hello!my name is forrest gump.do you want a chocolate?I could eat a million and a half of these.
my mamma always said life was like a box fo chocolates.you never know what you're going to get.
those must be comfortable shoes.i bet if I think about it real hard.I could remember my first pair
of shoes.mama said they'd take me anywhere.she said they was my magic shoes.all right,forrest,open
your eyes now.let's take a little walk around.how do those feel?his legs are strong.mrs.gump,as
strong as i've ever seen.but his back's crooked as a politician.but we've going to straighten him
right up,aren't we,forrest? now,when i was a baby,mama named me after the great civil war hero
general nathan bedford forrest.she said we was ralated to him in some way.what he did was.he tared
up this club the kukux klan.they'd all dress up in their robes and their bed sheets and act like
a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something.they'd even put bed sheets on their horses and ride around.
and,anyway,that show i got my name forrest gump.mama said the forrest part was to remind me that
sometimes we all do thing that,well,that just don't make no sense.this way.hold on.ugh!all rigt.
what are you ataring at?haven't you ever seen a little boy with braces on his legs before?don't
ever let anybody tell you they're better than you,forrset.if god intended evertbody to be the same,
he'd have given us all braces on our legs.mama always had a way of explaning thing so i could
understand them.we lived about a quarter mile off route 17,about a half mile from of greenbow,
alabama.that's in the country of greenbow.our house hadbeen in mama's family since her grandpa's
grandpa's grandpa had come across the ocen about a thousannd years ago.since it was just me and
mama and we had all thses empty rooms,mama decided to let those roomsout,like from,oh,mobile,
montgomery,places like that.taht's how me and mama got money.mama was sreal smart lady.remember
what i told you,forrset.did you hear what i said,forrset?you're the same as everybody else.you
are no different.your boy's...different,mrs.gump.his i.q is 75.well,we're all different,mr.hancock.
she wanted me took me to the greenbow country central school.i met the principal and all.i want to
show you something,mrs.gump.now,this is normal.forrest is right here.the state require as a minium
i.q of 80 to attend pubilc school.mrs.gump,he's going to have to go to a special school.now,he'll
be just fine.what does normal mean anyway?...he might be...a bit on the slow side.but my boy
forrset is going the same opportunities as everyone else.he's not going to some special school to
learn how to ratread tires.we're talking about five little points little points here.there must be
something can be done.we're progressive school system.we don't want to see anybody left behind.is
there a mr.gump.mrs gump?he's on vacation.well,your mama sure does care about your schooling son.
you don't say much ,do you ?"finally,he had to try.mama,what's vacatin mean?vacation?where dady
went?wacation's when you go somewhere...and you don't ever come back.anyway,i guess you could say
me and mama was on our own.but we didn't mind.our house was never empty.there was always folks
coming and going.supper!it's supper,everyone!that sure looks special.sometimes,we had so many
people staying with us that every room was filled,with travelers,you know,folks living out of
their suitcases and hat cases.forrest gump,it's suppertime!forrest?