He didn’t know what the future held. But that was okay. He had a box of chocolates, a boy who needed him, and a pair of old Nikes that had carried him across America—twice—when he’d felt like running.
On that first bus ride to school, no one would let Forrest sit beside them. Except a girl with long, honey-colored hair and a voice like summer rain. Jenny Curran. From that moment on, Forrest loved Jenny. He didn’t understand why she sometimes ran away from her own house, why she prayed to God to make her a bird and fly far, far away. But he knew she was his best friend. . forrest gump
He left the company to Bubba’s family and went home to Greenbow. His mother was dying. She told him that death was just a part of life, and that he’d done just fine. Then she closed her eyes, and Forrest sat alone in the big white house, listening to the crickets. He didn’t know what the future held