El Director Vision: Surviving the Wild Page #3

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So I was wondering if I could

stay with her for the week?

- Uh, I guess so.

Does that mean I get you

at Christmas break?

- Yeah, sure.

- Why didn't your mother

tell me about this?

- Well, she's actually kind of,

like, upset.

She's really upset, actually,

after what happened

the other day.

She's been all emotional

and stuff ever since.

- Yeah. I'm sorry, buddy.

I should be a little bit

more sensitive.

We have a way of getting

under each other's skin.

- With you guys both liking

each other and everything,

it's probably hard

to keep that under control.

- What?

Your mother still has feelings

for me?

- Did she say that?

- I mean...

it's pretty obvious.

But, um, forget I mentioned it.

I'll just...

I got to go, Dad.

I'll call you later.

- Okay. All right,

I love you, buddy.

Take care of your mom,

all right?

- I will.

Love you, bye.

Bye.

- Not only are you lying

and breaking the law,

but you're playing

with their feelings.

You're a manipulative

little son of a gun.

And that's why I love you.

Okay, let's get on our way.

- Mount Delilah...

here we come.

This looks like the closest

we're going to get.

- You still have

a long way to go.

Are you sure you can

handle this?

- I can do this.

- Okay.

I'm going to leave you alone

for a while to be your own man.

- You're leaving?

- Well, just for now.

You won't need me.

- I will need you, gramps.

I need you.

- Okay.

I'll give you some help.

You're going to come to a cave.

When you get there,

don't go to your left.

Stay to your right.

There'll be a little surprise

that'll save you some time.

- What are you?

A ghost? A spirit?

Are you just in my head?

- What does it matter?

I'm your grandpa.

I'll catch up with you later.

- Grandpa, please don't...

I'm not crazy, am I, Riley?

You saw him too, right?

- Well, anyways,

it's just us two now, so...

You have your GoPro.

I'll get my app.

All right, come on.

Come on. Good boy.

All right.

Come on.

Let me get a picture, so I don't

forget where this thing is.

All right, let's go.

- Oh, my God, Riley.

- You came back for me.

Riley, let's take a break.

Me too, buddy.

Me too.

You want some water?

Yeah.

I know you're thirsty, buddy.

We're almost at the cave.

I can see it out there.

Riley...

see all this stuff?

You know how they say

that moss can only grow

on one side of the tree?

Well, as you can see,

it can grow on any side

of the tree.

It's a fun fact.

Grandpa taught me that one.

All right.

Let's go.

Come on, Riley.

I'm not a dog like you.

Riley, Riley, easy.

Wait up.

Riley, there it is.

The cave.

Just like grandpa said.

Come on.

Riley.

You want to race?

You want to race?

- You're going to come

to a cave.

When you get there,

don't go to your left.

Stay to your right,

and you'll find something there

that will save you some time.

- Come on, Riley.

Come on, we got to make time.

Let's go.

Come on, Riley.

Riley, come on.

Come.

Riley, you see it?

- There it is!

Thank you, grandpa.

Whoo!

Come here. Come here.

This looks like a good place

to camp for tonight, huh, buddy?

Catch some dinner.

There's some good sticks here.

There it is.

Delilah's Peak.

I came here to spread

my grandpa's ashes.

The three of us were supposed

to go hiking together

here this year

to Delilah's Peak,

but you know what happened.

So now it's just me and Riley.

You know, grandpa actually

taught me how to be a man,

how to survive.

You know, he taught me

outdoor stuff.

Not just bad words, obviously.

He taught me how to not

rely on technology.

He'd be mad if he even knew

I was on my phone right now,

probably.

He didn't always say

the most appropriate things

at the right time,

but he loved me.

And... and... and he's the only

person that I really know

that loved me like that.

Like, my mom never did that.

And my dad's always working.

So the only person, the only

friend that I had was grandpa.

And now he's dead.

So now I have Riley over here.

But that's really it.

You know, my grandpa

always told me

that when you run into

a problem, to...

to look up.

And that if you look up,

you'll notice

that there's something

bigger than all of us.

Something bigger

than our problems.

What we are, who we are,

it doesn't really matter.

We're just a little speck

in a big picture.

Here's another grandpa quote.

He told me that problems

are like clouds in the sky.

Here one minute,

gone in the next.

And, grandpa, I'm really trying

to look up right now,

but I don't see you, I don't see

Mom, I don't see Dad.

I just see a blank sky.

I really-I don't see anything.

And I know that I lied

to my parents.

I know that they're probably

going to be upset with me.

I'm playing both sides,

but I had to do this

for grandpa.

He... he would have done

the same thing for me.

I don't know if I can

explain this to you,

because nobody understand me.

I'm the guy that's friends

with my grandpa.

But I love him. I...

So...

yeah, that was emotional.

Sorry.

What do you think

about that, Ri?

Me too, bro.

I completely agree.

That's what I was saying

the whole time.

Riley gets it.

All right, well, I'm going to

try to get to Delilah by night,

or at least the bottom of it.

I'm going to catch

some fish now, so...

see you guys.

We got it!

Riles.

Time to go fishing.

Oh, oh, what do we got here?

Disappointment.

That's what we got.

- Looks like we're eating

vegetarian tonight, buddy.

"He'd been careless.

"He left the cave

"and run down to the stream

to drink.

"It might have been

that he took no notice,

because he was heavy

with sleep."

Parentheses.

"He had been out all night

on a meat trail,

and had just then

been awakened."

Closed parentheses.

"And his carelessness might have

been due to the familiarity

"of the trail of the pool.

"He had traveled it often,

"and nothing had ever

happened on it.

He went down,

past the blas..."

I don't even understand

these words.

All right, time to hit the hay.

Good night, buddy.

- You know, with all

this modern stuff,

people don't spend enough

time alone, just thinking.

This is a good place to do that.

Of course, it's always nice to

have your best friend with you.

- Hey, I get reception out here.

Still one bar.

- You have new messages.

To listen to your messages,

press 1.

- Mom left me a message.

- Hi, Shaun.

It's your mom.

Just calling to see

how you're doing.

I hope you're having fun

with your dad.

Give Riley a hug for me.

I'm not going to lie.

I miss you.

Bye, sweetie.

Call me later.

- I know, I know.

Look, she wasn't going

to take us here,

and we had to do this for Gus.

Don't ignore me.

Riley.

Thanks, bud.

And I'm not a baby, am I?

Did you know

that back in the old days,

people got married

at the age of 13?

I bet you didn't know that, huh?

Right?

And grandpa taught me

that Mozart wrote his first

opera around my age, so...

who's the baby now, Mom?

It's getting dark.

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