The Fix It Boys Page #4

Look at the price.

No wonder someone's

been targeting jewelry.

Now I'm telling you kids the

same thing I told the cops.

I'm a business man and a

law abiding citizen, period.

Besides, haven't you heard?

They've already

caught the thief.

You mean they caught the guy

that's been robbing people?

Sure, nabbed him

just last night

while he was robbing a house.

(LAUGHS) Happened to be

right next to the donut shop.

They've got him in jail

right now at this very moment

while we speak.

Now look, why don't you kids

take your little detective game

or cops and robbers and

whatever it is you're playing

down to the police station

and leave me alone!

He's right.

If they already caught the guy,

then all we have to do

is get him to tell us

where he hid the pearls.

- I agree.

- Okay.

Thanks for your time.

Oh here.

Hey, it works.

Child's play.

Hey kid, how'd ya do that?

I'll be switched.

(LAUGHS)

MARY BETH:
Well he

wasn't very friendly.

Judging by the rest of him,

his shoe size must

be over 13 inches.

So you think he's in on it?

He's selling jewelry and

then stealing it right back?

He would know just

which houses to rob.

Yes, but he's a

successful businessman.

Why steal jewelry and

risk going to jail?

I don't know.

Let's ask the

jewelry thief that.

(BRIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC)

(MAN YELLING)

I don't think this

was a good idea.

And I don't feel right about

you lying to get us in here,

Ben Junk.

Well do you think

they would've let us in

if I hadn't told

'em that this guy

was our long lost brother?

(ROCK MUSIC)

Sit down G-Dog

You say G-dog's your brother?

Uh.

You got five minutes.

Um hello there Mr. G.

Or do you prefer Dog?

What you little kids want?

Well, it's like this Mr. G.

Mary here, she uh,

you stole the um,

you see you took

without asking then uh...

You took my mother's

beautiful pearl necklace,

which was a gift from my father,

who's trying nothing more

than to mend their

crumbling marriage.

Not to mention the muddy boot

print you left on your way out

and I want it back.

What she said.

The necklace we want

back, not the mud stain.

I see, I see.

So you think G-Dog's got

your mama's necklace, huh?

Is there another

thief in this room?

Never can tell.

Even from birth, the

wicked go astray.

From the womb they are

wayward and tell lies.

MAN ON P.A.:

Attention all guards,

there is a riot in progress.

Seal all exits.

Yes well, regardless, we

need the pearl necklace back,

immediately.

Your failure to help

us in this matter

will truly only add to

your list of misdeeds.

And results in chastisement.

What you call me?

Please Mr. Dog, I don't

even care why you did it,

but you see I have to

have the necklace back

before tomorrow morning

before my parents sign

the divorce papers

so please, please,

won't you help us?

Divorce huh?

I'm just a two-bit thief.

Not a home wrecker.

What's the necklace look like?

16 inch hand nod yellow

gold clasp, a single strand,

natural 6.5 millimeter

white pearls.

I been a thief about as

long as I can remember.

You know I don't even

know why I do it.

I can remember

everything I've stolen.

Like a list of my sins

that won't let me be.

But the truth is I don't

even know why I do it.

The truth is that most of the

time I don't even wanna do it.

So I'm telling you

the truth little lady,

I ain't got your

mother's necklace.

Well if you didn't

steal it, then who did?

Yeah, we want some answers G.

Answers?

Yeah, we all want them.

Don't we?

But understand this, if

the owner of the house knew

what hour the thief was coming,

he woulda not let the

house been broken in to.

You also must be ready,

because the son of man

will come in the house

when you least expect it.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

It's just something here that

I read in this here Bible

that I found in my cell.

I just thought at the

moment in our conversation,

I should say something

encouraging to ya'll.

Thank you.

OFFICER:
Time's up G-Dog

MAN ON P.A.:
All

guards report to...

Mr. Dog, thank you for being

honest about the necklace.

Now you kids to me a favor.

If you guys get any

answers, any answers,

just come back and let

me know, would you?

Yeah, we will.

OFFICER:
Time to go

back to the dog house.

I'm sorry Mary Beth, but I

don't know what to do next.

I'm afraid I don't either.

Perhaps we could

speak with your pastor

and see if there isn't something

besides the pearl necklace

that could save your

parents' marriage.

He and his wife

went to Mexico.

Something about setting

the captives free.

Wow, a pastor and a soldier.

I didn't know we were

at war with Mexico.

Finally a tough

guy in this story.

I bet he came back and

pummeled you two, you right?

That would be highly unlikely

due to his state of confinement.

Well he can't just

go back to his cell.

He is the hero in

this story, right?

I might point out, that

he's the one behind the bars.

Oh yeah, so it's

hopeless then.

No one is hopeless to God.

Marty might be.

What'd you say squirt?

Um, I said, um I said,

I wish we had a party teepee.

So then G-Dog was

of no assistance then?

He did help, just not in

the way that we had hoped.

Yeah, G-Dog's heart

was getting pretty tender

and causing him to

think of things he did,

which in turn caused us to

think of things we did too.

(STOMACH RUMBLES LOUDLY)

My apologies.

This camping affair

has caused me

to procure a large appetite.

Yeah, I suppose we

should think about supper.

What'd you bring?

Bring?

You know, to eat.

Ah, I knew I was

forgetting something.

STANLEY:
Aw dang it.

Eh, look at where we are.

There's bound to be

something around here to eat.

Squirrels, bluejays.

Treebark.

If we take into consideration

the proper calorie intake

this bio diverse environment,...

Stanley!

Look, all we gotta do is

catch something and cook it.

What do you suggest

we use as a trap?

I have some fishing

line in my pack.

A lotta good that'll do.

You gonna lasso a fish?

Would this work?

Yeah.

- Marty.

- I didn't do it.

I was going to ask you

if you would like be

the hunter-gatherer.

Hunter what?

Can we just go catch us a fish

before we all starve to death?

You trust me with that?

I for one would vote you

most likely to kill something.

Thanks.

Any bites?

Nah, maybe I should

make a spear or something.

Could be winds from the north.

Huh?

You know, wind's from the

north, they won't come forth.

If the wind's from the

east, they bite the least.

I was thinking about G-Dog.

Does being tough always

get you into trouble?

It wasn't that he was tough,

it was that he used his toughness

to do the wrong things.

But being tough protects you.

Tough people still

get hurt Marty.

Toughness and strength

are two different things.

Jesus is the strongest

person I know.

But yet he was called

the lamb of God.

But if he was so strong,

then why did he let

people hurt him?

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