Kindness Matters Official full movie

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this

is a story of some simple acts of

kindness

that happen in this tiny part of the

world

kindness can truly make a difference

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i love my boss i love my boss

i love my boss i love her boss

i love my boss

me love my boss

good morning good morning dad it's still

dark out

it is

you know i love you right

can i start tying you up at night well

just at seven

knots yeah well in

22 minutes and 34 seconds we have to be

walking out that door around it up to

25.

i'm not sure if my boss would appreciate

me being late

dad yes does your

boss love you what no um

you're just stalling come on up let's go

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do you know where shoes are they're

probably where you left them

how come you're not ready yet link did

you at least eat your toast

i can't remember where i left it could

you please go find it you've got to eat

something

come on

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it's 6 15 not 7.35

it's too early it's just a little early

a little

early i have an important meeting today

what am i gonna do until they open just

go over there sit down on the benches

until they open

the doors

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so

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one more time

did you even hear me ring the doorbell

you usually use your own key well if i

remember right

you were the one that said mom you need

to respect my privacy

do you remember that one i think you've

ever done that

why is it so stuffy in here please

open the door and let some air in

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didn't you like the meatloaf yeah it was

good

you don't have to cook me food right you

know that

but listen i need to talk to you i'm

gonna make us some coffee

and you and i we're gonna have a chat

sure

i'm really concerned about you

a man your age should be married by now

you really need to stop blaming yourself

and get out of this house

i do get out i go to work every day i

mean get out of this house and

get some fresh air you know

i've been thinking about going camping

so

camping is actually getting further away

from people

i don't know why you care so much if i

get married or not anyways

because i may not be around forever

well i've said my peace

eat it was warm okay

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so

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uh

oh that's bad

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oh

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that was the day that he released me

from that wretched box

who was this giant looking down at me

all i knew was that he was kind

and that's all that mattered to me

another little thing aren't you

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hmm

oh no you can't get

hmm

good little guy i just can't believe how

much

longer it takes to get into the doctor's

office for peace safe

i mean i made an appointment well oh

you've got a

dog oh my gosh you never said you were

getting a dog

that's cause it was odd how i how i got

him

wait a minute it's a he

yeah why because boy dogs pee

everywhere

you didn't think about that

you'll never believe where i found him

somebody threw him away in the alley

in the garbage can you believe that

somebody actually threw that dog away

i cannot that's the most horrible thing

i've ever heard

that's what i thought

you know one good thing about this dog

is

you sure are smiling and i like that

but son have you really thought this

through

puppies are a lot of work

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so

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hey stinking

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look stinkin's an artist

stop it and what are you going to do

nothing nothing

why is your stuff all over the grass i

tripped and phoned it off

fell out you fell you okay i'm fine

you don't have to pick me up from school

anymore i'm older enough to

walk home by myself i like picking you

up from school

look i'm sorry i got caught up at work

today

come on

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so

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i was a puppy puppies have a lot of

energy

especially when they're left home all

day it's what we do

we chew stuff up scrappy

the tough part about being a dog is you

never know where you're going next

but to be totally honest i had a feeling

it wasn't a good place

don't worry don't find you a good home

hey hey what are you doing huh what you

doing

okay okay you need to stay in one

condition

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okay oh i almost forgot about that

dreaded cage here

this is gonna be your new home while i'm

at work i hated that thing

so get used to it but it's what humans

do they lock stuff up

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a couple years went by and that cage got

a whole lot smaller

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the thing about that cage i quickly

forgot about how much i hated that thing

every time i was let out

that became my motto you can never get

enough hugs

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let's see so your last job you were a

