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The Mysterious Note (2019)
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(keys tapping) (light buzzing) (light gentle music) (kids chattering) - [Teacher] And the right side of the meridian is called the Eastern hemisphere. - Today we are going to learn how to create a text box. Use the text box tool to start writing the first paragraph of the essay. Make sure you put your name and the date at the top. (quirky music) (watch beeping) (phone ringing) - Edward Middle School. Hi Ms. Annie, I'm sorry, but the principle stepped out of the office. Can I have him call you back? Thank you, bye bye. (screen beeping) (suspenseful music) (intercom static) - [Male] This is Mr. Barnaby your principle here at Edward Middle School. I have a special announcement for you. (Mexican mariachi music) (kids laughing) - I don't know how to make this stop! (quirky music) - Josh, I think you left this here. Josh, why would you do this? - To celebrate Cinco De Mayo. - Very funny. That was three weeks ago, and you don't even like that type of music. I can see here Josh that you're a bright student, except in history. And you're very strong in technology, except you're not doing anything with those talents. You're just wasting it on doing pranks. This is third time this year that you've tried to pull your little technology pranks. I'm going to have to call your father. Let's see what he has to say about this. (upbeat music) (singing in foreign language) (horn honking) - Oh yes sir, I am planning to go in person to Michigan this Friday to see if he'll sign the deal. Well, with that kind of a bonus sir, I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure he agrees to it. (phone calling) Sorry sir, it looks like it's the principal of my sons school calling. Can I call you back? - [Male] Sure. - Alright. Vargas, go. - [Barnaby] Hello Mr. Vargas, this is Principle Barnaby. We have a little problem. We need to talk about Josh. (singing in foreign language) - Do you know how embarrassing it is to get a call from your principle? - Since when did you care about what I do in school? All you care about is not looking bad. - Watch your mouth Josh! - Listen, that's what you think, but I need to be able to concentrate on doing my work. I can't be getting calls from your principle telling me about your little spy pranks. And besides that, he tells me that you're currently failing history? - What do you have to say for yourself? - What? I got an F, big deal. - That is a big deal. And what about your little spy prank? (slow paced music) - What are you going to do with him? Okay, here's what's going to happen. First of all Joshua, no video games for two weeks. - Mom! - And, if you do not ace your history presentation, you will not have video games for the whole summer. And I'll take away all your little spy toys for the whole summer too. - That's not fair! - And playing disrespectful pranks on your principle is fair? - That's final. - Okay, it wasn't me. - Well, since you're here now Jessy, this Friday I have a business meeting in a small town in Michigan, just a few hours away from here. But I figure since you have a long weekend, we can all go out together on Thursday and come back on Friday. - Dad! - Awe Dad! - [Dad] Come on buys, you're always complaining that I'm always too busy. This is a time that we can go and do something together. - Dad, that usually means doing something fun. - You heard your father, we are going with him. The country? Aren't there animals and bugs? And where are we gonna stay? - Well, there's no hotels in this town, but I did find a nice vacation rental that we can rent for the night. - A town with no hotels! That's my worst nightmare! - Is everyone ready! - And this one. - Hun, we're just going for one day. - True, I forgot a few more things. We need to be ready for anything. - Two weeks of anything. (quirky music) - Are you sure about this place you're renting? - Hun, there is nothing else in this town. Don't worry, it looked great. - In the pictures. - That's what I'm worried about. Anyone can use Photoshop nowadays. - Okay everyone, settle down. We'll know in a moment, we're almost there. - [Jessy] Dad, I thought you said we were almost there? - [Mom] I'm not gonna be happy if a lion jumps out all of a sudden. - [Josh] That would be cool. Not bad dad. - Way to go Pops. - Are you sure you got the right address? I'm slightly impressed, but there is (owl hooting) a lot of creatures in here. (Mom screams) - [Dad] What happened? - I think there was a squirrel. - What? What's the matter? - Dad, there's no signal here. - There's not even wifi. - Come on guys, it's like an adventure. - [Family] We don't like adventure. (quirky music) - Come on hun, this is a nice place. There's no critters in here. - Well, we'll see. (Mom giggling) - [Dad] What? - [Mom] Stop tickling my feet. - Hun, I'm not in bed yet. (Mom screaming) (Dad laughing) (light music) Mr. Thomas, when you bought the store we assumed you would run the store a little differently. We're hearing reports about some unusual practices here. As you know, we sent you an email last week. Our investors are a little bit worried, and basically, we either need you to pay back the loan, or you need to return the store to us. - I can't pay back the loan Mr. Vargas. I don't have that kind of money just lying around. - We are prepared to make you an offer. If you cooperate and sign the store over to us, we are prepared to offer you this check. That way you can get a little bit of money that you can walk away with and we can avoid a nasty legal mess. - Mr. Vargas, thank you. But I believe the store is doing just fine. - Mr. Thomas, I hear you closed the store on the busiest day of the week. And you even give things away. This is not good business. - Look, I'm just trying to be a good manager. - A good manager? - Yes a good manager. It's called being a good steward. - Steward? Like Martha Steward? Like the Steward of Gondor? - No. The biblical guidelines on how to best manage your life. Especially the most important things. - That's all very nice, but I'm not convinced that you are a good manager. And the store needs to be run like a business. I urge you to take this offer before I walk out that door. - Mr. Vargas, I cannot accept your offer, but I'll tell you what. It's a long weekend coming up, maybe if you can stay til Monday, three o'clock. Look at how I run my store. And if you're not convinced, I will sign over the store to you without a fight. However, if I can change your mind, then I want you to go back to your investors and let them know there's