Original subtitles

[Girl] * did you ever ever ever in your long-legged life *

* see a long-legged sailor with his long-legged wife *

* no I've never ever ever in my long-legged life *

* seen a long-legged sailor with his long-legged wife *

* did you ever ever ever in your long-legged life *

* see a short-legged sailor and his pigeon-toed wife *

* I never ever ever in my long-legged life... *

My mother lived in one world.

I was always looking for another.

Once I tried to squeeze down a rabbit hole.

Then I tried digging all the way to China.

That's where I learned a mysterious electric force

Protected the center of the earth.

Later I tried to make the carpet from the front hall

Fly me to persia.

I always wish for the same two things,

Which were really only one thing.

I wanted something magical to happen to me,

And I wanted my mother to get well.

[Horn honks]

The weatherman said it was a good day for traveling.

[Girl] Hi, Harriet.

[Boy] Hey, you can't sit there.

[Girl] What's in that suitcase?

Going someplace?

A sleepover.

Whose?

You weren't invited.

And you were?

You believe that stupid rumor?

It's not a rumor.

You're really weird.

Thank you.

[Harriet] According to the national enquirer,

The u.F.O. Would land at 9:00 A.M.

They were supposed to be a surveying craft

From another planet, and abduct one or two humans

For medical experiments.

I was volunteering.

Alaska, class. [Girl] Juneau.

[Teacher] Okay, Minnesota.

Class, Minnesota.

[Making nonsensical noises]

[Teacher] Uh, now, Saint Paul is the capital

Of, uh, Minnesota,

And I hope we remember that

Because that, uh, that's gonna be important,

I'm down here!

[Teacher] Uh, people,

Massachusetts.

Down here.

[Making nonsensical noises]

Massachusetts, Eric, yes.

Ms. Mosher, the U.F.O. is gonna land.

Uh, people,

There is no U.F.O. landing.

Harriet frankovitz thinks there is.

Down here! I'm down here!

Get me, get me! Come on!

[Mosher] We need to concentrate here.

[School bell rings]

Class, I'll be back.

[ The monkees' last train to clarksville ]

**

My mother says I was born with an angel on my shoulder.

This is supposed to bring me luck and happiness.

I think she lied.

Mom, do you think I was switched

With another baby at the hospital?

No way, sweet pea.

Maybe I was... I was left in a basket

With a note pinned to my blanket.

No basket, no note, Harriet.

Just hoping.

Mom, mom!

You're driving on the wrong side of the road again.

Okay. Buckle up.

I already did.

[Horns honk]

Oh, boy. It'll be okay.

Oh, for goodness sake.

Hold on, sweetie.

These people.

Huh, that's better.

Sorry I scared you, sweetheart.

Harriet, where were you going today?

On a vacation.

I thought we agreed that you wouldn't run away any more.

I wasn't running away.

I was just taking a vacation.

Honey, children don't go on vacations

Without their mothers.

I'm not a child.

Harriet, how old are you?

Ten.

I'm glad we agree on something.

[Harriet] Sometimes, I thought my mother was smart

And really beautiful.

Other times I worried

A nest of spiders was living in her hair

And they were eating through her skull

And chewing on her brain.

Harriet!

Come on, mom has to take a rest.

Come on!

[Harriet] Coming!

[Makes nonsensical noises]

[Repeats noises]

Anybody out there?

Mom. What?

[Harriet sighs]

What, do they ever answer?

Once.

Yeah? What'd they say?

"Let's go on vacation"?

[Mrs. Frankovitz] Hey, Harriet.

When you're done with that, go get Gwen from the office.

[Harriet] Once, Gwen caught me and got mad.

She said it made mom drink twice as much

To get the same drunk.

I think it's better for her to take her twice as long.

Thanks, chiclet.

Okay.

Gwen?

Gwen, you in there?

Gwen?

[Gwen] What?

Come on, Gwen, please, open up.

What?

Mom said to find you. Well, you didn't.

But she's sick.

So is jeffery, and I'm taking care of him already.

So just go find someone else to bother.

My sister Gwen should have been a nurse.

She was always making some guy feel better.