babysitter

um well not exactly a babysitter i was a

nanny

oh yes i looked after a young girl

she was a handful for her parents i

homeschooled her and took care of her

needs

her needs right she was

very disabled she couldn't walk or feed

herself

she needed constant attention oh

well i see well i'm gonna be honest with

you i mean uh

mostly the clients that i deal with

they're receptionist or secretary

answer the phones type of people you

know what i mean

yes um that's that's why i'm here

okay well good uh so

why did you leave that other job the

little girl's illness finally

caught up with her and she passed

oh i was very attached to her

passing really affected me so

that's when i knew it was time for

change i see

and then that's when you moved here to

the united

of my dual states yes yes um

my father was an american he has since

passed away oh

okay well yes it all makes sense

like i told you uh the jobs that i can

offer you

are secretarial office and that kind of

stuff that's fine

okay well then

why don't we give these a shot

okay thank you you're welcome

good luck on that too all right okay

i have somebody coming in next so oh

right yes thank you much

bye good luck

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greenhouses

is

oh sorry to keep you waiting i was on

the phone with client uh

from africa he's been uh how you say

difficult your resume please

oh of course thank you

looks good your passport up to date

yes my passport is up to date good

because i am looking for someone who

will

travel to various places travel to

various places

yes that is what i do i travel the world

i collect artifacts i sell them to my

clients it is

very good money so uh i would of course

be uh paying for all your expenses

oh um so it is assistant job you would

be assisting me

i i don't think i'm qualified for this

job

you're married

something like that thank you for your

time what it is good job good

pay you travel the world first class

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accommodations

what does he want everything

okay dad yeah everything's fine you just

start eating okay hey

no yeah no i saw the email

look he doesn't appear to be

dissatisfied

no i you know hey link start eating

no yes no we'll i'll take care of it in

the morning

okay

i understand look and we'll include that

in the disclosure in the yes

it has cinnamon

i don't think it has cinnamon

no no just

okay you know we will take care of it

tomorrow i will get everybody on the

same page

i promise okay

i'll talk to you later

keep breathing

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i'm sorry it caused you so much trouble

link you're never in trouble to me

i promise i'll work on doing everything

better

something happened at school today i

just don't

understand why all the other kids make

fun of my name

i think it was a great man

i have to give them a call again they

just don't get it

lincoln was a great president he did a

lot for our country

kids can be mean it's not your fault

it's about them not you let's get some

rest

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i've accepted your decision and i

haven't bothered you but you and i both

know that lincoln's a lot to deal with

thanks for not helping

mom i wanted to show you that i got a

b-plus on my homework

let me see

you work hard for that b-plus yeah

you know something tells me

you would have gotten a plus if you're

working on that ridiculous stutter of

yours

i'm sorry i promise i'll work

on it you know what

actions speak louder than promises

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so

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so

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foreign

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foreign

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so

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so

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oh squirrels i have a thing for

squirrels

i don't know what it is about them but

they make me crazy

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please move

just tell me the wrong reason why

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i can't do this anymore i get it

you don't want to be married all right

but what about him just

please just move you won't be a mom

i guess i'll hear you saying

okay i don't want to be his mother

anymore

okay now can you get out of my way

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so

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lincoln

link

link

lincoln link

where are you

naked lincoln

lincoln

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lincoln

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so

what are you doing in the closet

why didn't you answer me i just wanted

to

take a nap in the closet

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okay

so as you know things didn't turn out

too well

on those interviews i'm afraid right

yeah perhaps it wasn't meant to be

perhaps god wants me to go back home

i think today might be your lucky day a

new job posting came in this morning

that i think you're perfect for

oh now i know you had some hardships

with your last job with

the little girl dying and all that but i

think you're perfect for this one

really yes yes there's this little boy's

been having some

hardships and difficulties with his

social skills

and you know other minor things

and he needs to be homeschooled he needs

to be taken care of

and it's a full-time job

here's the guy's name and address thank

you

um

thank you for your time

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oh god are you wanting me to go back

