The Fix It Boys Page #7

(GENTLE MUSIC)

JIM:
Well it'll be alright.

Well, there's only

one thing we can do.

And that's go out and look

for where she hid the pearls.

You're right Ben, I know we

can find where she hid them.

- Boys...

- Then she'll have to tell us

where she hid Mary

Beth's pearls.

Boys!

What is it?

There's something more

important we got to do here.

There's no time!

Do we still have that fire

extinguisher here somewhere?

Fire extinguisher?

(KAT GRUNTS)

(YELLS)

(SOBBING)

(ROCKS PINGING WINDOW)

This'll do it.

I don't think we

should throw that one.

What are you guys doing?

Why were you crying?

Because my mom's leaving

to sign the divorce papers.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

Maybe these'll help.

Look Mom.

Mom, I found the pearls.

Now you can stay home!

(SIGHS)

She made it!

Hot dog!

Honey, I gotta go.

What are they doing?

What?

No, come back.

She's gonna do it anyway?

All that work finding

those pearls for nothing?

That was the most

depressing story

I've ever heard.

Well it's not quite finished.

Your story's dismal

conclusion is as dark

as the sky is quickly becoming.

But he's not finished.

Yeah, what time is it anyways?

I at least need to

get nine hour of sleep

to keep my healthy shine.

(YAWNS) Bedtime,

that's the time.

I'm with you big guy.

Which way to my tent?

If you haven't noticed,

there's only one

tent for all of us.

You expect us to

quarter together?

Well, like the song goes,

love grows best

in little houses.

Or tents.

MARTY:
Get off my leg!

PIERCE:
Happily would if

you'd stop choking my arm.

The air's

asphyxiating in here.

Would everybody just relax?

It's not that bad.

I'm sad about Mary's parents.

Yeah, no amount of muscle

could fix their mess.

Should we tell them?

Tell us what?

That there's

more to the story.

PIERCE:
You mean

that wasn't the end?

No, I tried to tell you that.

MARTY:
So let's

hear it already.

(STARTLING TONE)

BEN:
Well after

Mary's mother drove off,

Mary ran off.

CRICKET:
We chased her

for about a half an hour

until we finally

caught up with her.

Mary Beth, what

exactly are you doing?

You lied to me!

You lied to me Pastor Murphy.

You lied!

Mary Beth!

Mary stop.

MARY BETH:
You lied!

I don't understand.

What have I lied to you about?

You said that if my

parents found the necklace

that their marriage

would be okay.

It's not, it didn't work.

Pearl necklace?

The pearl of great price.

It was the stolen

necklace, right?

Mary Beth, the necklace

could never change

two people's hearts.

At least not lasting change.

No matter how much

money it costs.

But you said.

You said it would

heal their marriage.

Yes I did.

Let me tell ya a story.

Ya'll have a seat.

Come sit down.

The kingdom of heaven is like

a treasure hidden in a field,

which a man found and hid,

and for joy over it, he went

and sold all that he had

and he bought that field.

And again, the kingdom

of heaven is like

a merchant seeking

beautiful pearls,

who when he had found

one pearl of great price,

went and sold all that

he had, and he bought it.

You mean we did all this work

and the pearl is just

some old Bible story?

Pastor Murphy, if the necklace

can't save their marriage,

is there anything that can?

Just one thing.

The kingdom of

heaven, the pearl.

That's right.

But what is it?

Well the kingdom of heaven

is not something you can see,

but once you find it,

you'll gladly give up

all you have to enter into it.

And just for fun, say someone

wanted to enter into it,

how would they do that?

They would have to

repent and be born again.

You were listening those

times you came to church,

weren't you?

CRICKET:
Repent?

Turn away from your sins.

I'm sorry, but

repent, be born again.

No offense, but

I just wanna know

how to help Mary's parents.

Besides, we're not

sinners, we're just kids.

And we help people

fix their problems.

I want ya'll to look

at something for me.

It's a mirror.

Oh it's much more than that.

It's the 10 commandments.

That's right.

You see God gave us a way,

that if we're brave enough,

we can look right

into our own hearts

and see what's there.

Not bad.

But I haven't

broken any of these.

I'm not a murderer.

Cricket, Jesus says

even if we hate someone,

it's the same as murder.

He said that?

Don't you dare try to blame me.

You don't understand.

You don't know everything.

You're dumb.

You're dumb.

You're dumb.

You're dumb.

(KAT SCREAMING)

Good thing I love everyone.

Especially yourself.

Look at number two.

You shall not make

for yourself any idols.

What are you doing?

I'm just fixing my hair.

Get down.

Can't improve on perfection.

Not bad, not bad.

Can't improve on perfection.

Not bad, not bad.

Can't improve on perfection.

Not bad.

Oh.

What about you

Mary, what do you see?

What color's your money?

The color of a princess's

eyes in a field of clover.

I lied about having the money.

Field of clover,

field of clover.

I lied about having the money.

Field of clover,

field of clover.

Field of clover.

You shall not lie.

You see, it's

because of our sins

that we fall short of

God's perfect standard.

We're all broken in his eyes.

And that's what we need

healing and forgiveness from,

because the wages

of sin is death.

But the gift of God is

eternal life in Jesus.

Jesus came to

offer us that gift.

And that's what I

was referring to Mary

when I said that your

parents needed to find

the pearl of great price.

Do you understand?

(THOUGHTFUL MUSIC)

I want to, I wanna be

reconciled to God right now.

Cricket, what are you doing?

Remember how I said

that we don't need God

because we can fix

things ourselves?

Yeah?

Well I was lying.

I've been waiting my whole life

for somebody to explain

all of this to me.

You have?

But if you become a Christian,

that'll change things.

I know what the pearl

of price is now, Ben.

And I'll give up

everything to get it.

Cricket, the Bible

says that only those

righteous in God's sight

can enter into his kingdom.

Well that rules us out then.

But it also says that

he is faithful and just.

And he'll forgive us our sins

and cleanse us from all

thoughts of unrighteousness.

Do you understand?

Cricket.

Cricket, Cricket.

Cricket!

Cricket.

Pastor Murphy, I want

God's forgiveness too.

How 'bout you Ben?

Do you see your need?

Uncle Jim once told

me that as we grew up

there would come

along moments in life,

moments that depending

on our actions

would determine the whole

course of our lives.

I knew that this is

one of those moments.

Dear God, I know what

Pastor Murphy said is true.

I'm sorry for all the

bad stuff I've done.

I'm sorry for thinking

I didn't need you.

I'm sorry you haven't been

number one in my life.

Until now.

Please fix in me what

I can't fix myself.

I'm sorry I left.

I just needed some

time to think.

But I'm done now.

And?

And the pearl is more

beautiful than I ever imagined.

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