there wouldn't be anymore

so that means you're half like him

well I don't know what's keeping me from

running into the streets and screaming

that the Martians have landed he's not a

Martian well you know what I mean you

wouldn't hurt anything what do they do

if they catch him put him in a cage me

too I guess I wish we could stay

got the stuff where we headed that

there are an awful lot of things I don't

know yet I think I just made a mistake

welcome to the human race

all right you guys right way Harold are

you doing hey you lied to me case why

you do that you said you haven't seen

him we haven't done anything wrong

well that might be true son but there's

a fellow from the Federal Security

Agency seems to think different Harold

they don't mean any harm now you stay

where you are

Casey we don't know how dangerous these

boys might be yes I do

how I just do please Harold great

woman's intuition

hi mister slow and easy assume the

position what position

now don't be funny hands on the car and

spread them

alright boys

Michael ah let's go all I want to do

with visit Mona Jean I'm stuck with a

mile and I have a pic of work a way to

spend a Sunday

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you

Denis this chief Kelly patch me through

to that fella Fox at the shoreline motel

we leave word I call tell him I got his

two suspects in custody and that meet

him at the station that we render

viewers voted Jeanne like you never did

before that a girl

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dog

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gene I told you once I told you a

thousand times we're all meat upset your

stomach what do you do you go why did

you help us get away yes I couldn't

stand the idea of you being in a cage

can't believe I'm doing this that was

big

turn up here Casey disrobe what for

I shouldn't have let Waldo go

you don't have time to worry about that

now gotta get you out of here Casey

what happened now I had a mr. Fox I

swear I did I had him locked right up in

my unit and the next thing I knew well I

don't believe it

I cannot believe it you left him alone

Mona Jean was running toward the pond

chasing a piece of meat

well she minded round us up dead you

left them alone to chase a dog Mona Jean

look if Bryan got to you somehow they

explain things to me that I didn't know

he was right and I was wrong just turned

that Falcon back into the wild so she

could decide her fate I was proud of you

for that so was i but we were wrong

Casey both of us I think I understand

something now about what separates human

beings from animals and birds if a man

makes a mistake he can go back and try

to fix it I think that's what Brian's

trying to do

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Casey hell's going on they could care of

her Brian how'd you get this bird to

come back to you

she likes me she likes you

goodbye Casey do I get a kiss I don't

know Brian said to keep the mitts off

the Sawbones I'll send that government

man on a wild goose chase tell him

you're going whitewater rafting how's

that

where will you really go we're

Peregrine's to IRIScan I guess we'll

just wander

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now does this mean you've changed your

mind about captive breeding well let's

just say I have a new perspective on

what it means to be an endangered

species

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you

guess he was planning on stealing the

truck all along we'll probably find it

abandoned up in the hill someplace oh

yes I'm sure you will he didn't have to

say anything at all about where they

might be hidden

oh um I remember the boy was bugging his

dad about doing some whitewater rafting

they were making plans planning on

taking a little vacation where they yeah

I guess so

so thank you for your time chief

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it's God puts a wild goose chase well

it's when you send somebody someplace

you know you're not gonna be getting

George Fox knows what a wild goose

chases

well sure he does why it's story the

case he's gonna tell him about us going

whitewater rafting why was George Fox I

don't think I'd believe it are you

talking about

would you like to go whitewater rafting

Oh fantastic okay

but is whitewater raft

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you

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