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DAVID LEE
I have a mother and her name is Rebecca -- My father's name is Nathan lee Morgan, and .....

124. INT. SCHOOL ROOM CLASS - FULL ANGLE - DAY    124.

Camille is standing in front of her desk before an overfilled class room. David Lee is seated in a chair against a wall on one side of the room. 

CAMILLE
Anyone here know what chapter that story was from?

A BOY rises with abrupt and fast confidence --

BOY #1 
Chapter twenty-six!

CAMILLE
Twenty-six!? The text has but six chapters!

BOY #1
That's what I meant, Miss Johnson. Take away the two in front and all you got left is a six!

The class room breaks out in a gusto of LAUGHTER --

CAMILLE
Now you know I'm not going to have the laughing!

The laughing dies sharply and quickly -- Camille smiles to herself --

CAMILLE (CONT'D)
I'll get back to you later, Mr. twenty-six. Let's not stop now, we have to keep this mood moving. The story has to come from one of the text books we've already read i class, or it has to be a rue story of your own. Let's get it going now -- we don't have that much time left ...

She moves around and sits at her desk -- after some indecision on the part of all of the Children, one BOY finally rises from his chair --

CONTINUED