Snowmen Page #2

Bull!

That old fart was dead.

No, he wasn't, not totally.

You're so full of it, Kirkfield.

You don't know.

I do know, because I killed him,

and I stuck him in your front yard

to warn you to stay off my hill,

you sick freak.

Let's just go.

What was that, Pukus?

You want to speak,

you ask permission first.

You got that?

I didn't hear you, Mucus.

Do you understand?

Oan I say something?

May I have permission to speak?

Who are you?

I'm Howard Rudolph Victor Garvey,

just moved here from Jamaica,

and you're Jason Bound, right?

The na-na head that failed

three times.

Leave him alone, Jason.

He doesn't know the rules.

Well, then I better teach him.

Who is he?

Ohh! Ohh!

Ohh!

Hello there.

Have a nice trip.

Profound!

Billy, we're going skating

at the duck pond tonight.

You guys should come.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Good morning, boys.

Good morning, Miss Wetzel.

Jason, hat off, please.

Mr. Garvey, I believe you are

the first student in our history

to see the principal's office

before your own classroom.

Mr. Garvey?

Okay, Jason, you know the drill.

In my office.

Or maybe we should call it

our office.

I heard what happened

to you last night.

Do you want to talk about it?

Billy, how are you feeling lately?

I'm fine.

How are you feeling?

Bahamas here.

Here is Jamaica!

Wow. It's pretty close

to the equator,

so it must

be pretty warm there, right?

Right now,

I'd be swimming in the ocean.

Wow!

So what was it like seeing snow

for the very first time?

It was cool,

but my dad hates it.

He already wants to go home.

Well, I'm sure that your dad

will learn to like it, too.

Thank you, Howard.

It doesn't matter where you are.

People learn to adapt,

to live happily anywhere,

whether it's in the snow

or in the desert.

Maybe even someday,

they'll learn to adapt to live on Mars.

Lots of animals adapt

to their environments, too,

sometimes in ways

that might be surprising to you.

For example, can anyone guess

what animal can survive best

in the freezing cold?

A penguin.

Good guess, but smaller.

A polar bear.

Smaller than a penguin?

- A baby polar bear.

- Nope.

The animal I'm thinking of

has no fur and no feathers.

Anyone?

It's a frog.

A frog?

- It's true.

There's a very special frog

that lives in the Arctic Oircle

thanks to a unique adaptation.

When it gets too cold,

it freezes just like an ice cube,

and then, when it warms up,

it thaws out

and the frog comes back to life.

See? The Snowman in my yard

could have come back to life.

No, Billy. I'm sorry.

It doesn't work that way

for people.

But people adapt in other ways.

Like if it gets too cold,

we invent things

like warm houses or hats.

Don't worry, Howard.

I'm sure your dad

will learn to adapt, too.

It's not right at all.

Ahh.

Oh, this ain't right.

This ain't right at all.

Bring my whole family here...

I don't think he's adapting.

I hope he doesn't

make you move away.

That was so cool today

the way you stood up to Jason.

- You were so fast.

- Hey, watch the hat.

Hey, how come you didn't have

to take your hat off at school today?

Are you bald under there?

Yeah, I'm dying.

I have cancer.

They had to shoot me

with all these chemicals and radiation

just to keep me alive,

but it made all my hair fall out.

No. You said

you were all better now.

Yeah, but when I first got sick,

my dad told me it was just a cold.

The way he said it,

then he started hugging me

all the time, I just knew.

They still hug me too much.

Are you sure, Billy?

The hospital still calls every day.

My parents try and hide it from me

because they want me

to enjoy my last days.

But you guys got to help me.

Anything, Billy, anything.

I don't want to die a loser.

But after the Snowman

and getting on the news

and now we're about to skate

with the most popular girls in school,

I just... I don't have

to be remembered forever

as just the pathetic bald kid.

We just can't screw it up.

So how long

before you... you know?

Weeks, days, maybe even...

It's not funny!

Stop it!

Billy,

I know you're pretending.

- Bill?

- Rrrr!

Oome on, Lucas.

Every time.

I knew you were joking, mon.

I knew it.

Well, not about the dying.

That part's really true.

This ain't right, mon.

This ain't right.

You know, this car been running

for ten minutes, it's still freezing in here.

You know, your father

sold me a broken car.

No, he didn't.

It's not broken.

Your motor's really small,

so it'll take, like, 20 minutes

to warm up.

Oh, my goodness.

This ain't right.

Wait. What is this,

icing up again?

That's on the inside

from your breath freezing.

My breath is freezing

the inside of the window?

Oh, God.

Boys, stop!

Everybody stop breathing.

Stop breathing.

Dad, wrong side.

Not Jamaica.

They really don't have hockey

where you're from?

The only ice in Jamaica

is for keeping your drink cold.

Whoops! I look stupid.

No one else is wearing all of this stuff.

You can take it off

once you learn how to skate.

I bet It only takes you,

like, five minutes.

Aah! Oh! Oh, no, no!

- Are you okay?

You're gonna

need to learn how to skate

'cause around here

even losers know how.

- I'll be right back.

- No, mon!

- Hey, Billy.

- Yeah.

- Um, we're gonna go play tag.

- Yeah, tag.

Tag is... Tag is really a lot of fun.

Good choice.

But we need a few minutes

to teach Howard how to skate.

Maybe ten minutes?

- He's not playing.

- Yes, he is.

I already invited him.

Gwen, I don't want him

touching me.

No, it's okay. My parents say

I'm not sick anymore.

Then take your hat off.

Sherry!

Yeah. Take off your hat, Kirkfield!

You know, I came here

to put Jamaica in his place,

but it looks

like he already found it.

You're pathetic.

Just go away, Jason.

Sure, as soon

as you take your hat off.

What's wrong?

I thought you were all better now.

Leave him alone!

Whoever gets his hat

gets to hang with us

on Kill Hill for a whole week!

- Oh, I'll get it.

- I'll help you, Billy!

Just piss off!

I'm not playing!

Take it off for two seconds.

Then you can go.

Just leave it! Please!

Billy! Billy, I'll get the hat back!

Unh!

Billy, it's okay.

You look like a basketball player.

You can have my hat.

No. Just go.

Please, I want to be alone.

Please.

See that new kid?

Yeah, he's friends with Billy.

He's such a dork.

So no talking, huh?

Well, you know,

how about scraping?

Why don't you go out and scrape off

the windows for Dad?

Enough ice for one day, huh?

Don't worry yourself, son.

I know how you feel.

# You'll always be

my best friend #

The man discovered last week

buried in a neighborhood snow...

Wait! Go back!

I think that was about the Snowman!

Has been identified

as 87-year-old Emerson Wyte,

thought to have suffered a stroke

while out for a walk

during last week's snowstorm.

According to police,

the deceased lived alone...

Whoa, he was in your front yard

almost a whole week.

Quiet! I can't hear, Lucas!

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