WEBVTT 00:03:07.717 --> 00:03:09.412 - Want toast? - Yes. 00:03:09.485 --> 00:03:11.180 Ellie, where's your cereal bowl? 00:03:11.253 --> 00:03:13.187 - I'm not hungry. - You need to eat. 00:03:13.255 --> 00:03:16.122 - I'm not hungry, Mom. - You need to eat before school. 00:03:16.192 --> 00:03:18.160 - One more bite. - You want jelly? 00:03:18.227 --> 00:03:19.854 Yes, please. 00:03:19.929 --> 00:03:23.057 Watch it, Brenda. Don't mess my clothes up. 00:03:23.132 --> 00:03:25.100 Billy Baker's in my class this year. 00:03:25.167 --> 00:03:27.135 - Did he flunk too? - Shut up! 00:03:27.203 --> 00:03:29.763 - Hey! - You're one to talk. 00:03:29.839 --> 00:03:32.774 - Are you excited about school? - Yeah. 00:03:32.842 --> 00:03:34.776 - Isn't your sister cute? - You stink. 00:03:34.844 --> 00:03:35.936 Very cute. 00:03:36.012 --> 00:03:38.981 He stinks. He's gotta shower before he eats with us. 00:03:39.048 --> 00:03:41.243 Stop picking on your brother and eat. 00:03:45.154 --> 00:03:46.280 May Belle? 00:03:46.355 --> 00:03:48.482 - Honey, here's your juice. - Thanks. 00:03:50.092 --> 00:03:52.060 OK, who hid my sneakers? 00:03:52.128 --> 00:03:55.620 Jess, you could hardly call them sneakers anymore. I threw them out. 00:03:55.698 --> 00:03:57.359 What? Mom! 00:03:57.433 --> 00:04:01.335 Sorry, but I will not send any child of mine to school looking like some hobo. 00:04:01.404 --> 00:04:04.805 There's a perfectly good old pair of Brenda's I put out for you. 00:04:06.375 --> 00:04:07.842 These are girls' ones. 00:04:07.910 --> 00:04:10.606 It's the fan belt this time, but I got another. 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.274 - Bye-bye. - Ellie? Honey, here you go. 00:04:13.349 --> 00:04:15.909 - What's the matter? - There's a big race today. 00:04:15.985 --> 00:04:18.044 - And? - My sneakers. 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.317 - I got a perfectly good pair for him. - These are girls' ones. 00:04:21.390 --> 00:04:24.484 - I can't race in these. - You couldn't race in your old ones. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.551 He needs some new sneakers, Mary. 00:04:27.797 --> 00:04:31.324 - Catch Billy's eye in that. - We don't have anything for extras. 00:04:31.400 --> 00:04:34.392 - Excuse me? - You're excused. 00:04:34.470 --> 00:04:37.200 They make them the same. You got your chores done? 00:04:38.641 --> 00:04:40.074 Just about to. 00:05:18.114 --> 00:05:21.811 I try to keep my pit stops under ten seconds, ace. 00:05:22.918 --> 00:05:24.681 Give it to me. 00:05:24.754 --> 00:05:27.120 - Give it... - Hey, that's my lunch! 00:05:27.189 --> 00:05:28.622 I found it! 00:05:31.093 --> 00:05:34.085 You're kidding me. 00:05:34.697 --> 00:05:36.358 OK, that's enough. 00:05:36.766 --> 00:05:39.291 Consider it a free lunch program, farmer boy! 00:05:39.368 --> 00:05:41.097 All right, settle down. 00:05:41.871 --> 00:05:43.202 Good one, Janice. 00:05:43.272 --> 00:05:46.036 What do you call your teacher? I wanna tell Alexandra. 00:05:46.108 --> 00:05:48.736 - "Monster Mouth." Now scoot. - Alexandra, 00:05:48.811 --> 00:05:53.771 - they call her "Monster Mouth" Myers. - I said scoot! 00:05:54.016 --> 00:05:55.785 A few ground rules for this classroom. 00:05:56.051 --> 00:06:00.078 No talking. No chewing gum. No electronic devices. Be forewarned. 00:06:00.156 --> 00:06:02.317 If you download essays off the Internet, 00:06:02.391 --> 00:06:05.326 you'll be downloaded into detention. 00:06:05.394 --> 00:06:09.091 Let's start the year off on the right foot and all do our own work. 00:06:09.165 --> 00:06:12.032 - I expect you to take notes. - Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, 00:06:12.101 --> 00:06:16.333 Know what that is? My loser detector. 00:06:18.574 --> 00:06:19.836 Jesse Aarons! 00:06:21.043 --> 00:06:24.069 I got it from your sisters. I do not need it from you. 00:06:24.146 --> 00:06:26.478 - Oh, man. - That goes for you as well. 00:06:26.549 --> 00:06:28.039 He hit me. 00:06:29.251 --> 00:06:32.414 - You're dead meat. - Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher, 00:06:32.488 --> 00:06:33.512 be quiet! 00:06:34.123 --> 00:06:37.957 Now, back to what we were discussing before we were so rudely interrupted. 00:06:38.027 --> 00:06:40.120 Sweet sneaks, Aarons. 00:06:40.196 --> 00:06:43.427 You wear your sisters' hand-me-down underwear too? 00:06:43.499 --> 00:06:46.627 He asked you a question, twinkle toes. 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:54.034 Good morning, kids. Welcome back. I hope you had a great summer. 00:06:54.109 --> 00:06:57.840 Mrs. Myers, this is Leslie Burke, who will be joining your class. 00:06:57.913 --> 00:07:01.781 - Leslie, welcome to Lark Creek. - Thanks. 00:07:01.851 --> 00:07:05.446 Thank you, Principal Turner. 00:07:05.521 --> 00:07:08.649 Well, Leslie, um, you'll sit at my desk this morning, 00:07:08.724 --> 00:07:11.887 until we can figure out where to squeeze you in. 00:07:15.364 --> 00:07:18.492 I like to start the year with a little fun. 00:07:18.567 --> 00:07:22.230 I want you all to write a one-page essay about your favorite hobby. 00:07:22.304 --> 00:07:23.794 Yes? 00:07:23.873 --> 00:07:27.866 Mrs. Myers, when you say one page, did you mean both sides of the paper? 00:07:27.943 --> 00:07:31.242 - You can do one side, Madison. - I'll do two. 00:07:31.313 --> 00:07:34.578 - Yeah, that's cool. - No way! 00:07:34.650 --> 00:07:37.517 - It was so amazing. - Can I have this? 00:07:37.586 --> 00:07:40.919 You could have two bucks out of it all. I'm getting most of it, OK? 00:07:42.324 --> 00:07:43.689 - Excuse me. - Got a dollar? 00:07:44.260 --> 00:07:46.990 - No. - You're gonna have to use your pants. 00:07:48.230 --> 00:07:50.721 - What's your problem? - You got that backwards. 00:07:50.799 --> 00:07:53.700 - You got the problem. - That's right, new girl. 00:07:55.237 --> 00:07:58.673 - Nice feet. - You say something? 00:07:58.741 --> 00:08:00.208 What I said was, 00:08:00.276 --> 00:08:03.734 have you ever heard the story about the trolls under the bridges 00:08:03.812 --> 00:08:06.246 who collect tolls from unlucky travelers? 00:08:06.315 --> 00:08:08.374 Trolls? What is she talking about? 00:08:09.852 --> 00:08:13.185 Nice try, beanpole. It's still a dollar. 00:08:34.176 --> 00:08:35.438 Yeah! 00:08:36.946 --> 00:08:39.813 - Let's do it. Do it. - Yeah, we've got Hoager. 00:08:41.884 --> 00:08:44.819 Next grade, line up. Let's do this thing. Come on. 00:08:45.354 --> 00:08:46.981 Fulcher, Hoager, get in here. 00:08:47.623 --> 00:08:49.955 Get ready. Let's get this race started. 00:08:50.025 --> 00:08:51.822 - Beep, beep, beep. - Dead meat. 00:08:51.894 --> 00:08:56.490 Back behind the line. You know how it goes. Back behind. Come on. 00:08:56.565 --> 00:08:58.999 Hey, new girl. This is just for guys. 00:08:59.068 --> 00:09:00.729 Hey, I'm talking to you! 00:09:00.803 --> 00:09:03.772 What's the matter? Afraid a girl's gonna beat you? 00:09:05.574 --> 00:09:08.509 - On your mark. Get set. - Dead meat. 00:09:17.686 --> 00:09:19.153 Go, Hoager! Get in there! 00:09:27.329 --> 00:09:30.457 Go! Go, Jess, go! 00:09:33.335 --> 00:09:34.859 Come on! 00:09:34.937 --> 00:09:36.734 Come on! You can do it! 00:09:36.805 --> 00:09:39.035 Come on, Jess! 00:09:39.108 --> 00:09:41.099 Go, Jess, go! 00:09:56.225 --> 00:09:58.489 Jess, Jess, did you win? 00:10:01.764 --> 00:10:04.562 Hey, Jess, right? 00:10:14.877 --> 00:10:17.141 - Idiot! - What? 00:10:19.381 --> 00:10:21.611 - See you tomorrow. - Ten seconds, ace. 00:10:28.290 --> 00:10:29.814 Thank you. 00:10:31.326 --> 00:10:33.692 Are you following me? 00:10:33.762 --> 00:10:35.627 No. I live over there. 