Northpole Page #6
the park on my way back
over.
- I shouldn't have
been so hard on him.
- I shouldn't have
encouraged
him in the first place.
- I'm gonna call the police.
(Electricity crackling)
- What do you think
Santa will do
if he catches us sneaking
into the archives?
- Don't know and
don't wanna find out,
so pipe down!
(Whispering):
Right here.
- Hurry!
If my mom checks out my room
and sees that I'm not there,
she'll have bloodhounds
looking for me!
- We're getting
warmer and warmer
and warmer and...
(Gasping)
Bingo!
We've narrowed it down
to the past 50 years!
- Because we're running
out of magic snow.
- How many Ernie Q.
Pendletons can there be?
- Apparently a lot.
- What were those
mothers thinking?
- Oh!
Got it!
Wow!
Age 7, 8 and 9,
all he asked for
was a gift for a penny.
Money must've gone a lot
further in those days!
- They weren't gifts
for a penny.
They were gifts for
"Dear Santa,
can you please bring
"some white ice skates, size 4,
"to my friend, Penny,
"so we can skate together.
"Her mom is sick,
"and her dad says they don't
have any money for skates.
"Thank you. Ernie."
- All he asked for
was gifts for her!
- But nothing for himself!
he's not all bad.
- We gotta show mom!
- Yeah!
OK, help me!
Come!
- I need to file a missing
person's report.
- (Kevin):
Mom!- Never mind.
Kevin?
Honey!
I have been so
worried about you!
Where have you been?
- Collecting information
for you about Mr. Pendleton.
- What? Information?
- Yeah, about why he's so mean,
and it turns out maybe
Maybe he is a good guy.
Look! When he was a kid,
any presents for himself,
only for somebody named Penny.
(Sighing)
- Where did you get this?
- Uh...
- Kevin!
- Northpole.
We found it in Santa's files.
- (Chelsea):
"We"?As in you and
Clementine, the elf?
(Sighing)
Honey, listen to me.
You know you're the
most precious thing
in the world to me, right?
- Of course.
I didn't mean to scare you, Mom,
but I thought it was
important,
'cause it might help
protect...
- (Both):
Northpole.- And Christmas?
- Right.
'Cause even though
you don't believe it,
I know it's real.
(Sighing)
- I, um...
I believe that you believe.
And that's good enough for me.
- Really?
- Yeah.
And if you say
spreading holiday cheer
is the only way
to save Northpole,
then we better find
a way to do it.
(Doorbell ringing)
- Oh, that'll be Clementine!
- This should be interesting.
(Door opening and closing)
- Hey, Ms. Hastings!
I'm Clementine!
- She's the one I've been
telling you guys about.
- Right! You're the, um...
- Only member of Kevin's
Christmas Committee!
- Listen, um, thanks
for being here for me.
over the top, and I'm sorry.
(Chuckling)
- Well, I might not
have any kids of my own,
but from 8:
00 to 3:00,I have 30, so I can
empathize.
For what it's worth,
I think it was a wise choice
to play along with the
fantasy.
At least for now.
- Yeah.
He's not gonna be
innocent for much longer,
embrace it than to cut it
short.
You helped me see that.
- Does that mean the mission
to save Northpole's back on?
- Well, we've met Clementine!
We can't let her
be homeless, right?
- We?
You still want me
along for the ride?
- Well, are you willing?
- Why would you think
otherwise?
- Ask me when we have more time.
Right now, we have a tree
lighting to save, right?
- All right, I'll see you.
- OK. Good night!
- Good night!
- Mmm!
- OK, so, how's
this gonna work, Mom?
- Yeah, how's this gonna work?
- I suggest a 2-prong
attack.
You guys spread the word.
- Sounds good to me!
- Cool!
- We're gonna need food,
funds and a permit.
- We're on it!
- And I'll get something
even more important.
- And what's that?
- Leverage.
- I got the list of the
mayor's
biggest campaign donors.
Guess who's at the top:
Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Pendleton.
Uh-huh. Oh!
Yeah, I gotta go. I'll see
you back at the office.
- Excuse me, sir,
- (Man):
No.- Get some food, OK?
- Hey, Chelsea!
- Ah...
- Don't worry! I'm not gonna
try
and set you up with anyone.
I just wanna see how
your story's going.
- Well, you know, a couple
things aren't adding up.
if the planning commission
wasn't closed for Christmas.
- A woman I sing
with at church works
for the planning commission.
- Seriously?
- She'll be at practice
tonight.
Maybe she can help.
- You are a lifesaver!
- I just hope you
can carry a tune.
- (Laughing):
Yeah!- Donate to the town
tree lighting!
Save a Christmas tradition!
- Here's a buck for
some trumpet lessons.
- Normally, I would
be offended by that,
but it's for a good
cause, so thank you, sir!
- Merry Christmas!
- How's our website doing?
Any better than we are?
- Well, we've only got 5 hits,
and four of them are me!
- Which means
we've already had one hit!
- (Ryan and Kevin):
Yeah!
- Hey, guys!
- Hey, Mom! How's your side
of the attack going?
- It's coming along.
How about you guys?
- So far, we've raised $4,
including 2 Canadian
quarters and a bus token!
- So, that puts us at about
98% short of our goal. Hmm!
- (Ryan):
Or 2% closer to victory!
- I think we need to find a
better way to get the word
out.
- You know, I think
I just might have one.
- (Chelsea):
Seriously?We're supposed to change
minds
with tree scraps?
- Well, you call them
scraps.
I call them festive pine
art.
- (Chuckling):
Well,either way, it'll be fun,
which, as they say back home,
is the best reason
to do anything.
- Hi there!
I'm Ryan Wilson.
This is Chelsea Hastings.
- (Chelsea):
Hi!- Any chance you remember
the tree lighting
in Greenwood Park?
- Oh, I do!
Haven't thought
about it in years.
But it was beautiful,
and so much fun!
- Well, it can be again,
with your help.
Hope to see you there!
(Woman chuckling)
- Can any woman
resist your charm?
(Chuckling)
- So, how'd you get
into teaching, huh?
- Uh, well, after college,
I did a lot of jobs,
but teaching is the best by far.
- Really? Why?
- Light bulbs.
- Light bulbs?
- Yeah, turning on
over kids' heads
when a concept they've
been struggling with
finally sinks in.
- Hmm...
- I love that.
Oh, hey!
- (Man):
Hi there!- Hope to see you there.
- Thanks!
- Merry Christmas!
- (Man):
You too!(Clearing throat)
- Must be a challenge,
being a single mom.
- It was definitely
hard the first year
after Kevin's father left.
But I never had any illusions
that the world would
make it easy for me, so...
- Is that why you're
such a skeptic?
(Chuckling)
- Well, partially by
nature, partially my job,
living with Kevin's father.
- Hmm... Feel like
telling me about him?
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