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{38}{107}Every kid needs a place|to go to be a kid.
{115}{205}For Paul and Winnie and me,|that place was Harper's Woods.
{258}{317}It was ten minutes from|home if you walked it.
{318}{405}But to us,|it was a world all its own.
{495}{530}We'd grown up there together.
{535}{564}Playing games.
{565}{647}Catching fireflies on long|summer evenings.
{665}{717}Sure, they called it|Harper's Woods,
{718}{763}...but we knew better.
{813}{893}Those woods belonged to us.
{1040}{1100}Springtime, 1969.
{1107}{1147}The grass was growin'...
{1150}{1235}all around me buds were|popping into bloom.
{1315}{1400}Yeah, the sap was|definitely rising.
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{1702}{1748}Hey! Be careful, will ya?
{1760}{1825}I paid twelve bucks to have|those blades sharpened!
{1826}{1860}Right, Dad!
{1970}{2012}The grass could wait.
{2013}{2070}It was time to make my move.
{2127}{2189}- Hi!|- Hi!
{2190}{2245}She smelled like mist.
{2248}{2290}You smell like grass.
{2291}{2324}Really?
{2325}{2375}It smells nice...
{2400}{2480}Well I guess I'm gettin'|kinda sweaty.
{2568}{2602}You-you need some|help with that?
{2602}{2670}- No, I'm almost finished.|- I don't mind.
{2720}{2765}It'd been a long winter|for Winnie and me...
{2766}{2827}but now things were|goin' fine.
{2843}{2877}More than fine.
{2877}{2945}So, you wanna take a walk?
{2957}{2988}That would be nice.
{2988}{3022}Yes!
{3023}{3057}Where do you want to walk to?
{3080}{3180}I don't know anywhere,|I guess.
{3181}{3215}Say, maybe...
{3252}{3292}Harper's Woods?
{3570}{3645}Alone at last,|in Harper's Woods.
{3663}{3745}Where Winnie and I had|had our first and only kiss.
{3758}{3800}Centuries ago.
{3813}{3855}Last September.
{3875}{3933}That memory had haunted me.
{4098}{4185}And now here we were|alone again.
{4242}{4267}Adam...
{4300}{4338}and Eve...
{4413}{4438}and Paul.
{4438}{4463}Paul!
{4514}{4539}Guys!
{4540}{4592}Great. Go for a little nuzzle|in the woods,
{4593}{4657}and what do ya get?|An allergic best-friend.
{4658}{4710}I've been looking|all over for you guys!
{4711}{4747}Yeah, well,|you found us...
{4748}{4808}- Paul are you alright?|- No, I'm trying to tell you...
{4950}{4977}Wow, a triple!
{4983}{5024}We hadn't seen Paul|this upset...
{5025}{5083}since the day his goldfish|disappeared.
{5095}{5170}There's men, and trucks...|all over the place!
{5173}{5202}What?
{5208}{5250}We haven't seen any trucks.
{5251}{5290}Nope.|No trucks.
{5292}{5350}Just lips.
{5377}{5427}Look, Paul!|If this is some kind of...
{5428}{5453}Kevin?
{5655}{5730}Then suddenly...|we'd been invaded.
{5973}{6008}Alright, let's move it!
{6067}{6163}It was amazing. They'd just|arrived, in our spot!
{6163}{6202}Like they owned the place!
{6205}{6230}Hey!
{6235}{6300}No, hey! Start those stakes|over there by that rock.
{6301}{6327}Like we weren't even there.
{6327}{6352}Hey, mister!
{6353}{6392}Hey, you kids are gonna|have to get outta here...
{6393}{6440}Well, so much|for introductions.
{6467}{6530}Hey, come on, guys! What do|I have to do it all myself?!
{6531}{6565}Come on, here!
{6610}{6647}I mean it.|Beat it, huh?
{6647}{6690}Wait a minute,|this hippopotamus was...
{6691}{6737}kicking us|out of our own woods?
{6738}{6763}You can't do this!
{6763}{6810}Yeah! We have|a right to be here, too.
{6850}{6885}Is that so?
{6903}{6947}Ok, Ok. You can stay.
{6950}{7013}But just until the dozers|get here and then ya gotta go.
{7015}{7040}What?
{7041}{7109}Did he say...|"Bulldozers"?
{7110}{7165}You kids are standing on|a construction site.
{7166}{7215}- Haven't you heard?|- No...
{7225}{7278}Oh, amazing. They don't|even put up signs...
{7278}{7329}It was horrible.
{7330}{7383}You can say goodbye|to your woods, kids.
{7390}{7430}They're comin' down.
{7435}{7485}There's gonna be a shopping|center, right here...
{7510}{7558}Charlie? Give me a couple of|marks on this tree...
{7558}{7592}This tree's comin' out.
