[Waves Lapping, Faint]
[Man Whispers] Brother.
Mother.
It was they who led me to your door.
[Bird Squawking]
## [Choir Singing: Dirge]
[Woman] The nuns taught us there are two ways through life...
the way of nature...
and the way of grace.
You have to choose which one you'll follow.
Grace doesn't try to please itself.
Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked.
Accepts insults and injuries.
Ooh!
[Child Chattering, Faint]
Nature only wants to please itself.
- Bless, O Lord, this food to our use... - Get others to please it too.
[Father] ...your loving and faithful service.
Likes to lord it over them.
[Father] Bless these boys.
[Woman] To have its own way.
It finds reasons to be unhappy...
when all the world is shining around it,
when love is smiling through all things.
They taught us that no one who loves the way of grace...
ever comes to a bad end.
[Woman] I will be true to you.
Whatever comes.
## [Choir Fades]
[Sobs] Oh, God!
[Engine Roaring]
[No Audible Dialogue]
[Engine Roaring Fades]
[Bell Tolls]
[Child Chattering, Faint] [Mother Whispers] My son.
[Quiet Sob] I just want to die...
to be with him.
[Older Man] He's in God's hands now.
[Mother] He was in God's hands the whole time.
Wasn't he?
My hope.
My God.
"I shall fear no evil...
fear no evil, for you are with me."
What did you gain?
"Be not far from me, for trouble is near."
[Father] Okay, go on now. We're all right.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Sure, you have your memories of him, and, uh... - [Mother Crying Quietly]
you're gonna have to be strong now and...
I know the pain will...
It will pass in time, you know?
It might seem... hard, my saying that,
but it's true.
[Whispers] I don't want it to.
Life goes on.
People pass along.
Nothing stays the same.
You've still got the other two.
- [Quiet Sob] - The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away,
and...
that's the way he is.
He sends flies to wounds...
that he should heal.
[Woman Screams, Faint]
[Father] I never got a chance to tell him how sorry I was.
One night he...
punched him... himself in the face for no reason.
He was sitting next to me at the piano,
and I criticized the way he turned the pages.
I made him feel shame.
My shame.
[Whispers] That poor boy.
[Man] How did you come to me?
In what shape?
What disguise?
I see the child that I was.
[Birds Chirping]
[Children Shouting, Faint]
I see my brother. [Water Running]
True.
Kind.
He died when he was 19.
[Clanging, Faint] [People Chattering, Walking]
Just check this... this one against this.
She wants to get back together, but... that chapter's closed,
story's been told.
What are you gonna do?
Experiment.
When you're young, it's all about your career.
You don't understand anything.
I just feel like I'm bumping into walls.
I didn't know how to do her hair.
[Mechanical Beeping]
Hey, Dad. I'm sorry I said what I said. I...
Yeah. Yeah, I think about him every day.
I just shouldn't have said what I did, and I'm sorry.
No, it's just, oh, this day.
[Father] What are you thinkin'?
[Son] I know... I know you did everything you could.
[Son's Colleague] And only two of those were turned down by the client.
One of them...
[Waves Lapping]
[Son] How did I lose you?
Wandered?
Forgot you?
[Wind Whistling]
[Waves Crashing]
[Young Boy] Find me.
[Son] How did she bear it?
Mother.
[Mother Screams]
[Mother Whispering] Was I false to you?
[Mother] Lord.
Why?
Where were you?
[Mother Whispering] Did you know?
Who are we to you?
Answer me.
[Rumbling]
[Explosions]
[Mother] We cry to you.
My soul.
My son.
Hear us.
[Loud Hissing]
[Gurgling]
[Thunder Rumbling]
[Ocean Waves Roaring]
[Mother] Light of my life.
I search for you.
My hope.
My child.
[Bell Tolls]
[Son] You spoke to me through her.
You spoke with me from the sky.
The trees.
Before I knew I loved you,
believed in you.
[Insects Chirping]
When did you first touch my heart?
