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This is... Tornado (Jenny). Her super power is the wind. She's the commander of her own ship. So, be gentle with her. | This is... Tornado (Jenny). Her super power is the wind. She's the commander of her own ship. So, be gentle with her. | ||
| − | It's Tornado (Jenny in superhero) on the clouds... It's like if she was in heaven with Van Man. | + | It's Tornado (Jenny in superhero) on the clouds... It's like if she was in heaven with Van Man. He brought Pepsi for the occasion. |
The story takes place during the tornado season of May 3, 1999 in Oklahoma. After a boy from a neighboring town named Ray Brower went missing and is presumed dead, Van Man and his three fox friends set out to find the body. During the course of their journey, the three boys, who all come from abusive, dysfunctional families, come to grips with some of the harsh truths of growing up in a small farm town that does not seem to offer them much in the way of a future. | The story takes place during the tornado season of May 3, 1999 in Oklahoma. After a boy from a neighboring town named Ray Brower went missing and is presumed dead, Van Man and his three fox friends set out to find the body. During the course of their journey, the three boys, who all come from abusive, dysfunctional families, come to grips with some of the harsh truths of growing up in a small farm town that does not seem to offer them much in the way of a future. | ||
Revision as of 20:42, 10 March 2011
Contents
About
Van Man
May 30 1977
Van Man was born on the west coast of California at an unknown location inside of an alien space craft.
His nickname is taken from Steven Spielberg's “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” movie end credits.
He is a brown mouse with blue eyes and black hair. His clothing matches Chip's so he can attract a blonde girl mouse some day.
The Spirit of the RMS Titanic
A blonde girl mouse was born on May 31 in Belfast, Ireland. She is to be known as "Titanic" by her family.
Stand By Me
Chapter 1
This is Jenny a vixen. She's very calm and nice when normal. She love too sing and listen music! Her favorite color is the purple, but also love the blue and the green! Jenny looks like Mrs. Fox with purple eyes.
This is... Tornado (Jenny). Her super power is the wind. She's the commander of her own ship. So, be gentle with her.
It's Tornado (Jenny in superhero) on the clouds... It's like if she was in heaven with Van Man. He brought Pepsi for the occasion.
The story takes place during the tornado season of May 3, 1999 in Oklahoma. After a boy from a neighboring town named Ray Brower went missing and is presumed dead, Van Man and his three fox friends set out to find the body. During the course of their journey, the three boys, who all come from abusive, dysfunctional families, come to grips with some of the harsh truths of growing up in a small farm town that does not seem to offer them much in the way of a future.
Van Man was 21 at the time of the story, his favorite diversion is writing and storytelling.
The Writer: (voiceover) I was 21 going to be 22 the first time I saw a dead animal. It happened during the spring of 1999- a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was visiting in a small town in Oklahoma. There were only farms and twisters and sometimes foxes. But to me, it was the whole world.
Vern: You guys wanna go see a dead body?
This is going to be a road trip.
Chapter 2
The Writer: (voiceover) It happens sometimes. Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant.
The Writer: (voiceover) Vern didn't just mean being off limits inside the junkyard, or fudging on his folks, or going on a hike up the road to Jenny's house. He meant those things, but it seems to me now it was more and that we all knew it. Everything was there and around us. We knew exactly who we were and exactly where we were going. It was grand.
The Writer: (voiceover) At the beginning of the school year, Vern had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house. He drew a treasure map so he could find them again. A week later, his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map. Vern had been trying to find those pennies for nine months. Nine months, man. You didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Chapter 3
Vern: Geez, Van. Why couldn't you have gotten breakfast stuff? Like Twinkies and Pez and Root Beer?
Van Man: Sorry, Vern. I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven dollars.
Chapter 4
[Chris drags Van Man behind the building to show him his gun]
Van Man: What kind of gun is that?
Chapter 5
Van Man goes into an unoccupied Fox Den.
Chapter 6
Chris: You're gonna be a great writer someday, Van. You might even write about us guys if you ever get hard-up for material.
Van Man:[wiping away his tears] Guess I'd have to be pretty hard-up, huh?
Chapter 7
Teddy: That was the all-time tornado dodge! Too cool! Vern, you were so scared you looked like that fat guy, Abbott Costello, when he saw the mummy.
Chapter 8
The Writer: (voiceover) The twister had knocked Ray Brower out of his Keds the same way it had knocked the life out of his body.
[after being handed the gun]
Van Man: Is it loaded?
Chris: No way! What do you think I am?
[gun goes off]
Van Man and Chris: Whoa!
Chapter 9
Ace: You got two choices. You leave quietly, we take the body. Or, you can stay, we beat you up, we take the body.
Van Man is pointing his gun at Ace and his gang.
Ace: What are you gonna do? Shoot us all?
Van Man: No, Ace. Just you.
Chapter 10
The Writer: (voiceover) [referring to Chris] Although I hadn't seen him in more than ten years, I know I'll miss him forever.
The Writer: (voiceover) [typing on computer] I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 21.
