The Polar Express Page #2

I did.

I was trying to return it to you.

But the wind blew it out of my hand.

[SIGHS]

You can have my ticket.

[CONDUCTOR YELLS]

These tickets are not transferable.

Young lady...

...you will just have to come along with me.

You know what's gonna happen now? He's gonna throw her off the train.

Yeah, he's gonna probably throw her right off the rear platform.

Standard procedure. That way, she won't get sucked under the wheels.

They may slow the train down, but they're never gonna stop it.

Stop it?

That's it! I have to stop the train again.

KNOW-IT-ALL:
No, please, don't do that again.

HERO BOY:
Where'd they go?

What happened to them?

Please, she's in big trouble. You have to help me.

Hey!

Hey!

I found your ticket! Wait!

Hey!

Wait!

I have your ticket!

[MAN SINGING INDISTINCTLY]

Is there something I can do for you?

I'm looking for a girl.

A gi...?

[LAUGHING]

Ain't we all?

I have her ticket.

Well, lookie. Lookie here. What is this?

This is an official, authentic, genuine ticket to ride.

Oh, you better keep this in a safe place, young man.

If I was you....

I keep all my valuables right here.

Right here in the old size 1 3.

Experience shows this is the safest place.

Not that I have much use for those.

Tickets.

I ride for free.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I hop aboard this rattler any time I feels like it.

I own this train. Oh, yeah.

It's like I'm the king of this train. Yeah. The king of the Pol Ex.

In fact, I am the king of the North Pole!

Oh, where's my manners? Sit, sit. Sit.

Take a load off.

Hey, would you like some Joe?

Nice hot refreshment. Perfect for a cold winter's night.

[COUGHING]

There. Bless you.

What about Santa?

Santa? Isn't he the king of the North Pole?

You mean this guy? Huh?

Ho-ho-ho, ho-ho-ho.

What exactly is your persuasion on the big man?

Since you brought him up.

Well, I....

I want to believe.

But... But you don't wanna be bamboozled.

You don't wanna be led down the primrose path.

You don't wanna be conned or duped, have the wool pulled over your eyes.

Hoodwinked. You don't wanna be taken for a ride, railroaded.

Seeing is believing.

Am I right?

But what about this train?

What about it?

We're all really going to the North Pole...

...aren't we?

Aren't we?

Are you saying that this is all just a dream?

You said it, kid. Not me.

Ah.

So let's go find that girl.

One other thing.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Interesting.

HERO BOY:
Wait.

Wait!

Wait!

I have to wake up.

Yeah. I have to wake up.

Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.

Wake up!

Wake up, wake up. Wake up, wake up!

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

HOBO:
Kid!

Kid, get your head out of the clouds!

Wake up, kid!

There's no sleepwalking on the Polar Express.

We gotta jump them knuckles.

Come on, kid. Flip my shoulders.

Grab my lily.

[GRUNTS]

That skirt you're chasing must have moved on ahead.

We gotta hightail it to the hog, pronto. To the hog?

The engine. The engine, you tenderfoot.

We gotta make the engine before we hit Flat Top Tunnel.

How come?

So many questions.

There is but one inch of clearance between the roof of this rattler...

...and the roof of Flat Top Tunnel.

Savvy?

It's just the run up to the hump, kid.

This will be interesting.

[GRUNTING]

Get back on, kid. Hurry!

Grab my muck stick.

[SCREAMING]

There's only one trick to this, kid.

When I say "jump"...

...you jump!

Ah!

You. I thought you got thrown off, and...

You're driving the train? They put me in charge.

The engineer had to check the light. ENGINEER: - Here's the light. Careful.

All right, now.

Oh! Oh! I got it.

[SCREAMING]

How do you know how? It's easy. Come here, I'll show you.

This big lever here, that's the throttle.

This little one here, that's the brake.

And those are the pressure gauges.

And that rope is the whistle.

The whistle. Mm-hm.

You wanna try it?

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

I've wanted to do that my whole life.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[SCREAMING]

Hold still! Hold still! Don't move!

Look!

[SCREAMING]

Stop the train! Stop the train!

Stop the train!

What?

They want us to stop the train.

[GASPS]

Which one is the brake? He told me this was.

Who? The engineer.

The engineer? This one looks like a brake. No, he said this was the brake.

Are you sure?

Uh.... Are you sure?

ENGINEER:
Pull the brake!

Stop the train!

[SCREAMING]

Caribou?

Ugh. CONDUCTOR:
- There's no Christmas...

...without the Polar Express arriving on time.

Am I the only one who understands that?

You. I should have known.

Are you bound and determined that this train never reaches the North Pole?

But look.

Caribou crossing?!

I make that herd to be at least 1 00,000, maybe even a million.

It's gonna be hours before they clear this track.

A tough nut to crack. We are in some serious jelly.

And a jam. Tight spot.

Up a creek. Up a tree.

Lost in the grass. I'll tell you what's grass: our a... Ow!

[CARIBOU WHINES]

[SCREAMING]

[WHINES]

[SCREAMING]

[WHINES]

Problem solved. All ahead, slow.

[GRUNTS]

HERO BOY:
We're going pretty fast.

Tell the engineer to slow down.

HERO GIRL:
Slow it down.

Watch the speed!

Ah! Jumping jeepers, the cotter pin sheared off.

What? The pin.

Where? There.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

They can't hear me. They can't? Oh....

CONDUCTOR:
I don't like the look of this. Quick, under the safety bar.

Is everything all right? What should we do?

Well, considering the fact that we have lost communication with the engineer...

...we are standing totally exposed on the front of the locomotive...

...the train appears to be accelerating uncontrollably...

...and we are rapidly approaching Glacier Gulch...

...which just happens to be the steepest downhill grade in the world...

...I suggest we all hold on...

...tightly!

[ALL SCREAMING]

The pin. The pin.

[GRUNTING]

Jiminy Christmas, the ice has frozen over the tracks.

Hold on. Hold on. No, no.

Come on. Watch your step.

Come on, sweetie. Up you go. Up you go.

Shh. Put your feet on here. On here.

CONDUCTOR:
Little adventure, huh?

Young man, quick thinking on your part.

Step to your left, please. To your left.

Oh!

Well, that is more like it.

What in the name of Mike?

[CRACKING]

Look.

Get us the blazes out of here!

Turn this sled around.

Look there.

Tracks.

Dead ahead.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Hang a Louie.

Toss a Ritchie.

Port astern.

To the starboard.

HERO BOY:
- My slipper. You're gonna lose your ticket.

It's not my ticket, it's yours.

It's my ticket? Yes.

Right. Keep up with me. Left.

Right. Left.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Left. Right.

Oh, no! Oh, no!

Brace yourselves!

Well, that's more like it.

Thank you.

Thank you. I can't believe you found my ticket.

Did someone say they found a ticket?

Well, in that case.... Tickets, please.

[COUGHS]

Thank you.

HERO GIRL:
"L-E"? -Hey, just like that know-it-all kid.

CONDUCTOR:
Watch your step.

Tricky walking up here. It's mighty slick. Mighty slick, I tell you.

Oh, whoop... There you go. What did I tell you?

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