The Karate Kid Page #2

- Come on with the baby browns.

- Are you on something?

- I'm on Minute Maid.

- Why hide your eyes?

- I'm not.

- Take off the glasses.

Now!

My God! How did that happen?

I hit a kerb with my bike.

I wore the glasses so you wouldn't worry.

- It looks worse than it feels.

- Don't do that.

- It doesn't hurt.

- Can you see? You want to stay home?

I've got to go.

- Hey, you guys, Freddy, how you doing?

- Hey, the karate kid.

Let's see the moves.

- He knows how to get his butt kicked.

- I already know that move.

Let's get out of here.

Hey, think fast.

- Hi.

- Hi, how are you doing?

- Your eye.

- It looks worse than it feels. Believe me.

I hope so.

I never got a chance to thank you.

That was nothing.

I'm just sorry about your radio.

I'm more sorry about your eye.

You should've just given it to him.

Why? It wasn't his, right?

- Yeah, it wasn't his.

- We think alike already.

You know what else we do alike?

You've been practicing.

- Cheerleaders, over here.

- I've got to go.

- I'll see you.

- 'Bye.

- Hey, have you got a name?

- Ali with an "i."

- What's your name?

- Daniel with an "I."

I'll see you later.

Definitely.

Get him, Bobby.

Have a nice trip?

Look what he's doing to Bobby.

Nobody hits me. I'm going to kill him.

- None of that on this team!

- He hooked me!

I said out of here!

Back to it. Let's go.

This school sucks! It sucks.

- Fix faucet.

- Come on in.

It's the kitchen one.

Karate.

- Yeah, 5, 6...

- Very good.

- Learn from book?

- And a few months at the Y in Newark.

...11, 12, 13...

What happened to eye?

I fell off my bike.

Lucky no hurt hand.

- Ali with an "i." How are you doing?

- Good.

- Not too hungry today?

- Not really.

Have some pie, I made it myself.

- How do you like the valley?

- It hasn't been dull.

Was Newark dull?

How did you know I was from there?

- I asked.

- Oh, really?

- Are you sitting with anybody?

- With you, if it's okay.

- Sounds great to me. Want some milk?

- Thanks.

- Sorry about the soccer tryouts.

- Those are the breaks.

Remember that guy you had trouble with

on the beach?

- Yeah, King Karate?

- He's my ex-boyfriend.

That's good to know. What?

Yeah, you're right. I know.

- What are you doing?

- It's this little voice...

...telling me I've got to be nuts

to be talking to you.

- That'll be $2.50.

- For both.

- $3.75.

- It doesn't matter, anyway.

- Why's that?

- Because it's over.

- Wait. How over?

- Weeks.

One week, five weeks?

How many weeks is "weeks"?

- Fear does not exist in this dojo. Does it?

- No, Sensei!

- Pain does not exist in this dojo. Does it?

- No, Sensei!

- Defeat doesn't exist in this dojo. Does it?

- No, Sensei!

- Fear does not exist in this dojo. Does it?

- No, Sensei!

- Pain does not exist in this dojo. Does it?

- No, Sensei!

- Defeat doesn't exist in this dojo. Does it?

- No, Sensei!

Prepare.

- What do we study here?

- The way of the fist, sir!

- And what is that way?

- Strike first, strike hard, no mercy!

- I can't hear you.

- Strike first, strike hard, no mercy!

- Mr. Lawrence.

- Yes, Sensei.

Warm them up.

Fighting positions. Jab punch.

Ready.

Guess what.

I'm going to be trained as a manager.

Isn't that great?

The programme's two nights a week.

As soon as a spot opens up, I'm in.

The benefits are great.

They pay for everything.

That's great.

- What's the matter, Daniel?

- Nothing.

Remember when you went to the country

and hated it 'cause you had no friends?

What happened?

I got poison ivy.

You met Kevin and Kenny,

who became your best friends in the world.

You've got to give it a try.

I know it's hard.

We're not quitters, are we?

I guess not.

- What's with the karate place?

- It sucks.

Good. We couldn't afford it anyway.

And the girl situation?

- It's okay.

- Just okay?

To me it looks like

the whole world turned blonde.

You got your eye on anybody?

Cute?

Not cute.

- She's beyond cute.

- But she's blonde, right?

- She's got blonde hair.

- Lucille, let's go, here they come.

- Is she as pretty as Judy?

- She buries Judy in a second.

She buries Judy?

Tell me about it later. I love you.

Careful how you ride home.

She's got an excellent smile.

She's really smart.

I'd say she's beautiful.

I think she's beautiful.

I think she's something else.

She's hot. Definitely hot.

- Looking for a shortcut to Newark?

- He wants to learn karate.

Here's the first lesson: How to take a fall.

Don't think about the pain.

Damn bike! I hate this bike!

I hate this frigging bike! Stupid bike!

What's the matter?

Why did you throw your bike away?

- Because I felt like it.

- Look at me when I'm talking to you.

My God!

Tell me what's going on.

Don't say another bike accident.

- What do you want to hear?

- The truth.

No, all you want to hear

is how great it is here.

Maybe for you, but it sucks for me.

I hate this place!

I hate it, I want to go home!

Why can't we just go back home?

Listen to me.

I cannot help you

unless you tell me what's wrong.

I've got to take karate.

- You took karate.

- Not at the Y, at a good school.

- Fighting doesn't solve anything.

- Neither does palm trees.

That's not fair.

It wasn't fair coming out here

without asking me.

You're right.

I should've asked.

I just want to go home.

I don't understand the rules here.

Let's see if we can figure out

the rules together.

- What about your bike?

- It's safer taking the bus.

Why can't we just go home

and forget this place?

- I'll tell you everything he said.

- You'd better.

How are you?

- What happened to your forehead?

- It's terrible. A gigantic runaway zit.

That's gross.

Daniel, this is Susan.

What really happened?

I got in a bike accident.

What kind of bike do you have?

A Honda? Suzuki?

It's a Miyagi Turbo.

- Yeah?

- Oh, really?

- We're going to the arcade. Want to come?

- Sounds great.

There's this new game I want to show you.

I forgot something.

I'll catch up with you guys in a minute.

- Don't run away.

- I'm not running away from anything.

- We've got to deal with this.

- I'll deal with it my own way.

- Daniel...

- Get off my case!

Did you fix my bike?

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

I really appreciate that.

Are those real trees?

You like see, come inside.

Thanks.

How did they get so small?

I train.

Clip here, tie there.

Did you learn this in Japan?

Okinawa.

Where's that?

My country.

China here.

Japan here.

Okinawa here.

Did you go to school for this?

Father teach.

Was he a gardener?

Fisherman.

A fisherman.

These are really beautiful.

Come, you try.

I don't know how to do this stuff.

- Sit down.

- I may mess it up or something.

Close eyes.

Trust.

Concentrate.

Think only tree.

Make a perfect picture

down to last pine needle.

Wipe your mind clean.

Everything but the tree.

Nothing exists in whole world...

...only tree.

You got it?

Open eyes.

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