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? What would you do If I sang out of tune? ?

? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ?

? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song ?

? I will try not to sing out of key, yeah ?

? Oh, baby, I get by ? ? By with a little help from my friends ?

? All I need Is my buddies ?

? High with a little help from my friends ?

? I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher ? -? Try with a little help from my friends ?

- ? Whoa-oa-oa-oa, yeah ? - ? Ooh, ooh, ooh ?

[ Intro to Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" plays ]

? There's something happening here ?

? What it is ain't exactly clear ?

? There's a man with a gun over there ?

? Telling me I got to beware ?

? I think it's time we stop, children ?

? What's that sound? ?

? Everybody, look what's going down ?

We live in confusing times...

Times of change...

And of disagreement.

There are those who will say that Brian Cooper was a man

Who died defending his country.

And there are those who will say

That he was a child who died in vain.

Brian Cooper was the first person I ever knew

Who wasn't old who died.

I guess we all have that Moment where we realize

That even somebody who's basically a kid

Can cease to exist,

And we're never the same after that.

We must have faith that none of god's children die in vain.

But It wasn't just Brian's death that had changed me.

It was also Brian's sister.

I hadn't seen Winnie since the night we kissed in the woods,

But I hadn't been able to think about anything else.

But through all the change,

There Is one thing that remains constant and eternal

And can never die,

And that is the human soul.

Oh, no! The Jell-O salad isn't set!

[ Sighs ]

Here, Kevin.

You take the ham.

Like women all over America,

My mother confronted tragedy and death

With cold ham and Jell-O salad.

The little marshmallows are just swimming in there.

Come on, Norma. Let's just go.

Let me put some ice cubes in.

It'll take five minutes.

You got the ham.

You don't need to bring the Jell-O, too.

Five minutes... just give me five minutes.

The rest of us had other ways of dealing with our grief.

[ nose blows ]

But I, for one, was a wreck.

I would think about Brian,

And I'd feel almost sick to my stomach.

Then I would think about Winnie,

And a thrill would pass through my 12-year-old body

Like the wind through the trees.

Life's two greatest forces, love and death,

Were tearing me apart...

At the waist.

Come on, Mom! Let's go!

Here I was at Brian's funeral,

And Winnie was nowhere to be seen.

I felt sort of weird, though.

I mean, what was I gonna do If I saw her...

Ask her to dance?

Kevin, take this plate of food over

And try and get Winnie to eat something.

She really needs her old friends right now. Go on.

Hi.

My Mom wanted me to give this to you.

Thanks.

I'm not really that hungry.

Yeah, you should eat, though...

Something.

What was she thinking?

What was I thinking?

I was so confused.

She was so close, I-i wanted to grab her,

Take her In my arms,

Feel her 72-pound body next to mine.

Try the ham.

Okay.

Oh, god, I was an animal.

Watching her eat the ham,

I felt, "how could I be having these feelings?"

Did It show? Could people see through me?

What would Brian think?

So!

You're at my funeral, and all you can think about

Is jumpin' my little sister.

Of course, he would think I was scum.

[ chuckles ]

You're a man after my own heart.

Wait a minute. That's right.

Brian wasn't like that.

But, Kev, Kev, Kev, not now.

Just give her a little time.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

The female reproductive system.

Among the many great historical milestones of 1968,

Perhaps the greatest was the advent

Of sex education in the schools.

[ young men giggling ]

Now, If I hear any giggling,

If I see any smirking, this class Is over.

Do you read me, people?

Over.

Now...

The female reproductive organs look like this.

All right!

[ Indistinct whispering ]

Unfortunately, It looked more like a cow's head to me.

Now...

Who can tell me what these are?

Yes?

The ears?

Apparently, I wasn't alone.

The...

Ovaries.

The ears would be...

Up here.

Uh, wh-why don't you draw the whole lady

S-so we know where everything goes?

- Yeah, the whole lady. - Yeah, the whole lady.

All right.

My gosh.

[ Indistinct murmuring ]

I can't believe he's gonna draw It.

[ Murmuring continues ]

Suddenly, It became very clear

Why Mr. Cutlip had never been married.

Any man who saw women that way would have no reason to.

Now...

The ovaries, of course, are the site of ovulation.

As Mr. Cutlip went on,

One fact became Increasingly evident.

Sex, In the hands of public educators,

Is not a pretty thing.

"ova" Is actually plural of "ovum."

