1. Will you look at that?Copy !req
2. He wants a trampoline
for his birthday.Copy !req
3. That's so cute, but
we can't afford that.Copy !req
4. He can get that if he
doesn't have a party.Copy !req
5. That is perfect.Copy !req
6. He'll be so surprised.Copy !req
7. This is the best part
of my day—Copy !req
8. the 16 minutes between
the horrors of schoolCopy !req
9. and the horrors of home.Copy !req
10. Malcolm,
there you are.Copy !req
11. You know Ira James,
right?Copy !req
12. All-state fullback, state
single season rushing record.Copy !req
13. Who am I kidding? He's probably
never even talked to you.Copy !req
14. Hi.Copy !req
15. Ira's graduating
this year.Copy !req
16. He's got interest from six
Division 1-A colleges.Copy !req
17. Full rides.Copy !req
18. The problem is, each
school wants him to writeCopy !req
19. a personal essay
on his application.Copy !req
20. So...?Copy !req
21. So Ira's an idiot.Copy !req
22. I mean, hamster idiot.Copy !req
23. And that's only if we're talking
about a really stupid hamster.Copy !req
24. Mom says I have
other nice qualities.Copy !req
25. Since you're the smartest
kid in the school,Copy !req
26. I want you to help
him write his essays.Copy !req
27. I wish I could, but I've got,
like, three midterms next week.Copy !req
28. Look, you don't
understand.Copy !req
29. Ira is a football
player.Copy !req
30. That means when he
needs something,Copy !req
31. it's up to you non-football
kids to do it for him.Copy !req
32. The cheerleaders
understand it.Copy !req
33. Look, I'll make it
worth your while.Copy !req
34. I'll let you out of gym
for the rest of the semester.Copy !req
35. I don't mind gym.Copy !req
36. Sure you don't,
brainiac.Copy !req
37. Hi, honey.Copy !req
38. I'm going
to need you to be calm.Copy !req
39. Aw, geez.
Which kid is it?Copy !req
40. I'm not going to tell you.Copy !req
41. You're not calm enough yet.Copy !req
42. Reese.Copy !req
43. Okay, deep breath.Copy !req
44. What'd he do?Copy !req
45. All right.Copy !req
46. Reese...Copy !req
47. That... glubber...!Copy !req
48. That... sniggit...!Copy !req
49. I'm gonna...Copy !req
50. Honey, do you want
some tea or a drink?Copy !req
51. What's wrong with Dad?
Your father justCopy !req
52. found out what Reese did.Copy !req
53. What'd he do?
Your brother...Copy !req
54. Oh, my God!Copy !req
55. Did they have to evacuate?Copy !req
56. Glurb...Copy !req
57. Oh, man, what a day.Copy !req
58. Vic lost his other one
in the meat grinder,Copy !req
59. and the health department
shut us down for 15 minutes.Copy !req
60. We were playing
catch up all afternoon.Copy !req
61. You sit down.Copy !req
62. He wants to knowCopy !req
63. how you could do
something so horrible.Copy !req
64. And think you could
get away with it?Copy !req
65. Was that "scramble"
or "strangle"?Copy !req
66. What are you guys
talking about?Copy !req
67. You know very well
what we're talking about.Copy !req
68. Last week, you...Copy !req
69. I can name
Third World countriesCopy !req
70. where stuff like that
happens all the time.Copy !req
71. What am I going
to do with you, Reese?Copy !req
72. I don't want to tell you
this is a new low,Copy !req
73. because every time I do,Copy !req
74. you take it
as a personal challenge!Copy !req
75. You know what?Copy !req
76. I've just worked
my butt off for six hours,Copy !req
77. and I don't appreciate
getting yelled atCopy !req
78. the second
I come through the door.Copy !req
79. You're complaining?Copy !req
80. No... complain!Copy !req
81. Yell... us!Copy !req
82. Hal, give yourself
another minute.Copy !req
83. Or you both
could just shut up.Copy !req
84. Oh, boy.Copy !req
