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Minister ] THERE'S IKE.

[ Third Boy ] TWELVE. I AM GONNA DIE.

- TWENTY CENTS.

- [ Minister ] TWENTY CENTS!

BERTHA'S GOT SAMMYANDDAVID BIDDIN'

ON HER! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME?

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS AND

A PENNY. TWENTY-SEVEN.

[ Minister ] TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS.

VERY NICE BID. TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS.

- WELL- - TWENTY-SEVEN

CENTS. GOING ONCE.

GOING TWICE.

THIRTY CENTS.

[ Congregation Gasping ] THIRTY CENTS!

A VERY GENEROUS BID BY MR. SAMMY PERKINS.

- FIFTY CENTS.

- FIFTY CENTS! I BELIEVE THAT'S A CHURCH RECORD.

UH, SAMMY, CAN YOU TOP THAT?

FIFTY CENTS, GOING ONCE,

GOING TWICE,

SOLD FOR 50 CENTS!

MR. DAVID BUTLER, YOU HAVE A BOX

LUNCH FROM MISS BERTHA LANGFORD.

FIFTY CENTS.

VERY NICE. AND DON'T THEY

MAKE A LOVELY COUPLE.

YOU RECKON THAT DAVID KNOWS SHE

AIN'T STUFFED WITH COTTON NEITHER?

[ Laughing ]

LALO?

[ Smacking Lips ]

LALO.

FOOD. FOOD.

[ Grunts ]

[ Gagging Sounds ]

[ Gasping ]

SAMMY.

YEAH?

I GOTTA TELL YOU SOMETHING.

DON'T GET MAD, OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

BUT I WENT TO SEE WHAT THEY

GOT LOCKED IN THAT SHED. WHAT!

WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?

WELL, I HAD TO FIND OUT, DIDN' I? YEAH, I SUPPOSE YOU DID.

LISTEN, SAMMY. IT WASN'T A MONSTER A ALL, YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE BEEN SAYIN'.

IT'S NOT MY CONCERN IF SOME PEOPLE CAN'T TELL

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MONSTER AND A COW.

SHUT UP, SAMMY.

IT WAS A GIRL.

UH-HUH. SHE WAS REAL RAGGED

AND DIRTY, BUT IT WAS A GIRL.

YOU SHOULDN'T POKE AROUND

IN OTHER PEOPLE'S AFFAIRS.

DADDY TOLD YOU TO KEEP OUTTA THERE. NOW I OUGHT TO TELL HIM

- SAMMY, YOU CAN'T TELL.

I OUGHT TO TELL HIM.

PLEASE. SHE WAS SO PITIFUL.

SOMETHING AWFUL'S WRONG,

AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING.

WE ARE, ARE WE?

NOW, THERE'S NOTHIN' WE CAN DO.

NOW, THAT MAN IS DANGEROUS.

YOU HEARD DADDY.

ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, I HEARD DADDY.

HEY.

[ Laughs ]

ADA! ADA!

IF YOU DON'T GET OUT HERE,

WE'RE GONNA MISS THE FIRST FIGHT.

I'M SICK OF WAITIN' FOR YOU!

GET OUT HERE NOW!

DAMN COW! GET UP HERE! YOU'RE THE

SLOWEST WOMAN THIS SIDE OF HISTORY!

GIDDAP! GIDDAP!

GETTIN' MY BOOK WET.

OOH, THAT HURT.

OH, MY GOSH.

SAMMY, LOOK.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

IS THAT HER?

I THINK SO.

COME ON. LET'S GO TALK TO HER.

HEY, ALICE!

ALICE!

HOLD ON, ALICE!

HEY, ALICE. THIS HERE'S

MY BROTHER, SAMMY.

GOOD TO MEET YA,

ALICE.

NO, THANKS.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

YOU KINDA GOTTA SPEAK UP.

SHE CAN'T HEAR TOO WELL.

[ Loudly ] GLAD TO MEE YOU, ALICE. GLAD TO MEET YOU.

