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The video, "Wanting to Fit In," tells the story of Norman, a young boy who struggles to make friends and often acts out for attention.
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00:01You get first pick.
00:02Okay. Robert.
00:04Uh, my buddy Jason.
00:06Um, Sarah.
00:08Laura. Okay.
00:10Naomi.
00:11Gary.
00:12Gary.
00:14Sadie.
00:14Come on, Sadie.
00:15Norman.
00:19Okay, kids, go crack some balls and hit some homers.
00:22We gotta beat this team good.
00:24All right.
00:24This is a great time to be getting dressed, Norman.
00:27Just wait.
00:28Hey, don't pitch the ball yet.
00:30Oh, great.
00:31Hey, how come your shoes are always wet when you get to school?
00:35Uh, long grass, I guess.
00:38It's because the baby walks through the creek instead of taking the bridge.
00:43I do not, Smartie.
00:46I went swimming 50 feet of water, you know.
00:49You did not.
00:50I did, too.
00:51Was that ever dangerous?
00:55Oh, my arm.
00:58I think it's broken.
01:03Norman, will you get up?
01:05Go to the doctor.
01:06I'm not saying.
01:07I can't do that.
01:08See if we can move it.
01:10I don't, if I care.
01:12Don't.
01:12Here we go.
01:14Maybe if I can pitch.
01:15Pitch?
01:16What?
01:17I can't catch, but I can pitch with my good arm.
01:20Yeah.
01:20Just let him pitch, or we won't have any time to play at all.
01:24Okay, Norman, you pitch.
01:25Let's get the game going.
01:27Let's go.
01:28Come on, let's move.
01:31All right, come on, Norman.
01:33Just pitch the ball.
01:33Hit it, Jason.
01:34Go on, Norman.
01:36Let's pitch the ball.
01:37Norman, forget the wind-up.
01:39Just go on, Norman.
01:40Oh, Norman.
01:41Oh, my God.
01:42Look, look.
01:43Look, look.
01:44Over here.
01:45No.
01:47I'm afraid.
01:49All right, you're over.
01:50Get away the gas.
01:51All right, Jeremy.
01:54Yeah, great.
01:55Run.
01:56All right.
01:57Run.
01:57Run.
01:57Run.
01:58You're going.
01:59You didn't have to run right into me, a big log.
02:01You're standing right on the baseline, Norman.
02:04So what?
02:06What are I going to do?
02:07My clothes are all dirty.
02:09Oh, brother, Norman, you big sissy.
02:12There goes the bell.
02:15Way to go.
02:15Not again.
02:16Good job, Norman.
02:17It's a matter, Norman.
02:17Norman, are you taking it?
02:18Norman, you're doing it again.
02:20Way to go, Norman.
02:22Very good.
02:22Let's go.
02:23Let's go.
02:24Come on, Gary.
02:26Norman.
02:27I told you you didn't have to walk me home.
02:30Oh, we were just worried about your arm.
02:33And your leg.
02:34Well, they're all better now.
02:36So you can go home now.
02:37You've already gone out of your way.
02:39Okay, well, we'll just wait while you cross the bridge.
02:41Yeah, we'll wait.
02:43I never cross the bridge when anybody's watching.
02:46Oh, really?
02:47It's bad luck.
02:49Ha!
02:49That's a bunch of sissy talk.
02:51It is not.
02:52Then cross the bridge.
02:55Okay.
02:55Sure.
03:01Come on, Norman.
03:03You can do it.
03:04Cross the bridge.
03:08Can't!
03:09I never cross the bridge at night.
03:11Only morning.
03:12You never cross the bridge, you big baby.
03:15Never!
03:15Never!
03:15Never!
03:16Never!
03:16Never!
03:16Never!
03:17Never!
03:17Never cross the bridge at night, Norman, you baby!
03:20That's all you are, you baby!
03:22Get out of my way!
03:23Ha, ha, ha!
03:24What did I tell you, Naomi?
03:26Ah, Norman, you big baby.
03:28That's all you are, is a big crybaby.
03:29I am not.
03:30You just think you're so smart.
03:31I do not.
