Strictly for the Birds Page #8

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They're attacking again.

Melanie, you stay in here.

Come on, Al!

[Seagulls Crying]

Look out!

[Gull Crying]

[Muffled]

Look at the gas.

That man's lighting a cigar!

[All Shouting]

Hey, you! Watch out!

Don't drop that match!

- Get out of there!

- Mister, run!

[Screaming,

Warnings Continue]

[Shouting, Indistinct]

[Calling]

[Screeching]

[Screaming]

[Man]

Hey!

[Gulls' Screaming

Increases]

[Wings Flapping]

[Siren Wailing]

[Screaming, Flapping

Become Thunderous]

[Gulls Pounding

On Glass]

[Shrieking]

[Gulls Crying,

Fainter]

Why are they doing this?

Why are they doing this?

They said when you got here,

the whole thing started!

[Crying]

Who are you?

What are you?

Where did

you come from?

I think you're

the cause of all this.

I think you're evil!

Evil!

[Gasps]

Oh, God!

[Woman Sobbing]

[Door Opens, Closes]

[Running Footsteps

Approaching]

I think they're going!

[Panting]

We can get Cathy

at Annie's now.

[Seagulls Calling,

Faintly]

[Crow Cawing]

The crows again.

Shh!

[Single Crow

Cawing]

[Softly]

Come on.

[One Crow Caws]

[Wings Flapping]

[Flapping, Cawing

Continue]

Oh, no.

Stay here.

S- Stay here.

[Screams,

Sobs]

Cathy!

Where's Cathy?

[Cawing]

[Cathy Sobbing]

[Loud Cawing]

[Sobbing Continues]

Mitch, don't!

Oh, don't leave

her there, Mitch.

[Sobbing]

[Body Being Dragged]

[Gasping]

Oh!

[Footsteps

Mounting Stairs]

[Cawing]

[Door Opening,

Closing]

[Sighing]

[Wings Fluttering]

[Strange,

Loud Chattering]

[Crying]

[Feathers Rustling]

[Whispering]

Come on.

[Sobs]

Shh.

[Loud Cawing]

[Louder Cawing,

Nearby]

[Starting Motor]

[Sobbing]

Wh-When we got back from

taking Michele home...

we-we heard the explosion

and we went...

we went outside

to see what it was.

All-All at once the...

the birds were everywhere!

[Sobbing]

All at once she

pushed me inside...

and they covered her!

Annie...

She pushed me inside!

[Hammering]

[Hammering]

Give me another one,

darling.

How long have they

been gathering there?

Oh, about 15 minutes.

Seems like a pattern,

doesn't it?

They strike,

then disappear, and

then start massing again.

[Hammering]

Doesn't look so very

different, does it?

A little smoke hanging

over the town, otherwise...

[Scoffs]

You want to try

your father again?

No, I tried

a little while ago.

The phone's dead.

Still got power,

haven't we?

Yes.

[Lydia]

Mitch, I'm getting

something on the radio.

Come on.

[Man On Radio, Indistinct]

I can't get any

of the local stations.

I think this

is San Francisco.

"...and the work of

a team of professionals. "

End quote.

In Bodega Bay

early this morning,

a large flock of crows...

attacked a group of children

who were leaving the school

during a fire drill.

One little girl was

seriously injured and taken

to the hospital in Santa Rosa,

but the majority

of children reached safety.

We understand there was

another attack on the town,

but this information

is rather sketchy.

So far, no word

has come through...

to show if there

have been further attacks.

On the national scene today,

in Washington...

Well, is that all?

[Radio Continues,

Indistinct]

I'll have to get some

more water. Mustn't let

this fire go out.

Did you get the windows

in the attic, Mitch?

Yes, I got 'em all, dear.

When do you think

they'll come?

I don't know.

If there are

bigger birds, Mitch,

they'll get into the house.

Well, it's just a chance

we'll have to take.

