The Polar Express Page #5

Right. Left.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Left. Right.

Oh, no! Oh, no!

Brace yourselves!

Well, that's more like it.

Thank you.

Thank you. I can't believe you found my ticket.

Did someone say they found a ticket?

Well, in that case.... Tickets, please.

[COUGHS]

Thank you.

HERO GIRL:
"L-E"? -Hey, just like that know-it-all kid.

CONDUCTOR:
Watch your step.

Tricky walking up here. It's mighty slick. Mighty slick, I tell you.

Oh, whoop... There you go. What did I tell you?

Years ago, on my first Christmas Eve run, I was up on the roof making my rounds...

...when I slipped on the ice myself.

I reached out for a hand iron, but it broke off. I slid and fell.

And yet, I did not fall off this train.

Someone saved you?

Or something.

An angel.

Maybe.

Wait. Wait.

What did he look like? Did you see him?

No, sir. But sometimes seeing is believing.

And sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.

Ah, the forsaken and the abandoned.

Mind your step, now. These poor toys have suffered enough...

...being left to rust and decay in the back alleys and vacant lots of the world.

What are they doing here?

It's a new concept the boss came up with.

Instead of being thrown away, they're collected. Refurbished.

He calls it "rebicycling." Something like that.

HERO GIRL:
Makes me wanna cry...

...seeing toys that were treated this way.

CONDUCTOR:
These hopelessly entangled...

...string puppets and marionettes...

...pose a particular problem. We found the nimble fingers of our work force...

...here at the North Pole are best for working out those knots and tangles.

Thank you. Uh-oh. Double-locked here.

You are just like me, my friend.

A scrooge! Ah!

Ebenezer Scrooge.

North Pole, Santa Claus, this train...

...it's all a bunch of humbug. A bout of indigestion.

Oh, yeah. I know what you are.

You're a doubter.

A doubter. You don't believe!

You're a doubter! You don't believe!

[KIDS LAUGHING AND CHATTERING]

Hey, you missed it. We rode down some really sharp hills.

We were on what looked like a frozen lake.

But I know it was just an optical illusion caused by moonlight.

He said the train was on ice. But I said that's impossible...

You can't put a train track... Hey, where you going now?

[INDISTINCT SINGING]

Shh.

LONELY BOY [SINGING]: I'm wishing on a star And trying to believe That even though it's far He'll find me Christmas Eve I guess that Santa's busy

'Cause he's never come around I think of him when Christmas comes to town The best time of the year When everyone comes home with all this Christmas cheer It's hard to be alone Putting up the Christmas tree with friends who come around It's so much fun when Christmas comes to town Presents for the children Wrapped in red and green All the things I've heard about But never really seen No one will be sleeping On the night of Christmas Eve Hoping Santa's on his way When Santa's sleigh bells ring I listen all around The herald angels sing I never hear a sound And all the dreams of children Once lost will all be found That's all I want when Christmas comes to town

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