- [Janice] I got your note. - What are you talking about?
That was really sweet.
- [girl] I'm saving these seats. - [boy] For who?
Willard Hughes is gonna ride Janice home today.
- [boy] What are you talking about? - Willard and Janice.
They're totally in love.
[scoffs] In your dreams. Well, you better tell Willard that.
It looks like he's heading home in his own bus.
[gasps]
[girl] Look at Janice!
Hey, Janice, what happened?
Didn't Willard know he's in love with you?
[all laugh]
[girl 1] Where's your boyfriend, Janice?
- [girl 2] What just happened? - [Janice] He just walked away.
- Yes. - You wanna go?
- Yeah. - I wanna come.
- You can't. - It's a free country!
Don't follow us, or I'll tell Alexandra you still suck your thumb
and sleep with Mr. Blanky.
- So, what do you say? - They must have finished their book.
- How do you know? - [man] Hey, Leslie.
- We need your help. - Come on.
- Hey, Mom. - Hey, Leslie, come on.
All right, let's go. We're on a mission.
Hey, this is my friend, Jess. Can he help?
So, you're the infamous Jess. Hi, I'm Judy.
Leslie tells me you're good with a paint brush.
Grab one and get going.
Come on! I am determined to have this wall finished
so when the late sun hits it, we can watch it catch fire.
Now, that's one steady hand, Jess. That's an artist's hand. Am I right?
Yeah.
You know, the best prize that life offers,
is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Teddy Roosevelt said that, not me.
[# Jon McLaughlin: Another Layer]
- [man] Wow. - What did I tell you? Was it worth it?
Hey, guys.
Jess, get started on your homework, OK?
I'm managing the store on weekends, starting soon,
I need you to pick up on some chores around here.
You know, the best prize that life can offer
is working hard at work worth doing.
- [yelling] - [grunts]
[sighing]
Hey...
...have you taken art classes?
No, I... I just made them up myself.
You're really talented.
Jess, don't let those other kids get in your way.
- Oh, here you go. - Thank you.
I just went to use the girl's room.
Someone's in a stall, crying their eyes out,
and I think it's Janice Avery.
It can't be the trick we played, can it?
No way. But come here.
[indistinct whispering]
[Janice sobbing]
Free to pee!
- [Janice] Get out of here! - [girl screams]
- [Janice] Get out of here, now! - [cries]
[Janice continues sobbing]
- You should go talk to her. - You kidding?
It's not "skinned knee crying," it's something serious.
It's the girls' bathroom, I can't go in there.
- I don't wanna go in there alone. - What's the matter?
A girl who can stand up to a giant troll is afraid of some dumb eighth grader?
[exhales deeply]
[# Ooh, Child]
Sorry.
- Go on, tell me. - No, I don't wanna tell you.
- Why not? - I'll tell you there.
[indistinct chatter]
He, like, came up to me. I'm pretty sure he likes me.
No way! I like Tony!
[Leslie] Her dad gets really mad at her.
[Jess] So? My dad gets mad at me... pretty much all the time.
- [Leslie] He hits her. - [Jess] Oh.
[Leslie] Some neighbor heard them yelling so loud, they called the police.
And it got out. And all the seventh and the eighth graders know about it.
- Whoa. - Which explains, like, a lot.
Well, what did you say to her?
Well, I told her about not having a TV
and everyone laughing at me.
I know what it's like to have everyone think I was weird.
Then what'd she say?
She asked me for advice.
Janice Avery asked you for advice?
- Yeah. - And?
Well, I told her just to pretend
that she had no idea what anyone was talking about,
and in a few weeks' time, everybody would just forget about it.
- [thundering] - Man...
Then I gave her a piece of gum.
- We should go. - Yeah.
- [Leslie] Wanna come back tomorrow? - [Jess] Can't. I got chores.
- How about the next day? - Sunday we go to church.
- Can I come? - You'd hate it.
- No, I think it'd be cool. - Uh, girls can't wear pants.
- I've got dresses, Jess. - You in a dress? That'd be a sight!
See ya!
[# The Old Rugged Cross]
[bells ringing]
That's what we need. Bells... in Terabithia.
I'm really glad I came.
That whole Jesus thing, it's really interesting.
It's not interesting. It's scary!
It's nailing holes through your hands.
It's 'cause we're all vile sinners. God made Jesus die.
- You really think that's true? - It's in the Bible.
You have to believe it, and you hate it.
I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful.
- You gotta believe the Bible, Leslie. - Why?
'Cause if you don't believe in the Bible,
God will damn you to hell when you die.
Wow, May Belle. Where'd you hear that?
That's right, huh, Jess?
God damns you to hell if you don't believe in the Bible.
- I think so. - [Leslie] Well, I don't think so.
I seriously do not think God goes around damning people to hell.
He's too busy running all this.
[Dad] Hey, Jess. Give me a hand.
