Mary and Max (2009)

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were the color of muddy puddles;

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her birthmark, the color of poo.

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It was Saturday afternoon,
and she was bored.

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Mary wished she had a friend
to play piggybacks with.

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Mary's mood ring,

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which she'd found
in a cereal box, was gray,

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which, according to the chart,

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meant she was either pensive,

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unconsciously ambitious,
or hungry.

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Her only friends
were the Noblets

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from her favorite cartoon.

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They weren't the real ones
you bought in the shops

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but fake ones that she had
to make herself

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from shells, gumnuts, pompoms,

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and the chicken bones salvaged
from Friday night's takeaway.

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She had to make
all her own toys,

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and her favorites
were shrinkies,

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potato chip packets that
she had shrunk in the oven.

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Mary's father,
Noel Norman Dinkle,

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worked in a factory attaching
the strings to tea bags.

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At show-and-tell,
she told the class

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he could get as many
free tea bags as he wanted.

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Her favorite tea bag
was Earl Grey.

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She loved saying, "Earl Grey,"

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and would like one day to marry
someone called Earl Grey.

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They would live in a castle
in Scotland,

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have nine babies, two ducks,

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and a dog called Kevin.

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Noel's hobby was to sit
in his shed

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and drink Bailey's Irish Cream

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and stuff birds he'd found
on the side of the freeway.

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Mary wished he'd spend
more time with her

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and less with his dead friends.

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She also wished she had
some brothers and sisters.

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Her mother had told her
she was an accident

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How could someone be
an accident?

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Grand-Poppy Ralph had told her
that babies were deliberate,

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and found by dads
at the bottom of their beer

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Grand-Poppy Ralph had smelt
like pickled onions

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and had been a member

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of the Frankston Ice Breakers
for 51 years.

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They swam in winter
to feel alive.

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Grand-Poppy Ralph had said
it made his nipples erect

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He had died the year before,
aged 74,

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and his best mate, Ken,

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had recited a poem in his honor

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- "Born in a barn
in the hills of Boronia,

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Ralph lived a long life,
then died of pneumonia."

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Mary missed him
and often wondered

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why he had drunk ammonia.

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A lot of things puzzled Mary,

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especially her mother,
Vera Lorraine Dinkle.

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To Mary,
Vera always seemed wobbly.

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- A pretty vicious pull,
that one.

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And he's out!

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Vera liked listening
to the cricket while baking,

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and her main ingredient
was always sherry.

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She told Mary
it was a type of tea

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for grown-ups
that needed constant testing.

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Slam!

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Mary thought
her mother tested the sherry...

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way too much.

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Mary also couldn't understand

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why Vera was always borrowing.

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Yesterday, she borrowed some
fish fingers from aisle six.

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She told Mary she put things
up her dress

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to save on plastic bags.

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Vera was indeed
a complicated soul.

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- Ooh!

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Mary stopped daydreaming

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and went and fetched
her pet rooster from the rain.

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Her father had found the rooster

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on the side of the freeway

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after it had fallen off
the back of a slaughter truck.

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She named him Ethel.

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It was time to watch
The Noblets.

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She adored The Noblets,

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because everyone was brown,
lived in a teapot,

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and had oodles of friends.

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There was nothing nicer,
Mary thought to herself,

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than the smell of a wet rooster,

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the sound of rain on the roof,

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and the taste
of sweetened condensed milk

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straight from the can

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while watching
your favorite cartoon.

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Ah.

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Meanwhile,
a man called Max Horowitz

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also watched The Noblets.

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Max's small television
had picture but no sound;

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his big television, sound
but no picture.

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He was 44 and liked the Noblets
because they lived

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in a delineated and articulated
social structure

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with constant
adherent conformity,

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and also because they had
oodles of friends.

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Max had trouble sleeping

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and had spent the night
watching television

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and catching fish food.

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He noted to himself
it was the sixth fly

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he'd caught this evening.

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He wondered if he should go
to bed and count sheep

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or have one more
chocolate hot dog.

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He thought he'd try both.

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But it didn't work.

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It had been 6 hours
and 12 minutes

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since Henry the Eighth
had passed away.

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And Henry's death had thrown
Max's life into disarray.

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It had become asymmetrical,

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and the sooner
he got a new fish, the better

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Tomorrow he would go
to the pet store

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Henry the Ninth.

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- Next.

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It was shopping day,

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and Mary sat patiently
while her mother...

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borrowed some envelopes.

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To fill in time,
she scanned the room

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and counted how many things
were brown.

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There was sticky tape,
rubber bands,

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and a phone book
with a picture of a lady

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standing in a brown lake
with her hand on fire.

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"People had weird names
in America,"

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Mary Daisy Dinkle
thought to herself,

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funny-sounding people called
Rockefeller and Finkelstein.

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She wondered
what they looked like,

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how old they were,
and if they were married,

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wore glasses, or had found
babies in their beer

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Maybe in America,
people found babies elsewhere.

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- Hmm.

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They drank a lot of cola.

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Maybe they found them in cans.

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But no, they wouldn't fit
through the hole.

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Ding!

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Mary had an idea.

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She would write
to one of the Americans

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and ask where babies came from.

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She chose a Mr. M. Horowitz.

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- Mrs. Dinkle!

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Come back here!

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Vera Dinkle!

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You come back here!

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- "Dear Mr. M. Horowitz,

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"my name is Mary Daisy Dinkle,

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"and I am eight years old,
three months, and nine days.

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"My favorite color is brown,

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"and my favorite food
is sweetened condensed milk,

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"followed closely by chocolate.

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"I have a rooster called Ethel
that looks like this.

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He doesn't lay eggs
but will one day."

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pop!

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"My mother likes smoking,
cricket, and sherry,

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"and my father likes playing
in his shed with dead birds.

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"Where do babies come from
in America?

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"Do they come from cola cans?

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"In Australia, they are found
in beer glasses.

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"Here is a drawing of me.

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"I can't draw ears proper
but am good at teeth.

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"It would be great
if you could write back

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"and be my friend.

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"Yours sin-cereal-y,

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"Mary Daisy Dinkle.

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"P.S., I hope you like

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"the chocolate bar
I'm also sending.

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It's called a Cherry Ripe."

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- Mm-mm-mm.

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Good-bye, letter!

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Don't forget to write.

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Max hated Thursdays,

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the day of his weekly
Overeaters Anonymous meeting,

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and tonight he'd felt
especially unsettled,

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because he'd eaten
two chocolate hot dogs

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on his way there.

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- Okay, class.

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Eating chocolate
was breaking the rules.

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He'd found the night
even more unbearable

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because of Marjorie
Butterworth's strange glances.

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- Class dismissed.

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Max had trouble understanding

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nonverbal signals.

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Flirting was as foreign
to him as jogging.

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Max found most people
very confusing,

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but little did Max realize

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his night was about to become

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even more confusing and cryptic.

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- Hmm.

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He read
Mary's letter four times...

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and then did
what he normally did

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whenever confronted with
something new and stressful.

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Max's fragile existence

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had once again become unsettled.

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And after staring
out of the window for 18 hours,

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he finally he made a decision.

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Ding!

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Ding!

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Ding!

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Ding!

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Ah!

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"Dear Mary Daisy Dinkle,

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"thank you for the letter,

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"which I opened and read
at 9:17 p.m.,

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"after my
Overeaters Anonymous class.

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"I am trying to lose weight,

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"because my psychiatrist,
Dr. Bernard Hazelhof,

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says a healthy body
equals a healthy mind."

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Ooh.

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"He says my mind
is not that healthy.

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"Your drawing is an interesting
visual portrayal of yourself.

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"I have never met anyone
from Australia.

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"Firstly, I will answer
your question.

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"Unfortunately, in America,

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"babies are not found
in cola cans.

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"I asked my mother
when I was four,

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"and she said they came
from eggs laid by rabbis.

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"If you aren't Jewish,

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"they're laid by Catholic nuns.

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"If you're an atheist,

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"they're laid by
dirty, lonely prostitutes.

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"So this is where babies
come from in America.

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"I share my home with a fish,

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"some snails, whom I have named
after famous scientists...

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"a parakeet
called Mr. Biscuit,

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"and finally, a cat called Hal.

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"Hal is an abbreviation
for halitosis,

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"from which he suffers.

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"He followed me home
after a gang of children

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shot his eye out
with a BB gun."

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- "Do you have a pet kangaroo?

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"When I was born,

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"my father left my mother and me
on a kibbutz.

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"She shot herself with
my uncle's gun when I was six.

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"Do you like chocolate hot dogs?

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"I invented the recipe for them
and can send it to you.

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"When I was young,

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"I invented an invisible friend
called Mr. Ravioli.

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"My psychiatrist says
I don't need him anymore,

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"so he just sits in the corner
and reads.

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"Last week, I picked up
128 cigarette butts.

