Last Ounce of Courage Page #7

a little more bulk!

Bob?

[ Truck door closes ]

Looks like things

are really heating up

in Mount Columbus, Jessica.

Let's roll!

We go now live to Connie Lee

who is standing by

in Mount Columbus

with breaking news.

Connie?

Thanks, Jessica.

The drama just continues to

unfold here in Mount Columbus.

As you can see, high above me,

Bob Revere,

the ex-mayor of what he called

Christmas City,

is trying desperately to hoist

a cross

to the front

of this mission building.

Now, Channel 7 has learned

that the cross was removed

a number of years ago

after a local citizen

complained

that the cross

was offensive to him.

Bob, let it down.

[ Indistinct shouts

of encouragement ]

[ Fire engine horn blares ]

Grandpa!

Christian,

you've got to go back!

It's too dangerous!

Mayor, I need you and Chris

off the roof

before someone gets hurt.

I'm not leaving.

[ Bob grunting ]

Can somebody go help them?

One more time?

Let's do it!

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad I'm here.

Let's get one more.

Try again. Okay.

Mayor...

you need some help?

What took you so long?

CONNIE:
It seems a member

of a local motorcycle gang

has come to Revere's aid,

and he's helping him

pull the old cross into place.

And now his grandson,

Christian Revere,

is helping in the effort.

We're on it!

[ Cheers and applause ]

You're just like your dad.

You good?

All right.

Oh, yes!

[ Laughs ]

GREG:
All right, Bob.

You've made your point.

Let's get you off that roof.

BOB:

As you probably have heard,

I am no longer

the mayor of this town.

So tonight I stand here

a freedom fighter.

This country was founded

by freedom fighters,

men and women who loved

their country and their Creator.

400 years ago,

our forefathers left

the religious oppression

of another land

to build this one.

And the first thing they did...

the first thing they did

was to put a cross

on the shores of the Atlantic.

But it was more than a cross.

It was a symbol that,

in this land,

a citizen has the freedom

to worship as he or she desires

or the freedom

not to worship at all.

My fight

isn't about colored lights

or a tree on the city square.

My fight is about freedom

and taking back

what has been stolen from us.

We are losing freedoms

one by one

that our forefathers,

our brothers in arms,

and my son died for.

It is time we stood up

for what they died for,

for what we believe in.

Our rights are being destroyed

perhaps forever.

But don't you see?

We're letting it happen.

We're asleep.

We sleep, and they come in

like a thief in the night

and they take what's left.

Wake up!

We can't sleep any more!

Wake up and look around you!

Look what's coming

over the horizon!

We can't let the enemy

take one more inch.

Not one more inch!

We can't be silent any more!

This silence has to stop,

and it has to stop today!

Young men and women

are dying in foreign lands

to preserve the freedoms

that we enjoy every single day.

Can you hear them?

Just listen.

It's their voices

from the grave.

They're wondering

if they died in vain.

Do we dare diminish

their sacrifice by our silence?

Well, if your answer is no,

then you think about this...

When history is written,

will history say you stood by

and you did nothing?

Or will history say

that you fought?

You fought

like those brave souls?

You fought to preserve

the memory

of the young men and women

that have given everything

for this country and for you?

We fight for freedom!

We fight for freedom!

We fight for freedom!

[ Applause ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ Indistinct shouts

of encouragement ]

Let's keep away.

Move away, please.

[ Shouting and applause

continue ]

Dottie?

Dottie?

What are you doing?!

It's okay.

It's okay.

He's doing his job.

There is no bond.

I want you to go see the play.

[ Inhales sharply ]

Please.

They shouldn't do this.

It's okay.

Greg.

Dottie.

Left.

Okay, stop right here.

Turn around, please.

Watch your head and step in.

Grandpa...

I know the truth.

I found this in the attic.

If you weren't a hero before...

you are now.

[ Engine turns over ]

[ Car door closes ]

[ Motorcycle engines rev ]

CONNIE:
As the children

of Mount Columbus

celebrate their holiday

with a winter play,

the former mayor

of Mount Columbus

will spend his holiday in jail.

Reporting live

from Mount Columbus

Junior High School,

Connie Lee, Channel 7 News.

Back to you in the studio.

Jessica, it could be

the last chapter

in a very dramatic story.

Jessica? [ Chuckles ]

What are you doing?

Something I should have done

a long time ago, Walter.

I'm going home to spend

Christmas with my family.

Well, happy holidays, Jessica!

[ Theme music plays ]

And, uh, we'll be right back

after these messages.

What the heck's going on here?!

MAN:
So, you're the mayor.

Prove it and get us out of here.

[ Cell door opens, closes ]

You did the right thing, Bob.

[ Radio static ]

MR. BOUTWELL:

Our annual holiday play,

entitled

"A Winter Space Odyssey,"

gives us an historical look

at our glorious beginnings.

Welcome to Mount Columbus

Junior High School Theatre.

I'm Ronaldo Boutwell,

your director.

Please enjoy tonight's show.

We will begin

in just a few moments.

Good crowd, good crowd.

Is that, uh,

Superintendent Jones

there in the second row?

Don't get me started.

Did you see his

musical production last year?

[ Scoffs ] Amateur.

"Miracle on the High Seas."

[ Laughs ]

More like

"Mutiny on the Low B Flat."

[ Laughs ] Yes.

And cue the curtain.

[ Piano playing ]

[ Children vocalizing ]

[ Piano and vocalizing stop,

audience applauds ]

[ Giggling ]

What's going on?

They're just a little confused.

Nerves, nerves, nerves.

Now, Stewie, cue the aliens.

What's happening?

Do something.

Stewart, cue the aliens.

Cue them.

[ Audience murmuring ]

What's going on?

Uh...

Behold!

Don't be afraid.

I am an angel.

And I bring you good news

of great joy

which will be to all nations.

You didn't write that, did you?

He is Christ, the Lord.

This is not going well.

Close the curtain.

[ Clamp clicks ]

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