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INT. THE CHILDREN'S ROOM - DAY

DAVID LEE awakes first and catches the aroma of the food floating into their

room. He jumps out of bed and arouses JOSIE MAE and EARL.

DAVID LEE:

Come on y'all, git up, somethin's cookin' in

the kitchen! Come on, Earl!

They all jump into their clothes and rush for the kitchen.

INT. THE KITCHEN - DAY

They head straight for the stove where DAVID takes the lid off one of the

pots and then the other.

EARL:

What's in there, David!?

DAVID LEE:

Sausage and hambones!

EARL tries to put his hand in one of the pots but DAVID slaps it away.

DAVID LEE:

Don't do that!

JOSIE MAE:

Where did it come from?

JOSIE MAE is a tall, pretty girl for her nine years -- with a sort of

brooding air about her.

DAVID LEE:

Come on!

DAVID sees SOUNDER through the front-door screen, scratching to get in -- he

hurriedly lets the dog in, and they all dash out the back door.

EXT. THE BACKYARD - DAY

REBECCA is hanging out wash on the clothes line as the children rush toward

her.

DAVID LEE:

Mama, there's hot meat on the stove!

REBECCA:

That's right!

DAVID LEE:

Where did it come from, Mama?

REBECCA:

Where all meat come from -- now git yourself

washed up and be snappy about it -- you got six

miles ahead of you to that school.

She heads for the kitchen while the children proceed to wash up at the well.

INT. THE KITCHEN - DAY

REBECCA enters the kitchen and immediately starts preparing breakfast as

NATHAN is awakened and is standing in the doorway to the kitchen from their

room. She notices him and stops her work for a moment.

REBECCA:

Good mornin', Nathan.

NATHAN LEE:

Mornin'...

REBECCA:

You ready to eat?

NATHAN LEE:

I'll wait till after the children.

She goes back to preparing the food as she moves into the kitchen to put

together some scraps of food for SOUNDER.

NATHAN LEE:

How's the weather out there?

REBECCA:

Little chilly.

NATHAN LEE:

Hope it don't freeze out our baseball game

today!

EXT. THE BACKYARD - DAY

The children meet NATHAN as he is coming out of the house and they are about

to enter.

CHILDREN:

Mornin', Daddy!

NATHAN LEE:

Mornin' back atcha!

They rush on past him into the house as he smiles.

NATHAN LEE:

Don't forget to save me some!

He stops in the center of the yard and looks about.

NATHAN LEE:

Sounder!

SOUNDER comes running toward him from the field in back of the shed. NATHAN

bends to a pan on the ground and puts the scraps of food in it as SOUNDER

arrives and begins to eat. NATHAN rises and looks on, pleasingly.

NATHAN LEE:

That oughta put you in good shape for tonight!

INT. THE KITCHEN - DAY

The children are at the table eating as REBECCA is about to return to her

laundry work in the backyard.

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