A Horse Called Bear Page #2

Here you go.

I really hope you're

gonna be happy here Ethan.

You better watch out or

you're gonna lose him.

(light mumbling)

- No, no!

(horse neighing)

- Oh, dad, what are you doing here?

- Sara, please don't marry

David, he's not good for you!

- How can you say that?

I love him!

- He's not the type of

guy who'll stick around!

He will hurt you.

- Well it's not up to you.

- I'm warning you, if you

marry him, you'll regret it!

No wait, wait, no!

(mellow music)

I've gone too far

I've lost my way

This pain I've caused

Life falls apart

Cruel things I've said

You turn away

Regret it breaks my heart

Is this a dream

Please show me now

Forgiveness is it real

I humbly beg

Your mercy Lord

Please set me free this day

(moaning)

(sighing)

- We are starting a series of

lessons on the golden rule.

Have any of you ever heard of this before?

- Isn't it something

about being kind to others

and they treat you good?

- That's right, good job!

We're gonna learn that this was something

very important to Jesus.

He wants us all to do our best

to love all those around us

in the same way we would

want them to love us.

- What about if they're mean to us?

- Jesus wants us to be nice to everyone

even those that are unkind.

It's easy to be nice to

those who treat us well.

He wants us to treat everyone well.

- I don't know if I can always do that.

- Me either.

- Well it isn't always easy.

But try and remember a

Bible verse in John 15:12.

"My command is this, love each

other as I have loved you."

Hey Gwen, how's it going?

- Great, how was your ride?

- Oh, great, great as always.

I just love coming out here each week

and riding my horse.

I could leave all my cares behind.

Bear's looking mighty fine today.

Yeah actually we just sold him,

so at the end of the

summer he'll be leaving.

- Really, who's his new owner?

- One of the trainers here

at the farm just bought him.

So we're gonna miss him.

- Hey Jeff, we were

just talking about you.

Pastor Andy, meet Bear's new owner.

- Congratulations.

- Oh thanks.

Yeah I'm very excited, he's

such a good training horse.

- (sighing) Well I've always admired him.

- Yeah in the fall,

we're moving back to Ohio

be closer with my mom,

she's not doing too well.

I plan to work at a nearby farm,

get some students of my own.

- Well we're really gonna miss you here.

- I'm gonna miss you guys too.

- Well tomorrow's the

first day of riding lessons

for the children.

- They are so excited.

Thank you for organizing it all,

and thank your brother and his wife also.

- Oh I will.

They're earning it anyways.

I mean my flowerbeds are gonna

be weed free this summer.

- That's true.

You know baking like this

reminds me of baking with my mom.

- Oh.

I'm so glad you moved in next door.

I never did get to do much

of this with my daughter.

- A lawyer called earlier today.

Something about a college scholarship.

Ethan.

- Huh?

- [Otto] You need to confirm

that you're going to accept it.

- OK,

thanks.

- Well, you gonna call 'em?

- No, not right now.

- Why not?

This is important!

They said it will cover everything.

- I don't know, I'm

still thinking about it.

- (stammering) What's

there to think about?

- Whatever.

- When I was young I would've

done anything to go to school!

- So how are things with Ethan?

- Aww, I just love him being here,

but things are starting

to get a little tense.

I mean Ethan's still

grieving over his mother,

and Otto just keeps pushing him.

- I'm sorry.

- Here we go, nice and hot.

- Oh it smells delicious.

Yum.

It's really sweet. (laughing)

- A little extra sugar never hurt anyone.

- Tell me more about Sara.

- I'd go out to visit her once a year,

so I did get to see Ethan growing up.

Otto only went one time

when he was little.

- That's too bad.

- Shortly after Sara had

Ethan her husband left her.

Otto never really did forgive her.

I imagine it was just easier

for her to stay in Seattle.

- Wow that looks like some good bread

mind if I have a slice?

- Help yourself!

- Thanks.

Wow, it's a little sweet, don't you think?

- It's my fault, I'm sorry. (laughing)

- No, no it's fine, I like sweet things.

- That looks pretty good.

- Thanks.

- I like to draw too.

- Really?

I've been drawing since I was six,

kinda relaxes me, know what I mean?

Mind if I see what you've done?

Looks good, you've got talent.

- Really?

- I think so.

You mind if I show you something?

- That'd be great.

- OK Allison, you can do it.

- No I'm afraid.

- [Gwen] It's OK honey,

it's perfectly safe.

I'll be right here.

- I don't want to.

- [Gloria] That's OK sweetie

we'll do it next time, OK?

Thanks Rachel.

- Put your left foot in.

Ready?

There you go.

Say walk on.

- Walk on.

That's right.

(mumbling)

Having fun?

Then we're gonna say halt, you say halt.

- Halt.

- What do you think Allison,

doesn't that look fun?

- OK sweetie step right up.

- Good job.

- Good job!

- You good?

- Yeah.

- Good job!

- Hey what are you doing here brats?

- We're here with Miss Gloria.

- [Katelyn] We're taking lessons.

- Yeah I saw you up there, kinda lame.

And I see miss scaredy pants was afraid

to even get on the horse. (laughing)

- Hey leave her alone, you're not nice.

- Ooh, who cares?

- Why are you here?

- My dad works here, not that

it's any of your business.

Oh, and by the way, pretty

soon you won't be able

to ride that horse Bear any more.

- Why not?

- Because my dad just bought him,

and at the end of summer we're moving

and he's coming with us.

(phone ringing)

- Admissions, how may I direct your call?

- Yeah this is Ethan Riley.

I was offered a scholarship

for school next year,

I was wanting to accept that.

- Would you hold the line please?

I'm sorry but when you didn't

respond by the deadline,

we had to give that

scholarship to another student.

- I thought I had two days left.

- Oh my apologies, that

deadline was last Friday.

- Wow, Ethan, like it.

This will look great in my scrapbook.

You're quite the artist.

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

So have you followed up any

more on that scholarship?

- No, I don't think I'm interested.

- Oh.

- So, where is my mom's

horse being kept anyway?

- Oh just down the road at

my brother's horse farm.

- Oh.

- You need to talk some

sense into your grandson.

Obviously he doesn't want to listen to me.

- Otto.

- I'm serious, I can't even talk to him!

Just a waste of my breath.

- Great, so I come to Michigan

and the only family that I have hates me.

- You've got to give it some time.

It's a big adjustment for everyone.

- I just, I need to get a job.

I need to get out of the

house before I go crazy.

- Everything's gonna be OK.

- Yeah, they only have to deal with me

until my 18th birthday,

then I'm out of here.

- It's hard to love someone like Hannah.

- Yeah Hannah's a mean girl.

- Maybe there's an exception

for people like her.

- Probably not.

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