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 6. Gollum's Villainy[Frodo, Sam, and Gollum sleep.] Gollum: "Too risky, Too risky. Thieves! They stole It from us. Kill them, kill them, kill them both!" [Gollum wakes up with a scream. He creeps down to a pool of water.] Gollum: "Shhh! Quiet! Mustn't wake them! Mustn't ruin it now!" Smagol: "But they knows! They knows! They suspects us!" [Smagol and Gollum, the latter shown in a pool's reflection, converse.] Gollum: "What's it saying, my precious, my love? Is Smagol losing his nerve?" Smagol: "No! Not! Never! Smagol hates nasty hobbitses! Smagol wants to see them… dead!" Gollum: "And we will. Smagol did it once. He can do it again." [A flashback of Smagol killing for the ring is shown.] Smagol: "It's ours! Ours! We must get the Precious! We must get It back!" Gollum: "Patience! Patience, my love. First we must lead them to her." Smagol: "We lead them to the winding stairs." Gollum: "Yes, the stairs. And then?" Smagol: "Up, up, up, up the stairs we go. And then we come to the tunnel." Gollum: "And when they go in, there's no coming out. She's always hungry. She always needs to feed." Gollum: "She must eat. All she gets is filthy orcses." Smagol: "And they doesn't taste very nice, does they, precious?" [Sam awakes, but does not move.] Gollum: "No, not very nice at all, my love. She hungers for sweeter meats. Hobbit meat. And when she throws away the bones and empty clothes, then we will find It!" Smagol: "And take it for me!" Gollum (scoldingly): "For us." Smagol (afraid): "Yes, we meant, we meant for us." Gollum: "Gollum! Gollum! The Precious will be ours once the hobbitses are dead." [Gollum drops a pebble in the pool. As the ripples clear, Sam appears from behind Gollum.] Sam: "You treacherous little thief!" [Sam hits Gollum.] Gollum: "Argh! No! Master!" [Frodo, now awake, steps between the two.] Frodo: "No, Sam! Leave him alone!" Sam: "I heard it from his own mouth! He means to murder us!" Gollum: "Never! Smagol wouldn't hurt a fly! He's a hobbit, fat hobbit who hates Smagol and who makes up nasty lies!" [Gollum hides behind Frodo, who protects him.] Sam: "You miserable little maggot! I'll stave your head in!" Frodo: "Sam!" Sam: "Called me a liar! You're a liar!" Gollum: "Ah!" Frodo: "We scare him off, we're lost!" Sam: "I don't care! I can't do it, Mister Frodo! I won't wait around for him to kill us!" Frodo: "I'm not sending him away!" Sam: "You don't see it, do you? He's a villain." Frodo: "We can't do this by ourselves, Sam. Not without a guide. I need you on my side." Sam: "I am on your side, Mister Frodo." Frodo: "I know, Sam. I know. Trust me. Come, Smagol." [Gollum, hand in hand with Frodo, grins back at Sam.] |