nothing to worry about here. What do you think? - Are you insane? I'm not staying here all weekend. Forget it, we'll see you in court. - He wanted us to stay here for four days? Is he crazy? - That's what I told him. - Besides, I didn't bring enough clothes for four days. - Four days without internet? Come on dad, you're killing my social life. I'm not gonna have any friends by the time I get back. - Yeah dad, this place is boring. - I don't need your opinion. Besides, if you were smart, you'd be worried about acing your history report. (quirky music) - Hun, maybe it's just worth staying here for a few days. - I thought you, I thought you didn't like it here? - Maybe if we can stay here until Monday we can close the deal and get your bonus. Plus, you can spend some time helping Josh in his history project. - A hardware store? Really dad? Could there be a more boring place? - Come on Josh, maybe there's wifi here. - I don't care about wifi. (Jessy gasps) - How could you? - Alright guys, I have to go up and see Mr. Thomas. Stay out of trouble. - That's my specialty. - No. (Jessy chuckles) - I'm glad you changed your mind Mr. Vargas. - Please, just call me Tony. And the only thing that I've agreed to is to stay here til Monday. Nothing in my mind has changed about what I see going on here. - Fair enough. I only ask for one other thing. You see, I really want you to understand what I mean about being a good steward. It's not just something that we do at a store. It's a way of living your life. You see, I've chosen to manage the details of my life God's way. While most people choose to do that their own way or the way society says they should. - So, what are you saying? - So I want you to compare the common way of managing your life and God's way of managing it. And then Monday at three p.m. You can decide for yourself how I run this store. - Okay, fine. I'll go along with this. - Just to make sure you fully understand some things, I might ask you to do some special tasks. Don't worry, it's nothing wild or illegal. And if you do, I'll sign the papers over to the investment company quick and painless. - What exactly do you have in mind? - Hey, what are you doing? - What am I doing or what am I supposed to be doing? - I guess they're not the same thing. - I'm supposed to be working on my history project. - Ooh, sorry. We finished school last week. - Lucky. - So what are those? - I'm making my own pair of night vision goggles using this modified virtual reality headset. - Well that's a mouth full. Well, I'm Cam and this is Faith. My mom works here in the store. - And my Uncle James owns the store. - I'm Josh, I'm stuck here for a few days because my dad has some meetings or something. And that's my brother Jessy. - [Faith] What's he doing? - He's just trying to save his social life from being flushed down the toilet. - So Josh, that's going to be an aphotic optical device? Night vision goggles. - Yeah. - What is that? - It means you can supposedly see in the dark with those. - Not supposedly, it will see in the dark. - You want to test it in the store basement? It's dark down there. - It's very dark down there. - You think we could? - Indubitably! Come on. - Did you hear me? I said it's very dark down there. (slow paced music) Did I mention it's a little scary down there? - I believe you may have mentioned it. - I don't like coming down here. But Cam's not scared. - Wow. This building is old. - Yeah, Mr. Thomas said the original part was built in 1912. Are you ready for delumination? - Delumination? - To turn off the lights. - Oh yeah, just wait a second. Does he always talk like that? - That's affirmative. - Okay, turn off the lights. - I don't like the dark, Cam. - Come on Faith, try not to be scared. Well Josh, are they operational? - [Josh] Yeah! Cool! - Can I look? Maybe I'll be less scared. - [Josh] Sure. - [Faith] Cool! These are neat! - Can I see? - You don't need them Cam, you're not afraid of the dark. - I just wanna see how they work. - They work just fine. - Come on Faith. - Oh, okay. Here. - [Cam] Whoa, these are pretty cool! - How does he get anything done around here? He's been with that guy for 15 minutes! And, there's a dog walking around in the store, nice. - Those are cool. What are you gonna do with them? - I don't know, spying. - There is not much of a populace for espionage. There's not much to spy here. - Don't remind me. Hey what's that over there? - [Cam] Oh, that's the part of the basement that... - Dark. We don't go there. - I was gonna say tenebrous. But yeah, the light over there doesn't work. - Lets check it out with these! - You want to go back there? - Yeah, come on! (ominous music) Hey, did you know there's hole in the wall here? - [Cam] A hole? Really? We never saw that before. I wish this place had lights back here. - [Josh] I have a flashlight if you want. - Why didn't you say so! - [Josh] You never asked! - Cool flashlight. That's pretty, effulgent. Hold on guys, I'm gonna be blind for a couple of seconds here. You go on without me. - Come on, let's go in. - You know, I think my mom is calling me. - Come on Faith! - Wow, this place is way too cool. - [Cam] I never knew this place existed. - I wish I never knew this place existed. - Hold on, let me see this. What is this? - [Faith] Maybe it's a secret treasure map! - Don't be silly Faith. It's just an old piece of paper. Look, it's addressed to a place in Arizona. - Maybe it's a spy document. - Maybe it's a secret letter from the President! - Maybe it's a "do not enter" sign that somebody forgot to put up. - What does it say? - "Dear sir, thank you for your help. "Per our agreement, you must now..." "You must now destroy all documents "that refer to 'the door' "in order to keep the location secret." - A secret door? - [Faith] In Arizona? - Look, it's dated 1958. Whoa! - Cool! - That thing is ancient. - Maybe it's an important document. Maybe we should return it to the original owner? - Are you serious? It looks like trash, but I wonder what it means? A secret door? - Maybe we should give it back to the person who put it there. - Dude, you guys are crazy. That's been sitting for about 50 years. No one's missing it. Besides, helping someone you don't even know, that's just whack. - Well, my dad says you should help others before you help yourself. - Helping someone that you don't even know exists? That just doesn't make sense. But then again, it is a mysterious note. And since I'm bored out of my mind, I guess I'll help you. - Cool. Well your spy stuff already helped us find this paper. - I have an idea. Let's show this to my Uncle James, maybe he'll know something