1. You're traveling
through another dimension-
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2. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,
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3. a journey into a wondrous land
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4. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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5. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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6. Help!
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7. Please help!
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8. Who is it?
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9. Go away.
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10. I've been shot.
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11. I need help.
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12. Who are you?
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13. An... officer.
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14. Police.
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15. Please,
open the door.
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16. I need help.
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17. You're lying to me.
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18. I know you.
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19. You can't fool me.
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20. Help.
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21. You're lying.
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22. You're no policeman.
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23. Why can't you
leave me alone?
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24. I know who you are.
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25. I knowwhatyou are.
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26. An old woman
living in a nightmare.
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27. An old woman who has fought
a thousand battles with death
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28. and always won.
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29. Now she's faced
with a grim decision:
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30. Whether or not to open a door.
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31. And in some strange
and frightening way,
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32. she knows that this
seemingly ordinary door
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33. leads to the twilight zone.
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34. Won't somebody help?
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35. Unless you help me,
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36. I'm going to die.
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37. I...
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38. I don't think
I can move.
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39. Don't say that,
it isn't fair.
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40. You're trying
to trick me.
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41. Don't move.
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42. L-l-I'll close the door.
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43. What?
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44. I've been shot.
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45. I'm bleeding to death.
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46. Please.
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47. My name is harold... beldon.
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48. I need a doctor.
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49. Please, call the hospital.
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50. I haven't got a telephone.
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51. I'd have to unlock the door.
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52. You can't ask me to do that.
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53. I don't want to die.
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54. You understand.
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55. I know who you are.
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56. You're not going to help me?
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57. You're going to let me die?
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58. I don't understand.
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59. But... it hurts.
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60. Oh, it hurts.
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61. Stop. Stop.
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62. Why do you torture me?
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63. It isn't fair.
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64. I... I can't move.
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65. I...
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66. ooh, it hurts.
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67. It isn't fair.
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68. It isn't fair.
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69. I'm still alive.
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70. Now, listen, you should
try and get some rest.
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71. Really, I feel much better.
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72. When the doctor gets here,
he'll take me off your hands.
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73. You didn't call the doctor.
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74. Why not?
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75. I haven't got
a telephone.
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76. But couldn't you go
to one of the neighbors?
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77. There aren't any,
they've all moved away.
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78. Trucks came and took
away their furniture.
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79. First one and
then another.
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80. And...
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81. even-even if I could
call a doctor somehow,
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82. I couldn't take a chance
and let him in.
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83. Don't you see?
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84. He might behim.
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85. Him?
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86. Mr. Death.
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87. I know he's out there.
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88. He's trying to get in.
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89. He comes to the door
and knocks.
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90. He begs me to let him in.
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91. Last week he said
he came from the gas company.
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92. Oh, he's clever.
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93. After that, he claimed to be
a contractor hired by the city.
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94. I knew who he was.
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95. He said this building
was condemned
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96. that I'd have to leave.
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97. I kept the door locked,
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98. and he went away.
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99. He knows I'm onto him.
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100. Mr. Death?
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101. Is this a person,
like you or me?
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102. I know it sounds crazy,
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103. but it's true.
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104. I know it's true.
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105. But
people die
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106. all over
the world.
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107. Now how could one man
be in all those places
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108. at once?
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109. I don't know.
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110. Don't ask me that.
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111. Maybe there is more than one.
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112. Maybe...
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113. please don't cry, I...
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114. I don't want
to hurt you.
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115. Please, I'm sorry.
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116. There.
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117. At first,
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118. I couldn't be sure.
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119. It was a long time ago.
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120. I was on a bus.
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121. There was
an old woman
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122. sitting in front
of me knitting.
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123. Socks, I think.
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124. There was something
about her face.
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125. I thought I knew her.
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126. Then this
young man got on.
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127. There were empty seats,
but he sat down beside her.
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128. He didn't say
anything, but...
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129. his being there upset her.
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130. He seemed a nice young man.
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131. When she dropped her yarn,
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132. he picked it up,
right in front of me.
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133. He held it out to her.
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134. I saw their fingers touch.
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135. He got out at the next stop.
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136. When the bus reached
the end of the line...
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137. she was dead.
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138. Hmm.
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139. But you said yourself
she was an old woman.
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140. But I've seen him since,
several times.
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141. I've seen him in crowds,
I've watched for him.
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142. Every time someone I knew died,
he was there.
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143. Once he was a young soldier,
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144. a salesman, a taxi driver-
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145. someone you wouldn't notice
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146. unless you
were watching.
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147. I wondered why
I could see him
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148. and that no one
else could.
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149. Then I knew.
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150. It was because
I was getting older
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151. and my time was coming.
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152. I could see clearer than
younger people could.
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153. All right.
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154. But if you knew what he
looked like, why be afraid?
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155. You could avoid him.
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156. Because his face is always
different, I couldn't be sure.
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157. How about when you go out?
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158. Couldn't he touch you then
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159. if he wanted to?
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160. I never go out.
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161. Never?
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162. I haven't been
out for years.
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163. Well, what do you do about food?
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164. A boy delivers it.
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165. I leave him money and a list.
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166. And I always wait
until he's gone away
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167. before I unlock the door.
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168. How can you live like this?
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169. If I don't live like this,
I won't live at all.
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170. If I don't watch out,
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171. if I let down
even for a moment,
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172. he'll get in.
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173. I know he will.
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174. I haven't always
lived like this.
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175. I was young once.
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176. People said I was pretty.
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177. I lived out in the sunlight.
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178. People said I'd spoil
my fine complexion.
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179. I didn't care.
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180. I loved outdoor things.
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181. I lived out in the sunlight.
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182. I've always hated
the dark and the cold.
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183. I'm old.
