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Leg Braces In Forrest Gump

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In the movie "Forrest Gump" there are some boys who bully him for having leg braces on and start chasing him on their bikes. But seeing as Forrest has the leg braces on he can't run very well so he ends up waddling away as fast as possible from the boys. While he is doing that, his "girlfriend" Jenny, shouts at him to run. Therefore giving him the power to run away from the boys and shortly breaking his leg braces. From then on, he has never let what others say about him put him

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