about it. - Hey guys, who's your friend? - This is one of my boys. Josh this is Mr. Thomas, he's the owner of the store. - Hi. - Uncle James, we found this paper in the basement. - Yeah, it's superannuated from 1958. It mentions a man named Jack Hawkins. You know anything about him? - Superannuated? - Yeah. If I'm not mistaken, Jack Hawkins used to own this store a long time ago. But that's a neat piece of store history though. - Do you think it's important? - Yeah, do you think we should return it to him? - Oh no, I wouldn't worry about that, although it is a bit of a historical mystery! - Okay, thanks. - James, I was watching you earlier. I believe in customer service but you're spending way too much time with your customers. You spent like 20 minutes with this one guy. (Thomas chuckling) - Maybe. He had some big questions. He's working on a project. But Tony, I think you forget something. Remember, this store is not just about making money, it's about serving my community and connecting with them. - Well, your investors believe the purpose of this store to make money. I do well in my business because I focus on making money, like a business should. - I'm sure you're a good businessman, and you're right, I probably don't spend enough time focusing on making money. - Which is why I'm stuck here. - Which reminds me, as part of our agreement, I mentioned to you that while you're here I might ask you to do a few tasks. - That's true, I agreed to that. What are you gonna make me do? Are you going to make me sweep the floor? (Thomas chuckling) - Nothing of the sort. I want you to make a list. - A list of what? - A list of things you're thankful for. I gotta run now for a few minutes, but you can work on that. - Are you serious? This is ridiculous. - I wish this note had more information. - Maybe it does, maybe it's written in code! - Or with invisible ink! (light music) - [Faith] What? What did I say? - They used a lot of invisible ink in the 1950's. Maybe there's invisible ink on this note. - Okay, take it easy. I like this spy playing a lot, but I think you're taking this a little bit too seriously. - What if there is something? How could we read it? - With this. This is an ultraviolet light. - Do you always walk around with all this paraphernalia? - Mm hm. Nothing. - Good try. It would've been really cool. - Can I see that? Uh, guys, what's this? (whimsical music) (slow paced music) - Alrighty, here you go, one list. - Oh, that's not for me, that's for you. - What do you mean it's for me? What are you talking about? - Actually, it's for your family. You see, the second part of this task is for you to share that list with your family over supper tonight. - You're kidding, right? - No, not at all. - They're going to think I've gone off the deep end. Supper at six at home. No I'm not kidding. They're gonna think I've flipped. - I got one bar! I got a message from Dad? - Alright, I sent the message. I just hope they get my text because there's not much signal around here. - Where you guys staying? - It's a rental over on Garrenridge Road. - Oh yeah, not much signal in some parts. (slow loving music) - Well, look at us sitting around the table. This is interesting! - This is weird. What's going on dad? - Well, there's something I need to tell you guys. - Please tell me the man accepted your offer and we are going home tomorrow. - No, no, no, nothing like that. - You're getting me a car? - You're sending Jessy to boarding school in Alaska? - No guys. I kind of agreed to do a couple of things while I'm here observing. And this is Mr. Thomas's idea by the way. - Dad, you're getting really weird. - Well, today I wrote a list of things I'm thankful for and I need to share them with you. - This should be interesting. - We should do supper more often, this is better watching TV! - Well, I probably don't say this very much guys, but the one thing that I'm most thankful for is you guys. - Mom, I think dad has malaria or something. (slow paced music) Can't find the words How can I say All that you mean To me All that you bring - Well, thanks for coming out and checking up on us. - Oh not a problem. You guys are guests in this town. I just wanted to stop by and see if needed anything. - Listen, thanks for suggesting that task today. You know, the list. - How'd it go? - Actually, we had a nice time together. It was a kinda awkward, mostly for me. But I still don't know what you're getting at. - Well Tony, I also stopped by to tell you something else. The store is closed tomorrow, so you don't have to go hang out there tomorrow morning. - Right, you close on the busiest day. - Yes, well, we'll be at church tomorrow morning, of course you are welcome to join is if you like. And, I also wanted to invite you and your family at three tomorrow for a little outing. - So is this one of your required tasks? - No, but I'd really like it if you and your family came. I think you'd have fun. Just meet me at the store at three if you decide to come. Well, have a good night Tony. (light music) - This is crazy. - Dad, did you really mean all that stuff you said at supper? - Of course I did Josh. Listen, I probably don't say this enough, or ever, but you guys really do mean a lot to me. And you know what, I'm gonna get better at showing that okay. Hey you know what? Mr. Thomas invited us to go with him tomorrow at three p.m. to go do something with him. I'm not sure what he has in mind, but it sounds kind of mysterious. Do you wanna go? - Yeah! Is Mr. Thomas still making you do weird things? (Tony chuckling) - I don't know, we'll see. Why don't you get some sleep now okay? - Okay. Dad? - Yeah. - Do you think you'd have some time this weekend to help me on my history project? - That sounds like a great idea. What part of history do you need to do your report about? - Anything in the 1900's. I was thinking about doing something about spies. - That sounds pretty cool. Why don't we plan on working on that together this weekend. - Awesome, thanks Dad. - Josh, I think I don't spend enough time with you. And if it's okay, I think it'd be great if we could maybe do more stuff together. - That would be great Dad. All I want is you - Tony, I get the impression something is on on your mind this morning? - Well, I had a talk with Josh last night and, I don't know, I'm just wondering if I'm being a good Dad. I mean, I'm at work all the time, and my kids are getting in trouble. Then it hit me, am I being a good dad? I mean, that's also part of my job. - What did you tell him? - Well, I told him he gets in trouble because he doesn't use his time and his energy to do good things, and