Help the Aged

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET.

AN OLD LADY IS SHUFFLING ALONG THE STREET CARRYING SEVERAL SHOPPING BAGS.

ONE OF THE BAGS IS RIPPED AND OCCASIONALLY A SMALL ITEM OF SHOPPING SPILLS OUT UNNOTICED.

A YOUNG MAN WALKING BEHIND HER NOTICES THE SPILL AND PICKS UP A FALLEN TIN.

YOUNG MAN:
Excuse me! (NO RESPONSE) Excuse me love!

THE WOMAN CONTINUES WALKING WITHOUT NOTICING THE MAN’S CRIES.

THE YOUNG MAN SIGHS, SHAKES HIS HEAD AND BEGINS TRAILING AFTER THE OLD LADY, PICKING UP THE FALLEN PRODUCE AS HE DRAWS CLOSER, STILL TRYING TO CATCH HER ATTENTION.

THE OLD LADY STOPS AT A DOOR, UNLOCKS IT AND ENTERS WITHOUT LOOKING BACK..

THE DOOR CLOSED JUST AS THE MAN CATCHES UP.

WITH HIS ARMS FULL OF TINS AND PACKETS OF FOOD HE RINGS THE DOORBELL.

THE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENS AND THE OLD LADY APPEARS HOLDING A GIANT BUTTERFLY NET.

SHE THROWS THE NET OVER THE YOUNG MAN AND YANKS HIM INSIDE WITH TREMENDOUS STRENGTH.

THE OLD LADY POPS HER HEAD OUT OF THE DOOR, LOOKS UP AND DOWN THE STREET, THEN – SMILING – CLOSES THE DOOR.

FADE OUT.

END.