The Luck of the Irish Page #7

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Do you know nothing at all

o' your heritage?

It's the Tailteann Games that were played

in Ireland for 3,000 years.

Oh.

Those games.

[ GRUNTS ]

What do I do now?

Aaggh!

Aaggh!

Punt!

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

Yes!

Do you know why I want that coin?

Does it have anything to do with greed?

Ha!

Its power.

Power, boyo, is what I'm after.

Taking the luck from

every leprechaun in America.

It's I that'll have power

over the lot of ya.

Kyle's on the wrestling team at school.

Well, it's just junior high.

It's a king we had in Ireland,

and it's a king I'll be--

King of the Leprechauns.

Yeah? Well, in America, we don't

believe in kings.

We believe in baseball.

Yeah!

Oh, ho ho!

Without your luck, there'll be

no more denying what you are.

You'll see how welcome you are

in America

when you're the Little People again

and different from everyone else.

Then it's back to the land of Eire,

back to the old country and

the old ways!

Ha ha!

Ha ha!

This is the last of the sports.

If Kyle doesn't win this one,

it's all over.

But dancing's not a sport.

Hoh! It is in Ireland.

I am the Saint of the Step!

What sort of step is that?

Uh, it's my step.

Wa ha ha ha!

[ LAUGHS ]

I'll have that coin now, boyo.

What are you talking about?

We tied.

We said, if you didn't beat me

at sports,

the coin was mine.

Well, a tie's not beating me,

so hand it over.

Man, what a cheat!

Oh, he's a devil for twisting

words about.

He'd make a liar tell the truth.

The coin, boyo,

or I'll have to be

getting rough with you.

[ KYLE SIGHS ]

What about my grandda?

You said you'd let him go.

I said I might let him go,

or, I might just make him

my slave forever!

I bet I can beat you

without my luck.

What? I bet I can beat you

at basketball, even without

my lucky coin.

You've got nothing left to bet, boyo.

If I lose...

I'll be your slave.

Oh, no, don't do it, Kyle boy.

And if you win,

you get your luck back, is that it?

Yeah.

You're not gonna trust this guy again,

are you, Kyle?

Now, none of that.

We're all good Irishmen here.

Irishmen. Yeah.

OK, so if I win...

If...I win...I get my coin back,

and you'll live forever

in the land of my fathers,

and never leave the shores

of Erie again.

Done.

[ CROWD CHEERING ]

Go Team Go!

[ COACH ]:
Work it down forward,

and pass it on to you.

The fast break is--

Where were you guys?

In Ireland.

Look, we're here now, all right?

Yeah, OK. You get out there

and take the tipoff, Kyle.

Let's get the lead and keep it.

We're not going into double overtime.

[ ALL:
YEAH! and APPLAUDING ]

1, 2, 3...Go!

[ KYLE ]:
Hey, this is kind of weird.

How'd we end up here?

Maybe you should ask him.

Do you recognize this, boyo?

It's your luck I'm wearing.

Isn't he a little old for junior high?

Let's just play ball, boys.

Look, there's your grandda.

Kyle!

Woo-hoo!

No, no!

Transition quickly!

Get down and cover your net.

Yeah! Hello, old man.

Make a run for it, Kyle,

before it's too late.

Put it in, Kyle. Let's go!

I'm not going to give up now.

Look, I can beat Seamus

if I try hard enough.

Kyle, throw it in!

You can't do it without your luck.

You'll lose, Kyle.

You'll be a slave forever.

Let's go.

Yeah! - Yeah!

- Yeah!

Somebody get with those guys.

Transition quickly!

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

Come on.

Come on. We're gonna

get this back now.

We're close. Keep the players working

right to the beat.

I'm open, I'm open.

Ha ha ha!

Ooof!

Aaaah!

[ BOOING ]

Russell!

Russell!

Mr. O'Reilly?

Take this lucky coin.

And don't ask where it come from.

Oh, great. I'll give it to Kyle.

Oh, no, no!

No, it won't work for Kyle.

It's a special coin just for you.

Well, hey, thanks!

[ CHEERLEADERS ]: Come on!

Take it all the way!

A boy who believes in leprechauns,

will believe in anything!

Bring it in, Russell, bring it in!

Let's get it back.

I'm open, I'm open!

Yeah, Russ!

Yeah! Way to go, man.

Hey, look, it's not just me.

Your grandfather gave me

this lucky coin.

Excuse me.

There's Kyle.

Seamus!

It's OK, son. good foul, good foul.

We're gonna rebound.

We're gonna bring it back

to you, buddy.

Let's go.

Look, there's Da!

Why did you give Russell that coin?

I thought you could use a little help...

the way you've been playing.

But it's fake, isn't it?

Sure it is fake.

But I wouldn't be telling him that,

if you were you.

It's confidence the boy be wanting,

not some lucky coin.

Oh, he's got all the luck he needs

right in here.

Yeah. the luck's inside him.

And mine's inside me.

THE LUCK OF THE IRISH!

Come on, Kyle, come on!

Get in the game.

Come on!

Make a statement.

Oh, give it up, boyo,

you're a leprechaun.

And a leprechaun's nothing,

without his luck.

Nobody's nothing.

That wasn't luck.

Yeah!

[ CHEERS ]

[ COACH ]:
Yes!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

All right!

That's it, Russell!

Yee-ha!

I touched the rim!

Hey!

Ooh!

[ CHEERS ]

Aaaagh!

[ CHEERS ]

One more, and you've got it--

Ooh!

Give me the ball!

Aooooh!

Ball!

Yargh!

I am the Saint of the Step!

King of the Leprechauns!

You'll never beat me!

[ WILD CHEERS ]

Yes!

Yes!

That's my son!

Argh!

[ CRACK! ]

Seamus!

Come on, get up!

You all right there, boyo?

[ REILLY ]:
You've lost

to the boy, Seamus.

He beat you fair and square.

Now it's time

to have our luck back.

I lost, is it? Lost what? This?

I still got a pot of gold on the bus.

And 10 times that,

hidden away in a cave at Carraig.

Do you remember the rest of our bet?

- Oh, I remember it, boyo!

Word for word.

It's home

you're sending me.

To live forever in Ireland.

[ LAUGHING ]

I'll be King of the Leprechauns yet.

And then I'll settle with you,

and the Clan O'Reilly.

I said the shores of Erie.

Augh! Would you at least learn

how to say it?

The land of your fathers

Isn't Erie, boyo.

it's Eire.

My father's from Cleveland.

[ GASPS ]

Ohio!

Aah!

Whoa!

[ SPLASH ]

To live forever within the shores

of Lake Erie.

Heh! Sure hope he can swim better

than he plays basketball.

[ CELTIC MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ CROWD CHEERING ]

Luck's got nothing to do with it.

I'm proud of you, son.

Hooray!

Yeah!

Bonnie.

Where have you been?

Did your daughter not tell you

she's been all day

interviewing for our scholarship program?

Scholarship?

From Emerald Isle Potato Chips.

Why, Bonnie's at the top of our list

for a full college scholarship.

After she finishes high school, of course.

Bonnie, you should have told me.

Except there's one thing

that might keep her from getting it.

You see, we like our scholars to be

well rounded.

Does she not play some sort of sport?

Sport? Oh, yes!

She's going to play basketball next year.

Is that right, Bonnie?

Whatever you say, Dad.

Well, you've got

one lucky girl there, Mr. Lopez.

But...aren't we all lucky,

to be living in so grand a country where...

...where anything is possible.

Yeah!

[ CELTIC DANCE PLAYING ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ WOMAN ]:
Very good!

All right!

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