Are You Afraid of the Dark?1990

Andy:
Something happened last weekend, and it's been bugging me.

Tucker:
[patting his shoulder as he passes him with the water-bucket to sit] What was it?

Andy:
Well, my family was having this big old cookout. We were playing badminton, and the birdie got stuck up high in this tree.

Quinn:
Whoa, man. That's a drag. I can see why you're bummed.

Megan:
Quinn... So, what happened?

Andy:
Well, nobody could get it, it was so high. I got my slingshot. I'm a *pretty* good shot... and, well, I nailed it. First time. It fell right down.

Vange:
[grinning] Cool.

Quinn:
Luck.

Andy:
Yeah. My brother thought so too. That's when this bird flew into the tree, even higher than the birdie. My brother said, "If you're so good, hit that bird." And it looked so far away, I never thought I'd come close.

Tucker:
...But you did.

Andy:
Yeah. I did. It fell out of the tree fluttering down. I ran up to it. But it was already...

Quinn:
[grinning] Nice shootin', Dead-Eye.

Andy:
Dead-Eye's right. I looked at the poor thing. It was a morning dove. All I could think of was, One second ago it had been alive. And because of me...

[Quinn gets it and lowers his head]