00:10:35.697 --> 00:10:38.598 We're neighbors? You got little sisters? 00:10:38.667 --> 00:10:41.568 No. Just me. 00:10:41.637 --> 00:10:43.502 You got any Barbies? 00:10:43.806 --> 00:10:47.037 Yeah. I think I have a few. You got any? 00:10:47.109 --> 00:10:51.205 - Yeah, I have one... and a half. - And a half? 00:10:51.280 --> 00:10:54.511 One got cut in half playing Super Extreme Barbies. 00:10:54.583 --> 00:10:56.016 Never heard of that before. 00:10:56.085 --> 00:10:58.053 You flush the toilet with them in it, 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.816 drop them from the upstairs window, stuff like that. 00:11:00.889 --> 00:11:04.052 - It's really fun. - Sounds like fun. 00:11:04.126 --> 00:11:07.687 - Well, I'll see you around. - Yeah. See ya. 00:11:07.763 --> 00:11:09.060 - See ya. - Hey, guys. 00:11:09.131 --> 00:11:10.120 Hey, Dad. 00:11:10.199 --> 00:11:13.259 - I'm getting supplies. You wanna come? - Yeah. Sure. 00:11:13.669 --> 00:11:15.068 See ya. 00:11:17.473 --> 00:11:19.873 There we go. This'll make it feel better. 00:11:19.942 --> 00:11:23.105 - How come it's my fault? - When I ask you to watch the baby, 00:11:23.178 --> 00:11:25.772 - I mean watch the baby, Brenda. - It's Ellie's turn. 00:11:25.848 --> 00:11:28.783 - I'm doing my algebra. - Put more cream on there. 00:11:28.851 --> 00:11:31.285 You girls have to start helping out more here. 00:11:31.353 --> 00:11:33.014 You're not little kids anymore. 00:11:42.631 --> 00:11:45.794 May Belle! How many times have I told you, stay out of my stuff. 00:11:45.868 --> 00:11:47.927 - It wasn't me. - It was too you. 00:11:48.003 --> 00:11:50.699 - You can't prove it! - There a problem here? 00:11:50.772 --> 00:11:53.070 - Daddy! - Hey, sweetie. 00:11:53.142 --> 00:11:55.337 Is he picking on you? 00:11:56.178 --> 00:11:59.204 - She was in my stuff. - What stuff? 00:12:08.624 --> 00:12:10.319 How'd that race go? 00:12:10.392 --> 00:12:12.952 There's this new girl moved in next door. 00:12:13.028 --> 00:12:16.293 She beat all of the boys. Even Jess. 00:12:19.868 --> 00:12:22.632 Make sure you take out the garbage before supper. 00:12:22.905 --> 00:12:25.965 One drop. 00:12:26.041 --> 00:12:29.477 And that's the magic. Here comes May Belle's flowers. 00:12:31.613 --> 00:12:33.103 Are these ever gonna grow? 00:12:33.182 --> 00:12:36.618 This greenhouse is gonna be filled with your purple flowers. 00:12:36.685 --> 00:12:39.677 May Belle's flowers. 00:12:40.622 --> 00:12:43.989 I always wanted the one that had, like, purple all over it. 00:12:45.827 --> 00:12:47.818 They are so cool. 00:12:47.896 --> 00:12:50.364 - These things are gonna grow fast. - Me too. 00:12:50.432 --> 00:12:53.299 - Tomorrow, it's gonna be filled. - Yeah. 00:12:53.368 --> 00:12:56.565 The bell's gonna ring! 00:12:56.638 --> 00:13:00.096 - Good morning, everybody! - Good morning, Ms. Edmunds! 00:13:00.175 --> 00:13:02.234 Aren't you glad that summer's over? 00:13:02.311 --> 00:13:05.769 - No! - No? I am. 00:13:05.847 --> 00:13:08.042 Come and get your instruments. 00:13:08.116 --> 00:13:09.981 - Can I play the woodblock? - Yes. 00:13:11.887 --> 00:13:14.515 Ms. Edmunds? May I please play the castanets? 00:13:14.590 --> 00:13:17.821 Yes, you may. Everybody ready for music? 00:13:18.393 --> 00:13:21.055 Take a picture. Lasts longer. 00:13:21.263 --> 00:13:24.494 It's awfully quiet. # Old McDonald had a farm... 00:13:24.566 --> 00:13:27.501 - No! - No? You don't like that song? 00:13:27.569 --> 00:13:30.037 - No! - Then make some noise. Come on. 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:33.832 - We saw this video yesterday. - Whatever. 00:14:33.902 --> 00:14:36.666 Change it! Give it... give it to me! 00:14:36.738 --> 00:14:38.968 Stop it. You're always fighting. 00:14:39.041 --> 00:14:42.442 - Wait till I get my own place. - I wanna watch this. 00:14:42.511 --> 00:14:45.480 We just can't keep going like this. 00:14:45.547 --> 00:14:48.914 Honey, uh... I've only got what I've got to work with. We gotta... 00:14:48.984 --> 00:14:51.509 You gotta figure out a way to get down on this. 00:14:51.586 --> 00:14:54.521 It's a problem, but I'm gonna try to get going. 00:14:54.589 --> 00:14:58.389 And maybe you can pick up another shift at the store. 00:14:59.695 --> 00:15:01.185 Dead meat. 00:15:06.735 --> 00:15:09.533 You're really good at drawing. 00:15:09.604 --> 00:15:12.596 Like, better than any kid I've ever seen. 00:15:12.674 --> 00:15:14.266 Thanks. 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.739 I wanna share this composition for two reasons. 00:15:20.816 --> 00:15:24.274 One, it uses adjectives well. And two, 00:15:24.353 --> 00:15:29.120 it's clear the author paid attention to what she saw and what she felt, 00:15:29.191 --> 00:15:32.683 which is important for any writing. 00:15:32.761 --> 00:15:37.664 Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus by Leslie Burke. 00:15:38.533 --> 00:15:40.763 Leslie, why don't you read it for us. 00:15:41.470 --> 00:15:43.165 Oh, man. Can you believe this? 00:15:52.748 --> 00:15:54.579 "I'm moving gently forward, 00:15:54.850 --> 00:15:59.219 over the wild and beautiful, unexplored world below me. 00:15:59.521 --> 00:16:01.785 I'm floating in silence, 00:16:02.124 --> 00:16:04.888 and breaking it up with the sound of my breath. 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:08.896 Above me, there's nothing but shimmery light, 00:16:08.964 --> 00:16:10.955 the place where I've come from, 00:16:11.032 --> 00:16:13.500 and will go back to when I am done here. 00:16:13.568 --> 00:16:16.002 I'm diving. 00:16:16.071 --> 00:16:18.733 I'm a scuba diver. 00:16:18.807 --> 00:16:22.368 I'm going deeper past the wrinkled rocks and dark seaweed 00:16:22.444 --> 00:16:26.505 toward a deep blueness where a school of silver fish wait. 00:16:27.816 --> 00:16:30.512 As I swim through the water, 00:16:30.585 --> 00:16:33.213 bubbles burst from me, 00:16:33.288 --> 00:16:36.189 wobbling like little jellyfish as they rise. 00:16:36.258 --> 00:16:38.226 I check my air. 00:16:38.293 --> 00:16:41.262 I don't have as much time as I need to see everything, 00:16:41.329 --> 00:16:44.127 but that is what makes it so special." 00:16:45.033 --> 00:16:48.560 Thank you, Leslie. Now tonight at 7:00 on channel four 00:16:48.637 --> 00:16:52.937 there is a special about an undersea explorer, Dr. Bob Ballard. 00:16:53.008 --> 00:16:57.342 I want everyone to watch and write one page about what you've learned. 00:16:57.412 --> 00:16:58.879 Leslie? 00:16:58.947 --> 00:17:01.074 What if you can't watch this program? 00:17:01.149 --> 00:17:04.744 Inform your parents it's an assignment, I'm sure they won't object. 00:17:04.820 --> 00:17:07.880 But... what if you don't have a TV? 00:17:14.996 --> 00:17:17.123 My dad says the TV kills your brain cells. 00:17:17.199 --> 00:17:21.499 Your dad doesn't know anything. We watch TV, like, every day. 00:17:21.570 --> 00:17:23.800 - I rest my case. - Well, then, Leslie, 00:17:23.872 --> 00:17:27.808 you don't have to write this essay. Pick something else to write about. 00:17:27.876 --> 00:17:30.470 Yeah, like, how to live in a cave. 00:17:30.545 --> 00:17:32.706 That's enough, Mr. Hoager. 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.483 Hey, Leslie, come here. 00:17:40.555 --> 00:17:43.786 What are you gonna write your essay on? Bats in caves? 00:17:57.772 --> 00:18:00.935 - Here comes Janice! - New kid's in Janice's seat. 00:18:01.009 --> 00:18:05.207 - What does she think she's doing? - Jess! The big kids will kill her! 00:18:06.515 --> 00:18:09.279 You have a death wish? This row's for eighth-graders. 