Thieves Like Us Page #6

I'm taking him to the hospital.

That girl over there is hurt, too.

Where you from?

Look, you fellas got any more questions,

just follow me to the hospital.

Come out of your car, friend.

Not this time, friend.

WOMAN:
Please! Oh, God!

(GUN FIRING)

(WOMAN CRYING)

Oh, please!

Help me!

Please, help me!

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

That old car.

Bowie, you all right?

Your nose is bleeding a little.

Yeah, I'm all right.

I'm just a little sick at my stomach.

(WOMAN SINGING ON RADIO)

What the hell you doing here?

Thank God, you're here.

Look, I need your help.

- We had a little accident around the bend.

- Well, I don't care...

The boy's banged up pretty bad.

Now, listen, I need a place to put him.

Well, he got blood all over his face,

God damn it!

He's gonna bring the law down on me!

Relatives, they're the worst!

Think they can come in here

and get everything for nothing!

Well, you think life is free,

don't you, Elmo?

I never once had my name in the paper

like you guys.

Take him around back

to the storage room.

Go around this way.

Turn right.

Slow down.

You know, Elmo,

if it wasn't for your mother...

You know, I love your mother.

That's why I'm doing this.

Now bring that Joe Palooka in here.

Goddamn cretin Elmo.

Thinks he can get away with all that.

Look at that bloody face of yours.

- Ease yourself into it.

- You look awful!

Now, careful. That's a rocker.

Jesus Christ, Dee,

what the hell died in here?

What's that supposed to mean?

It stinks.

Well, you ain't in New York City, Elmo.

All right, Bowie, come on.

There's a bed over here.

Two steps and then you just roll on easy.

Come on, there you are. That's right.

Now just roll over.

Now, Bowie, listen to me.

I'm gonna get the hell out of here,

but if something happens, I get jumped,

can't come around for a couple days,

you might have to rabbit out of here,

we'll meet at Yazoo City, you got that?

- Yazoo. That's right.

- Yazoo.

We can't let old T-Dub down, now,

can we?

Bye, Dee.

Thanks, Chicamaw.

Yeah, we'll see you at the family picnic.

(MAN SINGING ON RADIO)

Well,

you ain't hurt bad, are you?

No.

You see any reason

why I should have to stay around here?

Not a bit, Dee.

Well, I don't know what kind of trouble

you boys got yourselves into,

but I sure as hell

don't want to stay around your heat.

(COUGHING)

You know, if it wasn't for the money,

well, I'd just close up shop here,

and I'd put a sign up on the front door

and I'd go up to Jackson.

Leave you enough grub and water.

I thought you could stay here for a while.

Don't you worry about the money.

Oh, well, hell.

Bowie, I gotta worry about the money.

Oh, well, Bowie...

Warn your people

not to come around here.

That's nice of you.

All right, well,

there ain't nobody coming round here

except for Keechie, and I'll just...

I'll give her some of this money here,

and I'll tell her to go

see my sister Stella.

She lives in Vicksburg.

Yeah, well, Stella,

she's stayed there a hell of a long time.

She just...

(DOG BARKING)

(ROOSTER CROWING)

Hi.

You look awful.

Put your head on my knee.

Got a new hat, huh?

Keechie, you better be careful

about staying here.

I been in a little trouble.

You look like it.

I got money.

I mean, in this suitcase. $19,000.

I don't know why I said that.

Well, I'm glad you have it

if that's what you want.

I didn't mean nothing by it.

Don't take me wrong.

Just...

I'm sorry.

We gotta take your coat off.

Can you sit up?

Okay.

Jesus! Must have snapped

a couple of ribs or something.

Well, we gotta do this.

Lean up against the wall.

Keechie, come here a minute, would you?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I just want to give you something.

What is it?

It's just a little old watch.

You want it?

I don't know. You wanna give it to me?

Yes.

Okay, I want it.

You like it?

Yeah. I never had one of these before.

Time isn't set right, though.

Don't break it.

I'm not.

You know how to put it on?

Pretty good.

Works okay, too.

Sure it works.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Pretty good.

(GIGGLING)

(TRUMPET PLAYING ON RADIO)

RADIO ANNOUNCER:
The American School

of the Air takes pleasure in presenting

the most celebrated love story

of all literature.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare...

BOWIE:
My nose hasn't bled

in a couple of days.

How's your ribs?

Not too good.

In this special radio adaptation

of Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare,

The American School of the Air presents...

I hope you get

a good night's sleep tonight.

...some of the most beautiful lines of...

I don't see how I can miss

now you gave me this quilt.

It's real warm.

Yeah, I love it, too.

My great-grandmother

made it 62 years ago.

ROMEO:
If I profane

with my unworthiest hand

this holy shrine...

Well, I guess

I've done just about everything I can

around here.

...ready stand

to smooth that rough touch

with a tender kiss.

But I ain't in no hurry

if you want me to stay.

We could listen to the radio.

There's some good programs on tonight.

Okay.

JULIET:
And palm to palm

is holy palmers' kiss.

Have not saints lips

and holy palmers, too?

Ay, pilgrim,

lips that they must use in prayer.

O! Then, dear saint,

let lips do what hands do...

Keechie, I never seen

nobody like you before.

Now I know what makes a fella

get himself a missus

and swing a dinner pail.

Then move not,

while my prayers' effect I take.

Thus from my lips, by yours,

my sin is purged.

Then have my lips the sin

that they have took.

Sin from thy lips?

Guess it's about time

for me to have a cigarette.

Give me my sin again.

You kiss by the book.

NURSE:
Madam, your mother...

Don't go.

I won't.

What is her mother?

Marry, bachelor.

Her mother is the lady of the house...

Oh, don't you go. Don't you go.

I won't.

...that you talked withal.

BENVOLIO:
Romeo, away! Be gone!

My only love sprung from my only hate!

RADIO ANNOUNCER:

Thus did Romeo and Juliet

consummate their first interview

by falling madly in love with each other.

ROMEO:
Soft, what light through yonder

window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!

Keechie-keechie-koo.

The brightness of her cheek

would shame the stars

as daylight does a lamp.

Keechie-Keechie-koo.

Would through the airy region stream...

Bowie-Bowie-boo.

...that birds would sing

and think it were not night.

Keechie-Keechie-koo.

Bowie-Bowie-boo.

(IN A DEEP VOICE) Keechie-Keechie-koo.

(IN A DEEP VOICE) Bowie-Bowie-boo.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

ROMEO:
She speaks.

O! Speak again, bright angel.

For thou art as glorious

to this night, being over my head,

as is a winged messenger of heaven.

JULIET:
O Romeo, Romeo!

Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.

RADIO ANNOUNCER:

Thus did Romeo and Juliet

consummate their first interview

by falling madly in love with each other.

JULIET:
What's in a name?

That which we call a rose...

Keechie?

...would smell as sweet...

So Romeo would,

were he not Romeo called...

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