""This is..." ""the story of a puppy." ""His name is..." ""El-i..."" " Elliot." " "Elliot." ""His name is Elliot."" "You got it." ""He is going on an..." ""adventure..."" " An adventure." " What's that?" "An adventure?" "You don't know what an adventure is?" "What we're on right now." "Out here in the wild, not another soul in sight for hundreds of miles... with just the stars to guide us." "Is it scary?" "That's the other thing about adventures." "You gotta be brave." "Are you brave?" "Of course you are." "I think you are the bravest boy I've ever met." "(CHUCKLES)" "(TIRES SCREECH)" "(CAR CRASHING)" "(PETE CRYING)" "Momma." "(ANIMAL CALLING IN THE DISTANCE)" "(RUSTLING)" "(ANIMALS HOWLING)" "(ANIMALS GROWLING)" "(PANTING)" " (WOLVES GROWLING AND HOWLING) - (RUSTLING)" " (LOUD THUDDING) - (YELPS)" " (BRANCHES CRACKING) - (WOLVES YELPING)" "Are you gonna eat me?" "(EXCLAIMS)" "(SNIFFLES)" "(GRUNTS SOFTLY)" "(EXHALES)" "(MAKING GUTTURAL NOISES)" "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "(HAMMERING)" "Go North, go North With wings on your feet" "Go North with the wind Where the three rivers meet" "There's a clearing of sorts In the circle of trees" "(INAUDIBLE)" "Where the wild constellations shine One two and three" "Look all around you and see" "Deep in the forest there dragons will be" "As long as people have been going into these woods... there have been stories about the Millhaven dragon." "How does that song go again?" "They come from the North, right?" "Way up there in the mountains where few people have ever been." "But sometimes, a dragon gets lost from its family... and winds up very, very far from home." "They say it lives in these very woods." "That you can hear its roar at night." "They say this, they say that, but, as far as I know... not one soul has ever actually seen this dragon." "Except me." "You saw a dragon?" "I sure did." "Ooh." "I sure did." "What'd it look like?" "Well, it was green." "Green all over." " Except for his eyes." " My favorite color!" "His eyes were red." "Like hellfire." "Before I could even blink... it rears back its head, opens its mighty jaw... and shoots out... (CHILDREN GASP)" "(CHILDREN CHUCKLING)" "So, I wasn't gonna waste my breath." "I rolled out the way, scrambled to my feet... ready for the fight that was gonna come." "But as I raised my rifle... the dragon comes at me with one swipe of its claw... knocks the gun right out of my hands." "Now, what?" "Things are really not looking good here." "But I wasn't gonna be done." "Not yet." "I just took out my pocket knife..." "And as the dragon set upon me... (CHILDREN GASP)" "I drove it home." "Whoa!" "Scaring the kids again, Dad?" "No, no, no." "I was just giving them a leg up... on what's out there in those woods." "Well, I'm out in those woods every day... and while I have seen bears and bobcats... and just about every type of bird you can imagine." "I have never seen a dragon." "Just because you don't see something, doesn't mean it's not there." "And just because you say it's true, doesn't mean it is." " (CHUCKLES) - (CHILDREN EXCLAIM)" "But, I'm headed out there right now." "I'll let you all know if I see anything big and green and breathing fire." "Mr. MEACHAM, I believe you." "Well, I'm glad you do." "See, my daughter... she knows a thing or two but only if it's staring at her in the face." "If you go through life only seeing what's right in front of you... you're gonna miss out on a whole lot." "See, and that's where you guys have the upper hand." "Because mark my words... that dragon is still out there." "(GROWLING)" "And if you were to go out there to those woods... where no one ever goes... then you might find him." "Unless, he found you first." "(ROARING)" "Gotcha!" "(BEAR GRUNTING)" "(EXHALES)" "(ROARING)" "(SCREAMING)" "(CHUCKLES)" "Hey, Elliot!" "(MAKING GUTTURAL NOISES)" "What was that for?" "Come on, Elliot!" "(GRUNTS)" "Elliot?" " (SOFT GRUNT) - (GASPS)" "(CHUCKLES)" "Elliot!" "Come on!" "(YELLING)" "Oh!" "Higher!" "(ELLIOT GRUNTING)" "(HOWLING)" "(HOWLING)" "What are you looking at?" "(MAKING GUTTURAL NOISES)" "This way?" "We're pretty far from home." "(ELLIOT GRUNTING)" "(GRACE HUMMING)" "(OWL HOOTING)" "There you