00:18:09.351 --> 00:18:14.220 That's right, beanpole. Move it. Out of my way, farm boy. 00:18:32.541 --> 00:18:34.941 You're really asking for it. 00:18:35.010 --> 00:18:38.138 Seems to me she gives it out whether you ask for it or not. 00:18:38.213 --> 00:18:40.374 So might as well have some fun. 00:18:40.448 --> 00:18:44.179 Getting Janice all wound up is a weird way of having fun. 00:18:45.854 --> 00:18:48.687 Well, what's your idea of having fun? 00:18:49.024 --> 00:18:51.618 - I don't know. - Well, you wanna do something? 00:18:52.260 --> 00:18:54.854 - I don't know. - Let's do something. Definitely. 00:18:54.930 --> 00:18:56.227 - What? - You can't do it. 00:18:56.298 --> 00:18:59.096 - Do what? - What we're doing. 00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:07.540 Hey, May Belle! I don't use my Barbies anymore. 00:19:07.609 --> 00:19:10.874 - If you want, you can have them. - To keep for permanent? 00:19:10.946 --> 00:19:12.914 - Sure. - Thanks. 00:19:15.684 --> 00:19:17.345 You're lucky to have a sister. 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:20.286 I've got four, and I'd trade them all for a good dog. 00:19:20.355 --> 00:19:22.721 I'd love to have a dog. 00:19:22.791 --> 00:19:25.089 Now let's go before she changes her mind. 00:19:25.727 --> 00:19:28.628 Race you to the end of the road. On your mark, get set, go! 00:19:59.494 --> 00:20:01.428 Come on, Jess! 00:20:01.496 --> 00:20:02.622 Come on! 00:20:07.669 --> 00:20:09.899 What about sharks? 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:14.269 You ever see any sharks while you're 00:20:14.342 --> 00:20:16.503 scuba-ing or whatever? 00:20:16.578 --> 00:20:19.274 I've never gone scuba diving in my whole life. 00:20:20.682 --> 00:20:24.174 - You lied in your essay? - No. I made it up. 00:20:24.252 --> 00:20:26.516 It's different from lying. 00:20:28.023 --> 00:20:31.254 Those drawings you make, you seen those things yourself? 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:34.094 No, but... 00:20:38.667 --> 00:20:40.191 Hey! Look at that! 00:20:40.635 --> 00:20:42.535 - Cool! - That's been there forever. 00:20:42.604 --> 00:20:44.003 I wouldn't trust it. 00:20:44.806 --> 00:20:46.637 Come on. Just try it. 00:20:49.044 --> 00:20:50.534 OK. 00:20:57.118 --> 00:20:59.279 You got it? That's it. 00:21:00.889 --> 00:21:02.254 Thanks. 00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:07.824 - What are you doing? - Getting up higher. 00:21:09.764 --> 00:21:11.061 OK. 00:21:19.307 --> 00:21:22.572 That was so much fun. You have to try it. Come on. 00:21:44.032 --> 00:21:45.465 OK. 00:22:03.118 --> 00:22:05.279 Let your head hang back, watch the clouds. 00:22:05.353 --> 00:22:07.184 Feels like flying. 00:22:33.615 --> 00:22:37.642 We need a place. Just for us. 00:22:37.786 --> 00:22:40.721 Where there's no Janice Averys or Scott Hoagers. 00:22:40.789 --> 00:22:44.623 Yeah, but when we go back to school, there they are waiting. 00:22:44.692 --> 00:22:46.387 Yeah, but... 00:22:46.461 --> 00:22:49.624 ...someplace better than just not being at school. 00:22:50.331 --> 00:22:53.266 What if there was a magical kingdom only we knew about? 00:22:54.435 --> 00:22:56.096 I don't know. What if? 00:22:56.171 --> 00:22:58.435 OK, well... 00:22:58.506 --> 00:23:01.168 ...what if the only way we could enter it 00:23:01.242 --> 00:23:03.608 is by swinging on this enchanted rope? 00:23:03.678 --> 00:23:06.647 - Enchanted rope? - Yeah. 00:23:07.549 --> 00:23:09.176 Come on. 00:23:14.389 --> 00:23:16.448 Leslie! 00:23:17.826 --> 00:23:18.850 Leslie! 00:23:29.804 --> 00:23:31.567 Leslie. 00:23:36.778 --> 00:23:39.110 - Come on! - Wait up. 00:24:08.743 --> 00:24:10.267 Ahh! 00:24:10.345 --> 00:24:12.905 We shouldn't be in here. This isn't our land. 00:24:12.981 --> 00:24:16.041 - Not so loud. They'll hear you. - What are you talking about? 00:24:22.891 --> 00:24:25.086 Hey! What's that? 00:24:27.195 --> 00:24:30.722 Jess, look at this. 00:24:33.234 --> 00:24:36.670 Too bad for them. They got so close. 00:24:36.738 --> 00:24:39.901 - What are you talking about? - To the kingdom. 00:24:42.210 --> 00:24:44.838 - What's that? - What? 00:24:44.913 --> 00:24:48.110 That sound. I've heard it before. Someone's out there. 00:24:48.182 --> 00:24:51.174 That's the sound of the prisoners rattling their chains. 00:24:51.986 --> 00:24:53.886 What prisoners? 00:24:53.955 --> 00:24:56.389 The prisoners of the Dark Master. 00:25:00.328 --> 00:25:03.263 - We should go. - Wait, Jess, look. 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:06.226 What is it? 00:25:10.405 --> 00:25:11.929 Look at this. 00:25:19.347 --> 00:25:22.009 This is amazing. 00:25:39.367 --> 00:25:40.356 This is it. 00:25:56.584 --> 00:25:58.245 Warriors. 00:25:59.988 --> 00:26:03.822 - Try dragonflies. - No. They're warriors. 00:26:03.891 --> 00:26:06.257 From the treetop provinces. 00:26:07.428 --> 00:26:11.660 - I don't know this game. - What game? This is for real. 00:26:14.035 --> 00:26:17.869 This is the ruins of a once great fortress 00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:20.430 whose people have been imprisoned. 00:26:22.543 --> 00:26:25.512 Jess, you and I have been sent to free them. 00:26:27.682 --> 00:26:31.015 Prisoners of the Dark Master, hear me! 00:26:31.652 --> 00:26:34.416 We have come to free you. 00:26:34.489 --> 00:26:36.150 Do you hear us? 00:26:36.224 --> 00:26:38.192 Show me that you hear us! 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.636 You got lucky timing. The wind's been blowing off and on all day. 00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:56.172 Can't hear you! 00:27:30.878 --> 00:27:33.972 - Go straight home. I'll see you soon. - OK. See ya! 00:28:59.233 --> 00:29:01.963 Hey, don't you think we should give her a hand? 00:29:05.206 --> 00:29:06.798 She's fine. 00:29:07.308 --> 00:29:09.799 Beep, beep, beep, beep. 00:29:09.877 --> 00:29:11.538 ...forget. There are four of us. 00:29:11.612 --> 00:29:12.943 OK. 00:29:14.882 --> 00:29:16.873 Remember to bring your bag. 00:29:16.951 --> 00:29:19.419 Why would anyone want to wear that? 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.492 Janice! 00:29:26.561 --> 00:29:28.188 - You OK? - What's the problem? 00:29:28.262 --> 00:29:31.026 - Jess Aarons tripped me. - Uh... 00:29:31.098 --> 00:29:33.157 On purpose. 00:29:33.234 --> 00:29:35.828 OK, Aarons. Hit the road. 00:29:36.971 --> 00:29:39.269 - But he didn't do anything. - Go. 00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:43.071 - It was definitely him. - I know. 00:29:58.459 --> 00:30:02.623 - What happened to you? - Janice is a very talented person. 00:30:02.697 --> 00:30:05.530 She can shoot ketchup packets over four rows of seats. 00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:07.363 Jeez. 00:30:07.768 --> 00:30:10.862 Can I wash up at your house? My mom sees this, she'll be all over 00:30:10.938 --> 00:30:13.566 the principal and everybody, and my life will be over. 00:30:16.577 --> 00:30:19.671 Why would Dad do this? 00:30:19.747 --> 00:30:21.681 Hello. 00:30:21.749 --> 00:30:24.183 Mom, this is Leslie. 00:30:24.252 --> 00:30:26.117 - Hi, Leslie. - Hi. 00:30:26.187 --> 00:30:28.883 - It's nice to meet you. - Thank you. You too. 00:30:30.024 --> 00:30:32.618 So are you and your family getting settled in OK? 00:30:32.693 --> 00:30:36.094 - Yes, ma'am. - That's nice. 00:30:36.163 --> 00:30:38.791 - Come on. See ya later. - Not too late, OK, honey? 