Dolphin Tale

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Come on!

Come on!

Come on! Let's go! Kick!

Come on, now!

Go! Kick!

- Go!

- Kick!

He's really good, huh?

- Let's go.

- Not as good as you.

- Push hard!

- This is Sandra Sinclair...

...poolside at the Long Center.

Last year, when Clearwater High's

swimming star Kyle Connellan graduated...

...leaving behind five state records...

...it appeared the glory days

of the Tornadoes might be behind them.

But rising star Donovan Peck...

...recently invited

to the Junior National Championships...

...is now on the verge

of smashing those records.

Come on, finish hard! Finish hard!

Yeah!

Nice job, you guys.

Hey, hey, hey. Good work. Good work.

- There he is.

- Hey, guys. Hey, good race out there, huh?

Good job, man.

Nice. Good job.

- Kyle, how you doing?

- Good, good.

You know, just dropping in

to say my final goodbyes.

Coach,

you remember my cousin Sawyer?

Oh, sure.

So you gonna come win some trophies too

for me someday? Huh?

So Monday, huh?

Yes, sir.

- You know where they're sending you?

- No, sir.

I hope there's a pool there...

...because the Army's getting themselves

one heck of a swimmer.

Thank you.

You take good care, son.

Well, well.

Soldier boy. What are you doing here?

I had to come see for myself

how bad things had gotten.

Catch my time?

Yeah.

You know your records are mine, right?

I mean, by the time you get back,

your name is gone.

Oh, is that a challenge?

Any time, any place.

Whoo!

Oh, right here, man! Right here!

All right, go deep!

I don't wanna live in the street

Like some folks do

- I'll put that there.

- Let's move these.

I've always known this day would come.

His dad, his grandpa...

I guess you are the smarter sister.

You didn't marry the military.

Over the top!

So how's Sawyer doing?

Not so well. D's and F's in everything.

And somehow being in summer school

is all my fault.

Aww. Come on, man!

- Deep! There you go!

- Here we go, end zone! Oh!

Hey, Kyle.

Is that a new one?

No, just fixing up an old one.

Nice.

So...

Pretty excited about summer school,

huh?

I'm just kidding.

Well, seriously, though. I mean,

at least it gets you out of here, right?

Hey, make me a promise.

You're not gonna sit in here all summer.

All right, now why don't you go out

and make some friends.

Why?

Hey.

Look at me, Sawyer.

This isn't like your father, all right?

I'm not disappearing.

I'm just going over there for like

...and you and I can win some gold medals

together. How about that?

That's what I mean. I thought you were

gonna try for the Olympics someday.

Well, I'm planning on it.

It's just training costs money.

So I do a little time for the Army

and they pay for everything.

Hey.

I got you something.

Are you serious?

Now you can take your workshop

with you wherever you go.

Hey, come on, dude.

Come back to the party with me.

We gotta hang out before I leave. Right?

Maybe a little later.

Okay.

Be safe.

Call.

- I will. I love you, Mom.

- I love you too, Kyle.

This is Tampa Bay's country station.

Knee deep in the water somewhere

Got the blue sky, breeze

And it don't seem fair

The only worry in the world

Is the tide gonna reach

Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky

Never been so happy

Never felt so high

And I think I might've found me

My own kind of paradise

Holy smoke.

Watchin' over me

It's a sweet, sweet life

Livin' by the salty sea

Hey!

Hey! Hey, kid!

Have you got a telephone?

A phone, have you got one?

911, what's your emergency?

Hello. Uh...

I don't know. I don't know who to call.

I'm at Neeman's Cove off the A90

and it's in the water.

Wait, don't get any closer than that.

Looks like a dolphin.

- Are you a doctor?

- No, no, no. I didn't say...

Oh, for crying out loud.

Ah!

I'm mad at you.

Shh. No, it's okay. It's fine.

I just have to get this off you.

Hey!

What are you doing? Get out of there.

Wait for me. I'll be right there.

Okay, guys.

It's right over there.

Hazel, be careful.

You cut it free?

Take it easy, Hazel.

Sweetie, let me just get you

to move right over here.

Careful, now. Keep it sternal.

- Be careful of the fin, Hazel.

- I know.

Let's get something to cut these ropes.

She's a female.

Oh, she's really shaking.

It's okay. Shh, shh.

Hey, how long has she been here?

I don't know.

Oh, listen, Dad.

She sounds like Tweety Bird.

Yeah, she does sound like Tweety Bird,

doesn't she?

Bring the stretcher.

All right, Clay. On our way.

Okay, you guys can hop off now.

And on three we'll lift, all right?

One, two, three.

Her eyes are clenched.

Nice job with the knife.

My side, drop your poles just a little bit.

All right, my side, lift.

"Preposition" is a word

that indicates location.

Now, can anyone tell me:

What constitutes

a prepositional phrase?

All right? Would be a preposition.

And the object of the preposition

would be a noun, a pronoun, a gerund...

Ah. Thank you for joining us, Mr. Nelson.

By the way, you left some

of your schoolwork the other day.

Come here.

Now have a seat.

I think I just told you

prepositional phrase was...

Remember?

"I got the cookies from my granny."

What?

How did you get in here?

Shh! Shoo.

Shh. Go. Shh.

Move. Scram.

Rufus, no. No, help. Get the fish.

Shoo, shoo!

- Go away. Go!

- Rufus, no.

No, no, Rufus. Shoo, shoo. Go away.

Give me the lid!

Bad, Rufus. Bad.

I named him Rufus

because he lives on the roof.

One day he just shows up and now

he thinks he owns the place.

- I should just...

- Where are you going?

Don't you wanna see the dolphin?

Isn't that why you came?

You're the boy from the beach, right?

- Uh...

- Okay. But don't tell my dad.

He doesn't like civilians

near the sick ones.

How'd you get in here anyway?

Uh... The back door was unlocked.

- Oh, shoot.

- Unh!

It's my job to keep it locked

but I always forget.

Come on.

Is all this for the dolphin?

Winter? No, she can't eat this yet.

She can barely move.

I named her that.

We had a Summer and Autumn.

They got put back in the ocean.

I figure season names are good luck.

These were for the other dolphins,

but since they were on the floor...

...now they're for turtles.

We're picky about what the dolphins eat.

We get them from the same place

as restaurants.

My dad says they eat better than we do.

That is if you like sushi, which I hate.

You don't talk much, do you?

And these are the upstairs pools,

where our dolphins are.

And that's Krista and Panama.

Wave.

What?

Wave.

Pretty smart, huh?

Do you know that dolphins

need to be in a pool with other dolphins?

It's a law, because they're so social.

Like us. Or me, anyway.

Come on.

She hasn't moved since she got here.

She hasn't even opened her eyes.

Ooh!

Hazel.

Hi, Phoebe.

Who's that? You know your dad doesn't

like people back here, honey.

I know, but he's the one

who got the ropes off her.

He just wanted to see how she's doing.

She's not good.

There's a lot of dead tissue.

Circulation to her tail was cut off

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