03:32But at least I don't cry over every little thing.
03:35You should try crossing the creek.
03:38The rocks are sharp as razors.
03:41Oh, come on, Jeremy.
03:42Let's go home.
03:43All right.
03:44We'll see if his shoes are wet in the morning.
03:47Ah, Norman!
03:53Oh, Norman, you're a laugh.
04:00If only I could do this.
04:02Ah, Norman!
04:11Ah, we'll see if his shoes are wet in the morning.
04:14Oh, my shoes!
04:21Why has everything happened to me?
04:32Hmm, I thought so.
04:36Jeremy, no talking.
04:38Yes, ma'am.
04:42Norman, any time!
04:44Oh, come on, Norman.
04:45Don't take all day.
04:46Hurry up.
04:48Any time.
04:48Get ready to strike it, Laura.
04:49Oh, come on, Norman.
04:51Oh, boy.
04:52Hurry up, Norman!
04:54Norman, will you just pitch the stupid ball?
04:57I'd like to hit it.
04:59Oh, how would you like to pitch if you had broken fingers?
05:02Yeah, come on.
05:03Are fingers broken?
05:04No.
05:05Why is he doing this, then?
05:07For attention.
05:08What else?
05:09Norman, you've got three seconds to pitch that ball.
05:12One.
05:13Oh, yeah?
05:14Two.
05:14Want to make me?
05:15Come on, Jeremy.
05:15Let's play about it.
05:16That's it, Norman.
05:17Don't fight.
05:18Don't fight.
05:19Come on, Jeremy.
05:20Don't fight.
05:21Jeremy, stop.
05:22Don't fight, guys.
05:23Come on.
05:23Eat it.
05:24Break it up.
05:25Sorry, don't fight.
05:26Jeremy, stop.
05:28Stop it.
05:28Stop it.
05:29Break it up.
05:30Get off of him.
05:30Come on.
05:31What is wrong with you two?
05:33Let me out of nothing.
05:34Let me out of...
05:35He started it.
05:37He did not, Norman.
05:38It's all your fault.
05:40Oh, sir, blame me.
05:42You always blame me.
05:43It's always my fault.
05:45Why should I care?
05:46Nobody likes me anyway.
05:47Jeremy, what happened?
05:48Well, he was wasting the whole recess because he wouldn't pitch the ball, so I got mad at him.
05:55I think he had it coming, Miss Roberts.
05:58I didn't ask you, Sadie.
06:00I'll talk to him.
06:03That, Norman, I've had it with that girl.
06:06He deserved it every minute.
06:07He deserved it for now, man.
06:09He wasn't.
06:16You want to talk about it?
06:17No.
06:19What good would it do?
06:20They all hate me anyway.
06:23I guess you must not be much of a friend.
06:26Me?
06:27It's not me.
06:28It's them.
06:30I'll tell you a secret, Norman.
06:31If you want to have friends, you've got to be a friend.
06:36So?
06:37So start treating other people the way you wish they'd treat you.
06:41I think I do that now.
06:42I think I do that now.
06:43Oh.
06:44I see.
06:47Well, why don't you try to think if there was something that you did that might have made the other kids mad at you.
06:53Nothing's coming to me.
06:57I see.
06:58I see.
06:58I see.
06:59Okay.
07:00You go sit down and I'll ring the bell.
07:04Come on.
07:05Come on.
07:05Come on.
07:06Let's go in.
07:07Thanks a lot for getting me in trouble.
07:08You got yourself in trouble.
07:09I did not.
07:10Class, today is Sadie's turn to do her memorization.
07:11Come on, Sadie.
07:12She should have picked Norman.
07:13Will you be quiet?
07:14Right there.
07:15Good girl.
07:16This is my favorite poem.
07:17Go ahead, Sadie.
07:18Downers away, I throw on a note.
07:19Hark, hark.
07:20What's that noise?
07:21What's that noise?
07:22Something's the matter with the toys.
07:23Hey, my homie.
07:24What are you doing for your memory work?
07:25Scrub, scrub.
07:26I don't know what to do.
07:27I can't memorize anything.
07:28I'm not surprised.
07:29The other dolls are making kids.
07:30Things are making kids.
07:31What's that noise?
07:32Come on.
07:33You're not making kids.
07:34Come on, Sadie.
07:35You're not making kids.
07:36Come on, Sadie.
07:37Come on, Sadie.
07:38She should have picked Norman.
07:39You should have picked Norman.
07:40Will you be quiet?
07:41Right there.
07:42Good girl.
07:43This is my favorite poem.
07:45Go ahead, Sadie.
07:46The owner's away, I throw on a note.
07:47Hark, hark, hark.
07:48What's that noise?
07:49Something's the matter with the toys.
07:50The other dolls are making cake.
07:52Naomi, come by your eraser.
07:54I don't have one.
07:55Here.
07:56The table is setting itself, you see.
07:58They must be expecting plans for tea.
08:02Very good, Sadie.
08:05You just bit my eraser in half.
08:07Good boy.
08:08Naomi, what's wrong?
08:10This little brat just bit my new eraser in half.
08:13Naomi, there's no need to yell.
08:14Yeah.
08:16Norman, did you bite Naomi's eraser in two?
08:19I did.
08:21Norman!
08:23She has a whole one, and I didn't have any, and she didn't need all of it.
08:26That doesn't make it right.
08:28Well, if I were a real friend, and I knew someone else didn't have any, and I did, I'd share.
08:33Oh, what is he talking about now?
08:37Norman, it's wrong to destroy someone else's property.
08:41If you need a new eraser, you tell your parents.
08:43They wouldn't do anything about it.
08:45They don't care about me.
08:46They got too much to do to think about me.
08:49Oh, I'm quitting school.
08:51Nobody likes me anyway.
08:52Sadie, will you do your poem one more time?
08:55Norman.
08:56Hark, hark.
08:57What's that noise?
08:58What you did back there was wrong.
09:00I think you know that.
09:02I never knew anything right, and even if I did, they wouldn't like me anyway.
09:08I don't think that's true.
09:10But if you change your mind about quitting school, you know where we are.
09:13You must be expecting friends for tea.
09:15Yeah, sure.
09:17Norman, I like you.
09:20Huh?
09:24Thank you, Sadie.
09:29Class, I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes.
09:33Miss Roberts, I'm sorry for yelling.
09:35When Norman bit my new eraser in half, that was the last straw.
09:39I know.
09:42Norman does a lot of things that bother all of us.
09:46You can say that again.
09:48But if we could just somehow try to understand that he does these things, so we'll like him.
09:53So we'll like him?
09:55He sure has a funny way of making friends.
09:58People can do some pretty strange things for love.
10:02Norman wants to be loved and accepted by all of you.
10:05He does obnoxious things because, so far, that's the only way he understands he can get attention.
10:12But what are we supposed to do?
10:15Try to understand.
10:17Maybe give him a chance to be part of the gang.
10:20This is gonna be hard.
10:22Some people are easy to love.
10:25But probably the ones that need love the most are the ones you can't stand.
10:30But what if we're nice to him and he isn't nice back?
10:33At least you know you tried.
10:34That must happen to God a lot.
10:36What's that, Laura?
10:38Well, he loves people all the time who never love him back.
10:42At least he knows he tried.
10:46You know, Jesus once said that the two greatest commandments were to love God with all your heart, your soul, and your mind.
10:56And to love your neighbor the way you love yourself.
11:00Life's too short to carry grudges.
11:02Lots of times we go along as if we think we have forever, but we don't.
11:08We don't know what tomorrow will bring.
11:10But we do have today.
11:12And we need to learn to enjoy each day as it comes.
11:16And to love the people that God puts in our lives while we have the chance to.
11:22It's love.
11:23And it's God's love to us that makes life worth living.
11:28Nobody needs to have any regrets.
11:32Let's not waste our days with silly differences.
11:35Because nothing lasts forever.
11:37Is this the way you take care of your sister, Norman?
11:47I asked you to watch Christine for five minutes so I could take water out to your pa and look at her.
11:54I can't depend on you for anything.
11:57Can I?