00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:44.560 - Weird and weirder. - Hey. Be glad he's found a friend. 00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:48.370 - Where's your dad work? - At home. Same as my mom. 00:30:48.442 --> 00:30:50.535 - They're writers. - Writers? 00:30:50.611 --> 00:30:53.705 - What do they write about? - Fiction. 00:30:53.781 --> 00:30:55.408 That explains you. 00:30:56.884 --> 00:31:00.320 - What do you mean? - Well, you like to make things up. 00:31:00.388 --> 00:31:02.879 And that's what your parents do for a living. 00:31:04.258 --> 00:31:06.886 You know a lot about hardware? 00:31:06.961 --> 00:31:08.895 No. Why? 00:31:08.963 --> 00:31:12.524 Well, your dad works at a hardware store. 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:14.261 OK. 00:31:14.769 --> 00:31:17.465 All I'm saying is that you are who you are... 00:31:17.538 --> 00:31:19.199 ...not your parents. 00:31:21.709 --> 00:31:25.270 If they work at your house, you must get to hang out with them a lot. 00:31:28.049 --> 00:31:29.812 Not really. 00:31:32.286 --> 00:31:34.049 What's that? 00:31:34.121 --> 00:31:36.988 - Grenade. - There're no grenades here. 00:31:40.361 --> 00:31:41.555 Come on! 00:31:45.232 --> 00:31:48.633 - Squirrels! - Part squirrel, part Scott Hoager. 00:31:48.703 --> 00:31:51.729 - Squogre. - Squogre! 00:31:52.106 --> 00:31:54.631 The sneaky foot soldiers of the Dark Master. 00:31:55.776 --> 00:31:58.006 - They're attacking! - We need ammo! 00:32:05.753 --> 00:32:07.778 This is not good. 00:32:09.690 --> 00:32:13.182 - See them? Up there? - Yeah. 00:32:13.260 --> 00:32:17.287 - Do you? Really? - Yeah. 00:32:27.975 --> 00:32:29.237 Les... 00:32:30.411 --> 00:32:31.571 Leslie? 00:32:33.314 --> 00:32:36.613 Leslie. Leslie! 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:40.879 Come on. You can see the whole kingdom from up here. 00:32:44.458 --> 00:32:47.484 Isn't this cool? We can do anything here. 00:32:57.204 --> 00:32:59.104 Look at it. 00:32:59.173 --> 00:33:01.903 It's all ours. 00:33:01.976 --> 00:33:05.468 From the mountains to the oceans. 00:33:08.382 --> 00:33:11.044 - What am I looking for exactly? - You'll see. 00:33:11.118 --> 00:33:14.087 Just close your eyes... 00:33:14.155 --> 00:33:15.918 ...but keep your mind wide open. 00:33:33.607 --> 00:33:35.666 What do we call this place? 00:33:38.712 --> 00:33:40.304 Terabithia. 00:33:46.987 --> 00:33:51.447 Everybody tiptoe. OK, ready? 00:33:52.326 --> 00:33:54.726 Happy birthday! 00:33:54.795 --> 00:33:58.458 # Happy birthday to you 00:33:58.532 --> 00:34:01.729 # Happy birthday to you 00:34:01.802 --> 00:34:05.636 # Happy birthday, dear Jess 00:34:05.706 --> 00:34:08.641 # Happy birthday to you # 00:34:09.009 --> 00:34:10.306 Make a wish. 00:34:11.145 --> 00:34:13.136 What'd you wish for? 00:34:13.214 --> 00:34:15.910 Keep Your Mind Wide Open 00:34:19.253 --> 00:34:22.711 - This is cheap junk. - No, it isn't. 00:34:22.790 --> 00:34:25.588 - I love it. - How? It doesn't even work. 00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:28.423 I don't think we have the hang of it yet, Dad. 00:34:28.496 --> 00:34:31.556 You know what? Keep the box. We'll see if we can take it back. 00:34:33.534 --> 00:34:36.059 Daddy, there's something in the greenhouse. 00:34:41.942 --> 00:34:45.309 That's the last thing I need, some animal chewing it's way in here. 00:34:46.313 --> 00:34:48.679 What are you going to do if you catch it? 00:34:48.749 --> 00:34:51.047 These vegetables are our livelihood. 00:34:51.118 --> 00:34:54.315 Can't afford to share them with animals that get in here. 00:34:55.222 --> 00:34:57.190 - So, you're gonna kill it? - Have to. 00:34:59.793 --> 00:35:04.025 Well, he's not gonna get in here now, right, Dad? 00:35:04.098 --> 00:35:07.795 Hope not. But if he does, you just let me deal with it. 00:35:09.236 --> 00:35:11.500 Is there anything else I can help you with? 00:35:11.572 --> 00:35:15.303 No, why don't you go on and do your homework, I'll clean this mess up. 00:35:27.154 --> 00:35:29.122 Under the seat. 00:35:34.061 --> 00:35:36.222 I heard it was your birthday yesterday. 00:35:40.467 --> 00:35:43.402 Like it? 00:35:44.238 --> 00:35:46.729 It must've cost a fortune. 00:35:47.274 --> 00:35:49.469 What's it matter what it costs? 00:35:50.411 --> 00:35:51.673 I don't know. 00:35:51.745 --> 00:35:55.181 Well, I can take it back and get a cheaper one, if you want. 00:35:56.951 --> 00:35:59.943 Thanks... a lot. 00:36:00.854 --> 00:36:03.755 # Jess and Leslie sitting in a tree... 00:36:14.969 --> 00:36:16.994 Look. The squogre and the vulture. 00:36:17.071 --> 00:36:18.766 Hey, here he comes. 00:36:18.839 --> 00:36:22.366 And a guy who can stand up to a squogre is scared of a Hoager? 00:36:25.412 --> 00:36:27.505 Ms. Edmunds? 00:36:27.581 --> 00:36:30.448 - He speaks. - Can I help you with those? 00:36:30.517 --> 00:36:33.918 You sure can. And you just made my day. 00:36:36.523 --> 00:36:37.956 - Great. - I'll get that one. 00:36:38.025 --> 00:36:39.322 Thank you. 00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:49.560 - Hey, guys. - Hi, boys. 00:36:56.710 --> 00:36:59.110 How come you're so good at that? 00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:01.340 - Good at what? - Building stuff. 00:37:01.415 --> 00:37:02.939 You're good at it for a girl. 00:37:03.017 --> 00:37:05.918 Same way I'm fast... for a girl. 00:37:05.986 --> 00:37:08.511 You know what I mean. 00:37:08.589 --> 00:37:11.683 You're pretty good at art... for a boy. 00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:13.659 OK, OK, truce. 00:37:17.798 --> 00:37:20.266 Don't your parents notice this stuff's missing? 00:37:20.367 --> 00:37:22.767 Not when they're in the middle of writing a book. 00:37:22.836 --> 00:37:25.396 What's that? 00:37:26.573 --> 00:37:27.767 Show yourselves! 00:37:41.388 --> 00:37:43.754 It's a giant troll! 00:37:43.824 --> 00:37:46.054 No, it's a giant tree that almost killed us! 00:37:46.126 --> 00:37:48.617 You think that tree just fell all by itself? 00:37:49.863 --> 00:37:50.955 Come on. 00:37:51.031 --> 00:37:54.467 When the Dark Master saw the squogres weren't scaring us away, 00:37:54.535 --> 00:37:58.027 - he sent a giant troll. - How big? 00:38:02.543 --> 00:38:04.534 That's how big its feet are. 00:38:07.781 --> 00:38:10.978 - You really think so? - What else could it be? 00:38:12.753 --> 00:38:14.584 What should we do? 00:38:20.094 --> 00:38:23.928 If we had a troll hunter, we could track its scent and sneak up on it. 00:38:24.732 --> 00:38:26.723 Hey, look at that! Come on! 00:38:29.503 --> 00:38:30.970 I think it went that way! 00:38:31.939 --> 00:38:35.204 We rule Terabithia, and nothing crushes us! 00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.572 I'll race you to the rope. 00:38:47.688 --> 00:38:50.179 I love this place! 00:39:08.008 --> 00:39:10.772 Go on, get out of here. And don't come back. 00:39:24.558 --> 00:39:26.549 What do you think you're doing? 00:39:26.627 --> 00:39:30.586 - I took care of it for you. - Did you, now? Now, how'd you do that? 00:39:30.664 --> 00:39:33.565 I took him into the forest. He's not coming back, promise. 00:39:33.634 --> 00:39:37.001 Did he tell you he's gonna stay the hell out of the greenhouse? 00:39:37.070 --> 00:39:39.561 No, he went out there and he's not coming... 00:39:39.640 --> 00:39:41.904 Jess, you need to understand something, OK? 00:39:41.975 --> 00:39:45.843 This is not one of your cartoons. This is just a pest that eats up our food, 00:39:45.913 --> 00:39:48.074 money we earn and time we don't have. 00:39:49.449 --> 00:39:51.349 - OK. - Get your head out of the clouds 00:39:51.418 --> 00:39:52.612 and do as I say. 00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:55.383 OK. 00:40:25.586 --> 00:40:27.520 Good night, sweetheart. 