Dolphin Tale 2 Page #3

The place has

really grown, hasn't it?

Hey, Clay? We need to...

Oh.

- Phoebe, I think we might be a while.

- Right.

I was really sorry to hear about

your bottlenose, CMA 0219.

Yeah, Panama.

Yeah. Anything in from the necropsy?

Well, she was confirmed

at over 40 years old.

Pathology points to

respiratory failure.

That's common at that age.

Tell you what though.

She lived a good, long life.

Yeah. She did.

And what about

her companion, CMA 1108?

Winter. Right.

She's, right over there.

Hey, Clay?

Paint's kind of peeling here.

You watch that. You don't want

that falling into the pool.

Yeah.

Behavior's certainly off.

I see the blood work shows

elevated cortisol levels.

Clay, this animal is

severely stressed.

Yeah. We're doing routine medical

work-ups, keeping a 24 hour watch.

It's a major violation for her to be

isolated like this. You know that.

I know.

It's temporary though.

We have Mandy. 1307A?

- Oh, yeah.

- She's rehabbing great.

And, hoping to get them

paired up as soon as possible.

When do you think that will be?

Don't know.

I see.

Clay?

- I'm gonna be perfectly frank with you.

- Please do.

I'm gonna write you up

for a number of violations.

All right.

Back-up generator has not

been tested in 6 months.

Fish freezer, the temperature's

a couple degrees too high.

Okay.

And look after the paint

around the pool, will you?

Yeah, sure.

However, the most egregious violation

is your female bottlenose, Winter.

She's not doing well, Clay.

She's stressed, she's isolated,

her scoliosis is getting worse.

That animal needs to be paired

with another female, and soon.

Okay, I know you know that.

But it's my job to make

it official, right?

I'm giving you 30 days

to correct the problem.

Thanks for the root beer.

Hello.

What do you think?

Ready for a field trip?

Mavis Haskett?

I hear you're getting your own MRI.

- Yeah! - Well, that's exciting,

but I'll miss your visits.

Okay, Mavis!

Say "cheese."

Ladies and gentlemen,

we have an otter presentation...

starting in five minutes

by the upstairs pool.

That's five minutes.

Sawyer?

Hey.

Sorry to bother you,

but that's my grandpa.

He's just visiting, and I know no one's

supposed to get close to Winter...

but I was wondering if there's any

chance he could just have a peek?

Now, Suze, don't strong-arm the man.

I'm not. I'm just asking.

If not, we totally understand.

I've got an idea. Here, follow me.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

I've been walking on this thing

since before your mom was born.

- Over here, guys.

- I'm okay.

Can you help me with this?

- What happened to your hand?

- Oh. I fell.

See, she's just right over here.

Well, would you look at that!

Man, there's nothing there.

How come she's not wearing her rig?

She's been kind of down lately.

Hasn't really felt like it.

Yeah, we all get that.

This is very cool.

It's very cool.

Hey.

Her eyes have really cleared up.

Her sunburn's looking a lot better too.

That's a healthy-looking animal.

She sure is.

Okay, guys, I have

Mandy's test results here.

I wanted to talk to you two about them

first before I briefed anybody else.

Okay.

So...

her blood work is all fine.

Her gastrics are all fine.

X-rays of her lungs, all negative.

That's a good thing.

There's no sign of infection,

so we've discontinued antibiotics.

White cell count is normal.

And her sunburn is totally healed.

That is pretty much

a clean bill of health.

- Yeah.

- That's fantastic.

So can we talk about pairing her

with Winter because after Winter...

Hazel.

What I'm saying is that Mandy's fine.

Do you hear what I'm saying?

Mandy's really fine. And we have

an obligation to let every animal...

- You can't release her.

- How can I not release her?

All you have to do is wait six months or

a year until we find another female...

Six months or 10 years!

We don't know what's gonna happen.

If Mandy can go home,

then she deserves to go home.

But we'll lose Winter!

We lost Panama.

Now we're gonna lose Mandy!

Hazel! I get it!

This is not all about Winter!

If Mandy can catch live fish,

and that is the last test...

then that's a decision

that I will have to make!

All right?

Hey.

Hey. How's Hazel?

She's gone to bed.

I am not exactly her

favorite person right now.

Well, what you gonna do?

Speaking of which,

what are you gonna do?

Oh, I don't know.

Something tells me you have some fatherly

advice all lined up, though. Heh.

Oh, I've always got that.

In this case, I only got three words.

And they're not mine, they're yours.

Mine?

All the way back when

you started this place...

you wrote three words on the back

of a cocktail napkin at Frenchy's.

"Rescue. Rehab. Release."

The words you built this place on.

You didn't build it to keep animals.

You built it to heal them and let them go.

Tell me something.

Poor Winter can't ever go home.

But if she could...

- In a heartbeat.

- There you go.

How am I gonna tell Hazel?

Beats me.

I got enough trouble trying to

figure out how to talk to you.

I find myself out of thread here.

What you doing?

Going for a run.

I was thinking maybe we should talk.

No, you're thinking you should talk.

I should listen.

- Come on, Hazel.

- I told you, I'm going for a run.

Hazel!

It's like I'm a plate-glass window.

He doesn't even see me.

Your dad does have a lot

on his mind right now.

Yeah, but he doesn't listen to me,

he doesn't tell me things.

All I'm saying is keep

Mandy a few months...

just till Winter's settled and we can pair

her with another female. But he won't try.

It's like he doesn't care

about Winter anymore.

Hazel, you know that's not true.

I'm sorry for just

dumping all this on you.

I just didn't know

who else to talk to.

Well, I don't know

much about dolphins.

I know about hospitals though.

- You know what I sometimes think?

- What?

What if someday I came to

work and the place was empty?

Just room after room, no patients.

Bunch of bored doctors and nurses sitting

around because everybody was fine.

No need for surgery. No sick people.

No one's here because

they want to be.

They're here because they need to be.

And I assure you, no one stays one

minute longer than they have to.

Talk to your dad.

You kids take us by surprise.

You grow up so stinking fast.

Talk to him the way you want him to

talk to you. Do something grown-up.

Take him out for coffee.

I hate coffee. This is hot chocolate.

I was born the year you and

mom started the aquarium...

so technically I've been

here as long as you have.

Yeah.

That's true.

Then it's not right to exclude me

from things, because I'm not a child.

I'm as capable of making informed

decisions as anyone here.

Yeah.

- You are.

- So if we are going to consider Mandy...

a candidate for release...

I'd like to see her files: medical

records, blood works, cytologies.

I'd like to read them now, please.

Yeah. Okay.

Have at it.

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