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175. WIDER ANGLE - INCLUDE EDGE OF ROAD AND WAGON  175.

Nathan climbs up on the wagon and Sounder leaps up behind him as Josie Mae and Earl follow. David Lee steps down into the yard and merely looks on --

REBECCA
Where you goin'!?

NATHAN LEE
To the commissary to get this boy some clothes! I'm gon' get everybody somethin'!

REBECCA
But, Nathan --

NATHAN LEE
Don't tell me nothin' 'bout what we owe ol' man Howard! I'll do the owing, and let him worry 'bout the collecting! Come on, David Lee!

David Lee does not move from where he is standing.

NATHAN LEE (CONT'D)
Did you hear me, boy? Come on!

David Lee moves slowly to the wagon, stops and looks up to his father --

176. CLOSE FACE ANGLE - DAVID LEE   176.

DAVID LEE
You just came back home, Daddy. I don't wanna leave right now -- I wanna stay home and be with you.

NATHAN LEE
And I wanta be with you, too, but this school is somethin' that's good for you -- somethin' you need, like good air to breathe, and I want you to have it, boy, and that's the way it's gonna be!

DAVID LEE
But, Daddy, you need me here to help you in the field -- Daddy, your leg is hurt -- you can't work like you used to. Who's gonna help you!? Who's gonna do the work, Daddy?!

CONTINUED