home

can you give me a sign please

hello now listen you're thinking of not

going on that interview aren't you

you're right i was considering going

back to england and living with my

sister and her family

really it's a bad idea isn't it but it's

the only plan i have

listen you said something to me that

struck a chord

you said that you thought perhaps god

wanted you to go back

yes i think it's the other way around

really yeah

let me tell you a quick story okay a

couple of years back i was in a

bad place i mean a really bad place

and a perfect stranger told me

to start over so you think i should

start over

no no no no okay uh forget that story

i could hear it in the father's voice

they need you

maybe they do they need you okay now uh

i gotta go i got another appointment

thank you so much

for all your help

hello i'm uh

i'll start again my name is miss davies

and i'm from the agency

you've probably already found someone to

take care of your boy haven't you so i'm

just gonna i'm just gonna go

so actually i haven't

decided to come in

lincoln i've got something for me

hello you must be lincoln

come on don't be shy

are you from england yes i am from

england

do you like castles yeah they're

pretty neat we have them all over the

place

kings and queens lived in them but some

people still live in them to this day

do you know what we call the old castles

no

what we call them crumblies crumblies

because they're so old they begin to

crumble

does everyone in english dress like you

not exactly it's just something i prefer

to wear

thank you my resume

so you have some experience with

homeschooling i was a public school

teacher for 12 years

i taught children about your age that's

quite the last job you had

yes it was um was very intense

the family no longer need you right why

did i stop working there

um

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the young girls succumbed to an

unfortunate circumstance

oh yeah

so can you start tonight

i have the job sure

oh wonderful

we can learn the power of words

and use them well excellent

all right stevies why do you wear black

gloves

well i have a skin disorder i'm a

bit embarrassed by it but um the gloves

help

can i see them you want to see my hands

all right

do they hurt

if i stopped wearing the gloves they

would don't worry they're not

contagious can i

touch them why is it that

young boys are interested in gross

things

i don't think they're gross

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they feel normal

do people make fun of your hands yes

sometimes they do

all right off the bed with you lovely

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boy

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good night

so what do you think you think that'll

make a good painting

what you don't like it well ain't you

picky

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huh

i've been in the house looking

everywhere for you i was beginning to

get worried

hi mom hi i brought you some leftovers

you know you don't have to do that

i know but how do i know you're eating

right

i see you're back to painting yeah

it's been a while looks good i like it

i need to talk to you about something do

you remember my friend

charlotte i know you have a friend named

charlotte

i forgot you met her well anyway i was

talking to charlotte about

your situation you know living alone

steady job loves animals

well her daughter is a widower now

husband had a heart attack

probably all that extra weight if you

ask me mom you're driving me crazy

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okay what did you want to tell me

