(whooshing) (ominous orchestral music)
(low rumbling)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(wolf growling)
(dog barking)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Grandpa!
(light acoustic guitar music)
Grandpa, where are you?
Grandpa!
Hello.
I'm Jean
and this is Ranger.
It was a chilly November day
and we were going to find grandpa.
It wasn't the first time he'd gone missing.
Grandma and I worried so much about him
because his illness had been getting worse.
There wasn't anything I wouldn't have done for him.
It had gotten harder and harder to track grandpa down.
He never got hurt and we always found him.
So, I guess there was no harm done.
I used to be afraid of the wilderness
and all the scary animals that lived there.
Grandpa said that they're more scared of us
than we are of them.
Not sure if I believe that,
but it always comforted me to hear him say it.
Grandpa, where are you?
It's Jean and Ranger.
Ranger.
Ranger, Ranger, come here.
(Ranger barking)
Come here.
Which treat will you like better?
Come on, here.
Good boy, good boy.
Good boy.
Make sure you don't get in any cactuses, huh?
Have fun with me.
Yuck.
Blargh.
Ugh.
What, what is it?
(wolves howling)
(Ranger whimpering)
You hear wolves?
Okay, we should get going, Ranger.
I don't wanna be out here when it gets dark, okay?
Okay, come on, let's go.
Come on, let's go.
Come on.
Come on, Ranger, let's go.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(wolves howling)
Oh.
I'm the designated driver, I guess.
Well, you know when people go to a party
and there's only one person who doesn't...
(light orchestral music)
Come on, boy, let's keep going.
We've gotta keep going.
(heavy breathing)
Oh, what's happening?
Grandpa said when you eat something poisonous,
that you get hot and sick and dizzy and...
(gulping)
(heavy breathing)
Come on, now, we should go.
Don't want it to get dark.
Come on, Ranger, whoa.
Whoa, where did he go?
Move along, beautiful scary scorpion.
If you won't hurt us, we won't hurt you.
Please, move aside.
Come on, Ranger.
Come on.
(ominous orchestral music)
(Ranger barking)
(screaming)
(light orchestral music)
Thank God Ranger was with me.
He's so important to the family
and cared for all of us.
Ranger was trained to alert grandma
when her blood sugar was too low.
He also kept an eye on grandpa when I was at school.
When grandpa wandered off, Ranger would always
run to school and get me.
Ranger's nose could always find grandpa.
If only I could keep up.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(wolves howling)
(screaming)
Oh, oh.
Here, here.
Ranger, come on.
(wolves howling)
(ominous orchestral music)
(wolves howling)
(wolf growling)
(Ranger growling)
We are not afraid of you!
(heavy breathing)
If attacked, duck down.
(Ranger barking)
Don't be scared.
A wolf can smell fear.
I'm bigger than you!
I can protect myself.
(Ranger barking)
If attacked, duck to the ground
and cover your head.
Don't stand.
A wolf can smell your fear.
Just go away!
Don't come anywhere near us!
(wolf howling)
We are not afraid of you!
Not afraid!
(Ranger growling)
(ominous orchestral music rising)
(birds chirping)
(light orchestral music)
- Oh, hey.
A stone of life.
How long have you been in there, you little stoney.
10, 50, 1,000 years?
- [Stone] Oh, I've only been right here for two weeks.
Last month I was in that puddle about five feet upstream.
- That's all?
- [Stone] I've traveled 100 miles downstream
since I broke off from that wall of Oak Creek Canyon
six million years ago.
- Oh, wow.
Did you see any dinosaurs?
- [Stone] No, they were long gone
before the volcanoes formed me.
- Oh, darn.
How 'bout cavemen?
- [Stone] The first Native American people
arrived here only 4,000 years ago.
I've seen many animals.
- Like mastodons?
- [Stone] And mammoths, saber-tooth cats,
giant ground sloths, the size of elephants,
all eradicated by man.
- And you've been in this stream all that time.
- [Stone] Yes, although, a great shallow sea
used to cover this area.
That disappeared too.
I used to be a giant boulder,
but I've been eroded down to the small pebble
you now hold in your hand.
