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Rev. 7/29/71 -3-
6. CONTINUED 6.
NATHAN LEE
(slams rifle to the ground)
DAMMIT! And I remember the time when a bull couldn't a stopped him from gettin' that possum!
David Lee kneels down and caresses Sounder's frame. Nathan realizes that David is disturbed over his harshness.

NATHAN LEE (CONT'D)
Come here, son --
David Lee goes to his father, who kneels to him, and puts both of his huge hands on the boy's shoulders.

NATHAN LEE (CONT'D)
It's alright. He did his job -- I just got foolish for a minute. He gives the boy a quick embrace and rises to his feet --

NATHAN LEE (CONT'D)
If anybody's to blame, it's me -- I oughta nailed him when I took that shot.

DAVID LEE
It was too dark, Daddy.

NATHAN LEE
Yeah. We better git back to the house now.
Nathan puts his hand on Sounder's neck, gives him an affectionate rub. They gather their equipment and head for home. They move out of the brush area on to a pathway.

7. EXT. ROAD AND CABIN - NIGHT
This area of the road is about then hundred feet from the front yard of the cabin. The yard is wide, and stretches out to the very edges of the road which comes to a horseshoe deadend about two hundred feet at the far end of their cabin.

NATHAN LEE
In all the years me and Sounder been tracking down possums and coons in these woods -- he ain't tore one of 'em up yet...
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