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"People are always littering
in New York.

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"I do not understand
why people break laws.

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"Butts are bad
because they wash out to sea,

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"and fish smoke them
and become nicotine-dependent.

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"I am just joking,
because, of course,

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"it is impossible
for a cigarette

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"to remain lit underwater.

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"Also, fish do not have pockets
to keep cigarette lighters in.

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"I am 44 years old
and have eight tracksuits

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"the same color and size.

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I weigh 352 pounds..."

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Ooh!

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"and am as tall
as a six-foot tree."

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- Welcome
to the New York Lottery.

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- "I enjoy entering the lottery

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"and have chosen
the same numbers for nine years.

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Those numbers are 3..."

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- 1...

255
00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,608
- "5..."
- 4...

256
00:19:52,733 --> 00:19:54,610
- "6..."
- 25...

257
00:19:54,735 --> 00:19:56,153
- "9..."
- 2...

258
00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:57,738
- "11..."
- 7.

259
00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,156
- "And 12."
- 8.

260
00:20:02,451 --> 00:20:06,372
- Are you a winner or a loser?

261
00:20:06,497 --> 00:20:08,916
- "I have had many different
jobs during my life.

262
00:20:10,459 --> 00:20:14,588
"My first job was collecting
subway tokens in the subway.

263
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,799
"My second job was

264
00:20:16,924 --> 00:20:19,260
"at Yiddel's Gourmet
Kosher Supplies,

265
00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:20,845
"where I worked at the machine

266
00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:23,806
"that made prepackaged
noodle kugels.

267
00:20:23,931 --> 00:20:26,600
"I was born Jewish
and used to believe in God

268
00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:28,769
"but have since read many books

269
00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:33,482
"that have proven God is just
a figment of my imagination.

270
00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:34,859
"People like to believe in God

271
00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:37,820
"because it answers
complicated questions

272
00:20:37,945 --> 00:20:40,906
"like, 'Where did the universe
come from?'

273
00:20:41,031 --> 00:20:44,326
"'Do worms go to heaven?'

274
00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:47,413
"'And why do old ladies
have blue hair?'

275
00:20:47,538 --> 00:20:51,125
"Even though I'm an atheist,
I still wear my yarmulke,

276
00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,794
"as it keeps my brain warm.

277
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:56,464
"My third job was for a company

278
00:20:56,589 --> 00:21:00,009
"that printed logos
on novelty items.

279
00:21:00,134 --> 00:21:02,303
"I worked at
the Frisbee printing machine.

280
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:06,599
"A Frisbee is
a circular plastic disk

281
00:21:06,724 --> 00:21:08,893
"that people throw
at each other.

282
00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:14,982
"It is like a boomerang,
but it does not come back.

283
00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:21,113
"My fourth job was when I was
called up for jury duty.

284
00:21:21,238 --> 00:21:22,781
"I didn't get paid much

285
00:21:22,907 --> 00:21:24,992
"but got free cookies
and coffee.

286
00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:29,538
"Jurors are outstanding members
of the community

287
00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:32,124
"who haven't murdered anybody.

288
00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:34,418
"I made it to the short list
for a trial

289
00:21:34,543 --> 00:21:37,087
"where a man killed
all his friends

290
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:39,673
"at his own surprise
birthday party.

291
00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:42,843
"Unfortunately,
I didn't get selected

292
00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:47,473
"because they found out I'd been
a mental patient at one point.

293
00:21:47,598 --> 00:21:49,642
"Have you ever been
hang gliding?

294
00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:54,688
"My fifth job was
as a garbage collector.

295
00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:56,899
"I got to clean up
after litterbugs

296
00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:59,193
"and didn't have
to talk to anybody.

297
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:03,030
Sometimes I used to pretend
I was an intergalactical robot."

298
00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:14,834
- This is 9-1-1.

299
00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,127
Your call has been placed
in a queue.

300
00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:20,464
- "One time, the police
took me in for questioning

301
00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:22,633
"but let me go when they decided

302
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:26,428
"I wasn't a threat to anybody
except myself.

303
00:22:28,973 --> 00:22:34,228
"The sixth job I had was
for the United States Army

304
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,564
"in the stationery supply
department.

305
00:22:37,773 --> 00:22:39,650
"Because I am good with numbers,

306
00:22:39,775 --> 00:22:44,363
"I had to work out how many
ballpoint pens the Army needed.

307
00:22:44,488 --> 00:22:46,407
"One day they did
a security check

308
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:50,578
"and asked whether I was
a member of any radical groups.

309
00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:52,746
"I told them I was a member

310
00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:55,749
"of the New York
Science Fiction Fan Club.

311
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:59,753
"They said this didn't count
but dismissed me anyway.

312
00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:03,215
"Fortunately,
I did not remember to tell them

313
00:23:03,340 --> 00:23:05,551
"I was once a Communist.

314
00:23:05,676 --> 00:23:09,138
"Have you ever been a Communist?

315
00:23:09,263 --> 00:23:11,056
"Have you ever been attacked
by a crow

316
00:23:11,181 --> 00:23:13,058
"or similar large bird?

317
00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:14,184
"When I was nine,

318
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:16,020
"a crow attacked me
on my way to school.

319
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,194
"I had to have three stitches,

320
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,448
"and in spring,
I now wear a helmet

321
00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:30,159
"with eyes I have painted on.

322
00:23:30,284 --> 00:23:32,870
"People laugh at me
when I wear my helmet,

323
00:23:32,995 --> 00:23:34,163
"but I'm not sure why.

324
00:23:34,288 --> 00:23:37,833
"People often confuse me,

325
00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:42,338
"but I try not to let them
worry me.

326
00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:45,466
"New York is a very busy
and noisy place.

327
00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:47,927
"I would prefer to live
somewhere much quieter,

328
00:23:48,052 --> 00:23:50,846
"like the moon.

329
00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:52,473
"I don't like crowds,

330
00:23:52,598 --> 00:23:55,100
"bright lights, sudden noises,
or strong smells.

331
00:23:57,269 --> 00:24:01,273
"New York has all these,
especially the smells.

332
00:24:03,067 --> 00:24:05,569
"I often wear nose and earplugs
when I go outside.

333
00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:09,949
"It helps keep me calm.

334
00:24:10,074 --> 00:24:12,201
"I find humans interesting,

335
00:24:12,326 --> 00:24:15,245
"but I have trouble
understanding them.

336
00:24:15,371 --> 00:24:22,503
"I think, however,
I will understand and trust you.

337
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,630
"You appear very happy,

338
00:24:24,755 --> 00:24:27,967
"and I think you would smell
like a shrimp,

339
00:24:28,092 --> 00:24:32,221
"as I know Australia
has a lot of shrimps.

340
00:24:32,346 --> 00:24:34,515
"Can you speed-read?

341
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,018
"I have taught myself to read
two pages at once:

342
00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,479
"one eyeball per page.

343
00:24:40,604 --> 00:24:42,606
"I have to go now,

344
00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:44,011
"even though I have not told you

345
00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:48,237
"about my seventh job
in a condom factory.

346
00:24:48,362 --> 00:24:49,989
"Write back soon.

347
00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:52,074
"Your American friend,

348
00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:56,912
"Max Jerry Horowitz.

349
00:24:57,037 --> 00:24:58,706
"P.S., please find enclosed

350
00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:01,083
"a photo
from one of those booths.

351
00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:05,713
"P.P.S., thank you
for the Cherry Ripe,

352
00:25:05,838 --> 00:25:09,341
"and I am glad you like
chocolate as much as I do.

353
00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:12,386
"I have never eaten
sweetened condensed milk,

354
00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:15,431
"but I will try some this week.

355
00:25:15,556 --> 00:25:20,060
P.P.P.S., I have never
used a condom."

356
00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:28,444
Max hoped Mary
would write again.

357
00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:31,405
He'd always wanted a friend,

358
00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:35,993
a friend that wasn't invisible,
a pet, or rubber figurine.

359
00:25:38,328 --> 00:25:39,455
He counted the stars

360
00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:43,751
and wondered how many days,
hours, minutes

361
00:25:43,876 --> 00:25:47,004
it would take his letter
to reach Australia.

362
00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:57,431
Vera was not impressed...

363
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,686
Not impressed at all.

364
00:26:02,811 --> 00:26:05,105
There was no way this nutcase
was going to be

365
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:08,609
her daughter's pen-friend,
she thought to herself

366
00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:11,737
There was enough ugliness
in the world.

367
00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:13,864
Mary would be home from school
in an hour,

368
00:26:13,989 --> 00:26:17,534
enough time for another cup
of tea and a bit of cricket

369
00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,912
to soothe the nerves
and dissolve the memory

370
00:26:20,037 --> 00:26:22,790
of Max's letter
from her pickled mind.

371
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,792
- And he's out

372
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,627
found the lead for 14,
England, 7...

