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Natalia takes a day off and follows Larry's car going to pick up a stray dog, and Larry brings the dog into woods before going back to the shelter.
EXT. WOODS – CLOWDY DAY
He takes the dog out of his car with a knife in his hand. Natalia approaches Larry
NATALIA
It is you that hurts animals everytime.
Larry stops and faces to Natalia.
NATALIA
Everybody respects you as a good person. You always think about animals
and do all you can do for them.
Larry crouch by the dog sleeping by drug.
LARRY
I do this because I care about animals. They are killed by humans
before finding adopters. I just want them to increase chance to find new home.
NATALIA
Then, you`ve hurt them on purpose? You told fake episodes about
them to lead sympathies of people.
LARRY
Thanks to the lie, more people came to adopt them, right? Every animals
found their adopters after the media took their episodes up. If they were
normal abandoned animals, they were killed in a few days.
NATALIA
It`s not right to hurt animals. It`s not right!
LARRY
Of course not! But how about killing animals? Is it better if I let them die?
If they can survive in exchange for their legs, I will their legs and give lives.
NATALIA
I know that most of animals in the shelter are killed, but nobody has right to
hurt somebody.
LARRY
I do not expect to have right to do this, but I am prepared for being a bad guy.
I understand why you blame me. Everybody will say I am crazy, but people
don`t know the fate of animals. They don`t hear scream of animals in gas
chamber. They just don`t care about animals dying. So I help them to be interested
in abandoned animals more. In fact, some people are encouraged to adopt animals
other than the one I introduced for mass media. The number of adopter increased
after I started this.
Natalia drops her eyes and keeps silent.
LARRY
I already made an episode for this guy. He is left at a park by his family. Then,
an hungry homeless tries to eat him and digs a knife into his rear leg, but
the homeless runs away when he see a stranger because he is afraid of the
stranger to call police. After that, our shelter gets call.
NATALIA
You cannot use that crazy episode because I will tell others about you!
LARRY
Oh, go ahead. But remember, if you do that, many animals lose their chance
to find a home.
NATALIA
People will be sympathyzed these animals injured by crazy man!
LARRY
Right. Then, what`s gonna happen after that? The shelter may lose trust
and have to be closed, and more animals will be homeless and die eventually.
That`s more cruel for abandoned animals.
NATALIA
I don`t know what to say for you, but I know you are wrong.
LARRY
That`s ok to be wrong for me. I just want to save animal`s life.
Natalia shakes her head and look down at the dog.
NATALIA
You cannot hurt him. I will take care of him.
Natalia walks up to the dog and picks up him.
LARRY
I am happy with that. I don`t have to hart him. Then how about next one?
Will you take care of it? Can you save all animals like that way?
Natalia keeps silent and leaves. She drives away.
FADE OUT
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