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INT. TREEHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Both boys lie asleep. A mosquito flies in through the window

and buzzes past Leonard’s ear. He haphazardly swipes at it

in his sleep, wakes himself up.

LEONARD:

Oh, sh*t.

Rudy jumps awake.

(CONTINUED)

16.

CONTINUED:

RUDY:

What... What is it? They here?

LEONARD:

No.

Leonard rises, picks up his bag and opens the TRAP DOOR in

the floor. He is about to exit.

RUDY:

Where you going?

LEONARD:

They’re not gonna show up, I’m

goin’ home. It’s three o’clock-

Suddenly, a FLAMING COCKTAIL comes flying through the window.

It hits Rudy in the head, explodes and engulfs him in flames.

EXT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Jeff and Kenny stand a few yards away from the treehouse.

Both laugh at the sight of the flames inside.

KENNY:

Now yours. And aim for the window.

Jeff lights his COCKTAIL. It misses the window and smashes

into the side of the tree house.

KENNY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

Ha ha, you suck.

Jeff and Kenny hear Leonard and Rudy screaming from inside.

JEFF:

You hear that?

INT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Rudy, now covered in flames, rolls on the floor, screaming.

RUDY:

Put it out! Put it out!

Leonard struggles to put out the flames with his backpack,

but it’s of no use. He spins around and finds the wall

behind him, engulfed with flames. He screams, terrified.

EXT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Jeff and Kenny are frantic.

(CONTINUED)

17.

CONTINUED:

JEFF:

They’re in there! They’re in

there!

Jeff turns around and runs back home through the woods.

INT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Leonard backs away from Rudy. Unfortunately, he doesn’t

realize that the door in the floor is open.

EXT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

We watch over Kenny’s shoulder as Leonard falls from the

treehouse, smacks his head on the tree trunk and comes to a

crash upon some rocks. Kenny runs over and finds Leonard

unconscious.

KENNY:

Wake up! Wake up, kid!

Off the treehouse, which is now a towering inferno

INT. TWIN’S HOUSE - PARENT’S BEDROOM - SAME TIME

Ashley jumps up from a deep sleep. There is terror on her

face. She rushes over to her DESK and turns on the LAMP.

Ken is awakened by her.

JIM:

Ashley? What is it?

ASHLEY:

I forgot to deposit your paycheck

last week.

JIM:

But I already wrote some checks.

ASHLEY:

I know. With the cookout and

everything, I forgot. I’ll deposit

it tomorrow. The holiday should

buy us an extra day.

JIM:

Write yourself a note so you don’t

forget again.

ASHLEY:

I just did.

(CONTINUED)

18.

CONTINUED:

Ashley turns off the desk lamp and returns to bed.

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