Forrest has a low [?], but is brilliant in certain areas, for example, [?]. At school, children [?] at him. Only pretty Jenny Curran is [?] to him. Then it is discovered that the boy is brilliant at running and [?]. As a result, he gets into [?]. By now it's the late sixties. Forrest is drafted into the [?] and goes to fight in Vietnam. He leaves Vietnam a hero and is awarded a [?] by President Nixon.

When Forrest meets Jenny again; they become lovers for a short while. NASA the space center in Texas, sends Forrest into space with an [?] called Sue! Back on the ground, Forrest becomes a [?] champion. He starts a [?] business in Bayou. Then he hears that Jenny is married: ' A part of me seemed to die when I heard it'. He drowns his sorrows in work and becomes a [?] man.

Time passes. Forrest takes a holiday and by chance meets [?]. She is indeed married but her child, called Forrest, is his. Forrest wants Jenny back but he realizes that it is better for his son not to have an idiot for a father. The story ends with Forrest giving all his [?] away to Jenny, his mother and friends. it's time to start again.