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natural; don't you?

You and Neil have wanted

a family for five years.

A baby, yes.

But this child's been

shuffled around so much.

Yeah.

He'll do okay.

Just love him.

- You're right.

- Uh-huh.

He's no different than any other kid.

Did you brush your teeth?

Uh-huh.

Good. Then it's time

to hit the hay.

Good night, Mikey.

Mom, Dad.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Lights out, buddy.

Can you believe what

a great kid he is?

I think we really lucked out.

Yeah.

So have you kept up

on all your reading?

Uh-huh.

What do you think about that

fourth stage of development

in the laughler book?

Fascinating.

Rachel, there is no

fourth stage of development

in the laughler book.

I don't need to read any book

to tell me how to be a good mother.

A little help couldn't hurt.

You read too much, Trenton.

Somebody's got to do it.

It's been a long time, Neil.

It'll be better now.

Now we're gonna shoot

some bad guys.

Did you do this with your dad?

We didn't have the indian guides,

but I used to go out

riding with him a lot.

We did a lot of

fun things together,

just like you and I are going to.

But what about the other kid?

What other kid?

The kid you had before me.

Mikey, listen to me.

There was no other kid.

But what about

all the stuff in my room?

We brought all that stuff for you.

Rachel and I have wanted

a child for a very long time.

Why didn't you just have one?

Not everyone can have babies.

We adopted you

because we wanted you.

And we both love you very much.

I love you too.

Dad, look! Radical!

Yeah, radical.

You want to give it a try?

Yeah.

Now, do it.

Yeah!

Whoa! Chief, you're

a natural at this.

Good morning. Happy monday.

- Hi.

- Hi. Hello.

Go. Go.

He'll be fine.

You guys, settle down.

Hi, Mikey.

I'd like you to meet Mikey Trenton.

Mikey just moved here.

But, with our help,

I'm sure he'll have no problem

at all catching up; right?

- Right!

- Right!

Okay. Why don't you

give him a big welcome?

- Hi, Mikey.

- Hi, Mikey.

Go sit down.

All right.

Does anybody have their arts

and crafts project ready yet?

I do.

You do, huh? Let's see it.

This is wonderful.

So what time is it, class?

When we do something special,

Miss Gilder puts marbles in.

When it's full, the door opens

and we all get prize.

You get it, Mikey?

Yes, Miss Gilder.

I wonder what the prize is.

Probably something dumb.

I think she's neat.

That's because she's

a friend of your mom's.

I love my mom.

Hey, I know a shortcut.

Through the cemetery?

Yeah. You scared?

- No.

- You sure?

Okay.

It must be weird to have

just one parent to love you.

- Both my parents love me.

- My mom loves me.

- So why don't you have a dad?

- He died.

- Did you see him die?

- No. He died in a hospital.

Did you touch him?

No! How'd your parents die?

Why do you think

my parents are dead?

You're adopted,

so I just sort of figured.

They're not.

Mikey!

Mikey!

Mikey, quit it!

Mikey. Mikey, come on.

Mikey, where are you?

Mikey!

Mikey?

Mikey, what do you doing?

Are you okay?

Dead people aren't

the ones to be scared of.

Living people are.

That's very good.

It's self-contained.

I love it.

I read in this book

when a child draws water,

it means he's adventurous

and broad-minded.

Not bad. Maybe we have another

Christopher Columbus

on our hands.

What's a swimming girl mean?

I was just looking that up.

"A person swimming is symbolic

of a desire for freedom,"

"a feeling of being caged. "

It means the parents need

to loosen their grip a bit.

God. Are we being

overbearing already?

Come on, honey.

Don't make fun of it.

- Howdy!

- Hi, Mikey.

I really, really like your drawing.

Can I go ride my bike?

Absolutely.

Come home whenever

you want to;

right, Neil?

Sure. Whenever you want.

Shhhh.

Hear it? It's talking.

Shut up! It's not funny anymore.

Butch!

No, Rosie! Butch, come here!

There you go.

This converts electricity

into visible light,

kind of like a light bulb.

The light bulb sends

a current through a wire.

This sends electricity

between two wires.

- It's pretty cool, huh?

Yeah!

Make sure you read

chapter 3 in your biology book.

Don't forget your

movie reports are due friday.

See you bright and early

tomorrow morning.

'Bye.

Mikey.

Can you come here for a minute?

Um...

everybody wants to win,

but it really isn't worth it

if you're just gonna cheat.

The best way to

get people to like you

is to just be yourself.

Yes, Miss Gilder.

Yeah? You think you can try that?

Okay.

I'm not gonna tell

your folks about this; okay?

But you are.

I'm gonna trust you on this.

Okay.

You can go.

See you tomorrow.

Whoo!

Excuse me, Miss. You left this.

For heaven's sake.

Thank you, young man.

Well, Junior G-man,

I think you've earned

yourself a half dollar.

No, that's okay, sir.

This is quite a little gentleman

you've raised here.

Such an angel.

You know, dear,

he's got your eyes.

Thank you.

We're very proud of him.

You should be. Bye-bye. Thanks.

I'm glad I have your eyes.

Mikey.

You handled that very well, chief.

Let's go see the lakes.

I have no idea there were

so many styles and colors.

Oh, God.

You should see the stuff

that walks into my class.

I bet.

I just want it to be right.

He's real special kid,

and he needs some

special attention.

Well, he seems really

interested in class.

Has he told you

about the marble game?

Marble game? Yeah.

He has?

Yeah. he says that he wants

to do his homework really well

so that everybody gets a prize.

Hey, are you still

thinking about getting a gun?

Great.

I can't have this in the house.

Oh, Rachel.

I can't believe you doing this.

You're out of your mind.

Now I'm packing.

Let's go.

I like the purple eyes.

It's a nice touch.

And who's that, Sarah?

That's my mommy

cooking thanksgiving dinner.

- Does she?

- Yeah.

- What's your?

- Stuffing.

What have you got, Mikey?

I bet it's an indian.

The pilgram's bad,

so the turkey's fixing him.

Larry bird takes a pass

at the top of the key,

hands it off to McHale-

No, he keeps it,

and he drives to the basket!

Yeah! The champs!

- Oh, hi.

- I wanted you to see something.

Uh-huh.

Nice. It's a little weird, but-

Who did it?

- You?

- Mikey Trenton.

So you told us to come to you

with any sign of

a psychological problem.

Yeah.

According to the literature

I've been reading,

Mikey could be suffering

from unattached syndrome.

"Unattached syndrome. "

I never heard of it.

It's psychotic behavior.

I'm sorry. I hope I'm not

being rude, but...

how long have you been a teacher?

Two years.

And you're sure of

what you're saying?

No, I'm not sure.

But I certainly think

it's something to be

wary of; don't you?

So do I. But I don't think you

should be an alarmist about it.

Look, I was a nine-year-old

kid once myself.

I used to do drawings like this,

but I'm not psychotic.

I like monster movies.

I especially like Godzilla,

you know, the one with the

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