Didn't your mother ever tell you to keep quiet during mass? What am I saying? Of course she didn't. Your parents don't go to church, do they, Simon? That's because they don't belong here, Simon. And neither do you. Speaking out of turn, disrupting the class, saying that God has a special plan for you? What kind of nonsense is that?
[Furiously bursts into the classroom, having heard the whole thing]
And what kind of nonsense is this?!
Hello, Rebecca...
Come on, Simon.
No, wait, I was teaching him a lesson!
[Joe and Simon lean against the door to hear the argument between Rebecca and Leavey on the other side]
What lessons? Humiliation?
Oh, man! This is so boss!
This is all my fault.
Don't take all the credit, she's my mom.
...telling the other children that he's some kind of hero, that he's God's instrument!
And who's to say he isn't?
Who do you think would win in a fight?
Tough say. Miss Leavey's meaner, but she's a smoker. Your mom can outlast her.
We can't have him talking that way. It frightens the other children.
Oh, I think the only one who's frightened here is you, Miss Leavey.
What? Why would I be afraid of little Simon Birch?
Because that child has more faith than you'll ever know.
