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• PENELOPE PENELOPE
• Those kids from across the street came over. They wanted him to play in the snow.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Is that a good idea?


• PENELOPE PENELOPE
• They seem like good kids.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• (under his breath)
• Until they get their hands on a decapitated head.


• PENELOPE PENELOPE
• What?


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Nothing. It’s halftime. I’m going to shovel the walk.


• Nicholas puts all his snow gear back on. He’s bundled up like a baby.


• EXT. DUPLEX – DAY


• Nicholas shovels the walk. There’s no sign of any of the neighborhood kids. He walks around the duplex to get the snow off the rickety old back porch.


• Abraham Lincoln’s Head sits on a pile of snow. A stick protrudes from either side of the pile. He’s wearing his custom hat that covers the bottom of his neck and everything.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Hey, buddy.


• LINCOLN’S HEAD
• Thank god.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• They just leave you here?


• LINCOLN’S HEAD
• The young rascals just wanted me to be the head of their snowman.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Hmmmm.
• (picking him up)
• Lets get you inside.