The Gift

When 18 year old George has to leave the orphanage to work as a navigator on an airship, he leaves behind a homemade starmap for his little sister so that she'll always be able to find him.

Transcript

1. ANNA (Muffled): Do you really have to go?
2. GEORGE: I turn eighteen tomorrow, Anna. There’s nothing I can do.
3. ANNA: But I need you here!
4. ANNA: You’re my big brother! What am I supposed to do when you’re -
5. - mph!
6. GEORGE: I don’t want to leave any more than you want me to, but…
7. GEORGE: I want to be able to give you the life you deserve when you have to leave the orphanage, too.
8. GEORGE: You and me, together, having lots of adventures, never worrying about anything…
9. GEORGE: Doesn’t that sound…
10. GEORGE: …Nice?
16. GEORGE: Annie…
18. ANNA: Promise you’ll come back?
20. GEORGE: Absolutely.
21. GEORGE: Woah!
23. ANNA: Pinky promise?
24. GEORGE: Heh.
25. GEORGE: What kind of big brother would I be if I didn’t?
26. GEORGE: Pinky promise.
27. GEORGE: Now come on, you rascal.
28. GEORGE: Let’s forget about all that business for a moment.
29. GEORGE: I’ve got a present for you.
30. ANNA: A present?
31. ANNA: What is it?
32. GEORGE: Something to remember me by.
33. GEORGE: Something to remember me by.
34. GEORGE: Something to remember me by.
35. ANNA: Let me see!
36. GEORGE: Patience, sis.
37. ANNA (Laughing): Come on!
38. GEORGE: Careful, now!
39. ANNA: No fair. You’re too tall.
40. GEORGE: Fine, fine. Close your eyes.
41. ANNA: …O-kay.
43. ANNA: (Gasps) It’s a -!
44. ANNA: A…
47. ANNA: …What is it?
48. GEORGE: Hey, didn’t I tell you to close your eyes?
49. GEORGE: Hey, didn’t I tell you to close your eyes?
59. GEORGE: Okay, you can open them now.
63. ANNA: They’re stars!
64. GEORGE: I’ll be right there.
65. GEORGE: We’ll be following that arc.
66. GEORGE: As long as you have this, you’ll always know where to find me.
67. GEORGE: And as long as you know where to find me…
68. GEORGE: We’ll never truly be apart.
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