43. The Choices of Master Samwise
[Frodo comes within sight of the Tower of Cirith Ungol.]
[Shelob silently crawls across the rocks overhead.]
[Frodo turns around at the sign of falling rocks, but sees nothing.]
[As he turns back towards the tower, Shelob stabs Frodo with her stinger.]
[Frodo groans, froths at the mouth, and passes out.]
[Shelob grabs the limp hobbit and wraps him into a cocoon.]
[Sam approaches the great spider. He holds Sting in one hand and the Phial of Galadriel in the other.]
Sam: "Let him go, you filth!"
Sam: "Let him go! You will not touch him again! Come on and finish it!"
[Shelob hisses and attacks Sam. They fight over the rocky terrain.]
[Sam loses the phial.]
[The fight continues.]
[Sam swipes at the spider, but loses his sword.]
[Sam retrieves Sting and stabs Shelob with it.]
[Shelob writhes in pain, possibly fatally struck. Sam picks up the Phial and uses it to drive Shelob back to her lair.]
Sam: "Ha! Back!"
[After Shelob retreats, Sam runs to Frodo, still wrapped in the cocoon.]
Sam: "Mister Frodo!"
[Sam tears the spider web from Frodo's face. Frodo is pale and does not move or breathe.]
Sam: "Oh, no! Frodo! Mister Frodo! Wake up! Don't leave me here alone! Don't go where I can't follow. Wake up! You're not asleep… dead!"
[Sam holds Frodo and cries.]
[Sting begins to glow (a sign that orcs are nearby). Sam hears them approaching.]
Gorbag: "You get lost, scum!"
[Sam hides. A small group of orcs appear. One is a small orc (Gorbag) and another is a large Uruk-hai (Shagrat). They spot Frodo's body.]
Shagrat: "What's this? Looks like ol' Shelob's been having a bit of fun."
Gorbag: "Killed another one, has she?"
Shagrat: "No. This fellow ain't dead!"
Sam (whispers): "Not dead?"
[Shagrat pokes Frodo's cocoon.]
Shagrat: "She jabs them with her stinger… and he goes as limp as a boned fish! Then she has her way with them. That's how she likes to feed. Fresh blood!"
Shagrat: "Get him to the tower!"
[The orcs pick up Frodo. Sam watches.]
Sam (to himself): "Samwise, you fool!"
Gorbag: "This scum will be awake in a couple of hours."
Shagrat: "Then he'll wish he'd never been born!"
[The orcs head back to the tower.]
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