Life, Animated Page #5

Yeah, it can keep you up at night,

thinking about it,

and, for some reason, the birthday

is sometimes when it rips out of me.

But... most of the time,

I just forget about it

and try not to think about it

because it'll come at some point.

I'm his only family he's got,

and I'll have to do

whatever I have to do...

I have to do

to make sure he's okay.

Owen, go up!

Run up field, run.

- Owen, go! Go, go, go.

- I'll get it, I'll get it,

- I'll get it, I'll get it!

- Get it, get it.

Owie, dribble up,

dribble up. Dribble!

That was a good try.

When you see it,

you just stay with the ball.

- Yes, I'll stay with the ball.

- Stay with the ball.

Owen, dribble, bud! Go!

- The champ!

- Thanks.

- I'm proud of you, buddy.

- I did great.

Well, it's like I always say,

Your Majesty.

Children got to be free

to lead their own lives.

I just can't believe

how far Owen has come.

Look at how much distance

he's traveled.

Look at how much progress

he made from there to there.

It doesn't seem that long ago that we

thought he would never talk again.

Owen Harry Suskind

from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

- Congratulations.

- Thanks. Yay, I did it!

Yay, I did it!

Mom.

- Mom.

- I'm so proud of you.

- Hey, buddy.

- Dad.

We're so proud of you.

You're the greatest.

- I am the greatest.

- You are the greatest.

- Hi, Walter.

- I love you.

Hey, buddy, we got to...

We got to pack up.

Oh, can we watch three scenes

of Dumbo to celebrate?

- To celebrate what?

- The packing day.

Well, what... Hold on. What scenes

are you thinking of? I'm lost here.

I think the packing scenes...

- Dumbo.

- Dumbo. Let it rip.

And then packing.

Come on, Dumbo.

When you were little,

you'd watch this movie.

Yeah.

When you were facing some pretty tough...

Tough challenges.

How did it make you feel

when you got to the end?

- So happy.

- Yeah.

- It can go right on top.

- One more big box.

- Where's your thing?

- It's right... Oh, no!

- When did you last see it?

- I don't remember!

All right, Mickey Mouse charm. Now,

it's got to be on a path. His Mickey...

- What happened?

- The Mickey Mouse charm

- that Emily gave him fell off.

- Yeah?

Where is it? Oh, where is it?

I hope no one stepped on it.

Look around, look around, look around,

look around. Should I sniff it?

- Owen, can you smell it?

- No, I can't.

- It's somewhere, right?

- Yeah.

And if it's not somewhere,

you're gonna get one,

and in a few days,

it'll be exactly the same.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, I mean, Emily...

- Emily made it for me.

- She didn't make the Mickey emblem.

- She bought it.

- Bought it?

Did she make the Mickey emblem?

Did she go to a metal shop and make it?

No, of course not.

- Any shiny item could be Mickey.

- Shiny item.

Owen, could you come here,

please?

- What?

- I have to give you something.

What? What?

- You found it. Where was it?

- On the ground.

Yay.

There's no way

Mickey's coming off of there.

- Yay.

- Okay?

Perfect. Yay.

All set.

There it is. Exciting!

- Wow.

- Here we are, Owen.

Yes, here we are.

So exciting.

What do we got here?

What do we got here?

Me, Emily, and John and Julie.

Owen Suskind.

- Number...

- Apartment...

Number one.

- Wow.

- Do you know what?

- I think you should open the door.

- No, no.

There we go.

Oh, boy. Owen!

- Here it is.

- Here it is. Yay!

- Your own apartment.

- Yay!

- Your own condo.

- My own condo, yay!

- What do you think, huh?

- So cool.

Owen, this closet is bigger than Morn

and my first apartment in New York.

- Yeah. What could be in here?

- Cool!

- Videos, that's amazing.

- Who would've imagined?

Who would imagine?

Excuse me, coming through.

- Are you good?

- I'm good.

- It's a big night for you.

- It was.

It will be. Owen.

- Thanks.

- Owen?

- Yeah?

- Where are you right now?

I'm right...

I'm home, my new home.

Good-bye, Mom.

- Good-bye, I love you.

- Love you too.

I'll see you and Dad tomorrow.

This is so exciting.

Have a great night.

- I love you, buddy.

- I love you, too, Dad.

Okay, off we go.

I'm missing my...

I gotta find my pills.

You must never rush out on the

meadow. There might be danger.

Out there, we are unprotected,

so we have to be very careful.

Bambi, quick! The thicket!

Faster.

Mother!

Mother!

Mother, where are you?

Mother?

Mother?

I never lived by myself before.

Emily will move in next week.

One over this flame here.

There are people hereto help me.

I get help cooking.

They help me with medication

and paying bills.

We all go on fun outings.

They can help me look for a job,

which is something

I really want to do.

Independent means...

great and fabulous.

Is this the right mailbox?

Excuse me.

Is this the right mailbox?

- Okay, can I see which one you have?

- Which one's mine?

- Yeah.

- I don't...

I'm not sure

if that's a mailbox key.

- So...

- Let's go check back.

- It had the number on it, so...

- It says here, two.

Yeah, let's go check back.

Let's see.

- Yes, you've got mail!

- Yes, I got mail. Let's see.

Let's see. Got mail.

- Yeah, all right.

- Let's bring it back.

- Mission accomplished.

- Mission accomplished.

- Hi, Emily.

- Hi, Owen.

Hi, Emily.

How are you doing?

- I'm doing good. How are you doing?

- I'm doing great.

I'm glad you made it.

- Which one should we do?

- I guess...

How about make the cookies

and then watch a movie?

- That sounds like a great idea.

- Yeah.

- Thanks, Emily.

- You're welcome.

I hope we baked them right.

- Did we bake them right?

- Oh, no. I don't want to...

- That's okay.

- Oh, thanks, Emily.

At least we gave it a try.

- Yeah.

- We did good.

We did great.

- Are you okay?

- I'm okay. Oh, ouch.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

You need me to kiss it better?

I think it's good.

- Owie.

- Yeah?

- Not going well here.

- Not going well 'cause of the rocks.

Yeah, I was just thinking.

You and Emily

are the same age Mom and Dad

were when they...

- Yeah.

- Started dating.

Yeah.

You kind of see yourselves

like Mom and Dad?

- Yes, we do.

- How so?

'Cause we take it slowly.

- Yeah?

- Yeah. We have the same interests.

Yeah? So what are...

- You got Disney.

- Yeah.

Pretty serious thing,

a girlfriend of three years, you know.

Yeah, it is pretty serious.

You've had a class

on this at school, right?

Have you thought about those things?

Sometimes I have.

How does it make you feel?

It makes me feel a little

nervous and a little excited.

Okay, how does it make you

feel a little nervous?

- Let's start with that.

- I haven't tried it before.

Have you seen it?

- Yeah.

- Yeah? Where'd you see it?

- Movies.

- Yeah?

For instance, you see

how some people kiss.

- Yeah.

- They might use their what?

They don't just use their lips.

They use their...

- Their feelings.

- All right.

- Ice cream time, bud?

- Yes, let's go!

For Owen, unknown

things make him uncomfortable,

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