The elephant man, human salamanders,

The snake people.

[Car squeaking]

You want to buy a rock?

My son needs a bathroom and I need a tow.

He can use a bush.

He's very particular.

He needs a toilet.

There's a phone at the motel over there

And lots of bathrooms.

What's wrong with him?

That's Ricky. He was born blue.

Hi, Ricky.

Honey, could you show us the motel?

Boo!

You have California plates.

Are you from Disneyland?

Ten bucks. Water pump's broke.

You know about cars?

You got one that needs work?

No, but I'm thinking about

Getting a new one.

I got a spy ring in the mail.

It lets other spies find you.

It's also a dog whistle.

[Blows spy ring]

[Blows spy ring awkwardly]

You can have it.

Dogs don't come.

Here's your money.

Where's the key?

It's cabin 14. It's to the right.

See you around. At the end.

Who's gonna fix your car?

Not you.

Ricky!

Come along.

[Leah] Follow me.

See you later, alligator.

You're supposed to say, "in a while, crocodile."

Don't bother the guests.

I wasn't, he was bothering me.

In the future, just don't talk to 'em.

But I like talking to him.

You like talking to anyone who will listen.

Hey, mom, there's a booger on my fork.

It's probably just some cheese. Don't worry about it. Just eat it.

[Harriet] Hey, mom, you know what?

[Mrs. Frankovitz] What?

I saw a unicorn at Santa's land last week.

We already heard about it.

It was just a horse with a plastic cone glued to its head.

No, it was a real unicorn.

They found it in some rich guy's private zoo,

And had been mistreated for years,

And finally, they let it out.

Good for it.

Harriet, don't bother mom now.

Hey, mom, you know what? What?

Raindrops are perfectly round,

Not shaped like tears.

You have to look really fast to see a raindrop.

And there's this ocean of water

Under a desert in Africa,

And in some places there are mountains under the sea.

But the water's so deep

The mountains are completed covered.

Harriet, shut up.

Make me.

All right, that's it, okay? Enough, both of you.

[Harriet] I didn't get a chance

To tell mom about the sixth grader

At my school who has three nipples.

The third one is right between the other two.

[ Jorge Ben's mas que nada ]

[**]

Mom?

What?

What color was I when I was born?

You were kind of red.

You were throwing a tantrum.

Well, maybe I didn't want to come out

Because I knew you were already here.

Do you think you could wash...

The dishes...

Any slower?

Okay, chiclet, time for bed.

Could I get what's wrong with Ricky?

Who's Ricky?

Cabin 14.

He's with his mom.

Hmm.

Why? Is he sick?

No, but he... He didn't say anything.

Well, that might be a good thing for you to catch.

Gwen said he's retarded.

Hmm, sweetheart, that's not catchy.

That's...

Well...

That's just an unfortunate

Accident of fate.

[Making nonsensical noises]

[Mumbling] Trade... Ring.

What?

I trade you for the ring.

Great.

Where'd you get it?

Disneyland.

I'd like to live there.

No. People can't... People can't live there.

It's not a real... It's not a real house.

I know. It's a castle.

It's not a real castle.

I'd still like to live there.

Okay.

Hey, come on!

Come on, Ricky.

No.

Come on.

[Stammering] I'm not supposed to go any place my mom can't see me.

Oh, come on.

[Ricky moaning]

Come on. Come on.

[ The Dixie cups' iko iko ]

[**]

Come on.

Cabin seven.

Bad t.V. Vertical crawl.

The shower in cabin eight

Has got weak water.

Come on, Ricky.

I'm weightless.

We... we could get in trouble.

Uh-uh, you'd hear a car.

Car's coming.

Is not.

[Both laughing]

Housekeeping.

Harriet,

Get off.

I'm gonna tell mom.

**

I have to go to school. Bye.

You live here.

At a hotel.

My mom got it as a divorce present.

[Ricky chuckles]

Ricky?

Don't come in, I've got the flu.

You're supposed to bring an extra blanket.

Nobody told me.

Hi, Ricky.

Hi. Come on.

Where are you two going?

Nowhere.

Well, keep within earshot.

