Willow Page #3

KIAYA:

I told him we didn't steal it, Wil-

low.

Burglekutt furiously scoops a handful of seeds out of

Willow's sack and shakes them under Willow's nose.

BURGLEKUTT:

You haven't paid your debts. Where

did you get these seeds?

With pride, Willow puts his arm around his wife.

WILLOW:

In the forest. My family's been

gathering them since last fall.

There's no law against that, Bur-

glekutt.

Suddenly the children laugh in the distance.

KIAYA:

Willow! You left the children

alone by the river??

In alarm she runs off before Willow can stop her. Bur-

glekutt sweeps the horizon with his walking stick.

BURGLEKUTT:

Too late, Ufgood. You'll never get

your planting done before the rains

start. You're gonna lose this

land.

He raises the seeds high above his head, then smashes

them down at Willow's boots. He waddles away toward

two of his MEN who wait by the road. Then: Kiaya

SHRIEKS from the river. Burglekutt stops in his tracks

and shakes his head as if to say "the whole family's

crazy." Off he trudges. Willow watches and waits.

Then runs as fast as he can to the river.

EXT. RIVER - DAY

Kiaya cradles the baby in her arms. Willow runs up,

and with patriarchal authority, puts his fists on his

hips.

WILLOW:

Absolutely, under no condition, is

anyone in this family going to fall

in love with that baby.

They all fall in love as he speaks. The children fol-

low Kiaya up on the bank, walking right past Willow.

WILLOW:

Kiaya! We can't keep that baby.

Mims, Ranon. Hey! I will not be

ignored!

Ignored, Willow huffs after them across his unplowed

field.

INT. UFGOOD HOUSE - DAY

Willow nervously paces as Kiaya pours water in a wood

tub and the children entertain the naked baby with

sticks and brightly colored cloths, apparatus for a

magic trick.

WILLOW:

This is bad. If we're caught with

that little daikini it'll be the

end of us. Careful, Ranon, I need

that for the festival.

(indicates magic cloth)

Kiaya, what are we going to do?

KIAYA:

We're gonna give this baby a bath.

The baby squeals with joy as Kiaya lifts her into the

bath.

WILLOW:

Burglekutt's right. There's not

enough time to finish plowing.

We'll lose everything and I'll end

up working in the mines.

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