EXT. CALABRIAN LANDSCAPE -- DAY The two men carry Paul's body across the sun-bleached, rockylandscape out of a Sergio Leone movie. Paul's arms and legshave been tied off; his head is inside a burlap sack.
They set the boy down beneath a wizened tree. Cinquantapulls down his ski mask, then removes the burlap sack fromPaul's head. The boy, fearful, avoids looking at them.
A severely bow-legged man emerges from the house. This is PICCOLINO, and he is their leader. Piccolino bends down, examines the boy as you would a goat, then smiles.
The men embrace in celebration. Laughing, back-slapping. A pretty young woman comes out with a tin plate of beans andpasta. Cinquanta orders her to give it to Paul.
CINQUANTA:
This is for you.
PAUL:
Thirsty.
Cinquanta yells orders at his wife again.
CINQUANTAA few days. That's all. Your familywill give us our money, and you'llgo home. Some days, no school, it'sfun. A holiday.
The boy eats. The food tastes terrible.
CHIPMUNK:
Our food's not good enough for you?
PAUL:
I'm just not used to it.
CINQUANTALeave him alone. He eats only inthe best places, right?
PAUL:
Sometimes. Not usually, though.
CINQUANTAYou'll tell us. I want to know all the things the rich eat. I am Cinquanta, this is Piccolino, andthis is Tamia, the Chipmunk. Not our real names, eh?
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PAUL:
I figured.
CINQUANTAWe'll make friends. I'll tell youthings about me, and you tell methings about you.
PAUL:
I don't want to know anything about you.
CINQUANTASmart boy. We talk about you then.
PAUL:
What do you want to know about me?
CINQUANTATell me about your grandfather.
Tell me about your mother. Tell me about the money.
INT. 727 AIRLINER -- DAY Fletcher Chace sits in an aisle seat, studying his files onGail and Little Paul. The STEWARDESS cracks open a tinyairplane bottle of Campari for him and pours it into a glass.