[Faint Murmuring]
[Crying, Faint]
## [Mother Singing, Faint]
[Man] And manfully to fight under his banner...
against sin, the world and the devil.
We had the commander over for dinner.
This little devil bit him right on the ankle.
[Son] Mama!
Me!
[Clanging]
[Whispers] Rhinoceros.
Two alligator.
Two alligators.
- Kangaroo. - Kangaroo.
Jump.
[Gentle Ocean Waves]
[Boy Chattering] Mmm.
[Baby Cooing]
Ah!
- [Crying] - Sweetheart.
- Shh! Please. - [Whining]
I know. No!
[Clattering]
[Kisses]
It's mine!
You found me.
You'll be grown before that tree is tall.
[Son As Child] Blue. Far.
You.
[Barking]
Are you afraid?
Come here.
Come here. All right. Now, come back here, Son. Stay out of there.
That's the Spencers' yard. Okay?
You see this line? Let's not cross it. Do you understand?
Hmm? Do you understand?
You see this line? Lookit here. Look here.
Okay. Now, come back here, Son. Come on back.
Stay out of there.
[Giggling]
"'Now, my dears,' said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning,
'you may go into the fields or down the lane,
but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden:
Father had an accident there."'
That's where God lives.
Good night. We'll see ya in five years.
[Both Laughing]
You want to eat a grasshopper?
I found a dinosaur bone!
Oh!
- Is that a rock? - No.
Ah.
[Laughs] Hey!
[Mother] Boys!
Come home!
Boys!
Come home!
[Boy Shouting, Indistinct]
[Laughing, Chattering]
You're a "potleak" now!
- You're filthy! - [Shouts, Indistinct]
[Laughs]
Bless this food to our use and us to your loving and faithful service,
and make us ever mindful of those who are in need.
Amen.
## [Record Player: Classical]
Can you pass the butter, please?
- "Can you pass the butter, please, sir?" - Sir.
What'd you do today?
- Went to school. - After that?
What about the yard? Did you put the runners in like I asked?
Yeah.
Yes, sir.
[Father] Well, it didn't look like it.
- Hmm? - Yes.
Mr. Reese liked Jack's book report...
- [Father] What is that, sweetheart? - and wanted him to make a model.
You know this?
## [Orchestra: Dramatic]
Brahms.
Son?
Sir?
Reach me my lighter.
Haven't you forgotten somethin'?
Do you love your father?
Yes, sir.
[Mother] "...against the Panther,
and they went off to look for Kaa the Rock Python.
They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun,
admiring his beautiful new coat."
Who do you love the most?
I love you all three the same.
Tell us a story from before we can remember.
[Mother] Went for a ride in a plane once.
It was a graduation present.
[Young Jack Whispers] Mother.
Make me good.
Brave.
- ## [Humming] - [Gasps]
[Shouts] Aah! Aah!
[Youngest Brother] Can it happen to anyone?
Shh.
[Young Jack] Nobody talks about it.
Help me not to sass my dad.
Help me not to get dogs in fights.
Help me be thankful for everything I've got.
[Young Jack] Where do you live?
Help me not to tell lies.
[Whispering] Are you watching me?
[Chattering, Shouting]
I want to know what you are.
I want to see what you see.
## [Organ]
- [Father] Come here, you! - [Boys Shouting]
- Come here. Come here, you! - [Laughing]
That funny?
[Door Slams]
You're gonna stand there, and you're gonna close this door quietly 50 times.
Count it out.
Three, four,
five, six,
seven, eight...
You can't just yank off the top. You gotta get it by the root.
- [Father] Your mother's naive. - Whoa!
It takes fierce will to get ahead in this world.
If you're good, people take advantage of you.
Every one of these top executives... you know how they got where they are?
- Floated right down the middle of the river. - [Laughing]
Don't let anyone tell you there's anything you can't do.
Don't do like I did. Promise me that.
I dreamed of being a great musician.
I let myself get sidetracked.
If you're lookin' for somethin' to happen, that was it.
That was life. You lived it.
[Man] Job imagined he might build his nest on high,
that the integrity of his behavior would protect him against misfortune.