The purpose of the old like us, Albert,
is to share our knowledge with the young.
You've been doing it all these years,
even if you didn't know you were.
What are you doing here, anyway?
- [Albert] I'm gonna find that pack
or my pack's gonna find me.
- Grandpa spent his whole life up here with his posse,
a pack of friends that shared lots of good times together.
I heard the stories so many times
that I had them memorized.
Kids at my school had groups of friends too,
but none of their packs included me.
Grandpa's stories drove me crazy sometimes,
but at least he lived the life to the fullest
and made great memories.
What would I have to remember when I was old,
like my grandparents?
Grandpa!
Grandpa, where are you?
- Not bad, huh?
What?
You think so?
All right, well, you know you must live a lonely life.
Just a lot like me.
I mean, I'm losing my mind
and lost inside my own mind and,
and here you are, destined to just watch the world
from one perspective and one perspective only.
And destined to melt into extinction,
come spring thaw.
Oh, well, enjoy your short time here, buddy.
Say goodbye, Stoney.
Uh-huh, I know that.
Well, look, Stoney.
♪ London bridge is falling down ♪
♪ Falling down, falling down ♪
♪ London bridge is falling down ♪
♪ Falling down ♪
♪ My fair lady ♪
(light orchestral music)
(snake rattling)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(snake rattling)
(snake hissing)
(Ranger whimpering)
- Don't move,
or the venom will spread faster.
It's okay.
Shhh.
(Ranger whimpering)
It's okay.
It's okay, shh.
I'm gonna, okay, I've gotta give your heart, all right.
I'm gonna, I got it.
Okay, let some of the venom flow out.
Okay, I can't let you move, I can't let you move.
The venom will spread faster.
Come on, okay, please.
Okay, gotta keep, please.
(Ranger whimpering)
Please, please, Ranger, please.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(Ranger whimpering)
Please.
(grunting)
It's okay, it's okay.
(Ranger whimpering)
It's okay.
See?
See, it's okay.
There's nothing wrong.
Okay, all right.
Okay, let's see your arms.
Okay, 'cause I'm gonna keep your heart above the wound.
I can't let you move, I can't let you move.
The venom will spread faster.
Come on, Ranger.
I can't let you die, I can't let you die.
Please.
(light piano music)
"The bobcat is your animal totem."
That's what the president of the Navajo Nation
told me when I was a little girl.
He said that the bobcat would watch over me
and help me on my journey through life.
Upon hearing that, I crossed my arms and answered back
like the spoiled child I was.
"What journey and what life?"
My parents got mad, but the Navajo leader just smiled.
I was supposed to take care of my grandparents, you see.
I didn't mind, usually.
What else would I do.
Adults said I was just a caregiver
and made it sound noble,
but the kids at school just made fun of me.
Grandpa told me to laugh it off,
saying, "If you don't have a sense of humor,
"you'll never survive in this line of work."
"What line of work, caregiving?"
I asked.
"No, life."
Grandpa answered with a big smile.
"Happiness is a choice," grandma always said,
"People don't get it because they're lucky,
"They choose it, and you can too.
"Make your own happy ending, Jean."
"I will, grandma"
Sometimes I dreamt that I was born as someone else.
Maybe a princess in a far away land.
Cinderella's attributes were unrecognized,
just like mine were.
Then she unexpectedly got recognition
after a long period of neglect.
That's a fairy tale
and those don't come true.
- [Faith] Look, it's Cinderella,
toiling away at the home of the bird woman.
- Oh, look, it's Cinderella's evil step sister.
- Just check out her ugly boots.
I mean, no way she's gonna fit into that glass slipper.
I will.
- Are you being noisy just for attention?
You can hear those things
coming from a block away.
It's like a cowbell.
Hearing it, guys are scared
and wanna make sure a stampede isn't coming.
So, they look up.
- So, it works.
- And you give them a look like,
"Oh, wow, are they checking me out?
"Am I hot?
"Oh, I know it."
- Shut up.
- But most guys are just thinking,
"Oh, my freaking God, why does she wear those sirens
"to announce her entrance?
"Is she that desperate?"
- Shut up, just shut up.
