Ramona And Beezus Page #5

- Yeah.

Yeah. right.

You just gotta try, kiddo.

We're both gonna turn this around.

Just keep trying, kiddo.

- Okay.

- That's my girl!

Hey. Whoa! Let me help you there.

Hey.

Hey.

Morning doughnut.

- Whoa!

- Oh!

Who would Iike to put this up?

- And what does that spell?.

- Delicious.

Bye!

I ' miss you guys!

Sweetie, you should come

and celebrate with us.

- What am I celebrating?.

- Well, you've been working so hard...

we thought you'd be kind of excited

about getting your own room.

T-minus three, two, one, blastoff!

Ramona!

Stop making so much noise.

Sorry. I 'm just enjoying my new room.

Stop gloating. It's not polite.

I 'm not gloating. I'm bouncing.

Well, if you want your junk,

you better go grab it now.

Anything left over goes to Goodwill.

Remember me, Ramona?. Baa!

- Stop!

- Help me!

Give it back.

- Baa!

- Give it back.

So, what do you think?.

Uh. That's far enough.

This is a no-pest zone.

Well, who needs you...

or your dumb teenager room?.

- I Iike it by myself.

- Uh-huh. Sure you do.

When the Iights go out,

and then you start thinking...

about all the noises and the monsters...

and then you realize

you didn't check underyour bed...

not carefully...

don't come knocking on my door.

If you make it that far.

Slithering beast...

that feeds on pests with bad report cards.

Picky Picky?.

Ramona, come on. Let's go. We're Iate.

Dad, what's another word for "sick"?.

Um, queasy?. Nauseous?.

Like really, really sick?.

Oh. Bilious.

Dad, I feel bilious.

I don't think school's a good call right now.

Oh. You're in a suit.

Do you have an interview?.

Well, yeah,

but I can change it if we have to.

Are you queasy sick or achy sick?.

Well, I'm kind of feeling better now.

You sure?.

Okay, well, Iet's go.

We got, Iike, 60 seconds.

Fast, Iike a fireman.

Fifty-nine, 58...

Fifty-six, 55-

- Bye, Dad!

- Bye!

Hey, Ramona!

You've gotta see this. Come on.

- What?.

- Come on. Come on, come on, come on.

Here. Check this out.

- Hobart!

- Yeah?.

Mind where you're digging.

We've got sprinkler pipes down there.

Oh, is that what I keep hitting?.

Don't worry, Mom. Relax. It's okay.

Oh!

- Good talk.

- What do you think he's doing?.

Maybe he's digging

a secret tunnel to Istanbul.

A spy network right through

your very own backyard.

Or maybe this house was built

on an old burial ground...

and I'm unlocking an ancient curse.

Open call?.

That means anybody can audition, right?.

Ramona, they don't want just anybody.

They want a princess.

- A million dollars.

- Take out your instruments. Good.

right. Grab a seat, kids.

Let's shake this rust out and start jammin'.

One, two, three, four.

Yeah! Yeah, you guys are tight!

Ramona!

Why did you do that?.

I can't help it. They're mesmerizing.

But you've been doing it since kindergarten,

and it's getting old.

Look, I know things must be rough at home...

but don't take it out on my curls.

Okay. Hold on a second, guys. That was good.

That was almost the song.

So, um, guitars, quick rehearsal.

Everybody else, take five.

Ramona!

What was that about?. "Rough at home"?.

- Well, your dad Iost his job, didn't he?.

- Maybe.

Look, when people Iose their jobs, you know,

they start fighting...

and then they get a divorce

and sell their houses.

It's textbook.

Look at the bright side, Ramona.

I mean, after my dad got Iaid off,

my mom sold her house...

got a real estate Iicense, so there's a plus.

And then my dad got a new car

and moved to Tacoma.

Tacoma?.

Susan, I'm so sorry.

Well, now on my birthdays,

they both give me checks, so it works out.

Okay.

Hey, Ramona?.

Would you mind taking your seat again?.

What are you doing by the window there?.

I was-

I was wondering, where is Tacoma?.

- Repulsive.

- Oh, boy.

right. You can all go to Iunch now.

Are you...

Ramona, why are you wearing pajamas?.

'Cause firemen do it that way?.

I see.

Well, pajamas under your clothes

and eggs in your hair.

You and your father

are breaking new ground together.

You get comfortable in there.

Come on.

Come on!

You're kidding me.

Try this one.

Okay. No, no. That's no good.

I think this one's gonna be good.

How'd the interview go today, Daddy?

Well, I had to cancel the interview

when the nurse called.

But there's other jobs out there.

Hey, we're not gonna Iet

one bad day get us down.

Let's do somethin'... really special.

Just me and you.

What would you like to do? Think big.

Well, you know that big bridge we took

when we went to Washington State?.

- Yeah.

- I've always wanted to stop in the middle...

and have one foot in Oregon

and one in Washington.

- Hmm?.

- That way my Iegs have dual citizenship.

I Iike it.

That's interesting. Interesting notion.

Not practical because the car's kaput...

but you're on the right track.

I mean, it's bold, it's daring,

it's fairly inexpensive.

Come on. Give me- What else?.

We could draw it.

Oh! I've got an idea.

Let's me and you draw

the Iongest picture in the world.

What do you think?

Okay.

I'm gonna draw our house,

and then I'm gonna draw Howie's house...

and school and Mount Hood...

and everything else as far as I can see.

Daddy?

I think you draw better

than anybody in the whole world.

Oh. Well, thank you, Pickle.

You know, I studied art

back in the day, as they say.

What happened?.

Did you get a bad report card?.

No.

Beezus came along.

Then I took the best job I could,

and before you know it...

I was a vice president.

- Then I came along?.

- Yep. That's right.

And then Roberta.

But I wouldn't change a thing.

You girls make my Iife very colorful.

- Hi. Hey, Beezus.

- Hey.

- Wanna walk home?.

- Sure.

Cool.

Oh, man.

When we were kids, I thought your dad was,

Iike, the king of ickitat Street.

Do you remember that gorilla hunt

in my backyard...

when he made us set up the tents

and wait there all night...

with bananas and butterfly nets?.

You ended up with mashed bananas

in your hair.

I had poison ivy all over me.

But it was also-

- The best time we had that whole summer.

- Hands down.

Yeah, well, he's not as funny these days.

Why?. What's going on?.

He Iost his job a few weeks ago...

and he acts Iike he's not worried,

for our sake, but I can tell he is.

And he should be.

What if he doesn't get something

that he Iikes?.

What if he has to settle

for something that he hates...

because of... us?.

Beezus, that's a big deal.

- Why didn't you tell me?.

- I don't know.

I don't know. Sometimes...

things feel different between us.

Like it's not as easy to talk to you

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