373
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,328
- Stop!

374
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,288
Wait!

375
00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:06,834
Hey, fellas, you got room
for one more bag?

376
00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:09,336
- Sure, Mrs. Dinkle.

377
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,338
Hop in!

378
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:12,840
- Good one, Kevin.

379
00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:21,098
- Oh.

380
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:22,307
- Come on, Vera,

381
00:27:22,432 --> 00:27:23,872
we've got some other bags
to pick up.

382
00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,986
- Hmm.

383
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:36,530
Hmm.

384
00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:38,115
- Mmph!

385
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,993
Mary, is that all your rubbish?

386
00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:43,579
- Yep!

387
00:27:43,704 --> 00:27:44,746
- See ya, toots!

388
00:27:46,874 --> 00:27:49,835
- Sweet baby Jesus.

389
00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:05,184
Even though Max's letter

390
00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:07,811
smelted like fish heads
and orange peel,

391
00:28:07,936 --> 00:28:12,608
Mary drank his words
like a bowl of alphabet soup

392
00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:16,361
and hadn't been this excited
since Grand-Poppy Ralph

393
00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:20,073
had found a coin up her nose.

394
00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:23,660
She wrote back immediately
on some butcher's paper

395
00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:25,871
she'd stolen from some chops.

396
00:28:25,996 --> 00:28:31,043
- "Dear Max, I am so excited
you've wroted back.

397
00:28:31,168 --> 00:28:33,045
"I don't think
my parents like you,

398
00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:34,421
"so from now on,

399
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,966
"send stuff to my neighbor,
Len Hislop,

400
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:43,221
"at 26 Lamington Drive,
Mount Waverley.

401
00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:46,183
"He's old with no legs.

402
00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:48,769
"They got cheweded off
in World War II

403
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:52,606
when some Japanese peoples kept
him in a cage above piranhas."

404
00:28:55,234 --> 00:29:00,280
- "Piranhas are goldfish
that have teeth.

405
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:02,074
"He's scared of outside,

406
00:29:02,199 --> 00:29:04,743
which is a disease
called homophobia."

407
00:29:07,329 --> 00:29:11,959
"He's started giving me 500
a week to get his mail.

408
00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:15,545
"I'm saving to buy a castle
in Scotland

409
00:29:15,671 --> 00:29:19,007
"and marry a man
called Earl Grey.

410
00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:22,260
"Do you get The Noblets
in America?

411
00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:25,847
"Well, my favorite Noblet
is Vanity Noblet.

412
00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:28,642
"He wants to be
everyone's friend,

413
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:31,478
"even the boys!

414
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:34,982
"In your letter,
you said you had no friends.

415
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:38,652
Well, neither do I."

416
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:40,320
- Mm-hmm!
- Ooh!

417
00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:42,114
"Yesterday at school,

418
00:29:42,239 --> 00:29:45,242
"Bernie Clifford weed
on my Spam sandwich

419
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:48,161
"and called me poo-face
'cause of my birthmark.

420
00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:53,083
"I wish I could peel it off
like a Band-Aid.

421
00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:55,669
"He also laughed,
'cause I had no buttons.

422
00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,297
"Ethel pecked them off,

423
00:29:58,422 --> 00:29:59,742
"and Mum couldn't thread
a needle,

424
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,009
"'cause she'd been testing
the sherry.

425
00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:06,847
"So she used pegs instead.

426
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,557
"When I got home,

427
00:30:08,682 --> 00:30:13,562
"I climbed into my secret place
till dinnertime.

428
00:30:13,687 --> 00:30:16,857
"The other kids also laugh
at my haircut.

429
00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:18,608
"Dad has to cut my hair,

430
00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:21,445
"because Mum says
real hairdressers sell your hair

431
00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:25,324
"to Chinamen
who stuff mattresses.

432
00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:31,580
"My teacher, Mrs. Pendergast,
says I should smile more.

433
00:30:31,705 --> 00:30:32,831
"I told my mum,

434
00:30:32,956 --> 00:30:37,210
"and so she drawed
a big smile on me.

435
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,423
"I don't think Mrs. Pendergast
likes me anymore.

436
00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:49,056
"I better go now.

437
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,391
"My tears are smudg-ling
my words.

438
00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,685
"Your friend in Australia,

439
00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:57,564
"Mary Daisy Dinkle.

440
00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:01,234
"P.S., have you
ever been teased?

441
00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:04,738
"Can you help me?

442
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:09,576
"P.S.S., I've never been
hang gliding before

443
00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:11,453
"or been a Commune-ist

444
00:31:11,578 --> 00:31:13,580
"but would love a Frisbee

445
00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:16,750
"and your recipe
for chocolate hot dogs.

446
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:22,422
"P.S.S.S., I'm sending you
some Australian chocolate,

447
00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:26,468
"a pompom I made,
and a cake called a Lamington,

448
00:31:26,593 --> 00:31:32,099
which I was meant to eat
for lunch."

449
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:57,207
- "Have you ever been teased?"

450
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:02,629
Mary's letter triggered memories

451
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:05,132
Max had buried deep down
in his shoes.

452
00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:06,257
- He's going that way.

453
00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:07,801
- We've got him cornered now!

454
00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:09,970
Hey, Jew boy, you're gonna pay.

455
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:11,221
- Take this, Jew boy!

456
00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:12,466
- Jew boy, Jew boy, Jew boy!

457
00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:20,355
And as usual,

458
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,693
he coped in the only way
he knew.

459
00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:36,204
And 36
chocolate hot dogs later...

460
00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:41,001
And after only two hours' sleep,

461
00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:44,629
Max's meltdown faded away,

462
00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:48,675
and an idea popped
into his brain.

463
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,135
Ding!

464
00:32:50,260 --> 00:32:53,680
- "Dear Mary Daisy Dinkle,

465
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,349
"thank you for your letter,
chocolate bar,

466
00:32:56,475 --> 00:32:59,519
"Lamington, and pompom.

467
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:00,812
"The chocolate got crushed,

468
00:33:00,937 --> 00:33:03,648
"so I blended the bits
with milk and ice cream,

469
00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:06,318
"and now I am drinking it
right now.

470
00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,488
"After much thought,

471
00:33:10,614 --> 00:33:13,867
"I think I have a solution
to your teasing.

472
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,410
"Tell Bernie Clifford

473
00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:19,206
"your birthmark
is made of chocolate,

474
00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:21,166
"which means
when you get to heaven,

475
00:33:21,291 --> 00:33:24,252
"you will be in charge
of all the chocolate.

476
00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,254
"This, of course, is a lie.

477
00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:29,424
"I do not like lies,
but in this case,

478
00:33:29,549 --> 00:33:32,385
"I think it will be of benefit.

479
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:36,431
"I wish I could be in charge
of all the chocolate,

480
00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:41,853
"but, of course, I cannot,
because of my atheism.

481
00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:46,316
"My neighbor Ivy
is also an atheist.

482
00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:48,235
"She doesn't talk much

483
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,160
"but makes me very good soup
on Sunday nights.

484
00:33:51,905 --> 00:33:54,074
"She is partly blind,

485
00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:57,619
and sometimes I find her hair
in my soup."

486
00:33:57,744 --> 00:33:59,079
Ew...

487
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:00,372
"I do not tell her,

488
00:34:00,497 --> 00:34:06,419
"as Dr. Bernard Hazelhof says
this would be impolite.

489
00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:10,173
"Here is a list of what I eat
on the other nights:

490
00:34:10,298 --> 00:34:12,842
Glicks Potato Knish;

491
00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:15,720
Yiddel's Noodle Kugel;

492
00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:18,932
Captain Salty's Fishstix;

493
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:22,435
Yentl's Cheezy Blintz;

494
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,230
Chiken Nuggets.

495
00:34:25,355 --> 00:34:29,317
"On Saturday nights,
I create my own recipes.

496
00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:33,780
"Last week, I invented
canned spaghetti hamburgers.

497
00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:37,242
"Recipes are like
mathematical equations.

498
00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:39,452
"Dr. Bernard Hazelhof told me

499
00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:43,957
"you should never weigh more
than your refrigerator

500
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:48,878
"and to never eat anything
bigger than your head.

501
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:52,966
"I once ate a watermelon
bigger than my head

502
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,302
"but not all at once.

503
00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:59,681
"Do you have
any weight loss suggestions?

504
00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:01,641
"My Overeaters Anonymous
meetings

505
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:05,520
don't seem to be working
and just make me tense."

506
00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:12,986
gulp!

507
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,905
"It would be good
if there was a fat fairy."

508
00:35:17,449 --> 00:35:20,243
"She would be a bit like
the tooth fairy

509
00:35:20,368 --> 00:35:25,624
"but would suck out your fat.

510
00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:29,502
"Ivy says she is only
a little bit blind,

511
00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:33,131
"but I think she is very blind.