85. In this family, that's
what we call "the closer."Copy !req
86. We now know that
Reese is definitelyCopy !req
87. not living here for
the next few days.Copy !req
88. The only question left is
who gets to take the credit.Copy !req
89. You're kicked out!
I'm leaving!Copy !req
90. Not if we get
to the doorknob first!Copy !req
91. You're outta here!
I'm outta here!Copy !req
92. Tie goes to the runner.Copy !req
93. They kicked Reese out again?Copy !req
94. Yeah, we haven't heard
from him in two days.Copy !req
95. I'm actually impressed.Copy !req
96. Usually by now
he's eating cat foodCopy !req
97. off of Mrs. Harvey's porch.Copy !req
98. This is horrible.Copy !req
99. How can they do this
to their own children?Copy !req
100. Yeah, it's really
traumatizing me.Copy !req
101. Don't they careCopy !req
102. about the psychological
damage they're inflicting?Copy !req
103. A home isn't conditional.Copy !req
104. A home should beCopy !req
105. safe and secure and...Copy !req
106. Roomy.
What?Copy !req
107. The point is,
I got kicked out when I was 15Copy !req
108. and I never
got to come home again.Copy !req
109. They can't do this to Reese.Copy !req
110. Someone has to do something.
Someone has to stop them.Copy !req
111. Am I the only one
who understandsCopy !req
112. what kind of monsters
these people are?Copy !req
113. I don't think this
is as big a dealCopy !req
114. to the rest of the family
as it is to you.Copy !req
115. Maybe you're overreacting.Copy !req
116. Overreacting?Copy !req
117. Dewey, when you're older,
you will understand.Copy !req
118. There are things in life
called priorities,Copy !req
119. which I will explain to you
in a few hours when I get there.Copy !req
120. Right now, I have to call Otto
and cash in some personal days.Copy !req
121. Overreacting.Copy !req
122. Great timing. The
muffins just came out.Copy !req
123. Thank God you called me.Copy !req
124. I can't believe the hell
Mom and Dad put you through.Copy !req
125. Hey, whose place
is this?Copy !req
126. It's mine.Copy !req
127. It's completely furnished,
including cable TV.Copy !req
128. I told them I was 18,
so I got a two-year lease.Copy !req
129. You're a banana-
walnut man, right?Copy !req
130. Reese, you can't live
in a place like this.Copy !req
131. Yeah, I can.Copy !req
132. They were having
a move-in special.Copy !req
133. First month free.Copy !req
134. It's only $375 a month,Copy !req
135. utilities included.Copy !req
136. I can make my rent in a week
if I pick up an extra shift.Copy !req
137. I should have done this,
like, six months ago.Copy !req
138. Hey, Reese, come on,
we're going to the roof.Copy !req
139. The nursing students
across the streetCopy !req
140. are taking
their cigarette break.Copy !req
141. I'm sorry, I can't.Copy !req
142. I'm having my brothers
over for breakfast.Copy !req
143. Francis, this is Teddy,Copy !req
144. Lou, George.Copy !req
145. Divorced, separated,
wife's doing the best friend.Copy !req
146. Ex-best friend.Copy !req
147. Excuse me.Copy !req
148. All right, well,
you know where we'll be.Copy !req
149. Hey, is that a wedding ring?Copy !req
150. Yeah.Copy !req
151. Start hiding
the money now, friend.Copy !req
152. Come on, let's go.Copy !req
153. Oh, man,
this place is awesome.Copy !req
154. Reese, I know you think
this place is great,Copy !req
155. but any objective
observer will tell youCopy !req
156. it's most certainly not.Copy !req
157. Whoa!Copy !req
158. This place is awesome!Copy !req
159. One thing's for sure.Copy !req
160. I'd never, ever leave
if I were you.Copy !req
161. So who's up for
some muffins?Copy !req
162. I am.
Me.