are." "No one's gonna cut you down now." "You ready to go, Grace?" "Yeah." "Just a second." "Come on, Grace." "Not again." "I'm just settling a score." "One for Jack." "One for you, huh?" "Yeah." "Something like that." "(WENTWORTH CHUCKLES)" "Aren't you two supposed to be getting hitched?" "Yep!" "Just keeping him on his toes." "(CAR ENGINE STARTS)" "(SNIFFING)" "Look." "(SNIFFING)" "(SNEEZES)" "Ew!" "Elliot!" "Pete and Elliot... are going... (VOCALIZING)" "And then... (CONTINUES VOCALIZING)" "Then they go down, and down, and down!" "And then..." "Hmm." "(MAKING GUTTURAL NOISES)" "I wonder where that lady came from." "(MAKING GUTTURAL NOISES)" "Don't worry." "I won't let her hurt you." "(YAWNING)" "(YAWNING)" "(GRUNTING)" "Good night, Elliot." "(ELLIOT SNORING)" "(DISTANT CRASHING)" "(GASPS)" "(ELLIOT GRUNTS)" "Elliot." "(SNORING)" "Timber!" "Hey, Gavin." "Did Jack give the okay to cut this deep?" "Don't worry about Jack." "Just keep cutting." "Who said it was okay to be here?" "I just go where they tell me." "Where's Jack?" "There he is!" "This is so out of line, Jack." "You're not supposed to be cutting anywhere near this deep." "I didn't know anything about this either." "This wasn't my call, Grace." "Then, whose was it?" "Of course." "Let me handle this, please?" "You don't handle it." "That's the problem." "You're right, and Gavin is Gavin." "He's my brother." "Hey, I have to get to school." "Could you wait in the truck, sweetheart?" "We'll just be a minute." "Let's go through the maps." "Let's review them." "Hello?" " (TWIG BREAKS) - (GASPS)" "Wait!" "Where are you?" "Whoa!" "How'd you get up there?" "Come on!" "Slow down." "You're pretty good at this." "(SCREAMS)" "(NATALIE SCREAMING)" "Help!" "(BOTH SCREAMING)" "(SCREAMING AND GRUNTING)" "Don't let go!" "(GRUNTING)" "No!" "(CHUCKLING)" "(PANTING)" "Don't!" "I'm hurt!" "How old are you?" "Five?" "You're pretty big to be a five-year-old." "What's your name?" "Pete." "Pete." "You look like a Pete." " My name's Natalie." " Natalie!" " Daddy!" " Natalie!" "Daddy!" "What were you thinking?" "You can't run away like that." "What happened to you?" "I fell out of a tree." "You fell out of a tree?" "What were you doing in a tree?" "Following him." "Oh." "His name is Pete." "Hey." "Pete?" "Is that your name?" "Pete?" "Wait, wait, wait!" "Where'd you come from?" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "Do you know where your parents are?" "Your family?" "Hey." "Where'd you get that?" "Wait!" " Elliot!" " Pete!" "Whoa, there, little buddy." "Where are you going so..." "Hey, kid!" "Come back here." "Come on, kid!" "Careful, Gavin!" "(YAWNS)" "(SNIFFING)" "(SNIFFS)" "(GRUNTS)" "(CALLING OUT)" "Doesn't matter." "The sheriff, the rangers, everybody else are gonna be locking this site down... until they figure out where that kid came from." "Hey, you hear that?" "Don't change the subject, Gavin." "Every time I try and take some initiative... you shut me down." "If we hadn't been cutting out here... we never would've found that kid in the first place." "We're doing good work here, Jack." "And we need a big score to help us compete." "What about a few years from now... when we have nothing left to cut down because you keep jumping the gun?" " Where are you going?" " Where do you think?" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "You're not the only family I gotta worry about." "Let me know how Pete's doing, will ya?" "(GRUNTS SOFTLY)" "What's wrong, Gavin?" "Jack giving you a hard time?" "Oh, you know Jack." "He's just sore because his girlfriend's stepping on his toes." "Redheads, man." " Look out!" " Look out!" "What was that?" "(GUN COCKS)" "Let's go hunting." "Pete." "Time to wake up, Pete." "Momma?" "(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON PA)" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "Elliot?" "(GASPS)" "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "How's he doing?" "Pretty well, all things considered." "No signs of malnourishment or serious exposure." "He might have a bump to the head, but..." " Lucky kid." " Super lucky." "How'd he get out there?" "My guess, he was on a picnic or a camping trip." "He wandered off from his family, got himself