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You're traveling
through another dimension-

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a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,

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a journey into a wondrous land

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whose boundaries
are that of imagination.

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Your next stop,
the twilight zone.

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Say, doris,
i lost one of my cuff links.

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Oh, i'll see if
i can find it.

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No, i found it.

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That's all right, then.

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I found it
in your jewel case.

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And i found
some other items.

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Oh?

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What about them?

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You tell me.

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There's nothing
much to tell, really.

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I decided to bring back
some souvenirs.

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Souvenirs?

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A human finger?

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A sacred death stone?

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A vulture's claw?

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Baubles of a witch doctor.

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That's all these are to you,
souvenirs?

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Of course.

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Nothing else?
Are you sure?

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Certainly, i'm sure.

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Then you won't mind if i
dispose of them, will you?

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Alan, don't!

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Please don't!

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Please don't, alan!
Please don't!
Why not?

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No!

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All right, now,
are there any more

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souvenirs?

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We aren't in africa any longer,
we're here in new york.

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Do you understand
what i'm saying?

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This is for weak people,

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ignorant, uncivilized people
who don't know any better,

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not for you, or me.

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Doris, we've done
nothing wrong.

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We have nothing
to fear.

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Least of all
from a bunch of witch doctors

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5,000 miles away.

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What are you afraid of?

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Africa.

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Do you remember

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what the old shaman
said long ago

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when the men
started drilling?

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He said we were
wounding the land,

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hurting it,
making it bleed.

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Alan, he said that land
would make us pay.

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Doris, we left
africa weeks ago.

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Did we? Well, i wonder.

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Alan, sometimes at night
i can feel it,

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all around me,
like some huge, dark animal.

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Alan, please.

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Please don't
let them go there.

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Tell them it won't work.

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Stop them now while
there's still time, please!

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It's my job to engineer
a hydroelectric project,

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not pander to ignorant
witch doctors.

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I'll try to be back early.

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You'll never be back.

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Don't open the door.

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The carcass of a goat,

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a dead finger,

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a few bits
of broken glass and stone

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and mr. Alan richards,
a modern man of a modern age,

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hating with all his heart

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something
in which he cannot believe

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and preparing-
although he doesn't know it-

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to take the longest walk
of his life

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right down to the center
of the twilight zone.

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Levelling and drainage
have already been started

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as well as preliminary work
on the dam itself.

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Our time of completion
will have to be upped

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by three to six months,

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but this shouldn't affect
our general cost

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more than
a few thousand dollars.

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Well, it's
getting very late.

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Before we make
a decision,

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i have a few questions
if you don't mind.

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Certainly, sir.

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I'm sure you've
considered this
carefully,

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but, for my
own curiosity,

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what about
the natives?

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Natives?

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What about them, sir?

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Well, what's
their attitude?

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How are they
reacting?

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As far as i know...

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well, the kekouyu
are a violent people.

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They resent
the loss of their homes.

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They resent the enterprise

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even though
they'll benefit eventually.

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They resent us.

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But i doubt they'll cause
any serious disturbance.

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Except... for uchawi.

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Uchawi?

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Uh... witchcraft.

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A number of
shamans decided

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to put a curse on everyone
connected with the enterprise

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effective upon the decision
to go ahead with the project.

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What sort of a curse,
mr. Richards?

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The usual:

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A slow,
painful death.

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Now, gentlemen,
i assure you,

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there's nothing at all
funny about uchawi.

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Oh, you're
not serious.

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I am, i've seen it work.

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I have seen healthy men
sicken and die

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within ten minutes of the time
set by the witch doctors

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who cursed them-

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healthy men. And women.

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They weren't touched.

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They weren't poisoned.

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They weren't harmed in any way.

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They just died.

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Don't talk rubbish.

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Alan...
wait a minute,

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just a second.

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Mr. Sinclair.

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What time is it?

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Oh, say,
what's this

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you're wearing
on your watch chain?

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Why, it's...

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a rabbit's foot,
isn't it?

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Why do you
wear that?
Now, see here.

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It's for luck,
isn't it?

