The Rain
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[Thunder crashes]
It's raining
It's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed
and bumped his head
He couldn't get up
in the morning
CARI:
They say that thosewho fail to learn from their past
This story begins
well before my time,
in a place called Perseverance.
In all, three generations
would come to tell the tale.
Three generations
would come to fear the rain.
[Thunder crashes]
[Woman vocalizing]
Please, whoever you are...
Please, just let me go.
[Panting]
What do you want?
[Screaming]
[Indistinct chanting]
[Indistinct chanting]
[Sighs]
[Inhales deeply]
Ahh.
[Sniffles]
One more week without rain...
and we'll all be dead.
Pa...
Ain't that Simon Wheeler?
Daniel, no! Daniel!
Help me, please.
Don't let it get me.
Who?
The hat.
You mind when I'm talking to you!
Now, you go home
and look after your sister!
Go on!
Go!
[Whimpers]
I want my pa.
I know your father, boy.
[Leaves rustling]
[Girl screams]
[Wood creaking]
[Coughing]
[Coughing continues]
[Knock on door]
[Knock on door]
DELL:
Open up, ladies!Jenny...
...take the money.
DELL:
You got to pay to stay, ladies![Hinges creak]
You got the rent?
No!
I want that.
[Gun c*cks]
You let my child go.
Brenda, give him the water.
But it's all we have.
Give him the water.
Here, boy. Take this.
Dell.
I didn't have no choice.
I had to think of the kids.
You understand?
He knows you're here, Jean.
If I was you, I'd pack my things
and get back home
before he sends the sheriff.
You'll never make it out of town.
[Coughs]
Mama, why are all
the grown-ups sick?
[Telephone ringing]
No, mama, please!
[Ringing continues]
JENNY:
Daddy?[Man breathing heavily]
D-daddy, is that you?
Daddy misses you, baby.
Daddy...
Are you better now?
Yes. I am.
Please come home.
Just tell your mother
to bring you all home.
Please!
Did you get rid of it?
Yes.
So there'll be no more crazy talk?
Come home.
Clarence!
Come home, Jean.
I want to, baby.
I miss you, but...
[Receiver clicks, dial tone]
[Bell tolling]
Had no warning
Give me just a little more time
I know I hit
the f***in' rock bottom
[Thumping]
About a week
from the hurt and the pain
That you must admit
Rock bottom
[Thumping continues]
About a week from now
[Books hit floor]
Geez, Cari!
Don't you knock?!
Sorry.
Damn it.
[Music shuts off]
You said you were studying
at the library today.
I was, but there were
too many people there,
and I just didn't feel like it.
And?
And, well, when the hell am I
supposed to have my time, Cari?
You're here
every f***ing minute, studying.
You never go out.
You never go home.
I get no time to myself.
[Cellphone ringing]
[Ringing continues]
Oh, they'll call back.
It must be her parents.
Again.
Well, lookee here.
What did I tell you?
- Good old M and D calling again.
- Give me that.
What, are you afraid
You have no right.
They'll just call back.
And call and call.
Just like they keep sending you
Come on.
Let's go to your place.
Do me a favor, Cari,
and answer your phone.
Better yet, just go home.
MAN:
Philosopher and poetGeorge Santayana
those who fail to learn from history
These words imply
that society is destined
to travel down
the same self-destructive road
until it is willing to accept
the wrongs of its past.
And quite often,
this burden of acceptance
gets passed down to our children.
It's the children who pay the price
for our indiscretions.
[Dog barking]
[Scoffs]
...the creation
of the atomic bomb...
[Smack]
[Inhales sharply]
Ow!
...enough is enough.
Otherwise, the vicious cycle
will continue.
And tragically, we,
the adults of this generation...
[Voice trails off]
...the price tag will be human life.
[Panting]
...society, in all its complacency,
is willing to accept the notion
that its children
are tomorrow's martyrs.
[Crack]
[Gasps]
[Crackling]
[Panting]
[Chair slides]
[Crackling]
[Water running]
Ohh.
[Sobbing]
[Thunder rumbles]
MAN:
Campus operator.Hi, this is Cari Lumis.
Could you give me the number
to the campus clinic, please?
I have an emergency.
Please hold.
[Cellphone ringing]
Mom?
KARL:
No, honey.This is your father.
Aw, Dad.
Dad, there's something wrong.
Cari, you're sick.
No, Dad.
Dad, it's more than that.
My skin, it...
It's drying up,
and you have unexplained sores.
How did you know?
Sweetie, you have...
You have a family-related illness.
It's hereditary.
Dad, you never said anything
about this.
Dad, it's bad.
I think I need a doctor.
We have the remedy here.
So you must come home, and
you must come home immediately.
Okay. Okay. It hurts.
Cari, we have the cure.
You just come home now.
But make it quick.
[Sighs]
It's gonna be all right, Maggie.
Gonna be all right.
MAGGIE:
Daniel...I'm thirsty.
You can have my rations.
No. I need water.
There's little left.
[Sighs]
I'll check with Pa.
Pa, can Maggie have
my water rations?
No.
Pa...
that boy in the field...
he was Ben Wheeler's son, Simon.
[Inhales deeply]
Yeah.
That boy was crazy.
Lack of food and water, no doubt.
What happened to him, Pa?
[Thunder rumbles]
My God.
Ha!
[Chuckles]
Pa, it looks like our prayers
came through.
Ha.
Looks like it.
[Thunder crashes]
[Sighs]
Can this day get any worse?
Well, well, well.
If it isn't Cari Lumis.
What's going on, Sheriff?
Well, we've got some flooding.
We're re-routing traffic.
Oh, okay.
Well, does that mean
I have to turn around, then?
No.
We don't turn away our own kind.
Okay, well, I better get going.
My parents are probably
waiting for me.
Well, you let me move those first.
[Power window hums]
[Thunder rumbles]
[Thunder crashes]
[Insects buzzing]
[Crow caws]
[Truck door closes]
[Crow cawing]
[Door opens]
[Gasps softly]
Welcome home, everybody.
Daddy!
Let's all get in out of the heat.
CLARENCE:
Come on.Come on, baby. It's still daddy.
[Rain falling]
[Cari coughing]
ELEANOR:
Drink this.What is it?
KARL:
Just...Just drink it, dear.
Just drink it.
Ahh.
I can breathe! What was that?
It's a remedy.
Now take the bandages off.
Ohh.
Ohh!
It's working.
I need more.
[Thumping]
I'll give you more.
But you got to do exactly
what I say, without question.
- Do you understand?
- Yes.
- You understand?
- Yes!
Now, that's a promise.
'Cause if you don't...
I can't help you.
Listen to me.
You listen to me.
Your illness is hereditary.
You could say it's a...
it's a curse.
It occurs when you reach adulthood...
and it can kill you.
- [Gasps]
- Shh. Shh. Shh. Shh.
But there is a cure.
[Groans]
Shh. Shh.
No, no, no.
Now...
I want you...
I want you to let go of your pain...
...and walk into the healing rain.
[Fire crackling]
MAGGIE:
Daniel, you awake?Yeah.
I'm thirsty. You think you can
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