"There are some fish that cannot be caught." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's not that they're faster..." "{\3cHFF8000} or stronger than other fish." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They're just touched by something extra." "{\3cHFF8000}" "One such fish was The Beast." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And by the time I was born he was already a legend." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He'd passed up more $ 100 lures..." "{\3cHFF8000} than any fish in Alabama." "{\3cHFF8000}100" "Some said that fish was the ghost of a thief..." "{\3cHFF8000} who'd drowned in that river 60 years before." "{\3cHFF8000}60" "Others claimed he was a dinosaur left over..." "{\3cHFF8000}... from the "Cruaceous" Period." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I didn't put any stock into such..." "{\3cHFF8000}... speculation or superstition." "{\3cHFF8000}" "All I knew was I'd been trying to catch that fish..." "{\3cHFF8000}... since I was a boy no bigger than you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And on the day you were born..." "{\3cHFF8000}... that was the day I finally caught him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'd tried everything on it:" "{\3cHFF8000} :" "{\3cHFF8000} peanut butter and cheese." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But on that day I had a revelation:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "{\3cHFF8000}· then the usual bait wasn't gonna work." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was gonna have to use something he truly desired." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Your finger" " Gold." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I tied my ring onto..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... the strongest line they made..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} if only for a few minutes." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And then I cast upriver." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The Beast jumped up..." "{\3cHFF8000} and grabbed it before it even hit the water." "{\3cHFF8000} he snapped clean through that line." "{\3cHFF8000} you can see my predicament." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} the symbol of fidelity to my wife..." "{\3cHFF8000}... soon to be mother of my child..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Make him stop." "{\3cHFF8000} was now lost in the gut of an uncatchable fish." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What did you do {\3cHFF8000}" "I followed that fish upriver and downriver." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The Beast..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... {\3cHFF8000}"" "when in fact it was a her." "{\3cHFF8000}"" "It was fat with eggs it was gonna lay any day." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was in a situation." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I could gut that fish and get my wedding ring back {\3cHFF8000}... but in doing so I'd be killing..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the smartest catfish in the Ashton River." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Did I want to deprive my son the chance..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to catch a fish like this of his own {\3cHFF8000}" "This ladyfish and I..." "{\3cHFF8000}... we had the same destiny." "{\3cHFF8000}" "We were part of the same equation." {\3cHFF8000}"" "you may well ask..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... it's still your night." "{\3cHFF8000} why did it strike so quick on gold..." "{\3cHFF8000} when nothing else would attract it {\3cHFF8000}" "That was the lesson I learned that day..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the day my son was born." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Sometimes the only way..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to catch an uncatchable woman..." "{\3cHFF8000}... is to offer her a wedding ring." "{\3cHFF8000}" "a father's not allowed to talk about his son {\3cHFF8000}" "Dad..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... {\3cHFF8000}... incidentally." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You were selling novelty products..." "{\3cHFF8000}... in Wichita when I was born." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Will." "Everyone loves that story!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "They don't." "I don't love that story." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Not anymore." "Not after a thousand times!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "Dad." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I can tell them as well as you can!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "one night in your entire life..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... the universe did not revolve around Edward Bloom." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "How can you not understand that {\3cHFF8000}" "I'm sorry to embarrass you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You just don't see it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I didn't speak to my father again for three years." "{\3cHFF8000}" "United Press International." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "If I could just..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I guess." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} my mother wrote for both of them." "{\3cHFF8000} she'd say..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "Dad was out driving or swimming in the pool." "{\3cHFF8000} we never talked about not talking." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I didn't see anything of myself in my father." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I don't think he saw anything of himself in me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "We were like strangers..." "{\3cHFF8000}... who knew each other very well." "{\3cHFF8000}" "In telling the story of my father's life..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} the man from the myth." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The best I can do is to tell it the way he told me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and most of it never happened." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Give me back my ring!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "Thank you!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "But that's what kind of story this is." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "His birth would set the pace for his unlikely life." "{\3cHFF8000} but larger." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And as strange as his stories got..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the endings were always the most surprising of all." "{\3cHFF8000}" "he's here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's your mother." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And what does Dr. Bennett say {\3cHFF8000}" "I'll talk to him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll wait." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's bad {\3cHFF8000} it's more than they thought." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They're gonna stop chemo." "{\3cHFF8000}" " You need to go." " Probably tonight." "{\3cHFF8000}- - no." "You shouldn't." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I'm going with you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "which one's it gonna be {\3cHFF8000} or "Dog in the Road" {\3cHFF8000}"" "" "The one about the witch." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your momma says I can't tell you that one anymore." "{\3cHFF8000}" " You get nightmares." " But I'm not scared." "{\3cHFF8000}- - at first." "{\3cHFF8000} this took place in the swamp outside of Ashton." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Children weren't allowed in the swamp..." "{\3cHFF8000} spiders..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... and quicksand that..." "{\3cHFF8000}... would swallow you up before you could even scream." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There were five of us out there that night:" "{\3cHFF8000}5:" "Wilbur Freely..." "{\3cHFF8000} ·..." "Don and Zacky." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And not one of us knew what was in store." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's common knowledge that..." "{\3cHFF8000}... most towns of a certain size have a witch..." "{\3cHFF8000}... if only to eat misbehaving children..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and the occasional puppy who wanders into her yard." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Witches use those bones to cast spells and curses..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and make the land infertile." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Is it true she got a glass eye {\3cHFF8000}" "I heard she got it from gypsies." "{\3cHFF8000}" " What's a gypsy" " Your momma's a gypsy." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Your momma's a bitch." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You shouldn't swear." "There's ladies present." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Shit." " Damn." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Screw." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Turn off your flashlights." "She'll see you!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Yet of all the witches in Alabama..." "{\3cHFF8000}... there was one who was said to be the most feared." "{\3cHFF8000}" "For she had one glass eye..." "{\3cHFF8000}... which was said to contain mystical powers." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} you'll see how you're gonna die." "{\3cHFF8000} that is." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She's not even a real witch." "{\3cHFF8000} go get that eye." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I heard she keeps it in a box on her night table." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Or are you too scared {\3cHFF8000}" "I'll go in right now and get that eye." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I will." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I'm doing it." "{\3cHFF8000}- - don't!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "She'll make soap out of you." "That's what she does." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She makes soap out of people." "{\3cHFF8000}" "my name is Edward Bloom..." "{\3cHFF8000} ·... and there's some folks like to see your eye." "{\3cHFF8000}" " You get The Eye" " I brought it." