Dances with Wolves Page #30

Stands With A Fist stiffens a bit.

STANDS WITH A FIST

What are they saying?

BLACK SHAWL:

They are proud of the medicine you

are making with Dances With Wolves.

Stands With A Fist is quiet.

STANDS WITH A FIST

I have hurt him and I must go talk

to him.

BLACK SHAWL:

You can't, he is gone.

Stands With A Fist bolts up, racing to the lodge flap -- she

pulls it aside and is stunned by the sight of Dances With

Wolves' abandoned lodge -- Cisco is nowhere to be seen.

She turns away, tears coming to her eyes. Black Shawl is

beside her watching -- the girl's emotions have betrayed

her.

Black Shawl takes the crying girl into her arms. A child

runs into the lodge but Black Shawl indicates "not now."

The message is clearly understood, and the child digs in his

heels and heads the other way.

EXT. FORT - DAY

The breeze is up and the remaining shreds of canvas that

were once the awning are flying like tattered flags.

Leading Cisco, Dances With Wolves walks into view. It will

be his last visit to his old home and he is taking his time.

He watches the blowing canvas. The sound of it snapping is

all that can be heard.

He steps over to the supply house. He starts to peer in, but

when he places a hand against the sod, part of the wall gives

way.

INT. QUARTERS - PAY

Part of the old bed has collapsed but some of it is still

strong enough for support and here Dances With Wolves is

sitting as he leafs through his beloved journal.

He reads a little entry here and there, sometimes smiling at

the memory.

A few blank pages remain at the back of the book. Reaching

these he closes the journal and holds it on his lap, letting

his mind run for a moment.

Now he notices the old pen and ink. He picks them up and

opens the journal for one last entry.

He writes:
"I love Stands With A Fist" and signs himself

"Dances With Wolves."

Something is moving outside and Dunbar stops, drawing his

gun out. He drops the book on the bed and carefully moves

outside.

EXT. QUARTERS - DAY

Lying in the sun a few feet away is Two Socks. He looks up

hopefully at Dances With Wolves. The two partners stare at

each other for a moment.

Then Dances With Wolves reaches into a little day pouch at

his side and pulls out a strip of jerky. He squats close to

the ground and offers the meat to the wolf.

Two Socks is up now. He takes several tentative steps. His

nose sniffs at the meat and he opens his mouth. Teeth and

fingers touch as the wolf takes the meat delicately.

Now, in his customary style, he moves away, heading out onto

the prairie with his prize.

Dances With Wolves watches a moment longer. Then he vaults

onto Cisco's back and they canter off in the direction of

the village.

EXT. RIVERSIDE - DAY

Stands With A Fist is wading through the water, her mind is

far away.

In a moment there is a shift in the wind. The rustling of

the trees alerts her to a presence she had not thought to

feel before.

Gradually, she raises her eyes to see the figure of a man

moving through the trees... Dances With Wolves.

Stands With A Fist walks slowly out of the water. He opens

his arms and she melts into them, letting her head rest

against his chest.

STANDS WITH A FIST

I am in mourning.

DANCES WITH WOLVES

I know... Stone Calf told me.

She presses her body full against his, feeling all of him.

STANDS WITH A FIST

No one can know... we must be careful.

DANCES WITH WOLVES

Yes.

STANDS WITH A FIST

We must be careful.

She climbs higher into his arms for a moment. Then, supporting

each other, the lovers move into the cover of the willow

breaks along the river.

EXT. RIVER PATH - DAY

The path leading to the river is deserted.

Suddenly, a couple steps out of the cover of the willows

alongside the path. Stands With A Fist and Dances With Wolves

look up and down the path. They start for the village, holding

hands.

As they near the top of the trail their hands part. A few

steps later and someone calls from the bushes startling Dances

with Wolves.

SMILES A LOT:

What are you doing?

Smiles A Lot, Worm and Otter are sitting pathside. Worm is

holding a sack.

DANCES WITH WOLVES

Nothin'.

Smiles A Lot looks to Stands With A Fist.

STANDS WITH A FIST

Nothin'.

Worm opens the sack. A large, wriggling snake lies in the

bottom.

WORM:

We got a snake.

OTTER:

We're gonna see if it can swim the

river. You wanna come?

DANCES WITH WOLVES

Okay.

The two parties split up and everyone says goodbye to Stands

With A Fist. She makes her way up to the village.

Dances With Wolves watches her go. Turning back to head down

to the river, he is greeted by the open hissing mouth of

Worm's snake.

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