Don't Stay Mad

Hey, now what's the idea? Yeah. You cut that out. Get out of the way. I will not. You go around. Go round. Peanuts. Hey. Get that back. You you stupid red Hoppit. Hey, COME BACK HERE YOU STUPID RED HOPPIT. I'M GOING TO GET YOU. I'm going to get you. Oh, hey. Don't do that. That's not fair. Hey. Oh, hey no. Don't stop that. Gooney. You're a nut. Oh. Lou, what are you doing? Gooney. Not again. Gooney, give me that stick. Gooney. Gooney, Herky, did he hurt you? Are you okay? I'm okay. Gooney. Come on. Are you mad at Herky? It's all right to get mad, but you don't have to hit him. And with a stick? He started it. Herky? Yeah. I started it? I don't believe that. Gooney, he wouldn't get out of the way. What do you mean? You had the whole path. He wouldn't get out of the way. He stood right there in the way. Oh, and what about the peanuts? WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE PEANUTS? You tore the bag. Now, look here, Gooney. I want you to stop this. Hey, what's going on? Uh, I don't know. Everybody seems to be mad today. Who is my sister mad at? Uh, she's mad at Gooney. I got to get to work. Want to come along to the playground? Okay. Lou. Can I help you give out balls or something? Sure. Come on. Hey Melissa, Gooney, come on now. You guys have been mad long enough. I was real mad at my dad today. Everybody seems to be getting mad today. I got a kite today. You My dad wouldn't let me take to school. What kind of kite? It's a dragon kite. Come on, Nigel. Give me the kite. Why can't I take it to school? I'll take care of it. Because I told you it's going to get broken if you take it to school. I want to take it to school to show the kids. No. It's going to get all broken up. Now, leave it here. Why can't I take it to school? It's my kite. I know it's your kite, but you're going to get it all broken before you have the chance to play with it. Now, come on. Run on to school. I want to take the kite to school. You're going to be late now. I said no. Now, go on to school before you're late. Well, I sat down to tie my shoe and my little brother came out of the house. Hey Kevin, WHERE'S YOUR KITE? HEY. HEY. PICK UP THAT LUNCH AND BRING it here. BRING THAT LUNCH HERE. PICK IT UP. All right. Come on. Come on. Get out of the way, you stupid green Hoppit. Oh, you passed it on. Dad passed it on to me. I passed it on to Melissa. Melissa passed it on to Gooney, and Gooney gave it to Herky. Right. I think everyone when they're mad, they ought to talk it over with the person they're mad at. That's Chris checking his ball in. Chris Mulligan. You shouldn't have just come up and kicked my lunch. I couldn't talk to Dad because he doesn't want to listen to me. Then, you should have kicked something else or punched something. I punch my pillow when I get mad. Last week I got mad Lou cuz he wouldn't let me go on the trip cuz there's too many kids. Do you know what I did? I What you got there? I drew a picture of you. Really? Oh, boy, that's horrible. That's supposed to be me? Yeah. God, you didn't even give me a nose. I can fix that. Oh, shoot. I remember one time Lou got mad at me. It was in a regular basketball game. Lou, you're out of here. How many times I told you open up? We're a team here. What's the matter with you? You want to be a champion, don't you? You know we got the big game next week. Hit the bench. Get out. As I was sitting on the bench, I imagined a big earthquake. And just where Lou was standing, the whole earth opened and crunch. I don't want to see my dad get crunched. But I'm still mad at him. You could have talked to somebody. What good would that do? Well, you know, talk to somebody you like. Somebody who understands. That's what I do. I just finished telling you guys. Hey, I got an idea. Why don't we try acting this out? Okay. Okay? We'll need somebody to be Kevin. Somebody to be his father. And a friend to listen. How about it? Yeah, I'm going to be I'm going to be the father. I'm going to be the father. I'm going to be the father. Wait a minute. I got an idea. Kevin, why don't you be the father? I thought I was going to be me. Well, you get to be you all the