Maybe we ought to leave.

No, not now!

Not when they're massing

out there.

When?

W- We'll just

see what happens.

Where will we go?

L- I don't know. I think we're

safe here for the time being.

Let's get the wood in now.

What happens when

you run out of wood?

I don't know!

We'll break up the furniture.

You don't know!

You don't know!

When will you know?

When we're all dead!

If only your father

were here...

[Radio Continues]

[Sobbing]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Mitch.

Make yourself

some coffee, won't you?

[Man On Radio]

"In assuming the tasks

of the presidency,

I said that few generations..."

Where are they heading?

Somewhere inland.

Santa Rosa?

Maybe.

Come on.

Let's get the wood.

[Banging]

- Mitch? Can I bring

the lovebirds in here?

- No!

But, Mom,

they're in a cage.

They're birds, aren't they?

Let's leave them

in the kitchen, huh, honey?

[Scratching]

Mitch, why are

they doing this,

the birds?

We don't know, honey.

Why are they trying

to kill people?

I wish I could say.

[Gasping]

[Swallowing, Gasping]

L- I'm sick, Melanie.

I want to...

[Gagging]

I'll go with you.

[Door Slams]

[Cathy Coughing]

[Coughing Continues]

[Door Opens]

[Birds Singing,

Wings Fluttering]

[Crows Cawing]

[Many Species Calling,

Wings Flapping]

[Flapping Grows Louder]

[High-Pitched Chirping]

[Staccato Drumming

On Roof]

[Log Landing

In Fireplace]

[Birdcalls, Drumming

Rising In Intensity]

[Roar, Rising In Pitch

And Intensity]

[Loud Crashing]

[Loud Screeching

Continues]

[Screeching,

Fluttering]

[Fluttering,

Rumbling]

[Rumbling Continues]

[Pecking]

[Birds Shrieking]

[Pecking]

[One Bird Screeches]

[Sounds Diminish]

They're going.

[Screeches Fading]

[Wings Fluttering]

Mitch?

[Fluttering Continues]

[Fluttering]

[Fluttering]

[Wings Flapping]

[Gasps]

[Screeching]

[Whimpering]

[Moaning]

[Whimpering]

[Softly]

Oh, Mitch!

[Lydia, Indistinct]

[Mitch]

Melanie! Melanie!

[Birds Shrieking]

Oh, poor thing!

Poor thing!

Listen, get some water,

bandages and antiseptic.

Quickly!

Bandages.

[Gasps]

It's terrible.

Cathy, get some brandy.

No, no, no!

No, no, it's all right.

No, it's all right,

it's all right,

it's all right.

It's all right.

It's all right.

No.

[Gasping]

No.

Shh! Shh!

Cathy, get the lamp.

[Sighs]

We've got to get her

to a hospital.

We can't, Mitch.

There's no place we can go.

There's San Francisco.

We'd never make it.

We have to try.

We'll go by way of Bay Hill

Road. Then we don't have

to go through town.

We can't stay here.

She needs help!

I'm frightened.

Terribly frightened.

I don't know

what's outside there.

We better get started

before another attack comes.

We'll take Melanie's car.

That'll be faster

than the truck.

Can you finish

the bandaging?

I'll try.

All right.

[Lydia]

Mitch? See if you can get

anything on the car radio.

[Soft Cooing,

Beating Of Wings]

[Fluttering]

[Cawing]

[Rustling]

## [Switching Stations]

[Announcer]

The bird attacks have

subsided for the time being.

Bodega Bay seems

to be the center, though

there are reports...

of minor attacks

on Sebastopol and

a few on Santa Rosa.

Bodega Bay

has been cordoned off

by roadblocks.

Most of the townspeople

have managed to get out,

but there are still some

isolated pockets of people.

No decision has been

arrived at yet as to what

the next step will be,

but there's been some

discussion as to whether

the military should go in.

It appears that the bird

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