(intense music)
(upbeat music)
(turning pages)
[Nicholas Voiceover] Never forget to be truthful and kind.
Hold these virtues tightly.
Write them deep within your heart.
Telling lies about someone
is as harmful as hitting him with an ax.
(screams)
Or wounding him with a sword.
(screams)
Or shooting him with a sharp arrow.
(screams)
(whooshing)
Yeah!
(playful music)
(upbeat music)
[Nicholas Voiceover] This is my grandma's house.
We've just moved in
and now I've got to start all over again.
New school, new friends, new haircut, new everything.
My family's kinda figuring out the move too.
Boy, was it crazy those first few days!
- [TV Reporter] Another sunny day here in Eastfield.
Coming up--
-Where's my denim jacket?
Anybody seen my denim jacket?
-That is the third bug I have killed today.
-Toast's about ready.
-I've already called the pest control people.
They should be out this afternoon.
-Hear that?
Better make yourself scarce, pest.
-Nicholas, better hurry.
You don't want to be late your first day of school.
-Right, Mom.
-There you go.
Solid as a rock.
Whatever, get outta here!
-Daddy, why are you always picking on Whatever?
Come on, come on, come on.
Honestly, you've got to learn to loosen up.
-(sighs) You're right, honey.
(telephone ringing)
-Land sake's, that phone hasn't stopped ringing
since you got here.
-Hello?
What?
No, I didn't order a pizza.
Two for one's great.
No, that's not our--
No--
-Oh, would you look at the time?
I was supposed to be at the paper by 7:30.
First day on the job.
Can't be late.
So long, everyone.
-Bye honey. See you later.
Okay. Bye bye.
-Bye, Daddy.
-You know that guy?
(groans) -Mother!
-Coming.
[Nicholas Voiceover] Like I said, it was crazy.
(coughing)
-Here's looking at you, kid.
-McGee, what are you doing?
-First day of school, huh?
-Yeah.
-Cheer up, buckaroo.
It's like I've always said.
Make a big first impression
and the rest is a piece of cake.
-Yeah, remember the last time you told me
to make a big impression?
-Sure, at the all school play.
-Yeah.
You told me to push my way to the front of the stage
so everybody could see me.
-Hey, you were a smash.
-Sure, when I fell over the edge
into Bobby Resco's trombone.
(chuckles) -Well, at least you made an impression.
- [Mom] Honey!
Better get going.
-Right, Mom.
Grow up.
(upbeat music)
[Nicholas Voiceover] Here I am at my new school.
(bell ringing)
Well, somewhere in there.
All I need to do now is find my homeroom.
Unfortunately, Coach Slayter found me first.
-Little soon to be cutting class, isn't it mister?
(chattering)
[Nicholas Voiceover] Then there's lunch.
Time to, you know, make those big first impressions.
(laughing)
(whistling) And recess.
I mean, what could go wrong at recess?
- [Coach Slayter] You kids, come back here!
(can clattering)
[Nicholas Voiceover] Okay, okay,
so it wasn't the best day I ever had.
But at least it was finally over
and so were my problems.
(shouting)
Well, not exactly.
-What do you think you're doing?
-Me?
-Come here.
You see my skateboard?
You almost put a nick in it.
What's your name?
-Nick.
-Oh, you're a funny man, aren't you?
I bet you're-- -Nicholas.
My name is Nicholas.
-Oh, St. Nick, huh?
Got a present for me?
-What?
-You come to my alleyway throwing cans at me,
you better have some kind of peace offering.
-Huh?
-Money, stupid.
-Man, you're one lucky dude, kid.
-Beat it, Louis.
-Sure, man, but I just want him to know
what an honor it is to be beaten up
by somebody like you.
Bet you don't even know that this guy
is the most baddest,
roughest dude in the whole neighborhood.
I mean, he normally stomps guys twice your size,
but he's willing to risk it all
to beat up somebody as wimpy as you.
I mean, my little sister could beat you up.
Ain't that right, Derrick. Yeah.
Go ahead, smash his face in.
I mean, people aren't gonna fear him like they used to.
His reputation will never be the same,
but Derrick Cryder, a man of principle,
is willing to sacrifice all that
on a little nothing like you.