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Let's see it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "help!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "I saw how I was gonna die." "I was old and I fell." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I wasn't old at all." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was thinking about death and all." "{\3cHFF8000}" "About seeing how you're gonna die." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} if dying was all you thought about..." "{\3cHFF8000}... it could kind of screw you up." "{\3cHFF8000} couldn't it {\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} you'd know you could survive." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I guess I'm saying I'd like to know." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's how I go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mom." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Is that Dr. Bennett's car {\3cHFF8000}" "Yes." "He's up with your father now." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I got it." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "He's impossible." "He won't eat." "{\3cHFF8000} he's weaker." "{\3cHFF8000} he doesn't want to eat." "{\3cHFF8000}" "How much time does he have left {\3cHFF8000}" "You don't talk about that." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Not yet." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Will." "{\3cHFF8000} it's good to see you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Josephine." "{\3cHFF8000}" "A pleasure." "{\3cHFF8000}" " You're seven months." " To the day!" "{\3cHFF8000}- 7 - !" "It's a boy." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Try to get him to drink one of these." "{\3cHFF8000} but go ahead and try." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad {\3cHFF8000}" "You want some water {\3cHFF8000}" " You are in for a surprise." " Am I {\3cHFF8000}- " "Having a kid changes everything." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There's the diapers and..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the burping and the midnight feeding." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Did you do any of that" " No." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "But I hear it's terrible." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Then you spend years trying..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to corrupt and mislead this child..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} and still it turns out perfectly fine." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You think I'm up for it {\3cHFF8000}" "You learned from the best." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Drink half the can." "I'll tell Mom you drank it all." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Everyone wins." "{\3cHFF8000}" "People needn't worry so much." "It's not my time yet." "{\3cHFF8000}" "This is not how I go." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Really" " Truly." "I saw it in The Eye." "{\3cHFF8000}- " " The old lady by the swamp" " She was a witch." "{\3cHFF8000}- - she was old and probably senile." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and this isn't how it happens." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So how does it happen {\3cHFF8000}" "Surprise ending." "Wouldn't want to ruin it for you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your mother thought we wouldn't talk again." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Look at us." "We're talking fine." "{\3cHFF8000} both of us." "{\3cHFF8000} you write yours down." "Same thing." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I hope to talk about some things while I'm here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You mean while I'm here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I just want to know the true versions of things:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "Events." "Stories." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your mother hasn't been keeping up the pool." "{\3cHFF8000} you could fix it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I will." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You know where the chemicals are {\3cHFF8000}" "I did it when you were gone." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Will." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Too confining." "{\3cHFF8000} being stuck in bed..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "Dying is the worst thing that's ever happened to me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I thought you said you weren't dying." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I said this isn't how I go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The last part is much more unusual." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Trust me on that." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dr. Bennett said I have to stay at home for a week." "{\3cHFF8000} that's nothing." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I had to stay in bed for three years." "{\3cHFF8000} 3" " Did you have the chickenpox" " I wish." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "no one quite knew what was wrong." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Most times a person grows up gradually..." "{\3cHFF8000}... while I found myself in a hurry." "{\3cHFF8000}" "My muscles and my bones..." "{\3cHFF8000} couldn't keep up with my body's ambition." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So I spent the better part of..." "{\3cHFF8000}... three years confined to my bed..." "{\3cHFF8000}... with the encyclopedia..." "{\3cHFF8000}... being my only means of exploration." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I had made it all the way to the G's..." "{\3cHFF8000}G... hoping to find an answer to my "gigantificationism" {\3cHFF8000}""... when I uncovered an article..." "{\3cHFF8000}... about the common goldfish." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}"" "the goldfish will remain small." "{\3cHFF8000}"" "With more space..." "{\3cHFF8000}"... {\3cHFF8000}"" "or quadruple its size." {\3cHFF8000}"" "It occurred to me then that..." "{\3cHFF8000}... perhaps the reason for my growth..." "{\3cHFF8000}... was that I was intended for larger things." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} a giant man can't have an ordinary-sized life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "As soon as my bones had settled..." "{\3cHFF8000}... in their adult configuration..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I set upon my plan..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to make a bigger place for myself in Ashton." "{\3cHFF8000} go!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Edward Bloom!" "{\3cHFF8000}·!" "Doggy!" "My doggy!" "My doggy's trapped!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "!" "I was the biggest thing Ashton had ever seen." "{\3cHFF8000} a stranger arrived." "{\3cHFF8000}" "everybody." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Calm down." "That's enough." "{\3cHFF8000} he ate an entire corn field." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He ate my dog." "{\3cHFF8000} we will." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I won't have mob violence in this town." "{\3cHFF8000} has someone tried talking to him {\3cHFF8000}" " You can't reason with him." " He's a monster." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I'll do it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll talk to him." "See if I can get him to go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That creature could crush you without trying." "{\3cHFF8000} he'll have to try." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Hello {\3cHFF8000}" "and I wanna talk to you!" "{\3cHFF8000}· !" "Go away!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "I'm not going anywhere until you show yourself!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "go away!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Armed with the foreknowledge of my own death..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I knew the giant couldn't kill me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I preferred to keep my bones unbroken." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Why are you here {\3cHFF8000}" "So you can eat me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The town decided to send a human sacrifice..." "{\3cHFF8000} and I volunteered." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} but there's some good eating in my legs." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'd be tempted to eat them myself." "{\3cHFF8000} well..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} really." "{\3cHFF8000}" "come on!" "I can't go back!" "I'm a human sacrifice!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "!" "!" "they'll think I'm a coward." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'd rather be dinner than a coward." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You can start with my hand." "It'll be an appetizer." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I don't want to eat you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I don't want to eat anybody." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I just get so hungry." "I'm just too big." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Did you ever think that maybe you're not too big..." "{\3cHFF8000}... but maybe this town is just too small {\3cHFF8000}" "I've heard in real cities..." "{\3cHFF8000}... there are buildings so tall..." "{\3cHFF8000}... you can't even see the tops of them." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I wouldn't lie to you." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "And all-you-can-eat buffets." "{\3cHFF8000} can't you" " I can." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "So why are you wasting your time in a small town {\3cHFF8000}" "You're a big man." "You should be in a big city." "{\3cHFF8000} aren't you {\3cHFF8000} giant" " Karl." "{\3cHFF8000}- - mine's Edward." "And truthfully..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "Karl." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But I want to leave with you." "{\3cHFF8000} you think this town is too small for you {\3cHFF8000} it's too small for a man of my ambition." "{\3cHFF8000} what do you say Join me {\3cHFF8000}" "Okay." