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RACHEL:
Decided to wake up and see what home
looks like, huh?
She begins to unbuckle the straps and harnesses. GAGE is just
wearing a t-shirt and a diaper. He's fifteen months old.
EXT. THE REAR OF THE WAGON, WITH LOUIS
He opens the doorgate and lifts out a cat carrier. We see a big
tomcat inside--mostly what we're aware of are shining green eyes.
ELLIE (voice)
Daddy! Mommy! I see a path!
LOUIS, cat carrier still in hand, turns toward:
She's got it penduluming back and forth in long wide arcs.
EXT. THE VIEW UP TOWARD THE WOODS, ELLIE'S POV
We see the field, and a clearly marked and mown path leading up
its flank and into the dark woods.
THE CAMERA DIPS AND PENDULUMS as ELLIE swings.
EXT. RACHEL AND GAGE (FRONT OF THE CAR)
RACHEL (irritated)
Not so high, Ellie! You don't know
how strong that rope is.
She puts GAGE down. He totters a bit on his little legs and then
stands there, looking at his sister.
EXT. THE ROPE AND THE BRANCH, CU
The bark has rubbed off the branch--it looks like a bone peeping
through decayed flesh. The rope is old, discolored. And it is
fraying away as we look at it. Soon ELLIE, like Humpty Dumpty, is
going to have a great fall.
He's set the cat-carrier down and is straightening up.
ELLIE (raptuous voice)
Wheee!
LOUIS:
Ellie, you heard your m---
His eyes widen.
EXT. ELLIE
ELLIE:
Wh--
SOUND:
A heavy twang! as the rope breaks. The tire swing--withELLIE still inside it--goes crashing to the grass. ELLIE screams
and begins to cry--a little hurt and a lot surprised.
LOUIS and RACHEL run to her.
LOUISRACHEL:
Ellie! Are you all right?Honey? Are you okay?
EXT. ELLIE, RACHEL, LOUIS, A CLOSER SHOT
ELLIE'S parents reach the tangle of tire, rope, and six-year-old
girl.
ELLIE:
Hurrts! It hurrrrts!
LOUIS:
Anyone who can scream that loud isn't
ready for intensive care just yet--
looks like she just skinned her knee.
Nevertheless, he begins to rapidly disentangle his daughter from
the tire. RACHEL helps.
EXT. GAGE
He's standing in the driveway by the front of the car, utterly
forgotten in the heat of the moment. His diaper is sagging quite a
bit; the boy needs a change.
He stares toward the scene of the accident for a bit, then loses
interest. CAMERA FOLLOWS as he walks down the side of the station
wagon, little bare feet slapping on the asphalt. He stops for a
moment at the back, looking at the cat-carrier, which LOUIS never
got around to opening. CHURCH is staring hopefully out through the
mesh.
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