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Missing your dog
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1TOMTom carries out the bin bags and props the garden gate open with a brick.
2MAYAMaya fills the dog bowl and holds up the red leash, but no dog comes.
3MAYAMaya finds the gate standing open and the garden empty.
4MAYA, TOMMaya holds the brick out to Tom, and he understands what he did.
5MAYA, TOMThey split up, Maya one way with the leash, Tom the other.
6MAYA, RUTHRuth points Maya toward the railway line, where she saw a small brown dog go.
7MAYAAt the railway fence Maya finds a tuft of brown fur caught on the wire.
8TOMTom has printed a stack of posters with the dog's photo.
9MAYA, TOMTom tapes up a poster and Maya walks past him without taking one.
10MAYAMaya walks the shelter's row of cages, and none of the dogs is hers.
11TOM, RUTHRuth gives Tom a torch and points him past the railway, down toward the river.
12MAYA, TOMTom asks Maya to come, and she shuts the door on him.
13TOMTom's torch finds small paw prints in the mud leading toward the water.
14MAYAMaya sets the full bowl by the gate and props it open herself with the brick.
15TOMTom pulls the dog's blue collar out of the reeds, empty.
16MAYA, TOMTom lays the wet collar on the table in front of Maya.
17—The bowl by the open gate is untouched.
18MAYA, TOMMaya drops the dog bowl into the bin while Tom pulls his boots back on.
19TOM, RUTHRuth, searching with Tom, points across the water to a drainage culvert.
20MAYAMaya tears down the lost-dog poster Tom put up.
21TOMTom wades into the river toward the culvert, water to his waist.
22RUTHRuth hurries away up the path, alone.
23MAYA, RUTHRuth reaches Maya and takes her by the arm, the torn poster still in Maya's hand.
24MAYA, RUTHThey reach the bank and Tom is nowhere; only the culvert's dark mouth.
25MAYAMaya climbs into the culvert with Ruth's torch.
26MAYA, TOMMaya finds Tom kneeling at a rusted grate, something small and brown behind the bars.
27MAYA, TOMTheir hands together wrench the rusted grate open.
28TOMTom lifts out the small brown terrier, muddy and limp.
29MAYA, TOM, RUTHTom lays the still dog on the grass between the three of them.
30MAYA, TOMThe dog lifts its head and licks Maya's hand, which is held in Tom's.
scene 1 · medium
Tom carries out the bin bags and props the garden gate open with a brick.
the picture turned out to be: Two men are standing outside on a cloudy day. One of the men is holding a black plastic bag in his hands. He is wearing a green sweater and blue jeans. The other man is standing next to a wooden fence. Part of a brick building can be seen behind the men. Tree branches are seen in the background of t
looked at: sweater
scene 2 · medium
Maya fills the dog bowl and holds up the red leash, but no dog comes.
the picture turned out to be: A woman is standing in a kitchen. She is wearing a long yellow raincoat. A small brown dog is standing next to her. There is a silver bowl on the floor in front of the woman.
looked at: long yellow raincoat, small brown dog
scene 3 · wide
Maya finds the gate standing open and the garden empty.
the picture turned out to be: A person is walking down the street. The sky is overcast and gray. The person is wearing a yellow jacket. There are buildings to the left of the person. The buildings are made of brick. There is a wooden fence on the side of the building.
looked at: street
never shown — the story from here when it stopped
4. Maya holds the brick out to Tom, and he understands what he did.
5. They split up, Maya one way with the leash, Tom the other.
6. Ruth points Maya toward the railway line, where she saw a small brown dog go.
7. At the railway fence Maya finds a tuft of brown fur caught on the wire.
8. Tom has printed a stack of posters with the dog's photo.
9. Tom tapes up a poster and Maya walks past him without taking one.
10. Maya walks the shelter's row of cages, and none of the dogs is hers.
11. Ruth gives Tom a torch and points him past the railway, down toward the river.
12. Tom asks Maya to come, and she shuts the door on him.
13. Tom's torch finds small paw prints in the mud leading toward the water.
14. Maya sets the full bowl by the gate and props it open herself with the brick.
15. Tom pulls the dog's blue collar out of the reeds, empty.
16. Tom lays the wet collar on the table in front of Maya.
17. The bowl by the open gate is untouched.
18. Maya drops the dog bowl into the bin while Tom pulls his boots back on.
19. Ruth, searching with Tom, points across the water to a drainage culvert.
20. Maya tears down the lost-dog poster Tom put up.
21. Tom wades into the river toward the culvert, water to his waist.
22. Ruth hurries away up the path, alone.
23. Ruth reaches Maya and takes her by the arm, the torn poster still in Maya's hand.
24. They reach the bank and Tom is nowhere; only the culvert's dark mouth.
25. Maya climbs into the culvert with Ruth's torch.
26. Maya finds Tom kneeling at a rusted grate, something small and brown behind the bars.
27. Their hands together wrench the rusted grate open.
28. Tom lifts out the small brown terrier, muddy and limp.
29. Tom lays the still dog on the grass between the three of them.
30. The dog lifts its head and licks Maya's hand, which is held in Tom's.
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