okay charlene and i were talking and we

decided that we

wanted to fix you up on a blind date

what it never works out when you set me

up on a date

yes it does no it doesn't okay

maybe that one time no it was four times

no

no yes it was and have you ever thought

that maybe i enjoy being single

that's ridiculous because everybody

wants someone why do you

care so much if i'm married or not

because i'm not gonna be around forever

and who's gonna take care of you when

i'm gone

i know you're lonely i just wanna help

i'm sorry mom

i'm sorry

what time did my dad say he would be

getting home

he didn't say what he said he'd check in

on you while you're sleeping

how about we give it another try rory

wonder what

jumper would do

you make fun of me at baseball because

of the way i talk

i'm afraid i have a confession to make i

stutter too

not like i do oh yes but i have heard

you stutter once

that's because of something i learned to

do years ago

what was it can i tell you a story

well this was a long time ago you see i

loved the theater

theaters are everywhere in england

almost every corner

every corner well not quite but there

are a lot of them

anyway i was rehearsing for this play i

was to play the princess that lived in a

castle

let's just say they weren't exactly

thrilled with my stuttering

and they almost cast another much

prettier girl

what did you do well the director

was so frustrated with me that he

grabbed her chair

he threw it across the stage and then he

sneers over at me

looks me in the eye and screams out in

this big booming voice

just be that princess already

were you scared well yes i was

and then he shouted out from the

beginning

so you know what i did i took a deep

breath

i closed my eyes and i imagined myself

the most beautiful

princess loved by all the people of the

court

finally when i spoke the words of a

princess came out of my mouth perfectly

well from that day forward i

imagined myself that wonderful woman

loved by

all and i spoke through her who is the

woman well she was simply a better

version of me

and soon i became that woman and then

the stuttering grew less and less until

finally one day

vanished all together do you think it

would

work with me it

may let's try something all right

close your eyes take a deep breath

i want you to imagine a boy

he is smart he is funny

and people adore him

isn't he wonderful okay let's stand you

up

shoulders back chin up

can you still see that boy in your mind

now repeat after me my name is

lincoln my name is lincoln i was named

after one of the greatest presidents

that ever lived

i was named after one of the greatest

presidents that ever lived

i am smart i am funny

and everyone loves to hear me talk i am

smart i am strong and everyone loves to

hear me talk

lincoln that was perfect you didn't

stutter once

i didn't no you didn't oh come here

lovely

boy oh that was great

one more thing i've never told anyone

about my character before you're the

only person i've ever told

so i shouldn't tell anyone exactly

think of it like your little secret oh

that was so

good oh lincoln

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oh jackrabbits i have a thing for

jackrabbit's name

dang maybe next time buddy

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there you go that's a good boy

it's pretty comfortable isn't it

happy guy

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was that a bird oh i can't take it

anymore let me out let me out let me out

let me out let me

out

you're mine buddy where'd you go

oh scrappy what do you think buddy

need to sleep good

give me trophy

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scrappy

scrappy

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crappy

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scrappy

scrappy

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scrubby

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scrubby

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scrubby

scrappy grubby

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hmm

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so that would make it 5 15 wouldn't it

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hello daddy

um organizing homework

his math has greatly improved hasn't it

lincoln

you've been working really hard you know

what i think

i think you and i deserve a day trip

tomorrow tomorrow

sure why not things at work are going

really well

thanks miss davies dad what

where are we guys you know what i think

that's gonna be a surprise

and we can all use a day off tomorrow

you can enjoy your day off

we'll be back tomorrow night you can get

some stuff done

okay

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ready to go yeah let's go

do you miss your old school no

so you'd like uh miss davies to keep

working with you yeah why

i just thought i'd ask why couldn't she

come with

us because she's not family

is mom's still our family

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your mom will always be your mom

i thought families live together

you're right they should live together

just sometimes they don't

i still don't get it do you miss mom

do i miss mom

yeah i guess

i miss miss davies

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it's nice out here

you know i love you right

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i think someone's following me

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oh it's a boy he seems nice

lincoln

thank you

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oh water

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oh water

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mike

you can never get enough hugs

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link link

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thank you thank you come to me all right

back away from the dog

no come to me

now come here

come here hey you can't just be feeding

wild dogs that are out in the desert

already

we have to leave him here come on let's

go

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don't make eye contact come on

where are you guys going

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i can't just leave him here we're not

taking him with us

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dad dad he likes me

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still don't understand why humans like

to bathe us

i mean what's wrong with a little dirt

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anyway

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laughs

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that's why i like him

we should name him bingo

it's gonna be a lot of work i mean

you're gonna have to

walk and feed him and bathe him it's a

lot of responsibility

i'll take good care of him i promise

there's one thing i won't budge on

because if he destroys anything

ruins anything he's gone you understand

i understand he's my full responsibility

oh there's something good in here oh

there's something good in here

there's something in here

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that's pretty good

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where you going

working dad that's what i do

do we have a stapler

yeah it's the first draw in the hallway

thanks

are you coming back

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that was fun

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excuse me i'm sorry to bother you