I mean, why do you always stick up for that girl?
Do you like her or something?
(laughing)
You do.
- In the original Grimm's Fairy Tale Cinderella,
one of the ugly stepsisters cuts off her big toe
and the other, part of her heel to fit into the slipper.
- Oh, gross.
Uh, so, are you going to prom?
- Well, I don't have pretty clothes and shoes to wear,
like you do, Faith.
- I can see that.
(Ranger whimpering)
- Besides, I have to stay home and watch my grandparents.
(Ranger whimpering)
(light ukulele music)
♪ Nothing's gonna stop us ♪
♪ When I look into your eyes ♪
♪ All I see is a flame ♪
♪ When I look into your blackened soul ♪
♪ All I see is a flame ♪
♪ Flames ♪
(humming)
(Ranger barking)
- Thank you.
(grunting)
Did you know my blood sugar level was low?
Thank you.
Thank you, those 200 million senses in your nose.
(dreamy orchestral music)
(breathing deeply)
- [Jean] I'm Jean,
your granddaughter.
We're about to go inside your house.
Grandma, Patricia, is worried about you.
- You know Patricia worries about everybody, hon.
(grand orchestral music)
- [Jean] Here we are, okay.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
That, can you get it?
Get that?
Yeah, I think you're good.
- Hey, how are you?
- [Albert] Hey, stop.
Hey, leave me alone, man.
I don't even know you.
Leave me alone, here.
- [Jean] Grandpa.
Grandpa, it's okay.
- I don't know him.
- It's okay, it's George.
Look, go back to grandma.
Go back to Patricia.
- That's my wife.
- [Jean] Okay, okay.
- That's my wife.
- Thanks, you seem to show up
every time I need help.
- Incredible.
- [Jean] What is?
- She actually admits she needs help.
- I heard the first broadcast of your cool blog-talk radio.
- You think it's cool.
- Except when you talk too much and interrupt you guests.
- I do not.
Oh.
(laughing)
Be on my show.
I promise I won't interrupt.
- And talk about what?
My life's not very exciting.
- You could talk about being a caregiver
and the toll it takes on a person.
- [Jean] I'll think about it.
Thanks again for catching my grandpa.
- Oh, and Faith wanted me to tell you to stop by.
- [Jean] Really?
Why?
- Girl stuff she says.
Oh, and remember, prom's next week.
- [Patricia] That boy seems nice.
(light acoustic music)
(laughing)
- [Jean] So...
- This is the talk.
Thank God.
I don't mind dying, but not in a burning house
out of which I can't escape.
- Who are you?
- I'm Jean, your granddaughter.
- Are we here to find my pack?
- Not his dumb pack again.
- No, this is dumb.
- Yes, you're right, my darling.
This is dumb, this is dumb.
- Why does he talk so much about his pack?
(dreamy orchestral music)
- It was one of the best times of his life.
No thing in one's adult life, however wonderful,
can match the careful, nostalgic memory of youth.
(light piano music)
Sweet darling.
Okay, mind your manners.
You're be all right now.
Plus, we've got everybody.
(laughing)
Okay, hold on tight.
- [Albert] Here we go.
- [Jean] Something awakened in me,
making my heart soar.
The sense of wanting to be with someone,
not afraid of what others thought.
It was nice to have someone take an interest in me,
to finally have friends my own age, like George.
It was just a coincidence that George
happened to be a cute boy who might ask me to the dance.
(laughing)
A nice coincidence.
His sister, Faith, wasn't as bad as I first thought.
Could it be that I was meeting people
that could be part of my pack?
- [Albert's Pack] The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
(pack howling)
(dreamy orchestral music)
- So, Jean, we're here all alone,
just putting together this puzzle and everything.
You feel like maybe you're ready to let me in on
what your intentions are with that beautiful young man
next door?
- Grandpa, don't embarrass me like that.
(laughing)
You can't say that out loud.
You promise me, okay?
- Oh, come on.
- You can't.
- Come on, I see how you guys look at one another.
- Just a friend, just a friend.
- No, you're cute together, you're cute together.
(light orchestral music)
(laughing)
You know what, that's a big bird.
