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| - (A series of shots zoom in on the earth while a child sings "Ring Around the Rosie.") (Eventually the point of view rests on a school playground where children appear to be unconscious during the Global Blackout.) ♪ Ring around the rosie ♪ ♪ pocketful of posies ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes ♪ ♪ we all fall down ♪ ♪ Ring around the rosie ♪ ♪ a pocketful of posies ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes ♪ ♪ we all fall down ♪ ♪ Ring around the rosie ♪ ♪ pocketful of posies ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes ♪ ♪ we all fall down ♪ ♪ Ring around the rosie ♪ ♪ pocketful of posies ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes ♪ ♪ we all fall down ♪ ♪ ring around the Rosie ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes ♪ ♪ pocketful of posies ♪ ♪ ring around the Rosie ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes ♪ ♪ a pocketful of posies ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes, we all fall down! ♪ ZACK: Time's up! CHILD 1: What did you see? CHILD 2: Me and my family were at Disneyland. CHILD ?: What did you see? CHILD ?: I saw a pony. BOY: I was eating ice cream. ZACK: What did you see? CHARLIE: (WHO HAD NOT FALLEN DOWN TO PLAY THE GAME None of your business. ZACK: It's Blackout. Everyone has to play. CHARLIE: I don't want to. ZACK: (grabbing Squirrelio) You have to tell. That's the rule. CHARLIE: Hey, give him back! ZACK: Not until you tell! (Children shouting indistinctly) (Squirrelio rips apart; Charlie pushes Zack) MS. GERBER: Charlie! Charlie! Charlie, you know we don't hit at school. You're coming with me right now, (Grunts) MS. GERBER: Young lady – Ch – Charlie! (chases Charlie) Get back here! (Grunting) MS. GERBER: Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! (Tires screech) (Horns honk; Charlie evades two cars.) (Helicopter whirring; indistinct chatter over radio; Charlie stops in front of military road block.)
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