{7733}{7810}Here you go. There's more|stakes in the truck.
{7811}{7897}We needed help|and we needed it fast.
{7935}{7978}Funny, it had taken us|twenty minutes...
{7978}{8019}to stroll up to those woods...
{8020}{8095}We made it back in|sixty-seven seconds flat.
{8147}{8200}Mom! Dad!
{8280}{8333}- What is it, honey?|- You Ok?
{8355}{8420}They're tearing down|Harper's Woods.
{8470}{8533}Well, they're gonna bring in|bulldozers!
{8555}{8633}They're gonna turn it into|a shopping center!
{8650}{8692}Gee, what was it gonna|take, here?
{8693}{8737}Did I have to drop a bomb?
{8738}{8789}- Well, we know that, honey?|- What?
{8790}{8847}Thought they weren't starting|till next week.
{8878}{8904}You know?
{8905}{8950}Kevin?|Will you wash your hands.
{8953}{8989}They're all muddy|or something.
{8990}{9015}Mom!
{9016}{9063}Do as your mother says.
{9067}{9109}OK, maybe|they hadn't heard me.
{9110}{9190}Maybe they though I said|some other woods.
{9217}{9275}You know you left the lawnmower|out in the middle of the yard?
{9276}{9358}Dad! I'm talkin' about|Harper's Woods!
{9363}{9408}We gotta stop them!
{9410}{9457}We gotta do something!
{9458}{9530}Kevin, you haven't played up|there since you were children.
{9531}{9564}This was incredible.
{9565}{9620}Didn't these people have souls?
{9630}{9670}They were talking about|Harper's Woods...
{9670}{9695}like it was some kinda...
{9696}{9740}It's just a vacant lot, Kevin.
{9783}{9835}Wonder if there'll be|a Lohman's...
{9922}{9972}I can't believe it.
{9978}{10050}My mom's all excited because|there's going to be a Yarn Barn.
{10060}{10128}Well we can't just give up.|We have to think.
{10128}{10154}Winnie was right.
{10155}{10225}We had three keen|seventh-grade minds.
{10226}{10272}We could lick this.
{10313}{10360}We'll make a list!
{10380}{10453}OK. Who's first?
{10600}{10638}I'll tell ya what to do.
{10647}{10696}Well, any port in a storm.
{10697}{10745}This is a democracy, isn't it?
{10747}{10792}Then exercise your rights!
{10797}{10839}Good.|Good advice.
{10840}{10900}- But how do we do that?|- Simple.
{10903}{10938}There's a planning board|meeting every...
{10938}{10980}Sunday night, downtown.
{10990}{11034}Julie's father's a member.
{11035}{11088}You should go there|and state your case!
{11145}{11205}You should demand|to be heard.
{11217}{11283}You should fight for|what's important!
{11305}{11430}You have to take action!|Kevin, we are the people!
{11433}{11475}I think we should do it.
{11476}{11528}- Yeah...|- Great!
{11528}{11558}Let's go!
{11567}{11630}- Can you give us a ride?|- Not me...
{11650}{11692}I got a date.
{11795}{11840}- Top of the page,|item Two...
{11853}{11884}Well, how are we gonna|get home?
{11885}{11935}- Regards to the agency's|low-interest loan...
{11936}{11983}of fifty-five thousand dollars...
{12005}{12042}May I help you?
{12042}{12115}We want to make a statement.|About Harper's Woods...
{12145}{12191}I don't have that on|my agenda...
{12192}{12254}but there'll be an open mike|after the meeting.
{12288}{12336}And if I can call|your attention...
{12336}{12410}to page nine of|the staff report...
{12411}{12458}It's right|near the top of the page.
{12458}{12509}Item number, two...
{12510}{12554}Supposed to get a|variance on that last one?
{12555}{12600}Yeah, I know, that one's gonna|come up in a few minutes.
{12601}{12652}I just want you to see...
{12653}{12703}Alright, this was the ticket!
{12728}{12772}A place where things got done.
{12772}{12832}You can see the position of|their property,
{12833}{12875}in regard to this project.
{12878}{12904}You could almost hear...
{12905}{12959}the wheels of|democracy turning.
{12960}{13016}It's seventy-five thousand|dollars. It's just a typo.
{13017}{13072}Now, Charles. We got...|I think everybody got this.
{13073}{13127}We got a letter from|Mr. and Mrs. Carol
{13128}{13203}The energy report indicates|that the current installation...
{13203}{13237}doesn't necessarily, uh...
{13238}{13295}Of course, some wheels take|longer than others.
{13313}{13375}Some other things we|need to talk about.
{13450}{13503}- Kevin Arnold?|- Here...
{13510}{13578}I see that you would like to|speak about...
{13578}{13619}Harper's Woods.
{13620}{13685}Well, the floor is yours.
