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    The document is a script that tells the story of a woman humming and doing needlework in her kitchen. She is interrupted by a dirty man demanding tea, and later by her daughter with a question. The woman seems detached from her surroundings. She talks to someone named Charlie, suggesting she may be mentally unwell. The story hints at darker past events and suggests the woman may harm the dirty man, though in the end she brings him tea with a smile.

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    The document is a script that tells the story of a woman humming and doing needlework in her kitchen. She is interrupted by a dirty man demanding tea, and later by her daughter with a question. The woman seems detached from her surroundings. She talks to someone named Charlie, suggesting she may be mentally unwell. The story hints at darker past events and suggests the woman may harm the dirty man, though in the end she brings him tea with a smile.

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    A Very Nice Woman

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    The document is a script that tells the story of a woman humming and doing needlework in her kitchen. She is interrupted by a dirty man demanding tea, and later by her daughter with a question. The woman seems detached from her surroundings. She talks to someone named Charlie, suggesting she may be mentally unwell. The story hints at darker past events and suggests the woman may harm the dirty man, though in the end she brings him tea with a smile.

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    1.

    FADE IN:

    INT. HOME - KITCHEN - DAY

    A woman sits on a stool humming to herself and doing some


    needle work.

    WOMAN
    Oh, tut, that won't do.

    The woman undoes some of the needle work and starts again,
    continues humming to herself.

    Footsteps. A man in dirty clothe appears by the kitchen


    door.

    DIRTY MAN
    Oi, lady, I've been waiting my
    butt off for that cup of tea, are
    you getting it or not? It's vexing
    work in the yard, and it's hot as
    Satan's ass...

    WOMAN
    Hmmm?

    DIRTY MAN (CONT'D)


    ...not that you would know
    anything like that... anyone's ass
    I mean (snickers, walks away)
    Just... get some tea, or water, or
    brandy.. whatever you...

    Footsteps disappears. The woman listens for awhile, hums to


    herself, puts down the needle work, stands up and goes to
    the kitchen stove to put down some wood, rubs her hands,
    walks back to the stool and continues her needle work.

    Outside the window, a very nice bird song is heard.

    WOMAN
    Oh, tut, don't you get started.

    A beat. The woman listens intently.

    A cat's vicious meow is heard.

    WOMAN
    Haha, tut tut.
    (Sighs)
    That reminds me, I wonder if
    Charlie's turned over yet?
    (MORE)
    2.

    WOMAN (CONT'D)
    It would be a shame for him to be
    all by his own, now that I'm
    nearly finished with his nice
    handkerchief.

    Another set of footsteps, lighter ones, interrupt the


    woman's thought.

    A girl appears by the kitchen door, nervously eyeing the


    woman.

    WOMAN
    Girl, tut, what did I tell you
    about staring at people like that?

    GIRL
    (Looks down on the
    ground)
    Mama, I'm... sorry. Please don't
    be mad.
    (hesitates)
    What is that man doing...our
    yard...?

    WOMAN
    Girl! Did I not tell you not to
    bother mama with questions? Tut!

    The girl shrinks back and runs away. The woman shakes her
    head and pauses her needle work, turns away and wipes away
    a tear.

    WOMAN
    Tut. What a disappointment that
    girl is. None of the ol' fire when
    I was that age. Isn't that right,
    Charlie?

    The woman looks out of the kitchen window and into the yard
    where the Dirty Man digs some, pauses to wipe his brow,
    gives a disdained look in the woman's direction, shakes his
    head, then starts digging again.

    WOMAN
    Look at that man, I can just put
    these needles through his very
    eyes and he wouldn't notice.
    Hahahahh! Wouldn't that be funny,
    Charlie?
    (A beat)
    Tut, don't be like that. You know
    I loved you. I was just... bored.
    (MORE)
    3.

    WOMAN (CONT'D)
    And with that idiot daughter of
    ours, can you really blame me for
    this?

    The woman listens some more. A shocked scream is heard from


    the dirty man in the yard.

    The woman stands up excitedly, puts down the completed


    handkerchief, wipes her hands over her apron, uncovers the
    cloth on the table revealing a full tray of tea and cakes.

    WOMAN
    Tut tut. It's time to be nice,
    again.

    The woman meets the Dirty Man in the yard with the tray and
    a smile. The girl peaks out from her room above.

    FADE OUT.

    THE END

    ---

    The woman help neighbors, play detective, solve thorny


    issues, pillar of church, get detected and getting away
    with it.

    "Are you kidding, I'm this far from killing someone."

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