Oh, God! Book II Page #5

WELL, YOU ARE

A LITTLE WORRIED,

AREN'T YOU?

I GUESS I AM.

LET ME...

LET ME TELL YOU:

A LITTLE STORY.

THERE WAS THIS TIGER

IN THE JUNGLE,

AND HE GOT A THORN

IN HIS PAW.

IT WAS VERY PAINFUL.

THIS LITTLE CA SAW THIS

AND PULLED THE THORN

OUT OF HIS PAW.

THIS MADE THE TIGER

VERY HAPPY.

THE CAT SAYS, "I'VE

DONE YOU A FAVOR.

YOU DO ME ONE."

THE TIGER SAYS,

"ANYTHING."

THE CAT SAYS,

"WHENEVER I'M

IN THE JUNGLE,

I'M SCARED

OF THE ANIMALS."

THE TIGER SAYS,

"NO PROBLEM.

"WHEN YOU WALK

THROUGH THE JUNGLE,

"HOLD YOUR HEAD UP,

"SHAKE IT,

WAG YOUR TAIL,

AND THEY'LL THINK

YOU'RE A TIGER."

THE LITTLE CA GOT AWAY WITH I FOR THREE YEARS.

ONE DAY SHE ME THE TIGER.

SHE WAS:

SHAKING HER HEAD,

WAGGING HER TAIL.

THE TIGER SAYS,

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO

SHAKE AND WAG AT ME.

I KNOW:

YOU'RE A CAT."

THAT'S IT?

THAT'S IT.

WHAT'S THA HAVE TO DO WITH ME?

NOTHING.

IT'S A CUTE STORY.

I THOUGHT IT MIGH CHEER YOU UP.

THAT'S BETTER.

YOU'VE BEEN SEPARATED

SEVEN MONTHS, RIGHT?

YES.

FROM WHAT YOU'VE SAID,

TRACY'S CONTACTS

WITH GOD:

USUALLY TAKE PLACE

IN EATING AREAS.

THE CHINESE RESTAURANT,

McDONALD'S,

AN ICE CREAM CART.

THEY'VE ALL TAKEN PLACE

SINCE YOU, MR. RICHARDS,

LEFT THE HOUSE:

FOLLOWING YOUR SEPARATION.

SO, OBVIOUSLY,

TRACY HAS CREATED

A FANTASY FATHER FIGURE

AS A SUBSTITUTE:

TO GIVE HER:

THE EMOTIONAL NURTURING

SHE CRAVES:

FROM HER MISSING FATHER.

ARE YOU SURE?

ONE IS NEVER:

COMPLETELY SURE,

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE

YOU SAID:

THAT'S VERY INTRIGUING.

TRACY'S FANTASY FATHER,

GOD,

LIKE HER REAL FATHER,

IS INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING

OR SPREADING A MESSAGE,

SO TO SPEAK.

WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

WELL, THESE ARE

ONLY THEORIES.

I'LL HAVE TO GIVE TRACY

A SERIES OF TESTS

TO VERIFY THEM.

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

OOH!

OW.

WHAT'S YOUR FIRST MEMORY

INVOLVING A PERSON?

I CAN REMEMBER MY DAD

PEELING AN APPLE.

NOW, TODAY,

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME

IF THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE

OR IMAGINARY CHARACTERS.

ROBERT REDFORD.

HE'S REAL.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

WAS HE REAL?

OF COURSE.

BUGS BUNNY.

REAL OR IMAGINARY?

OH, COME ON, DOCTOR.

WOULD YOU LOOK:

AT THESE SLIDES:

AND TELL ME:

WHAT YOU SEE?

EGG FOO YUNG.

OK. WHAT ABOUT THIS?

SHRIMP IN LOBSTER SAUCE.

AND THIS?

SPAGHETTI.

"THE TASTE OF MAMA."

YOU SEEM TO ASSOCIATE

EVERYTHING WITH FOOD.

THAT SEEMS:

VERY SIGNIFICANT.

IT COULD ALSO BE

I'M STARVED.

AH.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE

OF ANY ORGANIC DISTURBANCE

IN TRACY.

OH, WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

HOWEVER, THE EVALUATION

IN THE BEHAVIORAL AREA

IS NOT ENCOURAGING.

TRACY IS STILL:

STEADFASTLY INSISTING

THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY SEEN

AND SPOKEN WITH GOD...

A DELUSION:

THAT INDICATES:

A REAL PSYCHOSIS.

PSYCHOSIS?

I'M AFRAID SO.

WHAT TRACY NEEDS IS

OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT.

NOW, WE HAVE A FINE PLACE

IN SANTA BARBARA

WHERE SHE'LL GE EXPERT CARE.

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT--

WAIT. YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY

SUGGESTING THAT...

THAT SHE BE PU IN AN INSTITUTION,

ARE YOU?

DON'T LET THAT WORD

BOTHER YOU.

A BANK:

IS AN INSTITUTION.

A SCHOOL, A SUPERMARKET,

EVERYTHING:

IS AN INSTITUTION.

THE FACT IS,

THIS IS A NICE, PLEASAN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMEN WITH A TRAINED STAFF.

SHE'LL BE MUCH

BETTER OFF THERE.

AND...

SHE HAS TO BE THERE.

IT'S, UM...

IT'S A KIND OF RANCH

IN SANTA BARBARA,

SWEETHEART,

ONLY, UH...

YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO

FOR AT LEAS TWO DAYS.

AND YOU'LL BE BACK

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

DON'T BE SO UPTIGHT.

I'M NOT WORRIED.

THAT'S A GOOD ATTITUDE.

YOU'RE A VERY BRIGH YOUNG LADY.

GOD WOULD NEVER LET THEM

PUT ME INTO AN INSTITUTION.

I'M STARVED.

LET'S GO FOR LUNCH.

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BENSON IS RIGHT!

BENSON IS RIGHT!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BENSON IS RIGHT!

BENSON IS RIGHT!

BRING BACK TRACY!

BRING BACK TRACY!

[BELL JINGLES]

GOD?

GOD?

WHERE ARE YOU?

I NEED YOU.

IT'S BEEN DAYS.

TOMORROW THEY'RE PUTTING ME

INTO AN INSTITUTION.

I'VE BEEN TO THREE CHURCHES

AND A SYNAGOGUE.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING

ALL OVER FOR YOU.

[THE TONIGHT SHOW

THEME PLAYS]

FROM HOLLYWOOD,

THE TONIGHT SHOW

STARRING JOHNNY CARSON.

THIS IS ED McMAHON

ALONG WITH DOC SEVERINSEN

AND THE NBC ORCHESTRA

INVITING YOU TO JOIN

JOHNNY AND HIS GUESTS...

BUDDY HACKETT,

STEVE LAWRENCE,

AND DIZZY GILLESPIE.

AND NOW, LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN,

HERE'S...

JOHNNY!

[POP]

TRACY, WHAT'S WRONG?

I CAME:

TO SAY GOODBYE.

I'M RUNNING AWAY.

THEY WON' LOCK ME UP.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMEPLACE.

I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.

MEET ME IN MY GARAGE.

I KNOW THE PERFEC HIDING PLACE.

"DEAR MOM AND DAD,

"I'M NOT GOING

TO ANY FUNNY FARM.

"DON'T WORRY.

I'LL BE OK.

"I LOVE YOU BOTH.

REMEMBER:

TO FEED MY GOLDFISH."

PAULA, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL FIND HER.

ROSA, ARE YOU OK?

FINE.

IS THERE COFFEE:

IN THE KITCHEN?

YES, OF COURSE.

WOULD YOU BRING SOME?

DON, THAT POOR

LITTLE KID.

WHAT COULD'VE

HAPPENED TO HER?

WHERE COULD SHE BE?

PAULA,

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE SHOULD

CALL THE POLICE.

IT'LL BE

ALL OVER THE PAPERS.

IT ALREADY IS.

SHINGO, WHERE WERE YOU?

I'VE LOOKED ALL OVER

FOR YOU.

I'VE BEEN

TACKING UP SIGNS.

WHERE'S TRACY?

WHY, IS SHE MISSING?

SHINGO,

WHERE'S TRACY?

I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN' SEEN HER ALL DAY.

LOOK, PAL.

YOU AND TRACY:

ARE VERY CLOSE.

SHE TELLS YOU:

EVERYTHING.

YOU LISTEN TO ME.

THIS IS:

VERY SERIOUS.

I WANT TO KNOW:

WHERE SHE IS.

[SPEAKING JAPANESE]

TRACY?

RINGO, RINGO.

RINGO RINGO RING--

RINGA RING.

SHINGO.

SHINGO TALK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

HI, SHINGO.

WHAT'S UP?

I HAD TO TELL:

YOUR FATHER:

WHERE YOU ARE.

WHY?

HE DRAGGED I OUT OF ME.

THEY'RE COMING

TO GET YOU.

THANKS, SHINGO.

THIS IS THE LAST CALL

FOR THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED,

AMTRAK TRAIN NUMBER 4

DEPARTING FOR CHICAGO

LATER ON, TOMMY.

GOOD MORNING.

ON TRACK 3.

ALL ABOARD!

TRACY.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

I'VE LOOKED ALL OVER

FOR YOU.

TRACY,

I'M A VERY BUSY MAN.

MY PHONE:

NEVER STOPS RINGING.

RUNNING AWAY--

THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU.

I WAS SCARED.

I DIDN'T WAN TO GO INTO THA DUMB INSTITUTION.

IT ALL SEEMED:

SO HOPELESS.

SO YOU PANICKED.

ALL I WAS DOING:

WAS CAUSING TROUBLE.

MY PARENTS WERE:

SO WORRIED ABOUT ME.

NOW THEY'RE

EVEN MORE WORRIED.

I GUESS RUNNING AWAY

ISN'T THE ANSWER.

NEVER WAS.

WHEN YOU KNOW:

YOU'RE RIGHT,

YOU HANG IN THERE.

GUESS I'M NOT A MEMBER

OF THE CLUB ANYMORE.

NO, NO. THE BEST OF THEM

HAD THEIR WEAK MOMENTS.

THEY ALL STRUCK OU A FEW TIMES.

DON'T BE SO HARD

ON YOURSELF.

TRACY,

I'M TAKING YOU HOME.

I WANT YOU TO.

YOU FEEL BETTER:

NOW?

YEAH.

CAN I ASK YOU:

A QUESTION?

GO AHEAD.

WHY DO YOU LE BAD THINGS HAPPEN?

YOU ASK:

VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, TRACY,

THINGS THAT YOU:

MIGHT THINK ARE BAD

ARE NOT ALWAYS BAD.

SOMETIMES:

THERE'S A PURPOSE

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