Stay away from the highway.

We will. We will.

Come on, Ricky. Come on, come on.

Joey Turner was born covered with hair,

And had a tail, too.

They amputated it.

And this kid in my last year's class,

Had webbed toes.

He's double-jointed,

So he could walk on his hands

With his head between his legs.

And Ms. Nicole's, at the market,

When they opened her up to take out a tumor,

They found the skeleton of her twin

That was never born.

Oh, Ricky,

There's a sixth grader in my school

Who has three nipples.

The third one is right between the other two.

What do you think of that?

You talk a lot.

Makes up for how you never say anything.

Is... somebody doesn't always have to be saying something.

[Ricky humming]

What song were you humming?

Mine. I made it up.

Sounds like jingle bells.

It's not.

Do you know where Santa lives?

Yeah.

No.

North pole.

Should we meet Santa?

[Ricky moans uneasily]

[ Cal tjader's soul sauce ]

**

[Ricky] I don't know where

Santa keeps his big sled.

He keeps it in a hanger at the airport.

What's a hanger? I don't know.

I don't know.

It's a garage for things that fly.

Garage for things that fly.

Garage for things that fly.

[Ricky] Where do they make the toys?

[Harriet] In the workshop.

[Ricky] But where'd they make them?

[Harriet] Here,

At night.

When everybody like us goes home,

The people that work here never sleep.

They just take cat naps.

This is not the real north pole.

It's a retirement village

For old santas and elves and reindeer.

[Goat bleating]

[Humming]

Are you concentrating, Ricky?

Yeah. Yes. Yes.

Okay, keep on concentrating.

[Humming]

[Both humming]

Our are brains are moving through the string.

They are stopping...

Now!

What's my middle name?

I don't know.

[Harriet] The brain transfer was a failure.

[ Tommy James & the shondells' crimson and clover ]

**

* I don't hardly know her

* but think I could love her *

* crimson and clover

* ah

* well she come walking over

* now I been waiting to show her *

* crimson and clover

* over and over

Morning.

[Gwen] Hi.

Harriet, this is Gary.

How you doing?

Gwen has a trumpet up her butt.

You should hear her blow.

What are you eating?

I'm on a hunger strike.

By tomorrow, I'll be nothing but skin and bones,

And you'll have to stick a tube down my throat

So I won't starve to death.

When your car's fixed, where are you and your mom going?

To a home.

To your house?

To a home.

A place where other people like me live.

With their mothers?

No mothers allowed.

Can I come?

No.

I have... i have... i have to go there because...

My mom is afraid of me being alone when she dies.

People don't die of the flu.

People die of cancer.

I wanna go.

Nobody buys anything.

No, we have to wait a little longer.

Why? What...

What... what are we waiting for?

For someone to rescue me.

[Stammering] Is he driving a car?

Can... i want him to rescue me, too.

Maybe. You're sorta different.

My mom said, before I was born,

I was the same as everybody else.

Better, even.

My mom says I'm a from...

I'm from a place where

I'm the smartest person there.

Everybody sings.

Well, maybe the home will be like that,

And it'll look like a castle,

And have a moat around it,

And have gardens,

And bushes shaped like animals.

I don't want to go to a home.

[Harriet] Sometimes, great ideas came to me

All at once.

I knew something nobody else did.

I knew when you let go of a balloon,

It kept on going up and up

Until somebody caught it again,

'Cause last year some guy escaped

From San Quentin in a beach chair,

But Ricky was depending on me.

It look... it looks like it could break.

Wanna go or not?

Okay, break this over it,

And give it a name.

Name it, name it.

Your name's Harriet.

[TV announcer] And, with no further burns, returned to earth.

Mom, how did they go to the bathroom?

What?

How did the astronauts go to the bathroom?

Honey, you don't want to know.

They can go to the moon.

Can they go to Mars?

The moon is much closer than Mars.

Is there a planet where everybody's dumber than us?

Sure.

It's the one where all Gwen's boyfriends are from.

That was a good one, mom.

[Groans]

[Gwen] You're not gonna eat?

[Mrs. Frankovitz] No.

Come on, Ricky.