lost." "Sure, but when?" "It looks like he's been out there for who knows how long." "And he had this." "You sure that's yours?" "Pretty sure." "Here we are." "All fixed up." "Hey, there." "How you feeling?" "It was just a scrape." "Where's Pete?" "I'm gonna take Natalie home, then head back out to the forest." "Maybe there's something out there... some clue, or something." "Could you call me when he wakes up?" "Of course." "When he wakes up," "I think it would be best to take things slowly." "One step at a time." "Let him know he's safe." "We don't know what he's been through." "We put in a call in to Social Services." "They'll know exactly how to handle this." "For the time being, he'll be just fine right here." "Um..." "Actually, he's gone." " Who's gone, sweetheart?" " Pete." "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "Elliot!" "(PETE PANTING)" "Nobody knows how to say goodbye" "It seems so easy till you try" "Then the moments" "Whoa..." "Pass you by" "Nobody knows how to say goodbye" "Oh..." "Oh!" " Oh, my goodness!" " Macy, stop!" "(IMITATING DOG BARK)" "Don't you bark at our dog!" "(GROWLS)" "(WHIMPERS)" "Oh!" "Through the darkness To the dawn" "(SIREN WAILING)" "Kid, stop!" "Wait, wait!" "Damn it!" "Stop right there." "I've got him." "He's on the corner of Main and..." "He was on the corner of..." "I've lost him." "(KNOCKING)" "Hey, look." "(MUSIC CONTINUES)" "(CHUCKLES)" "Love is deep" "(GRUNTING)" "(ALL CLAMORING)" "This road is long" "It moves my feet to carry on" "Beats my heart When you are gone" "Love is deep This road is long" "Hey, sit down!" "(ALL EXCLAIMING)" "Awesome!" "Nobody knows how the story ends" "(GRUNTING)" "Nobody knows how the story ends" "Pete!" "It's okay." "It's okay." "We're not gonna hurt you." "I promise." "All right?" "Come here." "(YELLING)" "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Hold on." "Hold on." "It's okay." "Hold on." "Hold on." "Breathe." "Breathe." "Breathe." "(SHUSHES)" "(HOWLING)" "(PETE CONTINUES HOWLING)" "(WOLVES HOWLING IN DISTANCE)" "Hey, guys!" "Come check this out." "Hey." "Fresh." "Not even a day old." "What do you think?" "A bear?" "You ever seen a bear that big?" "Thought I did once." "Turns out it was just Bobby's sister." "(ALL LAUGHING)" "(ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)" "All right, let's catch me some rabbits." "I'll bring him home tonight." "Okay, thank you so much, Sheriff." " You take care of yourself." " Thank you." "Bye." "Remember, any problems..." "I'm the guy." "Will do." "(GASPS)" "Hey, Pete." "Don't worry, you don't have to go back to the hospital." "We're going to my house." "(RADIO TURNS ON)" "(TUNING)" "Plenty of sunshine through today, with seasonal... (TUNING)" "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy" "Before I let you take me home" "Now so long, Marianne" "It's time that we began" "To laugh and cry and cry" "And laugh about it all again" "Okay." "Here we are." "Need a little help?" " Pete, no!" "Wait!" " Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait, wait." "You are fast." "Oh, my goodness." "What's wrong, honey?" "Are you hungry?" "Let's go inside." "Let's go get something to eat." "I want to go home." "I know." "Where is your home?" "Can you tell me?" "How about this?" "If you come inside with me now, then tomorrow..." "I'll take you back out to the woods and you can show me exactly where you live." "How does that sound?" "You know, when I was a little girl..." "I wanted to live in the forest more than anything." "I loved being out there." "It was so fun with the squirrels and the birds and the trees." "So, when I grew up..." "I made it my job to protect the woods and everything in them." "Which I suppose includes you." "(CHUCKLES)" "And Elliot?" "Who's Elliot?" "Grace?" "Are you sure about this?" "It's just until we found out where he belongs." "Who knows?" "Maybe being around someone his own age will help him open up." "Maybe he'll tell us where he came from." "You don't touch it." "You eat it." "Like this." "I gotta admit... living out in the woods, doing things his own way... sounds like a boy after your own heart." "I think we're lost." "Ah, Gavin knows what he's doing." "You said