Of approximately 28 days.

And that, In a nutshell, Is the story of ovulation.

Questions?

Yes.

When do we start football?

All right, I'm going to hand out your textbooks now...

"health and human sexuality."

Textbooks?!

For Wednesday, people,

You will read chapters 1 and 2.

Do not read ahead.

Repeat...

Do not... Read... Ahead.

Chapter 14... the human reproductive cycle.

Let me see it. Hey! Come on!

Telling us not to read ahead

Was like telling a pack of wolves

To stay away from red meat.

What's the matter, Arnold? You horny?

Yeah, I think Arnold's horny!

[ laughter ]

- Uh-oh, Arnold. - Shut up, you guys.

[ Indistinct conversation ]

- Oh, my god! - Wow!

- Whoa! - Oh, my god!

[ Dog barking In distance ]

Hi.

Hi.

Whatcha doing?

Nothing.

Oh.

When are you coming back to school?

Monday.

Oh.

But maybe we could do something tomorrow.

I mean, If you want.

Yeah. I mean, sure.

If you want.

Well, I'm going to my uncle's In the morning,

But I'll be back around 3:00.

Come on, Kev! Let's go!

Okay, well, bye. See you tomorrow.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

? Young girl ?

? Get out of my mind ?

"And thusly, a woman's anatomical construction

Is fantastically adaptive to the needs of a..."

What's that word?

"Burgeoning."

"...To the needs of a... Burgeoning human life."

This stuff's not that good.

Well, we could look up "burgeoning."

But we had already looked up "prenatal"

And "amniotic fluid,"

And It was clear we were barking up the wrong tree.

[ door opens ]

Oh, working on your sex education, I see.

I'm not sure you boys are old enough for this.

Give It back, Wayne.

Let's see.

Huh.

Pretty hot stuff.

You know, I bet the guys who wrote this book

Have never even been to second base.

Well, what's that supposed to mean?

You don't know what second base Is?

Of course we know what second base Is.

Sort of.

? You're much too young, girl ?

All right...

And with an air of confident authority

That only an idiot or an older brother can have,

Wayne proceeded to elaborate a baseball metaphor

That changed the way we looked at women... and baseball...

Forever.

And I'm telling you,

Everybody gets to at least second base

By the 7th grade.

This was a lot of pressure,

Especially since most of the girls we knew

Had no second bases.

Look, I'll tell you what you guys should do.

You should get a real book.

Areal book?

Yeah, you should get

"Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask."

There's a book called that?

Well, sure, It was a bestseller.

Just go to a bookstore.

Well...

Have you read it?

[ Snickers ]

No. I don't have to.

The great ones go on instinct.

Uh... Uh, yeah. Yeah, instinct.

- Instinct. - I go on instinct, too.

- I go on instinct, too. - Yeah.

Instinctively, we went to the bookstore

First thing the next morning.

[ door closes, bell jingles ]

Holy mackerel!

You idiot!

What? That was it. Didn't you see it?

Of course I saw it,

But you can't just run in and grab one.

Why not?

Because he'll think we're perverts. That's why not.

Well, what do you want to do?

We got to look around, get some other stuff...

Clean stuff.

Ah, here. This looks good.

"Ivanhoe"?

Here. Let's get one of these "War and Peaces," too.

Okay.

Right. Now we get the sex book.

All right, now put it on the bottom,

And the guy will never even notice what it is.

Maybe.

[ Sighs ]

It's a lady!

Forget it. We got to go. Let's put these back.

No.

I'd known Paul since he was 36 hours old,

And never before had I seen that kind of fire in his eyes.

[ zipper closes ]

Buy those books and act casual.

What, are you crazy?!

This was going too far. I was a pervert, not a felon.

Kevin, It's "everything you always wanted to know about sex"... everything.

I'd like to buy these.

It's pretty advanced reading for a boy your age.

Thanks.

Okay.

[ Cash register clanking ]

It'll be $7.95.

[ Cash register dings ]

Thanks. Bye!

[ Door opens, bell jingles ]

Hey, there's $20 here!

[ Door closes, bell jingles ]

It was about 2 miles from the bookstore to my house.

We made It In just under four seconds.

Come on. Take it out!

Kevin! Lunch!

Oh, no!

Uh, maybe I should stay here... to watch the book.

Paul!

Kevin, slow down. You're gonna make yourself sick.