00:40:29.256 --> 00:40:30.848 Sweet dreams. 00:40:31.925 --> 00:40:35.326 Lights out, Jess. 00:40:35.395 --> 00:40:37.022 Night, Dad. 00:40:43.237 --> 00:40:46.001 Are we slaying the giant troll after school today? 00:40:46.073 --> 00:40:48.837 You've got your head in the clouds, Leslie. 00:40:48.909 --> 00:40:52.436 - Huh? - There is no giant troll, all right? 00:40:52.512 --> 00:40:56.312 Well, you better not let the Terabithians hear you. 00:40:56.383 --> 00:40:58.283 They thought you were their king. 00:41:12.566 --> 00:41:16.195 Alexandra, my daddy gave me Twinkies! 00:41:16.270 --> 00:41:19.501 Neither one squished, 'cause I didn't put them next to my drink. 00:41:19.573 --> 00:41:21.404 I'd shut up about those Twinkies. 00:41:21.475 --> 00:41:24.239 You're just mad 'cause I got some and you didn't. 00:41:24.311 --> 00:41:26.575 Whatever. Don't cry to me when you lose them. 00:41:26.647 --> 00:41:28.205 I'll eat them, not lose them. 00:41:33.921 --> 00:41:36.754 Jess! Jess! 00:41:36.823 --> 00:41:40.884 Janice Avery stole my Twinkies! Janice Avery stole my Twinkies! 00:41:40.961 --> 00:41:44.795 - I told you, keep your mouth shut. - She's there. What are you gonna do? 00:41:44.865 --> 00:41:47.060 And she makes you pay to pee! 00:41:48.468 --> 00:41:50.163 It's a dollar, shorty. 00:41:50.237 --> 00:41:53.934 But I don't have a dollar. 00:41:54.007 --> 00:41:57.568 That's not fair, is it? Peeing's definitely supposed to be free. 00:41:57.644 --> 00:41:59.009 Free to pee! 00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:02.276 Free to pee! Free to pee! Free to pee! 00:42:05.218 --> 00:42:06.310 Let's go. 00:42:18.765 --> 00:42:21.097 I want my Twinkies, Janice Avery. 00:42:21.168 --> 00:42:23.102 What Twinkies, Twinkie? 00:42:24.404 --> 00:42:27.703 You're supposed to beat her up. You're my brother! 00:42:27.774 --> 00:42:30.902 Do you know what would happen if I were to pick a fight with her? 00:42:30.978 --> 00:42:33.173 You'll get your butt kicked. 00:42:33.246 --> 00:42:37.205 No, I'd get kicked out of school for fighting a girl. What's that prove? 00:42:37.284 --> 00:42:40.014 She stole my Twinkies. 00:42:41.588 --> 00:42:43.351 Come on. 00:42:45.225 --> 00:42:47.056 It's all right, May Belle. 00:42:47.127 --> 00:42:50.995 We'll get her back. Wort we, Jess? 00:42:55.535 --> 00:42:58.333 Don't let the Terabithians hear you. 00:42:58.405 --> 00:43:00.339 They thought you were their king. 00:43:20.527 --> 00:43:22.586 Jess! Jess! 00:43:33.073 --> 00:43:36.634 Hi! Look at you! 00:43:36.710 --> 00:43:41.477 That is your very own, certified, purebred, giant troll hunter. 00:43:42.082 --> 00:43:43.515 - He's for me? - Yeah, 00:43:43.583 --> 00:43:45.983 he just took a giant pee all over my sweatshirt. 00:43:46.053 --> 00:43:48.521 Jess. Thank you. 00:43:52.993 --> 00:43:55.086 I name you Prince Terrien, 00:43:55.162 --> 00:43:58.063 giant troll hunter extraordinaire. 00:43:58.131 --> 00:44:00.099 P.T. For short. 00:44:03.670 --> 00:44:05.900 Hey! I think he smells a troll. Come on. 00:44:09.342 --> 00:44:12.004 Oh, no! We've got company! 00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:14.274 Dead meat! Dead meat! 00:44:15.615 --> 00:44:18.175 - Dead meat! Dead meat! - Hairy Vultures! 00:44:20.187 --> 00:44:21.848 What's that? 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:29.724 It's a giant troll. 00:44:33.934 --> 00:44:35.299 Nice feet. 00:44:38.004 --> 00:44:39.335 Run! 00:44:42.309 --> 00:44:43.742 Oh, my gosh! 00:44:50.450 --> 00:44:52.577 I think we lost it. 00:44:54.621 --> 00:44:59.251 Leslie... 00:44:59.326 --> 00:45:01.920 - What's its weak spot? - Does it have a weak spot? 00:45:01.995 --> 00:45:03.462 I don't know! 00:45:05.098 --> 00:45:08.295 Just making it madder! 00:45:08.902 --> 00:45:10.631 P.T.! 00:45:13.406 --> 00:45:16.000 That's it! That's its weak spot! 00:45:16.076 --> 00:45:18.010 It's ticklish! 00:45:19.513 --> 00:45:22.243 - Gross! - Troll toe jam. 00:45:23.216 --> 00:45:25.411 Good boy, P.T. Good boy! 00:45:25.986 --> 00:45:27.613 Good dog. 00:45:33.493 --> 00:45:35.723 What's Janice's weak spot, you think? 00:45:37.597 --> 00:45:39.963 Eighth-grade girl... 00:45:40.033 --> 00:45:41.830 ...probably eighth-grade boys. 00:45:41.902 --> 00:45:43.961 Who's she got a crush on? 00:45:44.037 --> 00:45:46.665 I don't know. Let's see... 00:45:46.740 --> 00:45:50.267 ...coolest boy in eighth grade is probably... 00:45:50.343 --> 00:45:51.901 ...Willard Hughes. 00:45:51.978 --> 00:45:54.446 - That's it. - What's it? 00:45:55.916 --> 00:45:58.783 Write, "Dear Janice..." 00:45:58.852 --> 00:46:01.514 - You do it. - No way. 00:46:01.588 --> 00:46:04.113 Boys' handwriting sucks. No offense. 00:46:04.191 --> 00:46:05.385 It's gotta be you. 00:46:07.827 --> 00:46:09.488 OK. 00:46:09.563 --> 00:46:11.531 "Dear Janice, 00:46:11.598 --> 00:46:15.125 you're the most amazing and beautiful person I've ever known." 00:46:15.202 --> 00:46:19.036 - How do I know which desk is hers? - It's got dried-up blood and old bones. 00:46:23.443 --> 00:46:26.879 "I do not know if you know this about me, but I need to tell you, 00:46:26.947 --> 00:46:30.348 I think you are so cool. 00:46:30.417 --> 00:46:34.285 You are the coolest over all the other girls in our school." 00:46:34.354 --> 00:46:35.878 OK. Write this, 00:46:35.956 --> 00:46:39.585 "Let's find out if what I think we have is real." 00:46:43.463 --> 00:46:45.693 Mr. Bailey... 00:46:45.765 --> 00:46:49.223 - ...I was looking for you. - Me? Why? 00:46:49.302 --> 00:46:52.533 I think someone threw up in the girls' room. 00:46:52.606 --> 00:46:54.801 All right, I'll take a look. 00:47:00.714 --> 00:47:03.615 "Meet me by the bus after school today. 00:47:03.683 --> 00:47:06.948 We can ride home together and talk about us." 00:47:08.722 --> 00:47:11.384 Underline and capitalize the "us." 00:47:11.458 --> 00:47:13.619 "All my love, Willard." 00:47:16.830 --> 00:47:19.958 You know, if we get caught, they're both gonna kill us. 00:47:29.809 --> 00:47:32.539 - I got your note. - What are you talking about? 00:47:32.612 --> 00:47:34.204 That was really sweet. 00:47:34.281 --> 00:47:36.613 - I'm saving these seats. - For who? 00:47:36.683 --> 00:47:39.447 Willard Hughes is gonna ride Janice home today. 00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:42.283 - What are you talking about? - Willard and Janice. 00:47:42.355 --> 00:47:44.550 They're totally in love. 00:47:44.624 --> 00:47:47.889 In your dreams. Well, you better tell Willard that. 00:47:47.961 --> 00:47:50.327 It looks like he's heading home in his own bus. 00:47:59.806 --> 00:48:01.706 Look at Janice! 00:48:05.545 --> 00:48:08.275 Hey, Janice, what happened? 00:48:08.348 --> 00:48:10.646 Didn't Willard know he's in love with you? 00:48:13.353 --> 00:48:15.947 Where's your boyfriend, Janice? 00:48:24.064 --> 00:48:27.591 - What just happened? - He just walked away. 00:48:34.407 --> 00:48:36.500 - Yes. - You wanna go? 00:48:36.576 --> 00:48:38.510 - Yeah. - I wanna come. 00:48:38.578 --> 00:48:42.173 - You can't. - It's a free country! 00:48:42.248 --> 00:48:45.547 Don't follow us, or I'll tell Alexandra you still suck your thumb 00:48:45.618 --> 00:48:47.552 and sleep with Mr. Blanky. 00:48:50.090 --> 00:48:54.026 - So, what do you say? - They must have finished their book. 00:48:54.094 --> 00:48:56.392 - How do you know? - Hey, Leslie. 