Dream Boy

Welcome. I hope

you'll come back to us.

We will.

Thank you, Brother.

So nice to meet you.

You too, sir.

What is it?

Nothing.

[Engine turns over]

NATHAN:
We used to live

in Lake Charles,

but my dad got a job

where he moves around a lot.

We live by the lake on Poke's Road.

Well, welcome, Nathan.

And thank you.

It doesn't look like your daddy's

gonna make it home for dinner.

Father, we come to You

in the name of Jesus.

We pray for each other's needs

as we know them to be,

and, Father, as you know them to be.

Give us the courage and ability

to be a strong witness for You.

Why don't you come sit up here?

I got so much stuff to do

on top of my homework,

I'm about to go crazy.

You have to work?

I got chores to do for my dad.

I got a prayer group meeting

at church.

And I got this paper to write

in English,

and I don't want to.

I'm good at that kind of stuff.

You are?

I like English.

Well, I'll come over later,

and you can help me.

It's about railroads.

The paper is.

I could help you

with some other stuff, like math.

I'm pretty good at math.

Okay.

See ya.

Bye.

[Horse neighs]

Yeah, I wanna go.

I like Brother Will.

I like him better

than Preacher Rutherford.

All he does is talk about sinners

and going to hell.

I'm tired.

I was dancing all day.

You gotta let me come

watch you practice some time.

You want a ride?

Yeah.

We should probably go.

All right.

[Engine turns over]

You sure it's okay?

Yeah, I was just

finishing up my homework

while you were doing your chores.

Mrs. Johnson says

you skipped a grade.

You're supposed to be

pretty good at English,

even if you are younger than me.

I just hate to write stuff.

I like it okay.

I copied this down

from the World Book Encyclopedia.

There's a lot of information here.

You should really

narrow down your topic.

What about just "steam engines"?

All right.

I thought you boys might want

something to drink.

Thank you, Ma'am.

I guess I ought to be embarrassed,

getting a kid like you

to help me with my homework.

I take English with the juniors.

That's just one grade below you.

I'm not a kid.

Why, I didn't mean it bad.

I just mean you're a bit

younger than me, that's all.

I appreciate the help.

You'll like living out here

in the summertime.

It's real peaceful.

Nobody comes around.

Is it okay to walk in the woods?

Yeah, I go out there all the time.

There's some great places out there.

Camping grounds,

Indian burial mounds.

There's even a haunted house

and stuff.

I'll show you.

I bet you have a lot of work to do

because it's a farm.

Yeah. It's all outdoor stuff.

I like that.

What about you, Nathan?

Did you ever live on a farm before?

No. We lived in towns mostly before.

But my dad wanted to live

in the country this time.

So, why'd you move out here?

Nobody moves to St. Francisville.

Well, my dad got a job.

He's selling tractors in Shenandoah.

You sure do like this school stuff,

don't you?

It's all right, I guess.

I don't see how anyone

could like school.

Beats staying home all the time.

So you stay at home too much, huh?

We can fix that.

NATHAN'S MOM:
Nathan,

it's almost bedtime, sweetheart.

It's good.

Thanks, Nathan.

[Cow lows]

You want to hold on

to these for me?

Hey, Nathan.

Hi.

Hey, my dad's got a new Marlin.

She got some real kick to her.

We should check it out this weekend.

Do us some deer huntin'.

You ever been huntin' before,

Nathan?

No.

You should come.

Even if you don't kill anything,

hunting's fun.

We should go out for the whole

weekend and camp out.

I mean, we've been talking

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