Apt Pupil Page #4

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INT. RONNY PEGLER'S GARAGE - DAY

Todd and RONNY, both 13, rummage through several large boxes in

the corner of the garage. We see that the boxes are filled with

old war magazines. Ronny tosses several of them to the ground

as he digs for his dad's old copies of Penthouse. Ronny selects

one Penthouse and rifles through it. He discards it a moment

later.

RONNY:

One of these has three girls doing it at the

same time.

But the old war magazines catch Todd's attention. He picks one

up curiously and carefully flips through the tattered pages. We

see a few of the photographs: Nazi storm troopers, prisoners

behind barbed wire, the ovens.

RONNY (CONT'D)

I got it! Check this out. ...Todd, look.

TODD:

Hang on a sec.

As young Todd stares into this secret world, his voice comes

in...

TODD (CONT'D)

It was all there... pictures of stuff I'd

never seen, stuff they never put in the books

anymore, especially the ones they give us to

read. And here were stacks of them.

INT. DUSSANDER'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Todd speaks excitedly. Dussander, very bored, clearly indulges

him.

TODD:

It... grabbed me. It was just like Miss

Harmon said. I couldn't believe it. But

there it was, the camps, the uniforms, the

...the way they saluted each other. But what

am I telling you for? You know more about

this stuff than anybody.

DUSSANDER:

Yes, what are you telling me for?

TODD:

(ignoring him)

Then last year I wrote my big term paper on

Dachau. I got an A+. It was the only A+ she

gave. I mean I always do real well. A's on

everything. That's why I'm accelerated.

DUSSANDER:

Accelerated?

TODD:

You know, accelerated. I skipped two grades,

second and ninth. I didn't need them.

That's why I'm already a junior.

Dussander sits.

DUSSANDER:

I see...

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