A Bucket of Blood Page #5

The nose has changed shape and juts perpendicularly off the head,

resembling Pinocchio -

Walter begins to sculpt with increasing fury -

He grabs up more clay, starts mushing the face -

Soon the object begins to lose resemblance to anything close to a

human head, or anything for that matter -

Walter stands up and backs up, looking at the sculpture - getting

angry he begins to mush the sculpture -

WALTER:

No no no no -

The cat meows again, louder - Walter looks around, irritated - he

begins to SQUASH the sculpture -

Finally losing his patience Walter kicks back the chair, grabs the

clay head and HURLS it across the room -

The clay hits the wall with a dull THUD, stays there for a beat,

then falls to the ground -

Walter pushes back his hair with his hand - the cat meows -

The beans begin to OVERFLOW on the stove -

Walter runs toward the stove, smacking his head on the overhead

light -

The light swings back and forth as Walter rushes over to the pot,

grabbing it hastily off the stove before SHRIEKING in pain and

dropping the pot into the sink, splattering beans in all directions

-

Walter clutches his hand in pain as the light swings, the cat

meowing louder -

Walter begins to look around furiously -

WALTER:

Frankie shut up!

Walter then focuses his frustrated mind toward the direction of the

patched up wall -

Walter gets closer -

He hears the meowing coming from inside the wall -

WALTER:

Frankie?

Walter puts his ear to the wall - he hears SCRATCHING

noises -

Walter turns away from the wall -

WALTER:

I don't believe this!

(yelling at the wall)

How did you get stuck in the wall!

The meowing persists -

WALTER:

Alright alright - calm down,

I'll get you out -

Walter looks around, goes toward a drawer by the sink, and produces

a long, narrow CARVING KNIFE - he heads back to the wall -

WALTER:

Hang tight Frankie, ol' Walter's

gonna get you out...

Walter then feels the wall as if he does this type of thing

professionally - when the determines the proper area of entry he

carefully aims the knife and - WHAM! -

SCREECH! Frankie makes a comical screech of pain which ends

abruptly -

Walter FREEZES - his eyes wide open with panic - he stands back -

The wall is silent -

WALTER:

Frankie?

There is no response -

WALTER:

Frankie how're ya doin' in there?

There is no response -

Walter begins to BEAT the wall, until the thin material begins to

give way -

He RIPS a big chunk of the wall off, confirming the worst -

The knife IMPALED Frankie into a wooden stud in the wall - the cat

is no more -

Walter pulls and tugs at the knife until it is freed from the wall -

he gingerly cradles Frankie, still impaled by the knife -

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