but i'm looking for my dog and i'm

wondering have you seen him

hudson miller do i know you

probably not you were quite the football

star back in high school

yeah that was a long time ago

let me see the picture

oh cute dog yeah he is you've been

looking for him long

well he kind of ran off last week and

i've decided to come out this weekend

and see if i could find him

i'll tell you what i'll uh i'll help you

look for him if you give me a lift back

into town

i'll give you a ride in town if you need

i i mean you really don't have to help

me look

no it's my ankle does this from time to

time

just being too ambitious

you know you really don't have to help

me look for him i

i don't mind giving you a ride into town

oh it's fine

um i have to admit that i don't

actually remember you you were a big

football star and i was invisible

yeah i was a bit of a jerk back then i

thought it was god's gift

everyone's a gift from god

so we gonna look for a scrappy or what

thank you

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don't tell my dad what happened at the

apartment why don't you want me to tell

your dad what happened to the park

because it's not his fault that i'm

stupid

now you listen to me you are not stupid

you shouldn't even say that word

i'm sorry i let you down hey you could

never let me down you are perfect in

every way

so tell me what happened i was out in

the desert hiking and

some guy stops me and says he's looking

for his dog

then when i got a better look at him i

realized he was a guy i had a crush on

in high school

high school did he remember you

no he didn't oh he's a popular guy and i

was kind of quiet

so what happened i gave him a sandwich

and then we looked for his dog and then

he took me back to my car

oh this is a picture of his dog oh

he was married no i don't think so

and you didn't exchange numbers no

we didn't come on what happened to the

new aunt i know

i know i just i didn't think he was into

me

you just met him han what did you expect

just not meant to be okay see this

this is what i've been telling you you

do this to yourself every single time

doing the best i can

what's his name hudson miller

it's not a very common name i think we

should look him up

all right

got an address there you go go visit him

just show up at his house yup oh i don't

know if i can do that

you are returning a picture of his dog

oh that's lame it's not that lame

it's a good excuse

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hello hey buddy

oh i'm sorry

i must be fall asleep

what are you doing out here

looking for my dog

when was the last time you seen him well

it's been a couple weeks

a couple weeks huh

thank you look i'm out here every day

i haven't seen a dog out here

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you know the nearest water supply is a

good eight miles from here

i don't want to get your hopes up

because that's a long time to be out

here with no water

and um i must have taken it by mistake

thanks

i'll be honest with you as i've gotten

older i decided to not waste time and to

live in the now

anyway i just picked up some takeout

and i bought way too much don't know

what i was thinking

probably already have plans for dinner

no i actually was just working him back

i hadn't even thought about dinner but

i'd love to have dinner with you oh well

then i'll just go grab it from the car

great

i'll wash up

that was delicious i'm glad you liked it

so

how did you find my address not that i

mind

that's easy nowadays technology huh

i don't even have a computer it's a

little creepy huh

no not at all

actually i'm glad you stalked me

do you think i'm being overly dramatic

about scrappy

no i think you need to take all the time

you need

thank you

lincoln he's not due for another hour

get back to this

oh he's home

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oh

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no anybody yeah

no um now i've got that here also

listen let's see in the morning okay all

right

hey how is everything okay it's miss

davies here

yeah she went back there in the in the

bathroom

you think she'd be interested in staying

to have pizza with us

we'll go ask her

um definitely know if you wanted to have

pizza with us

oh yes i'd love to have pizza with you

oh

hi yes i would like to have a pizza with

you

okay we'll get it ordered i'm gonna go

wash my hands

right he likes pizza

i'm just quiet enough to ask him nine

times to get his hands done

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i'm gonna go order the pizza now okay