then it hit me, what about me? Do I use my time and energy to guide the boys? To spend time with you guys? I felt awful. (light upbeat music) Walking down the street I see so many things Too many people That are struggling to meet A lot of hurt and lots of pain Will there ever be a day Where everyone in the world Has a smile on their face How could a perfect world go wrong It's like we all have something better And it's been here all along If we would all just take the chance Not taking things for granted We could all be happy (everyone laughing) - James, those were really beautiful flowers. - Yes, they were gorgeous. - Yup, they arrived yesterday. I thought Mrs, Henderson could use them. You know, her husband died a couple months ago? - Wait a second, so that lady didn't pay you for those flowers? So you're taking your best flower pots and giving them away? No wonder your business is failing. You close on the busiest day, you give stuff away! It's true, you're gonna go bankrupt! - Tony! - That's okay. As I told you yesterday, we love serving the people of this town. It's not just a job for us. We love being generous and I'm not talking about sharing what we have leftover. - [Tony] What do you mean "leftover?" - If I give what I have leftover, or stuff I don't need anymore, am I really being generous? I'm trying to do that in all the areas of my life. With my time, my money, my store, my family. - Tony, there's actually a word for that, being a good steward. We're always wanting more Selfish hearts can get the best of us Or as simple thing could help somebody else - Thanks for helping me out on history Dad. - I'm glad I can help. I actually used to like history a lot when I was in school. - Really? - Yeah, sure. So, you're interested in spies huh? That's pretty cool. Always something better And that's been here all along If we would all just take the chance And not taking things for granted We could all be happy Yeah we can make this world a better place Ah ah ah If we all just try To show a little love Ah ah ah Yeah we can make this world a better place Ah ah ah If we all just try to show a little love Ah ah ah How could a perfect world go wrong (perky suspenseful music) - So how are we gonna track this man down in the letter? - Step aside, and let the professionals through. First of all, we have no idea what those invisible ink numbers mean. I'm guessing they're important. But I got another idea. Oh yeah, there's no wifi around here. - If you need wifi, I can turn it on in my Uncles office. - Turn it on? Yeah, go turn it on. You have to turn on the wifi? - Yeah, it's byzantine. (slow banjo music) - You should get be getting a wifi signal right about now. - Oh, oh I have wifi! Yes! - Nice. I say we start with the company at the top of the letter. (slow paced music) - I bet this Hawkins man is going to be very happy to get his letter back about the secret door. - Hmm, dead end guys. It looks like the company on the letter went out of business since 1979. - 1979? That's prehistoric! - Now what? - Well, it looks like the man in this letter, Mr. Hawkins, died in 1989. But check this out. He was living in this town when he died. - Not in Arizona? Hm? - [Faith] Uh oh. - What? - That's the look he gets when he thinks he has a great idea but it's usually not. - Guys, the cemetery's just down the street, maybe we can find his grave. - His grave? Really? Isn't that kind of creepy? - What are you, timorous? - Me? No. - What's timorous? - He's used that one on me before. He's saying you're chicken. I'll admit it, I'm chicken. - No you're not Faith. Come on guys, spies need to follow clues no matter where they lead. - Yeah, he's right. Come on Faith. - How do I get dragged into these things? I'm timorous, remember? (ominous music) - Well, I guess we're here. - Are you sure we have to go in there? - If we wanna find more clues about Mr. Hawkins, we have to go in there. (twig cracking) - Seriously? I thought you guys weren't scared. - Well just do us a favor and watch where you're going. (twig cracking) - That wasn't me. - It wasn't me either. (kids screaming) - Hey kids, can I help you with something? - I just need my heart to get started again. - It's just you Mr. Becker. We didn't see you. - Sorry kids I startled you. Been doing a little bit of raking. Can I help you find something? - We are looking for the grave of Jack Hawkins. - Jack Hawkins. Let me think, where is he? I believe he's right over there. Go that direction. - Wow, you're pretty good. - Yeah. - Well, thanks Mr. Becker. - Certainly, have a great day. - You too. - Maybe we should split up and search. - Great idea. Me and Cam are gonna go over there. - I thought we were gonna split... - I don't think this is a good idea. - Yeah, I've been in more delightful places. (perky music) - Hey guys! I found it! (gentle music) - Already? Yeah, there it is. Died on August two, 1989. - Guys, look what it says back here. - "Dad, I'll see you on resurrection morning. "Bill." - You guys know what that means? - That he was a Christian? - No. I mean yes, but look, he has a son, Bill. Maybe he still lives in town. Come on, let's go! - Yeah, let's go! - Why do we have to run everywhere? (bird cawing) Guys! Wait up! Uncle James! Uncle James! Do you know a guy named Bill Hawkins? - Bill Hawkins? Hmm, I don't think I know anybody by that name. I'm assuming he's related to that guy in your mystery letter? - Excuse me Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Heinz wants to know when the kangaroo closure's gonna arrive. - Oh Mrs. Heinz? I need to speak with her. I'll be right back guys. Hey there Mrs. Heinz. - [Heinz] Hi. - Good news, your enclosure arrived this morning. Sorry for the delay. - Awe, no worries mate. But I tell you what, it's hard to keep those little Joeys from jumping all over the furniture. - Look, I'll go get it for you. - Thanks heaps. - Kangaroo enclosure? - Well so much for that Bill Hawkins clue. - Yeah, we hit a dead end. - Hold on! We can look up his name in the phone book! - Whoa, put that away. There's technology for that. Phone book, what's next? - What's wrong with a phone book? - Okay, there is one person in town with the last name Hawkins. But his name is William. - Wait a second! The gravestone said Bill, and Bill is short for William! - That's right! There isn't a phone number, but there's an address! - [Josh And Cam] Let's go! - Why do we have to run everywhere? (triumphant music) I'm tired? - Hey, this is the neighborhood I was at yesterday. Helping a lady bring flowers. - Really? You came to help someone? I thought you said helping a total stranger was whack? - Yeah, I