Tanglewoods' Secret (1980)

Graeme Mills: Terry

Quotes 

• Terry : [climbing a tree with Ruth and Philip]  Can you see 'em?

  [Ruth notices a bird's nest] 

  Ruth : [excited]  Yes!

  Philip : [excited]  Gosh look at that!

  Ruth : How does it not fall off?

  Philip : I don't know. Wood pigeon's nests are always like that.

  Terry : [climbing higher up]  I've got a better place to watch the eggs from!

  Philip : It'll never hold you!

  Ruth : Terry be careful!

  [Terry edges along a thin branch whilst holding onto an even thinner one] 

  Terry : [swinging out]  Wahoo!

  [Ruth screams and Terry laughs as he steadies himself on another thin branch] 

  Ruth : Terry don't do that!

  [Terry laughs and edges along another thin branch, which snaps] 

  Ruth : [screams]  TERRY!

  [Terry falls out of the tree and lands on the grass] 

  Philip : [quickly climbs down and runs over to Terry]  Ruth, I'm not quite sure but I think he's alive.

• Philip : [as he, Ruth and Terry are running down a hill in the woods]  What's your name?

  Terry : Terry.

  Ruth : Where do you live?

  Terry : At the cottage in the euro, down Tanglewoods way.

  Philip : Have you got any brothers and sisters?

  Terry : No, it's only me and my Mum.

  Ruth : Where's your father?

  Terry : Ain't got none.

  Ruth : What are you collecting flowers for?

  Terry : Mum sells them in the town. She's a flower seller.

  [Terry points to a nest] 

  Terry : There you are. There's one of your pheasant's nests.

• Ruth : [opening a parcel containing a picture of Jesus with a flock of sheep]  Mr. Robinson it's lovely!

  Terry : [lying in bed]  Where are they going?

  Mr. Robinson : He's taking him home.

  Terry : [weakly]  Where's home?

  Mr. Robinson : It's where the Shepherd lives. Would you like me to read you something about it? What it's like there?

  [Terry nods and Mr. Robinson opens his Bible and reads Revelation 21:4] 

  Mr. Robinson : [reading]  "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain."

  Terry : [weakly]  No more pain. Cor, that would be smashing. Can anyone go?

  Mr. Robinson : [wisely]  Yes. *Anyone.* Anyone who belongs to him. Anyone who comes to the Good Shepherd.

  [Ruth and Terry look at each other, then at the picture of Jesus] 

• [last lines] 

  Terry : [voice only as Ruth climbs over a fence and stops in a field to think]  No more pain. Cor, that would be smashing. Can anyone go?

  Mr. Robinson : [voice only, wisely]  Yes. *Anyone*. Anyone who belongs to him. Anyone who comes to the Good Sheperd.

  Mr. Tandy : [voice only, wisely]  Your Terry is growing strong up there, with his Saviour.

  [Ruth realizes what it all means and excitedly looks at the sky as the Sun shines brighter] 

  Ruth : [running happily through the fields to tell Philip the good news]  Philip! Philip! Philip? Philip! Philip! Philip!