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* Sometimes the world looks perfect

* Nothing to rearrange

* Sometimes you just get a feeling

* Like you need some kind of change

* No matter what the odds are this time

* Nothing's gonna stand in my way

* This flame in my heart

* Like a long lost friend

* Gives every dark street a light at the end

* Standing tall

* On the wings of my dream

* Rise and fall

* On the wings of my dream

* The rain and thunder

* The wind and haze

* I'm bound for better days

* It's my life and my dream

* Nothing's gonna stop me now

* It's my life and my dream

* Nothing's gonna stop me now

* Nothing's gonna stop me now *

LARRY: Balki?

Balki?

Is that you?

Balki?

Balki?

What's going on?

Ooh!

Cousin. Cousin!

Are you all right?

Fine.

Well, it's a good thing I put that cushion there

you could've hurt yourself.

Yes, it's a real piece of luck.

You know, because in just one minute,

I was gonna move this cushion there

and then you would hit the rug.

Balki.

in the middle of the night?

Interesting question.

I was just in the middle of this one which tightens and firms

the entire hamstring area and the lower buttock.

Balki.

Oh, well, actually at the moment

-Balki. Balki. -In. Over.

-Balki. -In.

We are four hours away from Mr. Twinkacetti's

monthly going out of business sale.

Mm.

Well, Balki's not tired.

You have to be tired.

But that reminds me

I have a friend who can't sleep.

There's nothing wrong with him, is there?

Well, of course I'm not. Don't be ridiculous.

It's my friend, my best friend.

-I'm your best friend. -That's a good point.

A very good point.

It's all right, there's nothing to worry about.

Everyone has trouble sleeping

every now and again.

Well, he was wondering...

Is every now and again

more than four nights in a row?

Balki, how long have you had trouble sleeping?

-Four nights in a row. -Balki.

Balki.

What you have got is a classic case of insomnia.

Oh, no.

I knew it was something terrible.

Okay, give it to me straight.

How long have I got?

Fifty or sixty years.

"Fifty or sixty years."

Oh, my God. A slow death.

Balki.

Insomnia is just what they call it

when you can't sleep.

All right.

Now I'm going to help you get to sleep.

How you do that?

Well, how do you normally fall asleep on Mypos?

Well, we close our eyes

and we wait for Princess Riva.

"Princess Riva?"

Who is Princess Riva?

Princess Riva.

She is the beautiful fairy princess

that hold all the sleeping people in her arms

and protect them until morning.

Don't she come to America?

No, she don't come to America.

Well, what do you do in America?

Well, here we wait for the Sandman.

What do he do?

Well.

If it's all the same to you, I'll hold out for the princess.

All right, Balki, what we're going to do

is put your body to sleep one part at a time.

Starting with your feet

Lie down.

Okay.

Now close your eyes

and say goodnight to your toes.

Say goodnight to my toes?

Now say goodnight to your feet.

-Good night, feet. -Say goodnight to your legs.

-Good night, legs. -Say goodnight to your fingers.

Good night, fingers.

Balki?

Where would this kid be without me?

Oh.

What What is it?

What happened?

and then something made you scream.

You must have had a nightmare.

Do you remember anything?

But I'm wide awake now.

My heart is beating like a little bunny rabbit.

All right, all right, all right.

Look, just, just relax.

I'll stay up with you.

No, cousin, you don't have to do that.

I'll be okay.

Well, this can't go on forever.

Sooner or later, your body will tell you

when it's ready to sleep.

Well, if it says anything to me

I'll let you know.

All right.

-Good night. -Good night.

Cousin.

Oh, I see. No.

Balki..

Why don't you go upstairs and get some rest?

Cousin, no, I stayed up for four nights, I can do one day more.

-Balki. -Cousin, no.

I have to help you with this sale.

Look at the people out there.

Open up. Save me.

Appleton. Appleton!

No, no, no!

You'd think I was having a real sale.

People are so gullible.

Good morning, Mr. Twinkacetti.

Yeah.

All right, Balki, we've got to...

