Bunky Blum and the Talking Train

Bunky Blum is picked on in school His only peace comes during lunch hour when he and his mentally ill Mother eat McDonalds and visit a talking train named Train The 83 yearold train is now a caged monument in the center of a childrens park However Bunky believes that the train will break out of its confines and save him from the bullies of the schoolyard When Bunky realizes that the train is not magical all hope is lost and Bunky has a moral melt down In a fit of rage Bunky punches a girl in a wheelchair The unsympathetic move lands Bunky on the losing end of a full out brawl Bunkys Mother witnesses the schoolyard violence and she erupts into her own fit of rage which ultimately sends her back to the psych ward In the end Bunky is left without hope without family and without security He returns to the old train to make a final plea for vengeance But Bunkys giant steal savior has not come for vengeance Rather it offers Bunky what he needs a shush of peace