{13693}{13725}Cool...
{13915}{13960}Your statement, Mr. Arnold?
{14000}{14078}I - I came here tonight...
{14132}{14160}Because...
{14205}{14257}I have something to say.
{14320}{14400}There's a little piece of land,|not far from here.
{14407}{14460}A place called|Harper's Woods.
{14478}{14557}Ya might have passed it|on your way here or there.
{14572}{14615}It's not much to look at.
{14625}{14701}A few acres of trees,|some boulders...
{14702}{14778}a couple squirrels|and some birds.
{14793}{14863}But there's something|you didn't see, I'll wager.
{14878}{14930}Something you can't see.
{14947}{15000}Cuz there's something|in those woods...
{15007}{15063}that you can't see|with your eyes...
{15078}{15125}you have to look|with your heart.
{15245}{15300}It's my childhood.
{15313}{15347}And his...
{15375}{15405}and hers...
{15500}{15547}Ours is a world...
{15578}{15645}too careless|with its memories.
{15650}{15703}Please, I beg of you...
{15732}{15795}Don't take our childhood.
{15903}{15932}Hey!
{15932}{16035}Kevin's right!|What's wrong with us?
{16105}{16172}- Order. Order.|May we have order, please?
{16173}{16215}- This is highly irregular!
{16278}{16332}- I mean it now! Order!
{16353}{16395}Order!
{16443}{16472}Everything's in order...
{16488}{16520}this meeting is adjourned.
{16521}{16553}What?
{16603}{16668}Wait, wait!|We have something to say!
{16670}{16740}Well, of course you do...
{16743}{16810}But, perhaps you'll come|back next week.
{16888}{16928}Next week?
{17245}{17320}Somehow, I didn't think|we had that long.
{17420}{17452}You fell asleep first!
{17453}{17497}- I didn't.|- I think you did, Kevin.
{17498}{17543}Winnie, I did not fall|asleep first!
{17543}{17577}Something was happening to us.
{17578}{17603}Did so...
{17603}{17645}Just when we needed each|other the most...
{17646}{17722}Paul and Winnie and I were|falling apart.
{17723}{17775}We should pour sand|down the gas-tanks...
{17776}{17802}of those bulldozers.
{17803}{17829}Winnie? Please...
{17829}{17897}- Talk about stupid!|- Don't call her stupid!
{17898}{17935}I can speak for myself,|Kevin.
{17936}{17969}- Yeah!|- Shut up, Paul.
{17970}{18013}- You shut up!|- I don't need this!
{18013}{18038}I don't either!
{18039}{18064}Great.
{18065}{18118}All we wanted was|for someone to listen.
{18118}{18172}Now we weren't|even listening to each other.
{18197}{18238}It wasn't fair.
{18240}{18304}Men with bulldozers,|parents...
{18305}{18370}planning commissions|that meet at four A.M.
{18382}{18445}It made you wonder.|Were they in this together?
{18460}{18525}Yeah, that was it.|Them against us.
{18526}{18585}Just one big heartless...
{18647}{18693}Assistant principal.
{18735}{18795}Whoa. Halt.
{18813}{18888}Is that the way we turn blind|corners in school corridors?
{18888}{18920}No, sir...
{18922}{18970}Well then, suppose you|go back around the corner...
{18971}{19013}and show me|the proper way to do it.
{19013}{19042}What?
{19043}{19070}Now.
{19085}{19175}Like I said:|"Them against us."
{19176}{19252}Hey, bud!|Get off my back!
{19465}{19520}Rule number one of|junior high school.
{19521}{19560}For every action...
{19572}{19620}there's a reaction.
{19678}{19728}We seem to have|a problem here, Kevin.
{19728}{19763}You agree?
{19788}{19850}Rule number two.|Avoid trick questions.
{19851}{19893}I'm not sure sure, sir.
{19893}{19918}Well..
{19940}{19978}We do.
{20010}{20057}I've been watching you, Kevin.
{20065}{20120}I see things...|I hear...
{20163}{20238}And, in this case, I think|I know what the problem is.
{20245}{20280}Sure...
{20303}{20360}I think I know|what's bothering you.
{20370}{20397}You do?
{20430}{20468}And just for a second...
{20472}{20520}I almost liked the guy.
{20565}{20615}You think you're special.
{20660}{20710}Just for a second, though.
{20732}{20835}I've been assistant principal of|this school for over twenty years.
{20878}{20918}And in that time...
{20938}{21000}I've seen people like you|come and go...
{21001}{21053}every single year.
{21088}{21152}Hundreds of 'em.|Maybe thousands.
{21153}{21218}You walk the halls,|you go to class...
{21235}{21295}and then you're gone.|Just like that!
{21296}{21332}Gone with the wind.
