Lending a Helping Hand to the Poor



INT. ROOM



A bum sits in a corner, head down. At bum's side, a full paper sack.



		BUM

	  (voice over)

	I am a creature of flesh, blood and bone. 

	The people of this world are in need of my help, 

	for they are poor and I am rich.



The bum lifts head revealing two black eyes.



INT. ROOM



A guy and a girl briefly kiss.



		GIRL

	I love you.



		GUY

	I love you.



The guy and the girl hug.



STILL FRAME

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INT. HALLWAY



The bum is moving past "the people of this world" and carrying the paper sack.



Girl (from above) is walking towards bum.



The bum stops her and takes a severed hand from the paper sack. 

The bum gives the hand to the girl, and as she takes it:



STILL FRAME

									CUT TO:

INT. ROOM



A girl and a guy briefly kiss.



		GUY

	I love you.



		GIRL

	I want to leave.



		GUY

	Leave? Wait. Why?



		GIRL

	There's pain I haven't experienced, and I think 

	its absence will get in the way of -



		GUY

	- of what?



		GIRL

	I have to leave.



The girl leaves.



The guy stares after her.



STILL FRAME

									CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY



The bum is moving past "the people of this world" and carrying a paper sack.

Guy (from above) is walking towards bum.

The bum stops him and removes a severed hand from the paper sack. As the guy takes the hand:



STILL FRAME

									CUT TO:

INT. ROOM



A guy and a girl briefly kiss.



		GIRL

	I love you.



		GUY

	I need to leave.



		GIRL

	Why?



		GUY

	Before we go on I need to do something.



		GIRL

	Something? What?



		GUY

	Save, help...I have to leave.



STILL FRAME



EXT. TOWN



The girl is moving down a street, is looking scared, is stumbling. 

She's been hurt. She's in pain. Now she's running.



The guy appears at opposite end of street. He sees the girl. He starts to run.



They meet in the middle, stopping suddenly about fifteen feet apart as if unsure, not able to come together.



CAMERA MOVES AROUND THEM IN A CIRCLE



STILL FRAME



INT. ROOM



A bum sits in a corner with head down. Next to the bum is an empty paper sack.



The End