【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 Coraline smacks Wybie. WYBIE Ow! CORALINE And I DON39。T LIKE BEING STALKED, not by PSYCHONERDS OR THEIR CATS! He crouches, nervous, to scratch the cat behind his ears. WYBIE He39。s not really my cat。 he39。s kinda feral 173。 you know, wild? Of course, I do feed him every night and sometimes he39。ll e in my window `n bring me little dead things. The cat PURRS like a diesel. CORALINE (TOUGH) Look, I39。m from Pontiac. WYBIE Huh? CORALINE MICHIGAN? And if I39。m a water witch, THEN (points stick, stomps foot) where39。s the secret WELL? WYBIE You stomp too hard and you39。ll fall in it! Coraline reacts, hops out of the springy circle. The boy scrapes at the ground, revealing a CIRCULAR COVERING made of WOODEN PLANKS. He wedges a fallen branch under one side, and, using a rock for the fulcrum, pries up the covering. WYBIE (CONT39。D) See? Supposed to be so deep if you fell to the bottom and looked up, you39。d see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day. CORALINE (SOFTENS) Huh. Her frown RELAXES and the black cat tilts his head, noticing her change in tone. He steps off the branch, and the well cover thumps in place. WYBIE Surprised she let you move in... Jerks his head toward the pink house in distance. WYBIE (CONT39。D) ... my Gramma. She owns the Pink Palace (indicates house in distance) Won39。t rent to people with kids. CORALINE What do you mean? WYBIE (suddenly worried) Uh... I39。m not supposed to talk about it. Changing the subject, he lifts a gloved hand to shake. WYBIE (CONT39。D) I39。m Wybie, Wybie Lovat. CORALINE (SKEPTICAL) Wybie? WYBIE Short for Wyborne. Not my idea, of course. What39。d you get saddled with? CORALINE I wasn39。t saddled with anything. It39。s Coraline. WYBIE Caroline what? CORALINE Coraline. Coraline Jones. WYBIE (confused, not hearing it) Hmmm... It39。s not real scientific, but I heard an ordinary name, like Caroline Her face goes as DARK as the rain clouds above. WYBIE (CONT39。D) can lead people to have ordinary expectations about a person WYBIE39。S GRANDMOTHER (.) (calling from afar) Wyborne! CORALINE I think I heard someone calling you, Wyborne. WYBIE What? I didn39。t hear anything CORALINE Oh, I definitely heard someone, Whywere youborn. A distant dinner bell clangs. WYBIE39。S GRANDMOTHER (.) Wyborne! WYBIE (under his breath, nervous) Grandma! He holds up his hands in surrender, nodding with eyes closed, forcing some laughs. WYBIE (CONT39。D) Heh. Well, great to meet a Michigan water witch. He picks up his bike, wheels it around, then holds up his gloved hands. WYBIE (CONT39。D) But I39。d wear gloves next time. CORALINE (SKEPTICAL) Why? He points to her dowsing rod, nods. WYBIE (CONT39。D) `Cause that dowsing rod of yours? Uh, it39。s poison oak.