that three miles ago." "The river's up around that bend." "We can just follow that, and we'll be back where we started." "The river's back that way." "We've been going in circles." "I've never been out this far before." "Do you know where we are?" "Look at this." "What on Earth?" "You've got to see this." "You think that kid did all this?" "What would a kid be doing this far out?" "Hey, guys!" "Look at this." "(GROWLS)" "Run!" "(SHOUTING)" "Hurry up!" "Come on!" "Faster!" "Run!" "(GROANS)" "(GROWLING)" "Wait for me!" "Come on." "Get up, get up!" "Start the truck!" "Where's Gavin?" "Come on, man!" "Wait!" "(GRUNTS)" "Come on, let's go!" "Go, go, go!" "(GROANS)" "What is that?" "Drive, man!" "Go!" "(GROANS)" "(GRUNTS)" "(SHOUTING)" "(SNEEZES)" "Gavin, come on!" "(ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)" "What was that?" "What was that?" "Did you see that?" "Did you see that?" " It was a monster!" " No, man, that was a demon." "It was a monster demon." "It was a dragon!" "You put the needle on, and... (MUSIC PLAYING)" "Yes, it's a good day" "(MUSIC DISTORTS)" "For singing this song" "And it's a good day" "(MUSIC RETURNS TO NORMAL)" "Let it play." "For moving along" "Yes it's a good day How could anything go wrong?" "That's me, and that's my dad." "That's his brother." "There's Grace." "That's my family." "Family." "That's what we are." "(MUSIC CONTINUES)" "Everything to gain and nothing to lose" "Mmm..." "A good day from morning till night" "Put your head here, scooch down... and now you're five years old." "You know you got to get going If you're gonna make a showin'" "Now you're six, and now you're seven, now you're eight, now you're nine... and now you're 10." "(MUFFLED SPEECH)" "(MUFFLED LAUGHTER)" "And it's a good day for curing your ills" "So take a deep breath and throw away the pills" "'Cause it's a good day from morning till night" "I was out here, at the Eastern Pad." "That's the last time I remember having my compass." " But that's..." " Fifty miles east." "From where we found him." "Good morning sun Good morning sun" "Rise and shine today" "You know you got to get going If you're gonna make a showin'" "And you got the right of way" "I haven't read that book in forever." "Someone gave it to me when I was learning how to read." " (TELEPHONE RINGING) - (GASPS)" "It's okay, buddy." "It's just a phone." "It's a good day from morning till night" "It's a good day from morning till night" "Good day from morning till night" "Is this Elliot, Pete?" "Is Elliot a person?" "No." "Well, what is he, then?" "Grace, it's the Sheriff." "He wants to talk to you." "Hello?" "Hey, Grace." "How's our mystery boy?" "Still a mystery." "Any news?" "Well, Pat went digging through our missing persons files." "He had to go pretty far back... but it's not good news." "Poor Pete." "I know." "I just got off the phone with Social Services." "They're gonna take custody of him tomorrow morning." "Pete... is Elliot your imaginary friend?" "What's imaginary?" "It's where you make someone up in your head... so that you have someone to talk to." "It keeps you from being lonely." "Are they funny?" "Sure." "Do they fly?" "I guess they can do whatever you want them to." "That's what makes them imaginary." "Are you my imaginary friend, too?" "I'm real." "So is Elliot." "Good job, buddy." "(BUILDING RUMBLING)" "(GLASS CLINKING)" "Mommy, there's a monster outside." "Hmm... (GIRL CHUCKLES)" "(VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "I need to get back to him." "He gets scared when I'm gone." "He looks like a dragon." "What's a dragon?" "That's a dragon." "Like the song." "What song?" "There's a song that my dad used to sing." "It's about dragons and where they live." "Go North, Go North With wings on your feet" "Go North with the wind Where the three rivers meet" "Now plant yourself down side the tallest tree" "Measure the stars shining one two and three" "Look all around you and see" "Deep in the forest there dragons will be" "Deep in the forest there dragons will be" "What's North?" "It's a direction." "How do you get there?" "You could look at a map." "Or you could follow the North Star." "If you follow it as far as you possibly can... you get to the mountains." "And that's where you'd find them." "The dragons, I mean." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Hey." "I haven't heard that song in forever." "Natalie, do you think" "I could talk to Pete alone for a moment?" "Okay." "See you in a minute, Pete." "Hey, come here." "You found this for me, didn't you?" "Where the trees ran away." "My dad gave this to me on my 10th birthday... so that if I ever got lost," "I'd know how to find my way back home." "Pete, honey... do you remember how you got to the woods?" "It was a long time ago, wasn't it?" "We were on an adventure." "You know..." "I lost my mom when I was not much older than you." "I know how hard it can be." "But I want you to know, you are not alone." "I know." "You do?" "I have Elliot." "Can you tell me more about Elliot?" "Who is he?" "He's my friend." "This is Elliot?" "He must be a very special friend." "He doesn't like most people." "But I think he'd like you." "He would?" "You'll see." "Tomorrow." "Tomorrow." "When I go home." "You're coming with me, right?" "Of course." "You're very brave." "Did you know that?" "You might be the bravest boy I've ever met." "(GRUNTS)" "(MOOING)" "(LOW GROWLING)" "(VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "(CAR DOOR SHUTS)" "(KNOCKING)" " Gavin?" " Jack." "What happened to you?" "You remember those stories that MEACHAM used to tell us?" "About dragons?" "He wasn't making them up." "We tracked it, and there was a treehouse." "I tried to shoot it, but it just ripped the gun right out of my hands... and bent it like it was nothing." "Gavin, I can't just head out to the woods in the middle of the night... because you think you saw a dragon." "Think I saw?" "Jack, I know what I saw." "Yeah." "You don't believe me." "I'll tell you what we'll do." "We'll call the forestry, we tell them what you saw, and then they can go and deal with it." "Fine." "I get the picture." "I thought I could count on family." "Gavin." "Don't worry." "See you in the morning." "(CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)" "(CAR HORNS HONKING)" "(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)" "(GRUNTS)" "(SNIFFING)" "(GRUNTING)" ""Elliot Gets Lost."" ""This is the story of a little puppy." ""His name is..."" "Elliot." "Yeah." ""He is going on an adventure with his family." ""They are going camping in the forest." ""Elliot has..."" "Wait." "This isn't how I tell it." "Would you like me to stop?" "No." "I like it." ""Elliot has never been so excited."" ""Elliot and his boy play," ""while Mom and Dad set up the tent." ""He is right where he belongs."" "(WHINING)" "(JACK CONTINUES READING)" "(RUSTLING)" "(LOW GROWLING)" "(WHINING)" "(GROANING)" "(SIGHS)" "You looking for something?" "Oh." "You scared me." "Why aren't you asleep?" "The same reason you're not, I suppose." "I guess you heard about the boy." "I did." "You know, word travels fast in this town." "How long has he been out there?" "Six years." "Six years?" "Nobody can survive in that forest for six years." "At least not alone." "Well..." "He says..." "He says he wasn't alone." "He drew this?" "He says it's his friend from the forest." "And it reminded me of..." "I know what it reminded you of." "That one?" "Oh." "How old was I when you drew this for me?" "Uh, maybe five or six." "Just before your mother passed away." "I remember then, you hung on every word I ever said." "You were so full of questions." "Dad." "Hmm?" "What did you really see out there?" "Please, don't tell me another story." "Just tell me what you remember." "(SIGHS)" "What I remember?" "What I remember is, I was out hunting... and the sun was shining down... and wind was blowing through the trees." "And I remember thinking, "Boy, this is exactly where I belong."" "I stopped by a creek to get a drink." "Suddenly I realize I wasn't in the sun anymore... and I looked up to see what was blocking the sky." "And what did I see but a dragon?" "I see a dragon." "I've never been so scared in my life." "But when I raised my gun to shoot... suddenly there was this feeling, this..." "It was like magic." "There's no other word to express it." "It was magic." "So, I put my gun down and just sat there... and we