FORREST

Hello. My name’s Forrest Gump.

He opens a box of chocolates and holds it out for the nurse.

FORREST

You want a chocolate?

The nurse shakes her head, a bit apprehensive about this strange man next to her.

FORREST

I could eat about a million and a half of these. My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get."

Forrest eats a chocolate as he looks down at the nurse’s shoes.

FORREST

Those must be comfortable shoes. I’ll bet you could walk all day in shoes like that and not feel a thing. I wish I had shoes like that.

BLACK WOMAN

My feet hurt.

FORREST

Momma always says there’s an awful lot you could tell about a person by their shoes. Where they’re going. Where they’ve been.

The black woman stares at Forrest as he looks down at his own shoes.

FORREST

I’ve worn lots of shoes. I bet if I think about it real hard I could remember my first pair of shoes.

Forrest closes his eyes tightly.