The Children

Woo-ooh, windy up here.

Everything's okay top side.

Did you find anything?

No, I checked the intake and the outflow down here.

Nothin'.

Ah, let's go back to control room then.

Hey, are you shittin' me?

It's quittin' time.

Yeah, but maybe there really was a pressure drop.

Yeah, and maybe they'll pay us overtime, huh?

Hey, look, those fat asses got no idea what's going on.

But if we go back in,

they're just gonna send us back out here again.

You wanna do this again?

Not on my time.

Let's get a beer.

You buyin'?

Sure, I'm buyin'.

Good, I didn't have any money.

Let's get the hell outta here.

Do you wanna go to manley's or Rosie's?

Rosie's.

Ah, you better get a new car.

I swear, one these days I'm gonna get a raise

from this damn company.

Six bottles of beer

You take one down, pass it around

Five bottles of beer on the wall

Five bottles of beer on the wall

Five bottles of beer

You take one down, pass it around

Four bottles of beer on the wall

Four bottles of beer on the wall

Four bottles of beer

You take one down, pass it around

Three bottles of beer on the wall

Three bottles of beer on the wall

Three bottles of beer

You take one down, pass it around

Two bottles of beer on the wall

Two bottles of beer on the wall

Two bottles of beer on the wall

You take one down, pass it around

One bottle of beer on the wall

One bottle of beer on the wall

One bottle of beer

You take one down, pass it around

No bottles of beer on the wall

- Bye. - Bye, Janet.

- What are we gonna do now? - I know, Called it.

Called it, cannot fix

Tell us sir how to get out of it

Called it, cannot fix

Tell us sir how to get out of it

Called it, cannot fix. Tells us sir how

- ...to get out of it - I'm not even singing.

Here is to the bus driver

the bus driver

the bus driver

Here is to the bus driver

the best of them all

He's merry, he's jolly

we love him, by golly

Here is to the bus driver

the best of them all

Here is to the bus driver

the bus driver

the bus driver

Here is to the bus driver

the best of them all

He's merry, he's jolly

we love him, by golly

Here is to the bus driver

the best of them all

Here is to the bus driver

the bus driver

Anything else?

Not right now.

Sheriff?

Ma'am?

Can I call you Billy?

Yes, ma'am.

Ah, well, Billy, could I ask you a personal question?

You go right ahead.

Well, you never know till you ask,

right?

Go ahead.

When are you going to ask me out?

I'm dying for a ride in that fabulous machine of yours.

Anytime, ma'am.

Listen, why don't you call me sal or Sally

or divorced with two kids,

but Christ, drop this ma'am stuff.

Yes, ma'am, ah, sal.

So when do I get my ride?

- When do... - I'm off tonight at 10.

I'll see ya at 10.

Um, time I paid up, huh?

Oh, no, that's okay.

Just don't be late tonight.

So, did you make any big sales today?

No, but it's still pretty early.

Well not many cars have come by here

since the interstate opened.

No, but it's still pretty early.

We get a lotta cars.

They always... - God, the sheriff.

I'll be home tonight for suppa.

Well, is anybody at home?

No.

We're all alone then?

Yeah.

Dr. gould.

Sorry to bother you.

Be quiet, queen.

Quiet!

Is miss button at home?

Why?

I'd like to speak to her.

She's not feeling very well.

Ah, has Tommy come home from school yet?

No, why do you ask?

Strange. I just ran up on the school bus

about a 100 or so yards before the entrance

to your place, and...

Queen! - Ah, Fred's not on it,

and none of the kids, so - Joyce?

I thought maybe they'd come down here.

Joyce?

Who's there?

Just the sheriff.

It's alright.

I'll be with you in a minute.

Headache?

Who's at the door?

Oh, it's just the sheriff.

He needs my help for few minutes.

Don't worry.

I want you to take

a couple of codeine.

And rest.

Is Tommy home?

Soon.

Okay, let's go, c'mon.

I really don't think it's anything

to be alarmed about.

Yeah, I'd rather just take a look for myself, though.

Sure.

It's strange.

They couldn't have just disappeared.

Sheriff?

Sheriff?

These are Tommy's things.

This everything he had with him today?

I guess so.

Harry?

Harry, sheriff hart here.

Come in, Harry.

Dammit Harry, answer me.

Yeah, Billy.

Are you still out at the MacKenzie place?

Yes, sir.

But I was just about to come into the office.

How long you been there?

How long have I been here?

Billy, I just been talkin' for a few minutes.

Dammit, Harry, just give me some straight answers.

I don't wanna dock your pay.

Did you see the school bus pass there?

No, sir.

Did anything pass you on the way out to the interstate?

What, you mean cars?

I mean anything, Harry.

A car, a station wagon, truck, maybe?

No, nothin' gone by us here.

What's up, Billy?

I just found a school bus

about a hundred yards from the gould place.

Motors still running but no Fred and no kids.

Is your brother home from school yet?

Paul?

No, he isn't home yet.

Well, now sheriff, now how could the bus

have gotten all the way down to where you are

without us seein' it?

Harry? - Sheriff.

Get out to the interstate, set up a road block.

I don't want anything goin' out of here

unless you check it, you understand?

Yes, sir. - And nobody

comes in unless they live here.

I'll, I'll send a couple of boys out to you

as soon as I can.

Alright, Billy, I'm on my way.

Bye.

Tommy?

Okay, at least the bus

is out of the middle of the road.

I don't know where the hell they could be.

It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, you know?