Little Red Wagon Page #2

Yeah, you're right.

But we could do other

neighborhoods around here.

Come on, let's go

make some more flyers.

KELLEY:
Mom.

I do not have time to go

traipsing after him

all over Florida.

I have a life, you know!

Let me see.

Where did I put that box?

Here it is.

Do I really have to

get rid of all this stuff?

I told you, you can only

take half that stuff.

There won't be room

in the apartment.

Thank you very much.

Oh. Hey, hold on! I have

some more stuff for you.

I've got this

water purifier.

My husband got it for

our camping trip together.

I'm sure someone could

find some use for it.

Sure, I guess.

Oh! Don't you

just hate moving?

(SIGHING)

Oh, I hate it.

And we're moving

to a smaller place.

House load of stuff in a

tiny apartment. I don't know.

I bet you some of those hurricane

kids would like a Rock Band.

Oh, for sure.

Here, take the box.

ZACH:
Thanks.

Wait. Not that.

My dad gave me that.

I have a tent.

That would be handy,

wouldn't it?

Uh, yeah.

Those poor people. I hear

some of them lost everything.

Oh, they sure did.

Tell your husband

get a checkup.

Well, it's just me

and my two kids.

Uh, lost my husband.

Motorcycle accident.

Cancer. Six months ago.

I'm... I'm sorry.

So you manage with no,

uh, father in the house?

Um, yeah.

I mean, we get by.

I'm in real estate and I

manage some property, so...

We do okay.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, get a checkup.

My late husband, he, uh...

Well, you never know you're gonna

get sick until it's too late.

Right?

Um, this is very generous.

I appreciate it.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

Well, we better get

going, Zach. Okay? Okay.

Again, thank you so much.

Okay.

Good luck.

Good luck to you.

Well, you can't

be doing that.

You gotta

wait in the car.

Huh?

Where's Mr. Parrish?

Never heard of him.

You gotta

sit in the car.

No minors allowed

around the loading dock.

Mom.

Excuse me,

what's going on here?

No kids around the loading

dock. It's the rules.

But Zach's helped

unload before.

I don't care about that.

Lady.

He's brought in 27

freaking loads here.

Helped unload 26 of them

his own self.

I don't make

the rules, lady.

I just enforce them.

That is just

the most ridicu...

But it's the rules.

It's the rules, so...

Go wait in the van, Zach.

Kelley, you and I will

unload the rest of this.

KELLEY:
That uptight,

anal-retentive bureaucrat.

You give little people a

little power and you just...

Okay. All right, all right.

Zach, you okay?

Come on. Are you gonna let

Princess Red Tape ruin your day?

You've been doing

a good thing.

Is it 'cause you didn't get a high-five

and a great big attaboy from Mr. Parrish?

'Cause you didn't get

to be on TV again?

Is that why you've

been doing this?

(SIGHS)

You know what? We're

gonna go on a road trip.

Wait. What?

Where? Right now? All

right, just calm down.

You'll see.

No! I can't go anywhere,

I gotta go home.

Why?

I have a date.

Oh.

A date? With who?

That Murch kid again?

What? Uh...

Somebody else. I already told you. Oh.

But he's picking me up

in, like, an hour

and I have to go home

and get ready. Okay, okay.

Then it'll just be Zach and me. Yes.

Road trip, Zach?

Yeah?

Okay.

(PEOPLE TALKING

INDISTINCTLY)

WOMAN:
Come over here

for a second, please.

LAURIE:
I thought you should see where

all that stuff you collected was going.

Some of these folks

have been here for weeks.

Can you believe that?

But they are being fed,

clothed, taken care of.

But people like you, if you

hadn't done what you did,

it would have been

a whole lot worse for them.

ZACH:
It's so...

So...

I know.

Breaks your heart.

From one day you're just

living your life and then...

(SNAPS FINGERS)

Bam! Something happens.

And the next thing

you know you're...

You're struggling with things

that you always took for granted.

How am I gonna

feed my kids?

Put clothes

on their back,

roof over their heads.

It's just the simplest,

little thing can become a

mountain that you have to climb.

Hey.

Hi.

I have my own room.

Where's your home?

Ain't there no more.

I'm sorry.

(GUNS FIRING IN VIDEO GAME)

(CHARACTER SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY)

Can I get a new memory card

for my Battle Box?

We're not gonna buy anything

new. Not for a while.

I lost my job today.

You got fired?

No. They closed the bank.

You know, my manager

came in this morning

and said that they would cease

operations by the end of the day.

And then,

they just shut it down.

I mean, the whole branch.

Locked everything up

and sent us all home.

You'll get another job.

Hmm?

You'll get another job.

I will.

Absolutely. I will.

(VIDEO GAME SOUNDS CONTINUE)

(EXPLOSION IN VIDEO GAME)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(DOOR OPENING)

Ooh.

Hey, made curfew

with time to spare.

Give Kelley an "attagirl". (CHUCKLES)

For doing what you're

supposed to do? (CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS)

Now what's the gnome doing?

I took him to see some of

the folks he's been helping.

A bunch of people made

homeless by the hurricanes.

Seems he took it to heart.

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

He does that.

(SIGHS)

So...

How was your date?

So...

His name is Ian. And...

(SIGHING) I don't know.

He's super cute.

We like the same books

and movies and music and...

I don't know.

(LAUGHS)

I gotta call Brenda.

Well, I thought

she was with you.

No, she was. But,

you know...

I gotta give her

the post-date review.

(CHUCKLES)

LAURIE:
Yep. Caulk the shower,

guest bath, that piece of molding.

Master bedroom,

loose vents, living room.

Uh-huh, and when the punch list is

done then you'll get the balance.

Please hurry, okay?

I need to lease

that place ASAP.

What... Okay, just hang

on one second, please.

Yes, honey.

I know what

I'm gonna do.

About what?

I'm gonna help

homeless kids.

You...

Um...

LAURIE:
No, I said when you complete the

punch list then you'll get the payment.

Well, I'm sorry, but otherwise what

incentive do you have to finish?

(TOYS LAUGHING)

ZACH:
They're all

so expensive.

Well, if you insist

on including a toy,

why don't you just leave

out some of the other things?

No, Mom, I don't want to.

Hey, do you want some

cheese with that whine?

Just skip the toy,

it's not a big deal.

No. The toy's important.

I've been thinking...

If you have nothing,

no home, nothing,

then a toy

would mean a lot.

Well, then it doesn't matter

if it's cheap or expensive.

Just has to be a good toy.

Okay?

Okay.

(SIGHS)

Uh, excuse me. Do you

have any cheap toys?

How cheap?

Real cheap. (SIGHS)

What is this, like a birthday

present for somebody you don't like?

No. It's gotta be

a great toy.

But I need a lot of them.

Couple hundred.

I have money,

but not a lot.

Okay. (EXHALES)

Let's go with

the classics.

Follow me.

How about a yo-yo?

Yo-yo's are nice.

How much?

Well, the Duncan Butterfly

is $4.99.

But the Duncan Imperial,

a very good yo-yo, is $3.49.

I don't know.

LAURIE:
Um...

Sir, we are, um...

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