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Mom, where did this go?

It's the same.

At 829.

Everything's under control.

Oh, I forget to set my alarm all the time, and we always nearly make it.

How can we help? We can't drive.

It's walk -backs, can't we?

We'll park around the corner.

We need to be at school at 8 .45 for the zoo trip, and we don't want the late

Larry award again.

It is my job to get you to school on time.

It takes four minutes to drive to school and five to seven minutes to find a

park. I'll look him up this way.

I love you, Mum.

I love you too, baby.

And your face. And your face. And your face.

It's probably just the flux capacitor.

They've got plenty of time.

I just had a great idea.

Let's walk to school.

All right.

I'll see.

Mm -hmm.

There you go. How did I sleep, Damon? I think we're going to make it despite my

accidental sleeping. And you know, I think you're going to win this costume

today, right?

Ryan, what the hey?

Mr. Cocktail says always look for cheeky, erotic no -lookers.

What do you think of Mr. Cockpit?

He's really, really nice.

Yeah, he's really nice.

But all this driveway checking is going to cost us time. I'm going to phone a

friend, phone a friend, phone a friend.

Who needs caffeine anyway?

You do.

Yesterday you said you couldn't survive without it.

Bye. I did.

Good remembering, Ken.

Mum's care sportage.

Well, at this rate, I don't know if we're going to make it.

I believe in you, Jess, even though no one else does.

Thank you, Heather.

Hey, did you think of a film for the Parents Classic Movie Fundraiser?

Uh, my favorite movie is Heavenly Creatures.

For the ungrateful teen's murderer mum for imposing reasonable boundaries, the

audience will be mostly mumps. Think again, Jess.

You should be embarrassed, Mrs.

Almeida.

Have fun on the zoo trip. Bye, Felicia.

Bye.

Morning, Margot. Morning, Art.

Um, this is Kate Shippard, primary school.

Close enough is good enough, particularly when it comes to parenting.

Were you early?

Well, I had a slow morning.

I just walked the dog, hung out the washing, helped Witty with his calculus

homework and dropped the twins off at underwater hockey practice.

Plenty of time to get the coffee.

That's a lot to do before 8 .34am.

Not hard if you know the shortcuts.

There's a mean mum in the car park yelling at the kids about getting lifts

school. Hey there, I'm all over.

Right, what's your favourite movie?

E .T.

The one where a mum doesn't know an alien is living in her house?

Mum, I'm so excited for this new trick.

Do you think the other turtles will recognise that I'm dressed as a turtle?

Well, you are turtley handsome.

Wait, where's your backpack? I think it's in the garage.

Scooter the ankle is way worse than standing on Lego.

Okay, come on.

I've got to go back and get your backpack.

What the hell?

This week we're trying to encourage active travel modes, promoting

environmentally sound transport while reducing school congestion. Sorry.

Decaf, as requested.

Thanks, Henry.

At least one mum cares about climate change.

Does that say Nate Sheppard Primary School?

Close enough is good enough.

Kia ora, Jess.

Hey, are you at school yet?

I slipped in and there has been a hilarious knock -on effect.

Kāroha, I bike.

Because it's Walk Bike Scoot Week.

You can catch the Kate Shepard walking bus.

Kiefer's dad's on it this week. He's super fun. He came 14th in race walking

the 2018 Commonwealth Games trials.

He'll get you here in time for the roll call in seven minutes.

You are the best mum in the world, Henry.

Best equal. Best equal.

Oh, yes. Goodbye, morning alarm pop challenges. Hello, punctuality.

Hey, just a tiny few less there, right?

I can do it.

Oh, yeah. The question is, how fast can you do it?

That's all right. Let you finish in your own time.

Oh, oh, walking school bus, walking school bus. I'm going to help you with

independent learning. Thank you. Okay, great. And I'm going to take your

and I'm going to take your helmet because you are such a fast runner.

I am very fast. Yeah, prove it. Prove it. Prove it. I'll time you.

One, two. Now we're going to get to school on time. Yes.

How much are for the cups, Margot?

Ten dollars.

Okay, thank you.

You're welcome.

To love a lover.

Just returning this hilarious late Larry award.

You've had that a couple of times, right?

Yes, well, still mornings can be tricky for busy Kiwi mums trying to have it

all. Yeah, because you only have the one kid, right?

Yes. Yeah, and you work from home, do you?

I mean, 90 % of the time.

Yeah, and you live right next door to the school?

We're over the road.

There's a difference.

I've got to go. I'm late.

No? No, I'm not late.

I'm on time.

For something.

Back to the future's a classic.

When Michael J. Fox goes back in time and passes his mum, let's not.

Jess, on walking bus now. See you in five minions.

That's it. Go on team. Nearly there.

Wow, Pepper's dad really is fast.

He owns two rowing machines.

Yeah. I don't see Jess and Ryan. All right.

There's only one walking school bus, right?

Where are we? Is that their shortcut?

Holy cow, what's the time?

8 .40.

Mum? Hmm?

I don't think he goes to his shivers. Huh?