Come on, you saw me do it.

I didn't fall.

Yeah, I know you did it.

I can do it.

Okay, come on.

I can do it.

Just pretend like the water's

Not even there.

Now, hold on really tight.

Both feet.

Okay, now, walk across,

And don't look down. Don't look down.

No, no, no. Keep your head up.

Wow. Okay?

And pretend the water's not even there.

And it's... and it's like you're walking on a sidewalk.

[Ricky mumbles]

Okay. All right. Come on.

Come on, Ricky.

Whoa!

Ricky, are you okay?

I'm okay.

Um.

Are you stuck?

I'm stuck.

Okay, okay.

Stay there,

And I'm gonna come over and get you, okay?

Okay.

Turn... turn out the light.

Hmm?

Turn out the light.

You're ready?

Okay.

Close your eyes.

We'll think of really good things, okay?

Okay.

Bye.

Bye!

Hey, Harriet,

That retard your boyfriend?

Bye, Ricky.

[ Gary Jules' greetings from the side ]

**

* keep up

* conversation

* pick up catch phrase

* lay it down

* on the freaky side of town *

* don't let me seem so

* don't let me wander too far *

[ playing twinkle, twinkle, little star ]

**

[Recorder playing stops]

Harriet...

Could you come forward, please?

Um, your sister

Is in the hallway, okay?

[Gwen sobbing]

Harriet?

Harriet?

Please come out.

I have something...

Important to tell you.

[Harriet] Tell me.

Come out first.

Harriet...

Mom...

Mom...

Mom died.

[ Herb Alpert's El lobo ]

**

No. No, no, no!

No, no, no, no.

Why? No!

No! No!

[Harriet] I always figured

I'd leave my mother,

But she left me first.

Amen.

Bye, mom.

Hi.

Hi.

Ever seen snow?

Yeah. Have you?

No.

No.

Where'd you get it?

Ice machine.

We're with... We're...

We're one big sad monster.

Four legs, fours arms,

Two heads, two noses.

[ Carlos santana's samba pa ti ]

**

Thank God.

Is she okay?

Shh! She's asleep.

Oh.

It's okay.

You can go now.

Okay.

Good night, Ricky.

Good night.

Ricky, good night.

Good night.

Here, let me help.

I can do it myself.

Stop it.

You want to sleep in my room with me, tonight?

No.

Don't be mad at me about mom.

It's not my fault.

Don't think it's your fault, either.

I'm glad she's dead.

You don't mean that.

I won't miss her at all.

Harriet, you loved her.

She loved you too, very much.

Sometimes, just...

Things just

Happen sometimes.

Look, you don't have to worry about

Being an orphan, or anything.

You got me.

The booby prize.

Trying to tell you something here, Harriet.

So, um,

I'm gonna be your mother, now.

What do you think about that?

I don't need a mother.

Sure you do.

My mother is in a box, covered with dirt.

No.

I'm your mother.

I had you when I was 15.

I was letting mom be your mother.

You're lying.

No.

I'm sorry.

I'm not.

Go away, Gwen.

I wish you died.

Hey, Harriet.

Was your mother d.O.A.?

When they pulled her out,

She was stiff as an ironing board,

And flat as a pancake,

But they couldn't find her eyeballs.

The impact must have popped them

Right out of her head.

Good morning, class.

[Child grunts]

Hello.

Let's open our books

To page z-10.

It's in the very back, okay?

Z-10.

All right.

Now, I'm gonna start reading,

And then if one of you would like to read as well,

Just raise your hand, okay?

Put your hands on me.

Lightly.

Now, put it on mine very gently.

Now I ask it a question.

Who is my real mother?

[Gwen] Harriet?

[Gwen] Harriet?

[Gwen] Harriet?

Harriet?

Would you excuse us?

I-I need your help today.

Doing what?

Go get the sheets.

[Man] Close together.

All around.

Big smile.

Harriet, come on. I'm waiting.

I'm not mad at you, okay?

But I want you to promise me something.

What?

Promise me...

You won't hang around Ricky any more.

Ricky is my best friend.

He can't be, Harriet.

