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EXT. STREET - LATER

A line of PICNIC TABLES surround nearby GRILLS. Leonard’s

family minus Leonard sit, eating as if there’s no tomorrow.

(CONTINUED)

11.

CONTINUED:

SOCCER MOM # 1 (O.S.)

Look at them. So unhealthy.

ON TWO SOCCER MOMS, watching Leonard’s family eat.

SOCCER MOM # 1 (cont’d)

You know, Grace can barely walk

because of her weight.

SOCCER MOM # 2

Where do you think she finds

clothes big enough to fit?

The two woman walk off. As they disperse, we see LEONARD,

standing behind them. He has heard every word.

Hurt, Leonard looks down at his own plate, which overflows

with food. He feels embarrassed and disgusted.

Patrick rises and crosses over to the buffet table.

PATRICK:

Good eating, huh son?

Patrick grabs the ladle and begins to fill up his plate.

LEONARD:

Maybe you shouldn’t have seconds,

Dad, you know?

PATRICK:

Who are you, Richard Simmons?

C’mon, enjoy the day.

He walks off with his food. Leanard looks down at the food,

shrugs, then helps himself to a heaping porion.

EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE STREET - DUSK

RUDY straddles his bike while watching a group of 8-yearolds,

having a water balloon fight. Jealous, he

reminiscences to a time when he was one of those kids.

KENNY:

(o.s. )

Me and Jeff are gonna pay that tree

house of yours a little visit

tonight.

Rudy spins around to find Kenny, standing at his side.

(CONTINUED)

12.

CONTINUED:

KENNY (cont'd)

When we’re through, it’ll be a pile

of scrap.

RUDY:

Why don’t you take your smelly ass

back to the trailer park?

KENNY:

Free country, a**hole.

RUDY:

You got nothing better to do than

pick on us all the time?

KENNY:

I did until yesterday.

RUDY:

I thought you liked “golden

showers”. Oh no, that was your

mother.

Kenny pushes Rudy to the ground and then jumps on top of him.

Rudy struggles to get free, but he’s overpowered. A crowd of

kids surround them, chanting, “FIGHT, FIGHT”.

Jeff hocks a phlegm wad onto Rudy’s face. Rudy screams as

the stream of saliva, drips across his nose and onto his lip.

NEIGHBORHOOD FATHER (O.S.)

What’s going on over there?

Kenny looks up and sees a neighborhood parent coming over.

KENNY:

I’ll finish this tonight!

Kenny pushes Rudy down once more and runs off. Rudy slowly

rises, wiping the saliva from his face.

EXT. VACANT LOT - LATER THAT NIGHT

The entire neighborhood has descended upon a VACANT LOT.

They are awaiting the annual, fireworks display.

We FIND Leonard, Jacob and Malee sitting on a large rock,

which gives them a birds eye view of the crowd.

Rudy runs over to the rock and climbs up top.

(CONTINUED)

13.

CONTINUED:

RUDY:

Kenny showed up. He said, Jeff and

him are gonna tear the treehouse

down tonight. We gotta sneak out

and stop them.

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