Balki?

Balki?

Balki? Balki, wake up. Wake up, Balki.

Balki, this is not a good place to nap.

-Cousin.

Remember when you told me that

-Yes. -It's talking to me like crazy.

All right.

Balki. Balki.

All right, Balki, don't listen to your body.

Listen to your buddy.

Come on, come on. We're gonna go upstairs

and put you to bed. Come on.

Okay.

Come on. Oh.

Oh.

All right, Balki. Balki, come on.

Up. Up. Up we go.

-Up. Up. -Up.

Up. Come on.

Are we up?

Yeah.

All right, come on.

Come on.

LARRY: Balki. Balki.

Whoa! No. Balki. Balki, no.

Balki. Balki.

The best thing for you to do

is stay out of the way, okay?

-Okay. -Come on. Come on.

Here we go. Here we go.

Here we go.

Thank you. Oh.

Do you work here?

Excuse me. Would you mind taking that, please?

Thank you. All right, come on.

Balki.

Okay, stay here.

-Cousin.

I'm going to be all right.

Ah.

I thought you said this was a sale.

You broke it, you bought it.

All right, look, we have to make sure you don't stay up

for another three days, then fall asleep during

Mr. Twinkacetti's Annual Water Damage Sale.

Now...

I found some of my old college psych books.

We have to find out what's causing your nightmare.

The answer is inside your head.

We have to get in there and find what we're looking for.

Does this involve cutting?

In college...

We studied ways to get into the subconscious.

Now we'll start with word association.

I'll say a word and you say

How do I know if I say the right thing?

Well, there is no right or wrong.

-Yes.

Ready?

Ready.

In.

Out.

Up.

I like this game.

I'm glad.

-Black. -White.

-Short. -Tall.

-Door. -Eggs.

"Eggs?"

Chicken.

No, no, I say "door"

and the first thing you think of is "eggs?"

-Right. -Wrong.

You're good at it, too!

No. No. That makes no sense.

To say "eggs" after I say "door."

Well, of course it does. Don't be ridiculous.

When you say "door," I remember the time that Uncle Stavros

closed Aunt Sophia's hand in the door

and we had to take her to the doctor

and he charged us so much of money to fix up her

that we can't pay it

and we had to give him one dozen eggs

from their hen Hilda every week for a year.

So you see it makes perfect sense

and don't you feel just a little bit stupid?

That's it. I'm out of here.

All right, all right, all right.

All right. Well, we'll have to try something else.

In college we had an exercise

where we went back into the dream state.

Would that be New Jersey?

No. No, that's the garden state.

Now this exercise lets you...

Lets you relive your dream.

All right.

I know it's not easy.

But you have to concentrate.

No, I did it. My mind is empty.

All right. Going back into your dream.

Tell me what you see.

I see little white cars.

What are they doing?

They're... They're coming toward me.

They're, um, they're...

Their engines are roaring like thunder.

Uh-huh.

and they're coming closer to me

and I think they're going to crush me.

All right, Balki, Balki, Balki.

We should've gone to New Jersey.

All right. I think we know what woke you up.

Have you had the same dream for the past few nights?

-I think so. -Mmm-hmm.

Well, Balki, the only way to get rid of this nightmare

is to figure out what it means.

Oh, no. We're not.

-Yes we... -Oh!

-Yes we... -Oh, no, no, no.

Cousin, before I talk about that dream again

it'll be a cold day in December.

LARRY: Balki, you got to tell us about your dream.

-Nobody wants popcorn.

I'll make hot chocolate. Everybody likes that.

This is fun.

You know, Larry, I get the feeling

Balki doesn't want to talk about this.

Balki, it's 3:00 A.M.

We have to solve your problem.

You can't let this nightmare take over your life.

Cousin, I don't want to talk about it.

Balki, everybody has nightmares.

They're nothing to be afraid off.

Dreams are nothing more than windows to our subconscious.

It should be open to let in the fresh air of reason.

Mary Anne, did you just read that?

No. Sometimes, late at night, I start to make sense.