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184. I've lived a long time.
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185. But I don't want to die.
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186. I'd rather live in the dark
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187. than not live at all.
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188. Here.
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189. There's nothing
to be afraid of.
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190. We're alone here.
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191. And there's nobody at the door.
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192. You need some rest...
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193. and I need help.
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194. No.
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195. There's nothing to be afraid of.
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196. You better answer it.
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197. Go on.
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198. That's right.
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199. Go ahead.
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200. Go ahead,
answer it.
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201. I'm sorry, lady,
but I've got my orders.
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202. I can't fool around any longer.
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203. Easy, lady.
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204. Just lie quiet
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205. till you get
your strength back.
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206. You gave me quite a scare
when you caved in like that.
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207. And still I live.
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208. You got to understand,
ma'am, I...
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209. I don't get no pleasure
out of busting in doors.
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210. You don't seem
to realize
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211. how important
this is.
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212. I've got a-a crew and
equipment coming in an hour
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213. to pull this tenement down.
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214. Begging your pardon, ma'am,
but it's long overdue.
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215. I'm surprised
it's still standing.
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216. And you're really...
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217. not mr. Death?
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218. Well...
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219. I don't know what
you're talking about.
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220. All I know is
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221. I got a contract to demolish
this row of buildings.
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222. Everybody else
moved out long ago.
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223. Until the other day,
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224. I thought this building
was deserted.
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225. I seen them windows boarded up,
and I figured you moved, too.
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226. You want me to go outside?
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227. You want me to leave here?
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228. I can't.
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229. You were notified months ago,
right?
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230. I'm just trying to do my job.
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231. These buildings
were condemned by the city,
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232. and I'm the one
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233. who's got
to tear them down.
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234. How can you.
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235. This building has had it.
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236. It's worn out,
used up.
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237. All these buildings
have got to come down.
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238. I ain't a monster, lady.
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239. I... I've got a heart
just like anybody else,
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240. but, uh...
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241. I can see how you
could get attached to a place
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242. and not want
to see it wrecked,
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243. but when a building is old,
it's dangerous.
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244. It's got to come down
to make room for a new one.
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245. That's life, lady.
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246. Old make room for the new.
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247. Well, people get the idea
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248. that I'm kind of destroyer,
but...
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249. they think I get kicks
out of tearing stuff down.
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250. That ain't the way it is.
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251. I... I just clear the ground
so other people can build.
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252. In a way,
I help them do it.
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253. Look around-
it's the way things are.
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254. A big tree falls,
and a new one
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255. grow right out
of the same ground.
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256. Old animals die and...
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257. young ones
take their places.
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258. Even people step aside
when it's time.
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259. I won't.
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260. The door.
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261. There's no need
in that.
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262. Now, what's the sense
of locking a door
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263. that won't even
be here in an hour?
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264. If you've got any
possessions you'd want to keep,
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265. I'd move them out.
I'll help you.
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266. Now, look, I've been
trying to go easy,
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267. but if you insist
on staying here,
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268. I'll have to call a cop.
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269. Please cooperate, lady.
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270. Of course.
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271. Explain to him.
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272. Tell him the reason
I can't go out there.
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273. You'll help me,
won't you?
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274. What are you doing?
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275. Who are you talking to?
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276. Mr. Beldon
is a policeman.
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277. Please tell him.
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278. I'm sorry, but if
you're still here
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279. when the crew arrives,
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280. I'll have to call a cop.
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281. Why didn't you help me?
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282. I thought you understood.
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283. You.
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284. He looked right at you
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285. and didn't see you.
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286. No!
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287. Look in the mirror, wanda.
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288. You tricked me.
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289. It was you
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290. all the time.
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291. Yes.
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292. I tricked you.
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293. But why?
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294. The moment I let you inside,
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295. you could have taken me
anytime.
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296. But you were nice.
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297. You made me trust you.
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298. But I had
to make you understand.
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299. Am I really so bad?
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300. Am I really so frightening?
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301. You've talked to me,
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302. you've confided in me.
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303. Have I tried to hurt you?
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304. It isn't me you're afraid of.
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305. You understand me.
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306. What you're afraid of
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307. is the unknown.
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308. Don't...
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309. don't be afraid.
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310. But I am afraid.
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311. The running's over.
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312. It's time to rest.
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313. Give me
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314. your hand.
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315. But I don't want to die.
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316. Trust me.
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317. No.
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318. No.
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319. Mother,
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320. give me your hand.
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321. You see,
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322. no shock.
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323. No engulfment.
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324. No tearing
asunder.
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325. What you feared would
come like an explosion
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326. is like a whisper.
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327. What you thought
was the end
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328. is the beginning.
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329. When will it happen?
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330. When will we go?
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331. Go?
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332. Look.
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333. We have
already begun.
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334. There was an old woman
who lived in a room
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335. and, like all of us,
was frightened of the dark,
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336. but who discovered in a minute
last fragment of her life
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337. that there was nothing
in the dark that wasn't there
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338. when the lights were on.
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339. Object lesson for the more
frightened amongst us, in or out
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340. of the twilight zone.
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341. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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342. will tell you
about next week's story
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343. after this message.
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344. And now, mr. Serling.
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345. Next week, onthe twilight zone,
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346. we let you in on a... an
extravagant practical joke.
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347. A man who wants
to convey an illusion
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348. that the world
is coming to an end.
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349. Now there are jokes
and there are jokes,
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350. but this one
stands all by itself
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351. as an exercise in the very
different and the very bizarre.
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352. Our play is called
"one more pallbearer,"
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353. and we commend it to you
as something quite special.
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354. This is james arness.
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355. You know, it's only a short hop
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356. fromthe twilight zone
to dodge city ingunsmoke.
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357. Saturday nights
over most of these stations.
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