Strictly for the Birds Page #6

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I don't think I could

bear to be left alone!

[Sobbing]

Oh, forgive me.

Oh, forgive me.

This business

with the birds

has upset me, l...

I don't know what I'd do

if Mitch weren't here.

Why don't you try

to sleep now, Mrs. Brenner?

I wish I was stronger.

[Sighing]

Do you think

she's all right?

Do you think

she's all right

at the school?

- Would you like me

to go for her?

- Oh, l-I couldn't ask it.

- Oh, I don't mind, really.

- Would you?

- I'd feel so much better.

- I'll go right now.

[Sighs]

Melanie?

Thanks for the tea.

[Shuts Off Motor]

[Children]

# I married my wife

in the month ofJune #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# I brought her home

By the light of the moon #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# She combs her hair

But once a year #

# She combs her hair

But once a year #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

- # With every stroke

She shed a tear #

- [No Audible Dialogue]

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Rustical quality

Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# He brought her home

By the light of the moon #

[Fainter]

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# She combed her hair

But once a year #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# With every stroke

She shed a tear #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# She swept up her floor

But once a year #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# She said that brooms

Were much too dear #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# She churns her butter

In her dad's old boot #

# Ristle-tee, Rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# And for a dash

She'd use her foot #

# Ristle-tee, Rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# The butter it came out

All grizzle-y gray #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# The cheese it took legs

and ran away #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# She let the critter

get away #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# I asked my wife

to wash the floor #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# She gave me my hat

And she showed me the door #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality

Now, now, now #

# I married my wife

in the month ofJune #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now #

# I brought her home

by the light of the moon #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# She combed her hair

But once a year #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Hey, donnie-dostle-tee #

# Knickety-knackety

Rustical quality #

# Willow-tee, wallow-tee

Now, now, now #

# Ristle-tee, rostle-tee

Now, now, now ##

[Annie]

All right, children. Now,

please put your song books away,

then stand up

alongside your desks.

We'll go out for recess

as soon as everybody gets ready.

[Annie]

We are not going

into the playground...

until everybody

has quieted down.

[Children Chattering]

Close that door.

Quickly. Please.

What?

[Door Closing]

What is it?

Look.

We've got

to get the children

out of here.

[Chattering Continues]

Shh, shh, shh!

All right, children.

Now, quiet.

Quiet. Miss Daniels

would like to see...

how we conduct ourselves

during a fire drill.

[Children Protesting]

I would like you

to show her how quiet

and obedient you can be.

- Oh, uh, we're going

out of school now.

- [Children] Leave school?

We want those of you

who live nearby

to go directly home.

[Children]

Home?

I want the rest of you to go

down the hill all the way

to the hotel. Is that clear?

[Together]

Yes, Miss Hayworth.

Melanie?

I want you to go

as quietly as possible.

Do not make a sound

until I tell you to run.

Then run as quickly

as you can. Now, does

everybody understand?

[Together]

Yes, Miss Hayworth.

All right, John,

you lead the way.

[Loud Fluttering]

[Birds Shrieking]

[Children Screaming]

[Cawing]

[Screaming]

[Squawking]

Cathy! Cathy!

[Crying]

[Birds Squawking]

[Honking Horn]

[Clattering,

Squawking]

[Squawks Fading]

Well, Daddy, there

were hundreds of them.

No, I'm not hysterical.

I'm trying to tell you this

as calmly as I know how.

All right, Daddy.

Yes, Daddy.

Well, just now.

Not 15 minutes ago.

At the school.

No, I don't. Just a minute.

What's the name of the school?

- Just the Bodega Bay School.

- The Bodega Bay School.

Well, I don't know

how many children...

No, the birds didn't attack

until the children

were outside the school.

Help you, Mrs. Bundy?

I need some change,

Mr. Carter.

Crows, I think.

Well, I don't know, Daddy.

Is there a difference

between crows and blackbirds?

There is very definitely

a difference, Miss.

Thank you.

They're different,

Daddy.

Well, I think

these were crows.

Well, yes.

Hundreds of them.

Yes, they attacked

the children.

Attacked them!

[Machine Dispensing]

Well, I don't

know when,

but I simply can't

leave now, Daddy.

All right. Yes.

Good-bye.

They're both

perching birds, of course.

But quite different species.

The crow is

Corvus brachyrhynchos,

and the blackbird

is Euphagus cyanocephalos.

Thank you.

You have the number

at the Fawcett farm?

Right here in this book, miss.

I can't see that

it makes any difference,

Mrs. Bundy.

Crows or blackbirds,

if the school was attacked,

that's pretty serious.

[Scoffs]

I hardly think

that either species...

would have sufficient

intelligence to launch

a massed attack.

[Chuckles]

Their brainpans are

not big enough to...

I just came from the school,

madam. I don't know anything

about their brainpans, but...

Well, I do.

I do know.

Ornithology happens

to be my avocation.

Birds are not

aggressive creatures, miss.

They bring beauty

into the world.

It is mankind, rather, who...

[Helen]

Sam! Three

southern fried chicken.

Baked potato

on all of them.

Yes, may I speak to

Mitch Brenner, please?

Yes, I'll wait.

It is mankind, rather,

who insists upon...

making it difficult

for life to exist

upon this planet.

Now, if it were not for birds...

Mrs. Bundy, you don't

seem to understand.

This young lady said there

was an attack on the school.

Impossible!

Oh, Mitch?

Oh, I'm glad I caught you.

Something terrible has ha...

It's the end of the world!

Two Bloody Marys,

Deke.

What actually happened

at the school?

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