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... and the bus, music blaring,
heads right into the water. Makes it half way
across ... stops, water at window-height. Yells
are heard.
JACK
(drawing rein)
Hell, better go down and see
what’s what.
ENNIS
See if you can get a rope on
the bumper.
I’ll offload who I can.
The horses are none too keen to
go into the water ... but ENNIS and JACK insist,
spur them in.
JACK gets to the rear of the
buss--when he bends over to hook his rope through
his bumper, his hat falls off and floats away.
ENNIS expertly gets his horse
alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded,
beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful
hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the
front seat.
HIPPIE
Guess I overestimated the power
of the bug, man!
ENNIS holds out his arms.
ENNIS
Come on now, through the
window, girls first ... I can take the two of you
together.
The girls giggle at ENNIS’S
unintended double-entendre.
GIRL 1
Thanks, man!
As she pushes her way out through
the window, we see her braless profile fall into
ENNIS’S arms.
(CONTINUED)
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ENNIS ferries the girls back to
shore, heads back to the van.
JACK, frustrated, rides back to
the shore, takes off his boots and wades back in
with the rope, manages to get it over the bumper.
ENNIS goes over to help JACK, who
is wading out.
JACK
(annoyed)
My hat’s probably to
Laramie by now.
ENNIS
(smile)
Top hands ain’t supposed
to love their hats.
JACK ignores this.
ENNIS rides around to the
driver’s side of the VW bus.
ENNIS
You might want to make sure
you’re in reverse, mister.
The MAN gives ENNIS the peace
sign.
HIPPIE
(sense of humor)
Sure, partner.
110 EXT: BIG
HORN MAOUNTAINS [sic], WYOMING: CREEK: DAY: A FEW
MINUTES LATER: 1973 110
The man and women are unpacking a
picnic.
HIPPIE
Hey, break bread with us,
western heroes.
ENNIS
Thanks, but we gotta make camp
by sundown.
(CONTINUED)
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GIRL 1
You sure? (seductive) We love
to share.
HIPPIE
They do man. I’m cool with
it.
GIRL 1
Whaddya think?
ENNIS
I suppose not. We’d best
be goin’.
GIRL 2
You don’t have to be hung
up around us.
JACK
Thanks, but Ennis here,
he’s just pretty well hung up.
ENNIS shoots JACK a glance.
JACK
But you all take care now.
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