Paulie Page #3

and I really hate to part with it,

you know?

Yeah, whatever. Dead husband aside,

do you wanna pawn or sell?

Well...

The real question is,

are you prepared to throw in

that potholder on your head?

Well, that was extremely rude.

Did you teach him that?

No. That's the thing.

The dirty mouth is all his.

What are you looking at?

You know,

I think I'll take him with me.

Well, I don't think so, lady.

See, I saw the bird first.

Oh, no, no. I'm afraid you are not

the right owner for him.

Somebody has to teach

this beautiful bird some manners.

Might as well be me.

What's wrong with my manners? (Burps)

(Paulie) All right.

Let me out now, Grandma.

- Very funny. Let me go. Joke's over.

- Hey, stop that.

Keep it up

and you'll be in a cage yourself.

- Come on, would you let me out?

- Hush.

Padre, you see this broad?

She's a birdnapper. Let me out!

Somebody check this lady's purse.

I bet she's got a hamster in there.

- Get out. Scram.

- Thank you. Jeez.

- Where are you going?

- Home.

- Are you gonna walk all the way?

- That's right.

Well, why don't you fly?

It's a lot faster.

Can't fly.

# Cha, cha-cha-cha, cha... #

You can talk, but you can't fly.

All right, see you around.

All right. See ya.

- (Bell ringing)

- (Squawking)

(Humming)

Uh, you know what?

I thought it over, and I'm back.

Besides,

I don't know where she lives.

- Where who lives?

- Marie.

She's all alone,

and we're supposed to stick together.

Do you think you could use

a little bit of help?

Yes.

- Yes, what?

- Yes, toots.

- Mm, "yes, please".

- Man, you're needy.

Alweather, Alweather, Alweath...

Alweather!

Oh, are we in luck. There's

only one Alweather in this book,

and it's pretty close by.

What do you say we just go over

and surprise her?

Recognize anything?

That's it. That's the house.

That's it, that's it, that's it.

That's the one!

Oh, dear.

I'm sorry, dear. They've moved away.

- Away?

- Mm-hmm. To Los Angeles.

All right, well,

let's get back in the cab, huh?

Oh, no. It's clear across

the country. It's 3,000 miles.

Please.

I'm afraid "please"

just won't work in this situation.

(Woman) But, what's the matter

with New Jersey?

It's nice, if you give it a chance.

(Thunderclap)

Why does your house have wheels?

Houses are cheaper with wheels.

I was thinking more along the lines

that houses with wheels

can go places.

Well, not anymore, I'm afraid.

Earl and I used to travel

all of the time, you know?

But things change.

He had even crazier ideas

than you have.

We always used to talk about

going to the Grand Canyon,

but we just never got that far.

Earl said that if you stand right at

the edge just when the sun comes up,

it's like seeing the first sunrise

in the whole world.

- He was kind of poetic, wasn't he?

- For an ex-Marine.

Hmm, you miss Earl.

- Oh, let's not talk about that.

- You miss Earl.

Eat your dinner.

Like I miss Marie.

(Sighs)

- Ready?

- Ready!

(Engine starts)

- So long, Jersey!

- So long, Jersey!

(Paulie chattering, whooping)

(Paulie) 'I thought flying was scary

until I drove with Ivy.

'Now, that's scary.'

Ah, yes. You and I are right here,

and Marie is right there.

Right there. Well, not...

You know, not literally.

This is a map - an atlas.

It's a book full of maps.

I'll teach you about books.

(Paulie) 'Ivy was a great teacher.

'She was a philosopher, an explorer.

'Unfortunately,

she also thought she was a singer.'

# He has tramped upon the vintage

where the grapes of wrath are stored

# He has loosed

the fateful lightning... #

Please. I'm a bird. I have a small

brain, and it's about to explode.

# His truth goes marching on #

(Paulie) Let's try something

a little more classby.

(Both) # What's new pussycat,

whoa, whoa, whoa

# What's new pussycat,

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

# Pussycat, pussycat,

I've got flowers

# And lots of hours

to spend with you

# So go and powder

your cute little pussycat nose... #

(Paulie)

So when will we get there?

(Ivy)

Maybe that's the wrong question.

Maybe we should be asking,

"What are we gonna see

along the way?

"What wrong turn are we gonna make...

"that will take us

someplace unexpected?

"Will the weather be for us,

or will it be against us?

"Will we lose faith?

"Will we get there, or won't we?"

- You're scaring me.

- (Chuckling)

It's good to be scared sometimes.

Put your wings up.

That's it. Very good.

You should learn how to fly, Paulie.

The last time someone suggested

that, it didn't work out so good.

You're missing out on something

that's probably pretty great.

Hey, why don't you try it

and let me know.

- Are you tired?

- A little bit.

(Paulie) The desert is fun.

What is the biggest desert?

It's the North Pole. It doesn't

have to be hot to be a desert.

It just has to not have rainfall.

Could we stop at

the world's largest ball of twine?

That'd probably be more

fun than Mount Rushmore.

There's a truck up ahead.

Don't those guys ever get tired?

Ivy, look out! Get outta the way!

Oh!

(Sighing) Oh.

(Paulie) You know, maybe your

house shouldn't have wheels.

Oh, dear.

All right, all right.

I'll go get some help.

You stay here. You know, it's...

Don't be frightened.

Let's see.

(Paulie) 'For all

of her pleases and thank yous,

'words weren't

really that important to Ivy.

'It's what she saw that mattered.

'Seems to me, the way it works out,

'it's the things you love most

that are the things they take away.'

(Ivy) The doctor says

I really mustn't drive any more.

You'll just have to

go ahead without me.

Los Angeles is due west from here,

right into the setting sun.

I can be your eyes.

I can watch the road for you.

Besides, I can't go without you.

Oh, of course you can.

I'm not very good at good-byes, dear,

so I think you should go now.

Just right now. And you send me

a postcard when you get there.

(Ivy) Where did I put that comb?

Oh.

Thank you.

(Paulie) 'And so I stayed.'

(Ivy) We nearly home yet?

(Paulie)

Go to your left here. There you go.

You know what you are, Paulie?

You're my seeing-eye parrot.

You've been a dear friend to me,

Paulie.

We're birds of a feather, you and I.

Betwixt and between, that's us.

So what do we have tonight?

Is it pretty?

Oh, very pretty.

There's more orange now,

and it's getting darker.

Just a little gold left.

The sun must almost be set.

- Can you see any stars yet?

- Not yet.

(Paulie)

'And then one day, the cat got her.'

Oh.

(Paulie) 'There are

things in life you put off,

'because you think

you're gonna do them later.

'But the real thing Ivy taught me

'is you gotta live

like there may not be a later.

(Paulie) 'I found a tree,

and I spent the night.

'Cos I wanted to be there

in the morning...

'for the very first sunrise.'

So, you flew all the way here?

(Paulie) Yep, all the way.

- Is long way to go by yourself.

- Tell me about it.

So what you did next?

Ivy introduced me

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