know. - I'm glad you're helping us figure out this mystery. - Let's go. (light music) I guess this is it. (heavy breathing) (Cam knocking) I guess there's nobody home. - Maybe we should leave a note? - I have a notebook and a pen. - What do you not have in there? - Spies need to be prepared for anything. - Okay guys, this is what I got. "Hello Mr. Hawkins, we are Faith, Josh, and Cam. "We found an old letter in the basement "of the hardware store. "I think it has your dads name on it. "It talks about a secret door. "We think it's in Arizona. "We wanted to just return it to you. "We'll come back later." What do you guys think? - I like it. - I can't believe we're doing so much work to help somebody. - Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! - [Cam] Yes? - Didn't you come here yesterday to bring my flowers? - Yeah, that was me. - I thought so. You have no idea how much pleasure those flowers have given me. - Is there anything else I could do for you? - Yes, my son in Oregon gave me this the other day. And he said we can see each other when we call, but I have no idea how to use this. - Can you make it work for her Josh? - [Josh] I think I can do it. - I'll be right back okay? (slow paced music) Here you go kids. - Alright! - Awesome! - [Faith] Wow, thank you! - Excuse me ma'am, do you know the man that lives across the street there? - Oh yes, I have known him since he was a boy. Billy Hawkins. Well, he's not a little boy anymore, but he travels a lot for work now. And when he's gone he lives his dog Jack with me. - Hey, I think I got it! - Ma? - Hello Justin! - I can see you! Kids, come see grandma! - [Child] Grandma! Ooh it's grandma! - Hi! - Josh, why did you help that lady? - I knew you were gonna ask that. I don't know. - Wow, you really made her day when you fixed it so she can see her family. Did you see the look on her face? - Plus we got cookies! - So, do you give stuff away all the time? - No of course not. But I do when I think it's needed or if I think it's the right thing to do. - I mean, yesterday was nice with the lady, but I don't know. I work hard for the stuff that I have. It's mine, I just don't see why I need to be giving it away. Besides, being generous seems to be getting you in trouble. - Excuse me. Sir, are you a new employee here? - No, no, no. I'm just here helping Mr. Thomas for a couple of days. But, is it okay if I ask you a question? - Sure, what? - Why do you shop here? I mean there's one of those big giant discount superstore lumberyards up just a few miles away with more variety and cheaper prices. Why do you come here? - I just like coming to this store. - Mom, that's not why you come here. You should tell him mom. - Tell me what? - It's not a big deal. - Yes it is. It's a miracle. Last year my mom lost her job. These things happen, but things got pretty bad and a man even came and took her phone away. That was not cool. And then something else happened. Like the worst thing you could possibly imagine. The plumbing in the basement broke. There was water gushing out everywhere. We cleaned up the water and a plumber came, but he told us it would cost like $400 to fix. We came here to see how much the materials would cost and it was 200 bucks. Which we still didn't have. The next you know, Mr. Thomas tells my mom he wants to give us the plumbing materials. Can you believe that? Who gives people plumbing materials? Plus, he closed his shop for like two hours just to come and help us fix the problem. Isn't that crazy? - Crazy's not a nice thing to say sweetie. But Mr. Thomas is a kind and generous man. I try to do as much shopping as I can here because I like the way he runs his store. Plus, I told all my friends to come and shop here. Do you know how rare it is to find a store like this nowadays? - Well, who knows when Mr. Hawkins is coming back. I wish we knew more about the secret door in Arizona. - Yeah. - Plus, I'm gonna be leaving tomorrow. I don't think we're gonna be able to solve the mystery by tomorrow. - I wish the letter said more about the secret door. - That's the whole point silly. It's a secret door. Don't worry Josh, we had fun with you being spies. Can you show me what other cool stuff you have in your backpack? - You like my spy gear? This is my ultraviolet light, you already saw that. This is my GPS, it connects with a satellite, and gives directions, type in your address or the coordinates. - What? What is it? - Hmm? Let me see the letter. Look at these numbers on the back. What if... - What if what? - What if these numbers are coordinates? Read the numbers off to me. - Okay, here's the first set. 42.009300. - Slowly. - Four, got it? Two, got it? - Faster. - 42.009300. Is that good? - Yes, thank you. - Okay, 86.158 - Is it in Arizona? - No, these aren't coordinates. If they are, the door's in the middle of China. At least we tried. - Well Mr. Green, looks like you've got quite a project going on here. - Yeah, just repainting the kitchen at home. You know, I really don't know much about painting. But I hope I got enough stuff here. - Well, if you manage your portions right, I think you have enough for your kitchen and your neighbors kitchen as well. (men laughing) Happy painting! - [Green] Thanks! - So now you're encouraging others to give their stuff away too? - Well, there's nothing wrong with being generous. - Sure, I guess. I guess I'm just not understanding this stuff yet. I mean, didn't you also tell me that you give a portion of your income away? - Well, I wouldn't exactly call it giving it away. It's called tithing. You see, God has given me so much that we return a portion of that to pay for all the good things that the church is doing all around the world. And even here in our community. Is that everything sir? - [Customer] Yup, that'll be all. - Very good. That'll be $7.22. Thank you. - Can I get one? - No, it's mine! - [James] Here you are sir. - [Customer] Thank you. - Have a great day. - You too. - Thank you for shopping with us. - Kids, they're so selfish nowadays. - And why is that? Let me ask you a question. Who provided that boy with a bag of chips that he had? - Well, the father did. - And you saw how the boy didn't even want to give one chip to the one who provided it to him? Do you think that's right? Do you think the father's happy about how his son wouldn't even give him not one potato chip? Or should he get angry and never give his son chips again for being so selfish? - Well of course not. I'm sure as he grows he'll teach him that he shouldn't be selfish and that he should be generous with the things that he's been... (light music) - Hey Josh? - [Josh] Yeah. - See