Labyrinth Page #6

ZAKAR:
You like goblins, don't'cha, Freddie? (singsong) but I bet

your sister doesn't ...

SARAH rolls her eyes at this, and then gasps. Because for one very

strange moment, the puppet keeps bouncing, but both of ZAKAR's hands

are visible! And then the puppet seems to move away from the table,

and disappear! FREDDIE claps his hands with delight. SARAH jumps out

of her chair.

SARAH:
Where is it?!!!

ZAKAR points to a large cabinet against the wall.

ZAKAR:
It's in there.

SARAH:
Impossible!

ZAKAR:
See for yourself.

SARAH hesitates for a moment, and then places FREDDIE carefully on

the rug. She then marches over to the cabinet and throws open the

door.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

the puppet, grinning wildly from inside the cabinet.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

SARAH gasps and involuntarily slams the door. She whirls around to

face ZAKAR.

SARAH:
How did you do that?!!

ZAKAR leans back into the sofa.

ZAKAR:
Magic.

SARAH:
Oh sure ...

She nods, skeptically. She can't see -- but WE CAN DEFINITELY SEE --

the cabinet door slowly open behind her, and out of it comes a tiny,

fierce-looking GOBLIN! This is not a puppet, but a living creature

that moves quickly out of sight with an exaggerated tiptoe. SARAH is

busy with another problem. She doesn't see FREDDIE!

SARAH:
Where's Freddie?!!

ZAKAR shrugs. In a panic, SARAH begins to look around this room. She

calls for FREDDIE and, as she passes in front of the living room

doorway, WE CAN SEE something scurry across the hallway. SARAH stops

and listens.

SARAH:
Freddie?

But it wasn't a BABY she heard. Behind her there is more scurrying as

CREATURES begin to appear from various parts of the room. We hear

faint snickering. She turns to ZAKAR, terrified.

SARAH:
Where is he?!!

ZAKAR points to the chair SARAH was sitting in. She is behind the

chair and can't see anything. But when she comes around in front of

it she sees FREDDIE comfortably ensconced in the cushions. And he's

playing with the goblin puppet! SARAH reaches over and grabs the

puppet out of his hands. She flings it across the room and scoops up

the BABY.

SARAH:
Who are you?!!!

ZAKAR throws back his head and laughs, then suddenly leaps off the

sofa and lands very close to her.

ZAKAR:
I've been known by many names ... but the one I prefer is

_Jareth, King of the Goblins_!!!

SARAH holds FREDDIE close and backs away.

SARAH:
I don't believe this!

Amidst thunder and lightning JARETH flings his arms up into the air,

and he is suddenly dressed in strange, medieval garb, a cloak

swirling around him. And what's worse, much, much worse, is that

suddenly GOBLINS are everywhere! Popping out of drawers, from under

chairs, swinging off the chandeliers. SARAH turns and runs out of the

room.

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