- Yeah.
- I like big birds.
You know what it reminds me of?
Reminds me of Angel.
- What angel.
- Well, you remember Angel.
- No.
- Your macaw.
- Oh, I'd completely forgotten about her.
(laughing)
- No, yeah, yeah, we used to let her run around
with us in the house and everything,
and it was all good.
You know, except for the occasional time when she'd
poop on my head.
(laughing)
You know, the funny thing, she never pooped on anybody else.
It was always me.
I think that bird hated me.
(laughing)
- I can't remember what happened.
- She lived a wonderful life
and, you know, and when she died,
you know what, you just bawled your little eyes out.
You were heartbroken, sweetie.
- You wanted to throw her in the septic tank.
- That was your grandma.
Yeah, well, I just remember this.
Well, somebody wanted to bury her proper.
- [Albert's Pack] The strength of the wolf is the pack.
The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack!
Of the wolf is the pack!
- You know, honey, I know you think you hear me
talking about my pack all the time and...
- That's your agnosia, grandpa.
- My Anastasia?
Well, I guess that's better than losing my marbles, right?
(laughing)
(light piano music)
I'm the one losing my marbles
and I'm surrounded by a bunch of snickerers.
You know?
Well, you know what, I kid around about the snickering
and stuff like that, but the sound of you two girls
is better than any memory of my pack.
You know, I love you guys.
You're my darlings.
- I love you, grandpa.
- You know another great memory was when you were born
and I looked into your eyes.
It was,
you know them kind of things,
they just actually get seared into your memory.
I remember my pack and I remember when I was young
and, you know, when I was alive,
alive like you are now,
or actually how you need to be.
I know me and your grandmother are a bit of a burden,
but do you still remember my gang's motto?
- Something about a wolf?
- Yeah.
Yeah, the strength of the pack is the wolf.
And the strength of the wolf is the pack.
- From The Jungle Book, right?
- Well, yeah, that's the way my mates and me
thought of ourselves, you know?
You know, just roamin' free
and part of a pack and you know?
Together we stand and divided we fall.
We survived and we got it done, honey.
And it was wonderful.
Life is beautiful.
- Can the three of us be a pack?
- [Albert] The three of us?
Ain't there four of us?
- Ranger.
- Absolutely.
Yeah, see, we were just all out there,
you know, we had freedom, no ties, no responsibilities.
(laughing)
- Jean has no freedom, lots of ties,
and lots of responsibility.
- Yeah, honey.
We know.
We're sorry about all that and, I mean,
you deserve so much more.
Hey, how 'bout that boy next door,
or across the street, wherever the hell that boy lives?
- Not George again.
- Time for you to settle down, get married,
start having children and stuff.
Get a job.
- I'm 13, grandpa.
(laughing)
- Hey, it's never too early to start.
(laughing)
You can help me with the bills, as long as you're here.
- I've never heard something so funny.
- We feed you.
(laughing)
- Ah, what would I do without you two?
Make me have a good laugh or two.
- Probably have a good laugh with yourself
and your life and your friends, your boyfriend,
your fiancee.
(laughing)
- Probably, probably.
Grandpa, grandpa!
- The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
- [Albert's Pack] The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
(howling)
- Who is that?
I mean, you guys got T-shirts.
- You have sleeves.
- Well, you know, I'm the smart one.
- Is that what they call it?
(light rock music)
- You know what, I think I'll have me a Falstaff on draft.
Here's a dime for the beer
and since you're such a beautiful young woman,
there's a nickel to help you pay your bills.
- Honey, that's gonna be $4.
(laughing)
- Ha, come on now.
You know what, it was a dime yesterday.
So, it's gotta be a dime today.
Now, you know what, it was a dime yesterday.
Um, stand up, no, I got it, I got it.
- Sorry.
- What's your name?
- Patricia.
- I'm Snagglepuss.
(sighing)
I'm gonna marry that girl some day.
- Really?
- Now, you know what, it was a dime yesterday.
Now, you know what, it was a dime yesterday.
Well, hello there, ain't you quite the sweet patootie.
(laughing)
- [Michelle] Thank you, sir, I think.