00:48:56.463 --> 00:48:59.057 - We need your help. - Come on. 00:49:03.737 --> 00:49:06.638 - Hey, Mom. - Hey, Leslie, come on. 00:49:06.706 --> 00:49:08.901 All right, let's go. We're on a mission. 00:49:08.975 --> 00:49:11.307 Hey, this is my friend, Jess. Can he help? 00:49:11.378 --> 00:49:14.370 So, you're the infamous Jess. Hi, I'm Judy. 00:49:14.447 --> 00:49:17.177 Leslie tells me you're good with a paint brush. 00:49:17.250 --> 00:49:18.911 Grab one and get going. 00:49:18.985 --> 00:49:21.920 Come on! I am determined to have this wall finished 00:49:21.988 --> 00:49:25.549 so when the late sun hits it, we can watch it catch fire. 00:49:29.796 --> 00:49:33.994 Now, that's one steady hand, Jess. That's an artist's hand. Am I right? 00:49:35.402 --> 00:49:36.960 Yeah. 00:49:37.270 --> 00:49:39.568 You know, the best prize that life offers, 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:42.403 is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. 00:49:42.475 --> 00:49:44.534 Teddy Roosevelt said that, not me. 00:50:22.348 --> 00:50:26.284 What did I tell you? Was it worth it? 00:50:54.481 --> 00:50:56.005 Hey, guys. 00:50:56.082 --> 00:50:58.573 Jess, get started on your homework, OK? 00:50:58.651 --> 00:51:01.279 I'm managing the store on weekends, starting soon, 00:51:01.354 --> 00:51:04.118 I need you to pick up on some chores around here. 00:51:04.190 --> 00:51:06.784 You know, the best prize that life can offer 00:51:06.860 --> 00:51:09.727 is working hard at work worth doing. 00:51:24.511 --> 00:51:25.773 Hey... 00:51:27.981 --> 00:51:30.415 ...have you taken art classes? 00:51:30.483 --> 00:51:33.884 No, I... I just made them up myself. 00:51:33.953 --> 00:51:35.750 You're really talented. 00:51:39.092 --> 00:51:42.425 Jess, don't let those other kids get in your way. 00:51:44.731 --> 00:51:47.996 - Here you go. - Thank you. 00:51:52.438 --> 00:51:54.338 I just went to use the girl's room. 00:51:54.407 --> 00:51:56.705 Someone's in a stall, crying their eyes out, 00:51:56.776 --> 00:51:58.937 and I think it's Janice Avery. 00:51:59.012 --> 00:52:00.980 It can't be the trick we played, can it? 00:52:01.047 --> 00:52:02.878 No way. But come here. 00:52:07.153 --> 00:52:08.984 Free to pee! 00:52:09.222 --> 00:52:11.213 Get out of here! 00:52:11.291 --> 00:52:14.749 Get out of here, now! 00:52:16.663 --> 00:52:19.598 - You should go talk to her. - You kidding? 00:52:19.666 --> 00:52:23.033 It's not "skinned knee crying," it's something serious. 00:52:23.102 --> 00:52:25.468 It's the girls' bathroom, I can't go in there. 00:52:25.538 --> 00:52:28.598 - I don't wanna go in there alone. - What's the matter? 00:52:28.675 --> 00:52:32.634 A girl who can stand up to a giant troll is afraid of some dumb eighth grader? 00:53:05.979 --> 00:53:07.241 Sorry. 00:53:07.313 --> 00:53:10.612 - Go on, tell me. - No, I don't wanna tell you. 00:53:10.683 --> 00:53:13.208 - Why not? - I'll tell you there. 00:53:17.123 --> 00:53:21.082 He, like, came up to me. I'm pretty sure he likes me. 00:53:28.601 --> 00:53:31.229 No way! I like Tony! 00:53:35.241 --> 00:53:37.801 Her dad gets really mad at her. 00:53:37.877 --> 00:53:41.677 So? My dad gets mad at me... pretty much all the time. 00:53:41.748 --> 00:53:44.012 He hits her. 00:53:44.083 --> 00:53:48.076 Some neighbor heard them yelling so loud, they called the police. 00:53:48.154 --> 00:53:52.284 And it got out. And all the seventh and the eighth graders know about it. 00:53:52.358 --> 00:53:57.523 Which explains, like, a lot. 00:53:59.565 --> 00:54:02.830 Well, what did you say to her? 00:54:02.902 --> 00:54:06.429 Well, I told her about not having a TV 00:54:06.506 --> 00:54:08.406 and everyone laughing at me. 00:54:08.474 --> 00:54:11.466 I know what it's like to have everyone think I was weird. 00:54:11.544 --> 00:54:13.535 Then what'd she say? 00:54:13.613 --> 00:54:15.774 She asked me for advice. 00:54:16.916 --> 00:54:18.850 Janice Avery asked you for advice? 00:54:18.918 --> 00:54:21.318 - Yeah. - And? 00:54:21.387 --> 00:54:23.787 Well, I told her just to pretend 00:54:23.856 --> 00:54:26.984 that she had no idea what anyone was talking about, 00:54:27.060 --> 00:54:31.861 and in a few weeks' time, everybody would just forget about it. 00:54:31.931 --> 00:54:33.831 Man... 00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:35.527 Then I gave her a piece of gum. 00:54:36.903 --> 00:54:38.962 - We should go. - Yeah. 00:54:39.939 --> 00:54:43.102 - Wanna come back tomorrow? - Can't. I got chores. 00:54:43.176 --> 00:54:46.043 - How about the next day? - Sunday we go to church. 00:54:46.112 --> 00:54:48.171 - Can I come? - You'd hate it. 00:54:48.247 --> 00:54:51.774 - No, I think it'd be cool. - Uh, girls can't wear pants. 00:54:51.851 --> 00:54:56.220 - I've got dresses, Jess. - You in a dress? That'd be a sight! 00:54:56.823 --> 00:54:57.915 See ya! 00:55:49.242 --> 00:55:52.336 That's what we need. Bells... in Terabithia. 00:55:57.316 --> 00:55:59.284 I'm really glad I came. 00:55:59.352 --> 00:56:02.253 That whole Jesus thing, it's really interesting. 00:56:02.321 --> 00:56:04.687 It's not interesting. It's scary! 00:56:04.757 --> 00:56:07.157 It's nailing holes through your hands. 00:56:07.226 --> 00:56:10.923 It's 'cause we're all vile sinners. God made Jesus die. 00:56:10.997 --> 00:56:13.864 - You really think that's true? - It's in the Bible. 00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:16.493 You have to believe it, and you hate it. 00:56:17.136 --> 00:56:20.299 I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful. 00:56:20.373 --> 00:56:23.206 - You gotta believe the Bible, Leslie. - Why? 00:56:23.276 --> 00:56:26.006 'Cause if you don't believe in the Bible, 00:56:26.078 --> 00:56:28.239 God will damn you to hell when you die. 00:56:28.314 --> 00:56:30.509 May Belle, where'd you hear that? 00:56:30.583 --> 00:56:32.380 That's right, huh, Jess? 00:56:32.451 --> 00:56:36.649 God damns you to hell if you don't believe in the Bible. 00:56:36.722 --> 00:56:39.190 - I think so. - Well, I don't think so. 00:56:39.258 --> 00:56:43.092 I seriously do not think God goes around damning people to hell. 00:56:43.162 --> 00:56:45.824 He's too busy running all this. 00:56:51.838 --> 00:56:54.773 Hey, Jess. Give me a hand. 00:56:56.042 --> 00:56:57.977 Yeah. I'm coming. 00:56:59.912 --> 00:57:02.176 Get my drill out of the greenhouse. 00:57:20.766 --> 00:57:22.757 You haven't managed to kill those yet? 00:57:22.835 --> 00:57:24.564 Not funny. 00:57:24.637 --> 00:57:25.831 Look. 00:57:26.472 --> 00:57:28.608 Ever thought of putting them in the sun? 00:57:43.222 --> 00:57:45.690 Jess. Jess. 00:57:45.758 --> 00:57:49.023 - Where are my keys? - What? 00:57:49.095 --> 00:57:52.030 My keys. You never gave them back to me. 00:57:59.939 --> 00:58:01.873 - Think! - I put the drill down here. 00:58:01.941 --> 00:58:05.138 Damn it, the keys to the store are on it, the register, all of it. 00:58:05.211 --> 00:58:08.237 They have to replace those locks, $ 700 out of my paycheck. 00:58:08.314 --> 00:58:09.872 They gotta be right here. 00:58:09.949 --> 00:58:13.214 - If I don't have those keys... - I'll find them, Dad. I promise. 00:58:13.286 --> 00:58:16.517 Why don't you draw me some money to pay for it? How about that? 00:58:16.589 --> 00:58:18.784 Make yourself useful, draw me some money. 00:58:18.858 --> 00:58:20.291 I said I'll find them. 00:58:25.064 --> 00:58:28.693 You look awful. What's the matter? 00:58:28.768 --> 00:58:30.668 I lost the keys where my dad works, 00:58:30.736 --> 00:58:33.534 and now he has to get new keys made, and locks. 00:58:33.606 --> 00:58:35.233 May Belle? 