Scene 3.14 -The Photogenic Cave
EST: INT. Mine - Late Morning
(The group rounds a corner, laughing at a joke just told. POCACHICALOT stops suddenly.)
TEX RANGER
Chief, what’s wrong?
POCACHICALOT
This sacred place. Place of much bad medicine. We should keep moving.
TEX RANGER
What do you mean?
RUSTY
Why, that there’s the moon cave. See the funny green glow?
TEX RANGER
You mean the glow at the top o’ that wall o’ rock there?
POCACHICALOT
That is In-a-gadda-da-vi-da, cave of the creator.
MARSHALL LAW
Oh, so they did put-up a big ol’ slab o’ rock against it. Sealed-it-right-up, they did.
TEX RANGER
(Climbs to top of wall from side boulder.) Who did?
MARSHALL LAW
The United States Army Corps Of Engineers. Theys using stone from the nearby quarry, and sealed-up the cave as a favor for the- hey, I wouldn’t go staring in there too long. They got that cave all sealed-up fo’ a reason.
TEX RANGER
(Takes pictures without flash:) It’s beautiful. Miraculous. A large lake, bright walls, golden sands, but nothing living in there! The lake, it’s so clean!
RUSTY
Marshall’s right. Take yer pictures and climb on down from there, deputy. I doubt you want yer brood to be growing extra fingers or to git born with they's feet on backwards.
TEX RANGER
Very well. People really get sick from goin’ in there?
POCACHICALOT
Many Caught-cha-lyin’-ta-me, many Caught-cha-cheatin’-on-me, even many Caught-cha-stealin’-from-me tribesmen all die from violating In-a-gadda-da-vi-da. Big injun taboo to enter cave. Let us go. Pocachicalot will be much happier when we find girls and leave this place for good.
RUSTY
We should be catching up pretty soon; we’re taking a short-cut.
MARSHALL LAW
What d’ya mean short-cut? I thought you’ve never been in these caves.
RUSTY
Well, at least I think we are, cuz that’s what I hears anyways.
MARSHALL LAW
Yeah? Who told you?
RUSTY
Uh, well... Wait, you hear that?
MARSHALL LAW
Hear what?
RUSTY
Shhh!
(They begin to quietly walk around a large boulder.)
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