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Vern: Well, what do we need a pistol for anyway? Chris: It's spooky sleeping out at night in the woods. We might even see a bear. Gordie: Or a garbage can. Vern: I brought a comb. Chris: What do we need a comb for? Vern: Well, if we get on TV, we wanna look good, don't we? Gordie: That's a lot of thinking, Vern. Vern: Thanks. Teddy: Two for flinching. [punches Vern in the arm twice] Vern: Ow. Teddy: How far do you think it's gonna be? Chris: [exhales] If we follow the tracks all the way into Harlow, it'd be about 20 miles. Sound about right to you, Gordie? Gordie: Yeah. Yeah, it might even be 30. Vern: Gee, maybe we should just hitchhike. Teddy: No way, that sucks. Vern: Why not? We could go out to Route 7 to the Shiloh Church, then down the Back Harlow Road. We'll be there by sundown. Teddy: That's pussy. Vern: Hey, it's a long ways. Teddy: Did your mother ever have any kids that lived? Vern: What do you mean? Teddy: Jesus.

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Vern: Hey, I'm kinda hungry. Who's got the food? Teddy: Oh, shit! Did anybody bring anything? Chris: Not me. Gordie? [Gordie shakes his head] Teddy: Oh, well, this is great! What are we supposed to do, eat our feet? Chris: You mean, you didn't bring anything either?! Teddy: Shit, this wasn't my idea, it was Vern's idea! [to Vern] Why didn't you bring something?! Vern: What am I supposed to do, think of everything?! I brought the comb! Teddy: Oh, great, you brought the comb! What do you need a comb for?! You don't even have any hair! Vern: I brought it for you guys... Gordie: HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! Let's see how much money we got. [the boys sit down to count their money] Okay, I got $1.02. [Chris and Teddy hand Gordie their money] 68 cents from Chris. 60 cents from Teddy. [Vern hands Gordie his money; he looks at Vern in disbelief] Seven cents, Vern? Vern: I haven't found my pennies yet. Gordie: Well, 2.37's not bad. Quidaciolu's is at the end of that little road that goes by the junk

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Gordie: Hey, Vern, looks like your mom's been out driving again. Vern: That's so funny, I forgot to laugh. Teddy: Stand back, men! Paratroops, over the side! [the boys toss their bags over the fence, then begin scaling it] The Writer: [voiceover] "No trespassing" was enforced by Milo Pressman, the junkman, and his dog, Chopper, the most feared and least seen dog in Castle Rock. Legend had it that Milo had trained Chopper, not just to sic, but to sic specific parts of the human anatomy. Thus, a kid, who had illegally scaled the junkyard fence, might hear the dread cry, "Chopper, sic balls." But right now, neither the dread, Chopper, nor Milo was anywhere in sight.

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Teddy: Have you guys been watching The Mickey Mouse Club lately? I think Annette's tits are getting bigger. Gordie: Yeah, I've been noticing lately that the "A"and the "E" are starting to bend around the sides. Vern: Annette's tits are great. Chris and Teddy: Yeah. Vern: This is a really good time. Chris: The most. Teddy: A blast. The Writer: [voiceover] Vern didn't just mean being off limits inside the junkyard, or fudging on our folks, or going on a hike up the railroad tracks to Harlow. He meant those things, but it seems to me now it was more and that we all knew it. Everything was there and around us. We knew exactly who we were and exactly where we were going. It was grand. Vern: Great! Spit at the fat kid. Real good. What time is it, Gordie? Gordie: Um... [checks his watch] It's 1:15. Vern: We better go get the food. Junkyard opens at 3:00. Chopper will be here. Chris: Ooh, sic balls. Teddy: [to Vern] You go. You can pick us up on the way back. Vern: I'm not going alone. We shou