512
00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:34,549
"She should get a cane

513
00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:37,802
"like other
vision-impaired people.

514
00:35:37,927 --> 00:35:40,180
"She could make the end pointy

515
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:43,183
"and collect rubbish
at the same time.

516
00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:48,521
"I think I will write a letter
to the mayor and suggest this.

517
00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:51,775
"He will be very impressed.

518
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:54,611
"Ivy says
she doesn't need a cane

519
00:35:54,736 --> 00:35:57,864
because she has
a good sense of smell."

520
00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:04,371
- "She says she could find me
with her eyes stapled shut.

521
00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:09,709
She says I smell like
licorice and old books."

522
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:18,843
"I think she smells like
cough medicine and urine.

523
00:36:18,968 --> 00:36:20,303
"I have never told her this,

524
00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:26,059
"as Dr. Bernard Hazelhof said
this would also be impolite.

525
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:33,108
"People often think
I am tactless and rude.

526
00:36:35,443 --> 00:36:41,408
"I cannot understand how
being honest can be improper.

527
00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:48,081
"Maybe this is why
I don't have any friends,

528
00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:50,083
"of course, except for you.

529
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:54,045
A real friend has been one
of my three goals in life."

530
00:36:55,255 --> 00:36:56,255
Oh!

531
00:36:56,339 --> 00:37:00,468
"The other two
are to own every Noblet

532
00:37:00,593 --> 00:37:04,264
"and a lifetime supply
of chocolate.

533
00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:09,310
"Dr. Bernard Hazelhof says
it is good to have goals

534
00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:14,107
"but not stupid ones like mine.

535
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:19,529
"I have now run out of things
to tell you.

536
00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:22,031
"Please write soon.

537
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:27,829
"Your friend in America,
Max Jerry Horowitz.

538
00:37:27,954 --> 00:37:32,709
"P.S., do not worry
about not smiling.

539
00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:35,587
"My mouth hardly ever smiles,

540
00:37:35,712 --> 00:37:38,131
"but it does not mean
I am not smiling

541
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:41,801
"inside my brain.

542
00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:44,971
"P.P.S., please find enclosed

543
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:47,807
"a Frisbee,
some chocolate Pop Rocks,

544
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:49,768
"which you should eat with cola,

545
00:37:49,893 --> 00:37:52,604
"and an illustration of a turtle

546
00:37:52,729 --> 00:37:55,148
"from one
of my National Geographies.

547
00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:59,486
"P.P.P.S., did you know
that turtles

548
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:03,573
can breathe
through their anuses?"

549
00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:07,327
- "Dear Max,

550
00:38:07,452 --> 00:38:09,162
"when I told Bernie Clifford

551
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:12,165
"I'll be in charge
of all the chocolate in heaven

552
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:14,417
and he wouldn't get any,
he cried."

553
00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:22,342
"I also hided some dog's poo
in his bit of the sand pit.

554
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:23,927
"Your advice was great,

555
00:38:24,052 --> 00:38:26,971
"and I have got a job
delivering pamphlets

556
00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:29,641
"so I can save
to come and see you.

557
00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:31,601
"I am sad to hear you are fat.

558
00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:34,312
"Mum says I am fat too,

559
00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:37,148
"and I am growing up
to be a heffa,

560
00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:40,276
"which I think is a type of cow.

561
00:38:40,401 --> 00:38:42,195
"Maybe you should
only eat things

562
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,364
"beginning with the letter
of each day.

563
00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:47,158
"On Mondays, you could only eat

564
00:38:47,283 --> 00:38:52,330
milkshakes, marshmallows,
and mustard."

565
00:38:52,455 --> 00:38:53,998
- Ooh.

566
00:38:58,545 --> 00:39:01,297
- "For my birthday,
my mum baked a cake,

567
00:39:01,422 --> 00:39:02,507
and Dad gave me a camera."

568
00:39:02,632 --> 00:39:04,384
click!

569
00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:07,679
"I hope you like
the photos I sent.

570
00:39:07,804 --> 00:39:10,765
"The first one is of Ethel,
who ate some tinsel.

571
00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:13,351
"The next one is of myself

572
00:39:13,476 --> 00:39:15,520
"after I ate
the chocolate Pop Rocks

573
00:39:15,645 --> 00:39:18,731
"with the cola like you said.

574
00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:21,067
"Next is Len.

575
00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:24,404
"He's still trying hard
not to be afraid of outside

576
00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:26,406
and conquer his homophobia."

577
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:31,119
clang!

578
00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:34,372
- "The next one
is of Dad in his shed

579
00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:36,332
and then one of the times..."

580
00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:38,982
- "I covered Mum
while she was asleep

581
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:41,921
"in her stickers
that help her stop smoking.

582
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:45,383
Next, when I got my Slinky
caught in my hair."

583
00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:46,801
- Hmm.

584
00:39:46,926 --> 00:39:50,930
- "Then one of the times Sonny
digged up his wife Cher.

585
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:54,934
"And finally,
a photo of my other neighbor,

586
00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:57,562
"Damian Popodopolous.

587
00:39:57,687 --> 00:40:01,941
"He's a Greek and smells like
lemon dishwashing liquid,

588
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:07,864
"and his skin is smooth
like the back of a spoon.

589
00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:11,242
"Mum says he's a wog
and has a stutter

590
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:14,787
"and can't even say
his own surname.

591
00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:18,541
"She says you have to hit him
on the back of the head

592
00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:19,666
to get his words out."

593
00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,295
- Popodopolous.

594
00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:24,464
- "I wish he was my boyfriend,

595
00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:27,133
"and we can be in love
and do sexing

596
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:30,053
"like Katherine Ramsay told me
behind the bike shed.

597
00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:33,306
"She said
it's when two people go nuddy

598
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,726
"and rub on each other
to make babies.

599
00:40:36,851 --> 00:40:39,854
"I told her she's a liar
and would go to hell

600
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:41,189
"and burn like toast,

601
00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:44,233
"'cause babies really come
from beer glasses

602
00:40:44,359 --> 00:40:48,696
"and eggs laid by rabbits
and nuns and proster-tubes.

603
00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:51,407
"She said ladies get knocked up

604
00:40:51,532 --> 00:40:54,494
"and bake babies
in their stomachs for two years

605
00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:56,412
"till they spurt
out their vag-eye-nas

606
00:40:56,537 --> 00:40:58,498
"with blood
and tinned spaghetti.

607
00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:02,293
"Have you got a girlfriend, Max,
or some wives?

608
00:41:02,418 --> 00:41:04,504
"Have you done sexing?

609
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:06,297
"Valen-time's Day is soon,

610
00:41:06,422 --> 00:41:10,343
"and I want to give Damian
a present so he can love me.

611
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:14,097
Can you explain love
and how I can be lovered?"

612
00:41:16,432 --> 00:41:18,476
Once again, Mary's letter

613
00:41:18,601 --> 00:41:21,729
had triggered an anxiety attack.

614
00:41:21,854 --> 00:41:23,189
Max knew nothing about love.

615
00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:26,567
It was as—
It was as foreign to him

616
00:41:26,693 --> 00:41:27,860
as scuba diving,

617
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:30,196
and he'd had
an appalling history

618
00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:32,448
of getting it all wrong.

619
00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:34,659
One Valentine's Day,

620
00:41:34,784 --> 00:41:36,911
he'd given Zelda Glutnik

621
00:41:37,036 --> 00:41:40,915
a gift he was sure
was appropriate.

622
00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:50,341
The only companion
that had ever warmed Max's bed

623
00:41:50,466 --> 00:41:53,261
was his hot water bottle.

624
00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:56,556
Romance and love
was a mysterious language

625
00:41:56,681 --> 00:41:58,224
he'd given up on.

626
00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:01,811
If only Mary had asked
how a toaster works

627
00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:05,064
or asked for an explanation
of the chaos theory.

628
00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:08,359
If only there was
a mathematical equation...

629
00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:11,404
for love.

630
00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:16,033
He kept eating and thinking.

631
00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:33,718
But love was not like
Max's Rubik's Cube.

632
00:42:33,843 --> 00:42:35,928
It could not be solved.

633
00:42:36,054 --> 00:42:39,056
And no matter from what angle
he analyzed it,

634
00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:40,222
the results were negative.

635
00:42:40,308 --> 00:42:42,310
- Beat it, creep!

636
00:42:42,435 --> 00:42:46,230
He felt love
but couldn't articulate it

637
00:42:46,355 --> 00:42:48,191
Its logic was as foreign
to him as...

638
00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:52,278
As a salad sandwich.

639
00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:54,822
The stars made more sense.

640
00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:04,999
- Unit 12, have you responded
to the Hubert Street call?

641
00:43:05,124 --> 00:43:07,794
The anxiety
and stress were too much.

642
00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:11,798
The inscrutability of love
finally won,

643
00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:14,467
and Max's brain gave in.

