THE DISCREPANCY // 072
The remembered command includes my pretties. The reported comparison with the 1939 film finds repeated calls to fly instead. Another familiar address elsewhere in the film can feel as though it belongs in this moment too.
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NIKKO — A tiny name sits below a pair of wings. One monkey has a name to follow.
BEFORE THE REFERENCE
Hear the command once in your head and write its shape. Is the remembered phrase affectionate, threatening or both? Keep the witch addressing Dorothy distinct from her orders to the monkeys. A later imitation may combine familiar pieces into one memorable instruction.
THE TRACE TO FOLLOW
Follow the report into the flying-monkey scene. Preserve the beginning and end of the order, not just a subtitle shared online. If another production supplies your wording, identify it as its own source. Why does the little possessive phrase feel as though the wings are waiting for it?
Keep your first version
Record the detail before opening a reference. Keep the exact object, release or edition with your comparison. A first recollection and a later discovery can be followed as separate traces.
FOLLOW THE SOURCES
Compare the particular object, recording or documented account.
Reported recollections and discussion; a separate trail from the reference.