Martian Child Page #7

And you know what?

It wasn't so bad.

It really wasn't so bad.

Is it good to be

like everyone else?

That's a really good question.

Um, which is usually

what adults say...

when they don't

have the answer.

I think what's important

right now to remember...

is that you need

to learn stuff.

About human beingness.

Exactly right.

Instead of, you know...

Human Martianness.

Which you already know

a lot about, right?

- You're welcome.

- Hi, Miss Margie.

Mr. Gordon, hi.

Nice to see you.

Do you remember Dennis?

- Hello, Dennis.

- Miss Margie.

Don't worry.

We're all very nice here.

Hey, listen, pal.

If you feel like you're nervous

or you can't handle it...

I'm gonna be right out there...

and you can come get me

in the car.

What if I don't feel good

after you leave?

Well, you can come get me.

I'll be there all day.

- All day?

- Mm-hmm.

All day.

Okay. Your daddy

has to go now, Dennis.

Okay?

Okay, here you go, pal.

We're a little nervous...

'cause we don't have

our weight belt today.

We're havin' gravity issues.

Okay, pal.

"And the radios crackled

up and down the line...

"as the fighter lords

received the command...

"and turned to their soldiers

instructing...

"Fall where you stand.

"Fall where you stand. "

And that is enough

of Dracoban for one night.

Good night, sweet prince.

# Shinin' like a work of art #

# Hangin' on a wall of stars #

# Are you

what I think you are? #

# You're my satellite #

# You're riding

with me tonight #

# Passenger side,

lighting the sky #

# Always the first star

that I find #

# You're my satellite #

# You're my satellite #

# You're my satellite #

Nice talk.

David!

Yeah!

I'm coming!

Dennis, you okay, pal?

What's wrong?

What's wrong? What's wrong?

Flomar.

Somewhere?

Ohh.

What's wrong with him?

Oh, Somewhere.

What happened?

Is he okay?

No, no.

He died.

Died?

Damn it.

Hey, let's go for a ride.

Let's go for a ride.

Let's get out of here.

We'll go look at the stars.

Come on, pal.

When I was

a little boy like you...

I used to think

when you lost somebody...

they would go up there

in the stars...

and you can't

see 'em anymore...

but you can talk to 'em,

and they can hear you.

Is that why

you were crying...

because you won't see

Flomar anymore?

When you love somebody...

it's really hard when

you can't see 'em anymore.

Do you talk to Mary?

In a way I do, yeah,

all the time.

That's probably

why I come out here.

I can see Mars.

Get out. Where?

I can't see it.

Oh, that's a good eye.

What do you think

of when you see Mars?

That my mission is almost over.

I'll be going back soon...

and then everything

will go back to normal.

Dennis, can I just say

one last thing about Mars...

which may be strange...

coming from

a science fiction writer...

but, right now,

you and me, here...

put together

entirely from atoms...

sitting on this round rock

with a core of liquid iron...

held down by this force, that so

troubles you, called gravity...

all the while spinning

around the sun...

at 67,000 miles an hour...

and whizzing

through the Milky Way...

at 600,000 miles an hour...

in a universe that very well

may be chasing its own tail...

at the speed of light.

And amidst all

this frantic activity...

fully cognizant

of our own imminent demise...

which is a very pretty way

of saying...

we all know

we're gonna die...

we reach out to one another.

Sometimes

for the sake of vanity...

sometimes for reasons...

you're not old enough

to understand yet...

but a lot of the time...

we just reach out and

expect nothing in return.

Isn't that strange?

Isn't that weird?

Isn't that weird enough?

What the heck do you need

to be from Mars for?

So, look, we're

just gonna talk to 'em...

and we're gonna tell 'em about

all of the human stuff...

we like to do,

and, you know...

it'll be over

before you know it...

and everything will be fine.

Okay, deal?

'Cause if I'm myself...

they won't let me

to stay with you.

No. No, no.

Hey.

Whatever you say,

it's gonna be okay.

I love you very, very much.

Ah, you got

your ankle weights there.

Be yourself.

- Come on.

- Hey.

- Hi, Sophe.

- Hi.

Okay, come with me, huh?

It's gonna be okay.

Let me go get

some coffee here.

It's all all right.

So, Dennis, how you

getting along at school?

Okay.

Is there something

you want to tell us about?

No.

You don't seem

very happy today, Dennis.

I'm stellar.

So, um, all this moving

from school to school...

how... how's... how's that

been for you?

Mm, there's been

some rough times...

but the important thing...

is to, um, you have

to face your problems...

and you should

never ever, ever, ever...

ever, ever give up.

Never ever, ever, ever.

Winston Churchill said that...

I think.

Winston Churchill,

he was a very smart man, huh?

Hey, Dennis,

when we've spoken before...

you... you said that you were

from another planet.

Mars.

Mars, right.

Zepper nicki whawok.

Trans fobo medio.

Sometimes

it's okay to pretend...

and sometimes it isn't.

So you...

You were just pretending?

Uh-huh.

And then

I started doing science...

and I realized we were

spinning around the sun...

at 67,000 miles an hour...

held in place by gravity.

So what the heck do I need

to be from Mars for?

I think it was

because I didn't fit in.

And then I started to learn

how to be like everyone else.

Dennis, did, um...

Did Mr. Gordon coach you

on... on what to say here today?

He only coached me on one thing.

What's that?

If you hit three out of ten,

you're a star.

If you get even

a little better than that...

a little better than that,

you're a superstar.

You get a cup of coffee.

Hot coffee.

Well, how'd it... How'd it go?

I told them about baseball.

You did?

Then I told them

about hot coffee.

You didn't? Did you really?

- Mr. Gordon.

- Yeah?

Congratulations.

Thank you.

I love you.

Aah!

- Aah!

- # Sun is shinin' #

# In the sky #

- Aah!

- # There ain't a cloud #

# In sight #

- Aah!

- # It's stopped rainin' #

# Everybody's in a play #

- Aah!

- # And don't you know #

# It's a beautiful new day #

- Ooh!

- # Hey, hey, hey #

# Runnin' down the avenue #

# See how the sun shines

brightly in the city #

# On the streets

where once was pity #

# Mr. Blue Sky

is living here today #

# Hey, hey, hey #

# Mr. Blue Sky #

# Please tell us why #

# You had to hide away

for so long #

# So long #

# Where did we go wrong? #

# Mr. Blue Sky #

# Please tell us why #

# You had to hide away

for so long #

# So long #

# Where did we go wrong? #

# Hey, you with pretty face #

# Welcome to the human race #

# A celebration #

# Mr. Blue Sky's

up there waitin' #

# And today is the day

we've waited for #

# Ah, ah, ah #

We are

highlighting the search...

for extra solar planets here

at the observatory.

And, well, as many of you know,

the Draco system...

is, uh, the prime focus

of the search.

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