No! No muffins.Copy !req
163. Reese, you can't just keep
playing house like this.Copy !req
164. Mom and Dad did something
really horrible to you,Copy !req
165. just like they did to me,Copy !req
166. only you can't let them
get away with it.Copy !req
167. You don't belong here.
You belong at home.Copy !req
168. All right, fine.Copy !req
169. Tell me one thing
about my lifeCopy !req
170. that would be better
if I was still at home.Copy !req
171. I thought the "toilet seat
never needs warming" argumentCopy !req
172. was pretty good.Copy !req
173. Okay, the main thing to remember
is that a college essayCopy !req
174. is just like any other
essay you've written.Copy !req
175. You know, like homework.Copy !req
176. For one of your classes.Copy !req
177. Come on, Ira,
I know it seems hard,Copy !req
178. but you just
have to get started.Copy !req
179. Like, if you had to describe
yourself in one word,Copy !req
180. what would that word be?Copy !req
181. Ira.Copy !req
182. Okay. There we go.Copy !req
183. "Ira."Copy !req
184. See? We started.Copy !req
185. Now, what else?
I don't know.Copy !req
186. I'm not much of a
writer or a reader.Copy !req
187. I don't like words.Copy !req
188. They confuse me.Copy !req
189. There's, like, hundreds of them.Copy !req
190. Calm down. You can do this.Copy !req
191. You know what?Copy !req
192. I'm going to say something,Copy !req
193. and you just say the first thing
that comes to your head.Copy !req
194. My earliest memory in life is...Copy !req
195. Blue.Copy !req
196. Thing.Copy !req
197. Blue thing.Copy !req
198. Good, you can use that.Copy !req
199. Like, um...Copy !req
200. "Sometimes my childhoodCopy !req
201. "feels vague and distant,Copy !req
202. like something draped
in a blue haze."Copy !req
203. See?Copy !req
204. Yeah. That's cool.Copy !req
205. Okay, my biggest fear is...Copy !req
206. Spiders.Copy !req
207. No— waffles.Copy !req
208. "I let my fears wash over
me and I see that I amCopy !req
209. "imprinted with
a repeating patternCopy !req
210. of optimism and despair."Copy !req
211. Hey, that's not bad.Copy !req
212. "I hope somedayCopy !req
213. "to free myself,Copy !req
214. to find the one thing..."Copy !req
215. You're not going
to do anything?Copy !req
216. You have to go
to that apartmentCopy !req
217. and get him back.Copy !req
218. Look, that's not how it works.Copy !req
219. Oh, I know how it works.Copy !req
220. I was thrown
into military school so fast,Copy !req
221. I still had shampoo in my hair.Copy !req
222. The minute
a childCopy !req
223. is inconvenient to you,
you kick him out.Copy !req
224. Francis, this is really
none of your business.Copy !req
225. You don't even
live here anymore.Copy !req
226. Because you kicked me out!Copy !req
227. And now you're doing
the same thing to Reese.Copy !req
228. Right now he's sitting
in that apartmentCopy !req
229. with his cable TVCopy !req
230. and his huge stack
of video games...Copy !req
231. miserable.Copy !req
232. If Reese is unhappy,
he brought it on himself.Copy !req
233. Really? So what's this?Copy !req
234. Like the tenth time he's
"brought it on himself"?Copy !req
235. And let's see,Copy !req
236. Malcolm's "brought it
on himself" six times,Copy !req
237. so with my 28 times,
that makes...Copy !req
238. 40 kick-outs,Copy !req
239. three different kids,
and the only constantCopy !req
240. through all of this is you two.Copy !req
241. Francis,
that is not fair.Copy !req
242. Maybe you just
don't like sharingCopy !req
243. your house with your children.Copy !req
244. So when's Dewey going
to "bring it on himself"?Copy !req
245. When's Jamie?Copy !req
246. Where is Jamie?Copy !req
247. He's at
the babysitter's.Copy !req
248. Just till 5:00.Copy !req
249. Oh, for
