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Hey, Forrest...

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were you scared in Vietnam?

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Yes.

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Well, l...

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I don't know.

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<i>Sometimes it would stop raining</i>

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<i>long enough for
the stars to come out...</i>

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<i>and then it was nice.</i>

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It was like just
before the sun goes to bed

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down on the bayou.

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<i>There was always
a million sparkles on the water...</i>

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<i>like that mountain lake.</i>

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<i>It was so clear, Jenny,</i>

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<i>it looked like
there were two skies</i>

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<i>one on top of the other.</i>

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And then in the desert,
when the sun comes up...

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<i>I couldn't tell</i>

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<i>where heaven stopped
and the earth began.</i>

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<i>It's so beautiful.</i>

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I wish I could've
been there with you.

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You were.

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I love you.

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<i>You died on a Saturday morning.</i>

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And I had you placed
here under our tree.

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And I had that house
of your father's

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bulldozed to the ground.

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<i>Mama...</i>

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always said

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that dyin' was a part of life.

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I sure wish it wasn't.

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Little Forrest is...

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doing just fine.

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"But..."

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<i>About to start school again soon,</i>

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<i>and...</i>

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<i>and I make his breakfast,
lunch, and dinner</i>

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every day.

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I make sure he...

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combs his hair

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and brushes his teeth every day.

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Teaching him how
to play Ping-Pong.

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<i>He's really good.</i>

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Uh, Forrest, you go.

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Uhh!

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<i>We fish a lot.</i>

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And every night,
we read a book.

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He's so smart, Jenny.

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You'd be so proud of him.

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I am.

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He, uh, wrote you
a... a letter.

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And he says I can't read it.
I'm not supposed to,

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so I'll just leave it
here for you.

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Jenny...

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I don't know
if Mama was right

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or if it... it's
Lieutenant Dan.

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I don't know...

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if we each have a...

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destiny...

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or if we're all just
floating around accidental-like

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on a breeze...

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but l... I think...

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maybe it's both.

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Maybe both get happening
at the same time.

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But I miss you, Jenny.

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If there's anything
you need...

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I won't be far away.