644
00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:16,719
- Ooh.

645
00:43:23,142 --> 00:43:24,644
He was diagnosed

646
00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:27,063
with severe depression
and obesity

647
00:43:27,188 --> 00:43:29,065
and spent the next eight months

648
00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:32,318
institutionalized and bedridden.

649
00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:35,488
They marinated him
in a cocktail of drugs

650
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:39,242
and performed the usual
therapeutic procedures.

651
00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:49,418
Meanwhile,
Mary wondered and waited.

652
00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:54,340
Maybe Max's typewriter
had run out of ink.

653
00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:57,844
Maybe America
had run out of ink.

654
00:43:57,969 --> 00:44:00,513
Maybe his pets had eaten him.

655
00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:04,100
Maybe it was her.

656
00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:10,064
Was she too demanding,
too boring, too ugly?

657
00:44:16,821 --> 00:44:21,367
Filled with anger, confusion,
and self-loathing,

658
00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:27,206
Mary tried to erase the memory
of her friend forever

659
00:45:14,962 --> 00:45:18,049
Max had recovered,
and life was balanced,

660
00:45:18,174 --> 00:45:22,929
safe, and symmetrical
once again.

661
00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:24,263
Smooch!

662
00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:28,392
But Mary still lingered
in his mind.

663
00:45:28,517 --> 00:45:31,520
Half of him wanted
to write to her immediately.

664
00:45:31,646 --> 00:45:33,439
The other half
didn't want to end up

665
00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:35,942
a mental patient again.

666
00:45:36,067 --> 00:45:41,155
At least there was always
Mr Ravioli to be friends with.

667
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:45,159
He was a much safer option.

668
00:45:45,284 --> 00:45:49,956
He wondered what Mary
was doing right now.

669
00:45:50,081 --> 00:45:52,833
But she was far from content

670
00:45:52,959 --> 00:45:55,336
and struggled on by herself,

671
00:45:55,461 --> 00:45:58,089
saving her money
for a rainy day.

672
00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:08,849
Life went on as usual for Max,

673
00:46:08,975 --> 00:46:12,603
and even though he opted
for order and stability,

674
00:46:12,728 --> 00:46:14,689
misfortune was never far away.

675
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:43,384
Crash!

676
00:46:45,302 --> 00:46:49,223
Luckily, his manslaughter
charges were dismissed

677
00:46:49,348 --> 00:46:52,351
because he was labeled
mentally deficient

678
00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:55,354
and unlikely to have a motive
for killing a mime artist..

679
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:57,523
- Oop!

680
00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:00,818
Unlike most people.

681
00:47:00,943 --> 00:47:04,363
From then on,
Max cooled himself differently,

682
00:47:04,488 --> 00:47:09,994
and things went back to normal
until after his 48th birthday,

683
00:47:10,119 --> 00:47:13,205
when his numbers
finally came up.

684
00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:14,999
- Welcome
to the New York Lottery,

685
00:47:15,124 --> 00:47:17,543
and these are
tonight's winning numbers.

686
00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:19,754
3,

687
00:47:19,879 --> 00:47:22,882
5,

688
00:47:23,007 --> 00:47:24,592
6,

689
00:47:24,717 --> 00:47:28,596
9,

690
00:47:28,721 --> 00:47:31,223
11,

691
00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:33,225
and 12.

692
00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:17,686
Max was sensible
with his sudden wealth

693
00:48:17,812 --> 00:48:19,897
and had bought
a lifetime supply of chocolate

694
00:48:20,022 --> 00:48:25,736
and the complete
Noblet collection.

695
00:48:27,696 --> 00:48:30,699
Two of his life goals
had come true,

696
00:48:30,825 --> 00:48:33,619
but he still had a lot of money

697
00:48:33,744 --> 00:48:35,830
so decided to give it to Ivy...

698
00:48:35,955 --> 00:48:37,581
- Oh!

699
00:48:37,706 --> 00:48:41,085
Who was also very sensible...

700
00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:14,785
crash!

701
00:49:14,910 --> 00:49:19,457
Until her own numbers came up.

702
00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:30,718
Ivy willed everything
to the local cat shelter,

703
00:49:30,843 --> 00:49:34,096
whose owner relocated
her kind donation

704
00:49:34,221 --> 00:49:35,639
to his bank account,

705
00:49:35,764 --> 00:49:40,019
his wife's new breasts,
a Ferrari,

706
00:49:40,144 --> 00:49:42,062
and enough fuel
to get to Mexico.

707
00:49:50,863 --> 00:49:54,200
Despite achieving
all his life's goals,

708
00:49:54,325 --> 00:49:57,786
Max still felt incomplete.

709
00:49:59,038 --> 00:50:00,289
Mr Ravioli

710
00:50:00,414 --> 00:50:03,125
just wasn't
cutting the mustard anymore

711
00:50:03,250 --> 00:50:07,963
and seemed more interested
in his self-help books.

712
00:50:08,088 --> 00:50:11,675
Mary had given Max a taste
of real friendship,

713
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,595
and there was just
no comparison.

714
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:19,225
She missed him too
but no longer saved to see him.

715
00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:25,064
She now saved
for a different reason.

716
00:50:35,783 --> 00:50:41,830
One day, Mr. Ravioli got up,
left, and never came back.

717
00:50:46,210 --> 00:50:50,256
Max sought
Dr. Hazelhofs advice.

718
00:50:51,674 --> 00:50:53,259
He told Max that true friendship

719
00:50:53,384 --> 00:50:57,388
is seen through the heart,
not through the eyes,

720
00:50:57,513 --> 00:50:59,890
and that it was time
he wrote to Mary

721
00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:02,935
to reveal his true sell

722
00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:05,688
warts and all.

723
00:51:05,813 --> 00:51:07,314
Max understood.

724
00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:28,502
"Dear Mary Daisy Dinkle,

725
00:51:28,627 --> 00:51:31,422
"there is something
I have to tell you

726
00:51:31,547 --> 00:51:35,301
"which will explain why
I have not written.

727
00:51:35,426 --> 00:51:38,470
"Each time I received
one of your letters,

728
00:51:38,595 --> 00:51:42,099
"I had a severe anxiety attack.

729
00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:44,226
"This is because recently,

730
00:51:44,351 --> 00:51:46,228
"while I was
in a mental institution,

731
00:51:46,353 --> 00:51:49,315
"they diagnosed
that I have a new thing

732
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:53,736
"called Asperger's syndrome,

733
00:51:53,861 --> 00:51:55,696
"which is a neurobiological,

734
00:51:55,821 --> 00:52:00,826
"pervasive,
developmental disability.

735
00:52:00,951 --> 00:52:04,496
"I prefer 'Aspie' for short.

736
00:52:04,622 --> 00:52:08,709
"I will now list
some of the traits of an Aspie.

737
00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:12,546
"Number one:

738
00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:16,425
"I find the world
very confusing and chaotic

739
00:52:16,550 --> 00:52:21,263
"because my mind
is very literal and logical.

740
00:52:23,974 --> 00:52:27,519
I have trouble understanding

741
00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:30,147
"the expressions
on people's faces.

742
00:52:30,272 --> 00:52:33,192
"When I was younger,

743
00:52:33,317 --> 00:52:37,863
I made a book to help me
when I was confused."

744
00:52:40,741 --> 00:52:41,867
smack!

745
00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:45,829
"I still have trouble
with some people.

746
00:52:45,954 --> 00:52:49,291
"Ivy was hard to understand
because of her wrinkles

747
00:52:49,416 --> 00:52:53,670
"and because her eyebrows
weren't real.

748
00:52:53,796 --> 00:52:58,217
I have bad handwriting,
am hypersensitive..."

749
00:52:59,635 --> 00:53:00,635
Ahh!

750
00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:02,137
"Clumsy,

751
00:53:02,262 --> 00:53:05,224
"and can get very concerned.

752
00:53:09,353 --> 00:53:13,107
I like solving problems.

753
00:53:13,232 --> 00:53:16,777
Ivy said
this is a good thing."

754
00:53:19,530 --> 00:53:21,907
- "And finally, number five:

755
00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:25,744
"I have trouble expressing
my emotions.

756
00:53:25,869 --> 00:53:29,915
"Dr. Bernard Hazelhof says
my brain is defective,

757
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:36,004
"but one day, there will be
a cure for my disability.

758
00:53:36,130 --> 00:53:38,465
"I do not like it
when he says this.

759
00:53:38,590 --> 00:53:41,343
"I do not feel disabled,
defective,

760
00:53:41,468 --> 00:53:43,554
"or a need to be cured.

761
00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:46,723
"I like being an Aspie.

762
00:53:46,849 --> 00:53:51,979
"It would be like trying
to change the color of my eyes.

763
00:53:52,104 --> 00:53:57,609
"There is one thing I wish
I could change, however.