ALICE. ALICE, HOW'D

YOU GET OUTTA THE SHED?

ALICE. THE SHED.

HOW'D YOU GET IT OPEN?

DOOR. DOOR?

DOOR.

DOOR.

DOOR.

[ Chuckling ] UH, WELL,

DID THEY LET YOU OUT?

ALICE.

ALICE, ALICE.

DID YOU GET OU BY MISTAKE?

OH, SAMMY, SHE MUST'VE GOTTEN OUT BY MISTAKE.

THEY KEEP HER LOCKED IN THERE ALL THE TIME.

SHE'S GONNA BE

IN AN AWFUL LOT OF TROUBLE.

WE BETTER GET HER BACK

OR SOMETHING.

HEY, ALICE, WHEN THEY COMIN'

HOME? DID YOU SEE THOSE EYES?

YEAH, I SAW HER EYES.

WHAT ABOUT 'EM?

COME ON.

[ Croons ]

[ Gasps ]

OH!

HEY, ALICE.

THESE ARE ROSES.

PRETTY.

[ Sniffs ]

SMELL IT.

AIN'T THAT THE

PRETTIEST SMELL?

SMELL.

SMELL. YEAH.

IT'S NICE.

[ Sammy ] SEE HOW SHE WATCHES

YOUR MOUTH? I THINK SHE READS LIPS.

ALICE?

MY NAME IS SAMMY.

"SAM-MY."

SAMMY.

SAMMY.

SAMMY. SA-

SAMMY!

[ Laughing ]

COME ON.

ALICE. ELLIE!

ELLIE.

COME ON.

YOU DO. YOU DO.

YOU FIX ME IN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

BYE-BYE, SAMMY. SHE WANTS

YOU TO LOCK HER INSIDE.

I DON'T WANNA LOCK HER. IT ISN' RIGHT. YOU, YOU DO. YOU FIX ME IN.

BYE. ALL RIGHT. BYE-BYE.

BYE. BYE.

HEY. HOW MANY JARS OF PEACHES

YOU RECKON WE CAN TAKE...

BEFORE DADDY'LL NOTICE?

WELL, JUST TAKE ONE.

HE WON'T NOTICE IF WE

PUT THE JAR BACK. OKAY.

NOW, THAT SHED HAD CRACKS

IN IT, DIDN'T IT?

YEAH. HAD LOTS OF CRACKS IN IT. I RECKON SHE

MUST'VE FROZE STIFF LAST WINTER DURING THE SNOWS.

[ Alice ] MORE! MORE. [ Ellie

] THEY'RE ALL YOURS. SLOW DOWN.

YOU MIGHT WANT SOME LATER.

YEAH.

ELLIE, COME HERE. MM-MMM.

ALL RIGHT, NOW GO OU THERE AND LOCK US IN.

THIS IS DUMB, SAMMY. GUTHRIE'LL

KILL US IF HE CATCHES US HERE.

JUST GET OUT THERE.

ALICE. ALICE!

[ Ellie ]

BE QUIET.

THIS IS REALLY STUPID.

SHH!

HERE. COME HERE.

TAKE THIS STICK LIKE THIS.

THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT?

NOW YOU TRY IT.

YOU TRY IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

[ Laughs ]

ALL RIGHT. SHH. OKAY.

COME ON, COME ON.

NOT TOO BAD FOR A DUMB BROTHER, HUH?

DON'T GET TOO SWOLE-HEADED, SAMUEL.

LET'S TAKE HER SOMEWHERE. LET'S

GET OUTTA HERE. OOH, I KNOW WHERE.

WE'LL TAKE YOU

- DON'T DO THAT. WE'LL TAKE YOU TO ECHOING HEIGHTS.

YOU TAKE ME? THAT'S

RIGHT. ECHOING HEIGHTS.

COME ON, LET'S GO. LET'S GO. WE GO?

[ Sammy ] WELL, ALICE. THIS IS IT.

[ Ellie ]

THIS IS ECHOING HEIGHTS.

THAT BIG!

YEAH, IT'S BIG.

