DEEP SPACE NINE: "Children... " - REV. 03/11/97 - ACT FOUR     44.

49   DAX 

	bent over a seedling, watering it from the hose leading 
	to the Settler's watering apparatus...

49A  THE SUN

	beating down from above...

49B   O'BRIEN

	as he approaches Sisko, carrying a PADD. His uniform 
	is clean because he hasn't been working in the field.

					O'BRIEN
			The status report you asked for,
			sir. We've finished the repairs,
			the Defiant's ready to leave
			orbit.

	Molly is nearby, patting the earth around a newly 
	planted seedling. She watches O'Brien stand there as 
	Sisko reads the report.

					MOLLY
			Aren't you going to help?

					O'BRIEN
			I'm busy.

					MOLLY
			You don't look busy.

					SISKO
				(smiles)
			She's an O'Brien, all right. 

	Sisko hands O'Brien his soil corer...

					SISKO
			Better get to it, Chief.

	Sisko moves off. O'Brien glances at Molly, who's 
	staring at him expectantly. A beat, then seeing no way 
	around it, he gets to work...

50   MIRANDA

	and the people around the cart reacting to something 
	off-screen...