Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series)

The Tale of the Hunted (1999)

David Deveau: Andy

Quotes 

• Andy : Something happened last weekend, and it's been bugging me.

  Tucker : [patting his shoulder as he passes him with the water-bucket to sit]  What was it?

  Andy : Well, my family was having this big old cookout. We were playing badminton, and the birdie got stuck up high in this tree.

  Quinn : Whoa, man. That's a drag. I can see why you're bummed.

  Megan : Quinn... So, what happened?

  Andy : Well, nobody could get it, it was so high. I got my slingshot. I'm a *pretty* good shot... and, well, I nailed it. First time. It fell right down.

  Vange : [grinning]  Cool.

  Quinn : Luck.

  Andy : Yeah. My brother thought so too. That's when this bird flew into the tree, even higher than the birdie. My brother said, "If you're so good, hit that bird." And it looked so far away, I never thought I'd come close.

  Tucker : ...But you did.

  Andy : Yeah. I did. It fell out of the tree fluttering down. I ran up to it. But it was already...

  Quinn : [grinning]  Nice shootin', Dead-Eye.

  Andy : Dead-Eye's right. I looked at the poor thing. It was a morning dove. All I could think of was, One second ago it had been alive. And because of me...

  [Quinn gets it and lowers his head] 

• Andy : Things are born, things die, that's the way it goes. But if you're going to step in and take nature into your own hands, you'd better be ready to deal with it. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story the Tale of the Hunted.