764
00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:00,904
I wish I could cry properly."

765
00:54:04,074 --> 00:54:09,204
"I squeeze and squeeze,
but nothing comes out.

766
00:54:09,329 --> 00:54:13,250
"I cry when I cut onions,
but this does not count.

767
00:54:13,375 --> 00:54:15,419
"Anyway, do you like
the word 'kumquat'?

768
00:54:15,544 --> 00:54:17,296
"It is a type of fruit.

769
00:54:17,421 --> 00:54:20,257
"Do you have
a favorite-sounding word?

770
00:54:20,382 --> 00:54:22,342
"My top five are:

771
00:54:22,468 --> 00:54:24,678
"ointment, bumblebee,

772
00:54:24,803 --> 00:54:31,727
"Vladivostock, banana,
and testicle.

773
00:54:31,852 --> 00:54:35,814
"I have also invented
some new words:

774
00:54:35,939 --> 00:54:37,983
"confuzzled, which is being

775
00:54:38,108 --> 00:54:42,362
"confused and puzzled
at the same time;

776
00:54:42,488 --> 00:54:47,659
"snirt, which is a cross
between snow and dirt,

777
00:54:47,784 --> 00:54:49,161
"and smushables...

778
00:54:51,246 --> 00:54:53,123
"which are squashed groceries

779
00:54:53,248 --> 00:54:56,460
"you find at the bottom
of the bag.

780
00:54:56,585 --> 00:54:59,588
"I have sent a letter
to the Oxford Dictionary people

781
00:54:59,713 --> 00:55:03,675
"asking them to include my words

782
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,845
"but have not heard back.

783
00:55:06,970 --> 00:55:08,931
"It is now time for me to go

784
00:55:09,056 --> 00:55:11,934
"to my Overeaters Anonymous
meeting.

785
00:55:12,059 --> 00:55:14,645
"There is a woman there
called Marjorie Buttersworth

786
00:55:14,770 --> 00:55:16,605
"who confuzzles me.

787
00:55:16,730 --> 00:55:17,730
Smooch!

788
00:55:17,815 --> 00:55:21,860
"She kisses me
without my permission,

789
00:55:21,985 --> 00:55:25,155
"so tonight I have decided
to rub onions

790
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,033
"under my armpits to repel her.

791
00:55:28,158 --> 00:55:35,707
Your friend in America,
Max Jerry Horowitz."

792
00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:37,960
Hmm.

793
00:55:38,085 --> 00:55:40,879
"P.S., please find enclosed

794
00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:45,717
"some chocolate-covered ants
I found at the deli.

795
00:55:45,843 --> 00:55:48,971
"P.P.S., not much has happened
since I last wrote,

796
00:55:49,096 --> 00:55:52,391
"except for
my manslaughter charges,

797
00:55:52,516 --> 00:55:56,186
lotto win,
and Ivy's death."

798
00:55:59,398 --> 00:56:02,943
Mary was thrilled
Max had finally written

799
00:56:03,068 --> 00:56:05,404
and suddenly had
a fabulous idea.

800
00:56:05,529 --> 00:56:06,697
- Aha!

801
00:56:06,822 --> 00:56:08,031
Ding!

802
00:56:42,065 --> 00:56:46,069
Mary and Max's
friendship was resuscitated,

803
00:56:46,194 --> 00:56:48,280
and her tears were the best gift

804
00:56:48,405 --> 00:56:50,908
he'd ever received.

805
00:56:51,033 --> 00:56:56,455
Inside Max's head,
his brain was smiling.

806
00:56:56,580 --> 00:56:59,207
Loaded up with bizarre forms
of chocolate,

807
00:56:59,333 --> 00:57:01,835
their letters flew
thick and fast

808
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:04,046
between the continents.

809
00:57:04,171 --> 00:57:07,049
Max learned to read
Mary's letters with caution,

810
00:57:07,174 --> 00:57:11,053
and at the slightest tingle
of tension,

811
00:57:11,178 --> 00:57:13,263
he would stop,
take his medication,

812
00:57:13,388 --> 00:57:15,557
and soothe his nerves.

813
00:57:15,682 --> 00:57:19,561
Each letter he would iron,
laminate,

814
00:57:19,686 --> 00:57:21,855
and file in a special place,

815
00:57:21,980 --> 00:57:26,693
which also soothed his nerves.

816
00:57:29,571 --> 00:57:31,531
He enjoyed answering
her questions

817
00:57:31,657 --> 00:57:34,451
and solving her puzzles like,

818
00:57:34,576 --> 00:57:37,287
"Do sheep shrink
when it rains?"

819
00:57:37,412 --> 00:57:41,291
"Why do old men
wear their pants so high?"

820
00:57:41,416 --> 00:57:43,168
"Do gooses get goose bumps?"

821
00:57:43,293 --> 00:57:46,338
"And why is
belly button lint blue?"

822
00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:48,298
"Are there Noblets in heaven?"

823
00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:52,135
"And if a taxi goes backwards,
does the driver owe you money?"

824
00:57:53,470 --> 00:57:56,014
In turn,
Mary simply enjoyed hearing

825
00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:59,267
about Max's fascinating life:

826
00:57:59,393 --> 00:58:01,520
how many people
he'd counted littering...

827
00:58:05,565 --> 00:58:06,858
crash!

828
00:58:06,983 --> 00:58:09,111
How the latest Henry had died...

829
00:58:18,829 --> 00:58:22,457
And new recipes
he'd invented for chicken.

830
00:58:25,752 --> 00:58:27,754
Each nourished the other,

831
00:58:27,879 --> 00:58:30,674
and as Mary grew taller,

832
00:58:30,799 --> 00:58:32,050
Max grew wider,

833
00:58:32,175 --> 00:58:36,096
their friendship becoming
stronger than the glue

834
00:58:36,221 --> 00:58:39,349
on Mary's Noblets.

835
00:58:42,811 --> 00:58:45,981
Although Max found solace
in Mary,

836
00:58:46,106 --> 00:58:50,068
he still found the rest
of the world bewildering,

837
00:58:50,193 --> 00:58:51,653
and he couldn't understand

838
00:58:51,778 --> 00:58:53,405
why he was seen as the odd one

839
00:58:53,530 --> 00:58:57,284
while everyone else
was considered normal.

840
00:58:59,327 --> 00:59:02,456
Humans were endlessly illogical.

841
00:59:02,581 --> 00:59:04,416
Why did they throw out food

842
00:59:04,541 --> 00:59:07,961
when there were children
starving in India?

843
00:59:08,086 --> 00:59:10,255
Why did they clear
the rain forests

844
00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:13,216
when they needed the oxygen?

845
00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:16,845
And why did they create
bus timetables

846
00:59:16,970 --> 00:59:20,223
when they never ran on time?

847
00:59:20,348 --> 00:59:22,851
He agreed with
his favorite physicist

848
00:59:22,976 --> 00:59:26,104
that there are only
two things infinite:

849
00:59:26,229 --> 00:59:30,108
the universe
and man's stupidity.

850
00:59:32,611 --> 00:59:38,408
And for Mary, even though Max
filled her with confidence...

851
00:59:38,533 --> 00:59:39,701
- Bull's-eye!

852
00:59:39,826 --> 00:59:41,411
Her world was far from perfect

853
00:59:41,536 --> 00:59:42,746
- Opa!

854
00:59:42,871 --> 00:59:46,249
The grip of love
had her by the throat

855
01:00:06,436 --> 01:00:08,980
At 4:59 p.m.

856
01:00:09,106 --> 01:00:13,109
on the 8th of the 8th, 1988...

857
01:00:14,653 --> 01:00:19,324
Noel Norman Dinkle
attached his last string,

858
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:23,829
and after 40 years
and 40 million tea bags,

859
01:00:23,954 --> 01:00:25,789
he retired.

860
01:00:25,914 --> 01:00:30,627
To celebrate, Noel announced
he was retiring from taxidermy

861
01:00:30,752 --> 01:00:33,797
and taking up
metal detecting instead.

862
01:00:35,340 --> 01:00:38,135
But sadly, it was not a hobby
he had for long.

863
01:01:15,505 --> 01:01:19,301
In his will,
Noel had left Mary some money,

864
01:01:19,426 --> 01:01:21,553
so she decided
to go to university

865
01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:24,389
and study disorders of the mind,

866
01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:28,226
yearning to learn more
about her friend.

867
01:01:28,351 --> 01:01:31,521
Mary was as popular
at university

868
01:01:31,646 --> 01:01:32,772
as she was at school.

869
01:01:34,649 --> 01:01:37,944
Damian went there too,
aching to be a thespian.

870
01:01:38,069 --> 01:01:40,363
- Hi, there, M-M-Mary.

871
01:01:40,488 --> 01:01:42,824
- Hi.

872
01:01:42,949 --> 01:01:44,868
Hello.

