Anything Is Possible Page #2

and go home.

(SIGHS)

Hey, buddy! What's up?

You're just in time for dinner.

I'm not hungry.

But I made your favorite,

Chicken a la Georgie!

Hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down.

What's wrong? Park it.

Okay, somehow I feel there's a little

something behind that "nothing."

Spill it.

Why aren't I big

and strong like you?

Um, because you're 10.

Jimmy's ten

and he's big and strong.

Well, Jimmy doesn't have

what you have.

A heart?

Yes.

Duh, everyone has one

of those, Dad.

Yeah, I know

everyone has a heart.

But a heart is so much more

than just that. Okay?

And yours...

Yours is very special.

How is that?

Remember when you had

heart surgery?

Dad, please, I was three.

Yeah, okay, well,

when the doctors fixed you up

they said that your recovery

was going to depend

on the strength of your character

and that is when I knew.

Knew what?

That you were going to be okay.

See, these days,

science, you can

put a new heart in someone

and make them get real big

and strong

but what they can't give you is the

character that comes along with that heart.

What's character?

Character is something that everyone

possesses but very few put to good use.

A lot like common sense?

Exactly like common sense.

Nathan,

the value of a human being is not based

on their bones or how big and strong

they are or how tall they are,

it's based on the conviction

of their character.

And you,

you have enough

for an entire brigade, buddy.

So you hungry now?

Yes, but I gotta do

something first.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

This character thing

is gonna leave me broke.

SOLDIER 1:
Lieutenant Peters?

Yeah.

Come on in.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

Well, we're not sure

how to say this but, uh...

Your wife, she was on her way

to a refugee camp in Iwaki City

as they crossed

the Takahama Bridge...

Ten.

We just talked to her

this morning.

But we're sending a search

and rescue as we speak.

SOLDIER 2:

They're doing their best.

You can be sure we'll do everything

in our power to find her.

Please don't hesitate

to contact the base.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Daddy?

I just wanna thank everyone

for coming out tonight.

We all know that Maggie

was a great neighbor.

We're just hoping

and praying for the best.

Now we'd like to ask Nathan

to see if he'd like to play something

on the piano for his mother.

Nathan?

May I sit?

Hi, I'm Jesse,

short for Jessica.

Hi.

And you are Nathan.

Good guess.

Nice to meet you.

I'm sorry to hear

about your mom.

There's nothing

to be sorry about.

I thought she died.

She's missing, not dead.

Missing? Where?

In Japan.

In Japan?

She was on

a tsunami rescue mission.

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