time. This way you get to be your father. How do I look? You look weird. I want to be Kevin. Hey Herk. You could be the friend who listens. Oh. Okay. Okay. Okay. Now, all we need is somebody who can get really mad to play the part of Kevin. How about Gooney? Gooney. Sure, that's neat. Gooney's always mad. You want to be Kevin? Okay. Hey. Hey. Hey, what you doing? What are you doing there? Gooney, just listen. If you want to be Kevin, you have to have a cap. Hey. Hey. Look at me. I'm Kevin. I'm Kevin. Look at me. Well, what do I do now? Well, do you want to take your kite to school? Yeah. Yeah, I want to take my kite to school. Where is my kite? There it is. It looks like a dragon. You want to take it to school? Yeah. You can't take it to school because the kids will punch holes in it. I won't let them. Give me it. Give me it. Can't have it. Now, go to school. Give me it. It's mine. You can't take it to school. The kids will punch holes Give me my kite. No. No. No punching. Remember, he's your dad. Oh. Give me it. You can't take it to school. Now, go to school. You'll miss the school bus. You never let me do anything. Go to school. What do I do now? How do you feel? Awful. You feel mad? Find Herky. Tell him what happened. Tell him how you feel. Get the mad out. Find him. Hello. Hey. No hitting. Cut that out. Talk about it. I'm mad. Well, talk to him about it. I'm mad. Are you mad at me? No. I'm mad at my dad. Because of the kite. Oh. What happened? He wouldn't let me take it to school. Said it might get broken or or something. I know how you feel. It makes you feel that it wasn't your kite. Yeah. It's my kite. I want to do what I want with it. But he wouldn't let you? No, he never lets me do anything. No, no, no, no. That's all he ever says is no. That's mean. Yeah. When somebody's mean, it makes you mad. Yeah. Good. Herky, you're a good listener. Kevin, you think that would have helped you get over your mad feelings? Well, I guess, but taking it apart of my dad, now I know why he wouldn't let me take the kite to school. Well, do you think your dad was right? No, I don't think he was right because um it was my kite. And um I I like him now. I'm not mad at him anymore. Hey, well, that that's cool, you know. Hey, Gooney. How did you feel about this? Did you get your mad out? Mhm. You still feel angry because of the kite? Nah. No? Then what are you mad at? I'm mad at you. Me? I'm mad at all of you, at Kevin and Herky, too. Hey, come on. Why are you crying, Gooney? Because you hate me. You all make fun of me. Nobody plays with me. Nobody lets me in their games or anything. Gooney says we keep him out of the games. Do you think that's so? It isn't fair. It's always my fault whatever happens. It's always my fault. If it rains, it's my fault. Well, it usually is your fault. I mean? Gooney, how come the boys don't play with you? Because they're mean. The reason you don't get to play in the games is because you're always hitting and socking and wrecking the games. No, it's because you're all against me. Every one of you. You're all against me. That's why I don't like you. Any of you. I didn't know you felt like that, Gooney. I mean, I really didn't. I'm sure glad you told us. Hey kids, the volleyball court is empty. You want to go play volleyball? Okay. Well, come on. Hurry up. Hey, I want to play, too. Okay, come on, Gooney. Come on. No. It will be just like always. He'll start fights and he won't take turns and he'll hit people. How about making an agreement? Hey kids, listen up. How about making an agreement just for the rest of this afternoon? Let's include Gooney into all the games. Gooney, you agree no hitting or not to say anything? Okay, fine then. How about it? What do you say? Okay. Okay? Why should we? He's the one that made all the trouble. Why should we give in? Well, would you have more fun staying mad at Gooney and keeping Gooney mad at you? Would that be much fun? Come on now. Get your mad feelings out. Then forget about them. Okay. Come on, we'll try it, Gooney. I think I'll take Gooney. Hey Gooney, come be ON MY TEAM. OH, GOONEY, COME ON. WELL, what do you do to get your mad out?