this dash? Well I thought it was a dash, but do you think it could be a negative? - Wait a minute. If that number's a negative, it'll be pointing at the complete opposite side of the world. No way! You're not gonna believe this! By adding the negative, the place is only five miles away from where we are right now. - Are you sure? What do we do? - Should we go to these coordinates and see what's there? - It looks like the location of these coordinates is in the middle of the woods. Near the state road. - Well five miles is not too far. - Five miles is very far. I'm not gonna run five miles. - Maybe we can organize an expedition! What do you guys think? - I vote yes. - I vote affirmative. - Why do I get the feeling we're going no matter what I say? Fine, I'll go. But I don't think this is a good idea though. - Well, it's probably too late today, so let's go first thing tomorrow morning. Come on. - Remember, I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon, so we have to go early. - Well, Faith and I both have bikes and I can borrow my dads. - Amen I don't have to run. - Okay, let's do this! - Okay, let's meet at the store when it opens. - Okay, I'm gonna get so grounded. - Hey Tony, I hope you haven't forgotten about our little assignments. I know tomorrow's your last day, but I have one last task for you, a simple one. - Alright, these assignments haven't been too bad. - Have you ever heard of a man named John D. Rockefeller? - Of course, wasn't he like the first billionaire ever? - Correct. Now, from the age of 53 when he retired, John D. Rockefeller was sick mentally, emotionally, physically, and he was just totally miserable. But then something completely changed his life. And that's your assignment. See if you can tell me what changed his life and brought him joy for another 40 plus years way up into his 90's. (slow paced music) - So, what was your task today? - Well, it was an interesting one. When Rockefeller was 53-- - Rockefeller, the rich guy? - Yes, that one. When he retired, he was miserable and in really bad shape. But something changed. And for the last 40 years of his life, they were wonderful. - Really? What changed? - It turns out that for the second half of his life, he spent all of his time and effort giving away billions of dollars to like missionaries, and education, and science. It was amazing. - Wow. - I just don't know what to do about this store. I mean, Mr. Thomas is a really nice guy. I see what he's doing here. I see how he's trying to be helpful and an important part of this community, but his business practices are just so unconventional. Of course there's no way the investors are gonna go for it. And I really wanted that bonus. Now, I just need to figure out how to break it to him softly. - Well, I guess you have until tomorrow to figure it out, but maybe you can take him out for lunch or something? (slow paced music) Falling in your arms again It doesn't matter Where I am I can always think back Find the arms that always Calm me down Lean upon me now Lay your troubles down My shoulder's strong enough To hold you Lean upon me now Lay your troubles down My shoulder's strong enough To hold you To hold you - Hey Dad! Can we go to the store now? - Yes, yes, let's go. Hey, I thought you said the hardware store was boring? - Hey guys, sorry I'm late. - It's okay, we just got here a minute ago. Did anyone disclose to anyone where we're going? - Not me. - Me neither. - It's not that big of a deal. It's only five miles. We'll be back before lunch. - What do you think Faith? - Why are you asking me? Can you think of a better way to get grounded? - You won't get grounded. - You'll be surprised how often she gets grounded. - Really? - Let's just go. Is he still trying to save his... - [Kids] Social life. - Yeah. - So, what are you gonna do? - I'm actually gonna help him. - Awe, that's so cute! - You can't call my spy stuff cute. You may call it cool. By the way, can you hold your hand out? (machine buzzing) (upbeat music) (machine beeping) - That was so cool! - Hey Jessy! The nearest cell tower is in that direction! - Thanks! - Come on, let's go. (upbeat music) (ominous music) I guess we're gonna have to go on foot now. - Are you sure? - Yup. Well, let's get to it. - You guys ever been here before? This place is kinda cool and spooky. - Dude, I've never been here before. - Dude, I wish I've never been here before. This is the stuff of nightmares. - Seriously? It's just some woods. Oh. - [Cam] You think it's safe to traverse? - It looks like it hasn't been used in a long time. - So who's going first? - Clearly that's your job. - Why me? - 'Cause you're holding the GPS and no, I don't wanna hold it. - Fine. It's just a little bridge. - Little and decrepit. - Come on guys, it's not that bad. (wood cracking) Whoa! - Is he alive? - I'm okay guys, it's safe! Just step on the edges. - Hey, you think we're trespassing? - I don't think so. According to the GPS, I think we're on state land. - Nice touch with the "I think" Josh. - Stop worrying. Anyways, I think we're almost there. Come on. We're getting close guys. According to this, we're about 25 feet away. Start looking around. - [Faith] Look! - I think I'm hallucinating. - I see it but I don't believe it. - Why is there a door in the middle of the woods? - Hey Tony, thanks again for inviting me to lunch. - Hey, happy to do it. We've got some important things to talk about. - I suppose we do. (door ringing) - Hello, table for two please? - Just give me one minute. I need to clear one off for you. - Thank you. - [Cashier] You're welcome. (door ringing) - That's true. Let's see if we can grab a quick bite to eat and get back to work. - They need all the help they can get. - Gentlemen, I got your table cleared off right over here. - Young lady, I think these gentlemen are in a hurry. So why don't you give them our table. - Oh okay. Alright guys, if you wanna come this way I have a seat for you. - Thank you so much. We really appreciate this. - That was really nice of him. - Boy it really was, man. - Sorry, I hope that's okay. Another table will free up soon. - Finally, see what I. See what I mean? You give up our table and it gives us nothing in return. If you ask me, this is poor time management. Your decision to give up our table just wasted five minutes of our time. James, you ask me to come here and stay til Monday at three o'clock. Here we are, but things aren't looking good. - Thank you. - You're welcome. - Thanks so much. (slow paced music) - I can't believe this door is actually here. (ominous music) - [Faith] This place looks like it's falling apart. - [Josh] What