Frogs Page #4

He's been asphyxiated.

Karen, take me inside.

Clint, I'm gonna need your help.

I'd be glad to do

anything I can, Mr. Smith.

Thank you, Charles.

But why?

Because I want you to...

and grandpa Crockett

wants you to.

But what's the matter?

Just get up in your room and play.

How do you figure...

I don't know, Charles.

Is there any place we can put him?

Yes, sir. I'll show you.

Iris?

Iris!

Iris.

Oh, no!

Ah! Uh!

Ohhh...

Iris!

Thank you, Maybelle.

Grandpa, I think

that we've got to...

We've just got to

get out of here.

What about mike,

iris and Stuart?

When we get help,

then we can find out what's happened...

Now, listen to me, all of you.

I'm just as heartbroken over

this tragedy as any of you,

But there's plenty of time later

to do what has to be done.

Later?

Why wait, grandpa?

Because I won't let anything

interfere with today's schedule.

Not anything.

The year ends

and the year begins.

It always has, it always will.

"Always"?

What do you mean, "always"?

I'm not interested

in what you think.

Pickett, you've got to help us.

We don't know what to do.

Well, I know what to do,

and we're going to do it.

Just because of one death...

An accident...

That's no reason

for everybody to panic.

Two deaths, Mr. Crockett.

Two very strange deaths.

- Who else?

- What did you see?

Grover's dead.

Found him yesterday.

- Why didn't you tell us?

- Because I thought it best not to.

Didn't want to spoil your day.

- Whose day?

- What happened to him?

He was in the swamp.

He'd been hit by a snake.

Is that another accident, grandpa?

Is that another coincidence?

Karen, and everybody,

This conversation is ended.

No, it isn't.

I don't know what's goin' on around here,

or if it's happening anywhere else,

But we're a bunch of damn fools if we

don't face the fact that we're in trouble,

And we're gonna have to

get together and fight it.

Keep on talking, Pickett,

'Cause you're the only man around

here who's saying anything.

First of all, we're gonna have to try

to find iris, Stuart and Michael.

I'll be very honest with you.

I don't think we will.

Not alive, anyway.

But whether we find them or not, we've got

to get off this damn island. All of us. Now!

We'll take the powerboat.

If we have to, we'll tow the canoe.

And leave this house empty,

deserted?

I don't think there's gonna be anyone around

to worry about today, or haven't you noticed?

There hasn't been one boat

out on that lake all day.

Do you think that's happening

everywhere, Mr. Smith?

Well, if it is, we all

better get out of here together.

Well, I forbid it!

I control these people, not you.

Nobody controls me,

Mr. Crockett!

Now, I am asking to get off this island,

by myself or with somebody else.

- I just wanna go!

- You can leave whenever you feel like it.

Mr. Crockett,

begging your pardon,

I do believe Mr. Smith

made good sense.

- We must all go together.

- What are you saying?

Are you contradicting me?

Just because of one small crisis,

you want to run?

Mr. Crockett. Really, it's not a

small crisis. You got to see that.

I see who's loyal and who isn't.

That's what I see.

Now, if you wanna go,

both of you, well, go.

Do you?

Maybe you haven't heard about it,

stuck out here in vacationland,

But five score

and seven years ago,

They just started letting

people make up their own mind.

Mr. Crockett, I wish you'd change

your mind, for your own safety.

Mr. Crockett...

Do you want to leave?

Then leave. Get out!

All three of you, go on!

- Clint?

- Yes, sir?

Take 'em across the lake

and leave 'em.

Take a good look around.

Then get right back here!

I can take care of that, sir.

Ladies, gentlemen,

You have about five minutes.

Thank you.

Thank you so much

for your hospitality.

I'll write you my thank-You note

when I get back to civilization.

You're in for one hell of a battle,

Mr. Crockett.

You better get ready for it.

Jessie?

Jessie?

Damn it, where are you?

Pickett,

is there anything we can do to help?

No, nothing. Either one of you

know how to handle these things?

- I'm afraid not.

- I've always hated guns.

Karen, even under

these circumstances,

Is there any reason why we

can't get something to eat?

Of course not, grandpa.

I guess the kids must be pretty hungry too.

What would you like? I'd like the

menu that was originally planned,

Starting with a double

old-Fashioned for me.

All right.

Well, where's Clint?

Shouldn't he

have been back by now?

All depends on how many beers

he took with him, doesn't it?

Yeah, I guess so.

Clint?

Clint!

Clint! Ohh. Oh.

Help!

Help!

My god!

They're all over out there.

Got any gasoline around here?

In the toolshed.

Here, grandpa.

Thank you.

You see that?

Soon as I went after them, they scattered.

And very intelligently too.

The frogs are thinking now.

The snails

are planning strategy.

They have brains as good as ours.

Is that your point?

Where's mommy and daddy?

Where's mommy, Karen?

Well, your daddy hasn't come

back from across the lake yet,

And I think your mommy

just went outside.

I didn't see her out there.

Mommy! Wait!

Mommy, mommy! Mommy!

Mommy!

Pickett.

- That settles it. We're leavin'. Come on.

- Where are they, Karen?

Why isn't daddy in the boat?

We don't know, darling.

We just don't know.

How we gonna leave?

...running around like chickens

with their heads cut off.

Grandpa Crockett,

daddy's not in the boat,

And it's out there

all by itself.

She's right, Mr. Crockett.

There's no one in it.

We're all leavin' now.

The Crocketts are staying.

Grandpa, after all

that's happened today,

Do you think it makes any

difference whether we stay?

I'm staying, and you're staying.

But don't you understand?

I can't let the children stay,

And I can't let you stay either.

If anyone gives orders

in this house, I do.

If you want to disobey me, all right.

Go ahead.

I thought you, at least,

were different.

Thought you had the Crockett strength,

the guts.

But if you want to leave, go.

Go on.

Get the hell out of here.

Just stand up and be counted.

That means are you with me or against me?

You understand?

Are you gonna be all right?

You worried about me?

Well, thank you for your concern.

I'm going to be

perfectly all right.

I can get into that elevator by myself.

I can get into bed by myself.

That's where I'm going,

and I'm going to sleep like a baby.

- Can I take that shotgun?

- Take anything you like.

Don't bring it back.

Many happy returns of the day...

to me.

Okay, let's go.

Bye, grandpa.

Grandpa?

Okay, kids, you're gonna have a chance

for one fourth of July race anyway.

When I say, I want you to

carefully run down to the dock.

Watch out for the frogs.

On your mark, get set, go!

Stay with 'em a minute.

Oh, my god!

What's wrong, Karen?

Nothing, darling.

Stay down and keep in the middle.

Okay.

Hold on to the sides.

Okay.

Jay.

Keep real steady.

- What happened?

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