11:57What were you doing?
12:00I got an A on my report card.
12:02I beg your pardon?
12:03I said I got an A on my report card.
12:05I know you did.
12:07Well, Pa said it'd take me fishing if I got an A.
12:11And I was just thinking that...
12:12That's just it, Norman.
12:14You never think.
12:16Your father is out there trying to get this farm on its feet.
12:19And he's got a lot more on his mind than taking you fishing.
12:23Come here, dear.
12:25But Pa said...
12:27Oh, I'd never do anything right.
12:36Hi, Norman.
12:38Busy meeting you here.
12:40I live here.
12:42Oh.
12:43So, why do you like me?
12:46Why wouldn't I?
12:47Come on in here.
12:49Well, nobody else likes me.
12:55My dad's always working.
12:57My mom has plenty of time for Christine, but not me.
13:01Takes a lot of work to make a farm go.
13:03I know.
13:04And Christine's only a baby.
13:06She can't do things for herself yet.
13:08So?
13:09So?
13:10So there's never any time for me anyway.
13:13Norman, sometimes grown-ups get so busy with all the things that they have to do.
13:19They don't have time for the ones they love the most.
13:23I don't get it.
13:25Have you ever wondered what keeps your dad going?
13:28Day after day, he's up before the birds, and he works way late into the night.
13:33He's making money.
13:35Money's not enough to keep a farmer's hours.
13:37It's the love that he has for his family.
13:41That's what keeps him going.
13:43Things would be a whole lot better if Christine was never born.
13:46Well, maybe if you'd help your mom with things, she'd have more time for you.
13:54I never do anything right.
13:56Every time I try, it just turns out to be a big mess, and then mom just yells at me.
14:02Can I ask you something?
14:04Yeah.
14:05Norman, when's the last time you told your mom that you loved her?
14:11When's the last time that you surprised her by making your bed or setting the table?
14:17Me?
14:18Yeah, you.
14:19I really think, Norman, that if you'd look for ways to help your folks out, they'd have more time for you.
14:25I wish I could believe that.
14:27Well, you'll never know unless you try.
14:29You just don't understand.
14:31Yes, I do.
14:33You'd rather waste your days feeling sorry for yourself.
14:36I would not.
14:38But what am I supposed to do?
14:40Miss Roberts, please help me.
14:43Norman, if you really want to change, you're going to have to get things right between you and God.
14:50But how?
14:52Come here.
14:53Sit down.
14:56You say you've done things that are wrong.
14:59Well, so have I.
14:59So has everybody.
15:02The Bible calls that sin.
15:04And it says, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
15:09That means that because of the sin in our lives, we can't talk to God.
15:15It's as if there was a big wall between us.
15:18This is us.
15:20This is God.
15:21There's only one way for us to get to God.
15:25And that's through Jesus.
15:27It's a cross.
15:30It's a cross.
15:31You know, Norman, if there's one thing I know, it's that when I die and stand before God, who is a holy God, and if he says to me, why should I let you into my heaven?
15:44It won't be because of any good thing I've ever done.
15:49It'll be because I've accepted what Jesus did for me to get me there.
15:54I'd like to accept what Jesus has done for me, too.
15:59Will you help me?
16:01I'd be happy to.
16:04You pray after me, okay?
16:05Okay.
16:06Dear Lord, dear Lord, dear Lord, I know I'm a sinner.
16:11I know I'm a sinner.
16:13And I believe that Jesus died for my sins.
16:16And I believe that Jesus died for my sins.
16:19Please forgive me for the wrongs that I've done.
16:22Please forgive me for the wrongs that I've done.
16:25And I ask you right now, Jesus, to come into my life.
16:29And I ask you right now, Jesus, to come into my life.
16:32And from now on, Lord, I want to live for you.
16:36And from now on, Lord, I want to live for you.
16:39Amen.
16:40Amen.
16:43He is real, isn't he, Miss Roberts?
16:46I can feel him.
16:49Jesus is real, all right.
16:51He's alive, and he'll change us if we'll let him.
16:55I finally feel like I did something right.
16:58You did.