should we do? (loud banging) - What? - Don't do that! You scared us half to death! - You expecting someone to answer? - [Cam] Look, there's a lock on the door. - [Faith] What do you think is behind this door? - I don't know. (zipper zipping) What are you looking for? - This. It's a surveillance device for spies. - That's cool. Can I live in your backpack? (Josh chuckling) (slow paced music) - What do you see? - [Josh] I don't really see anything. It looks like a little concrete room. Empty and crumbly. - Man, I wish this lock was (lock clanking) open. (door creaking) - Guys-- - Yeah yeah, we know Faith. Maybe we shouldn't go in. - How did you know what I was going to say? I'm not going in first. You have the light, you go in first. - She does have a point. (suspenseful music) (Josh and Faith screaming) - I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. - That was dreadfully awesome. It's just what you saw with your camera. Just a small concrete room. Maybe we should go. (wood cracking) (kids screaming) (kids coughing) Is everyone okay? - I'm good. - I'm scared. - I'm with you Faith. Come on, let's get out of here. - [Josh] Come on guys, push! (kids grunting) - We're stuck. Wait, Josh, couldn't you call someone? - There's no signal. - What are we gonna do? (kids screaming) - No one can hear us. - And no one even knows we're here. - So here's the bottom line, as I told you, the investors are concerned about how you manage the store. And since they only care about numbers, my report is going to have to reflect this. They will take the store away from you James. I'm really sorry, I just don't see any other way. - I understand. An agreement is an agreement. You held up your end of the bargain. (solemn music) - How long have we been here? - I don't know. - We've been here for hours. - I'm really scared. - Don't worry Faith, we'll get out of here. Actually, you know what we haven't done yet? We haven't prayed. - Praying? Do you think praying will really help us? - Yeah! - How do you pray? - I'll pray. Dear Jesus, we're in a lot of trouble here. We were trying to help this man and now we're stuck in this place. Can you help us get out? Please? Amen. - Amen. - So what happens next? - Well, I guess we trust God and be patient. - Has God ever helped you before? - Sure, lots of times. - Really? - [Cam] Hey guys! You gotta check this out! Come on! I think there's a door behind all this junk! - I wonder what's behind the door. - I don't know if we should go in. We already got in trouble from the first door we went into. - Yeah, but what if it's a way out? - We have to look in there. - [Faith] Be careful. - What is this place? - [Faith] I don't know, I don't like it. It's, it's, - [Faith And Cam] Scary. - Yeah, we know. - [Cam] This place looks like a secret hideout or something. Look, these used to be beds. - I wonder what this hand crank thing is? It's a dead end. - [Faith] What are we gonna do? - Do you think God will really help us? - I have to admit, I was a bit surprised by your management style. But, you do close on the busiest day and sometimes you close in the middle of the day. And you do give things away, and you even have animals walking around in your store. Unfortunately, the investors will disagree with this management style and they will take away the store. Unless something happens in the next minute. At least I'm paying for lunch. Miss, could I get the check please? - Oh I forgot to tell you, those four gentlemen who you guys let sit down, they actually paid your bill for you? - What? - Yeah, they were impressed by your kindness and generosity. And they even left me a big tip too, so thank you! (perky music) (phone buzzing) - It's my wife. Hello. Hello. This signal here is bad news. (ominous music) What? What's that? What do you mean you haven't seen them all day? Okay, I'm coming to the store right now. Josh and the other two kids are missing. - Missing? - I haven't seen them for hours! - Honey what's going on? - Tony, I haven't seen Josh the whole day. And no one else has seen him. Have you seen him? - No I haven't. - He didn't come for lunch either. Jessy said he saw them. - The three of them rode off on bikes. - On bikes? Josh doesn't have a bike here. Besides, he knew we were leaving at three. - Mrs. Vargas, I'm gonna close this store so we can all fan out and search for them. - Thank you! - Let's go this way guys. - It's getting pretty late. Our parents are probably disquieted by now. - Do you always talk like that? - My mom gives me a new vocab word every day, she says it will help me one day. I'm still waiting. - Do you think we'll ever get out of here? - I don't know. If you do, what would you do different? - What do you mean? - I don't know, like if you had a second chance to do something different, how would you do it? - Well I would probably stop following you guys to all these crazy places. - I don't know. I would probably help Mr. Thomas more around the store. I know your dad is here because he's in trouble. Maybe I could help him? How 'bout you? - I don't know. Ever since we've tried to return this mysterious note, things have been a little different. I like using my spy stuff to do good things, but usually all it does is get me in trouble. - I think there's definitely a right and wrong way of doing things. - Well, I'm glad you guys are here to help me not be afraid. I heard there were bears and bobcats in these woods. - Bears and bobcats? Aren't those dangerous? (footsteps approaching) - What was that? (rock clanking) - There's something digging at the door. - Let's go hide at the back. - It's coming in! (kids screaming) - Josh? Josh? Where is he? Josh? Anything? - Nothing. I don't know where those kids could be. - But what should we do? - Well Mr. Thomas already has the police department and the fire department looking. All we can really do is wait and trust that they know where to look. - Waiting and trusting is so hard. I wish we could do something. (solemn music) - What if, what if we pray? - [Cam] Are we dead? - [Josh] Not yet. - [Faith] I am. It's a dog. - Everybody okay in here? - [Faith And Cam] Yes. - You scared us half to death. - Who are you? - I'm Billy Hawkins. This is my dog, Stewardship Jack. I take it you're Faith, Cam, and Josh? - [Kids] Yeah. - Hawkins to Fire Chief over. - [Chief] This is Fire Chief, over. - Jeff, this is Billy, I found the kids and they're alright. I'll bring them back to meet their parents. - That's great news Billy! That's music to my ears. I'll let the parents know. - Alright, over and out. - That's a pretty cool watch you got there Mr. Hawkins. - Yes it is. Come