00:58:35.308 --> 00:58:37.708 Please don't anyone get mad at me. 00:58:37.777 --> 00:58:40.143 - What? - He... 00:58:40.212 --> 00:58:43.443 - I know where your dad's keys are. - You do? 00:58:44.116 --> 00:58:46.880 You know the bells we talked about making? 00:58:46.953 --> 00:58:50.286 Well, it was meant to be a surprise. 00:58:50.356 --> 00:58:52.290 All that clanking metal and junk. 00:58:52.358 --> 00:58:55.020 And... May Belle wanted to help. 00:58:55.094 --> 00:58:56.618 And you let her? 00:58:58.164 --> 00:59:00.632 Why did you tell me you found them on the ground? 00:59:00.700 --> 00:59:03.260 - They were. - On the ground in the greenhouse. 00:59:03.336 --> 00:59:05.804 What's the matter with you? Dad wants to kill me. 00:59:05.871 --> 00:59:08.465 I was waiting for the right time. 00:59:10.977 --> 00:59:12.945 So you know where the keys are? 00:59:23.522 --> 00:59:24.819 See ya later. 00:59:27.493 --> 00:59:30.758 - Tell Mom I'll be home in a bit. - Are you gonna tell Dad it was me? 00:59:30.830 --> 00:59:34.197 Don't worry. It's my job to get Dad's keys back. See you later. 00:59:43.576 --> 00:59:46.739 Look how high it got. Come on. Let's go. 00:59:51.584 --> 00:59:54.815 "Get your head out of the clouds, boy. Draw me some money. 00:59:54.887 --> 00:59:58.448 - Make yourself useful, draw me money." - What are you going on about? 00:59:58.524 --> 01:00:01.584 "This isn't one of your cartoons. This is serious." 01:00:01.660 --> 01:00:05.994 What's so great about being serious all the time anyway? Tell me that. 01:00:11.370 --> 01:00:13.861 What if the Dark Master gets the keys first? 01:00:13.939 --> 01:00:17.170 I'm not scared of any Dark Master, and those are my dad's keys. 01:00:30.589 --> 01:00:33.080 Leslie, get behind me. 01:00:35.461 --> 01:00:37.554 Jess, turn around. There's more. 01:00:38.864 --> 01:00:40.263 Here, take this. 01:00:43.869 --> 01:00:45.860 Jess! 01:00:55.981 --> 01:00:57.209 P.T., get him! 01:01:04.957 --> 01:01:07.016 Good boy, P.T. 01:01:19.905 --> 01:01:20.929 Yeah! 01:01:21.006 --> 01:01:24.305 Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! 01:01:27.213 --> 01:01:28.271 Run! 01:01:29.115 --> 01:01:30.946 Come on! Faster! 01:01:31.016 --> 01:01:33.917 Dead meat! Dead meat! 01:01:36.122 --> 01:01:37.419 Dead meat! Dead meat! 01:01:43.195 --> 01:01:44.787 Told you they were grenades. 01:01:53.139 --> 01:01:54.265 Jess! 01:01:54.340 --> 01:01:56.069 I got you, Leslie! 01:01:57.009 --> 01:01:58.169 I got you! 01:01:59.712 --> 01:02:01.646 Up ahead! Get ready! 01:02:06.752 --> 01:02:10.586 - They'll catch us. - We're the fastest in Terabithia. 01:02:20.533 --> 01:02:22.194 He's watching us. 01:02:25.804 --> 01:02:27.601 Where are the keys? 01:02:27.673 --> 01:02:29.903 Here, open this. 01:02:42.588 --> 01:02:45.216 Where are Terabithian warriors when you need them? 01:02:45.291 --> 01:02:47.156 I don't know. 01:02:50.796 --> 01:02:52.889 Great. Now there's three of us. 01:02:59.772 --> 01:03:02.400 Now we're even. 01:03:02.474 --> 01:03:03.907 Attack! 01:03:13.118 --> 01:03:17.350 Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! 01:03:18.857 --> 01:03:19.846 Come on. 01:03:20.526 --> 01:03:23.962 - Come on, P.T. - Dead meat! 01:03:46.652 --> 01:03:49.177 Be careful! You're almost there. 01:03:56.428 --> 01:03:58.760 Jess! 01:03:59.298 --> 01:04:00.560 Jess! 01:04:18.884 --> 01:04:20.010 Hey. 01:05:10.035 --> 01:05:12.094 - See ya! - Yeah, see ya. 01:06:02.721 --> 01:06:05.246 Jess! I called you three times. 01:06:05.324 --> 01:06:06.552 It's your girlfriend. 01:06:06.625 --> 01:06:08.718 She's not my girlfriend. 01:06:09.795 --> 01:06:11.922 - Hey. - Hello, Jess. 01:06:11.997 --> 01:06:14.022 Wait. Who is this? 01:06:14.099 --> 01:06:16.727 It's Saturday, but it's your teacher, Ms. Edmunds. 01:06:16.802 --> 01:06:21.205 I was planning on taking my nephews into the city to the museum, 01:06:21.273 --> 01:06:25.175 and my sister changed her plans last minute, so I had a thought. 01:06:29.648 --> 01:06:32.446 - Hey, Mom. - Is it the baby? 01:06:32.518 --> 01:06:35.248 No, she's fine. May Belle's got her. 01:06:35.320 --> 01:06:38.847 Teacher wants me to go on a field trip today. 01:06:38.924 --> 01:06:41.722 Is that OK? 01:06:46.031 --> 01:06:47.931 Ms. Edmunds? Yeah, I can go. 01:06:56.175 --> 01:06:57.938 - All set? - Yeah. 01:06:58.010 --> 01:06:59.409 - Yeah? - Yes, ma'am. 01:07:06.685 --> 01:07:08.619 Forget something? 01:07:10.589 --> 01:07:12.921 No. I'm good. 01:07:56.168 --> 01:07:57.829 Honey, honey, stay here. 01:08:01.073 --> 01:08:03.633 - Do you like it? - Yeah. 01:08:03.709 --> 01:08:06.803 It's Brueghel. It's one of my favorites. 01:08:06.879 --> 01:08:10.246 I wonder if he started in notebooks like you. I know da Vinci did. 01:08:15.053 --> 01:08:18.147 It's amazing how much detail's put into it. 01:08:18.223 --> 01:08:20.555 You've been to a museum before, right? 01:08:20.626 --> 01:08:24.062 - No, it's my first time. - Really? 01:08:24.129 --> 01:08:26.859 - Yup. - Well, then I'm honored. 01:09:06.438 --> 01:09:08.269 It's such a nice day out. 01:09:08.340 --> 01:09:12.640 It's been raining so much, I began to think it was like that Japanese myth 01:09:12.711 --> 01:09:16.704 where the sun goes into the cave and vows never to come out. 01:09:16.782 --> 01:09:20.013 - You know about everything. - Not by a long shot. 01:09:20.085 --> 01:09:22.110 But I do try to keep an open mind, 01:09:22.187 --> 01:09:24.781 and you'd be surprised what finds its way in there. 01:09:24.856 --> 01:09:28.519 That's what Leslie Burke says. She told me to keep my mind wide open. 01:09:28.594 --> 01:09:30.255 Leslie Burke is right. 01:09:30.329 --> 01:09:33.992 Mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world. 01:09:41.873 --> 01:09:45.741 - Thank you very much. - You're very welcome. 01:09:45.811 --> 01:09:49.440 - Maybe we could do this again sometime. - Absolutely. 01:09:54.252 --> 01:09:56.720 - Hey, guys. - See? I told you. 01:09:56.788 --> 01:09:58.847 Oh, my God, Jess! 01:10:00.525 --> 01:10:03.790 - Where in God's name have you been? - Where have you been? 01:10:04.963 --> 01:10:07.295 Mom... 01:10:07.366 --> 01:10:09.857 I asked you. It wasn't like I... 01:10:09.935 --> 01:10:12.631 - They thought you were dead. - Brenda, hush. 01:10:12.704 --> 01:10:14.501 Dead? 01:10:15.707 --> 01:10:17.470 What's going on? 01:10:24.249 --> 01:10:26.649 Your friend Leslie's dead. 01:10:28.487 --> 01:10:30.318 She drowned in a creek this morning. 01:10:30.389 --> 01:10:34.018 Apparently she tried to swing across on a rope and it broke. 01:10:34.092 --> 01:10:36.322 They think she hit her head. 01:10:38.163 --> 01:10:41.621 No... No, it's not that kind of rope. 01:10:41.700 --> 01:10:45.329 It couldn't break. It... wouldn't have. 01:10:45.404 --> 01:10:47.429 But it did. 01:10:50.709 --> 01:10:54.338 - I'm sorry, son. - No, you're lying. 01:10:55.247 --> 01:10:59.274 - She's not even dead. You're lying! - Jess! 01:12:33.578 --> 01:12:36.843 Hi, honey. You want some breakfast? 01:12:36.915 --> 01:12:39.679 I gotta do my chores first. 01:12:39.751 --> 01:12:42.515 Your dad's doing everything today. You just sit down. 01:12:58.537 --> 01:13:00.300 Jess, your father and I thought 01:13:00.372 --> 01:13:03.034 we'd go to the Burkes today and pay our respects. 01:13:03.108 --> 01:13:05.440 Just the three of us. 01:13:06.478 --> 01:13:07.911 Paying what? 01:13:29.367 --> 01:13:31.130 Prince Terrien. Shh. 01:13:32.037 --> 01:13:33.971 You must be Jess. 01:13:43.181 --> 01:13:47.914 I'm Mr. Aarons. This is my wife, Mary. Very sorry about your loss. 01:13:47.986 --> 01:13:50.511 - I'm so sorry. - Hi, Jess. 01:13:58.530 --> 01:14:00.521 She loved you, you know. 01:14:01.533 --> 01:14:03.023 You know, Leslie, 01:14:03.101 --> 01:14:07.060 she never had much luck making friends at her old school. 