sat there across the creek from each other just looking." "I just sat there looking." "And then the dragon turned and disappeared into the woods." "And I remember thinking, "I am one lucky guy."" "Of course, nobody believed me." "I knew what people were saying about me." "I must admit, there were times when I thought, "Maybe they're right."" "But then I thought about the magic." "It changed the way I see the world... the way I see trees, the way I see sunshine... the way, even, I see you." "I wouldn't trade that for anything." "So, I'm not gonna try to convince you." "I quit that." "But maybe if you could just be open to looking." "I know those woods." "I know those woods like the back of my hand." "I couldn't have missed a dragon." "Well, you missed Pete." "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "(ROOSTER CROWING)" "Pete." "Wake up, honey." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Oh." " You heading out already?" " Yup." "Bright and early." "I'm gonna head over to the mill." "Talk to Gavin about something." "Call me if you need anything." "We'll be fine." "You sure?" "Absolutely." "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "Yesterday Any way you made it was just fine" "So you'd turn your days into nighttime" "Didn't you know" "You can make it without ever even trying" "And something's on your mind" "Isn't it?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Nothing, I just got turned around." "Hey, Pete..." "I was thinking maybe we could bring someone with us." "Someone who might know Elliot, too." "Is that okay?" "(MUSIC CONTINUES)" "And something's on your mind" "Isn't it?" "Maybe another day You wanna feel another way" "You can't stop crying" " Hey, Jack." " Morning." "Hey, Jack." "Hey, Calvin." "You seen Gavin?" "Uh, he and Woodrow took a truck out to the new cut down... with some of the other boys." "What for?" "Something about going hunting." " Hunting?" " I don't know." "Hunting?" "(PHONE RINGING)" " Jack Magary." " Hey, Jack." "Didn't you say Grace was planning on bringing Pete by?" "Yeah, she left an hour ago." "She hasn't shown up yet." "We've got these people standing here." "Uh, don't quite know what to do." "Uh, okay, thank you, Sheriff." "I gotta go." "Something's on your mind" "Isn't it?" "Something's on your mind" "This way!" "Oh, tell the truth now Something's on your mind" "Kids, hold on a second." "Something's on your mind" "Elliot!" "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "I've never seen this part of the forest before." "Come on!" "Cool." "How did you do this by yourself?" "Elliot helped." "I think he's hiding." "Elliot?" "Oh, no, Pete, wait..." " I'm going in after him." " Grace, wait." "Give it a minute." "Grace?" "(GASPS)" "Dad." "Dad." "Come on." "What did I tell you?" "Magic." "Elliot." "(EXCLAIMS)" "What did I tell you?" "I got him!" " Gavin?" " Grace?" "(ROARING)" " No!" "No, wait!" " Stop!" "Get those kids outta here!" "Don't kill him!" "Tranqs only!" "Gavin, what are you doing?" "He's not dangerous!" "He's not gonna hurt..." "Stop!" " I got him!" " No!" " No!" " Stop!" "Elliot!" "(ALL GRUNTING)" "(ALL GROANING)" "Here we go!" "Come on, get up!" "No!" "Bobby, take the shot!" "(BOTH GRUNTING)" "Stop!" "Elliot!" "Fly!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Go!" "Go!" "Elliot." "(GROANS)" "Watch out!" "(WOOD CRACKING)" "(GRUNTS)" "What is that?" "Daddy?" "Natalie?" "Gavin, what is this?" "This is the Millhaven dragon." "And I just caught it." "What's the matter, boys?" "Ain't you ever seen a dragon before?" "Come on." "Pull it into the warehouse." "Into the warehouse." "(INAUDIBLE)" "Check it out, boys." "Check it out!" "Pete, Grace didn't mean for this to happen." "She's a beauty, isn't she?" "Or he?" "It?" "Whatever it is." "Just trust me." "Get here as quick as you can." "Natalie..." "I need you to wait here with Pete for a minute, okay?" "What's going to happen to Elliot?" "I don't know, but I'm going to go find out, okay?" "I just need you to stay here." "Okay?" "Will you stay here for me?" " Okay." " Thank you, sweetie." "Pete, we'll fix this." "I promise." "Okay, then." "Now you've caught it." "What do you plan to do with it?" " What am I going to do with it?" " Yeah." "I know exactly what I'm going to do with it." "You don't have a clue, do you?" "Okay, look." "I haven't got it totally figured out yet." "But I'll tell you this much." "This thing is gonna put me on the map." "Folks will come from miles to see this." " Gavin." " Jack can have the mill." "The dragon is mine." "(ELLIOT GROANS)" "No, no, no!" "Stop." "Stop." "What are they doing to him?" "They're trying to find out what he is and where he came from." "And why they've never seen him before." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Get those guns out of here." "He came from the woods, just like I did." "Are you serious?" "Why can't they just let us go?" "We'll go away." "We'll never see anybody again." "It'll be just like it used to be." "But I don't wanna never see you again." "Are you insane?" "You have no idea what this thing is capable of." " And you do?" " Yeah." "If he wakes up, he could take out the whole town and everyone in it." "Jack, he's a monster." "It's not a monster." "It's an animal." "And it's hurt and it's scared." "Grace, wait." "You need help." "You need Pete." "(GASPS)" "Did you see that?" "Did you just see that?" "I sure did." "(SIREN WAILING)" "Let's go." "Up there." "Guys, move." "Sheriff!" " Sheriff!" "Sheriff!" " Jack." "No, out of the way." "Back off." "Sheriff!" "Out of the way!" "Sheriff!" "Thanks for coming." "Jack, what's so big" "I had to call out the cavalry?" "You really have to come inside and see this." " Gavin." " Let me just say one thing first here." "What my brother called you about... belongs to me, okay?" "I caught it fair and square." "So, if anyone tries to tell you any different, it's mine." "It belongs to me." "I wanna see!" "Why are we standing outside?" "Can we go in and take a look at it?" "(GROANS)" "Elliot, are you okay?" "What's going on in there?" "Now, I gotta warn you." "This thing is dangerous." "Me and my crew are the only ones who know how to deal with it." "So, when you get in there, just stay calm." "Don't startle it." "Don't want anyone getting eaten on my watch." "Gavin, wait." "Listen, Grace, we're not in the forest anymore, so what's in there..." "You can sit out here... and talk about "what's in there"" "until you're blue in the face." "I just want to see it." "Now step aside." "(PETE GRUNTS)" "We're waiting over here." "Come on." "Push it open." "What's the deal here?" "Excuse me, Sheriff." "Seems to be stuck." "Okay, come on." "Who's in there?" "Hey, open up." "Elliot." "Can you fly?" "Hit it harder!" "(GRUNTING CONTINUES)" "I don't see anything." " It was right here." " What was right here?" "It got out." "Come on, we gotta find it!" "Make a hole!" "What got out?" "You gotta see for yourself." "Come on." "(ALL CLAMORING)" "(GASPS)" "Abner, check the yard." "Woodrow, take the south side." "Sheriff, can you get your men to spread out?" "We need to call in a chopper, because this dragon can fly." "A dragon?" "Jack, you dragged me all the way out here for a dragon?" "I don't know how to explain it, but he's telling the truth." "It was here." "It's still in there." " What?" " The dragon." "The dragon is still in there." "We have to help them." "Whoa." "How do we get him out of here?" "Do you know how to drive?" "Sort of, but my dad's truck doesn't have this many buttons." "Stop what you're doing, young lady." "Your feet don't even reach the pedals." "Scoot over." "Wait!" "I don't want to hurt your friend, son." "I just want to help." "Get in." "Okay, let's see here if this... (ENGINE STARTS)" "Hey, old buddy." "You better buckle up." "Hold on tight!" "(ENGINE REVVING)" "I thought I put it in reverse." "Oh, my..." "That isn't real, is it?" "Follow that dragon!" "(ALL CLAMORING)" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Sorry about that." "(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)" "Tell that dragon to hang on." "We've got company." "Attention all units." "We're eastbound on Millhaven Road in pursuit of a..." "A dragon!" "It's a dragon!" "You can't say dragon over the radio." "(HONKING)" "Elliot!" "Fly!" "Come on." "(GROANS)" "Faster!" "That's MEACHAM!" "Pull over!" "Hey, pull over!" "Not a chance!" "That's my