RALPHIE:
Grab that piece from the floor
RANDY:
Tape it up like before
RALPHIE:
Take the knee
Wait, lift it higher
RANDY:
He'll forget that it broke
RALPHIE:
There we go
RANDY:
Is that smoke!
RALPHIE:
Oh my gosh!
RANDY:
It smells like fire
Aah
RALPHIE:
Here, take the heel of the shoe
RANDY:
We're out of luck without glue
RALPHIE:
So, try again
RANDY:
Nothing fits
RALPHIE:
This might work
RANDY:
Call it quits
What's the point?
RALPHIE:
Just do the best we can
Before The Old Man comes home
There oughta be something we can do to make Mom feel better.
RANDY:
Like what?
RALPHIE:
Well, for one thing, you can start eating your food without all that piggy stuff.
She'll come back
See your plate
Won't believe
That you ate
Try to swallow just one carrot
RANDY:
I don't know
If I can
RALPHIE:
Open up
Be a man
RANDY:
It's too much
RALPHIE:
Then fine, we'll share it
Hey, if you just take a bite
They won't remember their fight
RANDY:
All right
RALPHIE:
We'll sit down
Really quick
RANDY:
I think I'm
Getting sick
RALPHIE:
This could work
RANDY:
We need a better plan
BOTH:
Before The Old Man comes home
If he sees that The Lamp is on
If she sees that the food is gone
Maybe then
That's when
Everything will be okay again
NARRATOR:
The Old Man returned later, with five bottles of extra strength gluten.
He worked furiously, but futilely for at least an hour.
At last he gave in to the inevitability that the precious leg was lost.
Not long afterward, Mother returned.
Randy and I were in total fear of what might happen next.
MOTHER:
Look, I just...
THE OLD MAN:
If I must...
MOTHER:
What I meant...
THE OLD MAN:
It's because...
MOTHER:
How on earth
BOTH:
It got this way
MOTHER:
When I said...
THE OLD MAN:
I was so...
MOTHER:
And I tried...
THE OLD MAN:
Yeah, I know
MOTHER:
Listen, Frank
What I mean to say
NARRATOR:
The white flag had been waved. The war was over.
Peace had once again returned to the land. With as much dignity as he could muster,
The Old Man took what was left of his major award out
into the back yard and buried it next to the garage.
I could never be sure, but I thought I could hear...
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RALPHIE:
Grab that piece from the floor
RANDY:
Tape it up like before
RALPHIE:
Take the knee
Wait, lift it higher
RANDY:
He'll forget that it broke
RALPHIE:
There we go
RANDY:
Is that smoke!
RALPHIE:
Oh my gosh!
RANDY:
It smells like fire
Aah
RALPHIE:
Here, take the heel of the shoe
RANDY:
We're out of luck without glue
RALPHIE:
So, try again
RANDY:
Nothing fits
RALPHIE:
This might work
RANDY:
Call it quits
What's the point?
RALPHIE:
Just do the best we can
Before The Old Man comes home
There oughta be something we can do to make Mom feel better.
RANDY:
Like what?
RALPHIE:
Well, for one thing, you can start eating your food without all that piggy stuff.
She'll come back
See your plate
Won't believe
That you ate
Try to swallow just one carrot
RANDY:
I don't know
If I can
RALPHIE:
Open up
Be a man
RANDY:
It's too much
RALPHIE:
Then fine, we'll share it
Hey, if you just take a bite
They won't remember their fight
RANDY:
All right
RALPHIE:
We'll sit down
Really quick
RANDY:
I think I'm
Getting sick
RALPHIE:
This could work
RANDY:
We need a better plan
BOTH:
Before The Old Man comes home
If he sees that The Lamp is on
If she sees that the food is gone
Maybe then
That's when
Everything will be okay again
NARRATOR:
The Old Man returned later, with five bottles of extra strength gluten.
He worked furiously, but futilely for at least an hour.
At last he gave in to the inevitability that the precious leg was lost.
Not long afterward, Mother returned.
Randy and I were in total fear of what might happen next.
MOTHER:
Look, I just...
THE OLD MAN:
If I must...
MOTHER:
What I meant...
THE OLD MAN:
It's because...
MOTHER:
How on earth
BOTH:
It got this way
MOTHER:
When I said...
THE OLD MAN:
I was so...
MOTHER:
And I tried...
THE OLD MAN:
Yeah, I know
MOTHER:
Listen, Frank
What I mean to say
NARRATOR:
The white flag had been waved. The war was over.
Peace had once again returned to the land. With as much dignity as he could muster,
The Old Man took what was left of his major award out
into the back yard and buried it next to the garage.
I could never be sure, but I thought I could hear...
Grab that piece from the floor
RANDY:
Tape it up like before
RALPHIE:
Take the knee
Wait, lift it higher
RANDY:
He'll forget that it broke
RALPHIE:
There we go
RANDY:
Is that smoke!
RALPHIE:
Oh my gosh!
RANDY:
It smells like fire
Aah
RALPHIE:
Here, take the heel of the shoe
RANDY:
We're out of luck without glue
RALPHIE:
So, try again
RANDY:
Nothing fits
RALPHIE:
This might work
RANDY:
Call it quits
What's the point?
RALPHIE:
Just do the best we can
Before The Old Man comes home
There oughta be something we can do to make Mom feel better.
RANDY:
Like what?
RALPHIE:
Well, for one thing, you can start eating your food without all that piggy stuff.
She'll come back
See your plate
Won't believe
That you ate
Try to swallow just one carrot
RANDY:
I don't know
If I can
RALPHIE:
Open up
Be a man
RANDY:
It's too much
RALPHIE:
Then fine, we'll share it
Hey, if you just take a bite
They won't remember their fight
RANDY:
All right
RALPHIE:
We'll sit down
Really quick
RANDY:
I think I'm
Getting sick
RALPHIE:
This could work
RANDY:
We need a better plan
BOTH:
Before The Old Man comes home
If he sees that The Lamp is on
If she sees that the food is gone
Maybe then
That's when
Everything will be okay again
NARRATOR:
The Old Man returned later, with five bottles of extra strength gluten.
He worked furiously, but futilely for at least an hour.
At last he gave in to the inevitability that the precious leg was lost.
Not long afterward, Mother returned.
Randy and I were in total fear of what might happen next.
MOTHER:
Look, I just...
THE OLD MAN:
If I must...
MOTHER:
What I meant...
THE OLD MAN:
It's because...
MOTHER:
How on earth
BOTH:
It got this way
MOTHER:
When I said...
THE OLD MAN:
I was so...
MOTHER:
And I tried...
THE OLD MAN:
Yeah, I know
MOTHER:
Listen, Frank
What I mean to say
NARRATOR:
The white flag had been waved. The war was over.
Peace had once again returned to the land. With as much dignity as he could muster,
The Old Man took what was left of his major award out
into the back yard and buried it next to the garage.
I could never be sure, but I thought I could hear...