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 MR. BUNT

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SANDMAN

Yes, and forget everything when the gate closes. Only the keys can let them out. MR. BUNT

Then they are happy. Why can't I go in ? SANDMAN

You are lost - not forgotten. MR. BUNT

Calling Oh, let me back ! Let me back ! SANDMAN

To the bridge ! It is closing. It is your only way out now.

You can't stay here. GYEM

Running to Mr. Bunt.

You've got to go. Quick! I'll go and hold the bridge. Try and find someone when you get to earth and don't let anybody see that you can fly. This way, quick ! Gyem disappears, dragging Mr. Bunt into the Maple Tree. VOICE OF MR. BUNT

Sobbing. Let me back. Let me back. There is silence, then his lonely figure is seen

making its way slowly over the bridge down into the world below, where the little tents of the circus are seen vaguely on the silent hills.