[Lengthy pause]
CACrow [as Jody]
You can take your time, it's a tough question.
MMelissa
It belongs to my father.
Oh, does your father mind if people skip rocks across his pond?
SAServo [as Melissa]
As long as you don't hit his favorite frog.
[Another pause]
MMelissa
I don't think he's mentioned it before. That your car?
SAServo [as Melissa]
Mind if I skip rocks across it?
[Jody catches up to Melissa, who stares out over the creek.]
MMelissa
This is where the fish lives.
[Mike and the Bots snicker loudly]
SAServo [as Melissa]
'Cuz this is where the fish lives.
MMelissa
I felt like it. I really wanted to fly, but I couldn't do that, so I ran.
[A pause.]
MAMike [as Jody]
You're kind of an idiot, aren't you?
[Jody and Melissa draw together in a serious kiss.]
CACrow [as Jody]
This is where my tongue lives.
[In Jody's 19th-century dream, a mob of townspeople gathers with torches and pitchforks, chanting "Burn the witch!"]
MAMike [as townsfolk]
Oh, and "go Packers" too, but mostly burn the witch.
. . .
[Father Strickland is reading from the Bible (Job) to his family.]
SStrickland
"The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days..."
SAServo [as Strickland]
...said Madeleine.
SStrickland
"...and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor..."
CACrow [as Strickland]
Tsch. Bunch of crap.
SStrickland
"A dreadful sound is in his ears."
MAMike [as Strickland]
It's Paula Cole, I think.
SStrickland
"In prosperity, the destroyer shall come upon him."
[Strickland sees Lucinda fidgeting.]
SStrickland
What is it, child?
YLYoung Lucinda
I thought I heard something.
SStrickland
Pay attention to the word of God.
SAServo [as Strickland]
For He loves you, and He may KILL you if you don't.
CACrow [as Strickland]
"...team!"
SStrickland
"...the light of the wicked shall be put out..."
MAMike [as Strickland]
"...by ten-thirty…"
SStrickland
"...and the spark of his fire shall not shine."
SAServo [as Daughter]
Just take the old-fashioned photo, Dad!
. . .
[The mob of townspeople approaches the house, still chanting "Burn the witch!"]
SMrs. Strickland
What is it, David?
It's people saying "Burn the witch". Are you deaf?
YMYoung Melissa
Papa, what is it?
[irritated] People saying "Burn the witch"! Do you have any deductive powers at all?