A bus pulls up. Forrest remains on the bus bench as the bus continues on.

　　A BLACK WOMAN in a nurse's outfit steps up and sits down at the bus bench

　　next to Forrest. The nurse begins to read a magazine as Forrest looks at

　　her.

　　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.

　　Forrest: Momma said they'd take my anywhere.

　　INT. COUNTRY DOCTOR'S OFFICE - GREENBOW, ALABAMA - DAY - 1951

　　A little boy closes his eyes tightly. It is young Forrest as he sits in a

　　doctor's office.

　　Forrest: (voice-over) She said they was my magic shoes.

　　Forrest has been fitted with orthopedic shoes and metal leg braces.

　　Doctor: All right, Forrest, you can open your eyes now. Let's take

　　a little walk around.