I remember the bus ride on the first day of school very well.

Driver: Are you coming along?
Forrest: Mama said not to take rides from strangers.
Driver: This is the bus to school.
Forrest: I’m Forrest, Forrest Gump.
Driver: I’m Dorothy Harris.
Forrest: Well, now we ain’t strangers anymore.
Children: This seat’s taken. It’s taken. You can’t sit here.
Forrest:You know, it’s funny what a young man recollects, ’cause I don’t remember being born. I don’t recall what I got for my first Christmas, and I don’t know when I went on my first outdoor picnic, but I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world.
Jenny: You can sit here if you want.
Forrest: I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.
Jenny: Well, are you going to sit down or aren’t you? What’s wrong with your legs?
Forrest: Nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy.

I just sat next to her on that bus and had a conversation all the way to school.

My back’s crooked like a question mark.

Next to Mama, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.

Jenny: Are you stupid or something?
Forrest: Mama says, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Jenny: I’m Jenny.
Forrest: I’m Forrest, Forrest Gump.

From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots. She taught me how to climb.

Jenny: Come on, Forrest, you can do it.