DEEP SPACE NINE: "Far Beyond... " - REV. 12/10/97 - ACT ONE     14.

18   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Pabst takes his half-eaten doughnut and throws it into 
	the trash can.

					PABST
			... onto the new. Time to hand out 
			next month's story assignments.
				(booming out) 
			Ritterhouse! We're waiting.

					ROY (O.S.) 
			Coming.

	From out of the back emerges ROY RITTERHOUSE (think 
	Martok without the makeup), carrying a folder of pencil 
	sketches. Roy is an upbeat illustrator who enjoys his 
	work.

					ROY 
			All right, friends and neighbors, 
			let's see what Uncle Roy brought 
			you today...

	Roy holds up the first sketch -- it's a drawing of a little girl 
	standing in the woods near a picnic table, staring at two aliens 
	in space suits.

					PABST 
			I've titled this one... "Please, 
			Take Me With You."
				(to the group) 
			Who wants this one?

					JULIUS
				(getting a nod from his 
				wife) 
			I think we can do something with 
			that.

					HERBERT
				(caustic) 
			I bet you can. I can see it 
			now -- the lonely little girl, 
			befriended by empathetic aliens 
			who teach her how to smile.
				(shuddering) 
			It's enough to make you go out and 
			buy a television.
				(to Roy) 
			Next.