-Don't you wish?
I'm not gonna forget you, squid.
You either, Louis.
-Hey, I'm your man.
- [Nicholas] Thanks.
Louis.
-Forget it, man.
-I'll see you tomorrow.
- [Louis] What are you doing?
-I was going home.
-Not that way you don't.
-Sure, I just live over on the other side.
-Man, what are you thinking?
No one cuts through there.
-Why not?
-He's a crazy Indian, man.
He eats live animals.
They say anything that goes through there
don't come out again.
-You mean like pets and stuff?
-Anything.
(spooky music)
- [McGee] Psst, Nick, Nick.
- [Nicholas] Where you been?
-Nevermind that.
This is your chance to make the big impression.
-Are you cracked?
Didn't you just hear what he said?
-Come on, kid.
Just go up and rap on one of those windows
and we'll be heroes.
-McGee ...
(dramatic music)
- [McGee] (bucks) Nicholas.
- [Louis] What?
Nick, get outta there.
Nicholas, Nicholas!
Get outta there!
Get out!
Watch out!
Nicholas! (Nicholas screams)
(Hoot)
Get outta there!
Nicholas!
(mouse squeaks) (chair squeaks)
(cough)
(Nicholas screams)
(dramatic music)
(door squeaks)
- [McGee] (shouts) Nick, come on.
Let's go!
Nick, come on!
Don't leave me!
(Nicholas shouts)
[Nicholas Voiceover] I decided that maybe
it was time to be running along.
I bumped into Louis on the way.
Nick!
[Nicholas Voiceover] Just to say hi.
The next day, things hadn't changed much.
-There he is now, the man that knows no fear.
[Nicholas Voiceover] They changed a lot.
-Did you get a good look at him?
-Who?
-The man.
The crazy Indian man.
Was he big?
-Well ...
-I knew it.
Like a monster, huh?
-He was big.
-I told you.
Were there any animals?
-Yeah, there were animals everywhere, but--
-I knew it.
Did you see him eating any?
-He had a rabbit.
He was eating a rabbit?
-It was alive, you know--
-He was eating a live rabbit?
-Well, yeah, I guess.
It was alive, whatever was left of it.
-This is incredible, man.
(thoughtful music)
[Nicholas Voiceover] By the time I got to school,
everybody knew or thought they knew what happened.
-Gigantic claws.
-Really?
There was this big, gigantic crab
that was, like, 10 stories high.
-[Nicholas Voiceover] I wasn't quite sure
that this was the big impression I wanted to make.
- [Kid] There he is!
Hi.
-So, squid.
You some big hero now?
-Hello, Nicholas.
-Well, I ain't buying it.
What kind of fool do you take me for?
-How many kinds are there?
-Don't change the subject.
If that guy's such a monster
and eating all those animals,
where'd you get the guts to stand up to him?
-What do you know about guts, Derrick?
You're scared to even go near the place.
Hi, Nicholas.
-Hi.
-That Indian is as good as gone.
(ominous music)
-Shameful, just shameful.
- [Mom] Hi, hon.
-Hi.
-Oh, hello dear.
- [Mom] Well Mom, so what exactly happened?
-Well, it seems that somebody broke
into George Ravenhill's cellar yesterday
and scared the poor man half to death.
-Is that the house over a couple blocks that's so--
-Yes, it is run down all right,
but he's got arthritis so bad he can barely
get himself around.
Such a sweet soul, too.
Taking care of all those poor, injured animals.
I don't care what his house looks like.
He's just about the sweetest man you'd ever want to meet.
(somber music)
(chattering) (upbeat music)
(yawn)
(spit)
(whooshing)
(crack...swooshing)
(cheering)
(glass breaking and gasping)
(dramatic music)
(sizzling)
-Oh no, I've got the bat!
(screaming)
(sirens wailing)
(tires squealing)
(guns cocking)
(screams)
-Alright, throw down the bat...
and come out with your hands up.
(dramatic music)
(cackling)
All right, you hooligan.
Off to the slammer with ya.
Nice work.
There'll probably be a big reward in this for ya.
(somber music)
(knocking)
(beeping)
-Can I come in?
Sure fixing this place up in a hurry.
Missed you at dinner.
