Build a movie plot around this: What did Tomas got as a birthday gift? Fishing rod and reel
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Young orphan Tomas (John Bell) is harassed and ridiculed for his small size, timidity and stuttering by the other children in his orphanage. Just after freeing a pigeon from his classroom, he is called to the headmasters' office to be greeted by Maire (Connie Nielsen), who has adopted him, and takes him back to her island home, where Tomas is greeted somewhat coldly by her husband, Alec (Aidan Quinn), a fisherman, who had expected someone older and perhaps more confident, and Tomas is intimidated by Alec.Tomas makes friends with Nancy (Tara Alice Scully) and is greeted tepidly by Seamus (Jack Gleeson). They take him to their 'secret' cave, inhabited by bats. There, Tomas runs away, scared, after which his two friends chase after him and console him. Tomas is introduced to his new school and, unlike at his previous school, here he is generally accepted by the pupils. As Maire's influence on him begins to shine through, he starts to gain in confidence and become drawn to wildlife.Soon thereafter, Alec and Tomas get a little closer, and when Maire has to go to the mainland for some shopping, Alec and Tomas go fishing. Together they find a young seal, apparently abandoned, on the beach. Christened 'Smudge' by Tomas, he wants to care for it and feeds it regularly for the next many days.For Tomas' birthday, the couple give him a new fishing rod & reel. Maire suggests that the two guys go fishing, Alec to teach Tomas how to use the tackle, and the plan is set. The next morning, they head out, but Alec, distracted with helping some friends move a stuck boat, tells Tomas, "I won't be long, wait down there." Tomas waits around nearly all day for him to show up, but Alec, after helping, then instead goes to the pub with the friends.Maire finds Tomas and takes him out in the boat herself. Maire discloses she was an orphan too, never adopted out, and that is why she picked Tomas, loving and 'knowing' him, due to her own experiences. Maire teaches Tomas to picture his grandmother in his mind and he...