[ Knock on door ]

You done yet?

Paul!

You just left.

You couldn't possibly have gone all the way home.

I couldn't?

Mom, can I be excused?

No, you may not be excused.

Now, just sit down and finish your lunch.

Don't forget... It's your day to do the dishes.

[ Sighs ]

We had about 50 dishes.

We did them In just under four seconds.

It's gone!

It's gone.

Oh, my god!

My parents!

No, wait... we'd stolen it.

Of course... the pretty lady.

The police!

Hmm!

Wayne.

Oh, looking for this? [ chuckles ]

- Give me that, you jerk! - I don't know.

I think I'm gonna have to preview this for you boys.

I thought you didn't need it, Wayne.

Yeah, give it back! We got it!

Oh, now, I bet you'd like to try this

With your little girlfriend, "Win-nay."

Shut up, Wayne.

Or this! No, wait a minute.

I think Winnie kind of might like this one.

Shut up, Wayne!

How far are you gonna go with her, Kev?

Gonna try for a home run, pal, huh?

Now, wait a minute. Now, wait a minute.

N-now, this one looks like a lot of fun.

Why don't I read it to you?

It's hard to know just how it happened...-Stupid!

I'm gonna kill you, you Idiot! ...But suddenly, at that Moment,

With an Intensity that no one in that room... Oh, god! I'm gonna smash your face!

It's gonna be uglier than even now! . ..Had previously thought possible,

121/2 years of pent up, Impotent rage... Oh, I'm gonna kill you!

Became potent.

[ both grunting ]

- Sort of. - Ugh!

Wayne still outweighed me by a good 30 pounds.

What's the matter with you?!

- Ow! Ohh! - Come here, you...

[ grunts ]

[ Clatter ]

[ Both grunting ]

What Is going on in here?!

Oh, my god.

Um, Paul, I think you better go home now.

Well, you got to give Paul credit for trying.

What are you boys doing with this book?

Don't ask me. Kevin got it.

Kevin?

Is that true?

[ Sighs ]

Yes.

Wayne, go outside.

Kids. I know.

Kevin!

[ Sighs ]

I am so disappointed in you!

At that Moment, I felt like the lowest thing on earth.

I was a pervert, a thief, a sneak.

I'd always been her sweet, Innocent little boy,

But at that Moment,

My mother couldn't even bear to look me in the eye.

It's not so much...

Your reading this book...

But what were you doing in my dresser drawers, anyway?!

I guess my mother figured out her mistake pretty quickly,

Because I never heard from either of my parents

On that topic again.

We seemed to have a tacit understanding

That they wouldn't mention my book

If I wouldn't mention theirs.

[ vehicle approaches ]

[ Engine shuts off ]

[ Car doors closing ]

When Winnie got back from her uncle's,

We went for a walk in the park.

Neither of us said a word about it, of course,

But we both knew that the park was where you went to make out.

As we approached the baseball field,

I started to sweat.

Nearing first base...

Second base...

Third.

Let's cut across the outfield.

Okay.

I didn't know what to do.

Our first kiss had happened so naturally,

I couldn't even remember how I did it.

Did I... did I breathe through my mouth or my nose?

Well, I had to make some kind of move.

There was a bug on you.

Oh.

Thanks.

Some move.

Well, there was no turning back now.

We were here.

So...

Wh-what do you want to do?

I don't know. What do you want to do?

I don't know. What do you want to do?

I don't know.

[ Intro to Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is" plays ]

? If you want ?

? Something to play with ?

? Go and find yourself a toy ?

? 'Cause, baby, my time is too expensive ?

? And I'm not a little boy ?

? No, oh ?

The Moment stretched out so unbearably,

I thought we'd both explode.

It was clear we were both stalling.

? You are serious, girl ?

We knew what we were here to do.

We both wanted it.

One of us just had to come out and say it.

? You know, life is too short ?

Do you want to go on the swings?

? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ?

Yeah, sure.

? You may be here today ?

And in the end,

That's as far as Winnie and I went that day.

Maybe we both felt we'd already come too far too fast.

Maybe we both realized

That growing up doesn't have to be so much a straight line

As a series of advances and retreats.

Maybe we just felt like swinging.

But whatever it was,

Winnie and I made an unspoken pact that day

To stay kids for a little while longer.

? Tell it like it is ?

? Don't be ashamed ?

? Let your conscience be your guide ?

? But I... ?

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