EXT. SOUTHERN MANSION.
SON (VO): "Meanin' no disrespect Father, but Helen's deaf and blind. Maybe you expect too much of her."
THE COLONEL: "Tarnation! What makes you think I expect too much? I let her eat off my plate don't I? I simply said she'd benefit from some table manners!"
THE COLONEL (CONT): "Bless her li'l heart! It's not her fault that she's filthy and disgusting, and possibly evil. She needs some tender, lovin' care."
ON THE MIRACLE WORKER: She's doing some serious chowing down. She pauses to wave when she hears her name, then resumes eating.
SON: "But Father, maybe we don't need The Miracle Worker. Maybe Helen's never going to be better than she is right now."
SON (VO) (CONT): "Look at her. She spontaneously eats the food of others. She's a true child of nature."
SON (VO) (CONT): "...a gossamar, wispy world where the only emotions felt are those of happiness and love."
SFX: CRU-U-UNCH!!!! She bites Helen!
SFX: CLOOOONG!!!!!!!!! Helen hits The Miracle Worker with a baseball bat!
COLONEL: "MISS MIRACLE WORKER! I INSIST...I say I INSIST that you STOP this instant, before someone gets hurt!! Helen, you come outside with me! Poor child! You must be a bundle of nerves!"
THE COLONEL: "Tarnation! What makes you think I expect too much? I let her eat off my plate don't I? I simply said she'd benefit from some table manners!"
THE COLONEL (CONT): "Bless her li'l heart! It's not her fault that she's filthy and disgusting, and possibly evil. She needs some tender, lovin' care."
ON THE MIRACLE WORKER: She's doing some serious chowing down. She pauses to wave when she hears her name, then resumes eating.
FATHER (VO) (CONT): "She's a Yankee gal, but she knows that finger talk."
SON: "But Father, maybe we don't need The Miracle Worker. Maybe Helen's never going to be better than she is right now."
SON (VO) (CONT): "Look at her. She spontaneously eats the food of others. She's a true child of nature."
SON (VO) (CONT): "...a gossamar, wispy world where the only emotions felt are those of happiness and love."
SFX: CLOOOONG!!!!!!!!! Helen hits The Miracle Worker with a baseball bat!
COLONEL: "MISS MIRACLE WORKER! I INSIST...I say I INSIST that you STOP this instant, before someone gets hurt!! Helen, you come outside with me! Poor child! You must be a bundle of nerves!"
THE COLONEL: "Oh my Gosh! Look at this! She can hear and see! It's a miracle! The Miracle Worker has done it again!