Wild Tigers I Have Known

I'm here at

Clausen Middle School,

where only hours ago a mountain lion

was shot dead.

Parents, neighbors and teachers

were all shaken up...

yet thankful that no one was hurt.

They can be dangerous, and so...

I guess after this incident

they'll probably be...

telling all the teachers and the students,

you know, to really be...

keep an eye out because, uh, uh...

one wrong move...

especially if you run...

then you become the prey.

Sometimes,

the most beautiful things...

are the most innocent things,

and they keep passing us by.

I won't let them pass you by.

Hello?

Hello?

Hey.

What?

You want to come over after

school today?

I don't know.

I still got that movie.

It's not due back till tomorrow.

Oh, yeah?

Well, do you wanna?

It centers

on an invented character...

Jose Jimenez, the reluctant astronaut.

My name Jose Jimenez.

I am cheap astronow...

With United Stay Inna-planetar...

My name Jose Jimenez.

Jose Jimenez was created on

television and in a record album...

by a noted comedy writer

and performer, Bill Dana.

Here is Jose being interviewed

by a reporter.

I've been noticing this,

Mr. Jimenez...

What is this called, a crash helmet?

Is that mine?

No, that's mine.

I bought it at Tuberry Silver.

For, like seven dollars.

I would like all of you to pay very

close attention to this... demonstration.

If you were to be approached by a lion...

or if you are to see something that you

think might be a lion on campus...

it's very important that you make yourself

as big as possible.

OK, so you come...

Come at me, come at me.

Come on. Like we rehearsed,

just come at me. OK?

Ready?

Big as possible.

What... are you doing?

I was going to the bathroom.

Logan, you woke me up.

I'm sorry.

Go to bed, Logan.

I had to pee.

I said go to bed, Logan.

Come... here.

Give me a kiss.

Look, I'm sorry.

Just come here,

come here and kiss me.

Did you have a good time

at the dance tonight?

Dance with lots of girls?

Sleep tight, honey.

# When I was in my prime #

# I flourished like a vine #

# There came along #

# A false young man #

# And stole away my time #

# Time #

# And stole away my time #

# The gardener standing by #

# Three offers he gave me #

# The pink, the violet

and red rose #

# Which I refused all three #

# Three #

# Which I refused all three #

Can we be evil together?

I want to be evil with you.

Evil with you... evil with you,

evil with you, evil with you...

Oh, you should let me, uh...

you should let me take a picture of you

after your fight like that.

What should I be doing?

I don't know.

You don't have to be doing anything.

Wait.

What are you doing?

It'll make a better picture,

don't you think?

You look weird.

Just take it.

We should take another picture.

My camera has a timer, so we can set it

to take one with both of us.

Check it out, I'm popular.

Did it take it?

Well, why would he hit you?

Has he ever hit you before or...

or threatened to?

No.

Oh, so he just hit you?

Yeah, he said I was looking

at him funny.

Well, what do you think he meant by that?

Funny like you were making fun of him?

I don't know, just funny, I guess.

Well, would you like me to have a meeting

with the two of you?

No, I don't think so.

Well, he shouldn't have hit you.

Don't you think he should know that?

Shouldn't you know that?

Isn't that adultism?

Uh... I'm sorry?

He won't do it again.

Why won't he do it again?

'Cause I won't look at him again.

- You think that's what he wants?

- Probably.

Do you feel different, Logan?

- What do you mean?

- Like from the other kids.

Do they seem different?

Yeah.

Does that bother you?

- Not really.

- No? Why doesn't it bother you?

I don't know.

I don't mind being by myself or anything.

Are you by yourself a lot?

I guess, sometimes.

Do you ever feel down

about being by yourself?

Sometimes.

What do you do when you feel down?

I dream.

You daydream?

Sort of.

What do you dream about?

Being somewhere else,

not being alone.

Not being alone.

You think they really had to shoot him?

What, the mountain lion?

When they shot him, do you

think he knew he was going to die?

Well, no one... nothing ever does, I think.

Oh, then, maybe he died peacefully.

Would you like to think that's how he died?

I guess, yeah.

- You're in trouble.

- No, I'm not.

You're not in class.

I was... I was talking to the counselor.

I hate her.

Really?

Everyone here... they're all stupid.

Yeah.

Why aren't you in class?

'Cause I'm late.

You can be late and still go, right?

Why would I want to do that?

Why would you want to sit here?

You don't have a safety band.

What's a safety band?

You know those gold bands,

those rubber bands...

they're supposed to protect us

from the mountain lions.

I'm not scared of the mountain lions.

You're not?

No. I've seen 'em.

I, like, know where they live.

Yeah, right.

I do.

Where do they live, then?

Out in the woods.

I want to see 'em.

Meet me in the woods then.

Really?

If you're not afraid of them.

I'm not.

All right, tomorrow after school.

Where you going?

To class.

Sometimes, I worry...

that I won't have good stories

to tell my kids.

Like, I won't have good stories

about being a kid...

...that other people like, you know?

It'll just be boring. It'll just

be boring. It'll just be boring.

It'll just be boring. It'll just

be boring. It'll just be boring...

There is a kid at my school...

this boy, Daniel...

he was always dirty

and got made fun of a lot.

He killed himself one day after school.

His mom found him hung in his closet.

Nobody really talks about him anymore.

It's like, it's just something that happened.

Like it happened a long time ago

or something.

I bet now he looks down at us.

Maybe he just laughs.

Maybe he was always laughing, inside.

I guess it doesn't really matter.

I'll meet you in

the woods tomorrow after school.

You got to be kidding me.

Why is it...

Logan...

that everything that you touch

turns to sh*t?

Look at me when I'm talking

to you... pay attention!

Look at me!

Do you know how much this cost me?

Do you have any idea how much

groceries cost?

And you wonder why I'm never home.

You broke the eggs.

You broke the eggs, that's great.

Why don't we just break the rest

of the eggs while we're at it, huh?

Dump all the rest of the milk.

I swear to God,

you do not pay attention to anything.

You are constantly off in another world...

and I am the only one that is around

to take care of everything!

I have had it...

I need some help from you!

I can't do all of this

on my own all the time!

Are you listening?

Am I reaching you?

You know what... I give up.

I give up, I give up.

Are you gonna cry?

You're gonna cry now?

That's rich.

You know, you can't cry about sh*t

when it's your own fault.

Egg all over my goddamn...

If I could be with you forever...

I would be your only dream.

I would be your only dream.

I would be your only dream.

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