Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

Corey Sevier: Jay Berry Lee

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Quotes 

• Daisy Lee : Why do you want that horse so bad?

  Jay Berry Lee : When you have a horse it feels like you're riding free.

• Jay Berry Lee : [to both his parents]  Yeah well what about the monkeys? I can't trap them if I'm busy all the time!

  [John and Sarah stand in silence] 

  Jay Berry Lee : [Begging his parents for amnesty]  Please, they are worth 85 dollars.

• Jay Berry Lee : [to Toby and his gang after tripping the Bear trap]  You Could've Killed Him With That!

• Daisy Lee : He's telling the truth!

  [hands her mom a note] 

  Sarah Lee : [Sarah takes the note from Daisy and reads it to herself]  You saw them too?

  Jay Berry Lee : I didn't think you would react this strongly.

  Sarah Lee : The two of you should've been here the whole time.

• Jay Berry Lee : I'll clean everything up okay, I promise.

  John Lee : You'll do a lot more than that! You can start with the kitchen.

• Jay Berry Lee : [upset that he can't see if the traps got triggered]  This is unfair!

  Sarah Lee : [not want to hear his complaining]  You're staying here and

  [becomes very stern] 

  Sarah Lee : That's The End Of It!

• Jay Berry Lee : [Comes into the house]  Sorry I'm late me and Rowdy were celebrating the last day of school

  [sits down at the table] 

  Jay Berry Lee : Mmm something smells good I'm starved.

• Daisy Lee : We haven't had a storm like this in many years Jay Barry. It's like that tornado that touched down near Ridgewell years ago.

  Jay Berry Lee : Now don't say that. We'll be fine.

• Jay Berry Lee : Did you get Baylis Hatcher out of his house Pa?

  John Lee : I did, the undertaker has him now son.

• Daisy Lee : I saw the old man on the mountain looking in at us. He watches over all the land.

  Jay Berry Lee : I thought God looks after all the land?

  Daisy Lee : That's who the old man on the mountain is Jay Barry.

• Jay Berry Lee : [enters the barn with his new pony and sees his dad shoveling hay]  What you doing pa?

  John Lee : Figured we'd better get started on a stall for Annie.

  Jay Berry Lee : You don't need to do that

  [John stops and looks confused] 

  Jay Berry Lee : I only gave Mr. Patterson a few dollars to borrow Annie for the morning.

  John Lee : I I don't understand?

  Jay Berry Lee : Well when I went to the ranch this morning, I figured I was going there to buy Annie. When I got there, I knew I couldn't.

  [on the verge of tears] 

  Jay Berry Lee : I want Annie so bad. That's why I wanted to ride her today. Just this once, but I know that 85 dollars would also pay for Daisy's operation.

  [John goes wide eyed] 

  Jay Berry Lee : And I decided that was something I wanted more. I want Daisy to know what I feels like to be free Pa.

  John Lee : I'm proud of you son.

  [walks over to Jay Barry] 

  John Lee : You just grew ten feet tall in my eyes. I'd like to shake your hand.

  [Jay Barry does exactly that and John gives his son a big smile, but looks up and relizes Daisy overheard the entire conversation. She runs over to Jay Barry and hugs him sobbing Jay Barry hugs her back] 

• Jay Berry Lee : [the morning after the monkeys trashed the Lee family home] 

  [outraged] 

  Jay Berry Lee : I can't work at Grandpa's for the next two weeks?

  John Lee : [inside Jay's bedroom with Sarah next to him]  That's right!

  [Jays sighs heavily while sitting on his destroyed bed] 

  John Lee : When you're not working in the fields you could be rebuilding the chicken coops.

  Jay Berry Lee : [to his parents]  This is so unfair!

  Sarah Lee : Well you should've thought about that before you left the house son.

  Jay Berry Lee : And I suppose Daisy gets away Scot-Free!

  Sarah Lee : [Sarah instantly becomes infuriated with her sons statement]  Shame on you! Your sister is laying in bed with her leg hurt, and all you could think about is wether or not she is getting punished!

  [John shakes his head in a disapproving manner at Jay Barry] 

  Jay Berry Lee : [yelling back at his mom]  I DIDN'T ASK HER TO FOLLOW ME!

  John Lee : You're job was to watch over your sister, and you didn't do it!

  Jay Berry Lee : Yeah well what about the monkeys? I can't trap them if I'm busy all the time!

  [Jays parents just stare at him annoyed] 

  Jay Berry Lee : [begging his parents for amnesty]  Please, they're worth 85 dollars.

  John Lee : [in a stern and cold voice at Jay]  Well I don't care what their worth. You just think about what you've done wrong!

  [John and Sarah leave and lock Jay Barry in his room putting into solitary confinement, forcing him to reflect on his wrongdoings for everything that happened and Jay falls backwards on his bed and sighs heavily]