dragon!" "Whoa..." "He's not slowing down." "He's not stopping." "He'll stop." "That fool's out of his mind." " Stop!" " I'm trying." "He ain't that crazy." "Okay, hang on tight." "We're going to have to do this another way." "(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)" "(GROWLS)" "Elliot!" "No!" "Hey!" "Elliot!" "No!" "Jack." "Stop!" "You have to stop!" "Jack!" "They're not gonna hurt us." "Please!" "Stop!" "Elliot, stop!" "Don't hurt them!" "I need them!" "I need them." "(GRUNTING)" "Jack, get out of there!" " Gavin?" " Break the glass!" "(GRUNTING)" "Come on, I got ya!" "Come on, Elliot!" " Daddy!" " Fly!" "(SCREAMING)" "(CHUCKLES)" "Let's go." "Go!" "Come on!" "(SCREECHING)" "(CLATTERING)" "Daddy!" "No, Grace..." "Come on, Elliot." "(NATALIE CRYING)" "Come on." "(WINGS FLAPPING)" "(SIGHING)" "Grace." "(HELICOPTER HOVERING)" "(GROANS)" "I know." "I know." "Pete." "Pete!" "Wait!" "(GASPS)" "We can't stay here anymore." "People know you're here." "They'll come looking for you." "But I can't disappear." "But I don't want to leave you." "(YELPING)" "Honey, look." "No one ever saw that dragon again." "And I never told another tale about it." "I didn't have to." "Not after that day." "Folks looked high and low, but it was nowhere to be found." "Some said he flew to another forest far, far away." "But those were just stories." "Time marched on." "Children got older." "Trees growed taller." "Tales growed taller, too." "By and by, even the best ones come to an end." "But I know someone who would tell you otherwise." "There's one little boy who could tell you the whole story." "He could even tell you what happens next." "He knows that the North Star shines brightest of all." "He knows that there's magic in the woods, if you know where to look for it." "He knows his dragon is still out there." "Maybe, if you're lucky... that same boy... the bravest boy I've ever met... he could tell you where to find him." "(GROANING)" "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "You had your maps drawn" "You had other plans to hang your hopes on" "Every road they led you down Felt so wrong" "So you found another way" "You've got a big heart" "The way you see the world It got you this far" "You might have some bruises and a few scars" "But you know you're gonna be okay" "And even though you're scared" "You're stronger than you know" "If you're lost out where the lights are blinding" "Caught and all the stars are hiding" "That's when something wild calls you home" "Home" "If you face the fear that keeps you frozen" "Chase the sky into the ocean" "That's when something wild calls you home" "Home" "Whoa, whoa, whoa" "Whoa, whoa, whoa" "Whoa, whoa, whoa" "Calls you home" "Calls you home" "Calls you home" "Calls you home" "You're lost out where the lights are blinding" "Caught and all the stars are hiding" "That's when something wild calls you home" "If you're lost out where the lights are blinding" "Caught and all the stars are hiding" "That's when something wild calls you home" "Home" "If you face the fear that keeps you frozen" "Chase the sky into the ocean" "That's when something wild calls you home" "Home" "Whoa, whoa, whoa" "Whoa, whoa, whoa" "Whoa, whoa, whoa" "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "Go North, go North" "With wings on your feet" "Go North with the wind" "Where the three rivers meet" "There's a clearing of sorts" "In the circle of trees" "Where the wild constellations shine One two and three" "Look all around you and see" "Deep in the forest there dragons will be" "They come from the Earth" "Yes, they come from the stone" "The icy, cold North" "That's where they call home" "Go where the mountain kisses the sea" "Better be brave Far braver than me" "Look all around you and see" "Deep in the forest there dragons will be" "If a dragon should find you" "You might ought to run" "No one has lived through such a run-in, not one" "So if you hear a roar" "Goodness sake, leave them be" "Up where you find them" "Wild and free" "Look all around you and see" "Deep in the forest there dragons will be" "Look all around you" "You won't find me" "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "(MUSIC CONTINUES)" "(MUSIC CONTINUES)"