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119. EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS - DAY 119.

David and Sounder head straight for the pump and just as they arrive at the pump a group of Children gathers around them --

#1 CHILD
You new here?

#2 CHILD
You comin' here to school?

#3 CHILD
What's wrong with that dog?

Two Dogs near the edge of the Schoolhouse bark at Sounder -- he merely WHINES and scratches back at them but their BARKING intensifies until a young, attractive BLACK FEMALE TEACHER interferes --

CAMILLE
Come on now, get away from here!

The Two Dogs gallop off as do the Children -- they scatter away from around David and Sounder. The Teacher walks over to David and stops --

DAVID LEE
I just wanta wash my hand. It's got blood where I hurt it.

CAMILLE
You don't live around here, do you?

DAVID LEE
No, mam .. I come from way back there. Me and my dog was tryin' to find my daddy and we got lost.

CAMILLE
Is he here in Borderdale?

DAVID LEE
I don't know, he's in a prison camp.

CAMILLE
Here, you put your hand under the water and I'll pump for you.

She pumps and David puts his hand under the cool, flowing water --

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