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FADE IN 1. INT. THE WOODEN HUT- DAY GRACE is sitting cross legged in the wooden room with an expressionless look on her face. She is brushing the hair of a doll gently to begin with; she then begins to whisper the old lullaby ‘Rockabye baby’ GRACE rockabye baby, on a tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock FIRST OPENING CREDIT 2. INT. THE WOODEN HUT- DAY THE WIDOWER is writing a letter to the MRS MCDONLAD (GRACE’S mother) explaining how she has GRACE and it details the conditions of getting her daughter back within 24 hours as long as these rules are followed. GRACE As the bow breaks, the cradle will fall, and down will come baby cradle and all. SECOND OPENING CREDIT 3. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAY GRACE is getting very rough in her brushing her doll’s hair and also begins the poem again with becoming much louder and frustrated as she continues. GRACE Rockabye baby on a tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock, when the bow brakes the cradle will rock. 4. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAY THE WIDOWER is signing the letter with ‘W’ and closes the envelope putting the addressors name on the front ‘GRACE’S MOTHER’ she begins to hum the rockabye baby tune along with GRACE’S whispering. 5. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAY

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FADE IN

1. INT. THE WOODEN HUT- DAYGRACE is sitting cross legged in the wooden room with an expressionless look on her face. She is brushing the hair of a doll gently to begin with; she then begins to whisper the old lullaby ‘Rockabye baby’

GRACErockabye baby, on a tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock

FIRST OPENING CREDIT

2. INT. THE WOODEN HUT- DAYTHE WIDOWER is writing a letter to the MRS MCDONLAD (GRACE’S mother) explaining how she has GRACE and it details the conditions of getting her daughter back within 24 hours as long as these rules are followed.

GRACEAs the bow breaks, the cradle will fall, and down will come baby cradle and all.

SECOND OPENING CREDIT

3. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAYGRACE is getting very rough in her brushing her doll’s hair and also begins the poem again with becoming much louder and frustrated as she continues.

GRACERockabye baby on a tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock, when the bow

brakes the cradle will rock.

4. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAYTHE WIDOWER is signing the letter with ‘W’ and closes the envelope putting the addressors name on the front ‘GRACE’S MOTHER’ she begins to hum the rockabye baby tune along with GRACE’S whispering.

5. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAYGRACE ends the whispering aggressively

GRACEWhen the bough breaks the cradle will fall (GRACE stands up with the doll.) and down will

come baby cradle and all.GRACE drops the doll leaving it smashed on the floor, continuing her same expression. She walks over to the paper and pen in the corner of the room and sits back in the same position with the paper and begins to draw a family.

6. EXT. WOODLAND- DAY

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THE WIDOWER walks slowly along the pathway, clutching the letter in her hand while continuing to hum the tune.

7. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAY GRACE is drawing the picture of her family in a hurry , when she finishes, she stands up and stares at the picture and smiles a sinister smile and walks over to the wall, placing it on the wall in the middle of the 20 other identical pictures.

8. EXT. PATH WALK-DAYTHE WIDOWER walks along the pathway in the same manner as before continuing to hum the tune. THE WIDOWER walks up to the house and places the letter on the floor by the door and gives three knocks at the door, walking away. INT. MRS MCDONLAD’S HOUSE-DAY MRS MCDONLAD walks towards the door in a hesitant fashion, then opens the door, looks around to find the letter on the floor which she then picks up and slowly opens.She reads the letter with a very anxious look on her face, when she finishes she gasps, crunches the paper, looks around and slams the door.

9. INT. WOODEN HUT- DAYTHE WIDOWER enters the hut while GRACE admires the picture she has just put on the wall. She put up her hand slowly gesturing to GRACE. GRACE stops smiling, returning to the same expression as before and obeys THE WIDOWER and hold her hand. They walk out of the hut together.

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