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Rev. 7/29/71                     

98. INT. THE SITTING ROOM - NIGHT   98. 

Rebecca is sitting in her rocker, knitting, when David Lee comes out of his room -- She turns and looks to him --

REBECCA
Can't sleep?

DAVID LEE
No, ma'am...
(pause)
Mama, I wanted Mrs. Boatwright to find out where Daddy is, so me and Sounder can go see him.

REBECCA
So did I. I figured when the time got right, we cold all take a day or two and walk up there, but it's not the kind of long trip for a child to take alone. 

DAVID LEE
I can do it, Mama -- you know that. In the Bible stories you read to us, everybody's always goin' on a long journey. Jacob goes into a strange land where his uncle is and he don't even know where he lives, but he finds him. Everybody finds what they supposed to find. 

REBECCA
But you'll be away from home for days -- what will you do when the dark comes, where will you sleep? I can't send you away from here like that!

DAVID LEE
Mama, don't I always do what you say -- every time I go to the fields to plant the corn, to Miss Boatwright's and the woods -- you tell me what to do and I do it, and you don't worry.

REBECCA
(pause)
No, I don't and I oughtn't not to after the way you've taken over since they took him away -- and I would like for you to see 'im so you can come back and tell me about 'im.

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