EARLY DRAFT

              February 28, 2003




FADE IN:





INT. BUS STATION - DAY


SUPERIMPOSE:     17 YEARS AGO



Small, Canadian, rural. Just the Native American CASHIER
jotting down sports stats from the paper. MARTIN, 16,
enters. Slight, pale and frail, new clothes, a tag still
hangs from his stiff work jacket. Martin stands in front
of the Cashier a beat. Nervously tugs an earlobe.

                         MARTIN

           Sir. Sir, may I have