Lady in the Water Page #2

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...inside.

It is not you.

It's late.

You really...

You shouldn't be here.

I'm kind of old-fashioned that way.

I don't even know your name.

My name is Story.

I didn't mean for you to tell...

Why am I not stuttering?

What?

Hello, Story, my name is Cleveland.

"From the cliffs."

That is what your name means.

Where did you learn that?

From my studies.

I promise that I will not

get you into trouble. You can go.

I am scared.

I will wait here with you, Cleveland.

Why are you scared?

You can wait here for a little bit...

...until you feel not so scared.

Are you okay?

Oh, my God. You're just a kid.

Hello.

Okay. It's time to go. Story, come on.

Okay.

I think you need some fresh air.

I'm just gonna take you outside.

I'm gonna put you

on one of the pool chairs.

I'm gonna get you some coffee...

...and then you can wake up.

Then I'll walk you home.

Tell me, who in the world

are you, anyway?

- Narf.

- What?

Okay. Come on.

Here we go.

Okay.

It was sort of h... H... Hairy, but...

But matted, like clumps. You know?

And it was kind of g... Green.

- You say green?

- Yeah.

I thought so. Matted is... Is not right.

It was f... F... Flat, and...

And thicker than hair.

Like this. Like this.

Flat and this kind of a color.

- And... Is this not helping you at all?

- Forget about its hair for a second.

It's obviously some dumb animal

who muddied himself. About how tall?

- What, was it a Great Dane?

- No, no, no. No, sir.

I mean, are there any w... W...

Wolves in this area? Hyenas?

Jack, this is Philadelphia.

Where do you think you're living?

Sorry. Something keeps

setting off the sprinklers.

I'll look around the forest and check

behind the dumpsters and stuff.

An animal that size,

the one you're describing...

...doesn't walk around and not be seen.

There's nowhere for

a dumb big animal to hide.

Cleveland.

Hey.

Got a lot of homework, huh?

University gives many pages of reading.

What they think, I have no social life?

I got more books for you.

Could you look up

the word "narf" for me?

It's an Eastern bedtime story, Mr. Heep.

I do not remember it.

My great-grandmother

used to tell it when she was alive.

A b... B... B...

Bedtime story?

What's the story?

I do not remember.

How about your mother?

Hello, Mrs. Choi. Hello.

She wants to know

who told you this word.

Oh, j... Just a friend. I don't...

I don't... I don't know her very well.

She said that her grandmother...

...used to tell this story like a prayer.

Like it was true.

She said that she knew someone

who knew someone who saw one.

Saw one what?

A narf, the bedtime story says,

is a sea nymph.

I s... What...

What happens in the story, please?

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