He's a man, he's a grownup,

He's a retarded.

Hang around him long enough, you'll start talking like him

Or walking like him,

Maybe even acting like him.

Well, at least it'd be better

Than walking and talking and acting like you.

Promise me.

I promise.

But you said it was mine.

Well, I know i...

I made it for you, and everything, but...

I... i need to use it.

You're an Indian giver.

We could both go.

Well,

There's only room for one.

Okay, you can have it.

Thanks.

[Harriet] I said goodbye to all my favorite places.

And to some that weren't.

[School bus honks]

Come here.

Have a nice day.

We will.

We're having a field trip.

[School bus honking]

We should put it down here.

Don't forget to miss me.

I won't.

Uh.

Uh, get... get off the ropes.

Let... let 'em go.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, I'm leaving now.

Okay, bye. Bye. Bye.

You're not going anywhere.

Yes I am, Ricky. I'm flying.

You're still on the rock.

Okay, okay. Three.

Two.

One.

Liftoff!

Wow!

Ricky, we did it.

I knew we could do it.

I'm really flying.

Buh-bye. Bye, Harriet!

Ricky, this is really neat.

I'll come back for you.

Uh-oh.

Bye, Harriet.

Bye.

You're stuck in a tree.

Ricky,

Go get your mom,

And tell her to call the fire department,

But tell her not to tell Gwen.

Uh, okay. Okay.

Okay.

Don't tell Gwen.

[Firefighter] All right.

Thank you. You got it.

[Harriet humming]

You can't keep running away, Harriet.

This is your life.

And you better get used to it.

And get used to me,

Because this is all there is.

Okay, you're want to go to hargrove?

Where there are bars on the windows,

And they strap you down in a bed,

And feed you baby food all day,

Because that's where they're sending Ricky,

And that's where they send

Little girls who run away.

I was just saying that.

I would never send you there.

Is it true

About Ricky and hargrove?

That's where he's going,

But I don't...

I don't know what it's like.

[Knock at door]

[Leah indistinctly speaking]

She can't come out.

Th... th... th... they fixed the car.

They fixed the car. Ricky!

Let... let me go. I...

I don't... Ricky!

Stop it.

I don't want to go to a home!

Ricky! Harriet.

Ricky, where are you going?

[Leah] Ricky!

Stop. [Ricky] I... i don't... i don't wanna...

Stop it! I don't wanna go! Ricky!

[Gwen] Leah will find him,

And you're gonna go back to school.

I don't... i don't wanna... uh... [Leah] Ricky!

I don't wanna go to a home!

Harriet.

[Slideshow narrator] This is American slavery. No one...

I thought he might try to take the bus back to San Diego,

But no one's seen him at the station.

No one's seen him anywhere.

[Leah] He gets lost so easily.

Harriet?

[Leah] He might change his mind.

He might try to come...

Where would Ricky go?

How should I know?

Ricky's mom is really worried.

He's been gone all day.

Think hard.

I am.

It'll be dark in a couple of hours.

Ricky will be frightened.

Please.

If you have any idea where Ricky is,

I don't. Leave me alone.

I'm sick and tired of your bad attitude.

I'm sick of you!

Come here.

[Gasps]

Get out of my sight.

I don't want to see you!

[Ricky humming]

Ricky.

Ricky, it's me.

Ricky?

I'm hiding.

Your mother is looking for you.

I don't want her to find me.

She called the police.

Am I going to jail?

Well, both of us.

That's where they

Keep kids who make trouble.

I think jail

Is about the same as hargrove.

I don't know what that is.

It's the home you're going to.

No. No.

You... you said it was a, uh,

A castle,

With bushes shaped like animals.

It's not.

I don't wanna go.

I don't wanna go to a home.

I don't wanna go to a home.

I don't wanna... i can take... i can take of myself, by myself.

I can take care of myself, by myself.

[Police sirens wailing]

Let's... Let's get out of here, Ricky.

[ Booker t. & the mg's green onions ]

**

Wh... where are we going to?

To Canada.

We're gonna take the underground railroad.

I have to go to the bathroom.

Wow.

Ricky, look.

Wow.

