The Odd Life of Timothy Green Page #7

but if you could just

give me a few minutes.

You've heard the rumors

that our factory here in Stanleyville

is going to close.

That's what we thought.

As it turned out...

But... But something

unexpected happened.

A little miracle. And here it is.

This is a new kind of pencil

made almost entirely out of leaves.

JIM:
A new kind of pencil.

(BOTH STAMMERING)

BOTH:
The pencil that Timothy

had asked us to make.

It will not only save trees,

but will save our factory.

(ALL CHEERING)

Don't thank me.

I did not have the vision

to come up with this revolutionary idea.

But allow me to

introduce you to who did.

My son, Franklin Crudstaff.

I can't begin to

describe the feeling of pride I have.

Quite frankly, Franklin,

I didn't think you had it in you.

TIMOTHY:
He didn't.

He didn't have it in him.

The new pencil

was thought up by my parents,

Jim and Cindy Green.

Oh, look here.

It's the boy who kicked the winning goal

for the other team.

(CROWD LAUGHING)

Hey, hey, stop, Franklin.

Well, he's obviously confused again.

He shoots. He scores. We lose.

Hey! Enough. Do not pick on my son.

The truth is,

the only reason that

Cindy and I came up

with the idea for the leaf pencil

is because he believed

that we could. He's the reason.

And if you call him a liar,

if you ever so much as

even look at him funny,

you will have to deal with me.

JIM SR:
And me.

How touching.

Tell me, how did you

come up with this idea

to make a pencil out of leaves.

Franklin?

Well, it seems kind of obvious, really.

Uh, leaves are everywhere. And, uh...

- ...pencil.

- How about you?

Ever since Timothy came to us,

leaves have been a big,

a big part of our lives.

Why?

Well?

Because I have leaves on my legs.

Leaves on your legs.

Yes. Our son, Timothy,

has leaves on his legs.

(CROWD MURMURING)

And we didn't tell

you guys because we were afraid.

And kind of ashamed.

I even tried to cut his leaves off.

Surely you don't

expect us to believe that...

I've seen the leaves.

They're spectacular.

And it's okay to be different.

A little weird, even.

Thank you.

It doesn't matter if you believe us or not.

I'd like to see the leaves.

(CROWD MURMURS IN AGREEMENT)

It is up to you. You don't have to.

It's okay. It's time.

TIMOTHY:
Oops.

Now that's amazing.

I used to have more.

BERNICE:
Ifthis boy can

have a leaf on his ankle,

then we can make

a pencil out of leaves.

Let's all go to work!

(ALL CHEERING)

TIMOTHY:
Wow!

You guys were incredible.

Timothy, what happened to your leaves?

Oh, you know.

No. We don't know.

He wouldn't tell us.

No. He was quiet.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

CINDY:
We were in

the middle of something.

JIM:
We didn't know what.

But Timothy knew. He stayed calm.

He knew, and he was okay with it.

It was beautiful.

It was really beautiful.

Timothy.

What aren't you telling us?

We should get inside.

- Get inside.

- Come on.

I didn't tell you before

because there's nothing

you could have done.

About my leaves...

What about them?

(THUNDER CRASHES)

CINDY:
Please, please tell us.

When my leaves go...

You go, too, don't you?

When?

Now.

No, no.

No, sweetie. You can't.

TIMOTHY:
It's nothing you did.

It's how it's supposed to be.

There's only so much time.

Other kids grow up and move away.

I lose my leaves and move on.

CINDY:
Oh, sweetie, you can't.

There is so much that we have left to do.

We're just starting to get good at this.

You're ready.

- You were always ready.

- Oh, baby.

(SOBBING)

TIMOTHY:
Never give up.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(RAIN PATTERING)

Timothy?

- Timothy?

- Jim.

Oh!

- Jim.

- Yeah?

(CINDY SOBBING SOFTLY)

Oh, Jim.

Here, here, here, here.

(SOBBING)

What was in the box?

This.

Thank you. I think that's all we'll need.

That's it?

That...

Thank you.

TIMOTHY:
Dear Mom and Dad.

About my leaves, I gave them all away.

It's what you do with gifts.

I gave one to Aunt Brenda

so now she can rock.

(BLOWING)

I wanted Uncle Bub to have one.

And Miss Crudstaff.

Coach Cal got one.

He said it was my best kick ever.

(REGGIE SINGING HYMN)

TIMOTHY:
I gave one to Reggie,

because he really liked them.

I left one for Grandpa Jim

where I know he'll find it.

And Joni, she got two.

And for you guys, here's what I know.

If you came to me and said,

"There are two people in the world

"who want you more than anything."

Jim!

"They'll do their best.

They'll make some mistakes.

"And you'll only get them

for a short time.

"But they will love you

more than you can ever imagine."

Well, when that's true, I'd say,

"So much is possible."

Hi.

JIM:
Hi.

I'm Cindy.

I'm Jim.

And you can call us...

Whatever you want.

GIRL:
I'm Lily.

You want to come inside?

(HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

This gift will last forever

This gift will never let you down

Some things are made from better stuff

This gift is waiting to be found

Your heart's in wide receiving

Been too long buried in the sand

Some things require leaving

This gift will fall right in your hand

Just try to understand

If you long enough

And you don't give up

If you're strong enough

And you don't give up

And you'll be no harbor

To the sorrow

Just let it go

Don't hang your head in sorrow

Don't give up just before you win

Don't wait around for tomorrow

Open up your arms and let it in

This gift will last forever

This gift will never let you down

Some things are made from better stuff

This gift is ready to be found

Just you believe it now

This gift will last forever

This gift will never let you down

Some things are made from better stuff

This gift is ready to be found

Your heart's in wide receiving

Been too long buried in the sand

Some things require leaving

These things just fall right in your hand

Just try to understand

If you long enough

And you don't give up

If you're strong enough

And you don't give up

If you long enough

And you don't give up

If you're strong enough

And you don't give up

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