873
01:01:46,953 --> 01:01:48,580
Splat!

874
01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:29,621
- Hey, Damian,

875
01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:33,708
your mum's roses look fab!

876
01:02:33,833 --> 01:02:35,961
- Ah, th-thanks, Mary.

877
01:02:36,086 --> 01:02:38,213
Urn, Mary, can I tell you
something?

878
01:02:38,338 --> 01:02:40,632
- Sure, babe!

879
01:02:40,757 --> 01:02:43,176
- Urn—urn...

880
01:02:43,301 --> 01:02:45,428
You've got d-d-d-dog's poo
on your shoe.

881
01:02:58,358 --> 01:03:02,237
"Dear Max, I have been
such an idiot.

882
01:03:02,362 --> 01:03:04,614
"I've wasted all my money
on something pointless

883
01:03:04,739 --> 01:03:07,826
"when I should have been
saving to see you.

884
01:03:07,951 --> 01:03:09,661
"I know love upsets you,

885
01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:11,788
"so I won't go on about it.

886
01:03:11,913 --> 01:03:15,333
"All I want to say is that
love is obviously not for me.

887
01:03:15,458 --> 01:03:17,669
"I hope you are well

888
01:03:17,794 --> 01:03:20,422
"and enjoy the chocolate
cigarettes I've enclosed.

889
01:03:20,547 --> 01:03:21,547
Love, Mary."

890
01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:23,799
gulp!

891
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:26,136
Hmm.

892
01:03:27,303 --> 01:03:28,303
Mm.

893
01:03:35,645 --> 01:03:38,523
- Oh, you should be ashamed!

894
01:03:40,066 --> 01:03:41,443
- Come on, Bethany, let's go.

895
01:03:41,568 --> 01:03:42,819
- Oh, Mom!

896
01:03:42,944 --> 01:03:44,529
- I told you
never to talk to strangers,

897
01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:46,114
you naughty girl.

898
01:03:47,365 --> 01:03:48,700
Ding!

899
01:03:54,497 --> 01:03:55,665
Noel's sudden death

900
01:03:55,790 --> 01:03:59,711
had filled Vera
with remorse and guilt,

901
01:03:59,836 --> 01:04:04,674
and she coped
in the only way she knew.

902
01:05:40,019 --> 01:05:41,729
- "Dear Max,

903
01:05:41,855 --> 01:05:45,316
"our wedding day was everything
that I've ever dreamt,

904
01:05:45,442 --> 01:05:49,988
"making up
for the terrible year I've had.

905
01:05:50,113 --> 01:05:53,449
"Although all the guests were
Damian's family and friends,

906
01:05:53,575 --> 01:05:55,910
"I felt very welcome.

907
01:05:57,579 --> 01:05:58,997
Crash!

908
01:05:59,122 --> 01:06:01,082
"Damian is so perfect.

909
01:06:01,207 --> 01:06:03,960
"He even made my wedding dress.

910
01:06:04,085 --> 01:06:05,462
"And for our honeymoon,

911
01:06:05,587 --> 01:06:09,090
"he took me to Mykonos,
his favorite island in Greece.

912
01:06:09,215 --> 01:06:10,675
"I got to ride a donkey

913
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,095
"and found the perfect gift
for Len.

914
01:06:14,220 --> 01:06:15,972
"Poor Len.

915
01:06:16,097 --> 01:06:17,849
He's still struggling
with his agoraphobia."

916
01:06:22,228 --> 01:06:25,857
crash!

917
01:06:25,982 --> 01:06:29,194
- "Damian and I are so similar.

918
01:06:29,319 --> 01:06:30,695
"He even has
his own pen-friend

919
01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:34,449
who lives on a sheep farm
in New Zealand."

920
01:06:36,451 --> 01:06:37,451
- Mary?

921
01:06:38,578 --> 01:06:41,039
M- M-M-Mary?

922
01:06:41,164 --> 01:06:42,207
Mary?

923
01:06:44,792 --> 01:06:49,339
Mary was bursting
with self-esteem,

924
01:06:49,464 --> 01:06:52,175
and her confidence
was almost unbearable.

925
01:06:54,344 --> 01:06:57,889
At university, she shone

926
01:06:58,014 --> 01:06:59,140
and took it upon herself

927
01:06:59,265 --> 01:07:02,518
to cure the world
of mental illness.

928
01:07:09,359 --> 01:07:12,570
She did her thesis
on Asperger's syndrome

929
01:07:12,695 --> 01:07:16,407
and used Max as her case study.

930
01:07:16,532 --> 01:07:19,577
Her professors
were thoroughly impressed

931
01:07:19,702 --> 01:07:23,331
and her writing
praised far and wide.

932
01:07:23,456 --> 01:07:27,752
Soon, publishers queued
to print her unique insight,

933
01:07:27,877 --> 01:07:29,796
and by her 25th birthday,

934
01:07:29,921 --> 01:07:33,258
thousands of copies
were ready to be shipped.

935
01:07:34,425 --> 01:07:36,427
- "Dear Max,

936
01:07:36,552 --> 01:07:39,472
"I am very proud to give you
the very first copy of my book

937
01:07:39,597 --> 01:07:42,267
"about your disability

938
01:07:42,392 --> 01:07:45,019
and the hopes that we have
to one day cure it."

939
01:07:47,063 --> 01:07:49,691
"Even more exciting is that
I'm finally coming

940
01:07:49,816 --> 01:07:53,861
"to meet and celebrate with you
in one week's time.

941
01:07:53,987 --> 01:07:57,115
"I'm also gonna give you
half the royalties.

942
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,785
"Your loving friend, Mary.

943
01:08:00,910 --> 01:08:06,582
P.S., please find enclosed some
chocolate-coated Swiss almonds."

944
01:08:09,544 --> 01:08:12,380
Max didn't take
the news very well...

945
01:08:13,756 --> 01:08:17,635
Not very well at all.

946
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:20,138
- "Dear Mary Daisy Dinkle,

947
01:08:20,263 --> 01:08:25,643
"I cannot express myself
very clearly at this moment,

948
01:08:25,768 --> 01:08:28,980
"and so I will list my emotions

949
01:08:29,105 --> 01:08:32,358
"in the order they feel
most intense:

950
01:08:32,483 --> 01:08:36,112
"hurt, confuzzledness, betrayal,

951
01:08:36,237 --> 01:08:39,824
"discomfort, distress,
and wheeziness.

952
01:08:39,949 --> 01:08:43,286
"This last one
is not really an emotion,

953
01:08:43,411 --> 01:08:45,872
but I thought you
should know about it anyway."

954
01:09:17,612 --> 01:09:20,365
With her suitcase
packed for New York,

955
01:09:20,490 --> 01:09:23,534
Mary said good-bye to Damian.

956
01:09:23,660 --> 01:09:25,828
She hadn't been this excited

957
01:09:25,953 --> 01:09:30,458
since she'd found a Noblet
in the gutter.

958
01:09:30,583 --> 01:09:34,962
But her excitement
suddenly dribbled away

959
01:09:35,088 --> 01:09:37,590
like a chocolate in the sun.

960
01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:52,832
Mary slowly sank
into a puddle of depression,

961
01:10:52,957 --> 01:10:56,961
self-loathing,
and cooking sherry.

962
01:10:57,086 --> 01:11:01,424
The only color left in her life
was her beloved Damian,

963
01:11:01,549 --> 01:11:07,638
only an arm's length away
but as distant as the moon.

964
01:11:13,436 --> 01:11:18,649
She lost interest in the world,
and it lost interest in her

965
01:11:18,774 --> 01:11:23,654
as a horrible apparition
began to haunt

966
01:11:23,779 --> 01:11:27,492
She started to spend her nights
making pompoms

967
01:11:27,617 --> 01:11:31,287
and eating two-minute noodles.

968
01:12:17,041 --> 01:12:20,002
Hmm.

969
01:12:34,684 --> 01:12:38,062
Each day,
with strength and shame,

970
01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:41,607
Mary trudged
to the letterbox in hope,

971
01:12:41,732 --> 01:12:44,819
only to swivel, shrivel,

972
01:12:44,944 --> 01:12:47,989
and slink back inside.

973
01:13:25,401 --> 01:13:26,402
Thud!

974
01:13:40,583 --> 01:13:43,252
- "My dearest Mary,

975
01:13:43,377 --> 01:13:45,129
"by the time you read this,

976
01:13:45,254 --> 01:13:46,714
"I will be on a plane
to New Zealand

977
01:13:46,839 --> 01:13:49,467
"to begin a new life.

978
01:13:49,592 --> 01:13:53,846
"You probably haven't even
noticed I'd packed my bags.

979
01:13:53,971 --> 01:13:58,059
"I have fallen in love with—
With my pen-friend, Desmond.

980
01:13:58,184 --> 01:14:00,311
"and I'm going to live
on his sheep farm.

