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Yeah, sure.

Well I guess I'll

get dinner started.

I'll see you in,

um, about an hour.

Excellent,

thank you!

SNAP!

Now I know how

Andorra must have felt!

Hey, whoa, how did you get

this installed so quickly?

We're early risers.

Solid.

Oh, my.

This looks great!

Adam come on out!

This is so cool!

Why don't you

give it a try?

Okay.

Easy now.

Nice and slow.

Take your time.

There ya go.

Cool!

Easy round the corner.

There ya go.

Adam, you got it.

Wow.

So awesome!

This is so cool!

Thank you so much,

you guys!

You're welcome.

There ya go.

It's too hard.

I can't do it.

It's okay. It'll just take a

little practice, sweetie.

Okay.

You can do it.

Come on.

I can't do it!

Here, watch this.

Come on, Kip.

Sit.

Come on.

Good boy.

Ha ha ha ha!

That was so cool!

This is the best

Christmas present ever!

Well it was

all you, buddy.

Yeah.

Did you do this

for you mom, too?

Yeah, but with a rolling start

you can make it on your own.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

HONK-HONK!

Bye, Farley!

Bye.

You coming?

Uh, naw, it's okay I'll walk.

I'll catch ya later.

Okay.

Bye, Adam.

See ya.

You know I've been thinking

it'd be pretty stellar

if we could do more

for Adam.

Stellar?

It would be pretty cool,

if we could think of a way,

you know, to get Adam

up those stairs

so he could be in

his normal bedroom

and not be stuck

in that closet.

Yeah.

Did you see that little dude's face

light up when he did the ramp?

Giving feels

pretty stellar.

Yeah, it does.

I'm gonna start thinking of a

way to get Adam up the stairs.

Maybe make it like a Christmas

present for the little dude.

That would be

a wonderful present.

I'm gonna think about it.

See ya!

See ya.

You straight up about knowing

a cop that will do it?

Dude, I've got it right here.

Fingerprints and all.

Cool, I'll be there

asap.

I don't really feel

comfortable with this.

Aw, it's only for

a few minutes.

It's not the time that

bothers me so much,

it's the whole

dressing up bit.

He won't be threatened

by a grandmotherly type.

Where did you get

the dress?

From Jeannie's closet.

I'm gonna have to

let it out.

You told me his plane

leaves at 8:
20.

You don't have

much time.

Flight 308 to Atlanta

will now begin pre-boarding...

Thank you.

I'm sorry, I didn't

see you there.

Oh, that's okay!

You know there really is a

wonderful article in there

on the best dogs

for retirement!

I haven't

read that one yet.

Why would ya? You don't look

a day over twenty-five!

Ha ha ha

ha ha ha!

Hardly.

I'm Charles Morgan.

Rand... ine.

That's an unusual

name.

I've never met

another one.

Well it's nice to

meet you, Randine.

Are you retired?

Could be soon.

I'm sorry, I didn't

see you sit down.

Oh, I was

in the back worrying.

You look like someone I could

come over and talk to.

I hope you

don't mind.

Oh, I don't know if

I could be any help.

I bet you help people

all the time.

I could really use

a man's point of view.

Well, I'm all ears.

It's my twelve-year-old

grandson.

What's his problem?

David has always been a happy

kid, smart as a whip too.

Two years ago his mother

died, he was devastated.

Yes, I um,

know the feeling.

Now he's doing terrible in school,

he's a real troublemaker.

Lies all the time.

Seems mad at the world.

I guess I can see why

you're worried.

The real worry is my son

Robert, his father.

What's he doing?

It's what he's

not doing.

What do you mean?

Robert is constantly

traveling with business,

sometimes

for weeks at a time.

Doesn't attend any of

David's school functions,

even when he

promises he will.

I know for a fact that the

boy's teacher has tried to

set up appointments to

talk about David's troubles,

but Robert always finds

a reason not to show.

Well maybe the reasons

are important.

More important than

his own son?

No, no,

of course not.

I know that he's lost

the love of his life,

but his boy

is hurting too.

It seems to me that if Robert

would stop avoiding reality

and face this together

with his son,

so they can heal, move

forward with their lives.

Yes, well maybe

it's not that easy.

It won't be

that easy.

But it's what needs to

be done.

It's what Michelle

would want.

Michelle?

She was

my son's wife.

Oh...

I don't know what...

Morgan residence.

William,

it's Charles.

How was the flight to

Budapest, Sir?

I haven't boarded

my connection.

I'm cancelling the rest

of my trip, William.

I'm gonna hop on the next

flight, should be home Tuesday.

Farley will be pleased

to hear that.

I want you to tell Farley I want to

have dinner with him that night.

Yes, Sir.

Uh, what is Farley's

teacher's name?

Mrs. Claymore.

Claymore,

Claymore, yes.

Can you call this Claymore

woman and schedule

a meeting with her at her

earliest convenience.

I'll be happy to

do that, Sir.

Thank you,

William.

What guy won't

talk to a grandmother?

I'm never doing drag

for you again.

My calves still hurt

from the high heels.

Ho, ho!

Hey, you know how we were talking about

a way to get Adam up those stairs?

Well, I have an idea

that is off the hook.

Off the hook?

He means that it's

a fantastic idea.

Oh so that's like

off the chain?

Same thing.

I'm really stoked

about this.

Stoked?

What is the idea?

It's called the 'Mobius', in

the wheelchair world it rules.

I mean how sweet is that?

It climbs up curbs,

stands on two wheels

and travels through sand.

A bunch of other

cool stuff too.

If Adam had one of these

he'd be one mobile dude.

Impressive.

If he had that he'd practically

be an all-terrain vehicle.

How expensive

is that?

I'm gonna level with you Mr. F,

it costs some serious coin.

But that's where

we come in.

How so?

We organize

and raise the money.

That's some beaucoup

dollars though.

You think you can do

it before Christmas?

It'd be one wicked present

to get the little dude.

Haven't got

much time.

I know.

How can we help?

You could open up an account at the

bank to hold the funds we raise.

Maybe even contact the wheelchair

people to get us a deal?

Okay.

Have you thought about

contacting a local company?

And having them

match funds.

You raise half

then they match half.

That's an awesome idea.

Thank you, Mr. F.

Oh and don't forget

we gotta, uh,

keep this on the down low

from Mrs. Claymore.

Okay.

Okay, see ya.

Think he can do it?

There's no comparison between that

which is lost by not succeeding,

and that which is

lost by not trying.

Our clock is ticking, there's only

nine days left until Christmas.

Chillax, Randal.

By the way, what does

on the down low mean?

And I was hoping

you would help.

Yeah right, what you

really want me to do is

hit up my dad for some skrilla

to pay for the chair.

That is so

not true, dude.

Okay, cause this is stuff I

want our class to do ourselves.

What about Mr. Frost,

he in on this too?

He's helping.

There's something weird

about him.

He's okay, man.

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