Little Red Wagon Page #5

Don't you be calling people

d- bags in the middle...

Like I was gonna break their

freakin' camera! You be quiet now!

Okay, you were mistreated.

What do you want me to do?

Just say the word.

Don't say that word. Say any

other word. Hey, hey, hey!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Consider me vented. Lord!

(SIGHS) Oh.

Mom?

Yes, honey.

You think Nana Galloway really

raised a million dollars?

Well, I don't doubt it.

I mean, she's famous.

You get that much attention from the

media, you can do just about anything.

Oh, the power of publicity.

Mmm.

Publicity?

Yeah, you know.

The TV and the news people,

and, like, when papers and

magazines write about you.

Or, you know, when you were on TV

and you got all those donations.

It was... It was just

ginormous. It was huge!

Yeah, I know

what publicity is,

but how do you get it?

Well, you just gotta do something

that'll get their attention.

You know,

like Paris Hilton.

Um, excuse me. Yeah,

that's good. Like she has...

Paris Hilton? Don't be

giving him any ideas.

I wasn't gonna... Okay. Fine.

That's a... (MIMICS ZIPPING)

I was just gonna tell

him... Fine. Thank you.

The tape...

Stop it right there.

Okay.

(MIMICS ZIPPING)

All right.

There's no smoking,

no alcohol,

no drugs,

no fighting,

and no loud noises.

(COUGHING) Thank you, Mom.

And don't give

my staff any grief.

There'll be a hot breakfast

from 7:
30 to 9:00.

You have to be out by 9:30.

This is your room.

Please be considerate,

and clean up

after yourselves.

Have a good night.

Thank you. Good night.

I get the top bunk.

(LAUGHS)

It's not bad.

It's clean.

Yeah.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

MAN:
Wakey,

eggs and bakey!

Wakey, wakey,

eggs and bakey!

(JIM CLEARS THROAT)

You okay?

Yeah.

Did you sleep okay?

Yeah. You?

I slept pretty good.

(SIGHS)

I smell bacon.

(BOTH SIGHING)

Morning.

Morning.

Mmm.

Mmm. Should we get

some breakfast?

(SIGHS) Yeah.

Mom,

where's my backpack?

Did you bring it in

from the car?

Yeah, it was right here.

My bag's gone.

How could... They came

in while we were sleeping?

My purse...

My wallet's gone. Somebody...

How? It was... I mean, it was

right under my pillow! How could...

My food stamp card,

my driver's license.

Oh, God, no.

(SOFTLY) My Gamebite.

Your Gamebite?

Your Gamebite.

Do you realize what

we just lost? Do you?

(MEEKLY)

So what do we do now?

I don't know.

If I knew, I would tell you!

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

NARRATOR ON TV:

From 1953 to 1981,

a silver haired woman calling

herself only Peace Pilgrim,

walked more than 25,000 miles on

a personal pilgrimage for peace.

She vowed to

remain a wanderer

until mankind has

learned the way of peace.

Walking until

given shelter,

and fasting

until given food.

(MAN CONTINUES SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY ON TV)

Ian and I broke up.

(SIGHS)

ZACH:
Hey, guys, look at

this. We could do this.

Do what?

Walk across America to raise

awareness. About homeless kids.

(SCOFFS) Across America?

Zach, I don't think so.

(SIGHS) Well,

to Washington D.C. then.

It'd be great publicity.

It would get people to care

more about homeless kids.

Good idea, Zach, but...

Do you know

how far that is?

I mean,

that'd take months.

Well, to somewhere closer.

Maybe to the state capital,

Atlanta.

(SCOFFS) The state capital

is Tallahassee.

No, I meant

capital to capital.

Tallahassee to Atlanta.

Anyone can walk to Tallahassee.

Oh, you think so?

Hmm.

Maybe when you're older.

How old?

Older.

(MAN CONTINUES SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY ON TV)

Oh, um...

Can I get a job?

Just, you know...

But, Mom, I need

to do something big.

Kelley, you said

that's what gets publicity,

and publicity is

what gets donations.

Look, don't get me involved in any

more of your cranial rectal ideas.

Whoa!

Mom, you wanna

do something together.

We could all

do this together.

Honey, what did I say?

Maybe when you're older.

LAURIE:
I don't know, Mama.

He does it 'cause he likes it.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Uh...

Yeah, and things.

Hundreds of Build-A-Bears,

these things

called Gertie Balls.

(LAUGHS)

Why what?

Why does he do it or

why do they give him money?

Oh, hang on, Mama.

Ms. Bonner.

Yes?

Ashley Legare, remember?

Channel 5 News.

I received an e-mail

from Zach

and we'd like to interview him

about his walk to Tallahassee.

My Zach?

Yes.

Mama, I'm gonna

have to call you back.

All right.

Zach Bonner!

Did you check the map? Do you

know how far it is to Tallahassee?

Not really, no.

(ASHLEY LAUGHS)

Well, who is

going with you?

My mom and my sister.

Okay.

So why is it you really wanna do this?

Well, because, you know,

it's helping homeless kids,

and it's fun.

For Channel 5,

this is Ashley Legare.

And cut.

That was great.

All right. Nice work,

little man. Thanks.

I'll get your mic, here.

You must be so proud.

Yeah, I'm about to bust.

You know, I was wondering... Excuse me.

All right, stay on

the state roads for sure.

That way you don't have to deal

with all the red tape and stuff

you need on

federal highways...

And try to go through the

media market towns, you know?

Oh, man! I know some of the

TV stations along the way.

We can give 'em

a heads up, you know?

Oh...

You know what we can do?

Hook you up

with a GPS tracker.

You know, so people can

follow you on the Internet.

Really?

That'd be so cool!

The "Zach Tracker".

Hey, Mom,

did you hear that?

Oh, yeah, I heard it.

LAURIE:

I cannot believe

that you went behind my

back after I told you no.

There's no way

we can do this.

But I already

announced it.

Well, that is your problem,

young man.

You are just gonna have to call them up

and tell them that you changed your mind.

What? But I wanna do it!

Do you know

how far it is?

Have you even thought

about this?

I mean, who would

take care of the house?

And have you

thought about money?

We don't have the money

for all this.

And then

what about my business?

I mean, I can't just be

traipsing halfway across Florida.

Mom, it's just walking.

It doesn't cost a thing

just to walk.

Are you serious?

What about hotel rooms?

What about food?

Well, I can

raise money for food.

Get donations

from restaurants, I bet.

And I called Kristy

from Lazydays

to see if we can

borrow an RV

so we wouldn't have

to go to hotels.

Their charity might give

us some money for gas.

Are you telling me

that you called

after I told you no?

No!

I was just doing research.

I asked her "if". They

said that they "might" help.

"Might", Zach.

That is a long way

from "yes".

Okay.

But, Mom,

if I get the RV

and raise enough money

and figure out

the house thing,

can I do it?

Do you know how long it

would take to walk that far?

Most of the summer,

probably.

And your sister and I

have plans.

Kelley, you can help, too.

It'd be fun. You could

do the publicity stuff.

You're really

good at that.

Look, you can go on ahead,

but you're doing

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