Big Fish Page #6

EDWARD:

Fine, I will.

DON PRICE:

Fine, you do it.

EDWARD:

Fine, I’m doing it.

He hands Zacky his flashlight, then starts climbing the gate.

RUTHIE:

Edward, don’t!

14.

WILBUR FREELY:

She’ll make soap out of you!

(to Ruthie)

That’s what she does, she makes soapout of people.

Edward drops down on the far side of the gate. Truth be

told, Edward is scared, but he forges ahead anyway.

Wilbur looks to Ruthie, and they’re in complete agreement.

They get the hell out of there. Zacky would run too, but Donholds him by the collar.

EXT. APPROACHING THE HOUSE

Edward curves around the tall bushes that hide the front

door. Anything could jump out of them.

He steps on the porch. The boards SQUEAL and CREAK, but hecontinues on. A cat SCREAMS OUT from a broken wicker rocker.

Catching his breath, Edward reaches the front door.

The doorknob is ancient brass, two projections that look likehorns. Yet Edward extends his hand, reaching closer andcloser before he finally

RINGS THE DOORBELL.

Impossibly fast, the door opens, revealing an OLD WOMAN witha patch over her left eye. She looks like she’s been dead

for years, but too stubborn to lie down.

EDWARD:

(calm and straightforward)

Ma’am, my name is Edward Bloom, andthere’s some folks’d like to see your

eye.

EXT. BACK AT THE GATE - NIGHT

Zacky and Don Price wait for Edward, each moment moreconvinced he’s already dead. But suddenly, he’s back at thegate.

DON PRICE:

You get the eye?

EDWARD:

I brought it.

DON PRICE:

(dubious)

Let’s see it.

15.

The Old Woman steps out of the shadows behind Edward,

flipping up her eye patch. When their flashlight beam hitsher left eye, it shines with a hellish glow.

We RUSH IN on Zacky, who is paralyzed by what he sees.

CUT TO:

EXT. FRONT PORCH OF HOUSE - DAY

An OLD MAN -- Zacky -- stands on a wobbly stepladder,

changing a lightbulb. Suddenly, the ladder gives way and hefalls. Dead.

EXT. AT THE GATE - NIGHT

We RUSH IN on Don Price.

CUT TO:

INT. FRATERNITY HOUSE BATHROOM - DAY

Twenty-year old Don Price falls face-forward on the tile,

face mushed in the grout. Very much dead.

EXT. AT THE GATE - NIGHT

Don and Zacky both tremble with fear. The latter has tears

in his eyes.

ZACKY:

I saw how I was gonna die. I was old,

and I fell.

DON PRICE:

I wasn’t old at all.

The brothers suddenly bolt. Still standing next to the OldWoman, Edward smiles.

EXT. AT THE OLD WOMAN’S DOOR - NIGHT

Edward helps her back inside. He could leave now, but

curiosity gets the better of him.

EDWARD:

I was thinking about death and all.

About seeing how you’re gonna die.

The Old Woman turns to him slightly, still not facing him.

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