The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Page #5

you been drinking?

-Thank you, Ma'am.

-Grandma, look at me!

That was really something!

Come on over here, you.

This is my granddaughter Daisy.

This is mister...

I'm afraid, Benjamin, I don't

rightly know your last name.

Benjamin is fine.

I never forgot her blue eyes.

Good people, supper is served.

Did you know turkeys

aren't really birds?

-Why do you say that?

-They're in the pheasant family.

They can hardly fly. Sad, don't

you think? Birds that can't fly.

I like birds that can't fly.

They are so delicious.

-That's cruel.

-I have something to tell you all.

While we're giving thanks

for God's blessings...

I've had a miracle happen.

The Lord saw fit to

answer my prayers.

What does she mean

"answers her prayers"?

She's gonna have a baby, silly.

That's what my momma said when

I was gonna have a baby brother.

But he didn't live long.

Cause he didn't breathe right.

...when he got his

beautiful hind legs

just as big God Ngog

had promised.

You can see that

it's five o'clock,

because big God

Ngog's clock says so.

Isn't that something?

-Again. Read it again.

-Read it again, please.

Alright. But afterwards,

you must go to bed.

I promise.

Old Man Kangaroo...

Are you sleeping?

-Who is that?

-It's me, Daisy.

-Hi!

-Come on!

Where are we going?

-Come on. Right in here.

Here, you light it. -I'm not

supposed to play with matches.

Don 't be a chicken.

Light it!

I'll tell you a secret if

you'll tell me one. -Okay.

I saw my momma

kissing another man.

Her face was red from it.

Your turn.

I'm not as old as I look.

-I thought so.

You don't seem like an old

person. Like my grandma.

-I'm not.

-Are you sick?

Well, I heard momma

and Tizzy whisper

and they said I was

gonna die soon.

But maybe not.

You're odd.

You're different than

anybody I've ever met.

May I? -Okay.

What are you doing

under there?

You come right out here

and get back up to bed.

It's after midnight!

You are not to be playing

together. -Yes, ma'am.

Not many people experience that.

You want me to go on?

What about your friend?

The tall lady?

We're not friends anymore.

That's what happens with

tall people sometimes.

Well... goodbye.

I spent a lot of time

by myself that year.

Hello?

-Hi. -I'm moving in today.

Welcome. We've been

expecting you.

Can you please show her up

to Mrs Rousseau's old room?

I'm sorry, but we usually

don't allow dogs in the house.

Well, she's old as the hills,

she's almost blind.

She won't be a

bother much longer.

Well, alright, as long as she

stays out from underfoot.

As hard as I try,

I can't remember her name.

Mrs Lawson, or Mrs Hartford,

or maybe it was Maple?

It's funny how sometimes the

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