the love of God, Carol,Copy !req
250. leave me my dignity.Copy !req
251. Okay, take my dignity.Copy !req
252. Just let me see my kids.Copy !req
253. Just pull the trigger.Copy !req
254. In one second,
it'll all be over.Copy !req
255. Come on, stop being
such a coward and do it!Copy !req
256. Hey, Dave, is that you?Copy !req
257. Uh... yeah.Copy !req
258. What channel
do you have on in there?Copy !req
259. It sounds better
than what I'm watching.Copy !req
260. This is all...Copy !req
261. new to us.Copy !req
262. We've never...Copy !req
263. examined our
parenting before.Copy !req
264. It always seemed
to usCopy !req
265. like something that should
just come naturally.Copy !req
266. Yeah, everything
on the planet'sCopy !req
267. been having kids
for billions of years.Copy !req
268. I mean,
look at snakes.Copy !req
269. They never take
parenting classes.Copy !req
270. The world's
crawling with them.Copy !req
271. How exactly did you
want me to help you?Copy !req
272. Well, we have fallen
into a bad pattern.Copy !req
273. Our boys misbehave
and they are punished.Copy !req
274. And then they
severelyCopy !req
275. misbehave
and they areCopy !req
276. severely punished.Copy !req
277. And then they misbehave
in some outlandish,Copy !req
278. jaw-dropping way where,
if we responded in kind,Copy !req
279. we'd end up in jail.Copy !req
280. We're at the end
of our rope here.Copy !req
281. Well, of course you are.Copy !req
282. So, we were hoping
that with all your training,Copy !req
283. you could teach us
some kind of subtle trickCopy !req
284. that would stop them
in their tracks.Copy !req
285. Trick?Copy !req
286. Yeah, you know,Copy !req
287. some kind of secret
psychological thingCopy !req
288. that would get them to shut up
and listen to us for a change.Copy !req
289. Yeah, my husband's
getting older.Copy !req
290. I mean, he can still
take them individually,Copy !req
291. but if they ever
team up on him...Copy !req
292. Look, I don't think
it's a good ideaCopy !req
293. to treat kids like criminals or
animals that need to be broken.Copy !req
294. You've never met our boys.Copy !req
295. Yeah, you can't begin
to imagine the things they do.Copy !req
296. I've been practicing psychiatry
for 40 years.Copy !req
297. There's nothing you could say
that would shock me.Copy !req
298. All right.Copy !req
299. Last week, Reese...Copy !req
300. Oh, my God!
What were the cats for?Copy !req
301. We don't know.Copy !req
302. Give me a minute.Copy !req
303. Now...Copy !req
304. even in the most extreme,
breathtakingly horrifying cases,Copy !req
305. there are some techniques
that can be useful.Copy !req
306. Yes! See, I told you this wasn't
a waste of 90 bucks.Copy !req
307. Have you ever heard
of Active Listening?Copy !req
308. No.Copy !req
309. Most teenagers act out
because they feel no one cares.Copy !req
310. With Active Listening,
you mirror backCopy !req
311. everything your child says,Copy !req
312. which shows you're
hearing them,Copy !req
313. and, by extension,
understanding.Copy !req
314. I know.
It sounds simple.Copy !req
315. But believe me,
I've seen it work miracles.Copy !req
316. Yeah, I don't think Reese
would respond to that.Copy !req
317. You're worried
it won't help him.Copy !req
318. Yes! What if it actually makes
it worse?Copy !req
319. I don't thinkCopy !req
320. I could standCopy !req
321. any more trouble
with him.Copy !req
322. Oh, this is so confusing!Copy !req
323. You're feeling mixed-up
right now.Copy !req
324. God, yes, I am.
You know, I'm usuallyCopy !req
325. so sure of myself,Copy !req
326. but this whole thingCopy !req
327. has just made me question
every aspect of...Copy !req
328. Oh, that's good.Copy !req
329. Oh, that's really good.Copy !req