BIG. Y'ALL WANNA MAKE THIS A

NIGHT LISA MAE WON'T NEVER FORGET.

SHE'S BEEN SAYIN' THEY GO GHOSTS UP HERE AT ECHOING HEIGHTS,

BUT I'M PRETTY SURE

IT'S ALICE SHE'S BEEN HEARIN'.

SO, HEY, ALICE.

CAN YOU SAY "LISA"?

WHAT?

CAN YOU SAY "LISA"?

LISA? YEAH. NOW YOU GOTTA SAY IT REAL LOUD, LIKE

- LISA!

[ Loudly ] LISA! [ Voices Echoing ]

THEN SAY IT EVEN LOUDER.

[ Shouting ] LISA! LISA!

OKAY, NOW YOU GOTTA SAY, "LISA,

I'M COMIN'." "I'M COMIN'."

LISA, I COMIN'!

LISA!

[ Both Continue Shouting ]

LISA!

WHOA.

ORMAND. WHERE IS SHE?

DID YOU LET HER OUT?

I DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'

ABOUT IT! [ Grunts ]

YES, YOU DO. DON'T LIE TO ME! WHERE'D

SHE GO? I HAVEN'T DONE IT. I SWEAR.

I'M GONNA FIX HER. I'M GONNA

FIX HER GOOD. REAL GOOD.

[ Moans ]

OH, GOD.

[ Girls Shouting ]

LISA!

[ Girls Shrieking ]

LISA, LISA!

[ Shrieking Continues ]

[ Mr. Guthrie ]

ALICE!

[ Sammy ]

SHH. SHH.

ALICE!

SHH.

LISA!

ALICE!

ALICE! ALICE!

ALICE!

STAY. STAY!

ALICE, IS THAT YOU?

YOU BETTER ANSWER ME.

I SAID IS THAT YOU?

[ Alice Yelps ]

HOW'D YOU GET OUTTA THERE?

[ Alice ]

STOP. STOP.

[ Alice Screams ]

YOU EVER GET LOOSE OUTTA THERE AGAIN,

I'LL CHOKE YOU TILL YOU CAN'T MOVE!

STOP IT, STOP IT!

DADDY!

DADDY, STOP.

DADDY!

WHERE WERE YOU TWO

LAST NIGHT?

UH, WELL WE WENT UP TO

ECHOING HEIGHTS.

TILL 1:
00

IN THE MORNING?

I WAS- WE WENT UP-

UH, WE WAS-

WAS WHAT?

W- WE WENT UP WITH-

GO ON, JUST TELL ME, SON.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WHAT?

YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP YOUR

YOUNG SISTER OUT LATE.

YOU GOT NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND

YOU THINKIN' YOU READY FOR COLLEGE?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IN THE HELL IS

GOIN' ON HERE, BUT FROM NOW ON,

I DON'T WANT Y'ALL ROAMIN'

AROUND AT NIGHT. YA HEAR ME?

NO MORE!

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

[ Ellie ] CLETUS, I SWEAR

YOUR MIND IS A DITCH.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO WASH

YOUR BRAIN OUT WITH SOAP.

I HEARD LISA MAE MISSED SCHOOL

TODAY. ON ACCOUNT OF SHE HEARD GHOSTS?

OH, SHE'S SO PITIFUL. DID YOU

SEE WHAT SHE WORE TO THE SOCIAL?

ALL THOSE BUTTERFLIES, AND THAT HAT!

HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THAT COLLEGE YET?

WELL:

- I GET GOOSE BUMPS ABOUT COMIN' UP AND SEEIN' YOU NEXT YEAR.

WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT THOUGH? YES.

[ Kids Chattering ]

HEY!

- LET'S SEE WHO CAN SPIT THE FURTHEST.

- [ Boy ] LET ME TRY.

WELL, I GOTTA GO.

BYE, BERTHA.

WELL, BYE, SAMMY.

HEY.

SAMMY!

I GO OUT THE DOOR. ALICE, I ISN'T SAFE. WE GOTTA GET YOU HOME.

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