Braveheart Page #4

HAMISH:

With your father and brother gone,

they'll kill us and burn the farm!

WILLIAM:

It's up to us, Hamish!

Hamish leans forward for a look, but William pulls him back.

WILLIAM:

Not yet! Here he comes, be ready!

They wait; heavy FOOTSTEPS. Then from around the edge of the

grove three enormous, ugly hogs appear. The boys hurling

rotten eggs. The eggs slap the snouts of the pigs, who scatter

as the boys charge, howling. We PULL BACK... as the sun goes

down on their play.

EXT. THE WALLACE HOUSE - SUNDOWN

The boys walk toward the house, beneath a lavender sky.

HAMISH:

Wanna stay with me tonight?

WILLIAM:

I wanna have supper waitin'.

HAMISH:

We'll get those English pigs tomorrow.

WILLIAM:

Aye, we'll get 'em.

EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT

William's face appears at the window, looking toward

THE DISTANT HILLS

of trees and heather, where there is no sign of life.

INT. THE HOUSE - NIGHT

William has cooked stew in a pot, and now spoons up two

steaming bowls full and sets them out on the table. But he

is only hoping. He looks out the window again; he is still

all alone. So he leaves a candle burning on the table beside

the stew, and moves up the stairs.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAWN

The house is silent, fog rolling around it in the dawn.

INT. FARMHOUSE - DAWN

William has been awake all night, afraid to sleep. He rises,

and in QUICK CUTS: he dresses; he moves down the hall, stops

at the door of his father's bedroom and sees the undisturbed

bed. He moves on, passing the door of his brother's room,

also unrumpled.

IN THE KITCHEN:

He finds the two cold bowls of stew, beside the exhausted

candle. He spoons up his own cold porridge, and eats alone.

EXT. HOUSE - DAY

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