Douglas, Tom and Charlie discuss Bill and Helen. Douglas wonders what ever happened to happy endings. Tom, the optimist, each day has a happy ending, when he goes to bed. Douglas is more skeptical. The three boys enter the ice house to suck on cold icicles. Charlie says this is where the Lonely One grew up, which made him so cold. Tom screams as Charlie slips an ice chip down his back to scare him. The next night, the Lonely One makes his mark on Green Town. Thirty-three-year-old spinster, Lavinia Nebbs, and her friend Francine have to cut through the ravine on the way to the movie theater. There they discover the body of the Lonely One's last victim. The police arrive and the ladies continue, encountering Douglas on the way......
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