Jurassic Park Page #5

GRANT (cont'd)

- - a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the

middle toe. They don't bother to bite the jugular, like

a lion, they just slash here, here - -

He points to the Kid's chest and thigh.

GRANT (cont'd)

- - or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines.

Point is, you're alive when they start to eat you.

Whole thing took about four seconds.

The Kid is on the verge if tears.

GRANT (cont'd)

So, you know, try to show a little respect.

And with that he walks back across the camp, returning to his

skeleton. Ellie hurries to catch up with him.

ELLIE:

You know, if you really wanted to scare the kid you

could've just pulled a gun on him.

GRANT:

Yeah, I know, you know...kids. You want to have one of

those?

ELLIE:

Well, not one of those, well yeah, a possibly one at

some point could be a good thing. What's so wrong with

kids?

GRANT:

Oh, Ellie, look. They're noisy, they're messy, they're

sticky, they're expensive.

ELLIE:

Cheap, cheap, cheap.

GRANT:

They smell.

ELLIE:

Oh my god, they do not! They don't smell.

GRANT:

They do smell. Some of them smell.. babies smell.

ELLIE:

Alright, the one on the airplane had an accident, but

usually babies don't smell.

GRANT:

They know very little about the Jurassic Period they

know less about the Cretaceous.

ELLIE:

The what?

GRANT:

The Cretaceous.

ELLIE:

Anything else, you old fossil?

GRANT:

Yeah, plenty. Some of them can't walk!

ELLIE:

It frustrates me so much that I love you, that I need to

strangle you right now!

Ellie playfully takes Grant's hat off and gives him a tight hug.

They kiss.

A strange wind seems to be whipping up. Grant and Ellie look

around, confused. The wind is getting stronger, blowing dirt and sand

everywhere, filling in everything they've dug out, blowing the

protective canvasses off. Now there's a more familiar ROAR, and they

look up and see it - -

- - a huge helicopter, descending on the camp.

ELLIE:

(to the volunteers)

Get some canvasses and cover anything that's exposed!

Grant's already on it, trying to desperately to protect the

skeleton he's excavating. He looks up at the helicopter and SHOUTS,

shaking his fist.

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9 EXTBASE CAMPDAY

Down at the base camp, the helicopter has landed. The PILOT is

already out, waiting as GRANT comes down from the mountaintop like

Moses steaming. Grant gestures wildly at him to turn the chopper off.

The pilot points timidly to a mobile home across the camp.

Grant runs to the trailer.

10 EXTTRAILERDAY

The door to the trailer SLAPS open, and GRANT storms in.

GRANT:

What the hell do you think you're doing in here?

The trailer serves as the dig's office. There are several long

wooden tables set up, every inch covered with bone specimens that are

neatly laid out, tagged, and labeled.

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