THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN Act One Scene One (Sound of travel, sound of flight.) (Sound of immigration: now, then, tomorrow.) (A train, a truck, an RV. Dogs.) (Running, breathing, trying not to be found.) (Sound of a boat in ocean water.) (A hollow, haunting, hopeful sound.) (Sound of a car starting.) (Headlights pierce the darkness) (After a moment, a door opens; light spills out.) (A man enters, and encounters a running car, parked in the attached garage. The car is a 1940s Buick. The man is HARRY CHIN. He is wearing a coat over his pajamas. It is early, early morning.) HARRY Sheila? Sheila? What you doing? Is very early. You never up so early. (He walks out to the car. Peers into the window.) (He opens the passenger side door.) (Nobody is inside) HARRY (grunts) Sheila? (He goes back to the house, calls inside) Sheila?! You in there? You leave car to run, Sheila. Is not safe, okay? You should not leave run, okay? I turn off. (HARRY turns off the car and goes inside) (After a moment, the car turns on again.) (HARRY returns) HARRY (grunts) (He turns the car off again. This time it reignites before he’s back in the house) What is this?
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