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Well, what's that
got to do with magic?

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Sinclair carries
the severed foot

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of a dead animal
for good fortune

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and can't see what
that's to do with magic?

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Hardy is amused.

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Although it's known
he's a superstitious man

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or have you finally
given up astrology?

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Well...

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now, here's a 20th-century man

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who allows the stars
to make his decisions.

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And a fine job they've done
of it, too, young man.

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That's exactly what

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a kekouyu witch doctor
said to me

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when i suggested
panther bones

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could not
foretell the future.

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You needn't smile,
mr. Templeton.

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I've seen you
knock on wood

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more than once.

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Oh, alan...

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mr. Fleming,
when did you last

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walk under a ladder?

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Throw salt over
your shoulder?

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All right,
mr. Richards

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you've made
your point.

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A multl-billion corporation
run by witches...

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warlocks.

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In a 40-story building

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that doesn't even
have a 13th floor.

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Now, gentlemen, i...

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mr. Richards!

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Chad.

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Tell me something

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if you wanted to get
hold of a dead goat

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on an hour's notice,

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where would
you go?

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To a psychiatrist.

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No, i'm serious.

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Well, so am i.

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You really want
a dead goat?

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No.
Then what are you
talking about?

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I'll do it.

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Hey.

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What's this?

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That, my dear chad,
is kipitu.

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A protective amulet.

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Where did it
come from?

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Doris.

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You see, if this
is a lion's tooth,

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i gather i'm being
protected from lions.

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In, uh, new york city?

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Yeah.

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Well, got to admit

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they're doing a fine job.

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This is how doris
looks at it.

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What will you do about doris?

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I don't know.

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She's sick,
isn't she?

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So are half the city's people!

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My wife carries
a lion's tooth,

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the company president,
a rabbit's foot-

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it's all the same,
same rotten disease.

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It's eating away at
the strength, the will,

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the very soul of me.

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Hey, hey, alan.

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Think you better
have another drink.

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Hmm-mm.

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Alan, take it easy.

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A guy doesn't get
this worked up

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about something
he doesn't believe in.

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What do you mean?

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Oh, nothing.

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Come on.

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Look, it's 3:00.

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Doris will be worried.

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No, i called her,
i told her i'd be late.

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Did you pay?

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Yeah.

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I'll see you tomorrow.

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Good night.

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Hey, chad!

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Hey.

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Anybody there?

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Hello?

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Cab, mister?

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Shuler house.

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Right.

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Driver, the light's green.

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You can go now.

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Driver.

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The light's green.

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Oh.

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Hey, excuse me, mister.

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I've had nothing
to eat for two days.

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I'd surely appreciate it
if you could help me out.

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Sure...

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sure, sure.

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Yes, sir.

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God bless you, mister.

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Hey, wait a minute.

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Where's that sound
coming from?

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What sound was that?

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Those drums.

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I don't hear
no drums.

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Listen.

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You mean to tell me
you can't hear that?

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Huh, you'll have
to excuse me.

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My ears aren't as good
as they used to be.

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Say, wait a minute.

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How would you like
to make some money?

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Doing what?

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I'm trying to get home

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on the other side
of the park.

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If you walk with me,
i'll give you ten dollars.

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Now, don't tell me
you can't hear tha...

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hey!

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Come back!

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Hey, come back!

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Look, i'll give you $20!

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Come back.

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Some superstitions kept alive
by the long night of ignorance

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have their own special power.

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You'll hear of it
through a jungle grapevine

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in a remote corner
of the twilight zone.

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Rod serling,
creator ofthe twilight zone,

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will tell you
about next week's story

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after this message.

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And now, mr. Serling.

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Next week onthe twilight zone,

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we bring to the television
cameras a most unique gentlemen

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whose own
very special brand of clownship

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has long ago become
a milestone in american humor.

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Mr. Buster keaton
appears in "once upon a time."

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A script written especially
for him by richard matheson,

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this one is wild, woolly
and most unpredictable.

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Onthe twilight zonenext week,

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mr. Buster keaton
in "once upon a time."

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need your help, not criticism.

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