13. Cross-roads of the Fallen King
[Gollum leads Sam and Frodo through the wilderness to a crossroads.]
Sam: "It must be getting near teatime. Leastways, it would be in decent places where there is still teatime."
Gollum: "We're not in decent places."
[Frodo stops walking. Sam turns back to him.]
Sam: "Mister Frodo? What is it?"
Frodo: "It's just a feeling. I don't think I'll be coming back."
Sam: "Yes you will, of course you will. That's just morbid thinking."
Sam: "We're goin there and back again, just like Mister Bilbo. You'll see."
[They approach a statue. It has been vandalized by Orcs. Its head has been replaced by a metal-plated stone.]
Frodo: "I think these lands were once part of the kingdom of Gondor. Long ago, when there was a king."
[The sun peeks through the clouds. The hobbits spot the statue's original head, lying on the ground.]
[As the sun strikes it they see that flowers have grown around its crown.]
Sam: "Mister Frodo, look. The king has got a crown again."
[The clouds cover the sun again, darkening the area.]
Gollum: "Come on, Hobbits! Mustn't stop now. This way."
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