- Yeah. I'm coming. - [hammering]
Get my drill out of the greenhouse.
[grunts]
You haven't managed to kill those yet?
Not funny.
Look.
Ever thought of putting them in the sun?
Jess. Jess.
- Where are my keys? - What?
My keys. You never gave them back to me.
- Think! - I put the drill down here.
Damn it, the keys to the store are on it, the register, all of it.
They have to replace those locks, $ 700 out of my paycheck.
They gotta be right here.
- If I don't have those keys... - I'll find them, Dad. I promise.
Why don't you draw me some money to pay for it? How about that?
Make yourself useful, draw me some money.
I said I'll find them.
You look awful. What's the matter?
I lost the keys where my dad works,
and now he has to get new keys made, and locks.
May Belle?
Please don't anyone get mad at me.
- What? - He...
- I know where your dad's keys are. - You do?
You know the bells we talked about making?
Well, it was meant to be a surprise.
All that clanking metal and junk.
And... May Belle wanted to help.
[Jess] And you let her?
Why did you tell me you found them on the ground?
- They were. - On the ground in the greenhouse.
What's the matter with you? Dad wants to kill me.
I was waiting for the right time.
So you know where the keys are?
- [exhales deeply] - [bell rings]
[yelling]
See ya later.
- Tell Mom I'll be home in a bit. - Are you gonna tell Dad it was me?
Don't worry. It's my job to get Dad's keys back. See you later.
Whoa.
Look how high it got. Come on. Let's go.
"Get your head out of the clouds, boy. Draw me some money.
- Make yourself useful, draw me money." - What are you going on about?
"This isn't one of your cartoons. This is serious."
What's so great about being serious all the time anyway? Tell me that.
[Jess gasps]
What if the Dark Master gets the keys first?
I'm not scared of any Dark Master, and those are my dad's keys.
[beeping, growling]
- [gasping] - [growling]
Leslie, get behind me.
Jess, turn around. There's more.
Here, take this.
- [grunts] - [Leslie] Jess!
[grunts, struggles]
P.T., get him!
[howls]
Good boy, P.T.
Yeah!
- Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! - Whoa!
Run!
[Leslie] Come on! Faster!
Dead meat! Dead meat!
[clicking]
[explosions]
Told you they were grenades.
[screams]
Jess!
I got you, Leslie!
I got you!
Up ahead! Get ready!
[both panting]
- They'll catch us. - We're the fastest in Terabithia.
[Leslie] He's watching us.
Where are the keys?
Here, open this.
[animals chittering]
Where are Terabithian warriors when you need them?
[Leslie] I don't know.
[Jess] Great. Now there's three of us.
- Wow. - Now we're even.
[both] Attack!
- [chittering] - [growling]
Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat! Dead meat!
Come on.
- [Leslie] Come on, P.T. - Dead meat!
[Leslie] Be careful! You're almost there.
- [squawks] - [screams]
- Jess! - [yelling]
Jess! [gasps]
[panting, gasps]
Hey.
[thundering]
[grunts]
- See ya! - Yeah, see ya.
Jess! I called you three times.
It's your girlfriend.
She's not my girlfriend.
- Hey. - [Edmunds] Hello, Jess.
Wait. Who is this?
It's Saturday, but it's your teacher, Ms. Edmunds.
I was planning on taking my nephews into the city to the museum,
and my sister changed her plans last minute, so I had a thought.
- [whispering] Hey, Mom. - Hmm? Is it the baby?
No, she's fine. May Belle's got her.
Teacher wants me to go on a field trip today.
- Is that OK? - Mmm.
Ms. Edmunds? Yeah, I can go.
- All set? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yes, ma'am.
Forget something?
No. I'm good.
[# The Skies of America: Shine]
[whispering] Wow.
[woman] Honey, honey, stay here.
- Do you like it? - Yeah.
[Edmunds] It's Brueghel. It's one of my favorites.
I wonder if he started in notebooks like you. I know da Vinci did.
[Jess] It's amazing how much detail's put into it.
You've been to a museum before, right?
- No, it's my first time. - Really?
- Yup. - Well, then I'm honored.
[Edmunds] It's such a nice day out.
It's been raining so much, I began to think it was like that Japanese myth
where the sun goes into the cave and vows never to come out.
- You know about everything. - Not by a long shot.
But I do try to keep an open mind,
and you'd be surprised what finds its way in there.
That's what Leslie Burke says. She told me to keep my mind wide open.
[Edmunds] Leslie Burke is right.
Mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world.
- Thank you very much. - You're very welcome.
- Maybe we could do this again sometime. - Absolutely.
- Hey, guys. - [May Belle] See? I told you.
[sobbing] Oh, my God, Jess!
- Where in God's name have you been? - Where have you been?
Mom...
I asked you. It wasn't like I...
- They thought you were dead. - Brenda, hush.
Dead?
What's going on?
