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Good work, George.

- So, is, uh, Wednesday

good for you? Say 2:00?

- Sure. Wednesday's good.

-Should l send a car?

-No, no, John. l'll get there on my own.

And, and l'll, l'll have somebody

from solar energy there.

And, uh, anything else?

Yeah, automotive. Hey, d-d-d-do you have

an agricultural school at Berkeley?

- Yeah.

- Well, how 'bout for my fertilizer?

l'll take care of it.

Hey, George.

That's the little boy's mom.

She's the only one

who talks English, l think.

Oh, it's too bad

she wasn't here earlier, huh?

Yeah. But l guess

she had to look for work, man.

l want you to meet

a very special guy.

This is the-- This is the man

who, who found your son, okay?

Very special.

This is George Malley.

- This is Ella.

- Hello.

- Thank you.

- lt's okay.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

l'll take you

to the hospital, okay?

Thanks, George.

- Way to go, patron.

- Do you know what kind of work

she was looking for?

Hmm, cook, l think they say.

Housekeeper.

You know somebody who's looking?

- All right, Nate.

- Thanks, George.

l found a housekeeper for you.

A Portuguese woman.

She cooks too.

l think she's perfect for you.

l don't know if l could

eat Portuguese food, George.

Well, she'll cook ya

anything you want, Nate,

and she'll try to make sense of

that so-called house that you live in.

- She speak English?

- Well, a bit, but, uh--

That's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna work on your Portuguese.

- Me?

- Yeah! You got a problem with that?

No, no. lt's, uh-- l don't know

if that's gonna work, George.

All right, Well, let's try it.

What do you wanna say?

How 'bout, uh,

something like, um, um--

- Can you come twice a week?

- Okay. Can you come twice a week?

Okay. Can you come twice a week?

That sounds complicated, George.

Oh, no. You got your tape recorder, and,

and, uh, you'll learn it phonetically.

No problem. What else?

Uh, how much per day?

How much per-- Oh, okay, good.

How much per day?

- l like that one.

- Yeah? Yeah.

- That was nice. Okay. Okay.

- What else?

Um, ah--

Can you start next week?

- Perfect. Logical, right? Okay.

- Yeah. Yeah.

Can you start next week?

Beautiful language, huh?

- That's it?

- Yep. Work on those.

You know, George,

l might be pretty good at Portuguese.

No-- Oh, never mind.

We'll get used to 'em.

lf you leave them alone,

they'll leave you alone.

lt's a good arrangement.

- What are we reading?

- This.

What is this?

Where did you get this?

- From me.

- This is not a good choice for bedtime.

- Are you still mad at him?

- What's the difference?

He's neat, and they say...

he saved that boy's life

at the orchard.

He's funny.

We are funny enough.

We laugh all the time.

Look, we're reading Black Beauty,

and we are not talking about men.

l've got enough to worry about.

Too much.

- What?

- Well, you guys, for one.

We're not little any more.

l know you're not

little any more, sweetie,

but you think that George Malley

is safe, and you're afraid of coyotes.

You've got it all backwards.

Here. Find our place.

Go brush your teeth.

l'll be right back.

- Don't you have a report to do?

- Did it.

''They're everywhere--''

Oh, Al. Do you really believe this?

Yeah. There's been a lot of UFO people

coming into town...

since George saw what he saw.

- The word's spreading, Ma.

- You just believe

what you wanna believe.

Most people do.

You get over it.

- Hey, l thought we were

getting ready for bed.

- No.

- Stop talking about him, all right?

- Why do you hate him?

- 'Cause l like him.

- Told you.

Told you.

But if he was sitting here with us

right now, wouldn't you be watching him,

wondering, ''What's he thinking?''

''When's he gonna leave?''

''ls he gonna leave?'' Hmm?

We don't need that.

lt's okay. Shh.

l heard he took 20 minutes.

Twenty minutes, he read

the whole damn book, knew Portuguese.

- You were there. He was too!

- And then he went

running around in the orchard.

Shh. Here he comes. Here he comes.

- Hey, George.

- Hello.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- So, George. How did you

feel that earthquake comin'?

- Voices tell ya?

- Voices? Hell no.

- What else do you know, George?

Well, l know you're on

the outs with Lisa again.

- How did you know that?

- Well, 'cause when

she's livin' with you,

she makes sure

your clothes match.

Poor Banes.

Do you get messages, George?

Yeah, well, yeah, uh,

when Paulette delivers the mail l do.

But, uh, today

s-she was two hours late.

l think we oughta

do something about that.

Complain or somethin'.

Earthquake, earthquake. Can we--

Well, it-- You know, Jimmy,

it was just, uh--

l was out by Ash Creek,

and l felt some vibrations. That's all.

How'd you know where to find

the boy in that orchard?

Well, l don't know, Bonnie.

l mean, come on.

Do you know what's going to happen?

Roger, come on!

l'm sorry, l'm--

They say at the library

you read four books a day now.

Yeah, well, that was

last week and, uh--

Ah, l-l better go.

How many languages do you speak now?

Excusez-moi, Jimmy.

Huh? lf anything bad was

gonna happen, you'd tell us,

won't ya?

Hey!

Uh-huh.

- Okay. l'll be back. All right.

- All right.

- Excuse me?

- Okay.

Okay, thanks.

- Hi, Lace.

- Hello.

l'm sorry l lied to you

about the chairs.

l-- l just wanted you to come

to my shop so, so you would talk to me,

instead of, um, instead of

always walking away from me.

What do you want, George?

l want you to come

to Berkeley with me.

l-l-l've been invited

to talk to, uh, some scientists...

about the earthquake thing

and about some of my, my experiments.

You know, the, the fertilizer

and the solar panels and--

- That's really nice.

- l'm excited, but l--

l guess l'm scared too.

- l sure would like you there with me.

- What for?

Support. Confidence. A friend.

You've got friends. You know

everyone in the whole area code.

l don't know, you know,

since that orchard thing, it's--

People are different now.

They're-- l don't like it.

You know, the funny thing is,

is that you're probably the only one...

that, that, that, that, that's mad at me

for a good reason.

You're just trying to make up.

Yes, l'm trying to make up with you,

l am tryin' to get a date with you,

and l would love it if you stood

by me while all those scientists

and teachers asked me questions.

You know, l-l-l spent

half of school in detention.

When?

- Wednesday.

- What time?

- Leave about noon.

- l'll be outside your shop

at noon, if l'm coming.

And if l'm not there--

Okay.

Thanks, Lace.

Touch me in the morning

Then just walk away

- We don't have tomorrow

- Uh, one second.

One second. Here l come.

You are Mister Pope?

You are Mister Pope?

l am Michaela.

M-Mich-Ella. Hmm.

- You're Ella?

- Yes.

Wow. Oh, l'm--

l'm sorry. Please.

Oh. Um, maybe you need to--

Yes, this is the place.

- l cook too. You need cooking?

- Cookin', yeah.

Good. Fine. Good.

Uh, how much you pay?

Uh--

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