16:59The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
17:04The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
17:06The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
17:08Okay, I got that part.
17:11He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
17:15The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
17:18He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
17:29dear lord thank you for today and thanks for all that you've done for me thanks for miss roberts
17:39my mom and my dad and thanks for bringing christine to our house i want you to know
17:46that i don't want to go on living my days feeling sorry for myself amen
17:52the lord is my shepherd i shall not want he maketh me to lie down in green pastures
18:20he leadeth me beside the still waters he restoreth my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
18:26for his name's sake i'm gonna cross the bridge
18:32here i go
18:38lord is my shepherd
18:46who shall not want
18:50help me please
18:56even though i walk
19:00this isn't so bad
19:04the lord is my shepherd
19:13even though i walk
19:17this is the valley of the shadow of death
19:19i will fear no evil
19:20oh fear no evil for thou art with me
19:23i did it
19:24i really did it i can't believe it
19:27thank you lord
19:28yea even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death
19:37i will fear no evil
19:39norman be respectful
19:41for thou art with me
19:43hey guys wait for me
19:50uh naomi
19:53about yesterday
19:55yeah i wanted to talk to you about that
19:58i'm sorry
19:59i'm sorry i bit your eraser in half
20:02and i want you to know
20:03as soon as i get the money
20:05i'm gonna buy you another one
20:07okay
20:08and i want to apologize for yelling at you yesterday
20:11that's okay
20:13friends
20:14friends
20:16so you're gonna be a good little boy and pick the teacher's pet
20:23i'll pick whoever i want jeremy
20:25great well i get first pick and i want jason
20:28naomi
20:31laura
20:32norman
20:35hmm i thought so
20:37hmm sarah
20:39carrie
20:41sadie
20:42carrie
20:43we get last inning
20:45you're gonna need it remember teacher's watching
20:48hmm
20:49hey dad can i be shortstop
20:51yeah let's cream
20:52okay
21:10game's tied
21:21next run wins
21:22all right here we go
21:23back in
21:23ladies at home
21:26you stars
21:34are you
21:36man
21:37yeah
21:39no
21:41no
21:43no
21:46no
21:46no
21:47no
21:47no
21:48no
21:49play
21:49г
21:50the
21:51and
22:22All right, Norman.
22:40You played good. All right, Norman.
22:41Good job, Norman.
22:44You finally won a game, Jeremy.
22:48Let's go, Norman.
22:49Oh, you won it!
22:51This is the best day I ever had.
22:54We sure did it, didn't we?
22:56Yeah, we did, Norman. We did.
22:58Thanks a lot for not picking me last.
23:00That was great when you pelted over third base.
23:03That was the first time I ever hit the ball in my entire life.
23:06It was a good hit, too, Norman.
23:08A good hit.
23:09Yeah, but that was great when you landed up there.
23:11What are you doing?
23:15Making a mess?
23:20Norman, I have had it.
23:23I guess you think all I have to do all day is wash your clothes and pick up after you.
23:29You leave these filthy things in a heap on your bedroom floor, and I guess you just expect me to...
23:36Mom, I love you.
23:38What?
23:39I said I love you, Mom.
23:42I'm sorry about the clothes.
23:44I forgot.
23:46I want to try harder from now on.
23:48I want things to be different.
23:49I don't want you to be mad at me anymore.
23:53I'm not mad at you.
23:56I love you, Mom.
23:58I love you, too.
24:02I won the game for them today, Mom.
24:08This is great, Dad.
24:10Riot Fist is my favorite.
24:12Yeah, I just wish I'd realized this spot was here earlier.
24:15Well, now you know.
24:18Norman.
24:19What would you say, boy, if...
24:21If we were to move from this place?
24:25Move?
24:25Yeah.
24:27The soil here is so tough.
24:30I got a letter from your Uncle Wilbur in the Midwest.
24:34Most beautiful soil he's ever seen, he said.
24:37Yeah?
24:39Yeah.
24:40And I've been thinking that if you keep going the way you've been doing,
24:44maybe we'll get some new machinery and...
24:47I just think there's such a tremendous future for us out there.
24:52That'd be nice.