Your friend Leslie's dead.
She drowned in a creek this morning.
Apparently she tried to swing across on a rope and it broke.
They think she hit her head.
No... No, it's not that kind of rope.
It couldn't break. It... wouldn't have.
But it did.
- I'm sorry, son. - No, you're lying.
- She's not even dead. You're lying! - Jess! [sobbing]
[screen door slams]
- [panting] - [indistinct radio chatter]
[girls chattering indistinctly]
Hi, honey. You want some breakfast?
I... I gotta do my chores first.
Your dad's doing everything today. You just sit down.
Jess, your father and I thought
we'd go to the Burkes today and pay our respects.
Just the three of us.
Paying what?
Prince Terrien. Shh.
You must be Jess.
I'm Mr. Aarons. This is my wife, Mary. Very sorry about your loss.
- I'm so sorry. - Hi, Jess.
She loved you, you know.
You know, Leslie,
she never had much luck making friends at her old school.
We were hoping that when we moved out here she would...
[whispering] She said if it wasn't for you...
You're the best friend she's ever had.
I wanna thank you for that.
You're welcome.
[Dad] My wife and I were wondering about the service.
We've decided to bring Leslie back home until the service.
- [Edmunds] Jess. - Next time,
we should invite Leslie to go.
She'd like that.
Hey, kid.
Sorry about your friend.
[Myers] The purpose of object pronouns...
So looks like you're the fastest kid in the class now, huh?
It's a joke, dude.
[grunts, screams]
- Are you nuts? - Jess Aarons.
Go wait for me out in the hall.
Silent reading until I get back.
[all chattering]
Jess...
When my husband died...
...people kept telling me not to cry.
People kept trying to help me to forget.
But I didn't wanna forget. [sniffles]
Excuse me.
The things that girl came up with.
I don't get students like her too often.
So I realize...
...that if it's hard for me...
...how much harder it must be for you.
[# Someday]
[grunts]
[boy] Hurry up. We're gonna miss the bus!
Hey.
[panting]
Leslie?!
[chimes rattling]
[girl] Jess!
Leslie!
- Jess! - Leslie!
Lesl...
Help me, I can't get across! Hurry!
May Belle?
- Hold on! Don't move! - [gasping]
Here, grab my arm. I got you, don't worry.
- What were you thinking? - I was worried about you!
Well, don't be. I don't want you here!
- But I wanna come with you. - This is our place. Go home.
This is our place!
I said go home!
Honey, what's the matter?
What's the matter?
- What's the matter, baby? - [sniffing]
- [chimes jingling] - [grunting]
No!
Jess!
It's OK, Jess. It's OK, son, it's OK.
It's all gone.
Is it like the Bible says?
Is she going to hell?
I don't know everything about God,
but I do know He's not gonna send that little girl to hell.
Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault.
Don't you think that even for a minute.
But it is.
I didn't invite her to go to the museum with me.
I didn't wanna invite her.
I wasn't there to go with her.
- It's my fault. - No, no, no, no.
It's not your fault.
None of that makes it so.
It's a terrible thing.
It doesn't make any sense, but it's not your fault, Jess.
She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she?
That's what you hold on to.
That's how you keep her alive.
May Belle?
Look.
I'm sorry I pushed you.
That was stupid and wrong...
...and I really miss you talking to me.
She's in your hands now.
Hey!
Wait!
Hey!
Jess? I'm sorry. I didn't... I didn't see you.
Can I use the lumber by your house?
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
Anything you see, you just...
You know, I meant to... I meant to give you Prince Terrien,
but I... can't seem to give him up.
Leslie would've wanted you to have him.
Yeah.
[grunts]
We're playing. By ourselves.
OK, but I know the most incredible place to play.
You gotta promise you're not gonna tell anybody about it.
Not Brenda, not Ellie, not even Joycie.
Tell Joycie a secret between you and me?
She's nothing but a baby.
You're right, and she's not ready to be a princess yet.
You have to train her and stuff.
Princess? Who gets to be the princess?
Step down.
Watch your step.
You're not peeking, are you?
Step up. There you go.
All right.
OK. Open them.
Wow. Did you make this?
Yep.
Hold on a second.
Look! They must've heard the rumor,
that the beautiful girl arriving today is the new future ruler of Terabithia.
- Who heard? - The Terabithians.
They've been waiting.
Where?
- I don't see them. - It's an ancient forest, May Belle,
full of magical creatures and friendly giants,
anything you can imagine.
But you gotta look really hard.
But keep your mind wide open.
So, what do you think?
Can there be purple flowers?
[Jess] Anything you want.
[May Belle] Wow.
And a castle.
A big one, with towers and flags.
[Jess] Of course.
[May Belle] Look, Jess. It's beautiful.
Is there a king?
Are you the king, Jess?
Only if you're princess.
[all clapping]
Terabithia.
[# Miley Cyrus: I Learned From You]