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Milo: HEY! Hey, you kid! What are you doing there?! Come over here! [Gordie starts running] You! You come back here! COME BACK HERE, GODDAMMIT! I'LL SIC MY DOG ON YOU! Vern, Chris, and Teddy: RUN, GORDIE, RUN! RUN, GORDIE! Milo: Chopper! Sic him! Sic him, boy! The Writer: [voiceover] Now he said, "Sic him, boy." But what I heard was, "Chopper, sic balls." Gordie: That's Chopper? The Writer: [voiceover] Chopper was my first lesson in the vast difference between myth and reality. Teddy: Come on, Choppy! Kiss my ass, Choppy, kiss my ass! Come on! [Chopper starts biting Teddy's shirt] Bite shit! Gordie: Come on, Choppy! Sic balls, Choppy! Milo: Hey, you kids! STOP TEASING THAT DOG! YA HEAR ME?! STOP TEASING HIM! [to Teddy] Sonny, I'm gonna beat your ass, teasing my dog like that! Teddy: Yeah? I'd like to see you try to climb over this fence and get me, fat-ass! Milo: Don't you call me that, you little tin weasel. Peckerwood loony's son. Teddy: What did you call me? Milo: I know who you are

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Teddy: I'm sorry if I'm spoiling everybody's good time. Chris: It's okay, man. Gordie: Maybe it shouldn't be a good time. Chris: You saying you wanna go back? Gordie: No. We're going to see a dead kid; maybe it shouldn't be a party.

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Gordie: Do you think I'm weird? Chris: Definitely. Gordie: No man, seriously. Am I weird? Chris: Yeah, but so what? Everybody's weird.

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Vern: You think Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman? Teddy: What are you, cracked? Vern: Why not? I saw the other day, he was carrying five elephants in one hand. Teddy: Boy, you don't know nothing. Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman is a real guy. No way a cartoon could beat up a real guy. Vern: Yeah, maybe you're right. It'd be a good fight, though. Teddy: Jesus.

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Chris: I mean, you could be a real writer someday, Gordie. Gordie: Fuck writing! I don't wanna be a writer. It's stupid. It's a stupid waste of time! Chris: That's your dad talking. Gordie: Bullshit! Chris: Bulltrue! I know how your dad feels about you, he doesn't give a shit about you. Denny was the one he cared about, and don't try to tell me different! You're just a kid, Gordie... Gordie: Oh, gee, thanks, Dad! Chris: I wish the hell I was your dad. You wouldn't be going around talking about taking these stupid shop courses if I was. It's like God gave you something man. All those stories that you can make up, and He said, "This is what we got for you kid, try not to lose it." But kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them. And if your parents are too fucked up to do it, then maybe I should. Vern: Come on, you guys, let's get moving! Teddy: Yeah, by the time we get there, the kid won't even be dead anymore.

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Vern: Any of you guys know when the next train is due? Chris: We could go down to the Route 136 bridge. Teddy: What are you, crazy? That's five miles down the river! You walk five miles down the river, you gotta walk five miles back. That could take 'til dark. We go across here, we could get to the same place in ten minutes. Vern: Yeah, but if a train comes, there's nowheres to go. Teddy: Hell, there isn't. You just jump. Chris: Teddy, it's 100 feet. Vern: Yeah, Teddy. Teddy: Look, you guys can go around if you want. I'm crossing here. And while you guys are dragging your candy asses halfway across the state and back, I'll be waiting for you on the other side, relaxing with my thoughts. Gordie: Do you use your left hand or your right hand for that? Teddy: You wish. Vern: [disappointedly] I lost the comb. Gordie: Forget it, Vern. [they continue walking along; Gordie suddenly hears a distant sound and looks back the way they came; he then feels the tracks again, and as he does so, he hea

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Gordie: Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy? Vern: If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it. Teddy: Goofy's a dog. He's definitely a dog. Gordie: I knew the $64,000 question was fixed. There's no way anybody could know that much about opera! Chris: He can't be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat. Gordie: Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training. Vern: Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?

