MRS. GUMP. Well, I happened to believe you make

Well, I happened to believe you make

your own destiny. You have to do the

best with what God gave you.

FORREST

What's my destiny, Momma?

MRS. GUMP

You're gonna have to figure that out

for yourself. Life is a box of

chocolates, Forrest. You never know

what you're gonna get.

FORREST (V.O.)

Momma always had a way of explaining

things so I could understand them.

MRS. GUMP

I will miss you, Forrest.

FORREST (V.O.)

She had got the cancer and died on a

Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with

little flowers on it.

EXT. BUS STOP - PRESENT

The elderly woman and Forrest sit. The woman is crying and

wipes her eyes with a hankie.

FORREST

And that's all I have to say about

that.

A bus stops. Forrest looks at the elderly woman.

FORREST

Didn't you say you were waiting for

the Number Seven bus?

ELDERLY WOMAN

There'll be another one along shortly.

FORREST

Now, because I had been a football

star, and a war hero, and a national

celebrity, and a shrimpin' boat

captain, and a college graduate, the

city of fathers of Greenbow, Alabama,

decided to get together and offered

me a fine job.

EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY

Forrest rides a lawn tractor as he moves the football field

lawn.

FORREST (V.O.)

So, I never went back to work for

Lieutenant Dan.

EXT. GUMP HOUSE MAILBOXES

Forrest takes out a letter and opens it.

FORREST (V.O.)

Though he did take care of my Bubba-

Gump money. He got me invested in

some kind of fruit company. And so

then I got a call from him saying we

don't have to worry about money no

more.

EXT. BUS STOP

FORREST

And I said, " That's good. One less

thing."

INT. CHURCH - DAY The choir and members are singing.

FORREST (V.O.)

Now, Momma said there's only so much

fortune a man really needs...

EXT. CHURCH

The sign reads: " Four Square Baptist Church." A new cross is

placed on the steeple. New furniture is taken inside.

REVEREND

Praise the Lord.

FORREST (V.O.)

...and the rest is just for showing

off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it

to the Four Square Gospel Church.

EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY

The sign reads: " Gump Medical Center Bayou La Batre, Alabama."

The ribbon-cutting ceremony.

FORREST (V.O.)

And I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou

La Batre Fishing Hospital.

EXT. BUBBA'S MOM'S HOUSE

A postman delivers a letter to Bubba's mom. She opens the

letter.

FORREST (V.O.)

And even though Bubba was dead, and

Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts. I

gave Bubba's mommy Bubba's share.

She is surrounded by her many children. She looks at the

check and faints.

EXT. BUS STOP

FORREST

And you know what...

INT. FLORIDA CONDO

A door opens as a white woman serves Bubba's mom some shrimp.