Labyrinth Page #5

SARAH:
Oh, Freddie ...

There is more thunder, and then lightning flashes across the darkened

room.

ZAKAR (VO):
Perhaps I can soothe him ...

SARAH gasps and whirls around. ZAKAR is framed in the doorway. He has

a drink in his hand. SARAH holds the BABY close.

SARAH:
You shouldn't be up here!

ZAKAR (smoothly): I just wanted to help ...

SARAH rushes by him, still clutching the BABY.

16INT:
HALLWAY - NIGHT

SARAH comes out of the nursery and hurries down the stairs. ZAKAR

follows. FREDDIE is still crying.

SARAH:
Maybe you'd better leave ...

She gets to the bottom of the stairs. FREDDIE whimpers. ZAKAR is

making her very nervous.

SARAH:
... I, uh, don't think I care to talk to you about the play.

He is right behind her, almost too close.

ZAKAR:
Neither do I.

SARAH is shocked and disturbed by this.

SARAH:
What!

ZAKAR reaches over and smoothes FREDDIE's hair.

ZAKAR:
I'm more concerned about the baby, of course.

SARAH pulls FREDDIE out of his reach.

SARAH:
Freddie's just fine.

But he isn't. He's still crying. ZAKAR reaches into his pocket and

pulls out a coin. Be runs it over his fingers right in front of

FREDDIE's face. The BABY stops crying.

ZAKAR:
There, isn't that better?

SARAH (nervously): Uh, sure ... but you really have to leave ...

ZAKAR ignores her and heads into the living room.

ZAKAR:
I'm not just a playwright, as you can see ... bring him in

here and I'll do some other tricks for him ...

SARAH:
No! You've got to ...

But he is already in the living room. She follows, still holding the

BABY.

17INT:
LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

ZAKAR is sitting on the sofa, looking very comfortable. SARAH stands

in the doorway, not sure what to do. Reluctantly, she goes and sits

down across from him.

ZAKAR:
Now watch this, Freddie ...

He reaches into his breast pocket and tugs on the handkerchief there.

It comes out followed by many others, all different colours. SARAH

rolls her eyes. This is not that exciting a trick. FREDDIE isn't

impressed, either. In fact he starts to cry again.

ZAKAR:
So you're going to be like that, are you, Freddie? Well, you

know what that means?

He leans across the table and SARAH pulls the BABY closer.

ZAKAR:
It's time to call the goblins!

SARAH:
What?!!

SARAH is surprised to hear this, to say the least. It echoes her

silly threat to FREDDIE earlier.

ZAKAR:
Yes. That's what we do with bad babies ... we send for the

goblins!!

And with that he reaches into yet another pocket and pulls out a

poorly made, very silly-looking goblin hand puppet. SARAH laughs

with relief. ZAKAR, his hand in the puppet, talks in a high-pitched,

unconvincing goblin voice.

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