Grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass-
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad-
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought-
He stirred his velvet Head
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home-
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam-
silver bmw speeding towards
camera.
Tracking shot (as if from car) following the dog as it races through the
trees beside the road; slow zoom in on dog.
The roadway; in extreme foreground a large rat scurries away off left as the
bmw approaches.
EXT. HOUSE -- DAY
The rear of a large three--story country house, cream--coloured and
resplendent in an expanse of green lawn and trees. ALICE, an adoles
silver, three dollars a head!
Nope!
Might raise it
to five dollars silver!
Made more than that in Mexico!
Theyll be a sorry-lookin lot
by the time they get to California, son!
Theyll feed out
when we get to grass country!
Sure is rough-lookincountry.
Aint no cow country!
Mighty different where I come from!
- What do they call this place?
- Just over the rise there!
Big town called Tombstone!
- A
Silver and Associates.
Can I help you please?
George, good morning.
Mr. Burke would like to see you in his office.
Come on in. Have a seat.
-Orange juice? Croissant? -No, Im good.
What are you on, George?
Beg your pardon?
How much weight have you lost?
I dont know.
Five, ten pounds. Havent been very hungry.
Hows your wife?
Well, when we divorced a decade ago...
she was very angry.
Now shes just h
grass. Roderick searches her
pockets, the fold of her short bodice and her skirt, then
her shoes; then he turns up her skirt, slowly and
circumspectly, as high as her garters, which she wears
upon the knee. He unfastens them and finds nothing; he
draws down her skirt and gropes under her armpits. The
tickling makes her laugh.
RODERICK
I feel the ribbon.
DOROTHY
Then you must get it.
Roderick has