Chapter 3: Eva and Diego running away/Eva visits Professor Marvel

(The camera switches to Miss Gulch pedals down the country road. Diego pokes his head and jumped out of the basket, Miss Gulch didn't notice him. Diego runs back to the farm and jumps into the window of Eva's bedroom where she was crying next to her bed.)

Eva: (Happily) Diego, my little Prince! (Hugging Diego) Oh, I got you back! You came back! I'm so glad Diego. (Realizing) They'll be coming back for in a minute. We've got to get away! We got to run away!

(Eva pulls out her duffel bag and starts packing then the camera switches with Eva carrying her duffel bag and basket among with Diego in her arms walk down the country dirty road and they crossed a wooden bridge. Then they encounter a horse-drawn carnival wagon down in an embankment which says "Professor Marvel, Acclaimed by the Crowned Heads of Europe, Let Him Read Your Past, Present, and Future in His Crystal, Also Juggling and Sleight of Hand." A man comes out of his wagon he is dressed in formal clothes and wears a black neckerchief around his collar this is Professor Marvel.)

Professor Marvel: Well, well, well! Houseguests, eh? (Chuckling goes to his fire to roast a hot dog) And who might you be? (Eca was about to answer) No, no. Now don't tell me. Let's see. You're... You're traveling in disguise. No, that's not right. You're... You're going on a visit. No, I'm wrong. Let's see what we You're You're running away.

Eva" How did you guess?

Professor Marvel: (Chuckling) Professor Marvel never guesses, he knows. Now, why are you running away? (Eva was about to answer) No, no. Now don't tell me. They uh They don't understand you at home. They don't appreciate you. You want to see other lands. Big cities, big mountains, big oceans.

Eva: Why, it's just like you could read what was inside of me.

Professor Marvel: Yeah. (Eva takes the hot dog while Professor is not looking.)

Eva: (Chiding to Diego) Diego, that's not polite! We haven't been asked yet.

Professor Marvel: Oh, he's perfectly welcome. As one little boy to another, huh? (Gets back on subject) Now, let's see where were we?

Eva: Oh please Professor, why can't we go with you and see all the crowned heads of Europe?

Professor Marvel: Do you know any? Oh, you mean the thing? Yes. Well, uh I never do anything without consulting my crystal first. Let's go inside here. We'll just come along. I'll show you.

(Professor Marvel leads Eva and Diego inside his wagon.)

Professor Marvel: That's right. Here. Sit down right here. That's it. (Eva sits down on the chair with Diego in her arms) This is the same genuine, magic, authentic crystal...used by the priests of Isis and Osiris in the days of Pharaoh's of Egypt. (Puts on his turban) In which Cleopatra saw the approach of Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. And so on, so on, and so on. Now you'd better close your eyes my child, for a moment... (Eva closes her eyes) in order to be better be in tuned with the Infinite. (He rummages her basket and looks at a photo of Eva and Hayley) We can't do those things without reaching out into the Infinite. Yes, that's all right. Now you can open them. (Eva opens her eyes) We'll gaze into the crystal. Ah. (Looks at the image in the crystal ball) What's this I see? A house with a picket fence and a barn with a weathervane of a running horse.

Eva: That's our farm!

Professor Marvel: Yes. (Continues looking at his crystal ball) Yes. There's a woman. She's wearing a polka-dot dress. Her face is careworn.

Eva: That's Aunt Hayley.

Professor Marvel: Yes. Her name is Haylie.

Eva: That's right. What's she doing?

Professor Marvel: Well I, uh I can't quite see. Why she's crying. Someone has hurt her. Someone has just about broken her heart.

Eva: Me?

Professor Marvel: Well, it's uh, someone she loves very much. Someone she's been very kind to. Someone she's taken care of in sickness.

Eva: I had the measles once and she stayed right by me every minute.

Professor Marvel: Uh huh.

Eva: What's she doing now?

Professor Marvel: (Looking at the crystal ball) She's uh.. What's this? Well, she's, she's putting her hand on her heart. Oh, she's dropping down on the bed.

Eva: Oh no, no!

Professor Marvel: Well, that's all, the crystal's gone dark.

Eva: (Gets up from the chair, concerned) Oh, you don't suppose she could be really sick do you? (Grabs her basket) Oh, I've got to go home right away!

Professor Marvel: But, what's this? I thought you were going along with me!

Eva: Oh no, no, I have to get to her right away!

Professor Marvel: Huh?

Eva: (To Diego) Come on, Diego! Come on! Come on! (Picks up Diego and turns back to Professor Marvel) Goodbye, Professor Marvel and thanks al lot! (Then she leaves for home as the storm approaches)

Professor Marvel (Goes to his horse) Better get under cover, Sylvester! There's a storm blowing, a whopper to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry! (To himself) Poor little kid. I hope she get's home all right.