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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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Sometimes it would stop raining
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long enough for
the stars to come out...
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and then it was nice.
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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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There was always
a million sparkles on the water...
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like that mountain lake.
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It was so clear, Jenny,
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it looked like
there were two skies
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one on top of the other.
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And then in the desert,
when the sun comes up...
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I couldn't tell
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where heaven stopped
and the earth began.
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It's so beautiful.
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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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You died on a Saturday morning.
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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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Mama...
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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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About to start school again soon,
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and...
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and I make his breakfast,
lunch, and dinner
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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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He's really good.
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Uh, Forrest, you go.
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Uhh!
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We fish a lot.
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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.