01:14:07.138 --> 01:14:10.471 We were hoping that when we moved out here she would... 01:14:14.713 --> 01:14:17.147 She said if it wasn't for you... 01:14:19.551 --> 01:14:21.815 You're the best friend she's ever had. 01:14:21.887 --> 01:14:23.855 I wanna thank you for that. 01:14:25.357 --> 01:14:27.416 You're welcome. 01:14:30.528 --> 01:14:33.520 My wife and I were wondering about the service. 01:14:37.068 --> 01:14:40.663 We've decided to bring Leslie back home until the service. 01:14:46.411 --> 01:14:50.404 - Jess. - Next time, 01:14:50.482 --> 01:14:53.474 we should invite Leslie to go. 01:14:55.353 --> 01:14:57.548 She'd like that. 01:15:07.032 --> 01:15:08.556 Hey, kid. 01:15:10.001 --> 01:15:12.162 Sorry about your friend. 01:15:14.639 --> 01:15:19.167 The purpose of object pronouns... 01:15:19.244 --> 01:15:22.372 So looks like you're the fastest kid in the class now, huh? 01:15:24.749 --> 01:15:26.842 It's a joke, dude. 01:15:31.423 --> 01:15:33.448 - Are you nuts? - Jess Aarons. 01:15:34.059 --> 01:15:36.152 Go wait for me out in the hall. 01:15:37.595 --> 01:15:40.029 Silent reading until I get back. 01:15:49.407 --> 01:15:51.136 Jess... 01:15:57.816 --> 01:16:00.717 When my husband died... 01:16:00.785 --> 01:16:03.777 ...people kept telling me not to cry. 01:16:04.889 --> 01:16:07.289 People kept trying to help me to forget. 01:16:10.595 --> 01:16:12.927 But I didn't wanna forget. 01:16:12.998 --> 01:16:15.330 Excuse me. 01:16:18.103 --> 01:16:20.697 The things that girl came up with. 01:16:22.741 --> 01:16:25.335 I don't get students like her too often. 01:16:29.914 --> 01:16:32.382 So I realize... 01:16:32.450 --> 01:16:35.180 ...that if it's hard for me... 01:16:35.253 --> 01:16:37.778 ...how much harder it must be for you. 01:17:25.403 --> 01:17:27.564 Hurry up. We're gonna miss the bus! 01:17:36.948 --> 01:17:38.711 Hey. 01:18:25.897 --> 01:18:27.956 Leslie?! 01:18:52.690 --> 01:18:54.817 Jess! 01:18:54.893 --> 01:18:56.417 Leslie! 01:18:56.494 --> 01:18:59.930 - Jess! - Leslie! 01:19:06.404 --> 01:19:08.031 Lesl... 01:19:08.106 --> 01:19:11.098 Help me, I can't get across! Hurry! 01:19:12.310 --> 01:19:14.278 May Belle? 01:19:16.714 --> 01:19:18.909 Hold on! Don't move! 01:19:20.552 --> 01:19:23.043 Here, grab my arm. I got you, don't worry. 01:19:28.393 --> 01:19:30.953 - What were you thinking? - I was worried about you! 01:19:31.029 --> 01:19:33.827 Well, don't be. I don't want you here! 01:19:34.432 --> 01:19:37.230 - But I wanna come with you. - This is our place. Go home. 01:19:37.302 --> 01:19:39.167 This is our place! 01:19:43.308 --> 01:19:44.673 I said go home! 01:19:59.791 --> 01:20:01.656 Honey, what's the matter? 01:20:02.627 --> 01:20:04.595 What's the matter? 01:20:04.662 --> 01:20:06.596 What's the matter, baby? 01:21:11.262 --> 01:21:12.991 No! 01:21:14.565 --> 01:21:16.294 Jess! 01:21:17.302 --> 01:21:20.066 It's OK, Jess. It's OK, son, it's OK. 01:21:20.138 --> 01:21:21.935 It's all gone. 01:21:25.410 --> 01:21:27.878 Is it like the Bible says? 01:21:27.945 --> 01:21:29.845 Is she going to hell? 01:21:30.548 --> 01:21:32.345 I don't know everything about God, 01:21:32.417 --> 01:21:35.284 but I do know He's not gonna send that little girl to hell. 01:21:35.353 --> 01:21:38.720 Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault. 01:21:38.790 --> 01:21:42.487 Don't you think that even for a minute. 01:21:42.560 --> 01:21:45.188 But it is. 01:21:45.263 --> 01:21:49.495 I didn't invite her to go to the museum with me. 01:21:49.567 --> 01:21:52.900 I didn't wanna invite her. 01:21:52.970 --> 01:21:56.269 I wasn't there to go with her. 01:21:56.341 --> 01:21:59.469 - It's my fault. - No, no, no, no. 01:21:59.544 --> 01:22:01.705 It's not your fault. 01:22:01.779 --> 01:22:04.407 None of that makes it so. 01:22:04.482 --> 01:22:06.677 It's a terrible thing. 01:22:06.751 --> 01:22:11.381 It doesn't make any sense, but it's not your fault, Jess. 01:22:16.427 --> 01:22:20.090 She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? 01:22:23.267 --> 01:22:25.667 That's what you hold on to. 01:22:28.740 --> 01:22:31.231 That's how you keep her alive. 01:22:51.496 --> 01:22:52.827 May Belle? 01:23:01.572 --> 01:23:02.937 Look. 01:23:04.742 --> 01:23:06.607 I'm sorry I pushed you. 01:23:08.813 --> 01:23:12.078 That was stupid and wrong... 01:23:14.185 --> 01:23:16.278 ...and I really miss you talking to me. 01:23:56.694 --> 01:23:59.128 She's in your hands now. 01:24:22.386 --> 01:24:23.512 Hey! 01:24:25.356 --> 01:24:26.618 Wait! 01:24:28.693 --> 01:24:29.717 Wait! 01:24:32.029 --> 01:24:33.428 Hey! 01:24:39.370 --> 01:24:42.430 Jess? I'm sorry. I didn't... I didn't see you. 01:24:42.507 --> 01:24:46.273 Can I use the lumber by your house? 01:24:46.344 --> 01:24:48.039 Yeah, yeah. Of course. 01:24:48.112 --> 01:24:50.842 Anything you see, you just... 01:24:51.716 --> 01:24:55.083 You know, I meant to... I meant to give you Prince Terrien, 01:24:55.152 --> 01:24:58.383 but I... can't seem to give him up. 01:25:00.224 --> 01:25:02.283 Leslie would've wanted you to have him. 01:25:02.360 --> 01:25:03.918 Yeah. 01:26:27.411 --> 01:26:30.778 We're playing. By ourselves. 01:26:32.316 --> 01:26:36.275 OK, but I know the most incredible place to play. 01:26:36.354 --> 01:26:39.414 You gotta promise you're not gonna tell anybody about it. 01:26:39.490 --> 01:26:43.620 Not Brenda, not Ellie, not even Joycie. 01:26:43.694 --> 01:26:47.289 Tell Joycie a secret between you and me? 01:26:47.365 --> 01:26:48.889 She's nothing but a baby. 01:26:48.966 --> 01:26:52.231 You're right, and she's not ready to be a princess yet. 01:26:52.303 --> 01:26:54.168 You have to train her and stuff. 01:26:54.238 --> 01:26:57.264 Princess? Who gets to be the princess? 01:27:07.051 --> 01:27:08.780 Step down. 01:27:12.256 --> 01:27:13.655 Watch your step. 01:27:21.198 --> 01:27:22.995 You're not peeking, are you? 01:27:25.102 --> 01:27:27.900 Step up. There you go. 01:27:35.312 --> 01:27:37.109 All right. 01:27:43.554 --> 01:27:45.522 OK. Open them. 01:27:51.295 --> 01:27:55.356 Did you make this? 01:27:56.801 --> 01:27:58.496 Yep. 01:28:01.338 --> 01:28:03.135 Hold on a second. 01:28:11.816 --> 01:28:15.183 Look! They must've heard the rumor, 01:28:15.252 --> 01:28:20.019 that the beautiful girl arriving today is the new future ruler of Terabithia. 01:28:20.091 --> 01:28:23.424 - Who heard? - The Terabithians. 01:28:23.494 --> 01:28:25.758 They've been waiting. 01:28:25.830 --> 01:28:27.821 Where? 01:28:27.898 --> 01:28:31.356 - I don't see them. - It's an ancient forest, May Belle, 01:28:31.435 --> 01:28:33.835 full of magical creatures and friendly giants, 01:28:33.904 --> 01:28:36.202 anything you can imagine. 01:28:36.273 --> 01:28:38.241 But you gotta look really hard. 01:28:38.309 --> 01:28:41.210 But keep your mind wide open. 01:28:49.854 --> 01:28:51.685 So, what do you think? 01:28:56.093 --> 01:28:58.527 Can there be purple flowers? 01:29:00.631 --> 01:29:03.065 Anything you want. 01:29:07.438 --> 01:29:08.735 And a castle. 01:29:08.806 --> 01:29:11.604 A big one, with towers and flags. 01:29:11.675 --> 01:29:14.007 Of course. 01:29:16.814 --> 01:29:19.647 Look, Jess. It's beautiful. 01:29:23.554 --> 01:29:25.249 Is there a king? 01:29:25.322 --> 01:29:26.755 Are you the king, Jess? 01:29:26.824 --> 01:29:29.418 Only if you're princess. 01:30:15.005 --> 01:30:17.371 Terabithia.