Nell Page #3

What is it with you and Nell?

It's like...

there's no one else in the world

Like she doesn't...need anybody

Can you live your

whole life that way or...

does it drive you crazy in the end?

I don't understand, Nell.

What, what's "missa"?

Oh, I've got it! "Missa"...little

Little. "Erna"...big. Huh?

So, so what's "t'ee"?

"T'ee"...tree. "Tree in the wind!"

You're a tree in the wind!

Hey, Nell, Nell.

Show me "t'ee"

Come on, show me "t'ee."

Show me the trees

Come on, Nell, it'll be fun

Come on, we'll have fun

- Tata!

- Tata?

Tata!

Tata. What...? Tata? You're afraid?

What are you afraid of, Nell?

What's "eva'dur"?

You okay?

"Missa"...little

"Erna"...big

"Tata"...potato. Just kidding

Frightened..."tata"...

frightened. "T'ee"..."tree"

Hey

Well, how long has she been there?

Turn if off

Turn that thing off!

What the hell do

you think you're doing?

She's never heard

music before in her life

- Hey sometimes people just do things!

- Did you think of that?

It's called impulse

- It's called doing what you want...

- You ought to try it some time!

whenever you want to and

not giving a sh*t about anyone else!

And I grew out of it

around about the age of six!

What the f*** is that?

What's wrong?

What...what's gone away?

Ah... word of the Lord.

I'll get it. I'll get it!

It's safe

I'm sorry.

We shouldn't have taken it away

You want... you want

me to read it to you, huh?

a people...laden with iniquity,

a seed of evildoers

children that are corrupters...

they have forsaken the Lord

They have provoked the...

Eva'dur...

A seed of evildoers

Nell

Nell

Show me "eva'dur."

Nell

Nell?

Nell. Nell

Show me "eva'dur." Show me

Show me "eva'dur."

It's okay

Nell, Nell... the "eva'dur"

hits you like this, huh?

Skoo'? "Skoo" in the belly?

Skoo'!

Skoo'?

Well, suppose your only close encounter

with men was terrifying violence?

Rape. You'd tell your daughter

they were monsters. Evil-doers

- "Eva'dur."

- My God, of course!

You'd want to warn her what they do.

I think Violet told Nell about rape

Sure. but how?

"Skoo' inna belly."

Knife in the belly. Pardon me

Skewer

- Nell told you that?

- Yep

Well, that could be all that's keeping

her from coming out in the daytime

A deliberately-implanted phobia

And why is she more likely

to be raped in the daytime?

Well, she isn't, but she's more

likely to be seen in the daytime

And... Violet didn't

want anyone to see Nell

Yep. I buy that

So...

what do we do with phobics?

Get them to face what they're afraid of

Neutralize their fear

We could do that

Hey. Uh-uh. not so fast

- You're a man. You're an "eva'dur"

- Wait a minute, no, I'm not

Ye-yes, I'm a, I'm a man.

I'm g-, I'm "ga'inja"!

Ga'inja

Guardian angel!

I'm her guardian angel!

Well, that's great.

Now you have to help

Je'y!

Come on.

I want you right here beside me

- You want a chaperone?

- For the record. Come on

Okay

Okay

Now's as good a time as any

- Do I warn her, or what?

- Just do it. Act like it's no big deal

Believe me, it's no big deal

Turn around

He won't hurt you

Who's Tirzah?

Good, huh?

Je'y!

What, Nell?

These?

Come and get it

Come on

- Je'y!

- What, Nell?

Well, come on nobody's

gonna hurt you

Come and get some

See? No evil-doers. Just me

Come on. scaredy. Come on!

Well, what was you

doing back in that barn?

The Wild Woman of Lake Coweeta!

- Well, what kind of wild?

- She was like an animal

- She ain't got no clothes on?

- Butt f***ing naked!

And she does like a dog

Hey, how are you doing?

What's going on?

You say you was sawing

the wild woman in the wood

And what if I did?

- Well, I'd be interested

- Well, I'd be interested

What's it called?

Pop what?

- Popcorn, Je'y

- Popcorn

- What are you doing?

- Getting her out in the daytime

- She's not a dog, for crissakes

- It works, doesn't it?

- Well, yeah, but...

- She's having a good time

She's discovered popcorn

Now she can go to the movies!

Nell?

Nay tata. Reckon?

Oh, I knew she'd like it

T'ee...t'ee in the way!

T'ee...t'ee in the way!

Whoops

Nell!

Nell!

Damn it!

Je'y?

Come loo' Mi'i!

Where is "Mi'i", Nell?

Mi'i inna missa feliss

Missa feliss?

Come on

Nell

Oh, my God

Mi'i!

Mi'i?

"Mi'i" walks with the Lord

"Mi'i" walks with the Lord

The Lord!

Lor-d

That's it

Reckon

She's the survivor

of a pair of identical twins

That's where the private language

comes from. It's twin-speech

- And this repetitive gesture?

- You got it

So, how long ago did the twin die?

Well, I'd guess the age of between six and

ten. We're looking at twenty years at least

We want her in here, Paulajust

as soon as the court hearing's over

Jerry thinks she

should be left where she is

- Jerry?

- Dr. Lovell

You know, Al, Nell has her

own way of doing things

I'd say she can probably

handle it on her own

Let me give you a little,

uh, peek into the future, Paula

One day soon some...hiker or

fisherman is gonna come walking...

out of those woods with

a story about a wild woman

And, uh, that'll bring the news reporters.

The news reports will bring the crowds

The crowds will bring the talk show hosts.

Nell will find she's hired a lawyer...

an agent, a manager,

and three bodyguards

You think she can handle that?

Hello?

Anybody home?

Hello?

Anybody home?

Hi

Mike lbarra. I'm ajournalist.

Charlotte Tribune

Um... I heard you were living up here

Well, I, I hope you

don't mind me coming by

Look, is, uh... it okay if I...

I take a picture?

Have you ever seen

one of these before?

It, It's called a camera, see, and...

um, uhh, I look at you...through

this little window here, see? Now...

I'm looking at you through this...

window, and, uh...

Hey, no, come on, it's okay.

Really. It's okay...

You hurt her, you're dead, buddy!

Look, I never touched her!

All I did was take her picture

You press?

Charlotte Tribune

Okay. I'm sorry.

I guess I overreacted

Look, I'm her doctor. Do me a favor,

will ya? Forget you ever met her

Mike lbarra

Lovell

Well, it's like this, Dr. Lovell

I'm a newsman

Yeah, well find some other news.

You saw how you scared her

Nell? You okay?

- Nell?

- She's called Nell?

She's called Nell?

She's called Nell?!

Why can't she just be left alone

to live as she damn well pleases?

You know why. Once word gets out,

we might as well start selling tickets

So what do we do, huh?

Build a wall around the woods?

Well, maybe she's gonna

have to go somewhere else

- Like where?

- Somewhere where she can be protected

Like a psychiatric unit, maybe?

So what's your suggestion?

Check her into a Holiday lnn?

Al Paley's the best man in the field

Great. Let him stay in his field.

Nell doesn't need him

- So who does she need? You?

- She could do worse

Well, what have you got to offer?

What's your big plan for Nell?

I don't make plans. That's your game.

Yours and Al's

Go play it somewhere else,

and leave us out of it

Oh, it's "us" now, is it?

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