Come on, Ricky.

Train.

Bathroom.

[Harriet] Ricky concentrated on food and shelter.

My job was to make big pronouncements

And worry about the future.

[Ricky] Why you doing that?

[Harriet] So ufos can land.

[Ricky] Oh.

I want my golden arm.

[Stammering] Stop, I don't like stories like that.

I can tell any kind of story I want.

I'm the leader, and you're the follower.

I don't want to be the follower.

We could both be leaders.

That's not how it works.

Says who?

Says me.

I crown you prince Ricky.

[Harriet] Ricky got promoted.

It made a big difference in his outlook.

Close your eyes. Close your eyes.

Okay.

Almost.

Oh.

Hey, what is that?

Indian sunburn.

Have you ever been this happy before?

Oh, yeah, that was fun.

On my birthday, my mom took me to baskin Robbins.

Let me try all 31 flavors.

That's how many flavors they have. 31.

What's your favorite flavor?

Oh, ice cream is for little kids.

You're a little kid.

I am not. Yes, you are.

I am not. Yes, you are.

You don't wanna be a little girl,

Because little girls get sad.

Who asked you?

You have to be nice to me. I'm your only friend.

Ricky.

Ricky, you awake?

Ricky.

Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning.

You wanna go exploring?

Throat hurts.

* did you ever, ever, ever in your long-legged life *

* see a long-legged sailor with his long-legged wife? *

* no I never, ever, ever in my long-legged life *

* seen a long-legged sailor

* with his long-legged wife

If you're the princess and I'm the prince,

We... we're supposed to be married.

Okay.

Somebody has to marry us.

I'll marry you and you can marry me.

Your turn.

[Laughs]

Okay. Now.

I, Harriet frankovitz,

Take Ricky Richard schroth

As my lawfully wedded husband.

Now you say, "I, Richard schroth..."

I, Richard throb... schroth...

"Of the magic kingdom..."

Of the magic kingdom!

"Take Harriet frankovitz as my wife."

Take Harriet...

As my wife!

Okay, now put the ring on my finger.

I... i want a ring.

Okay. Now.

You're... you're supposed to kiss me.

Oh, ah...

I... i don't want to.

I'm... I'm not supposed to kiss girls

Or touch myself.

Mwah!

There. Now everything of mine is yours

And everything of yours is mine.

C-could I have one of your books?

If I can have your rabbit's foot.

Deal? Deal.

Let's practice being mermaids.

Let's be mermaids.

No, i... i don't want to.

I'm cold.

Hey, Ricky!

Come sit by the fire!

I don't want to.

We're a wounded monster.

With four arms, four legs, and two noses.

I wanna go home.

But we can't go back.

I want my mom.

I need my mom.

I'll go.

Harriet.

Where have you been?

I've been so worried. Are you okay?

Harriet, where have you been?

Did you even look for me?

Ricky...

Ricky...

Okay, on three, ready?

Two, three.

[Leah] Can you hear me, darling?

Mama?

Yes, I'm right here.

Harriet, whose idea was this?

Both of ours.

Where did you sleep?

In there.

Where did Ricky sleep?

In there.

I'm sorry, Ricky.

I'll meet you there. I'll be right there.

I love you.

I sure hope you got this out of your system,

'Cause you're never gonna see this place again.

That's what you think.

What? Nothing.

Uh...

Stay put.

Leah.

Leah, I need to talk to you about Ricky.

I'm not saying it's his fault,

But Harriet's only ten years old, and...

I don't want him here.

Ricky knows the difference between right and wrong.

He doesn't know anything about what you're worried about.

These are our last few days together.

I'm not made of money.

We're paid up for the week, we're staying the week.

Leah.

Harriet, go with Gwen.

I have to know about Ricky.

He's getting stronger.

You were right to get help.

I wanna see him.

No, you can't. Please.

Go home now.

[Coughs]

Are you gonna die soon?

Not too soon.

Could adopt me.

No, sweetheart. You belong here.

Gwen missed you very much.

She doesn't like Ricky.

She doesn't understand. That's all.

Run along.

[Gwen] Well, that... that's fine.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. You too.