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Gordie: Maybe you could come into the college courses with me. Chris: Yeah right, that'll be the day. Gordie: Why not? You're smart enough. Chris: They won't let me. Gordie: What do you mean? Chris: It's what everyone thinks of my family in this town. It's what they think of me. I'm just one of those low-life Chambers kids. Gordie: That's not true. Chris: Oh wait, it is. No one even asked me if I took the milk money that time. I just got a three day vacation. Gordie: Did you take it? Chris: Yeah, I took it! I mean, you knew I took it. Teddy knew I took it. Everyone knew I took it. Even Vern knew it, I think. But maybe I was sorry and I tried to give it back. Gordie: You tried to give it back? Chris: Maybe. Just maybe. And maybe I took it to Old Lady Simmons and told her, and the money was all there. But I still got a three day vacation because it never showed up. And maybe the next week, Old Lady Simmons had this new suit on when she came to school. Gordie: Yeah, yeah! It was brown and

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Vern: [looking at a pond in their way] Told you we should've stuck to the tracks. Teddy: Is it me, or are you the world's biggest pussy? Vern: I suppose this is fun for you. Teddy: No... but this is. [reaches up and dunks Vern while laughing crazily] You want some more?! Vern: Aah! Stop that! Come on! Chris: Come on Teddy, act your age! Teddy: This is my age. I'm in the prime of my youth and I'll only be young once! Chris: Yeah, but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of your life. Vern: [grinning] All right, get him! Teddy: All right, Chambers, you just signed your own death warrant. You die, Chambers! [Teddy and Vern both lunge at Chris, dunking him and laughing loudly, as Gordie disgustedly wades off] Get him! Get Vern! Vern's gonna die! Vern: Teddy, you're gonna die!

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Chris: Gordie? Gordie: [to himself] Why did you have to die? Vern: What's the matter with Gordie? Chris: Nothing. Why don't you guys just go for some branches, okay? Gordie: Why did he have to die, Chris? Why did Denny have to die? Why? Chris: I don't know. Gordie: It should have been me. Chris: Don't say that. Gordie: It should have been me. Chris: Don't say that, man. Gordie: I'm no good. My dad said it, I'm no good. Chris: He doesn't know you. Gordie: He hates me. Chris: He doesn't hate you. Gordie: [begins to cry] He hates me. Chris: No, he just doesn't know you. Gordie: He hates me. My dad hates me. He hates me oh oh God. [cries] Chris: You're gonna be a great writer someday, Gordie. You might even write about us guys if you ever get hard up for material. Gordie: Guess I'd have to be really hard up, huh? Chris: Yeah.

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Gordie: [after shooting a gun into the air] You're not taking him. An' nobody is taking him. Ace: Come on kid, just give me the gun before you take your foot off. You ain't got the sack to shoot a woodchuck. Gordie: Move Ace. I'll kill you I swear to God. Ace: Come on, Lachance, gimme the gun. You must have at least some of your brother's good sense. Gordie: [quietly, aiming the gun at Ace] Suck my fat one, you cheap dime-store hood. Ace: [mocking] What are you gonna do, shoot us all? Gordie: No, Ace. Just you.

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The Writer: [voiceover] As time went on, we saw less and less of Teddy and Vern until, eventually, they became just two more faces in the halls. Happens sometimes, friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant. I heard that Vern got married out of high school, had four kids, and is now the forklift operator at the Arseno Lumberyard. Teddy tried several times to get into the Army, but his eyes and his ear kept him out. Last I heard, he had spent some time in jail and was now doing odd jobs around Castle Rock. Chris: I'm never gonna get out of this town, am I, Gordie? Gordie: You can do anything you want, man. Chris: Yeah. Sure. Chris: Give me some skin. Gordie: I'll see ya. Chris: Not if I see you first. The Writer: [voiceover] Chris did get out. He enrolled in the college courses with me and, although, it was hard, he gutted it out like he always did. He went on to college and, eventually, became a lawyer. Last week, he entered a fast-food restaurant. Just ahead of