![]() She finds herself at the entrance to The Hurricane ride. He searches around and finds her walking in the waves of people. He smiles an eight yearold smile of pride. He checks its softness.Įlijah looks around the customized cup-like compartment he sits in. It goes around twice before he ties the arms together. He pulls off his sweater and wraps it around the bar. He reaches out and touches the hard rusted metal bar infront of him, Elijah looks a little anxious. He places the stuffed animals on either side of him on the seat. His expression changes.Įlijah looks to the stuffed animals in his arms. His small hands feel the cold metal of the interior of the compartment. He looks around at all the excited faces. He pulls down the rusted metal bar infront of him. He slips inside the gray metal compartment and sits. Ducks under the turnstile and climbs onto the platform.Įlijah finds an empty seat. The man in the red and white stripes leaves the turnstile.Įlijah stares up at the multi-colored sign. They pull the metal bars down in front of them. He watches the teenagers giggle as they each get into a gray cup-like seat. Elijah looks up and sees the sign above the turnstile… “The Hurricane.” He emerges amongst a huddle of teenagers who wait at a turnstile.Ī man in a red and white striped coat takes their tickets and waves at them in. His metal brace sounds as he walks.įor a moment, he sees nothing but bodies all around him. ![]() He carries the stuffed animals through the crowds of people. He moves away from the line.Ī CRESCENDO OF CHEERS RISES IN THE AIR FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE FAIR. Elijah is left alone amongst the line of women. A woman steps out.Įlijah’s mother touches his head and enters the three foot square plastic bathroom. They have set up in the vast parking lot of the local high school.Ī line of women has formed in front of the portable bathrooms. This scene would have appeared between the present two flashback scenes and just before the scene where the priest is conducting mass…Ī hazy afternoon. This is another flashback to when Elijah was an eight year old child. These deleted scenes were taken from the Octodraft of the script (presumably the first draft).
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