Wide Awake Page #7

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- Oh.

- [Grunts]

- Something caught?

- Don't push anymore. We can't fiit.

- [Chattering]

- Turn it back.

- Something caught?

- Don't push anymore. We can't fiit.

- [Chattering]

- Turn it back.

Aw, you dweeb! The turnstile doesn't

go back. Now I'm pushing forward.

- [Chattering]

- Turn it back.

Aw, you dweeb! The turnstile doesn't

go back. Now I'm pushing forward.

- No!

- [Sister Terry] Okay, excuse me!

Gentlemen, calm down!

Please let me through.

Calm down!

Get in line, please!

Single fiile was what I said, right?

What's happening, boys?

Calm down!

Get in line, please!

Single fiile was what I said, right?

What's happening, boys?

- Sister, we're stuck.

- You're stuck?

Single fiile was what I said, right?

What's happening, boys?

- Sister, we're stuck.

- You're stuck?

- Yes.

- Really? And how did you get stuck?

Billy and Newman went through together.

I thought, maybe,Josh and l...

- Yes.

- Really? And how did you get stuck?

Billy and Newman went through together.

I thought, maybe,Josh and l...

- Do you do everything

that Billy and Newman do?

- No, Sister, I don't.

I certainly should hope not.

Are you all right,Joshua?

- [Groans]

- Stay right here. I'll get some help.

Be quiet! Try to be calm.

Single fiile! Sir.

- [Groans]

- Stay right here. I'll get some help.

Be quiet! Try to be calm.

Single fiile! Sir.

- I think they're stuck.

- [Groans]

-Joshua.

- What do you want?

- I think I'm gonna blow chunks.

- [Boys Laughing]

-Joshua.

- What do you want?

- I think I'm gonna blow chunks.

- [Boys Laughing]

- Um, no chunk-blowing, Frank, okay?

- Yes, Sister.

If you could, I would appreciate...

That's not funny! Is that funny?

- Um, no chunk-blowing, Frank, okay?

- Yes, Sister.

If you could, I would appreciate...

That's not funny! Is that funny?

[Joshua's Voice] It took two workmen

20 minutes to pry us out.

A crowd of over 300 people

stopped by to watch.

I hate field trips.

[Boy] What a fat turd.

He's gonna weigh like

5,000 pounds when he grows up.

[Joshua's Voice]

I better complete my mission soon.

I think I'm really losing it.

You know what, Frank?

[Sniffs]

What?

Today is tomorrow.

Yesterday was yesterday

and today is tomorrow. Right?

[Sniffs]

Right.

So you wanna go make fun

of those ugly statues over there?

Hey, Frank, you're not

gonna blow chunks on me, are you?

Come on.

[Whispers]

Hey,Josh.

Josh...

[Whispers]

Hey,Josh.

Josh...

[Joshua's Voice]

Dave said he got one of his...

"I didn't study for my test"headaches.

Said he couldn't see

the questions.

"I didn't study for my test"headaches.

Said he couldn't see

the questions.

Everything got blurry.

He told me we had to go

on a secret agent assignment.

That's code for something

no one could ever know about.

Something really, really dangerous.

Something...

that could get you detention.

Something really, really dangerous.

Something...

that could get you detention.

[Whispers]

Okay, just eye that hallway, all right?

Here it is.

- Huh? Did you fiind it?

- Just keep looking.

- Want me to fiix yours?

- No, no.

I did all right. And remember

I'm not involved with this at all.

- Secret agent red light.

Secret agent red light.

- Wait.

- I'm not fiinished yet.

- Oh, it's all over.

- Secret agent red light.

Secret agent red light.

- Wait.

- I'm not fiinished yet.

- Oh, it's all over.

We're gonna be arrested

and "incarcemated."

- I'm not fiinished yet.

- Oh, it's all over.

We're gonna be arrested

and "incarcemated."

Qick, over here.

- [Dave] Here she comes.

- Hail Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women

and blessed is the fru...

[Footsteps]

[Papers Shuffling]

[Door closes]

She took the tests.

- [Sister Beatrice] Flynn.

- Here.

- Newman.

- Here.

O'Hara.

O'Hara?

- Pasquale.

- Here.

- Rafalski.

- Here.

Hey.

- You know what?

- Hmm?

Hey.

- You know what?

- Hmm?

Dave was out sick today.

Maybe we could stop by on the way home.

Sure.

Okay.

Make it quick.

[Joshua's Voice] I can tell you

everything that happened that afternoon.

- Hello?

- Mrs. O'Hara was upstairs taking a nap.

[Joshua's Voice] I can tell you

everything that happened that afternoon.

- Hello?

- Mrs. O'Hara was upstairs taking a nap.

Dave?

Mr. O'Hara

was still working downtown.

Dave?

And Dave was in

the galactic battleship.

You're supposed to be sick,

not having galactic battles.

I just found out my best friend,

Dave, has epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a sickness

you're born with.

It can strike at any age.

When it hits,

you lose control of your body...

It can strike at any age.

When it hits,

you lose control of your body...

you shake real hard...

and then you black out.

The warning signs of epilepsy...

and then you black out.

The warning signs of epilepsy...

are blurry vision...

and headaches.

Mom!

[Mr. Beal]

I talked to Dave's dad at the hospital.

Dave's stable.

[Mr. Beal]

I talked to Dave's dad at the hospital.

Dave's stable.

He's bruised up a little.

Dave's stable.

He's bruised up a little.

I mean, that closet

you guys play in is very small.

[Mrs. Beal]

And when someone has a seizure...

their arms and their legs

move so fast...

they need a lot of room.

[Joshua]

Is he hurt bad?

[Mr. Beal] Dave fractured

his arm against one of the walls.

He's gonna be okay.

[Mr. Beal] Dave fractured

his arm against one of the walls.

He's gonna be okay.

[Mrs. Beal] His condition

can be treated with medicine.

He's gonna be okay.

[Mrs. Beal] His condition

can be treated with medicine.

[Mr. Beal] Hopefully, he'll be back

playing with you in a couple of weeks.

[Mrs. Beal] His condition

can be treated with medicine.

[Mr. Beal] Hopefully, he'll be back

playing with you in a couple of weeks.

[Joshua's Voice]

Final journal entry.

Know what?

My grandpa was wrong.

Someone just made God up.

[Chattering]

- [Man] On your marks, get set...

- [Pistol Fires]

[Cheering, Yelling]

- Is that it?

- Uh-huh.

Come on.

The winners of our sixth grade

100-yard dash are...

in third place, Wayne Hiller...

second place, Mike McFarland:

fiirst place, Andrew Dow.

Let's have a round of applause

for our Waldron athletes.

[Cheering]

I'm gonna win this for my grandpa.

[Man]

On your marks, get set...

- [Pistol Fires]

- [Cheering]

Go,Joshua!

Go! Go!

[Joshua's Voice]

I don't remember much about that day.

I don't remember who won

or how long I was on the ground.

- The winner of our fourth grade...

- Sister.

My grandson hasn't

fiinished the race.

[Joshua's Voice]

I do remember thinking this was the end.

My grandpa would never

see me run again.

One of the last things

I remember about my grandpa...

was the way he stood

at the fiinish line...

waiting to say good-bye.

- [Joshua] He takes the lead!

- [Dave] Oh, no!

My engine's overheated.

- All right. How many laps left?

- Ten.

- [Joshua] He takes the lead!

- [Dave] Oh, no!

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