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Okay." "{\3cHFF8000} we gotta get you ready for the city." "{\3cHFF8000}" "first son of Ashton..." "{\3cHFF8000}· ... it's with a heavy heart that we see you go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But take with you this key to the city..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and know that any time you want to come back..." "{\3cHFF8000}... all our doors are open to you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} everyone seemed to have advice." "{\3cHFF8000} now!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Edward Bloom!" "{\3cHFF8000} ·!" "But there was one person whose..." "{\3cHFF8000}... counsel I held above all others." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She said that the biggest fish in the river..." "{\3cHFF8000}... gets that way by never being caught." "{\3cHFF8000}" " What'd she say" " Beats me." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "There were two roads out of Ashton:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "A new one which was paved..." "{\3cHFF8000} and an older one that wasn't." "{\3cHFF8000}" "People didn't use the old one anymore and..." "{\3cHFF8000}... it had developed a reputation for being haunted." "{\3cHFF8000} since I had no intention..." "{\3cHFF8000}... of ever returning to Ashton..." "{\3cHFF8000}... this seemed as good a time as..." "{\3cHFF8000}... any to find out what lay down that old one." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You know anyone who's taken it {\3cHFF8000} did." "{\3cHFF8000} ·" "France." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I guess he liked it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "No one ever heard from him again." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll tell you what." "You go the other way." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and I'll meet you on the far side." "{\3cHFF8000} aren't you {\3cHFF8000}" "Here." "{\3cHFF8000} you can take my pack." "{\3cHFF8000}" "you son of a..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... there comes a point when a reasonable man..." "{\3cHFF8000}... will swallow his pride and..." "{\3cHFF8000} admit that he's made a terrible mistake." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was never a reasonable man." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And what I recall of Sunday school was that..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} the more rewarding it is in the end." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Friend!" "Welcome to you!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" " What's your name" " Edward Bloom." "{\3cHFF8000}- - ·" " "Bloom" like a flower" " Yes." "{\3cHFF8000}- "" - right here. "Edward Bloom." {\3cHFF8000} ! "·" "We weren't expecting you yet." "{\3cHFF8000}" " You were expecting me" " Not yet." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "You must've taken a shortcut." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I did." "It almost killed me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Life will do that to you." "{\3cHFF8000} the long way is easier." "{\3cHFF8000}" " But it's longer." " Much longer." "{\3cHFF8000}- - and that's what matters." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What is this place {\3cHFF8000}" "The town of Spectre." "Best-kept secret in Alabama!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "right {\3cHFF8000}" "Last person we had from Ashton was Norther Winslow." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "The poet Whatever happened to him {\3cHFF8000}" "He's still here." "Let me buy you a drink." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll tell you all about it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll have him tell you!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "{\3cHFF8000} and I'm already running late." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I already told you." "You're early." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Now tell me if that isn't the best pie you ever ate." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It truly is." "{\3cHFF8000}" "everything tastes better here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Even the water is sweet." "{\3cHFF8000} too humid." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} the wind goes through the trees where you'd swear..." "{\3cHFF8000}... there was a whole symphony out there..." "{\3cHFF8000}... playing just for you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Hey!" "Jenny!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "Come back here!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "Jenny!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "I need those." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There is no softer ground than town." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That almost rhymes." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He's our poet laureate." "Come on." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} if only to understand..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the mystery of how a place could feel..." "{\3cHFF8000}... so strange and yet so familiar." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've been working on this poem for 12 years." "{\3cHFF8000}12" "Really {\3cHFF8000}" "There's a lot of expectation." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I don't wanna disappoint my fans." "{\3cHFF8000}" "May I {\3cHFF8000}" "It's only three lines long." "{\3cHFF8000}" "This is why you should..." "{\3cHFF8000}... never show a work in progress." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I got him!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "There's leeches in there." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Did you see that woman" " What did she look like {\3cHFF8000}- - she was..." " Was she naked {\3cHFF8000}- ... - she was." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's not a woman." "It's a fish." "{\3cHFF8000}" "No one ever catches her." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Fish looks different to different people." "{\3cHFF8000}" "My daddy said it looked like..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the coon dog he had when he was a kid..." "{\3cHFF8000}... back from the dead." "{\3cHFF8000}" "darn." "{\3cHFF8000}" " How old are you" " Eighteen." "{\3cHFF8000}- - 18 you'll be 28." "{\3cHFF8000}8 18 28 you'll only be 38." "{\3cHFF8000}28 38" "You're pretty good at arithmetic." "{\3cHFF8000} you'll be 48." "{\3cHFF8000}38 48" "That's not much difference at all." "{\3cHFF8000} huh {\3cHFF8000}" "Edward!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Roses are red..." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Violets are blue." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I love Spectre..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Excuse me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Jenny thinks you're quite a catch." "We all do." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What {\3cHFF8000} you're quite a catch." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I have to leave." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Tonight." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Why {\3cHFF8000}" "This town is more than any man could ask for." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I would consider myself lucky." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm just not ready to end up anywhere." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But no one's ever left." "{\3cHFF8000}" "How are you gonna make it without your shoes {\3cHFF8000}" "I suspect it will hurt." "A lot." "{\3cHFF8000}" "goodbye." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "You won't find a better place." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I don't expect to." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Promise me you'll come back." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I promise." "Someday." "When I'm really supposed to." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I reached two conclusions." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The first was that..." "{\3cHFF8000}... a dangerous path is made much worse by darkness." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The second was that..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I was hopelessly and irrevocably lost." "{\3cHFF8000}" "These woods would become my graveyard." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was fated to get there eventually." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} no man can avoid reaching the end of his life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And then I realized..." "{\3cHFF8000} this wasn't the end of my life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "This isn't how I die." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Friend." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What happened to your shoes {\3cHFF8000}" "They kind of got ahead of me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} but Josephine had some photos..." "{\3cHFF8000}... in the most recent Newsweek." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Really {\3cHFF8000}" "That's just wonderful." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I spent a week in Morocco for the story." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It was incredible." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Oh." "We'll have to pick up a copy." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Josephine..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... {\3cHFF8000} they speak only French." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Really {\3cHFF8000}" "You're lucky to get four words..." "{\3cHFF8000}... out of them in English." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But if you were to walk through the jungle..." "{\3cHFF8000}... you'd hear them speaking the most elaborate French." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Those parrots talk about everything." "{\3cHFF8000} fashion." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Everything but religion." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad {\3cHFF8000}" "It's rude to talk about religion." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You never know who you're gonna offend." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Josephine actually went to the Congo last year." "{\3cHFF8000} so you know." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Hello." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Hi." "How are you feeling {\3cHFF8000}" "I was dreaming." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What were you dreaming about {\3cHFF8000}" "I don't usually remember..