Well, you know, living here with grandma
is gonna be great.
Talk about memories.
What's up, Nick?
-What do you mean?
(sighs) I don't know.
What if ...
What if you said something about someone and,
you know, they got in big trouble for it?
-Well son, nobody likes to get somebody in trouble,
but if it's the truth then ...
Of course, if it's not the truth
then a lot of people could get hurt.
There's the person that's being lied about,
but also the person that's doing the lying
because not only will the truth eventually find him out
but the very fact that lying is a sin,
well, that sin starts to cut off his relationship,
his friendship with God.
But there's also a third person that gets hurt.
Yeah, there is.
You remember Jesus says that whatever we do to others,
we do to him, so it only stands to reason
if we lie and hurt another person,
we actually hurt Jesus.
-What do I do?
-What do you think?
(mid-tempo music)
♪ Such a little thing
♪ Brings heartache
♪ Small half truth
♪ You didn't mean to make
♪ In a moment's hesitation, you let it slip by ♪
♪ So who's it gonna really hurt ♪
♪ It's just one little lie
♪ Love, love never lies
♪ Love never lies
♪ No matter what you may have done ♪
♪ No matter when or why
♪ There's never any reason
♪ The truth won't get you by
♪ In a moment's hesitation, you let it slip by ♪
♪ Who's it gonna really hurt
♪ It's just one little lie
♪ Love, love never lies
♪ Love never lies
♪ No matter what you may have done ♪
♪ No matter when or why
♪ There's never any reason
♪ The truth won't get you by
♪ Love, love never lies
♪ Love never lies
[Nicholas Voiceover] All day long
everyone was talking about what Derrick
and his buddies had done last night.
-Hey Nick, if you don't move it
you're gonna miss the action.
-What?
-Derrick and his dorks,
they're gonna put the finishing touches
on old Cochise.
-Now?
-Should be good.
(dramatic trumpeting)
-What are you doing?
-This is it, loyal minion.
Time to right the wrong,
to return justice to it's right--
-McGee, they'll kill me.
-What about Mr. Ravenhill?
-What can I do?
-There isn't much time, kid.
(upbeat music)
(shouting)
♪ Love, love never lies
♪ Love never lies
♪ No matter what you may have done ♪
♪ No matter when or why
♪ There's never any reason
♪ The truth won't get you by
♪ In a moment's hesitation, you let it slip by ♪
♪ Who's it gonna really hurt
♪ It's just one little lie
♪ Love, love never lies
♪ Love never lies
♪ No matter what you may have done ♪
♪ No matter when or why
♪ There's never any reason
♪ The truth won't get you by
♪ Love, love never lies
♪ Love never lies
♪ Love, love never lies
[Derrick] Now who's the hero, Squid?
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
-You really didn't see any of that stuff you said, did you?
-No.
I didn't see a thing, Louis.
-Man, I wouldn't want to be in your shoes Monday.
You're gonna catch it good from everybody.
-I should have told the truth.
-Well, it was fun while it lasted.
[Nicholas Voiceover] I never thought I'd be able
to face Mr. Ravenhill again after what I did to him.
I mean, saying you're sorry is one thing, but ...
-This is real good, us helping like this.
Yes siree, Bob.
You know, it's like I always say.
You missed a spot.
What you sow, you shall sweep.
What?
-I really can't make up for what I did McGee.
I mean, I know God's forgiven me and stuff
but ...
I don't know.
-When you're through there,
you can start on the cellar steps.
-Yes sir.
-Oh, here.
[Nicholas Voiceover] I felt a lot better.
Mr. Ravenhill did.
And I think God was happier with me too.
(chuckles) -Easy boy, that tickles.
Cut it out, cut it out now, big fella.
Come on.
-McGee, why don't you do something to help.
-I'd love to, old bean (chuckles),
but the Lone Ranger here has offered
to help me bathe (chuckles).
-Sure, they always wash their food
before they eat it.
- [McGee] Righto, they always was their ...
Food?
That's not very funny. (Nicholas laughs)
Get me outta here!
(coughs) Nicholas!
Come on (coughs).
(upbeat music) Nicholas!
- [Nicholas] Oh, McGee.
(upbeat music)