Fade in on the front door of the Summers house. Spike walks up to the doorstep and knocks on the door.
SPIKE: (calling) Vampire!
No one answers for a moment, so Spike knocks and calls out again.
SPIKE: Vampire!
The door opens, and Dawn is standing there.
DAWN: Yes?
SPIKE: Vampire, madam.
DAWN: What do you want?
SPIKE: I want to come in and suck your blood, madam.
DAWN: (suspiciously) Are you an encyclopedia salesman?
SPIKE: No, madam, I'm a vampire. I kill people.
DAWN: I think you're an encyclopedia salesman.
SPIKE: Oh, I'm not! Invite me in, please!
DAWN: If I invite you in, you'll just try to sell me encyclopedias.
SPIKE: I won't, madam. I just want to come in and kill you and drink your blood. Honestly.
DAWN: Promise? No encyclopedias?
SPIKE: None at all.
DAWN: Alright. I invite you in.
Dawn steps back, and lets Spike enter the house. Quick as a flash, Spike slams the door, grabs Dawn by the shoulders, vamps out, and sinks his fangs into her neck. He starts to drink her blood, then suddenly stops, and looks at Dawn. Spike's lips are red with Dawn's blood, and his face is thoughtful. Dawn starts to look afraid as she realizes she's been tricked.
SPIKE: Mind you, I don't know whether you've really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopedias. You know, they can really do you wonders.
Cut to Giles, sitting behind a desk.
GILES: That man was a successful encyclopedia salesman. But not all encyclopedia salesmen are successful. Here is an unsuccessful encyclopedia salesman.
Cut back to the Summers' front door. It is closed again. Angel walks up to the doorstep and knocks.
ANGEL: (calling) Vampire!
The door opens, and Buffy is standing there, holding a stake. Quick as a flash, she plunges the stake into Angel's chest. Angel staggers back, clutching at his heart.
ANGEL: You don't ... have to say ... yes ... right away ...
He falls to the ground, and bursts into ashes. Cut back to Giles at the desk.
GILES: I think there's a lesson there for all of us. And now ...
SPIKE: (calling) Vampire!
No one answers for a moment, so Spike knocks and calls out again.
SPIKE: Vampire!
The door opens, and Dawn is standing there.
DAWN: Yes?
SPIKE: Vampire, madam.
DAWN: What do you want?
SPIKE: I want to come in and suck your blood, madam.
DAWN: (suspiciously) Are you an encyclopedia salesman?
SPIKE: No, madam, I'm a vampire. I kill people.
DAWN: I think you're an encyclopedia salesman.
SPIKE: Oh, I'm not! Invite me in, please!
DAWN: If I invite you in, you'll just try to sell me encyclopedias.
SPIKE: I won't, madam. I just want to come in and kill you and drink your blood. Honestly.
DAWN: Promise? No encyclopedias?
SPIKE: None at all.
DAWN: Alright. I invite you in.
Dawn steps back, and lets Spike enter the house. Quick as a flash, Spike slams the door, grabs Dawn by the shoulders, vamps out, and sinks his fangs into her neck. He starts to drink her blood, then suddenly stops, and looks at Dawn. Spike's lips are red with Dawn's blood, and his face is thoughtful. Dawn starts to look afraid as she realizes she's been tricked.
SPIKE: Mind you, I don't know whether you've really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopedias. You know, they can really do you wonders.
Cut to Giles, sitting behind a desk.
GILES: That man was a successful encyclopedia salesman. But not all encyclopedia salesmen are successful. Here is an unsuccessful encyclopedia salesman.
Cut back to the Summers' front door. It is closed again. Angel walks up to the doorstep and knocks.
ANGEL: (calling) Vampire!
The door opens, and Buffy is standing there, holding a stake. Quick as a flash, she plunges the stake into Angel's chest. Angel staggers back, clutching at his heart.
ANGEL: You don't ... have to say ... yes ... right away ...
He falls to the ground, and bursts into ashes. Cut back to Giles at the desk.
GILES: I think there's a lesson there for all of us. And now ...