Fly Away Home Page #3

They land on people's front lawns,

the golf course...

That's why we have Ordinance 9314.

Ordinance what?

Ordinance 9314:

"All domestically raised geese

have to be rendered flightless."

It's better known as "pinioning."

It's actually a simple procedure.

It's quite painless.

What do we have here?

Come here, guy.

Please leave him alone.

Your name's Amy, right?

Amy, these geese belong to the Crown.

- What Crown?

- Queen of England.

- Pinioning?

- I had no idea.

It's for the good of the goose

and the people.

You take the wing and just shave

a bit off the cuticle here.

What are you doing?! Stop it!

Stop it!

What the hell are you doing?

- Watch out!

- Easy.

What are you doing?

What the hell are you doing?

What's wrong? I'm trying to help.

What happens when they start to fly?

What happens when they migrate?

They'll be zapped in power lines.

- Get off my land!

- Listen!

They could be carrying parasites

and disease...

Stay off of my place!

They'll be clipped, no matter what!

If they fly, I'll confiscate them.

Amy.

Amy, I'm sorry. I didn't know

he was going to do that.

I promise I won't let anybody

hurt them, all right? Open the door.

She's your daughter.

You have to figure it out yourself.

I've tried everything.

I've been nice to her.

I've been tough on her.

Nothing's worked.

I think the bottom line is...

...that she doesn't want to be here.

And I'm no better father now

than I was when she was 3.

- At least you're here.

- Yeah, I'm here.

It's okay.

Thomas!

Hey, Barry!

How you doing?

Good.

- I got those battens for you.

- Thank you.

You've missed some good flying.

I got this straight-up elevator

off a cliff burble...

...I must have gone up 2000 feet

in a minute.

Where is this place?

It's 52 miles.

I got my bird in the truck.

I can't.

I got a bit of a crisis here.

- You want some coffee?

- Yeah, sure.

Amy!

Get out!

It's the compressor! I just...

- It's the compressor!

- Get out!

- Get out!

- It's the compressor!

- He's so weird!

- You're right, he is.

I miss my friends and my room.

Who was that guy?

Just a guy. He didn't see you.

- He did too!

- No, he didn't.

- He did.

- No.

Why did he bring

a man to chop their wings off?

Your father didn't know.

- He did, and he's coming back.

- No, he's not.

- Amy, listen to me. Listen to me!

- No! No!

I know I can't replace your mother.

Nobody can.

But if you let me,

I can be your friend.

The first rule of friends is

they have to trust each other.

I promise you, nothing is going

to happen to those geese. Nothing.

I won't let it, and neither

will your dad. It's a promise.

Okay?

- See that weld?

- I see your finger.

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