The Sandlot 2 Page #4

and he fiinally did what no one had ever

been able to do before.

Yeah! Are you taking notes?

- Smalls, did you see that?

- See what?

That homer. Kid, it was far out.

I'll get the ball back

and I'll hit another one so you can see.

[ Saul ] That was incredible.

I get to try the bat next, Mac.

[ Hayley ] We can get the ball back.

There's got to be some way over that wall.

No! Stop!

- You guys, over here.

- No.!

No! Stop! What are you all doing?

What are we all doing?

Smalls, you're the one freaking out.

Bucky,you're acting a fool.

just step aside so we can get our ball.

It's Johnnie, and I said stay back!

You might wanna put those away

before you hurt yourself, Smalls.

Oh, my gosh. None of you knows.

Knows about what?

Tarqell, you said you guys have only been...

coming here together

for, like, a year, right?

And, David, you said no one's

ever hit a ball over the junk wall.

- Right?

- Right. Mac's the fiirst.

-Johnnie, what in the hell

are you babbling about?

- The Great Fear.

Spawned by the Beast.

Go over there real slowly...

and look through

that old dryer and be quiet.

No, no, no. Only one.

[ Panting, Low Growl ]

[ Low Growling ]

- [ Rapid Footsteps ]

- [ Chain Rattling ]

[ Screams ]

- What was that thing?

- The Great Fear.

Like, what does that mean, ''The Great Fear''?

It's a long story.

- Bivouac.

- [ Dog Barking In Distance ]

- Bivouac.

- [ Dog Barking In Distance ]

All those who know this tale have

grown up and left the neighborhood.

But my brother, Scotty, was there.

He told me the main stuff.

A kid named Benny ''TheJet''

Rodriguez battled the Beast...

a dog named Hercules, to get back a baseball

worth about a million bucks.

Benny won.

Hercules got old and died.

Where his story ends is where the story of

the Great Fear begins.

Around six years ago, before he died,

Hercules made some baby dogs.

[ Whimpering ]

- [ Growling ]

- One pup was different.

He had big feet and big teeth

and he didn't like no one.

He was born to bite,

and so nobody wanted him.

For years the pup stayed in

the backyard...

looking under the gate

to watch kids walking by.

Kids he wanted to bite.

But there was no way out.

With his big feet, he started to dig.

The digging made him grow huge.

Being alone made him grow mean.

And then the little kid moved into

the neighborhood, and he was six years old.

His favorite hero was the Rapid Rocket.

So the little kid believed

he was as fast as a speeding rocket.

On his fiirst day of school,

he walked right past Mr. Mertle's house.

The night before,

Mr. Mertle didn't lock the gate.

[ Low Barking ]

And that's when the freak-of-nature pup

became known as the Great Fear.

Because the little kid

looked at it, and he was afraid.

And because he could smell your fear.

[ Gate Creaks ]

[ Barking ]

[ Barking Continues ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Barking ]

[ Screaming ]

After he got bit by the Great Fear,

the little kid disappeared.

Some say he hops around on one leg.

Some say the Great Fear ate him whole.

And some say his parents

moved him away...

'cause he got infected with the Great Fear's

spit and never talked again.

He barked.

After that, Mr. Mertle chained

the Great Fear up to a battleship anchor...

so he could never get out again...

and never bite kids no more.

And all on account ofbeing

chained up forever...

the Great Fear's brain

got twisted, and he went insane.

And that's why he still digs,

'cause there's no way out.

But he believes there is.

Bucky, that's a hell of a story.

It's the truth.

Like,you've got a great

imagination and all...

but we're a little old

to believe in scary stories.

But, it's all the truth.

Johnnie, we're all, like, 1 2, and you're, well,

you know,just still in the fourth grade.

- That was a great story.

- Great story,Johnnie.

[ Tarqell ] You sure got

a great imagination, man.

Wait. Look.

- You know what that looks like?

- We all see it, Mac. Shut up.

- [ Loud Growling ]

- You know what that sounded like?

- We all heard it, Mac. Shut up.

- Bigfoot.

The junk wall wasn't built

to keep things out.

It was built to keep some thing in.

- What?

- No one really knows.

Some kind of mutated,

insane, bigfoot dog thing.

But this much is certain.

Since the time of the little kid,

nothing has gone over that fence.

But if something ever did

and anyone tried to go get it...

no one would ever see them again.

They'd become dog chow...

for the Great Fear.

[ Thumping ]

[ All Screaming ]

[ Smalls ] Back then, fiireworks

were safe and sane.

but we never knew anyone that

that had actually happened to.

Those accidents were caused by fiirecrackers,

not safe and sane fiireworks.

You didn't even have to have your parents

with you to buy them.

But the one thing

your parents always said was...

''Don't spend all your money

on the Rocket Riot. ''

Two Rocket Riots, please.

I've been saving for two years.

Chores, collecting bottles,

birthday money.

Here, help me with this.

Bucky, what in the hell are you gonna do

with two Rocket Riots?

Celebrate the birth

of our great country, of course.

Oh, and I'm going to

turn night into day.

It's about time.

We gonna play ball or what?

David, man, it's so hot out.

I'm not even supposed to be here.

My mom said if I play ball

in this heat, I'll get fungus.

What happened to playing baseball

all day, every day? All summer.

Come on, David. It's hot.

Hey, do you guys

wanna go swimming?

- Oh, yeah.

- All right.

[ Smalls ] Because of it being so hot

that day and because of Hayley's pool...

I got another clue about how me

and David and Hayley were connected...

for the one moment later that summer when

I would change the fortunes of all.

-[ Water Splashes ]

- Aren't you gonna go swimming?

No, it's stupid. Girls ruin everything.

Even with that clue, I couldn't put it

all together yet.

But I would soon enough,

and like all great moments in history...

it would be

at the very last minute.

- johnnie.

- Yeah?

Isn't David gonna come swimming too?

Mmm, I don't think so.

Maybe he will later though.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

Come on.

Come on. Hurry up. There he goes.

Hey, big guy. What's the matter?

I thought he liked me.

What's the matter with me?

Oh, tiger, there is absolutely nothing wrong

with you. You are perfect.

You just remember this: A woman needs

a man like a fiish needs a bicycle.

- Hmm?

- Oh, great. Thanks, Mom.

Anytime, big guy.

[ Door Closes, Locks Click ]

Johnnie, right?

Uh, yes. My name is Johnnie, sir.

You know, I gotta go away

on business next week...

so, why don't you

come over Friday morning...

and you and me will take my project

for a test flight before I go.

- Me, sir?

- Yeah, sure.

I mean, you can set it up

and you can launch it if you want to.

- Rockets are your life, right?

- Affiirmative.

Affiirm- [ Chuckles ] Yeah.

You know,Johnnie,

my wife and my daughter...

they're not so impressed with all my,

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