on, let's get you guys home. - [Faith] How did you know we were here? - [Billy] Well I just got home from a trip today. When I went to get Jack, Mrs. Henderson said there were some kids looking for me. And then I heard some kids were lost and the Fire Chief asked me to help look for them. Plus, I saw your note at the house. - [Josh] But how did you know we were here? - When I was a kid I used to come to this place. I loved it here. Then I saw the note. Then I realized you probably discovered a clue about the location. But anyway, I thought God wanted me to come here. - That's God. - We were trying to return a mysterious note to you. It looked important. - Yeah, we found it in the basement of the hardware store using Josh's spy stuff. - Spy stuff? - See, it looks like your dad wrote down the coordinates of this place in invisible ink and we found it. - Wow, I'm impressed. You are guys are great detectives. - And we're spies too. - I used to play spy stuff too. That was a big deal when I was a kid. - Really? - Sure. - Why did your dad even build that place in the first place? - That's called a fallout shelter. Or a bomb shelter. - [Faith] What's a bomb shelter? - When I was a kid, times were different. I lived during what they called The Cold War. - [Cam] The Cold War? - I've heard of that. What is that? - It was a time of fear, distrust, threats, and spies. - Spies? - My dad built that place to protect us. He stockpiled it with food, there were beds, there's even a hand crank that you can use to circulate the air. - Yeah, I saw the broken hand crank in there. - The nations of the world were threatening each other with nuclear bombs, so they sent spies to the other country to see what they were doing. So people started building these bomb shelters in case of an attack. - [Faith] What happened next? - [Billy] Well sadly, the leaders of the United States and Russia, they became enemies. - It got to the point that both countries were threatening to launch horrible nuclear missiles toward each other. People were scared, so many people built underground bomb shelters to protect their families. They had beds, food, and water. Last week I got to visit an actual bomb shelter that had been hidden away for decades. All I know is that it would be really hard to have to stay in there for a very long time. By 1962, the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union became super intense during a period called the Cuban Missile Crisis. US spy planes discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba. Both countries had their missiles pointed at each other. Things became very tense and people thought within hours there would be a nuclear missile launched. Fortunately, some spies got involved and helped diffuse a super tense moment between the countries. Most historians say the Cold War ended around 1991. And the reason they called it Cold was because there was a lot of tension. But no actual large scale fighting ever happened. I'm glad I don't have the huge responsibility of managing an army or a country. But I learned recently that we do have other important things we oversee. It could be our health, our families, our resources, our environments, even our talents. I had an experience recently that made me see that everyone, including me, you, world leaders, parents, kids, we should each learn to manage all these things in a positive way so that the history that is yet to be made in the future can be one we can all be proud of. Thank you. (audience applauds) Hey Mr. Hawkins! - Josh, you did great up there. - Thanks for coming. - [Billy] I brought you a little something. - Wow! Cool, thanks! This is from the bomb shelter! - Neat! You can add that to your spy collection. Thanks a lot Billy. I mean not just for the sign, but also for getting them out of trouble. - Hey, I didn't know you guys came. - Yup, Uncle James brought us. We came just in time. - Josh, your presentation was meritorious. - I had a meeting with your dad earlier today and he told me all about your presentation and I came to surprise you. - Well, thanks for coming. My dad's been different since he's met you. - Well I'm definitely learning that there's a right and a wrong way of managing the important things in life. What was the word you used James? - Steward, being a good steward. - Right. And the way that he stewards all the important things in life, it makes sense. - And, since Tony told the investors that there's nothing to worry about down at the store, he's gonna be coming back every once in a while to give us some business tips that just might help. - It's gonna be splendiferous. (everyone laughing) - Josh. Your presentation was well done. I'm glad to see you're putting your talents to good use. - Thank you sir. - No more spy pranks right? - Spy pranks are history. Starting tomorrow I'm a new Josh. - Tomorrow? (timer beeping) Josh! (upbeat music) I get up, I'm not even out the door Too much, what am I looking for I'm stuck with too many problems So many mistakes Will there be a day where I don't always feel insecure Where I know that hope will endure And loving will come naturally And all of the world Will live peacefully And it's time It's time to make a stand And show the world I can Yeah I can It's time for me to wake up See the brighter days Listen to what they have to say Bring out the sunny side of things And make it a brighter day It's time for me to Look up at the clear blue skies Have faith, and just stop asking why Bring out, the sunny side of things And make it a brighter day You said you'd always be there for me Sometimes it's hard for me to believe I'm sure your promise is good You've opened the door I've been there before So I move on right towards the sun Bright skies already begun And I look back, see nothing but pain I keep moving on by sunshine or rain And it's time It's time to make a stand And show the world I can Yeah I can It's time for me to wake up To see the brighter days Listen, to what they have to say Bring out, the sunny side of things And make it a brighter day It's time for me to look up At the clear blue skies Have faith and just stop asking why Bring out the sunny side of things And make it a brighter day Oh it's time to make a stand And show the world I can Yeah I can Wake up and see the brighter days Listen to what they have to say Bring out, the sunny side of things And make it a brighter day It's time for us to look up At the clear blue skies Have faith and just stop asking why Bring out, the sunny side of things And make it a brighter day Whoa Yeah And make it a brighter day |
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