The Beast with a Million Eyes Page #2

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- Tell Him to get out.

- Carol, he's only coming in to eat.

I've been through enough today,

Allan. I can't explain. Please.

What can I tell him?

You might as well know right now,

I don't want him in

this house, now or ever.

Carol, he understands you.

CAROL:
You understand, do you? Fine.

Then get out of my house.

Well, go ahead, say it.

You mean, say that you shouldn't

have talked to him like that?

All right, it was wrong.

But I wasn't going

to say that because...

Well, I... I think I understand.

A little, anyway.

All your beautiful china, your glasses.

They were all you had left from home,

weren't they?

I... I'd better fix lunch.

(HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING)

(BARKING)

- Hi, Mr. Kelley.

- Hi, Larry.

- How've you been?

- Fine.

- Any news on that plane?

- Afraid not.

Sheriff sent me out to check the damage.

Most of the damage is inside,

(CHUCKLING)

But Sandy's on the outside.

- I'll check the damage later.

- All right, boy. She's probably out back.

LARRY:
Hey, Sandy, where are you?

Hey, Sandy, where are you?

(SIGHING)

- Hi.

- Hi.

I... Mother wanted to know if you

could come over to dinner tonight.

It's my birthday.

Gee, I don't know. I... I'll

have to check my date book.

(EXCLAIMING)

Who would go out with you?

(CHUCKLING)

- You're the girl in my life.

- I didn't know that.

Yeah.

It's all right. Come on.

Poor old Him.

Him? Doesn't he have a name?

He can't talk and we don't know

his name. So we just call him "Him."

Dad wants him around.

- It's hard to believe a plane caused this.

- Well, maybe it wasn't a plane.

But if another one of

those goes over this house,

we won't have a glass

left to drink out of.

Believe me, Mrs. Kelley, I'll do

everything I can to find out what happened.

We'll see you later, Dad.

Wait till I get my hand

on that police siren.

Take it easy, now, kids.

- LARRY:
See you at my office.

- Okay.

(ENGINE FIRING)

My aching ears.

(SIREN WAILING)

Well, we'll be home soon.

Don't forget that package

at the emporium, Allan.

I won't, dear.

(AX CHOPPING)

(BARKING)

Duke!

(DOOR CLOSING)

Here, Duke! Come on, boy!

(SNORTING)

Stay, Duke! Stay!

(BARKING)

(BARKING)

(BARKING)

(DUKE SCRATCHING)

(GUN FIRING)

(GROWLING)

(BARKING)

(BARKING)

Let me in!

(KNOCKING)

Hurry! Please!

(KNOCKING)

Let me in!

Hurry!

(BARKING)

Let me in!

(CAROL GASPING)

(BARKING)

Hurry, please!

(BARKING)

(BARKING)

(GROWLING)

(BARKING)

(CAROL SCREAMING)

(BARKING)

(CAROL SCREAMING)

(CAROL SCREAMING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

I wonder why the lights aren't on?

There's another one. Can you manage?

(CHUCKLING)

The way I feel, I could carry them all.

(CHUCKLING)

You're pretty happy over

that new dress, aren't you?

Oh, it's a dream.

Imagine Mom keeping it

a secret all this time.

She didn't even mention

it to me until today.

(LAUGHING)

- Can you manage?

- Sure.

Shut the door for me, hon.

Carol, what's the idea of the blackout?

I'm right here, Allan.

Turn the light on, honey. What are

you sitting here in the dark for?

(SIGHING)

I'm all right, Allan. I'm all right.

Carol, what's the matter? What happened?

It's only a bruise.

I... I fainted after...

- Where's Sandy?

- She's coming.

Allan, quick, Duke, in the woodshed.

Don't let Sandy see him.

Sandy mustn't see him!

Don't let Sandy see him.

Sandy mustn't see him!

Mother, the dress is... Mother!

Sandy, stay here with your mother.

There's something... Well, you stay here.

- What is it, Dad?

- I'll be right back.

Mother?

Put the packages in the kitchen, dear.

The... The gun on the floor in there?

It's Duke, isn't it?

Something's happened to Duke.

- I'm going out there.

- Sandy, no.

He's my dog, I have a right.

Sandy!

(DOOR CLOSING)

(SANDY SCREAMING)

ALLAN:
Sandy! Go back, Sandy! Get back!

Who'd do a thing like that?

An ax!

Did he do it?

That's what happened,

isn't it? The loony did it.

He was using the ax today!

That's enough, Sandy. Your

mother's been through enough today.

Allan, she has a right to know.

Sandy, you've got to try to understand.

It won't be easy.

Duke came home this afternoon

acting very strangely...

You!

Duke wouldn't hurt

anybody. He was so gentle.

- I remember a baby squirrel I had...

- Sandy, listen to me.

Something must have happened to

Duke because he tried to kill me.

Do you understand? There

was nothing else I could do.

Like that? With an ax?

I tried to shoot him. I missed.

- I don't believe you!

- What?

- You hate me, don't you?

- ALLAN:
Stop it, Sandy.

- You don't...

- Let her go, Carol.

She'll never forgive me for this.

She shouldn't have said that

to you, or even thought it.

Maybe she was right, Allan.

Maybe, in some strange

way, the dog sensed that...

Maybe I'm losing my mind.

Stand out, Carol, you

hear me? You're all right.

Oh, Allan, there's something

awful happening here,

as if some power were

trying to tear us apart.

I know, darling. I felt it, too.

When we're together like

this, I... I feel strong.

(SIGHING)

We've got to stay close, Allan.

We haven't been close

in a long time, have we?

It's been so long.

(EXCLAIMING)

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

There's nothing out there.

Hey, wait!

You can't go out there! You'll get lost.

Dinner's ready.

Mom and Dad will be

mad if we're not back.

I thought that would get

you. You're always hungry.

Come on, they'll be

awful mad if we're late.

(BIRD CHIRPING)

It's pretty, isn't it? I wonder

what it's doing way out here?

Come on.

- It's almost ready, Allan.

- I'll go find her, honey.

Come on. What are you afraid of?

Sandy?

Coming!

Well, all right, if you're

going to be stubborn...

I'll bring a plate out to you.

- Where have you been, honey?

- Just walking.

I found Him out in the desert.

- What were you doing out there?

- Dad, I'm not sure.

I was sitting and thinking

and then suddenly there I was, as

if I'd been walking in my sleep.

Except for one thing,

that humming noise.

Except for one thing,

that humming noise.

Oh, Dad, I know I didn't dream that.

A humming noise?

Yes, I remember it starting

and then I blacked out.

Honey, this sound, this humming noise,

did it sound like the plane this morning?

Well, I never thought about it.

Yes, only not so loud, Dad.

And you ran into Him and

you snapped out of it.

- How did you know?

- Something Carol said.

- The two of you together.

- I...

I'm awfully sorry about what

happened this morning, Dad.

Never mind, honey. You

save that for your mother.

Mother?

Mother, can you forgive me?

I forgive you.

Oh, Sandy.

Whenever you gals decide

to break it up, I'm hungry.

(CHUCKLING)

- Goodnight, all.

- Goodnight, dear.

Oh, Sandy? I want you to

close your shutters tonight.

- But I won't be able to breathe in there.

- And lock them, too, baby.

- Okay. Goodnight.

- Night-night.

You're really worried,

aren't you, Allan?

Yes, I am, Carol, especially

after what happened to Sandy.

First, Duke went into the desert,

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