981
01:14:02,980 --> 01:14:04,231
"It's been hard to watch you

982
01:14:04,357 --> 01:14:06,817
"become a remnant of the person
I once loved.

983
01:14:06,942 --> 01:14:08,486
"Your research
into m-m-mental illness

984
01:14:08,611 --> 01:14:09,946
"has been admirable,

985
01:14:10,071 --> 01:14:15,159
"but your i-i-idealistic pursuit
to remedy it has been misguided.

986
01:14:15,284 --> 01:14:16,869
"Mary, you have to realize,

987
01:14:16,994 --> 01:14:18,871
"you are not some sort
of magic beauty cream

988
01:14:18,996 --> 01:14:22,750
"you can smooth on the world
to rid of its wrinkles.

989
01:14:22,875 --> 01:14:25,044
"I love you, Mary,

990
01:14:25,169 --> 01:14:28,005
"but I love Desmond more.

991
01:14:28,130 --> 01:14:29,570
"I hope one day
your heart will heal,

992
01:14:29,674 --> 01:14:31,801
"and we can be friends.

993
01:14:31,926 --> 01:14:35,096
Yours compassionately,
Damian."

994
01:14:38,182 --> 01:14:39,975
thud!

995
01:14:57,868 --> 01:15:00,246
- Aargh!

996
01:15:00,371 --> 01:15:03,791
"Dear Mayor Ridiculani,

997
01:15:03,916 --> 01:15:08,254
"on Monday, I counted 27 people

998
01:15:08,379 --> 01:15:10,923
"illegally dropping
cigarette butts.

999
01:15:11,048 --> 01:15:12,967
"I would like to recommend

1000
01:15:13,092 --> 01:15:17,388
"the fine be increased
to a minimum of $1 million

1001
01:15:17,513 --> 01:15:20,057
"as a stronger deterrent,

1002
01:15:20,182 --> 01:15:21,182
and would be happy..."

1003
01:15:55,718 --> 01:15:57,928
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

1004
01:16:42,264 --> 01:16:44,058
- Sorry.

1005
01:17:03,994 --> 01:17:06,622
- "Dear Mary,

1006
01:17:06,747 --> 01:17:12,128
"please find enclosed
my entire Noblet collection

1007
01:17:12,253 --> 01:17:15,506
"as a sign that I forgive you.

1008
01:17:15,631 --> 01:17:16,966
When I received your book..."

1009
01:17:57,339 --> 01:18:01,010
What?

1010
01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:18,194
On the way home,

1011
01:18:18,319 --> 01:18:21,363
Max sat to count the stars.

1012
01:18:21,488 --> 01:18:23,657
He felt complete.

1013
01:18:23,782 --> 01:18:28,162
The world was back in balance.

1014
01:19:48,534 --> 01:19:54,456
- When I was just a little girl

1015
01:19:54,581 --> 01:20:01,714
I asked my mother,
What will I be?

1016
01:20:01,839 --> 01:20:04,758
Will I be pretty?

1017
01:20:04,883 --> 01:20:07,636
Will I be rich?

1018
01:20:07,761 --> 01:20:12,224
Here's what she said to me

1019
01:20:12,349 --> 01:20:17,646
Que sera, sera

1020
01:20:17,771 --> 01:20:23,694
Whatever will be, will be

1021
01:20:23,819 --> 01:20:29,116
The future's not ours to see

1022
01:20:29,241 --> 01:20:33,203
Que sera, sera

1023
01:20:59,688 --> 01:21:05,069
Que sera, sera

1024
01:21:05,194 --> 01:21:10,449
Whatever will be, will be

1025
01:21:10,574 --> 01:21:15,704
The future's not ours to see

1026
01:21:15,829 --> 01:21:21,627
Que sera, sera

1027
01:21:21,752 --> 01:21:27,758
What will be, will be

1028
01:21:27,883 --> 01:21:31,387
Que sera, sera

1029
01:21:54,034 --> 01:21:55,285
- Ah!

1030
01:21:55,410 --> 01:21:56,954
Len had saved the day.

1031
01:21:57,079 --> 01:21:59,456
And after 45 years,

1032
01:21:59,581 --> 01:22:03,627
he finally conquered
his agoraphobia.

1033
01:22:08,257 --> 01:22:10,592
- Moron!

1034
01:22:19,643 --> 01:22:21,395
- "Dear Mary,

1035
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:23,105
"please find enclosed

1036
01:22:23,230 --> 01:22:26,316
"my entire Noblet collection

1037
01:22:26,441 --> 01:22:29,653
"as a sign that I forgive you.

1038
01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:31,697
"When I received your book,

1039
01:22:31,822 --> 01:22:34,199
"the emotions inside my brain

1040
01:22:34,324 --> 01:22:36,827
"felt like they were
in a tumble dryer,

1041
01:22:36,952 --> 01:22:40,164
"smashing into each other.

1042
01:22:40,289 --> 01:22:43,000
"The hurt felt like
when I accidentally

1043
01:22:43,125 --> 01:22:44,418
"stapled my lips together.

1044
01:22:45,961 --> 01:22:51,633
"The reason I forgive you
is because you are not perfect.

1045
01:22:51,758 --> 01:22:56,180
"You are imperfect, and so am I.

1046
01:22:56,305 --> 01:22:59,349
"All humans are imperfect,

1047
01:22:59,474 --> 01:23:03,312
"even the man outside
my apartment who litters.

1048
01:23:03,437 --> 01:23:04,688
"When I was young,

1049
01:23:04,813 --> 01:23:09,151
"I wanted to be anybody
but myself.

1050
01:23:09,276 --> 01:23:13,530
"Dr. Bernard Hazelhof said
if I was on a desert island,

1051
01:23:13,655 --> 01:23:17,284
"then I would have to
get used to my own company,

1052
01:23:17,409 --> 01:23:20,787
"just me and the coconuts.

1053
01:23:20,913 --> 01:23:25,042
"He said I would
have to accept myself,

1054
01:23:25,167 --> 01:23:27,377
"my warts and all,

1055
01:23:27,503 --> 01:23:30,839
"and that we don't get
to choose our warts.

1056
01:23:30,964 --> 01:23:35,844
"They are a part of us,
and we have to live with them.

1057
01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:40,933
"We can, however,
choose our friends,

1058
01:23:41,058 --> 01:23:44,561
"and I am glad
I have chosen you.

1059
01:23:44,686 --> 01:23:50,692
"Dr. Bernard Hazelhof
also said that everyone's lives

1060
01:23:50,817 --> 01:23:53,737
"are like a very long sidewalk.

1061
01:23:53,862 --> 01:23:55,697
"Some are well-paved.

1062
01:23:55,822 --> 01:23:59,326
"Others, like mine, have cracks,

1063
01:23:59,451 --> 01:24:03,247
"banana skins,
and cigarette butts.

1064
01:24:03,372 --> 01:24:06,667
"Your sidewalk is like mine,

1065
01:24:06,792 --> 01:24:10,754
"but probably not
as many cracks.

1066
01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:14,758
"Hopefully one day
our sidewalks will meet,

1067
01:24:14,883 --> 01:24:19,972
"and we can share
a can of condensed milk.

1068
01:24:21,515 --> 01:24:25,519
"You are my best friend.

1069
01:24:25,644 --> 01:24:28,855
"You are my only friend.

1070
01:24:28,981 --> 01:24:34,569
"Your American pen pal,
Max Jerry Horowitz.

1071
01:24:34,695 --> 01:24:38,949
"P.S., I have recently found
the perfect job

1072
01:24:39,074 --> 01:24:40,659
"with a survey company.

1073
01:24:40,784 --> 01:24:43,120
"All I have to do is eat things

1074
01:24:43,245 --> 01:24:47,040
and tick boxes."

1075
01:26:06,995 --> 01:26:08,622
- Max?

1076
01:26:13,168 --> 01:26:14,336
Max?

1077
01:26:19,508 --> 01:26:21,301
Max?

1078
01:26:23,303 --> 01:26:25,389
Hello?

1079
01:26:28,767 --> 01:26:31,353
Max, it's us.

1080
01:26:31,478 --> 01:26:33,188
We're here.

1081
01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:40,070
Max?

1082
01:26:45,283 --> 01:26:49,538
Max had died
peacefully that morning,

1083
01:26:49,663 --> 01:26:54,042
after finishing his final can
of condensed milk.

1084
01:28:05,530 --> 01:28:07,991
- You are my best friend.

1085
01:28:08,116 --> 01:28:11,119
You are my only friend.

1086
01:28:16,708 --> 01:28:19,503
He smelted like
licorice and old books,

1087
01:28:19,628 --> 01:28:21,880
she thought to herself,

1088
01:28:22,005 --> 01:28:26,426
as tears rolled from her eyes,

1089
01:28:26,551 --> 01:28:33,058
the color of muddy puddles.