:02:00
or the hope of fortunes
easily made.
:02:03
Here in St. Cloud's, not even
the decision to get off
the train is easily made,
:02:08
for it requires an earlier,
more difficult decision...
:02:12
add a child to your life
or leave one behind.
:02:16
The only reason people journey here
is for the orphanage.
:02:20
- Good morning.
- We have an appointment.
:02:22
Yes. Come in.
Welcome to St. Cloud's.
:02:25
We're going right upstairs
to see Dr Larch.
:02:28
I came as a physician
to the abandoned children...
:02:30
and unhappily pregnant women.
:02:33
I had hoped to become a hero.
:02:36
But in St. Cloud's,
there was no such position.
:02:39
In the lonely, sordid world
of lost children,
:02:42
there were no heroes
to be found.
:02:45
And so I became the caretaker
of many,
:02:47
father of none.
:02:49
Well, in a way,
there was one.
:02:53
Here he is.
:02:55
His name
was Homer Wells.
:02:57
I named him after
the Greek writer.
:03:02
You know, Homer, of course?
:03:05
And I made his name Wells
because I could tell he was...
:03:10
very deep.
:03:13
In truth,
Nurse Angela named him.
:03:15
Her father drilled wells, and she once
owned a cat named Homer.
:03:18
Bye-bye, Homer.
:03:25
- Good night,
you Princes of Maine,
- Can we see the doctor?
:03:28
You Kings of New England.
:03:30
- Good night.
- Doctor?
:03:33
Doctor?
There's something wrong with him.
:03:36
- He never makes a sound.
- He didn't cry.
:03:39
Orphan babies learn
there's no point in it.
:03:43
Do you think we could have a look
at someone a little different?
:03:52
Thus was Homer Wells returned.
He was too happy a baby.
:03:56
- Bye, Homer.
:03:58
The second
family to adopt him had a gift
for getting sounds out of Homer.