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... unless they're especially portentous." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Do you know what that word means {\3cHFF8000}" "It means when you dream about..." "{\3cHFF8000}... something that's gonna happen." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I had a dream..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... where this crow came and said:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "Your aunt is gonna die." {\3cHFF8000}"" "I woke up my parents..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... but they said it was just a dream..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and to get back to bed." "{\3cHFF8000} my Aunt Stacy was dead." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's terrible." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} young boy with that kind of power." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Wasn't three weeks later..." "{\3cHFF8000} when the crow came back to me in a dream..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Your daddy's gonna die." {\3cHFF8000} "" "I didn't know what to do." "{\3cHFF8000} but he said:" "{\3cHFF8000} :" "not to worry." But I could see he was rattled." "{\3cHFF8000}"" "he wasn't himself." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} waiting for something to drop on his head." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Because the crow didn't say..." "{\3cHFF8000}... just those words:" "{\3cHFF8000} :" "Your daddy's gonna die." {\3cHFF8000}"" "he left home early and was gone a long time." "{\3cHFF8000} he looked terrible..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... like he was waiting for the ax to fall all day." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He said to my mother:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "I've just had the worst day of my life." {\3cHFF8000}"" "You think you've had a bad day" She said." "{\3cHFF8000}"" "{\3cHFF8000}"" "the milkman dropped dead on the porch." {\3cHFF8000}"" "my mother was banging the milkman." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Can I take your picture {\3cHFF8000} you don't need a picture." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Just look up the word "handsome" in the dictionary." "{\3cHFF8000} "" "Please {\3cHFF8000}" "All right." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I have photos of the wedding to show you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There is a great one of you and my father." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I want to see pictures of your wedding." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've never seen any." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's because we didn't have a proper wedding." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your mother-in-law was never supposed to marry me." "{\3cHFF8000}" " She was engaged to somebody else." " I never knew." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Will never told you {\3cHFF8000}" "Probably just as well." "{\3cHFF8000} anyway." "{\3cHFF8000} none of the flavor." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Oh." "So this is a tall tale." "{\3cHFF8000} it's not a short one." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'd just left Spectre..." "{\3cHFF8000} and was on my way to discover my destiny." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Not knowing what that would be exactly..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I explored every opportunity that presented itself." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Coco!" "Coco!" "There they are." "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "You may think you've seen the unusual." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You may think you've seen the bizarre." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But I've traveled to the five corners of the world {\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000}" "I've never seen anything like this!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "When I met this man..." "{\3cHFF8000}... he was picking oranges in Florida." "{\3cHFF8000}" "His fellow workers called him..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "El Penumbra. "The Shadow." {\3cHFF8000} "" "Because when you worked beside him..." "{\3cHFF8000}... he blocked out the daylight!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "{\3cHFF8000} but if this man wanted to..." "{\3cHFF8000}... he could crush your head between his toes..." "{\3cHFF8000}... like a tiny walnut." "But he won't do it." "{\3cHFF8000} ladies and gentlemen..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... he will not hurt her..." "{\3cHFF8000}... because he is our own gentle giant." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I give you Colossus!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "boys and girls..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... thank y'all for coming." "{\3cHFF8000} everyone." "Thank you for coming." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It was on that night Karl met his destiny." "{\3cHFF8000} almost." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} time stops." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And that's true." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What they don't tell you is..." "{\3cHFF8000}... that once time starts again..." "{\3cHFF8000}... it moves extra fast to catch up." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What's your name {\3cHFF8000}" " It's Karl." " Karl." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "have you ever heard..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... the term "involuntary servitude" {\3cHFF8000}"" " No. - "Unconscionable contract" {\3cHFF8000}- - "" " Nope." " Great." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Here you go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Here you are." "{\3cHFF8000}" "come down this here..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... so he can use your back to sign on it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Okay." "Thank you." "Yeah." "{\3cHFF8000} kid." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your friend just made himself a star." "{\3cHFF8000} that's great." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mr. Soggybottom." " Good to meet you." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Pleased to meet you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What's the matter {\3cHFF8000}" "I haven't seen a customer so depressed..." "{\3cHFF8000}... since the elephant sat on that farmer's wife." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Depressed" {\3cHFF8000}"" "See The big guy likes it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I just saw the woman I'm gonna marry." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I know it." "But I lost her." "{\3cHFF8000} tough break." "{\3cHFF8000} most men have to get married..." "{\3cHFF8000}... before they lose their wives." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm gonna spend the rest of my life..." "{\3cHFF8000}... looking for her." "That or die alone." "{\3cHFF8000} kid." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Let me guess." "Real pretty {\3cHFF8000}" "Reddish-blondish hair {\3cHFF8000}" "Blue dress {\3cHFF8000}" "Yeah!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "I know her uncle." "Friends of the family." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Who is she Where does she live {\3cHFF8000}" "Forget it." "Don't waste your time." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She's out of your league." "{\3cHFF8000}" " What You don't even know me." " Sure I do." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "{\3cHFF8000} you got squat." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You don't have a plan or a job." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Nothing except the clothes on your back." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I have a whole backpack full of clothes." "{\3cHFF8000} someone stole my backpack." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} but this here is the ocean..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and you're drowning." "Go back to Puddleville." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You'll be happy there." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You say I don't have a plan." "I do." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and spend the rest of my life with her." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} but I would have a job if you gave me one." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I may not have much..." "{\3cHFF8000}... but I have more determination..." "{\3cHFF8000}... than any man you're likely to meet." "{\3cHFF8000} kid." "I don't do charity." "{\3cHFF8000} big boy." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll work night and day for you..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... and you won't have to pay me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You just have to tell me who she is." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Every month you work for me..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I'll tell you one thing about her." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's my final offer." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Let's get started." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I did everything Mr. Calloway asked." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'd go three days without stopping to eat." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And four days without sleeping." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What kept me going was the promise of..." "{\3cHFF8000}... meeting the girl who would be my wife." "{\3cHFF8000}" "that's the way it's gonna be." "{\3cHFF8000} and the way it will be." "{\3cHFF8000} sir {\3cHFF8000}" "It's been a month today." "{\3cHFF8000} the love of your life..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... her favorite flowers are daffodils." "{\3cHFF8000}" " So get that stuff..." " Daffodils." "{\3cHFF8000}- ... " "Daffodils." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Daffodils." "{\3cHFF8000}" "True to his word..." "{\3cHFF8000}... every month Amos would tell me something new..." "{\3cHFF8000}... about the woman of my dreams." "{\3cHFF8000} enjoy yourselves." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She's going to college." "{\3cHFF8000}" "College." "She's going to college." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She likes music." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Music." "She likes music." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I learned a lot about the woman I would marry..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and not where to find her." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That time had come." "I couldn't wait any longer." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mr. Calloway {\3cHFF8000}" "It's Edward Bloom." "I need to talk to you." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "Mr. Calloway {\3cHFF8000}" "No." "Wait!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "I discovered that..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... most things you consider evil or wicked..." "{\3cHFF8000}... are simply lonely and lacking in social niceties." "{\3cHFF8000}" "did I {\3cHFF8000}" "A few rabbits." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But I think one of them was already dead." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That would explain the indigestion." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Thank you." "{\3cHFF8000} kid." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} you got a lot of." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You could get any girl." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There's only one I want." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Her name..." "{\3cHFF8000}... is Sandra Templeton." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "She goes to Auburn." "{\3cHFF8000} so you better hurry." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Thank you." "Thank you." "{\3cHFF8000} sir!" "{\3cHFF8000}- !" " !" "Edward." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I hopped three trains..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... to get to Auburn that afternoon." "{\3cHFF8000}" "but my name is Edward Bloom..." "{\3cHFF8000} ·... and I love you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've spent the last three years..." "{\3cHFF8000}... working to find out who you are." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and trampled a few times." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I broke my ribs twice." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But it's all been worth it to see you here now..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and to finally get to talk to you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Because I'm destined to marry you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and I know it now more than ever." "{\3cHFF8000}" " I'm sorry." " You don't have to apologize to me." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I'm the luckiest person you'll find today." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm sorry I'm engaged to be married." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But you're wrong." "I do know you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "At least by reputation." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Edward Bloom from Ashton." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "I'm actually engaged..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... to a boy from Ashton." "Don Price." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "He was a few years older than you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Well..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Congratulations." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm sorry to have bothered you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Stop it!" "It's not funny." "{\3cHFF8000}!" "That poor boy." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Fate has a cruel way of circling around on you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "After all this work to leave Ashton..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the girl I love was now engaged to..." "{\3cHFF8000}... one of its biggest jerks." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There's a time when a man needs to fight..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and a time when he needs to accept..." "{\3cHFF8000}... that his destiny's lost..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} and that only a fool will continue." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've always been a fool." "{\3cHFF8000} and I will marry you!" "{\3cHFF8000}· !" "{\3cHFF8000} if we apply these rules to our everyday life..." "{\3cHFF8000}... supply and demand makes much more sense." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and the import of this will be even stronger..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Look!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" " Daffodils!" " They're your favorite flower." "{\3cHFF8000}- !" "" "How did you get so many {\3cHFF8000}" "I called everywhere in five states." "{\3cHFF8000}5" "I told them it was the only way..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to get my wife to marry me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You don't even know me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I have the rest of my life to find out." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Sandra!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "It's Don." "Promise you won't hurt him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I swear to it." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Bloom" " Don." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "What the hell are you doing This is my girl." "Mine!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "I wasn't aware that she belonged to anyone." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What's the matter Are you too scared to fight back {\3cHFF8000}" "I promised I wouldn't." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Stop it!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "stop!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "{\3cHFF8000}" "Don Price was ultimately defeated." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "All the physical activity had..." "{\3cHFF8000}... worsened a congenital valve defect." "{\3cHFF8000} his heart wasn't strong enough." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Don!" "I will never marry you." "{\3cHFF8000}!" "you love this guy {\3cHFF8000} and I prefer him to you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "Sandra was able to keep her same date at the chapel." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Only the groom had changed." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I thought you said you didn't have a church wedding." "{\3cHFF8000} but there was a complication." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Is it the medicine that's making you thirsty {\3cHFF8000}" "I've been thirsty my whole life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Never really known why." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There was a time when I was 11..." "{\3cHFF8000}11..." "You were talking about your wedding." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I didn't forget." "I was just working on a tangent." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} they'll tell you a story straight through." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} either." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I like your stories." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I like you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} you don't have a regular address." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} there was a lot of undelivered mail." "{\3cHFF8000}" "During the four weeks I was in the hospital..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the postmaster finally caught up with me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And it seems that while my heart..." "{\3cHFF8000}... belonged to Sandra..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the rest of my body belonged to the U.S. Government." "{\3cHFF8000}" "A hitch in the Army was up to..." "{\3cHFF8000}... three years at that point..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and having waited three years just to meet Sandra {\3cHFF8000}..." "I knew I couldn't survive..." "{\3cHFF8000}... being away from her that long." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So I took every hazardous assignment I could find..." "{\3cHFF8000}... with the hope of getting my time..." "{\3cHFF8000}... down to less than a year." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Go!" "Go!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "When I was offered a secret mission..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to steal the plans for the Wong Kai Tang power plant {\3cHFF8000}..." "I jumped at the chance to serve my country." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Go!" "Go!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "Any of you got needs {\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I described my love for Sandra K. Templeton..." "{\3cHFF8000}·... and the ordeal that brought me before them." "{\3cHFF8000} this love was my salvation." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It was destined to be." "{\3cHFF8000}" "We put together an elaborate plan for escape..." "{\3cHFF8000}... involving a whaling ship to Russia..." "{\3cHFF8000}... dirty canoe to Miami." "{\3cHFF8000}" "We all knew it would be dangerous." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "Bob Hope!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "And so the twins and I began our arduous journey..." "{\3cHFF8000}... halfway around the world." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} there was no way to send a message back to America." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And so it was no surprise that..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the Army believed I was dead." "{\3cHFF8000}" "God!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "{\3cHFF8000}" "Sandra had gotten over the worst of the nightmares." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} she didn't think it was somehow me calling her." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} she didn't get up to check out the window." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I talked with your father last night." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You never told me how your parents met." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They met at Auburn." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What about the details How they fell in love." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The circus." "The war." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You never told me any of that." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's because most of it never happened." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But it's romantic." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I know better..." "{\3cHFF8000}- - ... than to argue romance with a French woman." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Do you love your father {\3cHFF8000}" "Everyone loves my father." "He's a very likable guy." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Do you love him {\3cHFF8000}" "You have to understand." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} he was gone more than he was there." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I started thinking..." "{\3cHFF8000}... maybe he's got this second life somewhere else." "{\3cHFF8000} another house." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And he leaves us and goes to them." "{\3cHFF8000} or..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "Or maybe there is no second family." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Maybe he never wanted a family." "{\3cHFF8000} he likes..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... his second life better and he tells his stories..." "{\3cHFF8000}... because he can't stand this boring place." "{\3cHFF8000} what's true {\3cHFF8000}- " "He's never told me a single true thing." "{\3cHFF8000} hey..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "I know why you like him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I know why everyone likes him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But I need you to tell me that I'm not crazy." "{\3cHFF8000} you're not." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I think you should talk to him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Larry Puckett's Chevrolet..." "{\3cHFF8000}·... lets the customer do the talking." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Larry Puckett's GM-certified vehicles..." "{\3cHFF8000}·... are under factory warranty." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And you can save up to 40 percent..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the original MSRP." "{\3cHFF8000}40%" " Did I ever tell you about..." " Yes." "{\3cHFF8000}- ... " "The maple tree and the Buick We've heard it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I know someone who hasn't." "{\3cHFF8000} spilling the syrup." "{\3cHFF8000} which got stuck to it..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... and flew off with the whole car." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But the real story is how I got the car." "{\3cHFF8000}" " You see..." " Dad {\3cHFF8000}- ... " "Son." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Can we talk {\3cHFF8000}" "I think I'll get started on these dishes." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll help you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad" " Do I {\3cHFF8000}- " "I saw an iceberg once." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They were hauling it down to Texas..." "{\3cHFF8000}... for drinking water." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They didn't count on there being..." "{\3cHFF8000}... an elephant frozen inside." "{\3cHFF8000}" " The woolly kind." "A mammoth." " Dad!" "{\3cHFF8000}- - !" "What {\3cHFF8000}" "I'm trying to make a metaphor here." "{\3cHFF8000} you shouldn't have started with a question..." "{\3cHFF8000}... because people want to answer questions." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}..." "The thing about icebergs is..." {\3cHFF8000}"... okay." "The thing about icebergs is..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... you only see 10 percent." "{\3cHFF8000}10%" "The other 90 percent is below the water..." "{\3cHFF8000}90%... where you can't see it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And that's..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Dad." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I am only seeing this little bit..." "{\3cHFF8000}... that sticks above the water." "{\3cHFF8000} you're only seeing down to my nose {\3cHFF8000}" "My chin My..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "I have no idea who you are..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... because you've never told me a single fact." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Will." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I tell stories!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Dad." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "You tell amusing lies." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Stories are what you tell a 5-year-old at bedtime." "{\3cHFF8000}5" "They're not elaborate mythologies that you maintain {\3cHFF8000}10 15 20 30... when your son is 10 and 15 and 20 and 30." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I believed you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I believed your stories so much longer..." "{\3cHFF8000} than I should have." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Then when I realized everything..." "{\3cHFF8000}... you said was impossible..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I felt like a fool to have trusted you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You're like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Just as charming and just as fake." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You think I'm fake." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But it's all I've ever seen." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Look." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm about to have..." "{\3cHFF8000}... a kid of my own." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It would kill me if he went through his whole life {\3cHFF8000}... never understanding me." "{\3cHFF8000} huh {\3cHFF8000}" "Will Who do you want me to be {\3cHFF8000}" "Just yourself." "{\3cHFF8000} everything." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Just show me who you are for once." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've been nothing but myself..." "{\3cHFF8000}... since the day I was born." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} not mine!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Your father decided that he..." "{\3cHFF8000}... needed to have an office..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} it wouldn't do to have it in the house." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "You'll know better than me what's important." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What is it {\3cHFF8000}" "It was during the war." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your father went missing." "They thought he was dead." "{\3cHFF8000} that really happened {\3cHFF8000}" "Not everything your father says..." "{\3cHFF8000}... is a complete fabrication." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I think I'll go check on him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I need to lie down for a bit." "{\3cHFF8000} go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} looking for work." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Each had the advantage over me." "{\3cHFF8000} while I was officially deceased." "{\3cHFF8000}" "With my prospects few..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I took a job as a traveling salesman." "It suited me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "If there was one thing you can say about..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Edward Bloom it's that I am a social person." "{\3cHFF8000}· sir." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I could be gone for weeks at a time." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I put all the money I made..." "{\3cHFF8000}... into an account set aside for a proper house..." "{\3cHFF8000}... with a white picket fence." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I added other products and other cities..." "{\3cHFF8000}... until my territory stretched..." "{\3cHFF8000}... from the coast to western Texas." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Edward {\3cHFF8000}" "Edward Bloom!" "{\3cHFF8000}·!" "Norther Winslow." "{\3cHFF8000} ·" "I don't believe it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was astonished to see the greatest poet..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... of both Ashton and Spectre..." "{\3cHFF8000} all the way out in Texas." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} it opened my eyes." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There was a whole life..." "{\3cHFF8000}... out there that I was not living." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So I traveled." "{\3cHFF8000} half of South America." "{\3cHFF8000} a new adventure." "That's my motto." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Norther." "I'm happy for you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "What are you doing now {\3cHFF8000}" "I'm robbing this place." "{\3cHFF8000}" "everybody down!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Hey!" "Just slide that over." "{\3cHFF8000}!" " Would you mind grabbing that" " What {\3cHFF8000}- " "The gun." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm gonna be cleaning out the cash drawers..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and my associate here is gonna handle the vault." "{\3cHFF8000}" "okay {\3cHFF8000} !" "Let's go!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "ma'am." "I am." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I really just don't want anyone to get hurt." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's not that." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's just..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "There's no money." "{\3cHFF8000}" "We're completely bankrupt." "Don't tell anybody." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It turned out that the Savings  Loan..." "{\3cHFF8000}... had already been robbed..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} but by speculators in Texas real estate." "{\3cHFF8000} let's go!" "{\3cHFF8000} !" "Norther!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "Yeah!" "There's gotta be close to $400 here!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "$400!" "And that's just from the drawers." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Let's see what you got from the vault." "{\3cHFF8000}" "This is it The whole vault {\3cHFF8000}" "I'm afraid so." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's got your deposit slip on it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I just didn't want you leaving empty-handed." "{\3cHFF8000}" "There's something you should know." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The reason they don't have money..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I told Norther about the vagaries..." "{\3cHFF8000}... of Texas oil money..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and its effect on real-estate prices..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and how lax enforcement of fiduciary process..." "{\3cHFF8000}... had made savings and loans particularly vulnerable." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "Norther was left with one conclusion:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "I should go to Wall Street." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's where all the money is." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I knew then that while my days..." "{\3cHFF8000}... as a criminal were over..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "Thanks for the hand!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "Norther's were just beginning." "{\3cHFF8000}" "When Norther made his first million dollars..." "{\3cHFF8000}100... 000." "{\3cHFF8000}10 000" "{\3cHFF8000} but he said it was my fee as his career advisor." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It was enough to buy my wife a proper house..." "{\3cHFF8000}... with a white picket fence." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} it was all the riches a man could ever want." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was drying out." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I see." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I think we ought to get you a plant mister..." "{\3cHFF8000}... so we can just spray you like a fern." "{\3cHFF8000}" "now." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I don't think I'll ever dry out." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You carry on." "I'll see..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "Hello." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Are you Jennifer Hill" " I am." "{\3cHFF8000}- · " "And you're Will." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've seen a picture of you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's how I recognize you." "{\3cHFF8000} why don't we skip the lesson today {\3cHFF8000}" "We can go again next week." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Do I have to give it back to my mom {\3cHFF8000}" "I won't tell her if you won't." "{\3cHFF8000}" "How did you know my father {\3cHFF8000} this was on his sales route..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} and everyone in town knew him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Were you having an affair {\3cHFF8000} you just said it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was expecting to dance around..." "{\3cHFF8000}... this for another half-hour." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I've seen him with women." "He flirts." "He always has." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I just presumed that he was..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... cheating on my mom." "I just never had proof." "{\3cHFF8000}" "can I ask you a question {\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} why didn't you just ask Eddie {\3cHFF8000}" "Because he's dying." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I don't know how much..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... you want to know about any of this." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You have one image of your father..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and it'd be wrong of me to change it..." "{\3cHFF8000}... especially this late in the game." "{\3cHFF8000}" "My father talked about things he never did..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and I'm sure he did a lot of things..." "{\3cHFF8000}... that he never talked about." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm just trying to reconcile the two." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The first thing you have to understand..." "{\3cHFF8000}... is that your father never meant to end up here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Yet he did." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Twice." "{\3cHFF8000} he was early." "{\3cHFF8000} he was late." "{\3cHFF8000} your father was working for himself." "{\3cHFF8000}" "If there's one thing you could say about..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000}· and people took a liking to him." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} he was returning from three weeks on the road..." "{\3cHFF8000}... when he hit a thunderstorm unlike any in his life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Fate has a way of circling back on a man..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and taking him by surprise." "{\3cHFF8000}" "A man sees things differently..." "{\3cHFF8000}... at different times in his life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "This town didn't seem..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the same now that he was older." "{\3cHFF8000}" "A new road had brought the outside world to Spectre {\3cHFF8000}... liens and debt." "{\3cHFF8000} people were bankrupt." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The auction today is for the town of Spectre." "{\3cHFF8000} 000." "{\3cHFF8000} $1 0 000" "So Edward Bloom..." "{\3cHFF8000}·... 000." "{\3cHFF8000}- - 50 000" "He was never a wealthy man..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} and now he asked for their favors." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Most of them hadn't seen Spectre." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They only had Edward's words to describe it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "That's all he needed." "He sold them on the dream." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So first he bought the farms." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Then he bought the houses." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And then he bought the stores." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} the people were not asked to leave or pay rent." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They were just asked..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to keep doing as they were doing." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} he could make sure the town would never die." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}6 his trust had purchased the entire town." "{\3cHFF8000}" "With one exception." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You must be Edward Bloom." "{\3cHFF8000}·" "How do you know {\3cHFF8000}" "No one would come out here unless they had business." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And no one would have business..." "{\3cHFF8000}... with me except for you." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You're buying the town." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} and I'd like to remedy that." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} in its entirety." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And so I've heard." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll offer you more than it's worth." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And you won't have to move." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} you have my word." "{\3cHFF8000} let me get this straight." "{\3cHFF8000} but I'll stay in it {\3cHFF8000} but it'll still be mine {\3cHFF8000} and you'll..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... come and go as you please to one place or another." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Do I have that right {\3cHFF8000} yes." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mr. Bloom." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'd just as soon it not change..." "{\3cHFF8000}... in the way things..." "{\3cHFF8000}... haven't been changing all this time." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's not like you'll lose anything." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You can ask anyone in town." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mr. Bloom {\3cHFF8000}" "Some sort of midlife crisis {\3cHFF8000} you buy a town {\3cHFF8000}" "Helping people makes me happy." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm not convinced you should be happy." "{\3cHFF8000}" " I'm sorry." "Have I offended you" " No." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "You did exactly what you promised." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You came back." "I was just expecting you sooner." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You're Beamen's daughter." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your name's different." "Did you get married {\3cHFF8000}" "I was 18." "He was 28." "{\3cHFF8000}18 28" "Turns out that was a big difference." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mr. Bloom." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I see." "{\3cHFF8000} thank you for your time." "{\3cHFF8000}" " It's stuck." " Yeah." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "I'm so sorry!" "I..." " It's okay." "Just leave it." "{\3cHFF8000}- !" "... " "I'll..." " Please!" "Just go." "{\3cHFF8000}- ... - !" " But..." " Go." "{\3cHFF8000}- ... " "Most men in that situation would..." "{\3cHFF8000}... accept their failure and move on." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But Edward was not like most men." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Hold!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "They both had completely different characters but..." "{\3cHFF8000}... just one pair of legs." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} he found more and more things to fix..." "{\3cHFF8000}... until the shack no longer resembled itself." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} the best part was coming up with the new material." "{\3cHFF8000}" "By the time the twins and I had got to Havana..." "{\3cHFF8000}... {\3cHFF8000} using only a ukulele and a harmonica." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Well..." " You could leave it there." "{\3cHFF8000}- ... " "No." "{\3cHFF8000}" "don't." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Don't be embarrassed." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I should never have let you think that..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I'm in love with my wife." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I know." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And from the first day I saw her..." "{\3cHFF8000}... until the day I die..." "{\3cHFF8000}... she's the only one." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Lucky girl." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Jenny." "I am." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Wait!" "Edward." "{\3cHFF8000}!" "Edward Bloom left..." "{\3cHFF8000} ·... and never returned to the town he'd saved." "{\3cHFF8000}" "As for the girl..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the common belief was that she'd become a witch..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and crazy at that." "{\3cHFF8000}" "She became something of a legend herself." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And the story ended where it began." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} because she was..." "{\3cHFF8000}... old when he was young." "{\3cHFF8000} it's logical if you think like your father." "{\3cHFF8000} to him there's only two women:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "Your mother..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and everyone else." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And one day..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I realized I was in love with a man..." "{\3cHFF8000}... who could never love me back." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was living in a fairy tale." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'm not sure I should've told you any of this." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I wanted to know." "I'm..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "I'm glad I know." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I wanted to be as important to him as you were." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I'm..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I was never gonna be." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I was make-believe." "{\3cHFF8000} you..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "You were real." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mom {\3cHFF8000}" "Josephine {\3cHFF8000}" "Josephine {\3cHFF8000}" "Will!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "What happened {\3cHFF8000}" "Your father had a stroke." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He's upstairs with your mom and Dr. Bennett." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Is he gonna be okay {\3cHFF8000}" "I don't suppose that I could..." "{\3cHFF8000}... in case..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "I really ought to be here." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll stay." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Why don't you go home with Josephine." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll stay tonight." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Is that okay" " Fine." "{\3cHFF8000}- - you'll call if there's any..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "I will." "I will." "I'll call." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Do you want some time with Dad" " Yes." "Thank you." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Glad to see you're not trying to..." "{\3cHFF8000}... have a heartfelt talk." "{\3cHFF8000}" "One of my greatest annoyances is when..." "{\3cHFF8000}... people try to talk to those who can't hear them." "{\3cHFF8000} we have an advantage." "{\3cHFF8000}" "My father and I never talk." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your father ever tell you..." "{\3cHFF8000}... about the day you were born {\3cHFF8000} a thousand times." "{\3cHFF8000} 1000" "He caught an uncatchable fish." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Not that." "The real story." "He ever tell you that {\3cHFF8000}" "No." "{\3cHFF8000} your mother came in about 3 in the afternoon." "{\3cHFF8000}3" "{\3cHFF8000} on account of your father was away on business..." "{\3cHFF8000}... in Wichita." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} but there were no complications." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It was a perfect delivery." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Your father was sorry not to be there." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But it wasn't the custom then for men..." "{\3cHFF8000}... to be in the room for deliveries..." "{\3cHFF8000}... so I can't see how it would've..." "{\3cHFF8000}... been much different had he been there." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And that's the real story of how you were born." "{\3cHFF8000} is it {\3cHFF8000}" "And I suppose..." "{\3cHFF8000}... if I had to choose between the true version..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and an elaborate one involving..." "{\3cHFF8000}... a fish and a wedding ring..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "I might choose the fancy version." "{\3cHFF8000} then that's just me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I kind of liked your version." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad {\3cHFF8000} you want me to get the nurse {\3cHFF8000}" "What do you want What can I do What can I get {\3cHFF8000}" "You want some water {\3cHFF8000}" "You want a bit of water {\3cHFF8000}" "The river." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The river {\3cHFF8000}" "Tell me how it happens." "{\3cHFF8000}" "How what happens {\3cHFF8000}" "How I go." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You mean what you saw in The Eye {\3cHFF8000}" "Dad." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You never told me that one." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I'll try." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I need your help." "Tell me how it starts." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Like this." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Okay." "Okay." "{\3cHFF8000} so it's in the morning..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... {\3cHFF8000}... and I've fallen asleep." "And I wake up..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... and somehow you're better." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Dad {\3cHFF8000}" "You're different." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Dad." " Let's get out of here." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "Then I say:" "{\3cHFF8000}:" "you're in no condition..." "{\3cHFF8000} ..." "Get that wheelchair." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Hurry up!" "We haven't much time!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "we're in the clear." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And we get in the wheelchair..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." " Faster!" " like we're escaping the hospital." "{\3cHFF8000}- !" "" "What are you doing {\3cHFF8000} who tries to slow us down." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Stop them!" " We're flying down the hall." "{\3cHFF8000}- !" "" "Orderly after orderly is chasing us." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mom and Josephine are at the end." "{\3cHFF8000}" "No time to explain!" "Stall them!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "We come flying out over the curb..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and your old red Charger is there." "{\3cHFF8000}" "But it's new." "Brand-new." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I pick you up..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and somehow you hardly weigh anything." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I can't explain it." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Leave it!" "We don't need it!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "Water." "I need water." "{\3cHFF8000}" " Where are we going" " The river." "{\3cHFF8000}- " "And we have to take Glenville to avoid traffic..." "{\3cHFF8000}... because the damn church people drive too slow." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And as we get close to the river..." "{\3cHFF8000}..." "He's here!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "We see that everybody is already there." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And I mean..." "{\3cHFF8000}... everyone." "{\3cHFF8000}" "It's unbelievable." "{\3cHFF8000}" "The story of my life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "{\3cHFF8000} there's not a sad face to be found." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Everyone is just so glad to see you..." "{\3cHFF8000}... and send you off right." "{\3cHFF8000} everybody!" "Farewell!" "Adieu!" "{\3cHFF8000}!" "!" "!" "My girl in the river." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You become what you always were." "{\3cHFF8000}" "A very big fish." "{\3cHFF8000}" "And that's how it happens." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Yeah." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Exactly." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Mom {\3cHFF8000}" "I shall not be in want." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He makes me to lie down in green pastures." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He leads me beside the quiet waters." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He restores my soul." "{\3cHFF8000}" "He guides me in the paths..." "{\3cHFF8000}... of righteousness for his name's sake." "{\3cHFF8000} though I walk through..." "{\3cHFF8000} ... the valley of the shadow of death..." "{\3cHFF8000}... for you are with me." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Surely goodness and love will..." "{\3cHFF8000}... follow me all the days of my life." "{\3cHFF8000}" "Have you ever heard a joke so many times..." "{\3cHFF8000}... you've forgotten why it's funny {\3cHFF8000}" "And then you hear it again and suddenly it's new." "{\3cHFF8000}" "You remember why you loved it in the first place." "{\3cHFF8000}" "So he said he'll fight..." "{\3cHFF8000}... the giant who was 15 feet tall!" "{\3cHFF8000}15!" "isn't it {\3cHFF8000}- !" " !" "Pretty much." "{\3cHFF8000}" "See So he was a giant." "{\3cHFF8000}" "I guess." "{\3cHFF8000}" "A man tells his stories so many times..." "{\3cHFF8000}... that he becomes the stories." "{\3cHFF8000}" "They live on after him." "{\3cHFF8000} he becomes immortal." "{\3cHFF8000}"