- Name's Snagglepuss.
And what might I call you?
- Michelle.
Nice to meet you, Snag.
- Well, believe me, honey,
the pleasure's all mine.
Would you care to dance?
Oh now, come on, honey.
It's not like they're lining up here.
Oh.
Whoa, you're a killer dancer.
- Yeah, it's called the St. Louis Shag.
- Where did you learn this?
Oh.
Haven't been, oh, twisted around like this in a while.
(laughing)
- Who let this old fart in here?
Somebody put his ass out in the pasture.
- Is that so?
Now who might do that, hmm?
(laughing)
- Look here, don't mess with me.
This is my boys' hangout.
Now, be a good cow, head out into the pasture,
and start grazing.
- No thanks.
Pasture's are full of pieces of crap
that look a lot like you.
- Get out.
(head thudding)
(heavy punching) (grunting)
- Was that supposed to hurt?
Better think real good about your next move.
Might wanna think about your next move.
(heavy punching)
(groaning)
(light rock music)
(howling)
(gun firing)
(dramatic acoustic music)
- [Woman] There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.
Isn't that right, Albert?
- You know what, that's where that movie kind of lost me.
The little girl gets to go home at the end
and in reality, you know, that's just not the way it works.
When it's over, it's over, it's done.
Poof.
- Are you sure about that?
- Yeah, hon, I'm 100% sure.
I mean, myself, I relate more to the scarecrow.
You know, if I only had a brain.
Hey, buddy, you all right?
- I'm okay, yeah, I'm okay.
Hey, brother, can you spare a dollar?
- Ha, a dollar?
If I had a dollar, I'd be living at the Waldorf Astoria.
But here, hold on a minute.
(change dropping)
- [Albert's Pack] The strength of the wolf is the pack.
The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack.
The strength of the pack is the wolf.
The strength of the wolf is the pack!
(upbeat country music)
- He kicked the butts of a bunch of thugs
that used to hassle us.
Scared 'em away for good.
So brave.
- Can't be sure it was him.
- He was a great dancer.
And quite the lady's man.
- Grandpa.
- He's headed down Main Street,
over by the ridge.
Bye.
(light piano music)
- There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.
Isn't that right, Jean and Ranger?
- That's where the movie lost me.
If I were Dorothy...
- And Toto too.
- I would've stayed in Oz.
Much more exciting than going home,
working all the time, taking care of people.
I'm tired of helping people.
(light orchestral music)
Here.
- Thanks, thanks.
Now I can stay at the Waldorf Astoria.
- What's that?
- That's a motel of sorts.
Like Motel 6.
- Here.
My grandparents taught me to always help others.
It can be exhausting.
- People who help people
are the happiest people in the world.
- Really?
- Maybe not now, maybe not in a month,
maybe not in a year, but some day, you'll see.
You'll be the happiest person you've ever met.
- Hmmm.
Come on, Ranger, come on.
Have you tried calling him?
- He rarely carries his phone.
- That's why we got it for him.
- You know he doesn't like being on a leash.
- Well, he needs his freedom...
- Have you got everything you need?
You've got water?
- [Jean] Yes.
- Energy bars?
- Yes.
- Flashlight?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Oh, remember to check for critters
before you sit down.
- Yes, grandma.
- You know, sing a song, make lots of noise.
- Grandma, I know.
I'm gonna be okay.
(light piano music)
- Chop chop, Albert's not getting any younger.
- So am I.
- That coat.
Don't forget your coat.
(light orchestral music)
- Love you.
Oh, I made you this for the journey.
- Thank you.
- Be safe.
- Bye.
Come on, Ranger.
(dramatic acoustic guitar music)
Did you know that there are over two billion galaxies
in the universe.
Only two billion that we know of, but there are definitely
over that amount.
The closest planet to the sun is Mercury,
but there's one planet, Venus, and it's over 800 degrees
Fahrenheit, so that's really hot.
They tried to send like the rovers to go to Venus
and they sent two of them so far.
One of them lasted under 20 seconds
and the other one lasted under two hours
because the pressure was strong on Venus,
the air pressure, that one of them melted
and was getting crushed at the same time,
and the same with the other one.
