American Fable Page #3

You haven't told anyone

that I'm here, have you?

- No.

- Mmm.

- You're not a farmer, are you?

- No..

No, I'm... I'm not a farmer.

- Then what do you do?

- I buy land. Farms mostly.

- Did you buy

our neighbor's farm?

- I don't know, maybe.

- He killed himself.

- I didn't know that.

I'm sorry to hear that.

- Did you try to buy our farm?

- Gitty, I might have,

but, I... I..

You know, if it wasn't me

it would've been somebody else.

The, uh, these farms

are not doing very well

you know, they're all gonna be

bankrupt in a few years.

- A... are you a bad man?

Is that why you're in there?

- Gitty, no.

I'm a very good man.

You know what?

I'm... I'm..

I'm an important man.

- Important people don't

have to say they're important.

- You don't understand, Gitty..

Gitty?

- My dad says

it's a dog-eat-dog world.

- You know what,

your dad's right

it is a dog-eat-dog world.

You know what, Gitty,

tell... tell your dad..

You tell him

that I could pay him

double of whatever

they're paying.

Gitty, listen to me. You're not

listening to me. Gitty?

Tell him

that I could help you, okay?

Will you? Will you tell him

I can pay him. I can pay...

- why would you help us now

if you didn't before?

- God, Gitty, I..

Your... your, your father,

what's his name?

- Abe.

- Tell Abe to let me out!

I will pay him.

I will help him.

I promise you, and

I will not call the police.

Okay? Tell him that.

- I think you're lying.

- I'm not lying!

Gitty, I'm not. You... you go

tell him to let me out!

Now!

- Dad!

Dad?

- Okay, so how long

is he gonna be like this?

- No one knows.

He landed badly.

The fall broke his ankle.

There's a lot of pressure

on his spine

which is why he can't move.

Will you be having a nurse come

to wash him

and help with the bedpan?

- Um, no.

I... I can't right now.

I'll, I'll take care of him.

- Why isn't he in your room?

- We need room

for his special bed.

You wanna go say hi?

- Okay.

- Hey, mom?

Are you okay?

- Yeah.

What do you want, sweetheart?

- Does god really love us?

I don't think

he hears me at all.

- Look for him

in unexpected places, Gitty.

- After the recent passage

of a bill that would allow

for the construction

of what could be

the world's largest open-pit

iron ore mine

in Wisconsin's history

of environmental..

- How does this piece move?

- Put that back.

- Searches continue

throughout the region

for Jonathan winters,

the founder of Plymouth company

a large agriculture conglomerate

that has been buying up

failing farms in the Midwest.

Winters was last seen researching

crop yields in the Madison area.

Today the victim's sister..

- Pieces are missing.

- Message for the kidnappers.

- I'm speaking to the men

who kidnapped Jonathan..

My brother.

I beg you..

Please don't hurt him.

We'll give you

whatever you want.

Please, if you could just

tell him that I love him.

- Oh, that rich b*tch.

- Why? What did she do?

- She's a monster, Gitty,

that's what she di..

She's a monster.

They're all monsters. Ask dad.

You know chess

is what the great generals

used to use to sharpen

their strategic skills for war?

- Can you teach me?

- It wouldn't even be a game,

I'd beat you every time.

What's the fun in that?

Let's face it, Gitty..

You're not good at much.

- Come on, happy.

Let's blow this joint.

- What's this?

- It's a lantern.

You know, for light.

- A lantern..

Did you bring matches?

- Oh, yeah,

I forgot about matches.

I'll bring them later.

Oh, your sister was on TV today.

- What?

My.. Anna?

- She said she loves you.

I should go.

- No, wait, wait, wait. Wait.

Gitty..

Can you wait...

For a little while?

Hey, want to know a riddle?

- A riddle? Yeah.

- Okay. What is..

I swallow up

all that's before me

and all that's after me..

And everyone who is watchin'.

What am I?

- I don't know. What?

- Think about it.

- Hey, Jonathan.

- Yeah?

- You..

You said before that you could

give me anything I wanted?

- Yes. Anything.

- I want my dad to get better.

- What's wrong with your dad?

- He had a bad accident.

Can you help him?

- Yes, I can.

But can you do something

for me first?

- What do I have to do?

- Can you, um, go home

and you see this door

with the lock?

Go home and... and find a key.

Okay?

- Okay.

- Oh, and, uh.. And, oh, uh..

One more thing,

can you... can you, uh

bring me some books?

Some really big, big books.

Okay? The biggest you can find

and as many as you can carry.

Okay?

- Okay.

Mom?

- Mom's at work, stupid.

- Where are you going?

- Out.

- Martin?

- Oh, hey, Vera.

- Let's go.

- Keys, keys, keys..

Where are your books, Martin?

Hey, Jonathan, I... I brought

magazines and I brought matches

and I brought keys.

- Matches, check.

Go try the keys.

What are these?

- You said

you wanted stuff to read.

- Oh, no, no! Gitty, no.

I said books. Books, big books.

Oh, my god.

Where did you get these?

- I found them in Martin's room.

We don't have many books

in our house.

- Is there a library in town?

- Yeah.

- Go to the library

and get me books, please.

Big books,

the biggest you can carry, okay?

- Okay.

- Okay, now go and try the keys, please.

Are they working?

- I... I'm trying.

Have you ever loved someone?

Like, kisses and stuff?

- What is making you

think of that?

- All those ladies

in the magazine looked..

They look real funny.

Am I supposed to be like that

when I grow up?

- No. No, you're not

supposed to..

Don't ever, ever be like that.

- I'm sorry, Jonathan.

None of these keys work.

- Thank you, Gitty.

Thank you for trying.

Do me a favor now

and go to the library.

Please go to the library

and get me books, okay?

Real books. Big books.

As big as you can carry.

As many as you can carry, okay?

- Okay.

I will.

Should I

take the magazines back?

- Oh, uh..

No.

You can leave these here.

I'll read the articles.

- How far away is London?

- Very, very far.

Have you heard

of Nancy drew, dear?

- Thank you.

- We don't have a choice.

You've clearly

given us no choice.

- There's no other way, Sarah.

This is the only way

it can be done.

I'm glad you called me, Martin.

It's all under control.

These things take time.

You're doing great,

I can't say that enough.

- How can we trust you?

- I wouldn't

put your family in danger.

We're in this together.

- You told Abe it was a package.

- You're doing great. So now, just

keep people away from that silo.

Okay?

Sarah?

We'll be fine,

if you can just do that.

What was that?

- I don't know. I'll check.

- Is there anything up there?

- No, I think it was just a rat.

- Martin..

Trust me.

It's better that you don't know.

Just keep doing

what you're doing.

- Hey..

We're doing the world a favor,

right?

Okay? It's us or them.

- So, what... what...

- Like you said..

- What happen..

W... what if he dies out there?

- He won't.

- What happens when he gets out?

- He doesn't know where he is

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes