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time or another, have faked it.
    HARRY     Well, they haven’t faked it with me.
    SALLY     How do you know?
    HARRY     Because I know.
    SALLY     Oh right.
(sets her sandwich down)
That’s right. I forgot. You’re a man.
    HARRY     What’s that supposed to mean?
    SALLY     Nothing. It’s just that all men are sure it never happens to them, and most women at one time or another have done it, so you do the math.
    HARRY     You don’t think I can tell the difference?
    SALLY     No.
    HARRY     Get outta here.
    Harry bites into his sandwich. Sally just stares at him. A seductive look comes onto her face
.
    SALLY     Oooh!
    Harry, sandwich in hand, chewing his food, looks up at Sally
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oh! Oooh!
    HARRY     Are you okay?
    Sally, her eyes closed, ruffles her hair seductively
.
    SALLY     Oh, God!
    Harry is beginning to figure out what Sally is doing
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oooh! Oh, God!
    Sally tilts her head back
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oh!
    Her eyes closed, she runs her hand over her face, down her neck
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oh, my God! Oh, yeah, right there.
    Harry looks around, noticing that others in the deli are noticing Sally. She’s really making a show now
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    
(gasps)
Oh!
    A man in the background turns to look at her
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oh! Oh!
(gasps)
Oh God! Oh! Yes!
    Harry, embarrassed, stares at her in disbelief
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    
(pounding the table)
Yes! Yes!
    The man in the background is now watching intently
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    
(pounding the table with both hands)
Yes! Yes! Yes!
    Harry looks around, very embarrassed, smiles at customers. An OLDER WOMAN seated nearby stares
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Yes! Yes!
    By now, the place is totally silent and everyone is watching
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Yes! Oh!
(still thumping table)
Yes, yes, yes!
    Sally leans her head back, as though experiencing the final ecstatic convulsions of an orgasm
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Yes! Yes! Yes!
    She finally tosses her head forward
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oh. Oh. Oh.
    Sally sinks down into her chair, tousling her hair, rubbing her hand down her neck to her chest
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    Oh, God.
    Then, suddenly, the act is over. Sally calmly picks up her fork, digs into her coleslaw, and smiles innocently at Harry
.
    A waiter approaches the Older Woman to take her food order. The woman looks at him
.
    OLDER WOMAN     I’ll have what she’s having.
    FADE OUT .
    FADE IN:
    EXT. CENTRAL PARK—DAY

Various scenes of the snow-blanketed park: A horse pulls a carriage; people bundled up in winter clothing walk along the snow-covered paths; and a lone cross-country skier crosses a large expanse
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    CUT TO:
    EXT. ROCKEFELLER PLAZA—NIGHT

The huge Christmas tree in the square, a woman skating expertly in the center of the ice rink
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    CUT TO:
    EXT. STREET—NIGHT

A store window with a Christmas display, families admiring it
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    CUT TO :
    EXT. PARK—DAY

Children riding sleds and toboggans down a hill
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    CUT TO :
    EXT. STREET—NIGHT

Pedestrians, huddled against the cold, walking by lighted Christmas trees
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    CUT TO:
    EXT. PARK—DAY

The Wollman rink, full of skaters. A man walks his dog outside the fence
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    EXT. CHRISTMAS TREE LOT—DAY

Sally is paying for a tree. Then she and Harry pick it up, he holding the top and she the bottom, and carry it to Sally’s.