29. Gollum and Sméagol
[It's night, and Frodo and Sam are sleeping. Gollum is awake. The Ring is in Frodo's fist.]
Gollum: "We wants it, we needs it. Must have the Precious."
Gollum: "They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!"
Sméagol: "No! No! Master!"
Gollum: "Yes. Precious first. They will cheat you, hurt you, lie!"
Sméagol: "Master's my friend."
Gollum: "You don't have any friends. Nobody likes you."
[He covers his ears.]
Sméagol: "Not listening. Not listening."
Gollum: "You're a liar, and a thief."
Sméagol: "No."
Gollum: "Murderer!"
Sméagol: "Go away."
[He starts to weep.]
Gollum: "Go away?!" (Laughs.)
Sméagol: "I hate you, I hate you!"
Gollum: "Where would you be without me? (gollum gollum). I saved us. It was me. We survived because of me!"
Sméagol: "Not anymore."
Gollum: "What did you say?"
Sméagol: "Master looks after us now. We don't need you."
Gollum: "What?"
Sméagol: "Leave now and never come back."
Gollum: "No!"
Sméagol: "Leave now and never come back!"
Gollum: "Argh!"
Sméagol (emphatically): "Leave now and never come back!"
[Sméagol is panting and looking around and realizes Gollum is gone.]
Sméagol: "We told him to go away! And away he goes Precious. Gone, gone, gone, Sméagol is free!"
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