Bye.

That was leah.

Ricky's just got the flu.

Hospital's gonna keep him another day.

He's afraid to be alone in the dark.

Leah's staying with him.

Can I go there?

No kids. Just immediate family.

Somebody coming over tonight?

Not for a few minutes.

You wanna sit up here with me for a while?

No.

You know, if you sit that close, you'll get cross-eyed.

I don't care.

Gwen, are wives immediate family?

Sure.

Harriet... Harriet, is my hair too high?

I don't know.

[ Steppenwolf's magic carpet ride ]

**

Hi, I'm here to see Ricky schroth.

And you are?

His wife.

Just go sit down over there, please.

But we're married.

Just go sit down over there.

* why don't you come with me little girl *

* on a magic carpet ride

I'm here to see my husband.

You're not married to Ricky.

He says I am.

We had a ceremony and everything.

We're talking about this later.

I think Gwen was mostly upset

That I got married before her.

Seeing how I was so much younger.

[Car passes]

* well you don't know

* what we can find

[Car passes slowly]

Ricky.

Leave him alone, Harriet.

How are you?

Harriet, get over here.

My mom says I'm not supposed to talk to you.

Ricky, what's wrong?

Harriet.

Ricky.

Now.

I mean it.

Ricky.

This is a goodbye card from Harriet.

What is it?

From Harriet for you. To say goodbye.

Was it a nice card?

It's a nice card. She made it.

Say goodbye.

"To Ricky. Goodbye. From Harriet."

That's lovely.

I'm gonna turn the light off now.

Are you ready? Ready.

Goodnight, Ricky.

I love you.

I love you.

Good night.

Hi.

Hi.

Are you mad at me?

Are... are... are we... Are we still friends?

Secret friends.

Otherwise we can't be friends at all.

Okay.

Okay.

[Ricky] Doesn't matter anyway.

Prince Ricky, I grant you three wishes.

I... i don't wanna do that.

Come on.

Okay.

I wanna stay here.

That's one. Got two more.

Hmm. I want my mom to live forever.

That's two. You got one more.

I want a hundred more wishes!

You can't do that. You can only have three.

[Laughs]

I wanna be as smart as everybody else.

Just for a day.

That last wish of Ricky's, I could grant.

And it didn't take any magic powers.

What'd you tell your mom?

I said I was watching TV.

She's in the city.

S... the doctor's there.

Good morning, class.

[Children] Good morning, Ms. mosher.

Okay, uh, does anybody

Have anything for show and tell today?

Sonja.

Here you go, Ms. mosher.

[Children murmur]

Um, I think that everyone should collect something,

So I found a bunch of bottle caps

And I glued them on this.

Very nice. Is there something you can tell us

About these today?

No. No?

Uh, is there a reason you collected them?

To bring them here. Why else?

Well, that's so resourceful, Sonja.

Thank you.

Um, another thing we can do with bottle caps, if we like,

Is, uh, you take one bottle cap,

And then you collect some pebbles,

And you put them inside the bottle cap,

And then you get another bottle cap,

And you put it on top,

And then you tape it all together,

And, um, it makes a little tambourine.

Oh, really? Yes.

Well, then you can have them.

Well, thank you very much.

Okay.

Um, did anyone else bring anything today

That maybe we could learn from for show and tell?

Melissa, do you have anything today?

John?

I want to.

All right. We have a guest today.

And he's a friend of Harriet's

And his name is Richard.

Come on up, Richard.

[Children laughing]

[Laughter continues]

[Ricky] I have postcards of every

Place that I've ever been.

Uh, oh.

This is the pacific ocean,

And these are surfers.

Richard, we can show them to everybody.

[Child] Um, we can't see.

Well, come on up.

We can... and you can show them, Richard.

That... this is the, um,

World's biggest rollercoaster.

I went on the front three times. Three times.

When i... i rode... rode it three times on the front.

This is the biggest piece of corn.

It's not real.

Oh!

These people have guns.

Girls dressed at lobsters.

You can't eat them.

[Children laugh]

Girl riding

A, uh...

[Children] Alligator.