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do

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i've seen some big improvements in him

it doesn't stutter as much anymore

no he's just a different boy he's

actually a very smart boy

well i couldn't have done it without you

being single parents hard i don't know

how other people do it

i suppose they just manage with what god

has given them

i've never asked about his mother

i'm sorry i i shouldn't pry into your

business

no it's it's fine i guess you didn't

want to be a mother anymore

she had other things to do

i truly believe that god has a plan for

all of us

you may be right

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coming

good morning good morning he's still in

the best getting ready i've got an

important meeting to get you

of course go ahead got this oh no

no no

oh my please don't tell me that it was

important

i need these notes for a meeting this

morning

what did it tell you about the dog if he

messes up he has to

go

i gotta get to work

we're gonna talk about this tonight

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do you think he's gonna take dingo away

come here

i'm not sure

i think i'm ready

can let you go buddy

if you're watching

okay please don't let them wander around

alone up there

please find them and take care

good

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so

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lincoln can you come and finish today's

studies please

can we be done for the day course

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i wasn't sure what was happening but i

could feel something

bad was coming

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before you say anything i'd like you to

hear me out

i understand that it's not my place to

interfere and there's no question that

the dog destroyed something of great

value to you

i i don't know may have even cost you

your job but

please i'm asking you will you

can you not punish lincoln the dog is

too much for him to handle

i'll take full responsibility of the dog

just

don't do this to your son

look you probably want to fire me but

i'm not changing my mind on this

i'm not gonna fire you

link you can keep the doc really

we can keep dingo

karen what are you doing here hey

how's my little boy i see you got a new

dog

i found him in the desert

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he even got a little taller

i'm sorry i don't know you i'm lincoln's

mother

oh um i'm lincoln's nanny

a nanny my son has a nanny

she helps him with homework and then

watches him while i'm working

you know working

i'm sorry can you give us a minute of

course

thinking let's continue with where we

left off shall we

but i don't want her to come back

it's okay

i made a mistake

i was just so confused

but

i've had a little time to think about it

just came to tell you i'm sorry

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hello hi i brought your favorite

thank you i was hoping to cheer you up

i'm fine hello

is that anne i hope you like her she's

special to me i'm so excited

mom this is anne it's a pleasure to meet

you oh

you have no idea i've heard so much

about you uh-oh

you brought pies too yeah um well

i hope you're hungry

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i'll go get some dishes

she's a darling girl

yeah she's pretty cool

why are you crying because i'm just

happy for you

you've had so many ups and downs and now

everything's just

perfect you know what a crier i am i

don't want to cry but i'm just

happy for you i cry when i'm happy

and i am

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oh sorry i thought no no it's fine it's

just

it's me really just

i've been in a bad place for a really

long time

watched a wonderful career dissolve

right in front of me

for years all he did was go to work and

go home i never went out

i don't have any friends

and this little dog comes in my life

started to get out a little bit and the

next thing you know i

met you

i know it's silly but i really

i really believe a dog helped me

that he that he gave me the reason to

to get out of my sadness

well maybe scrappy taught you to forgive

yourself

i think you're right it did teach me how

to forgive myself

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no can we try that again

but i don't want you to leave

everything's going to work out

it's god's plan you've got to trust him

what if he's wrong

he's never wrong oh

i almost forgot to give you this

you're going back to england i'm going

back to england

now what happened to lincoln the

superhero huh

he died oh i think he misses you

why don't you give him another chance

now come here and give me a big hug

bye-bye you

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she gone too bad i didn't get to say

goodbye

all right you ready for dinner all right

let's go get washed up come

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i'll on sure they didn't put any

cinnamon on it this time thanks

dad that's cinnamon yeah thanks

allergies you do that

yeah yeah i remember that

so excited for school tomorrow see all

your friends

i know it's gonna be tricky let me show

you

okay what you do is take this one

put it right over there like a pencil

and put

that one on your third finger and then

wrap your thumb

there you go

you'll get it here

like this watch see that

and like this you'll get it

good job thanks it's okay

we're not in any rush okay

did he just growl at me your dad lets

the dog sleep in the bed with you giggle

helps me sleep

he doesn't mean anything by it oh i

meant it

all right try it again lady get your

sleep okay

you got a big day school tomorrow all

right

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thank you

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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is that who i think it is dad

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hey do i know you this is my dog

