American Fable Page #5

- Well, um,

I'd better get goin'.

Yeah, Hank is probably

wonderin' where I am.

If you'll excuse me.

- Well, be careful driving.

- Oh, I will.

And, uh, you've got, uh,

my number in case of emergency?

- Mm-hmm.

It's right on the fridge.

- Great, great.

Nice mailbox, by the way.

- Try not to hit it this time.

- Bye.

- Can you play it?

- Let's see.

It's a little old..

And the bridge is broken.

Thank you, though.

You wanna hold it?

Put it under your chin.

There you go, just like that.

Hand on the neck.

Take the bow,

with your right hand

and hold your thumb there

and your pinky there

just nice and light.

There you go.

And pretend to play.

See what music comes

into your head.

Hey, Gitty..

- Mm-hmm?

- If we don't ever

see each other again..

Remember me.

Okay?

- I will.

- Gitty?

Gitty, are you okay?

- I knew it, you were gonna

free him, weren't you?

Do you know

what would happen, Gitty?

D... dad would go to jail

for the rest of his life...

- He's my friend!

- He's not your friend.

Okay, you idiot!

He's not one of us.

He pretends to like you, but

he just wanted you to help him

you stupid little sh*t.

- Stop it, Martin!

- You wait till dad finds out.

He'll kill him.

- No..

Please don't tell dad.

Please don't tell dad, Martin.

- You gotta swear you're not

gonna go back there.

You're not gonna go back there

you're not gonna tell the police

about this

you're not gonna tell mom

and dad I found you out here.

- Yeah, okay.

- No. No, you swear, Gitty.

You swear

on your chicken's life.

You swear on your stupid

chicken happy's life.

- I swear.

- Come.

- What's that smell?

- I used bleach.

I had to.

He's disgusting.

He smells like an animal.

Is that why

you like him so much?

- Do you wanna play?

- Aren't you afraid

you're gonna lose?

- Why do you like Vera so much?

- 'Cause no one understands me.

But she does.

- What does she understand?

- There's two kinds

of people in this world.

Warriors, they have to protect

the weak ones

even from themselves.

And farmers,

they don't make good warriors.

Gitty, I am a warrior.

It's your move, Gitty.

- Checkmate.

It's called a "blitzkrieg."

I could teach you,

if I wanted to.

- Gitty! Help me!

Gitty!

Where are you? Help me!

- Shh.

- Mom!

Mom!

Dad?

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

What should I do, happy?

What should I do?

"821-158."

- The storm knocked down

the phone lines last night.

Who are you callin'?

- Jonathan!

Oh, my gosh.

Jonathan, are you okay?

- Gitty, hi.

- Oh, my!

- But...

- No, no, no, no!

- Gitty, did you,

did you call the police?

Gitty, wh..

- No.

- Do you think I wanna stay here

and play games

with a little child?

Is that what you think?

I'm dying. Gitty, I'm dying!

Now go, call the police!

Go, get me out!

You're the killer. You hear me?

You're the killer.

Now go! Go!

Go, Gitty! Go!

- Thanks, mom.

- Yeah.

- Come on in, it's open.

- Open it.

- Um..

Is that enough?

- Yeah, it'll do.

- He needs to be

on the midnight train.

That's the deal.

- I understand.

- What is it, dad?

- You mind your own business,

Gitty.

- Martin, thank you.

- You're not gonna to eat?

- I can't stay.

- You're just leaving?

- I have nothing left

to do here.

- But you haven't done anything.

You just make other people

do things.

- Shut up, Gitty. Okay?

- Martin, watch your mouth

at my table.

- Where are you going?

- To New York first.

- I'm goin' to New York one day.

And to London, Tokyo, Paris.

What?

People will write books

go to those places, right?

Martin's sure gonna miss you,

Vera.

- Shut your face, Gitty!

- Martin, watch your mouth.

- Martin,

this chicken's delicious.

Where'd you buy it?

- I didn't.

- What?

- I found it..

In the silo.

Come on.

Who doesn't love a happy meal?

Happy?

- Jesus Christ, Martin.

What the hell

is wrong with you, son?

Why would you do

something like that?

- Because she has been visiting

that man in the silo

for the past few weeks.

I told her, "don't go near,"

and she did.

She was gonna free him, okay?

How do you expect to learn

a lesson if it doesn't hurt?

- Gertrude, listen to me.

Hey, come here.

Listen to me.

Did you talk to that man

in the silo?

- Did you mention your name,

anyone's name?

- Gitty, this is

extremely important. Just think.

- I don't know.

I can't remember.

- What did you tell him?

- I don't know, dad.

- Think. Gertrude,

try and remember what you told.

- Dad, I can't remember.

- What do you mean you can't remember?

- I, I don't know, okay?

- Did you tell him...

- I don't know!

- I'm gonna ask you

one more time.

Did you tell him our names?

- Yes.

- Sh*t!

- Daddy, he's my friend, okay?

- What?

- He said he'd make you better

and he did.

He did you make you better!

- What?

- Unbelievable.

- Just get out, Gitty.

Get out of here.

Go!

- There's only one thing

left to do.

- It's possible

that he wouldn't say

anything about us.

- No. No.

- Please, just listen to me.

- There's no other way

to do this, Sarah.

Think about it.

He's not one of us.

He has no reason to help us.

When he gets out of there,

we're doomed

and someone

has to protect this family.

- Your own daughter is the reason

we have to do this. Remember that.

- No, our daughter had nothing to

do with this, Vera. This was you.

And if we go to prison,

you go to prison with us.

- He's on your property.

Your own son cut off his finger.

- What?

- We had to make it look like a

normal ransom kidnapping. He'd..

How do you think

we got that money?

- Vera, you said

that you were with us.

We need you.

- Look, the situation's changed.

I'm tryin' to figure it out,

okay?

- Oh, my god, Vera,

I wish we had never met you.

Abe, we got to go.

- Get out of my house.

- What are you gonna do?

- Get out of my house.

- What are you gonna do?

- Vera.

I'll make sure everything

around here gets done.

You won't have to worry

about anything.

- Thank you, Martin. You really

are a brave young man.

I wish you all the best.

Where did you come from?

I know you think

I'm a bad person..

But I'm not.

- Then what are you?

- People like that man

you met in the silo..

If you let them..

They will take everything

from you.

It's not about right or wrong,

Gitty.

It's about who has control..

Who has the power.

You have to decide for yourself.

- 821-158.

821-158.

821-1..

Okay.

Hi, Ethel, it's Gitty.

I need your help now.

At the silo,

can you get there now?

When, when can you get there?

Okay, will you please hurry,

okay?

Hey, Jonathan, watch out!

I... I'm coming down!

Come on, Jonathan. We have

to go. We have to hurry!

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

- Hi.

- Let's go.

- I'm so sorry.

- I know. I know.

- I'm so sorry. I..

- Are the,

are the police coming?

- I don't know, I don't know,

but Martin, Martin is coming

and we need to hurry, okay?

We need to go now.

Now, get the axe.

Get the axe. Come on!

Come on, hit the door!

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