330. "... I now realizeCopy !req
331. "that blue is not the
color of confusion,Copy !req
332. "but rather,Copy !req
333. it is the color of hope."Copy !req
334. Yeah.Copy !req
335. That's it.Copy !req
336. Dude, the parts I understood...
they were awesome.Copy !req
337. Great, well, now
that we have the
ideas all down,Copy !req
338. all we have to do is put
it into the kind of wordsCopy !req
339. that you would actually...Copy !req
340. Thanks, Malcolm.
You're awesome.Copy !req
341. People are going to think
I'm so smart.Copy !req
342. Wait! We're not done yet.
Hold on a second...Copy !req
343. Blue is definitely
my favorite color now.Copy !req
344. Hey! Let's get going, Reese.Copy !req
345. It's Ladies-Get-Free-Shrimp
Night at the Red Lobster.Copy !req
346. Maybe I'll meet you down there.Copy !req
347. I got to get a jump
on my homework.Copy !req
348. Hey, you already blew offCopy !req
349. Air Hockey Night
and Pot Luck Wednesday,Copy !req
350. but I was counting on you
for tonight.Copy !req
351. I need someone to turn the
conversation to my tongue trick.Copy !req
352. I guess now that I'm on my own,Copy !req
353. I just feel
like being more responsible.Copy !req
354. Hey, I got three kids.Copy !req
355. You don't see me talking
about responsibility.Copy !req
356. Come on, I'm not taking
no for an answer.Copy !req
357. Okay, okay.Copy !req
358. Mom? I have a problem.
I need to talk.Copy !req
359. Good.Copy !req
360. You can talk, and I will listen.Copy !req
361. This football player wants
to use an essay I wroteCopy !req
362. for his college application
and pretend it's his own.Copy !req
363. I know it's dishonest,Copy !req
364. but I might be making
too much of it.Copy !req
365. I wanted to get your advice.Copy !req
366. You're hoping
I can help you.Copy !req
367. Yeah, I just said that.Copy !req
368. So, I don't think he should getCopy !req
369. into college
under false pretenses,Copy !req
370. but are they really
false pretensesCopy !req
371. if nobody thinks
he's smart anyway?Copy !req
372. I don't want
to be a partCopy !req
373. of his cheating,
but I also don't wantCopy !req
374. to take away his shot
at going to college.Copy !req
375. I just don't know what to do.Copy !req
376. You're uncertain...Copy !req
377. what action to take.Copy !req
378. Yes!Copy !req
379. Why are you talking
like a robot?Copy !req
380. You want to know why I'm...Copy !req
381. talking like a robot.Copy !req
382. I have a problem,
and I need your help!Copy !req
383. All you're doing is mindlessly
parroting back what I say!Copy !req
384. You say one thing,
and I restate it.Copy !req
385. Forget it! If you're
not going to help me,Copy !req
386. you don't have to mock me!Copy !req
387. We do not come from
a family of criminals.Copy !req
388. You do not let him
turn in that essay!Copy !req
389. God, I knew listening
to our kids would be a mistake.Copy !req
390. Hello?Copy !req
391. Hello. Is this the residenceCopy !req
392. of the most un-nurturing,
callous parentsCopy !req
393. in the universe?Copy !req
394. It's for you.Copy !req
395. Hello.Copy !req
396. Hi. I just got off the phone
with your son, Reese.Copy !req
397. It's been over a week,Copy !req
398. and you haven't
even talked to him?Copy !req
399. Congratulations!
The fracturingCopy !req
400. of this family
is now two-fifths complete.Copy !req
401. Francis, this is a very hard
and complicated situation,Copy !req
402. and I don't need you
to yell at me right now.Copy !req
403. There is nothing complicated
about it.Copy !req
404. Just go to his apartment,
tell him you love himCopy !req
405. and ask him to come home.Copy !req
406. Are you nuts?Copy !req
407. This is Reese
we're talking about.Copy !req
408. So what?
Come on! You know
exactly how he thinks.Copy !req
409. If we show
that kind of weakness,Copy !req
410. it's like showing a hyena
the belly of an antelope.Copy !req
411. Reese will come home
with no limits
and no boundaries.Copy !req
412. Within five years,
we will be sayingCopy !req
413. our last words to him
over a police bullhorn.Copy !req
414. All I know is that you have
a child that needs you.Copy !req
415. No, he doesn't!Copy !req
416. He's happy where he is,
and so are we!Copy !req
417. Dewey, get off the phone.Copy !req
418. Mom, I understand
what you're worried about,Copy !req
419. but there is more to Reese
than you give him credit for.Copy !req
420. I wish I could believe that.Copy !req
421. Honey, I got to go.
There's another call.Copy !req
422. What'd he...?Copy !req
423. Hello.Copy !req
424. Yes, this is she.Copy !req
425. This is Peter Noyes,
Reese's chemistry teacher.Copy !req
426. I'm sure you remember me
from last year's hearing.Copy !req
427. There's something...Copy !req
428. new I have to discuss with you.Copy !req
429. Oh, my God! What did he do now?Copy !req
430. Your son...Copy !req
431. He got an "A" on his midterm?Copy !req
432. They matched the handwriting,Copy !req
433. they had him reenact
the experiment.Copy !req
434. He did it himself.Copy !req
435. Mr. Noyes said it's
the most remarkable turnaroundCopy !req
436. he's ever seen.Copy !req
437. Wow!Copy !req
438. He also said that we should be
really proud of ourselves.Copy !req
439. Hey, Ira.Copy !req
440. Listen, do you have
that essay I wrote?Copy !req
441. I just wanted to make
one quick change.Copy !req
442. Yeah.Copy !req
443. Here it is.Copy !req
444. The change I want
to make is this.Copy !req
445. Was it too long?Copy !req
446. No!Copy !req
447. Listen to me, Ira.Copy !req
448. Everyone gives you breaks.Copy !req
449. Everyone does
everything for you.Copy !req
450. You might think it's
good, but it's not.Copy !req
451. They're telling you you're an
idiot, and you're not an idiot.Copy !req
452. You can write this essay.Copy !req
453. You can write this
essay on your own.Copy !req
454. Remember that story
you told me aboutCopy !req
455. the two-pound steak
you once ate?Copy !req
456. You thought it'd be
impossible, but you took itCopy !req
457. one bite at a time,
and you did it.Copy !req
458. You just need to do the
same thing with your essay.Copy !req
459. Okay, I'll try.Copy !req
460. "And then I pretended
I was Rocky,Copy !req
461. "and I told Mr. T, 'Go for it.'Copy !req
462. "I really wished
his Mohawk fell offCopy !req
463. "when he got hit.Copy !req
464. The end."Copy !req
465. Thanks, Malcolm.
This is the most wordsCopy !req
466. I've ever put together
in my life.Copy !req
467. Yeah.Copy !req
468. I-It shows.Copy !req
469. Mmm!Copy !req
470. This is amazing.Copy !req
471. I think the lemon zest
really brings it to life.Copy !req
472. How's your dinner?Copy !req
473. I'm having
half-frozen Lean Cuisine.Copy !req
474. Not much of a last meal,
if you ask me!Copy !req
475. What are you doing here?Copy !req
476. Can we come in?Copy !req
477. Sure. You want some dinner?Copy !req
478. No, but thank you, Reese.Copy !req
479. Seriously. I just got
a convection oven.Copy !req
480. I can whip you up a frittata
in, like, ten minutes.Copy !req
481. It's spotless.Copy !req
482. Reese, we came here
to do something.Copy !req
483. It goes against
all of our instincts,Copy !req
484. and even as I'm about to do it,
it doesn't feel right.Copy !req
485. But... it seems
our instincts aren'tCopy !req
486. very good lately,
so... here goes.Copy !req
487. What is it?Copy !req
488. Reese, we love you,Copy !req
489. and we think you might be
better off staying here.Copy !req
490. Really?Copy !req
491. Honest to God,
you seem to beCopy !req