And his friends thought, mistakenly,
that the Lord could only have punished him...
because secretly he'd done something wrong.
But no.
Misfortune befalls the good as well.
We can't protect ourselves against it.
We can't protect our children.
We can't say to ourselves, "Even if I'm not happy,
I'm going to make sure they are."
We run before the wind.
We think that it will carry us forever.
It will not.
We vanish as a cloud.
We wither as the autumn grass...
and, like a tree, are rooted up.
Is there some fraud in the scheme of the universe?
Is there nothing which is deathless,
nothing which does not pass away?
We cannot stay where we are.
We must journey forth.
We must find that which is greater than fortune or fate.
Nothing can bring us peace but that.
Is the body of the wise man or the just...
exempt from any pain,
from any disquietude,
from the deformity that might blight its beauty,
from the weakness that might destroy its health?
Do you trust in God?
Job, too, was close to the Lord.
Are your friends and children your security?
There is no hiding place in all the world...
where trouble may not find you.
No one knows when sorrow might visit his house...
any more than Job did.
The very moment everything was taken away from Job,
he knew it was the Lord who'd taken it away.
He turned from the passing shows of time.
He sought that which is eternal.
Does he alone see God's hand who sees that he gives?
Or does not, also, the one see God's hand...
[Father] I'm your man. who sees that he takes away?
Or does he alone see God,
who sees God turn his face towards him?
Does not, also, he see God...
who sees God turn his back?
That's a friend of mine. He owns half the real estate in town.
Frank Johnson.
He started out as a barber.
- But he built something big. - [Laughing]
Now you'd think he's the fourth person of the holy Trinity.
They never talk about their money.
Wrong people go hungry,
die.
Wrong people get loved.
The world lives by trickery.
If you want to succeed, you can't be too good.
Hey there, young fellas. How's it going today?
Do y'all want some barbecue?
[Father] How about a pound of brisket?
You're like this, right? Okay? Come on. You act like you're scared.
- You act like you're in trouble. You don't wanna fight. - Nah.
You don't want any trouble. The minute you see him blink, crack him, okay?
- Okay. - Okay? Come on. Three quarters.
Cover. You're gonna cover, right? Okay. Hit it. Come on.
Nice. Nice. Harder. Nice. That's a good right. Let's see your left.
That's the most important thing, okay? You come in this way?
You come in this way? You keep the guard up. Hit me! Come on, hit me.
Come on! Come on, Jack! Hit me. Hit me. Hit me. Come on. Come on.
Here. Here it is. Here it is. Hit it. Come on, Son! Come on! Son.
Left. What are you doing?
Dust yourself off.
Left. Don't leave your tongue out. You're gonna lose it.
Left. Left.
Right. Right.
Left. Harder. Harder. Harder!
Come on, hit me. Hit me.
Come on, Son. Hit it. Give me something.
Show me what you got.
Come on. Go on.
[Father] One meal.
[Murmurs]
[Chuckling]
Leave the table.
You too?
- You gonna continue to defy me? - No, sir.
You interrupted me. I wasn't done yet.
Am I finished?
May I?
- [Grunts] - Thank you, Your Majesty.
## [Piano]
## [Guitar]
[Young Jack Whispering] Makes up stories.
Original words.
- [Laughing] - [Shouts]
He says, "Don't put your elbows on the table."
Are you ready?
[Young Jack] He does.
Insults people.
- Doesn't care. - [Shouts]
[Father] I remember when you were born.
They wouldn't let me come home.
The navy said an officer must be present for the laying of the keel,
but... not at the launching.
- [Shouting, Chattering] - [Bell Clanging]
[Man] The next word is "volcano."
The next word is "socket."
Please pass your answers to each other. We're gonna grade each other's papers now.
[Laughing]
[Teacher] No interruptions, please.
[Laughing Continues]
Come on. Get your pencil out.
After logs go to the paper mill...
## [Piano]
[Children Shouting]
[Whistle Blowing]
Taylor! Taylor, sweetheart!
Honey! Honey!