Dolphin Tale Page #3

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- Hey, Rebecca.

She looks after the fish.

And this is the tide pool.

There's a starfish,

and conch and a sea urchin.

And this is Fred, our sea slug.

You can touch him if you want.

- That's okay. I'm good.

- You sure?

- Mm-hm.

- Okay.

Oh.

And this is the dolphin pool.

Hmm. I'm not seeing anything.

Just wait a sec.

That's Panama.

She's pretty old and deaf,

and can't catch fish...

...because they echolocate, you know.

So she lives here.

And that's Krista.

She was just run over by a boat.

So when she heals,

we can send her home.

- Neat, huh?

- Yes.

And that's Winter.

- Welcome. I'm Reed.

- Hi, I'm Lorraine.

We've heard so much about you.

I wish I could say the same about you.

That's my son, Clay...

...and Phoebe, and Kat, there.

Dolphin specialists.

Hi.

And that's Hazel, my granddaughter.

- How old is she?

- She's just a kid.

Dolphins stay with their moms for years,

though.

Sawyer's her mom now.

Well, actually, we're all her mom.

- Sawyer, I don't know what to say.

- I'll do extra classes, write an essay.

- I'll do anything.

- I believe you.

I get this. I mean, it's... It's amazing.

- I'll talk to Mr. Doyle.

- Yes!

That's a yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you.

You're welcome.

- Hazel, she said yes.

- Yes.

- Hi. I'm Clay.

- Hi.

- Lorraine.

- Nice to meet you.

I had no idea you didn't know.

I'm really sorry about that.

It's okay. It's certainly not your fault.

He's a great kid, you know?

I mean, he has a connection

with Winter that's amazing.

I've never seen anything like it.

Well, that's good news.

Maybe humans are next.

I have to scoot.

Sure. Come back any time.

- See you at home, pal.

- Bye, Mom.

- So nice to meet you, Hazel.

- You too.

What are you looking at?

No, I can't.

If I do that for him,

how is that fair to the other kids...

...whose summers I'm ruining?

Well, that's exactly my point.

Sawyer is having the best summer

of his entire life.

And he is willing to do whatever it takes.

He could give a report, write an essay,

make a collage.

The experience he is having

is so much richer...

...than anything you could teach him

in this classroom.

I'm a very good teacher.

I didn't mean it that way, Mr. Doyle.

Look, I wasn't happy about it

at first either.

But I am seeing something that a mother,

a teacher...

...dreams of seeing:

A turned-on kid.

He is so engaged,

and it's not with a Game Boy.

It's with something that is alive

and beautiful and real.

He wants credit for the class,

he has to be in the class.

I'm sorry.

You should be.

- Morning, Mom.

- Hi, son.

- Thank you! Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Let's make sure it fits.

Your mom seems really nice.

Yeah, she's cool.

- Your dad is too.

- Yeah.

- Winter, stop it.

- Cut it out.

Stop.

What's with her?

I don't know.

Help me grab... Winter!

- Winter!

- Winter!

Winter! Help us!

Dad! Phoebe!

Dr. Clay!

- Hazel?

- Dad!

- Wait, hold it!

- What?

She's trying to swim.

Come over here, guys.

Come here, come here.

She's wiggling around

like a snake or something.

Good girl, Winter. Way to go.

- Bye, Mom.

- Bye, hon.

Whoa! Oh, my goodness, that is so cool.

Winter, look at all this stuff.

Look at all these things

Sawyer brought you.

He brought you so many toys. I know.

It's like a chocolate milkshake for them.

Hazel?

Don't make it too tight. Ah!

There we go. Little to the left.

Winter, look at your rubber duck.

Do you want your duck?

Look, here you go.

- Go get it, Winter.

- Here you go.

Thattagirl.

Hey, Mom.

Guess what happened today.

Kyle.

There's been an explosion, honey,

and, apparently, it's pretty bad.

Is he gonna be okay?

They think so.

- He's coming home.

- Yeah.

What you working on?

- Sawyer made it. Cool, huh?

- Yeah.

It's really cool.

I heard about your cousin.

The good news is he's alive.

That's what matters, right?

Yeah.

Hey, I need a little help

on the night shift tonight.

Help keep an eye on Winter for me.

Really?

Sure. That'd be great.

Hey, Dr. Clay?

I think you can call me Clay now.

Okay.

Do you think Winter remembers things?

Like the ocean...

...or her family?

It's really hard to say.

They're pretty smart, you know.

Some people think they're smarter

than we are.

Some people think dolphins

actually are people.

Tell him the story.

Okay.

In California,

the Chumash tribe has a legend.

They believe that a long time ago,

their goddess, Hutash...

...wanted everyone who lived on the islands

to move onto the mainland.

So she built them a bridge

out of a rainbow.

Everybody was crossing the rainbow,

excited to get to the mainland.

The kids were jumping around

having a great time, dancing, singing.

You know, being kids.

Well, they fell off the rainbow, and they

went tumbling down toward the sea.

Well, the parents were

just scared to death...

...that Hutash was gonna be really mad

at them and let their kids drown.

But no.

She took pity on them,

because she loved the way they played.

So right at the moment when

the children hit the water...

...she turned them into dolphins...

...so they could play forever.

Wow.

Thanks.

I don't know if you know this,

but my cousin Kyle's pretty hurt.

Yeah, we don't know how bad yet.

But he's strong.

So he's gonna be okay.

You both are.

Winter, what are you doing?

Want a snack? Over there?

Hey.

Hey. Stop.

What do you want?

You wanna play?

Want a toy? Okay.

We got plenty of toys.

Bowling pin?

No. Okay.

We got...

How about the duck?

You like the duck, right?

Duck?

It's good. Here.

Here you go, Winter.

Come on, Winter.

See the duck? See the duck? Come on.

You want the duck?

Want the duck?

Come on, Winter, do you want it or not?

Whoa! Whoa!

Winter.

Winter!

Okay, is that what you wanted?

You wanna splash?

Take it!

Stop! Stop! No! Okay, I surrender.

I surrender.

You won. You won.

Okay, okay.

You win.

Where's Kyle?

Your Aunt Alyce called, sweetheart.

He decided to go straight

to the VA hospital.

But we're his family.

And I wanted to show him some stuff

and invite him to meet Winter.

I know. I know.

He just needs some time.

All right, will you please tell him

I called him again?

Yeah. Sawyer.

His cousin.

All right. Thank you.

Come on, you promised you'd teach me

to fly it. Remember?

Maybe it'll cheer you up.

Okay, so I get it up in the air,

then you can fly it.

But you gotta be careful, okay?

Oh, my gosh. That is so cool.

All right, so this is up, and down,

and sideways.

Let me try, let me try. Come on!

No, hold on.

- All right, very little movements.

- Got it.

Sweet.

Okay, watch it.

- Hey, watch it. Quit it. Hey!

- Oh!

Oh, my gosh! Slow it down!

Hazel!

Sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh, no.

Where do you think it went?

- What do you see? I don't see it!

- I don't see it either.

- I'll fix it.

- Give it to me. Stop...

Stop it.

There it is!

Here it comes.

Look out!

That was awesome!

Oh, Phoebe, I flew a helicopter.

Come see.

Your dad called.

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