Scary, huh?

Look, guys, it's really late.

We've to get up for an early flight.

Yeah, and if we don't get some sleep

They hate that.

Thanks for trying to help.

-Good luck, Balki. -Pleasant dreams.

Sorry.

Come on, Mary Anne

Good night, Jennifer.

-Good night. -Yeah.

Wait, what do you want to do?

Go to an all

Balki, we have to find out what your dream means

so we both can get some sleep.

Well, you've got to talk about it.

Well, you can't make me. I'm leaving.

A-ha! Oh, well...

Yes, that's something.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Cousin, I want to see the book.

-No. -I want to see the book.

No. You can't see the book.

Oh, all right.

All right, you can see the book.

But only if you answer one question.

Okay.

I... Into a big garage.

-Now give me the book. -Not yet.

Why are they going there?

I don't know why they're going to the barn.

Let me see the book.

Balki, you said barn.

Not garage.

Do you realize what this means?

You're not going to give me the book.

All right. They're going into a barn.

Now cars don't belong in a barn, animals do.

Maybe the cars represent some kind of animals.

-Uh, rabbits, cats, dogs...

No, no, no. It would have to be some kind of farm animal.

-Uh, horses, uh.. -Sheep.

I got it. Cows!

-Sheep. -Sheep! Yes, yes.

Sheep!

But why would you be afraid of sheep?

I don't know. I love sheep.

Sheep are man's best friend.

Maybe you only think you love sheep

but actually you're jealous of all the attention

your parents gave the sheep. What do you think?

Uh, no.

They treated us all equally.

Well, why would you be dreaming of sheep now?

It's bopoltide!

-Ah! -Ah.

Oh.

What's bopoltide?

Well, um, it's the time of the year

uh, when all the Mypiot people

shear off the wool of the sheep to sell to get money.

And, uh, my mother and father

and the whole family get up very early

because the wool buyer comes to Mypos

for only one day and, uh, if the wool is not ready

when he come to the door, then he goes right

to the next farm and we don't have any money to buy food.

And, uh, my mama and papa and the whole family,

they work very hard, but I'm not there to help them

and, uh, maybe, maybe they don't finish in time and then

and then maybe...

They're hungry.

Balki, that's why you're having your dream.

You think you're letting them down.

You feel guilty.

No, cousin. I don't see how.

Well, you'll call.

Well, it must be daytime there now, right?

Come on. You'll make the call.

and they have only one phone on Mypos

and it's way the other side of the island.

And after they get the messenger pigeon

they have to...

They have to pack a lunch,

they have to get into the ox cart,

and then have to drive many, many miles

to get to the phone booth.

One phone?

Well, yes, but it has call waiting.

I'll place the call.

Mama.

What What?

I told mama that I feel bad

because I can't be there to help with the sheep shearing.

Balki? -Oh!

What

with the money I sent.

-Oh!

What

and they're so happy, they had a big celebration.

-Oh!

Bye, Mama.

You all right?

Yes.

Cousin, what do you call when something squeeze your heart

and make you wish you were with your family?

Oh, that's called being homesick.

Hey, Balki, it's perfectly natural to miss your family

and want to be with them.

You are a good family to me.

But once in a while, when I know that my Mypos family

is all together, then I wish I was in my chair at the table.

Because Papa sits here and Uncle Stavros sits there

and it's a place of honor, you know.

Hmm.

It won't be like being in your chair

but at least you'll hear their voices.

I think you're right.

Cousin, I'm very sorry that I made so much trouble for you.

Now, don't be silly. I was worried about you.

You know, I'm glad you made me look Mr. Fear right in the face.

He's not so bad when you realize he's just a sheep.

Well, I know you'd do the same for me.

Listen, if anything is ever, ever bothering you,

you let me know.

Well, well, actually, there is something

I've wanted to talk to you about

but things have been so crazy around here

there just hasn't been a-a good time

but I just wanted to...

I just wanted to know what you thought about

Jennifer and I, you know?

I don't know, is she interested in me or?