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DAVID LEE
Thank you, Miss Boatwright. 

MRS. BOATWRIGHT

When you read it - we'll talk about ...

DAVID LEE
Yes mam...We gotta go, Miss Boatwright...

MRS. BOATWRIGHT
Tell Rebecaa I said 'hi', now...

The children turn and walk out of the back door ---

41. EXIT. OUTSIDE OF MRS. BOATWRIGHT'S BACK DOOR - DAY 41. 
Mrs. Boatwright is in the doorway as David, Earl and Sounder move ahead of Josie Mae, who stops and turns to Mrs. Boatwright ---

JOSIE MAE
What's a Chinaman, Miss Boatwright? 

Before Mrs. Boatwright can struggle up a response ---

DAVID LEE
Come on Josie Mae: We gotta hurry! 

Josie Mae turns and catches up with them - they all rush around and out of Mrs. Boatwright's yard ---

42. EXT. THE COUNTRY - DAY 42.

They run up the road and into a field - continue on across the field and over a slope until they can see CROWDS of PEOPLE at a make-shift baseball diamond where TWO TEAMS of BLACK SHARECROPPERS are engaged in a heated baseball contest. They keep moving on into the crowd ---

43. EXT. THE BASEBALL DIAMOND AREA - DAY 43. 

MEN, WOMEN, and CHILDREN are standing around, loudly rooting for their team as the three children make their way through the crowd to find their mother. Nathan Lee is pitching on the mount for his team. He throws a pitch - the BATTER misses it ---

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