Those metals that those rovers are made of
are supposed to withstand anything,
so that means that they withstand anything,
except Venus.
These rocks must've been staring up at the universe
for billions and billions of years.
That's like trillions and trillions and trillions
of years in doggy-years, Ranger.
Yeah.
At one point, these rocks were under the ocean
and throughout the years, the way the Earth works,
it's, they're not anymore.
I'd love to be a rock, just constantly staring up
at the stars,
the infinite amount of space.
That ridge or that ridge?
Hmmm.
Sometimes, you gotta make the wrong choices
to get to the right places, Ranger.
Okay, I'll go this way.
Somewhere out here.
Come on.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(snake rattling)
(snake hissing)
(ranger whimpering)
(bird chirping)
I opened my eyes to find a tall, dark stranger
standing in front of me.
Dazed and groggy, I first mistook him for a ghost
or maybe an angel.
Then I realized it was grandpa.
I told him desperately that Ranger had been bitten
by a snake.
Grandpa remember something.
From his pocket, he pulled a rock he called
The Stone of Life.
He knelt to Ranger and held the stone against
the dog's bite wound.
There was immediate improvement.
Grandpa carried Ranger all the way back home.
Grandma saw us coming from a distance.
She was very relieved that we were back home safely.
Grandpa and I raced to the vet
to get Ranger treated.
The vet could hardly believe
that Ranger was in such good condition
after being bitten by a rattler.
Ranger was put on bed-rest for the next three days,
but after that, he was as good as new.
- Oh, my God.
You brought...
Dog's bite.
- Your afraid of dogs?
- Just keep it away from me.
- Faith's deathly afraid of dogs,
ever since she was attacked as a child.
- Oh, good boy, Ranger.
- See, Faith, he's taking a submissive stance.
Very common, don't you think?
- Take deep breaths in and out, Faith.
- Do you wanna pet him?
- I think we should wait till next visit.
Gradual's better.
- I do feel more relaxed.
- Faith, why'd you ask me over?
- I wanna show you something.
- I'll stay here with Ranger.
- Bye, George.
(light acoustic guitar music)
It's strange, isn't it,
that a person you never liked very much
could end up being your best friend?
It taught me to never make snap judgments about people.
You never know what that person is dealing with.
God knows, and evidently a bobcat,
that I was not exactly friend material either
for a long time.
Wow.
This is exactly what I picture Cinderella's closet
to look like.
- Mmm, well most of it doesn't fit me anymore,
but some might fit you if we let them out.
- Really?
Is this a trick?
Is there a bucket of pig's blood
about to fall on my head.
(laughing)
- Okay, stop.
It's just us girls now.
- But why?
- My brother likes you
and I think he might take you to prom.
(gasping)
- But why you'd wanna go with that dork
is none of my business.
And your hair is dry as a cactus.
So, here.
Remember, we live in the desert.
Bath oil for your skin, conditioner for you hair,
and products for your face.
Don't worry, all of the directions
are on each of the containers.
Don't be afraid, silly.
- Then don't be afraid of Ranger.
- Okay, I'll try.
But you know how to dance, right?
- Sure.
- Okay, let me rephrase that.
Do you know how to dance with someone,
but not in front of the mirror?
- No.
- Okay, first off, you're not a robot.
I'll be the dork.
So, he'll put his hands on your waist.
And then you wanna put your arms around my shoulders.
Okay, you wanna keep one foot of space between us.
The dork will have his feet out wide like this
and you wanna keep your feet together,
so your sets of feet don't collide.
Now, move with me.
See?
It's easy and slow dancing and silence
is awkward and boring, so,
so, you want to chat a little.
Look into my eyes.
- Thanks, you look really pretty too.
I mean, not pretty, but handsome or...
- Okay, don't babble.
Keep your answers short and brief.
Let him do most of the talking.
- Okay.
- You are a great dancer.
(laughing)
Okay, I'm sorry.
Whoo.
You are a splendid dancer.
- Thanks.
It's because of you.
You're doing all the work.
- Good answer.
Thanks, I took lessons.
- Yeah, it really really shows.
