Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
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<strong>Ichabod</strong> is distracted by gourd BOWLS <strong>of</strong> DEAD INSECTS, LEAVES <strong>and</strong><br />
ACORNS... KNIVES, SCISSORS <strong>and</strong> YELLOWED BONES.<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
I should like to say... um... I make<br />
no assumptions about your<br />
occupation, no, your ways, witch --<br />
which -- which are nothing to me...<br />
um... whatever you are, each to his<br />
own -- um --<br />
The Cr<strong>one</strong> places something on a table beside her... a DEAD BIRD, a<br />
bright red cardinal.<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> backs away, but Masbath comes to st<strong>and</strong> beside him.<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
Do you know <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Horseman,<br />
ma'am... ? The Hessian.<br />
The Cr<strong>one</strong> draws her finger across her neck.<br />
YOUNG MASBATH (CONT'D)<br />
That'll be him, miss.<br />
Around her neck is a cord on which is threaded a carved st<strong>one</strong>, a<br />
mystic bauble. <strong>Ichabod</strong> notices it. The Cr<strong>one</strong> st<strong>and</strong>s, faces <strong>the</strong>m, tall<br />
... points to <strong>Ichabod</strong>.<br />
CRONE<br />
You, follow with me.<br />
(to young Masbath)<br />
Go out, child. Keep away. No matter<br />
what you hear, keep away.<br />
She takes a c<strong>and</strong>le <strong>and</strong> heads deeper into <strong>the</strong> cave...<br />
INT. CAVE HOME, LOWER CAVE -- DAY<br />
The Cr<strong>one</strong> enters through a passage, <strong>Ichabod</strong> follows, terrified, bent<br />
under <strong>the</strong> low ceiling.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Um... what might he hear that he must<br />
keep away from... ?<br />
Sit <strong>the</strong>re.<br />
CRONE<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> sits on a crooked stool. The Cr<strong>one</strong> kneels with her back to<br />
him, grasps two METAL CUFFS with chains attached, slides <strong>the</strong>se onto<br />
her wrists, testing <strong>the</strong>m...<br />
CRONE (CONT'D)<br />
He rides, to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Hollow</strong> <strong>and</strong> back. I<br />
hear him. I smell <strong>the</strong> blood on him.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Do... do you? Well... I'm here to find<br />
him <strong>and</strong>... er... make him stop...<br />
CRONE<br />
You want to see into <strong>the</strong> ne<strong>the</strong>rworld<br />
... I can show you...<br />
The Cr<strong>one</strong> ga<strong>the</strong>rs STRAW in a pile on <strong>the</strong> floor, <strong>the</strong>n ga<strong>the</strong>rs bowls,<br />
putting GRASS <strong>and</strong> POWDER on <strong>the</strong> pile, WITHERING over it. She takes a<br />
JAR from a table.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
What... what are you doing?<br />
The Cr<strong>one</strong> shakes <strong>one</strong> jar, pulls <strong>the</strong> lid <strong>of</strong>f <strong>and</strong> upends it. A BABY BAT<br />
squirms, dazed. The Cr<strong>one</strong> grips <strong>the</strong> bat, uses a knife to cut <strong>of</strong>f its<br />
head, soaks <strong>the</strong> straw with blood.<br />
CRONE<br />
Do not move or speak. When <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
comes, I will hold him.<br />
Using her c<strong>and</strong>le, <strong>the</strong> Cr<strong>one</strong> lights <strong>the</strong> straw pile.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
The o<strong>the</strong>r... ?<br />
CRONE<br />
Silence.<br />
(bends to inhale smoke)<br />
He comes now.
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