You ought to check, Becky.

Jess, the walking school bus is already here. Where are you?

Uh, uh... Bower Street.

Okay, less talking, more walking.

You're going the wrong way.

Hey, stand straight back.

What school do you go to?

Still hear you.

St. Luigi's Primary.

It's a private school.

Okay. I'm disappointed, alright? You need to pick up your pace.

Engage your core.

Yeah? Okay. We will make school on time. Okay, let's go.

Jeez, you're on the wrong walking school bus.

Let's go back.

All righty, who's excited about the zoo trip today, yo?

All right, all right, calm down. You know, in my last job, I actually pitched

new marketing campaign to the zoo where people would get the animal just by the

smell of their poop.

Yeah,

the zoo weren't really into it either. And now I'm here.

Let's do the roll.

All righty. Ooh.

Ten points for who can remember Mr. Lippertee's password.

It's the F word, sir.

F -A -R -T.

Ten points for the carnivores. All righty.

Let's do this. Melanie.

Yo.

Albert. Bart.

Ava. Here.

Emma. Well, sir, gee.

Alyssa, Peter.

Rawr. Oh, good. Braxton.

At your service.

Cinnamon. Here.

Ryan.

Ryan.

Ryan Knight?

Well, we've probably missed a roll, but the bus doesn't leave till nine, so we

will easily make it. We did delay.

Mum, I don't want to miss the school trip.

How far away is school? OK. OK.

My bad, we're less than two kilometres from school, and the universe is really

against us today.

I will call and see if they can hold the bus, and I will go straight to the top.

Hey, Chip, at primary you get what you pay for. Margot speaking.

Margot, Margot, it's Jess. We're running late for the school trip. Can you

please hold the bus, please, pretty please?

The bus leaves at 9am sharp.

Hi, Mia.

Here you go, love.

Kate Shepard for a Kate Shepard.

This is Kent Leopard Primary School.

Yeah, close enough is good enough.

Here you go.

But you know what?

What? Nights don't quit.

Nights? It's our last name. Look, don't worry, we will be at school by nine.

I'll just take the shortcut through Palmer Crescent.

Good talk.

Everything all good?

Um, are there still major roadworks on Palmer Creek?

Yeah, big time.

What about Saving Private Ryan?

They do risk men's lives to make a mum happy, but women don't get to say much

talk to each other. Keep searching, my friends.

Excuse me, Sarah's dead.

Did you know that it's Walk, Bike, Scoot Week?

Uh, yes, but...

Sorry, the peppermint project was quite heavy.

Well, the climate change caused by your car journey is a heavy burden for future

generations. It won't happen again, ever.

Jeez, Louise!

Good morning, Cinnamon's mum.

Good morning, Louise.

Cinnamon!

Cinnamon's stolen my cone!

You stay here and guard this car park with your life. What are you going to

I'm going to dispense some mum justice.

You do you.

There you go.

Thank you, Margot. You're welcome.

Morning,

Margot. You're looking lovely today.

Yeah, the picture harassment free zone.

No, apologies.

Take two.

Good morning, Margot. You're looking extremely competent today.

Okay, better.

Your late Larry award's been returned.

Late? Oh.

Twenty bucks.

Jeff, you're going to get that today.

You are on.

Wait, no.

Ah, is Jeff Ryan's mum?

Yeah.

My mum's shaming award doesn't seem to work on mums with no shame.

I take cash.

Or bitcoin.

Of course you do.

Or meatpack vouchers.

No pedestrians past this point.

The coffee smells nice.

It is.

We're just running accidentally late for school. Can we just meet? No.

No pedestrians past this point.

It's just Ryan has a field trip. He's been looking forward to it for weeks and

promised that I would get him there.

You shouldn't make promises we can't keep.

And who's Ryan?

Prison.

We just had a series of unfortunate events which started with me sleeping in

ending, hopefully, not here.

So you didn't set an alarm even though you knew the trip was important to

It's Ryan.

Agree to disagree.

No pedestrians past this point. The detour's via Chloe Street.

Ma 'am. Oh, is that faster?

No.

Good luck, Brian.

Okay, okay, okay, calm down.

All righty, room four, let's head to the bus.

But we're in three.

I knew that, and I was testing you a new path of test. Let's go, room four. Room

three.

Excuse me, new caretaker.

I believe those cones are mine.

They're named Vince, and they're the school's cones.

It's so facto, my cones.

Well, I need them, and I will always call you a new caretaker. Perhaps I'll

you old woman.

Now, this poor girl... Girl. Girl, drop her volcano, and I need to cordon the

area off in case it gets more squashed, old lady.

Blaming Nora.

Ni hao, cinnamon mum.

Ni hao, Nora.

Can we call a taxi now?

Yes, taxi us. We've got about...

I keep thinking about a lot of things.

Pardon my jam.

My phone seems to have died.

Did you leave it on camera again?

Pat?

Mum, I'm going to miss my field trip, aren't I?

Desperate times call for desperate help.

What?

We're going off -road, kids.

He has my cones and he won't give them back. They're my cones.