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how do i know that i lost him in the

desert

where'd you find him hi

i miss you so much look

scrubby yeah i mean it looks like him

come here

i miss you so much you know what here

take him thank you

come on boy come on

come on

thank you very much

oh my gosh you should have seen it i was

chasing after this rabbit he was really

really fast at you know and then

where did you go

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it's a miracle right he was over 40

miles from that camp area

what are the odds that's exactly what i

said

the woman didn't give you any trouble i

showed her the picture of scrapping

and she knew well there's no denying

those legs

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i can't believe he gave the dog away to

a perfect stranger

the dog came right to him

he even had a picture of the dog you

should have called me

a guy loses his dog in the desert okay

are you having trouble putting two and

two together here

it's his dog it's not yours

how are you gonna deal with lincoln

i don't know you know maybe it's about

time he learns that life isn't easy

hey link

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she ruins everything

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so

he needs to go to a special school

he's not like normal kids normal kids

have friends

normal kids play together

there's just there's got to be a school

that knows how to deal with kids like

him

kids like him

i need a break

good morning

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link

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[Laughter]

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you all right

it was the man's dog it was my dog

we can get you another one it would be

him he was my best

friend why does she have to come back

because she's your mother she deserves a

second chance

she's not like miss davies did you know

she used to starve like me

no i didn't

can i go live with her in england

we can visit you in the summer

you can come

that's not gonna happen

come on let's get ready

scrappy

what's going on come on wait what

lincoln

lincoln

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what's up

when you leave

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call ms davies like she's gone

she went back to england

my name is lincoln i was named after one

of the greatest presidents that ever

lived

i am smart i am strong and

everyone loves to hear me talk

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scrubby

scrappy

hey scrappy

hey buddy what's

so i was feeding him i put his food down

like always

and he's not eating he's not acting the

same

something's wrong with him well it's

only been a couple of days

he's gonna need some time to readjust

it's a lot for a dog to process

do you think so yeah

yeah maybe you're right yeah

give him some time he'll come around

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he's happy come here

come here

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i know you said to give us some time but

there's something different about him

he's not the same

so

here's the person that took care of

scrappy either call this person or throw

the caller out

no he's my dog not theirs i just wanted

to go back the way he was

and what if that doesn't happen

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and priscilla found my dog he was

he joined the team senior year he was

the new guy

i can't believe he found your dog

are you gonna call him no

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oh

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hudson adam it's good to see you

it's good to see you too come on in

boys we're not kicking that ball i

remember that one

and peterson wasn't open like he usually

is and you were

you gave me that nod and i gave you that

ball and you cut through their defense

like it was butter

that was a long time ago

so did you ever get married i was

then it's finally finished

link hey there's someone i want you to

meet went to high school with this guy

play football with it

he's a little shy so do you ever think

you'd like to play football someday

what kinds of things are you interested

in i would like to be a veterinarian

i would like to help animals

okay

i don't know how you found me but i am

sure glad you did

me too adam me too

it's nice to meet you you too

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well it's good catching up

so you guys used to be friends

yeah went to high school together he was

one of the

best football players i ever knew he had

a bright future ahead of him and then it

just didn't go that way

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i wanted to thank you buddy

you got me out of a real bad place

it weren't for you i don't think i'd

have met anne

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i think maybe that's why god put us

together

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nice to see you come on in have a seat

yeah so

i wasn't exactly honest the other day

when i stopped by

yeah what are you talking about

i had to scope things out

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i assume is your ex-wife that gave him

back to me yeah she

said she gave to some stranger in the

park

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i think that lincoln needs him you mean

he's

going to live with us it's okay with

your dad

okay dad are you sure about this

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yeah i'm sure

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hi honey so you should have seen him

it was like reuniting two family members

i can't imagine how difficult that must

have been for you

it's really sweet oh

i'm so proud of you

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is the position still open yes the

position is still open

where is he he's out back come on

miss davey

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we went over to dad's house all the time

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i still call him dad

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you want to know the really neat thing

about this is that we are one

big family now

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you