EXT. THE EDWARDS RANCH - SUNDOWN
AARON
Think I'll see if I can pick off a sage-hen or two, Martha. . .
MARTHA
You do that, Aaron. . .
AARON
Won't go far. . .
LUCY
My, the days are getting shorter-
MARTHA
(sharply) Lucy! . . . We don't need the lamp yet. . .
MARTHA
(easily) Let's enjoy the dusk a while.
BEN
(quietly) It's all right, ma. . .I been watchin'. . . Only I wish. . .
MARTHA
(quietly) What, Ben?
BEN
I wish Uncle Ethan was here. Don't you, ma?
LUCY
Mother, I can't see what I'm doing!. . .
MARTHA
NOT YET, LUCY!. . .
MARTHA
We're going to play the sleep-out game. . .Remember?. . .Where you hide out with grandma?
Where's she buried?
MARTHA
And you'll go along the ditch -- very quietly -- like a. . .
(her voice breaks)
DEBBIE
Like a little mouse.
AARON
Hurry, Martha! Moon's fixin' to rise!
MARTHA
And you won't come back or make a sound. . .no matter what you hear? Promise!. .No matter what?
And you won't come back or make a sound. . .no matter what you hear? Promise!. .No matter what?
I promise. . .Wait!
AARON
Child, child!
DEBBIE
Can't I have Topsy to keep me company?
AARON
There's no time. . .
MARTHA
Here she is, baby...
Down low -- run!
MARTHA
Baby!
No, Chris! Go back, Chris! Go back!
FADE TO BLACK
John Ford-proving that a picture is worth a thousand words since 1956
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