I can feel the irritability side effect of my IVF treatment bubbling dangerously

close to the surface.

Well, Jack, Jack, how are you?

Just breathe.

Smile.

What an event.

G'day, Hannah. Good to see you.

I couldn't grab one of these cones, could I? Oh, yeah, no. No troubles,

I think this is more of a single -cone volcano anyway.

Hina, if you're here, who's back in the car park?

Oh.

Okay, if my calculations are correct, the school fence is on the other side of

that bush.

Oh, I think I can hear the older kids illegally playing ball at the field.

Wouldn't it have been easy to sneak through that factory back there?

Hey, trespassing isn't clever and it is not cool.

Besides, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Oh, I

think I just used primary school maths in real life.

I don't think we can go on a straight line anymore, Mum.

Yeah, I think the shortest distance between two points is that factory back

there. I thought you said chess, policy, nothing clever and it's not cool.

Neither word applies to us today, my son.

No, it's not my fault that we're running late, okay? I didn't break the garage

door. Well, maybe I did, but it was out of my control.

Yeah, but you forgot to set your alarm, which made you sleep in, which caused

everything else. Yeah, but... Is it possible it's the light bulb?

Am I the master of my own disaster?

Oi, you, trespassers, stop!

You might not mean it.

Yeah, I see you, lady clearly wearing pyjamas and kid dressed like a booger.

This is a citizen's arrest.

Look, I'm just trying to get my son to school, okay? And it's been a terrible,

horrible, very bad, not good morning.

Not my problem, weird lady.

Wait, are you a turtle?

Mm -hmm.

Yeah, no, I think it might be my problem.

I should have double -checked the alarm, Ryan. I'm sorry, buddy.

What, are you just giving up?

No.

Mark, don't quit.

Why not?

Because everybody makes mistakes.

And if you quit...

You lose. But if you keep trying, there's always a chance things will work

Wait, are you a teacher at Kate Sheaford Primary?

No, I'm just a lowly volunteer, Mum.

I should be booking the Avenue Street Cinema for our movie night as we speak.

Don't bother. I tried booking it for my Lou Diamond Phillips movie club night,

but they don't even take private bookings. Oh, I love La Bamba. I haven't

that one.

Isn't it one of his most famous movies?

Actually, actually, the cinema owner is a mum friend of mine from school. I

could put in a good word for you if you just let her sneak through your fence.

OK, just this one for LDP.

Lou Diamond Phillip.

Who's Lou Diamond Phillip?

Well, they're teaching kids in school these days, am I right?

Yeah, I'm going to stand and deliver another great Lou Diamond Phillips

production. Yeah, I haven't seen that one either.

Okay, so, um, yeah, we'll just... I will just... I'll text you the cinema date.

Yeah, but you don't have my date.

I'll call CPU and I will ask for... Chavez.

What? Like Lou Devinson's character in Young Guns? I haven't seen that one

either. Oh, yay!

Thank you!

Of course it's you.

You can't pack. The bath for the zoo trip is due in two to four minutes.

Well, it won't be long.

Molly's just got her project on stage. It's a bit on tape.

Hmm. Original.

You can't park here.

What's your damage here, though? You don't rule the school. You're not the

principal. Ah, yes, but I am.

As you know, I do not like to tell on people, Mr Cox is.

But Molly's mum's packed where she shouldn't. I was just leaving.

Thanks. See?

What's your favourite movie?

Heavenly Creatures. Oh, that's the unhelpful.

Oh, here comes the bath.

And here comes room three.

This will be kind of fun. Yeah.

Well, the time is a factor, so run, Ryan, run!

Here's Jason Ryan.

Alexa, what time is it?

It's 8 .59am.

Thank you, Alexa.

Don't be late for class.

All right. Is everybody in?

No.

Hold the bus.

Oh, no can do.

Margot said we have to leave on time and she frightens me. So let's go, driver.

Actually, I've got a really important question I just need to ask you.

What's your favorite classic film?

Oh, oh, wow. That is a big question.

Hold on there, driver. This may take a while to unpack. See, I'm kind of a film

buff. Film buff.

Okay, so...

The

Birth of Cinema. Oh, my goodness.

just a little bit.

Oh, does it say Kate Sheppard Primary School?

Hey, Jess.

Mr. Le Petit wanted me to give you this.

What is it?

The Lake Larry Award.

I have never seen that in my entire Kate Sheppard Primary School life.

Oh, never.

in your pyjamas.

What?

Oh, sorry, I stayed up late making decorations, plus I volunteered to make

costumes for the senior anti -smoking play, Planet of the Bates, which is a

good... You're not here, they're in here now.

You don't even know what this committee does, Jess. Oh no, not yet, but it's

Tristan's mum and Sarah's dad, they're both so nice and I'll figure it out

eventually. Jess wants us to research something called the RTD initiative.

This is vaguely familiar.

What does the RCD Initiative Committee stand for?

I mean, what doesn't it stand for, Tova?

Oh, no.

I've remembered where I know the RCD Initiative from.