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David Lee takes off after Earl -- who turns, breaks and runs out into the back field ---

88. EXT. CROP FIELD - DAY

Rebecca, David Lee, Josie Mae and Earl are in the field, working; planting, hoeing and cultivating the soil -- Sounder trots about the field in the vicinity of David Lee --

89. EXT. THE FIELD - DAY  89.

Rebecca is looking on about three hundred feet away as David Lee runs about with Sounder in open field, trying to work him back into physical shape -- he halfway picks the dog up -- drops him to the ground, takes off and runs but Sounder does not follow him. He comes back to the dog and ruffles him affectionately -- takes off and runs again -- this time, Sounder takes off after him. Rebecca and David look to each other and smile broadly -- success!! He caresses and hugs the dog -- they move toward Rebecca, join her, and they start walking back toward the house -- and then the rains come -- they and the dog take off in speed with huge raindrops splattering against their faces and bodies. From the field, as they make a run for it, their figures become smaller as they near the backyard and the doorway to their home...

EXT. MRS. BOATWRIGHT'S BACKYARD - DAY 90.

A bright sunny day -- David Lee is just about to quit for the day in some gardening work he is doing for MRS. BOATWRIGHT. He moves to the side of the house to put some equipment away when the lady approaches him --

MRS. BOATWRIGHT
David, you never cease to amaze me at how good you are in taking care of my garden.

DAVID LEE
My father taught me...

MRS. BOATWRIGHT
Would you like to have a cool drink, David?

DAVID LEE
No, thank you -- I gotta go do some work in the field today.

starts to walk away and then decides to stop, to her as she is heading back into the house --

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