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JOHNNY: You know, I learned all of that when I was little, but I haven't
thought about any of it in a long time.
EMMA: Like the angel said to the shepherds, Johnny, this is "good
news, for all the people" … including Johnny Coconut.
JOHNNY: I'd like to believe that, but I'm afraid I'm like some of those
people who thought maybe God had forgotten them for all
those years. I thought that maybe because of all the rotten
things I've done, maybe I didn't deserve for God to rescue me.
(The Captain and Logan arrive back at the beach with Billy, who
is soaking wet with torn clothes.)
EMMA: Oh no, Billy!
JOHNNY: That boy is as messed up as a kite in a hail storm!
JESSICA: Billy, you look fabulous! Doesn't he, everyone?
MASON: What happened to him?
CAPTAIN: I didn't get there before he lifted off. I wasn't able to stop him.
BILLY: I was sure the balloons would take me a hundred miles.
CHLOE: How far did they take you?
BILLY: About a hundred feet.
CAPTAIN: He must have been half a mile up in the sky! Wouldn't even
have seen him if he hadn't been carrying a flashlight.
BILLY: The flashlight was for signaling airplanes.
LOGAN: He only got about twenty yards off shore before the balloons
started popping. You're lucky they didn't all go at once!
OLIVIA: Well, it was a good try, Billy.
ALL: (Everyone agrees audibly.)
TRENT: Billy, we're almost to the climactic moment of our Christmas
Show. Why don't you settle in and join us?
