INt. ORE - CONtINUOUS

    Peggy and Mrs. Pressman enter, worried.

    MRS. PRESSMAN

    You tell Maggie.

    PEGGY

    No, you tell her.

    MRS. PRESSMAN

    No, no. Youre  friend.

    PEGGY

    No.

    MRS. PRESSMAN

    (holding her

    newspaper)

    You knos just possible t she

    read t.

    PEGGY

    Yeah.

    MRS. PRESSMAN

    Maybe s read the paper...

    On ter, today opened to the

    article about Maggie.

    MRS. PRESSMAN (contd)

    ... Or not!

    e folloairs inside the hale hardware

    Store, ttiest, most welcoming ss kind anywhere

    in small to of

    ter; botop and se brightness,

    cy. Maggie comes doeps

    o an elderly customer, MR. PAXtON.

    MAGGIE

    (bright)

    ique  er

    ;quot; still on it,

    guaranteed to fit any American Standard

    cast iron tub er

    made bether

    of the

    dogon.

    MR. PAXtON

    (amazed)

    hallelujah.

    MAGGIE

    Alrigon, Ill put it on

    your account.

    Maggie rounds tomer, EARL, stands by the

    paint machine.

    EARL

    Maggie.

    MAGGIE

    ( customer)

    You dont need an air conditioner, Earl,

    you just need an attic fan -- theres

    more in the back.

    Maggie steps be counter of tore and takes the

    account book out. rails off as she dour

    expression on the faces of her friends.

    MAGGIE (contd)

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