24:54I expect it will move within a month.
24:57Then it's for sure?
24:59For sure.
25:00And these are the best friends I ever had.
25:13I don't want to move.
25:15Norman, our times are in God's hands.
25:18We don't know what tomorrow will bring.
25:21But wherever he leads us, he'll give us new friends and new people to love.
25:26It reminds me of something that Carrie said.
25:29What did she say?
25:31Isn't it special that you and I are alive at the very same time?
25:37I'll never forget you.
25:45Mom, do you think if I work real hard I can get a present for Miss Roberts?
25:51I guess so.
25:52All right.
25:55Now don't break the dishes.
25:56Let's go.
26:26You deserve this.
26:41Thanks, Mom.
26:45Hiya.
27:26Can I help you, young folks?
27:28No, thank you.
27:29We're just looking.
27:30Looking's free.
27:48Naomi, look.
27:50Huh?
27:51There.
27:56Oh, Norman, it's beautiful.
28:01Someone's pretty lucky to be receiving this.
28:03It's for my teacher.
28:05Boy, that's thoughtful of you.
28:07Here, this is for you two.
28:09Thanks, Mr. Johnson.
28:10You're welcome.
28:10Yes, thank you.
28:17Norman, we're all going to miss you.
28:20Not all of us.
28:22Wise up, Jeremy.
28:23So we'd like you to have this so you won't forget us.
28:26Wow, I never had a fountain pen before.
28:37Thanks, everybody.
28:42And I want you to know that you guys are my very best friends.
28:47And this is for you, Miss Roberts.
28:49For me?
28:50For me?
28:54Norman.
28:56It's beautiful.
29:05Oh, thank you.
29:08Don't you forget what I told you.
29:09I'm really going to miss you.
29:39I'm really going to miss you.
30:09I'm really going to miss you.
30:40Oh, thank you.
30:42Don't you forget what I told you.
30:45I'm really going to miss you.
30:53I'm going to miss you, too.
30:55I'm really going to miss you.
30:56I'm really going to miss you.
30:58I'm really going to miss you.
31:00I'm really going to miss you.
31:02I'm really going to miss you.
31:04I'm really going to miss you.
31:05I'm really going to miss you.
31:05I'm really going to miss you.
31:07I'm really going to miss you.
31:08I'm really going to miss you.
31:09I'm really going to miss you.
31:11What do you think Robert likes?
31:18Oh, never mind.
31:20I'll talk to you.
31:20I can't believe you mucked a ball.
31:22Here's the easy one.
31:24Rolling.
31:26Oh, I can't believe it.
31:28Oh, well.
31:29Here, give me your hat.
31:32Did you do your homework?
31:35Miss Roberts, what's wrong?
31:41Who is the letter from?
31:49It's from Norman's parents.
31:52There's been an accident.
31:55You mean he's...
31:57Dear Miss Roberts and class,
32:12It is very difficult for me to write this letter,
32:15but I know how much all of you meant to Norman.
32:19A few days ago, there was an accident on the farm,
32:23and Norman was crushed under some machinery.
32:25We know he didn't suffer.
32:30Let's see.
32:31It can't be that bad.
32:32It's a bit of movement.
32:34We've done it.
32:35We can.
32:36Never.
32:37I'm afraid.
32:41I'm afraid.
32:42You've never got to raise your pick, baby.
32:45Never, never.
32:46I'll beat it up.
32:50Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
32:52Ha, ha, ha, ha.
32:55We know he is in heaven now, but we will miss him.
32:59And we are grateful for friends like you.
33:03Sincerely.
33:04And it's signed by his mom and dad.
33:06At least he knew we loved him.
33:10Yes, he did.
33:14Most of us.
33:15Jeremy, Jeremy, wait.
33:25Jeremy, wait.
33:29He can't be dead.
33:34Sometimes things happen, and we don't understand why.
33:38Oh, if only I'd feel so awful.
33:45Now I'll never get a chance to tell him.
33:50He probably knows.
33:52You think he's in heaven, Miss Roberts?
33:56I'm sure of it.
33:57How could anybody be sure they'd get to heaven?
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