{21493}{21570}I'm gonna leave you to|think about what I've said.
{21590}{21643}And when you think|you understand...
{21680}{21793}You can go.|I'll be outside...
{21990}{22045}Amazing.|Was this guy joking?
{22113}{22179}"Gone with the wind".|That's a movie, right?
{22180}{22265}Sure, I'd think about it,|for about one nanosecond.
{22470}{22522}And then a funny thing|happened.
{22538}{22588}I started to think about it.
{22597}{22643}Who were all those people?
{22650}{22713}Did anyone know?|Did anyone remember?
{22725}{22757}It was weird.
{22757}{22828}Sitting there in the middle|of a crowded school...
{22830}{22915}I suddenly felt...|completely alone.
{23253}{23370}I- I didn't do that. Did I?
{23415}{23462}Rule number three.
{23463}{23525}Never write something|you can't erase.
{23572}{23607}You're grounded, buster!
{23608}{23657}You hear me?|No parties...
{23658}{23699}No friends!
{23700}{23745}You're grounded!
{23820}{23878}Nice goin', dorkface!
{23910}{23983}- It was a real dumb stunt.|- Wayne!
{24028}{24059}Wayne was right.
{24060}{24135}The fact was, I wasn't sure|myself why I'd done it.
{24138}{24218}Except that nothing seemed|permanent, anymore.
{24222}{24297}Harper's Woods|Paul and Winnie...
{24298}{24330}our friendship.
{24343}{24375}What'd it all mean?
{24388}{24453}Grow up, butthead.
{24460}{24515}Well, there ya had it|in a nutshell.
{24516}{24580}The plain, unvarnished truth.
{24582}{24655}It was time for me to stop|acting like a child.
{24665}{24757}It was time to face facts.|It was time...
{24763}{24832}To take a walk.
{24928}{25000}That night, I went to say|goodbye to Harper's Woods.
{26000}{26035}Remember when we|carved those?
{26048}{26115}Yeah. Third grade.
{26152}{26187}I thought it was|second grade.
{26188}{26270}No, it was fourth grade,|I remember it distinctly.
{26275}{26325}Well, one of those grades.
{26363}{26420}We heard about what|you did in Diperna's office.
{26463}{26500}Pretty stupid.
{26510}{26539}Really stupid.
{26540}{26598}Ok, I'm stupid! Can you just|forget about it?
{26677}{26702}Kev?
{26715}{26752}We have a plan.
{26807}{26840}It just might work.
{26855}{26899}- Really?|- See, first...
{26900}{26948}we chain Winnie to|the bulldozer.
{26962}{26987}What?
{26988}{27023}Well, ya see,|it works better if it's a girl.
{27023}{27054}Are you crazy?
{27055}{27090}And then tomorrow,|when they try to start it up...
{27091}{27116}- Paul!|- We...
{27132}{27168}Will you stop it?
{27173}{27207}- Well, what?|- Well, I mean...
{27207}{27254}In the first place,|it's not gonna work!
{27255}{27310}And they're just gonna cut|that thing with bolt-cutters,
{27311}{27355}...then you'll be out|two-fifty for a new lock.
{27360}{27413}And in the second place|Winnie's gonna get in trouble.
{27415}{27463}If she doesn't|freeze to death, first!
{27465}{27510}And in the third place...
{27585}{27625}It doesn't matter.
{27715}{27748}Well look around!
{27750}{27792}It's just a vacant lot.
{27793}{27840}In a couple of years,|we won't even remember!
{27893}{27975}I guess I wanted Paul and Winnie|to face the facts, too.
{28040}{28077}Wasn't gonna be easy.
{28202}{28238}Maybe growing up never is.
{28280}{28349}One... Two...
{28350}{28407}Three... Four...
{28408}{28464}Five... Six...
{28465}{28507}- What is she doing?|- Seven...
{28508}{28538}You better get going!
{28552}{28593}- Forget it!|- Come on!
{28593}{28632}I'm not gonna do this.
{28638}{28700}I'm only gonna count to twenty.|Eight...
{28701}{28729}Let's go, come on!
{28730}{28788}Maybe every human soul|deals with loss...
{28788}{28823}and grief in its own way.
{28823}{28849}Let's go!
{28850}{28885}Some curse the darkness...
{28886}{28912}Kevin!
{28913}{28938}Twelve...
{28975}{29010}Thirteen...
{29011}{29042}Yes!
{29043}{29098}Some play hide-and-seek.
{29098}{29152}Fifteen... Sixteen...
{29220}{29270}That night,|Paul and Winnie and I...
{29271}{29325}found something|we'd almost lost.
{29410}{29525}We found our spirit.|The spirit of children.
{29640}{29688}The bond of memory.
{29850}{29885}And the next day...
{29902}{29965}they tore down|Harper's Woods.
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