I was really nervous, but now I'm not anymore.
- There you go.
Lie, lie, lie.
Now, let me give you like a full example.
- Okay.
- So, when you're dancing, you wanna be like
full-out and you wanna like,
you wanna shine, you know?
- Okay.
- 'Cause every one can dance.
And I know you can.
- Okay, so to start with...
- You wanna swing your arms, you know?
Swing your arms.
- Like that?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Just keep on swinging.
Move your head, you can move your feet too.
- Okay.
- You can turn, you can t...
(smacking)
- Sorry.
- Ow. - Sorry.
- Just less swinging now.
You kinda wanna like move your hips.
- Okay, like this?
- There you go.
Not too bad, you have a knack for dancing.
- Well, you know, I had a great teacher.
Lie, lie, lie, they eat that up.
(laughing)
- They grow up so fast.
(laughing)
Okay, that's enough.
- Oh, one more thing.
- Mm-hmm.
- Jean, I had a great time tonight.
- Me too.
(gasping)
- Perfect, you've graduated.
Jean,
(light orchestral music)
as promised.
- [Jean] Oh, thank you.
- You're welcome.
Have fun.
- Faith, why did you used to be such a you know?
- I still am.
Just not to you.
- Why the change?
- Your life is tough enough without some catty girl
making it even worse.
My brother made me realize that.
- Did the photo he took of you on the toilet
and the threat to post it on social media
have anything to do with it?
- Maybe a little.
You know, I think you're gonna look really pretty
when you go to prom,
after you fix this hair.
(laughing)
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
(light orchestral music)
(throat clearing)
- Hey.
(laughing)
- Thank you for awakening me.
You know,
sometimes I wonder if Albert isn't better off
not remembering certain things.
- I brought you a piece of coffee cake.
- Yummy, the perfect thing for a night out.
Oh, you know, Jean's got prom tonight.
And she was on the radio last week.
- There's still time for her.
- Thank goodness.
Youth dashes by.
And then you spend the rest of your life
reliving the memories of it.
- Yeah.
Sometimes even longer.
Well,
(windchime chiming)
later.
- Well, this is my big night.
Oh, you wanna come help me, buddy.
I don't know what I'm doing, so you gotta come help me.
Come here, Ranger.
Good boy.
You gonna help me get ready?
Okay.
Good boy.
Can you sit for me?
Look how beautiful your fur is.
Isn't that nice?
Beautiful like my beautiful pink dress.
Very lucky, huh?
Yeah.
You wanna put some makeup on too?
Yeah, okay.
(light piano music)
- Don't worry.
We'll all be together again soon.
Now go on.
Go and take care of our Cinderella.
- What do you think of my shoes?
You like my shoes?
Cinderella slippers.
Ranger,
you wanna go now?
I think I'm ready, huh?
You ready too?
Okay.
Let's go.
Out you go, come on.
Come on, out you go.
Gotta go now.
(light orchestral music)
- Have a great time tonight.
Live your fairytale, finally.
Why don't you stop by afterwards
and tell us how it went?
- Okay.
I will.
I want to teach George the St. Louis Shag.
Triple-step kick, triple-step kick?
- Go on then, show me.
- Triple-step kick, triple-step kick.
Triple-step kick, triple-step kick.
Triple-step kick.
The night ended up being magical.
Sometimes in life, when all seems dark and hopeless,
a miracle happens.
My grandmother didn't tell me
about grandpa's passing that night.
She didn't want to ruin my moment to shine like Cinderella.
Once, I asked grandpa where he thought we go when we die.
He said, "Heaven is a choice, Jean."
As I look back, the happiest point of my life,
remains that time with grandpa, grandma, and Ranger.
That was my heaven here on Earth.
(grand orchestral music)
(light acoustic guitar music)
- [Stone] The great creator lets us choose the course
the course we take to get to that place.
And not long ago, I chose to veer out of the current
and onto the shore near a village.
The shaman found me and used me to heal a dying child,
but when the old man placed me atop the injured chest
of the dying girl, I knew instantly what my purpose was,
to heal, to teach, to give the young the chance
to live and find their god-given powers.