492. doing much better
without us.Copy !req
493. I mean,
let's face it,Copy !req
494. in 17 years with us,
you have spentCopy !req
495. more days in juvenile court
than you have in school.Copy !req
496. But now, after ten
days on your own, you...Copy !req
497. you're a functioning
member of society.Copy !req
498. Wow!Copy !req
499. I must have
really changed.Copy !req
500. I don't even want
to rub it in.Copy !req
501. Mail call!Copy !req
502. I confiscated your Victoria's
Secret catalog.Copy !req
503. A kid your age should...
Oh, you're entertaining.Copy !req
504. Teddy, these
are my parents.Copy !req
505. Mom, Dad, this is
my neighbor, Teddy.Copy !req
506. Hello.
This visitation thing'sCopy !req
507. a real pain in the ass, huh?Copy !req
508. You know, this place
isn't so bad.Copy !req
509. Next time we come,
we can bring some plants.Copy !req
510. Sweet! Hold on a sec.Copy !req
511. Hi, I just got
your Deluxe Platinum Card,Copy !req
512. and I want to
activate it.Copy !req
513. "Two-four-seven-one."Copy !req
514. Now, listen, I already
transferred a $3,000 balanceCopy !req
515. from the Valley
Federal CardCopy !req
516. over to my Spring
Mills Mutual Card,Copy !req
517. because I had
an $8,000 limit.Copy !req
518. But since I'm already
bumping against that,Copy !req
519. I might as well transfer
everything to yours,Copy !req
520. because it has
a $20,000 limit.Copy !req
521. Sure, I'd love to
talk to a supervisor.Copy !req
522. Hey! I was on the phone!Copy !req
523. You've been using credit cards?Copy !req
524. How much have you spent?Copy !req
525. Ten, 11 grand.Copy !req
526. But I'm stillCopy !req
527. way under the $20,000 limit.Copy !req
528. How can you spend
that much in ten days?Copy !req
529. Well, you know,
I got that new convection oven,Copy !req
530. and that made the refrigerator
look kind of shabby.Copy !req
531. Plus, I had to buy new clothesCopy !req
532. every time mine got dirty.Copy !req
533. And that giant gong
in the bathroom?Copy !req
534. I mean,
how do you guys do it?Copy !req
535. Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!Copy !req
536. Reese, I really owe
you some thanksCopy !req
537. for giving me some
faith in myself.Copy !req
538. The next few days, I will
be saying very little.Copy !req
539. I will be deciding
on a punishment.Copy !req
540. Ideas are already
popping into my mind.Copy !req
541. It's really very exciting,
but I don't want to get hastyCopy !req
542. and leave either of us
feeling dissatisfied.Copy !req
543. Ow! You're going to drag me
all the way home?Copy !req
544. Well, we're taking
your ear there.Copy !req
545. If the rest of you wants
to come, that's fine, too.Copy !req
546. It's been almost a month,
and Mom's still coming upCopy !req
547. with fresh punishments
for Reese.Copy !req
548. She says she's never felt
more creative.Copy !req
549. She must be doing
something right.Copy !req
550. He has a white streak
in his hair.Copy !req
551. Hey, Malcolm. Guess what.Copy !req
552. I got accepted.
I'm going to college.Copy !req
553. Really? Which school?Copy !req
554. All of them—
A&M, Tulane, Georgia, Stanford.Copy !req
555. Full scholarships
and everything.Copy !req
556. Stanford liked your essay?Copy !req
557. No, I forgot to put it in
the envelope. I got in, anyway.Copy !req
558. But don't worry.
That essay didn't go to waste.Copy !req
559. I handed it in as
my math midterm and got an "A."Copy !req
560. Thanks for making me believe
in myself, Malcolm.Copy !req
561. You proved that I don't need
all these people helping me.Copy !req
562. See ya.Copy !req
563. Stanford. Poor guy.Copy !req
564. I'll bet he doesn't know
it only hasCopy !req
565. the third-best astrophysics
department in the country.Copy !req