EXT. RIVER ANDUIN – DAY
ANGLE ON: SMÉAGOL and his cousin, DÉAGOL, sit in a SMALL
CORACLE, their FISHING LINES draped over the side … SUNSHINE
glinting off the surface of the water.
An idyllic image.
SUDDENLY … DÉAGOL’S FISHING ROD BENDS under the weight of a LARGE FISH.
DÉAGOL
(excited)
Sméagol, I’ve got one!
(he laughs)
I’ve got a fish, Sméagol!
SMÉAGOL
(excitedly)
Go on, pull it in.
DÉAGOL pulls on his ROD, but is HAULED OVERBOARD and disappears
underwater with a SPLASH!
ANGLE ON: SMÉAGOL leaning over the BOAT … CONCERNED.
SMÉAGOL (cont’d)
(worried)
Déagol!
EXT. UNDERWATER, RIVER ANDUIN – DAY
ANGLE ON: DÉAGOL is towed to the RIVER BED by a LARGE FISH
… he suddenly lets go of the line … eyes fixed on a SHINING
GOLD RING, lying in the SILT.