[Harriet] Even Ms. mosher said Ricky's best postcard

Was of the desert jackalope.

It's a cross between a Jack rabbit and an antelope.

I heard of them before but never seen one.

Go on, go on.

Get behind me.

[Harriet] It's okay. Go ahead.

[Gwen] Harriet?

[Gwen] Harriet?

They're leaving.

Hi.

Your mom's packing your car.

I know.

Are you gonna go with her?

Have to.

But you don't belong there.

Yes, I do. I belong there.

I'm gonna stay the same.

You like me now, but...

You won't like me later.

You're gonna grow up.

I'm not.

No!

[Ricky sobbing]

[Gwen] Harriet.

Harriet!

Stop it!

[All struggling]

[Gwen] Get away!

[Harriet] Stop it!

[Harriet] Gwen, stop it!

[Gwen] Look at me. Look at me!

Stop! Look at me. Did he hurt you?

Tell me honey, did he hurt you?

Harriet, did he hurt you?

Oh, my arm.

Calm down. Calm down.

[Ricky groaning]

Ricky, get off.

Run away, Harriet!

Harriet, call the police!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Watch your head.

I know you're worried about Ricky.

Mm-hmm.

Leah went and got him right away.

Nothing happened to him.

Can I go see him?

No.

Listen to me.

It's not your fault.

You didn't do anything wrong,

But Ricky could have hurt you.

He wasn't hurting me.

I was trying to keep him from hurting.

Keep him from hurting?

You don't know anything.

I can't know unless you tell me.

I was taking care of him.

Making him feel better.

He was crying and he was hurt.

He was upset.

He didn't want to leave.

Oh, Harriet.

Why don't you go say goodbye?

[Door creaks]

Stay away.

Ricky.

You're a bad person.

Ricky, what's wrong?

[Door creaks]

[Footsteps approaching]

Come on, darling. Get in the car.

[Gwen] Leah...

I'm so sorry about...

I know.

I'm sorry, too.

[Engine starts]

Ricky!

Ricky!

See you later, alligator.

[Knock at door]

In a while, crocodile.

Gwen?

Down here.

You're supposed to wait with me

Till the sandman comes.

Okay.

Am I supposed to tell you a story?

Sometimes.

But mostly, we just talk about stuff.

Okay.

Do I pick the subject, or do you?

Either.

[ Patty Griffin's one big love ]

**

[Harriet] Turn out the light?

[Gwen] Okay.

Ready?

* let's take a ride to the seaside *

* we can go out swimming in the high tide *

* just wear your shorts and your long hair *

* don't forget the lawn chair *

* everybody's gone to the movies *

* everybody's gone and its groovy *

* they went to the one about the big war *

* I didn't, I'd seen it before *

* I guess I'm taking my chances *

* giving up the ring, throwing in the gloves *

* yeah I guess I'm taking my chances *

* trading in my things

* for a couple wings on a little white dove *

* and one big love

* one big love

* everybody do like a monkey

* if you wanna go on and be funky *

* no need to talk like a hero *

* take a walk and count down to zero *

* no sense defending your honor *

* just go on and kiss him if you wanna *

* everything before is gone or is going somewhere *

* I guess I'm taking my chances *

* giving up the ring throwing in the gloves *

* ooh yeah

* I guess I'm taking my chances *

* trading in my things

* for a couple wings on a

* little white dove

* and one big love

* one big love

* I don't know where we are

* I don't care

* and now we're out of gas

* and riding on air

* and one big love

* everybody won't take you flying *

* it's just discarded without even trying *

* well everybody's swinging from a big star *

* everybody's riding in the blue car *

* let's take a ride to the seaside *

* one big love

* we can go out swimming in the high tide *

* one big love

* everybody do like a monkey

* one big love

* everybody go on and be funky *

* everybody go on and be funky *

* let's take a ride to the seaside *

* one big love

* let's take a ride to the seaside *

* let's take a ride to the seaside *

* one big love

* let's take a ride to the seaside *

* yeah

* everybody's gone and it's groovy *

* everybody's gone and it's groovy *

* yeah

* groovy yeah

* one big love

* one big love