FORREST (V.O.). seeing how it was my induction

...seeing how it was my induction

day and I was already gettin' yelled

at.

Bubba moves his case over, making room for Forrest to sit

down.

BUBBA

You can sit down... if you want to.

FORREST (V.O.)

I didn't know who I might meet or

what they might ask.

Bubba hands Forrest a handkerchief.

BUBBA

You ever been on a real shrimp boat?

FORREST

No, but I been on a real big boat.

BUBBA

I'm talkin' about a shrimp catchin'

boat. I've been workin' on shrimp

boats all my life. I started out my

uncle's boat, that's my mother's

brother, when I was about maybe nine.

I was just lookin' into buyin' a

boat of my own and got drafted. My

given name is Benjamin Buford Blue.

Bubba and Forrest shake hands.

BUBBA

People call me Bubba. Just like one

of them redneck boys. Can you believe

that?

FORREST

My name's Forrest Gump. People call

me Forrest Gump.

FORREST (V.O.)

So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre,

Alabama, and his momma cooked shrimp.

INT. LOUISIANA/KITCHEN - DAY (1966)

Bubba's mother, a robust woman in a cook's uniform, carries

a bowl of shrimp into a dining room. She sets it down on a

table in front of a wealthy white man.

FORREST (V.O.)

And her momma before her cooked

shrimp.

INT. SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH/KITCHEN - DAY (EARLY DAYS OF

SLAVERY)

Bubba's grandmother carries a bowl of shrimp into a dining

room. She sets it down on a table in front of a wealthy white

man.

FORREST (V.O.)

And her momma before her momma cooked

shrimp, too. Bubba's family knew

everything...

INT. ARMY BUS - DAY (1966)

FORREST (V.O.)

...there was to know about the

shrimpin' business.

BUBBA

I know everything there is to know

about the shrimpin' business. Matter

of fact, I'm goin' into the shrimpin'

business for myself after I get out

the Army.

FORREST

Okay.

INT. BARRACKS - DAY

A DRILL SERGEANT is in Forrest's face as Forrest stands in

line with the other recruits.

DRILL SERGEANT

Gump! What's your sole purpose in

this Army?

FORREST

To do whatever you tell me, Drill

Sergeant!

DRILL SERGEANT

Godamnit, Gump! You're a goddamned

genius! That's the most outstanding

answer I've ever heard. You must

have a godamned I.Q. of a hundred

and sixty! You are godamned gifted,

Private Gump!

The Drill Sergeant moves down the line to the next man.

DRILL SERGEANT

Listen up, people...

FORREST (V.O.)

Now, for some reason, I fit in the

Army like one of them round pegs.

It's not really hard. You just make

your bed real neat and remember to

stand up straight.

DRILL SERGEANT

That is one very intelligent

individual! You lock your scuzzy

bodies up behind that private and do

exactly what he does and you will go

far in this man's army!