Simon Birch

Faith than you'll ever know. 457 00:32:56,836 --> 00:33:00,303 - Ahh! - Oh, goodness gracious. 458 00:33:00,371 --> 00:33:02,773 Come on, you two. 459 00:33:05,809 --> 00:33:08,778 Come on, boys. Let's go find Ben. 460 00:33:13,216 --> 00:33:16,718 My jacket! Oh, that's okay, Simon. I'll get it for you. 461 00:33:27,928 --> 00:33:30,596 Thank you, Miss Wentworth. 462 00:33:30,664 --> 00:33:33,766 You know what, Simon? Thank you. 463 00:33:56,202 --> 00:33:59,688 Strike three! You're out, batter. 464 00:33:59,756 --> 00:34:03,925 October 30, 1964. 465 00:34:03,993 --> 00:34:07,428 Our team was getting beaten badly by horseshoe bay. 466 00:34:07,496 --> 00:34:10,264 This wasn't an altogether uncommon occurrence, 467 00:34:10,331 --> 00:34:13,834 But on this particular day, for no particular reason, 468 00:34:13,902 --> 00:34:18,070 Coach Higgins decided to pack it in, so we could all go home. 469 00:34:18,305 --> 00:34:23,241 It was a decision that would haunt the poor man for the rest of his life. 470 00:34:25,077 --> 00:34:27,278 Simon! 471 00:34:27,313 --> 00:34:29,447 You're up. 472 00:34:29,816 --> 00:34:31,448 Come on, Simon. Come on. 473 00:34:31,817 --> 00:34:35,419 Just make contact with the ball. 474 00:34:35,486 --> 00:34:38,822 Oh, no. 475 00:34:40,457 --> 00:34:43,559 <i>Simon, swing away.</i> 476 00:34:43,627 --> 00:34:48,931 - What? - You heard me. Swing the bat. 477 00:34:48,998 --> 00:34:53,534 - Yes, sir. - All right, set 'em up and knock 'em down. 478 00:34:53,601 --> 00:34:55,920 You got it, Simon. 479 00:34:55,988 --> 00:34:58,039 Pitch this one home. 480 00:34:58,106 --> 00:35:00,540 Ball... One. 481 00:35:00,607 --> 00:35:02,876 <i>Simon.</i> 482 00:35:02,943 --> 00:35:05,078 - Swing the bat. - It was too high. 483 00:35:05,146 --> 00:35:07,579 <i>Come on, Simon. You can do it.</i> 484 00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:11,283 Send it over the fence. Be sure to let go of the bat, so you don't go with it. 485 00:35:11,384 --> 00:35:14,953 All right. Let's go. 486 00:35:15,020 --> 00:35:18,356 Ball... Two. <i>Simon.</i> 487 00:35:18,423 --> 00:35:22,025 Swing the bat. Swing. 488 00:35:22,093 --> 00:35:26,463 - I'm picking my pitch. - Ah, for Christ's sakes. 489 00:35:30,267 --> 00:35:32,184 Rebecca! 490 00:36:51,570 --> 00:36:53,570 Sh-she's dead. 491 00:37:23,046 --> 00:37:26,315 I'm sorry. 492 00:37:36,091 --> 00:37:39,093 I'm sorry. 493 00:37:42,297 --> 00:37:45,766 Lord, Grant that I may seek more... 494 00:37:45,833 --> 00:37:49,235 To comfort, than to be comforted, 495 00:37:49,303 --> 00:37:52,337 To love, than be loved. 496 00:37:52,406 --> 00:37:55,741 For it is by self-forgetting that one finds... 497 00:37:55,809 --> 00:38:01,012 That it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life. 498 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:04,448 O God, whose mercies are not numbered. 499 00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:08,585 Hear our prayers on behalf of thy servant, Rebecca. 500 00:38:08,653 --> 00:38:14,072 And Grant her entrance into the land of light and Joy, 501 00:38:16,009 --> 00:38:19,678 In the fellowship of thy saints. 502 00:38:22,581 --> 00:38:25,616 In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life... 503 00:38:25,684 --> 00:38:29,820 Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, we commend our sister, Rebecca. 504 00:38:32,424 --> 00:38:35,358 And we commit her body to the ground. 505 00:38:35,426 --> 00:38:39,295 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes. 506 00:38:39,363 --> 00:38:43,031 And dust to dust. 507 00:38:43,098 --> 00:38:46,368 The Lord bless her and keep her. 508 00:38:49,204 --> 00:38:51,205 Amen. 509 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,661 Mind if I join ya? 510 00:39:50,674 --> 00:39:52,607 Whatcha got there? 511 00:39:52,675 --> 00:39:57,145 Simon's baseball cards. He gave 'em to me. 512 00:39:57,213 --> 00:39:59,213 Hmm. 513 00:40:01,550 --> 00:40:03,484 I don't get it. Stupid baseball cards are... 514 00:40:03,552 --> 00:40:05,652 Simon's favorite thing in the world. 515 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,254 Maybe that's why he gave them to you. 516 00:40:08,322 --> 00:40:10,824 I don't want 'em. 517 00:40:10,891 --> 00:40:14,159 That's a good thing because I bet you he wants 'em back. 518 00:40:18,665 --> 00:40:22,066 I still don't get it. Maybe it's his way of saying, "sorry." 519 00:40:23,268 --> 00:40:25,703 That he still loves you. 520 00:40:25,771 --> 00:40:29,706 I mean, he's trusting you with them, right? 521 00:40:31,175 --> 00:40:35,811 - So what should I do? - I don't know. 522 00:40:35,879 --> 00:40:38,748 Give him somethin' in return? 523 00:40:38,815 --> 00:40:41,549 Somethin' that he knows you want back. 524 00:40:59,833 --> 00:41:01,600 What's this? 525 00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:06,838 It's for Simon. Make sure he gets it. 526 00:41:49,141 --> 00:41:51,520 My mother found the armadil